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The sound of the alarm echoed in the room. Thankfully Caesar had remembered to set it on his phone or he would have surely slept through all the day, missing his flight.
Joseph groaned as he shifted his position; he had heard the alarm too.
- Sorry for waking you up-, Caesar said.
Joseph smiled.
- I don’t mind-, he replied, - At least now I can come with you at the airport-.
He leaned closer to Caesar and they kissed slowly, without any haste, but then the other pulled away.
- We should get dressed then-, he said and Joseph simply nodded.
The atmosphere wasn’t outright tragic or pitiful, but both guys were feeling a bit melancholic.
It wasn’t like parting ways with a friend living in another city: Caesar lived in Italy and Joseph in England; how many chances that they could meet again there were?
Actually it wasn’t that unlikely that they would have seen each other again, but surely it would have taken time.
They weren’t really sure about what their relationship exactly was.
Sure, they had sex – and they enjoyed it- and they liked each other, but what now? Were they supposed to stay away from any other kind of relationship until their next meeting or had that been only a one-time thing?
Both of them wanted to know the answer but they were also afraid to bring up the subject, so they didn’t say anything.
It was easier that way.
As Caesar had expected all the Joestars were waiting for him downstairs to say their goodbyes.
He felt sorry for them, after all they had to wake up so early just for him!
It was strange thinking that it was the last time he would have seen them, but he really hoped that wasn’t really the case.
- My house will always be open for you, if you ever feel like going to Italy-, he said to Jonathan, shaking his hand.
- Thanks-, he replied, - And of course whenever you’ll come to London again come visit us-.
Yeah, Caesar was going to miss all of them.
Joseph insisted that he wanted to go to the airport too, so George decided to let him join them.
They didn’t speak much while they were in the car, however: they were really tired and they didn’t really know what to say.
They were right outside the airport; they had decided it was better to say goodbye there.
- Well, have a good flight-, George said, putting his hand on Caesar’s shoulder and squeezing it.
- Thank you-, Caesar replied.
- Well, I’ll leave you guys alone if you need to say something to each other without this old man spying on you-, he said, making Joseph chuckle and Caesar panic because it really looked like he knew what was going on between them.
- I’ll be at the car. Let us know if everything is okay and if you arrive safe at home-, George concluded, and Caesar thanked him again.
- Sooo…-, Joseph started, but he couldn’t continue because Caesar dragged him closer and he kissed him.
He immediately forgot whatever he wanted to say, and when he pulled out he just said:
- I’m gonna miss you, so much-.
- Me too…-, Caesar replied, immediately looking away.
It was obvious that he wanted to say something, and Joseph was pretty sure to know what, so he tried to help him spit it out.
- You wanna ask about us, don’t you?-, he said.
- …Yes-, Caesar replied, looking at him again.
Joseph wasn’t sure about that too, but he wasn’t going to drop the confident façade he had brought up.
- Well, I’m not saying you can’t have a partner anymore, but it’ll be difficult finding someone better than me-, he said with a smug face.
At first Caesar was visibly taken aback by that comment, but then he smirked.
- Is that a challenge?-, he asked.
- Maybe-, Joseph replied.
- And you?-, Caesar rebutted, getting closer to Joseph again, - How you’ll manage without me?-.
- Oh, I’ll find a way-, the other replied, closing the distance between them.
- By the way, Caesar…-, Joseph started to say, trying to not burst into laughter, - Where’s your headband?-.
- What do you…-, Caesar started to say, but then the realisation hit him: he had left it inside Joseph’s room!
That was it; Caesar’s expression was too funny for Joseph to resist anymore so he started laughing very hard.
-… Jojo, what did you do?-, Caesar asked, his calm tone hiding the rage he would have unleashed on Joseph if he didn’t speak up.
- Eheh… I might have hidden it somewhere-, he replied, looking away but still smiling.
- Why?-, the other insisted, and if Joseph wasn’t certain he wouldn’t have done anything to him, he would have started to fear for his life.
- Well…-, he answered, - I really really wanted something yours to remain here with me, and that seemed the best object to “borrow”, and at least now I have an excuse to come to Italy-.
Ok, that was strangely adorable.
-You little devil-, Caesar stated, smiling, and then he kissed him again.
That time they took it slow, knowing well that it was going to be their last kiss for a long time, maybe even forever. At the moment, however, they didn’t want to think about that; they were focusing only on the other, on the sensations their close contact was giving them.
- I’m really gonna miss having you around-, Joseph said.
- Yeah, me too-, Caesar replied.
- Promise me you’ll come visit as soon as possible-, he continued.
- Of course, I have to return your headband after all-, Joseph replied.
- Goodbye, Jojo-.
- Goodbye, Caesar. Please text me sometimes, just to let me know that you still exist-.
- Idiot-.
- Jerk-.
- Of course I will, don’t worry. I won’t forget you-.
As Caesar took a seat inside the plane, he sighed. God, he felt exhausted.
What an experience; so many things had happened and he had so much fun there.
It was strange thinking that soon he would have been back to Italy.
He took his mp3 out from his pocket; the flight had just started, so what better way to spend time than listening to music and relaxing?
He scrolled through his playlist and he smiled when he came across the song he wanted to play: “Get back”.
How ironic that was: he had listened to this exact song on his previous flight too, but now it had a completely different meaning.
Get back Jojo indeed.
Oh, Suzie was definitely going to be happy about the news he was going to bring her.