Andante

CXVII

He didn't have to wait long for the message to come in. 

     'Hey Eddy, you okay?'

He'd known all along that Brett's first message would be carefully neutral. Brett had no way of knowing where he was, of course. He could just as easily have been sitting at the table downstairs still, with his mum hovering over his shoulder. Wouldn't be a good idea to start off with 'my lovely Eddy' then, would it?
Eddy smiled fondly into the darkness of his room, the dim light only coming from a couple of street lamps outside their house. He really did like it a lot when Brett called him that. 

     'Yep, fine! I'm in bed already.'

There. That would tell Brett everything he needed to know, it would tell him that he was alone and it was safe to talk on his end. Sure enough, his phone buzzed not ten seconds later. 

     'Hey, my love. How are you feeling? I'm missing you already, I know this is ridiculous. I just wish you were here, next to me."

Eddy blinked into the low light. Wow. He loved this message so much, he could cry, and not only because he felt the same, but more than that: there was this whole new side to his boyfriend, one he never showed to people. And now he was allowed to see it, to read it, to see behind the facade. 
He typed quickly, and he gave precisely zero shits about how corny this message he was typing was. He knew it wouldn't be corny to Brett. 

      'I know exactly how you feel, Bretty. This bed is way too empty and cold. I wish you were here to keep me warm. I miss you too, so much.'

Now he did start to cry, he could feel it happening, the silent tears making their way out of his eyes and over his cheeks, onto the pillow. He didn't even fight it, now. Some things were worth crying over. 
And suddenly he knew he should share this, he should tell Brett how he felt. 

      'I'm crying, just so you know. That's how much I miss you.'

The phone was silent for quite a while, and Eddy was actually starting to worry a little that maybe he shouldn't have said that after all, maybe he'd upset Brett or something, when the phone buzzed again. 

      'I'm sorry I'm not there to kiss away the tears. Just pretend that I am, hey? And I'll kiss you for real, tomorrow, just as soon as I can get you alone.'

Eddy smiled through his tears as he typed.

      'It just shows you how much I love you, Bretty. You should get some sleep.'

He could just imagine Brett's smirk as his phone buzzed once more. 

      'So should you. I seem to remember your plan of getting up at an ungodly hour to practise?'

Eddy grinned now, his quilt bobbing up and down with the silent laughter. 

     'You have a point. Well. Good night then, my love. Sweet dreams. Please don't be too sad.'

Once again it took a while before the phone vibrated again, but in the end it did. 

     'I'll try. You too, okay? I love you, my lovely Eddy.'

     'I love you too, Bretty.'

Eddy read their little conversation at least five times over, the tears still flowing down his cheeks unabated, but they had somewhat slowed down now. 
You'll be okay. he told himself. You will see him tomorrow. 
He sighed deeply and wiped his cheeks free of tears. He should stop crying like a little boy and go the fuck to sleep. Brett was right, he had shit to do tomorrow, and he would see him again in the afternoon after school anyway. He'd just have to get used to sleeping alone again. 
He read the messages one last time, and then he deleted the conversation, just like he knew Brett would be doing on the other end. Then he sighed once more and turned on his right side, pulled the quilt a bit deeper over him and made a concerted effort to get to sleep.  

A/N. Hi guys! So, exciting news: I've started a Breddy one-shot collection and the first installment is out. You'll find it through my profile or find the link in the replies below! 

I'm just going to write out some oneshots there, based on loose ideas in my head. Now. by popular request there will be some NSFW chapters for you guys to enjoy. And I do ask you kindly to please, please not read these if you're not ready for that. They will be clearly marked, of course.
Also, in other exciting news: I'd like to open up the floor here for requests. So if you have a prompt, an idea of something you'd like me to write about, do let me know via a message or a comment and I'll see what I can do! Note: I won't write anything where seriously bad things happen to the boys, or anything too wildly A.U.

So! Without furher ado: enjoy! 

Then, one more thing: I am changing my posting schedule slightly. I know y'all like the Monday morning installments, and weekends can get a bit crazy. So I'm going to be posting mon, wed and fri every week from now on, with possible extra chapters if I'm very inspired, hahaha!
As always, thank you so much for reading, for commenting, for starring. I love you guys!