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Same Room, Even Alone (Mijat/Dejan & Ante)

Same room, even alone

Mijat has gotten into the habit with these three years in common of sharing his hotel room with Ante when they have an away game, it’s like that, they’re friends and have no problems with the fact to sleep in the same room. Mijat thought it would be like this for a few more seasons, until one of them decided to leave, but he hadn't expected it to be go that fast. They had a good last season, and now his friends are gone. Ante goes on loan to Milan to make things worse, Mijat feels betrayed, he thought they would stay together forever, or at least a few more years.

New season. Dejan came, and since Mijat had a free bed, he must share. In fact, he’s happy to find someone in his room, the emptiness during the few weeks has hurt him more than he would have thought. Dejan is younger than him, so innocent, the first time they sleep in the same room, Joveljic has trouble sleeping, Mijat would like to tell him to breathe and be quiet, but he remains patient and listens to him, he will eventually get used to it. Dejan sometimes has trouble falling asleep after that, Mijat slips into his bed to stroke his hair, he learned to do this with the weeks, to help him with sleep, that way he sleeps, and Mijat can go back to his own bed and sleep peacefully. Mijat knows that he is getting linked to the young kid, that it isn’t a good thing, because what happened with Ante could happen again... But he can’t let go of the little guy and he has this dirty feeling of emptiness when Dejan finally falls asleep and he has to keep everything he has on his heart firmly so that he no longer hurts himself.

Dejan ends up on loan until the end of the season at Anderlecht. Mijat feels betrayed once again, why can't all of his roommates stay? Is he condemned to stay alone? Mijat is destined to stay alone in his room, to hope that the season goes quickly to have Dejan back...

The End