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Vito and Joe have just got out of the car that was parked in front of Joe's garage and because Vito has wounded his leg, Joe must help him to get upstairs. After they got upstairs, Joe takes Vito to his bathroom, seats him on his bathtub and takes a look on Vito's wound
"Oh, that looks very bad" said Joe after he saw that there were still shards of glass in the wound. "Did you really had to kick through a glass door Vito?" He asked while he was getting a first aid kit from one of the cabinets he had in his bathroom. "And what was I supposed to do? Wait until someone shots me through it? I don't think it's that bad anyway, it doesn't hurt at all" replied Vito. "You couldn't even get up the stairs by yourself, so don't try to be tough and let me help you instead" said Joe. "Alright have it your way" that was the last thing that was said before Joe started treating Vito's wound. He carefully took out the shards with tweezers, while Vito was trying so hard not to hiss out of pain. "The wound isn't really big, so I think you won't need stitches" said Joe while bandaging Vito's calf. "I guess that I'm lucky then, right doctor?" replied jokingly Vito and then he tried to stand up. "It still hurts" he hissed "but it's much better now".
Joe helps Vito to get to the living room and seats him on his couch. "Would you like something to eat? I've got some sandwiches in the fridge" Joe asked. "Nah, I'll pass" Vito replied. Joe still went to the refridgerator and grabbed two bottles of beer, one for himself and the other one for Vito. When he passes the beer to Vito, he only gets the 'are you serious' look.
"I'm going to take a shower to wash down all the sweat and blood" said Joe. "Okay" replied Vito shortly. He than took few sips from the beer and soon after, he started to feel tired, so he decided that he will lay on Joe's bed, because that's the only place in this apartment that you can sleep in without having any pain and as someone with hurt leg, he felt like he had the right to do that.
Vito was already laying in the bed when Joe came back from the shower. He had his eyes closed so Joe assumed he fell asleep and because he didn't want to wake him up, he just lied down next to him carefully. Vito then put his head on Joe's chest and hugged him. Neither of them said anything, they were both too tired to say something.
As Vito was lying on Joe, he was able to hear his heartbeat. It sounded so peacefully and he was wondering how does it sound when Joe is experiencing some adrenaline during some fights or while doing his job. This moment gave Vito the feeling of comfort, but at the same time, he was experiencing another feeling. He didn't know how to describe it, but it was one of the best feelings he has ever felt and just because of that, he wanted this moment to never end.
"I love you, I think" said Vito. He didn't think much of it, he wasn't even sure if it's really love that makes him feel like that, since he never experienced it from anyone, quite the opposite. Vito's eyes were already falling shut, so he had no clue, that Joe was already asleep.
The next morning he woke up to a kiss on his forehead and that moment made him realize that those feelings were mutual.