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“I’ve got to go back home” Aaron tells him.
“What?” Robert asks dropping the bowl in his hands so it clatters around on the counter, at least it doesn’t fall on the floor and shatter.
“Adam’s getting himself into shit I’ve got to go bail him out” Aaron tells him smirking when Robert does that famous eye roll of his.
“How long you going for?” Robert asks him.
“I was thinking of staying, I’m sick of running I love Paris and I love you but meeting you made me miss Emmerdale even more I miss Vic, I miss Adam, I miss me mum and Paddy I even miss Cain” Aaron tells him laughing.
“I’m not going back Aaron, I can’t they don’t know who I am they don’t know I’m Bi and I don’t want them too” Robert tells him.
“I’m not going to out you Robert” Aaron sighs.
“I know you wouldn’t, I wasn’t implying you would I just don’t want them to know, I never want them knowing” Robert tells him.
“I guess we need to break up then?” Aaron asks him his tone unsure.
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Aaron wakes with a start his mind cloudy as he remembers the last night with Robert, he feels the water drip of his face and he moves his hand to wipe his forehead.
When he pulls it back his hand is soaked so is his bedding.
He manages to open his eyes to see Adam standing over him a glass in hand looking like a smug idiot.
“You were supposed to be at the scrapyard two hours ago lad we’ve only just paid Chas and me mum back for the start-up loan they gave us we can’t afford to slack off” Adam tells him.
Aaron grabs his phone and groans when it doesn’t turn on.
“Shit it must have died, we didn’t have anything in the books for today did we?” Aaron asks sitting up pulling the quilt with him, he still hates people seeing his scars.
“We didn’t but we got a call do some removals for the new owner up at home farm, real rich people apparently he wants us there in half an hour and he’s paying us a whole days wage for a couple hours removal he only wants the old barns junk removed or something” Adam shrugs.
“Who is it?” Aaron asks him scrubbing his hand through his hair.
“Vic’s other brother lad” Adam laughs, Aaron’s heart sinks the pace quickens by a thousand times.
Robert can’t be back in Emmerdale, he never wanted to come back that’s the reason they broke up two years ago.
“Appartenly he got married to some rich bird” Adam tells him and Aaron can’t help but interrupt.
“He’s married?” Aaron asks his voice edged with disbelief he’s surprised Adam hasn’t noticed how strange his voice is to be honest.
“No he was or at least that’s what Vic told me last night he only moved in three days ago and he just surprised Vic out the blue yesterday morning she’s been helping him unpack, apparently he married some rich bird last year and then decided he didn’t want her anymore so he divorced and her dad was so ecstatic that Robert left he gave him like 3 million just to fuck off” Adam tells him.
“Robert’s always followed the money like” Aaron says looking down at his soaked bedding.
“What?” Adam asks his face scrunched up in confusion.
“Vic told me Robert’s always been a little over the top especially when it comes to making money proper little gold digger” Aaron laughs thinking on the spot to make sure Adam doesn’t know.
“Oh, she only told me he was bit of a player” Adam shrugs.
“Go make me a cuppa then while I jump in the shower” Aaron tells him.
“We haven’t got time for you to shower” Aaron tells him.
“Well make me a cupper while I dry my hair of this water and get dressed then” Aaron huffs standing and pushing Adam out the door.
As soon as his best mate is out the door he collapses back onto it, this can’t be happening he hasn’t seen Robert since their break up in Paris over two years ago, the only person Aaron saw himself with long term since Jackson and they ended on awkward terms because Aaron had to come back and help Adam because he was sick of running.
“Hurry up lad” Adam shouts up the stairs snapping him out of his day dream and it makes him go over to the Chester draws forgetting about his hair Robert always liked it when he didn’t have gel in anyway.
He’s dressed within minutes and he runs into the bathroom washing his face and brushing his teeth in record time, he towel dries his hair and ignores the mess that towelling it dry has made on his head it looks like a birds nests.
“Nice look” Adam practically cackles like a witch shoving a flask at him before shoving him out the door.
He’s in the van before he can even think about Robert but as they got closer and closer to home farm the thoughts of their three month relationship in Paris floods back the laugher the moans the arguments, finding out Robert Sugden was in fact Robert Sugden from Emmerdale.
How the hell Aaron didn’t click on to it the moment he head the last name he’s not sure and he’s ashamed to even admit they got a month in before he learned the truth and so did Robert, it oddly brought them closer.
They were both each other’s home without having to go back.
They pull up the drive after being buzzed in and Vic’s standing their waiting for them grinning from ear to ear he hasn’t seen her this happy since her wedding day.
“Hey babe” Adam smirks jumping out the van as soon as he’s parked it.
“You were supposed to be here ten minutes ago” Vic shouts kissing Adam’s cheek and then punching him in the shoulder for good measure.
“Ow babe it was his fault, he slept in” Adam says pointing to Aaron.
“Well get here so I can punch you an all” Vic shouts her tone harsh but her face is giving her away she can’t help but smirk in Aaron’s direction.
“I wouldn’t punch him Vic, Aaron’s always been dangerous he might try and push you off the Eiffel Tower” Robert smirks walking down the steps just hearing his voice makes a lump appear in Aaron’s throat and he can’t even look up leaving him broke his heart and seeing him happy and in Emmerdale of all places is frustrating.
This is the place that broke them up and here Robert is again fresh off a divorce and rich to boot, he told him he’d never step foot in Emmerdale again they broke up because of it and here he is rubbing it in his face.
“Wait you two know each other?” Vic asks her face looking between them in confusion.
Aaron shrugs unsure what he should say he promised he’d never out Robert and he won’t doesn’t mean he’s not a little bitter about the break up, that and if he speaks his voice will break and Adam will know right away.
“Yeah we met in Paris found out I was your brother and we kept in touch” Robert tells her.
“So this barn then?” Aaron asks looking to Adam to avoid looking at Robert.
“Yeah I’ll show you’s where give you’s a hand” Robert tells them.
Aaron follows them to the back of the massive housing estate watching Robert’s back he looks the same only his shoulders look broader he looks stronger.
“Something happened between you two didn’t it?” Vic asks pulling on his arm to pull him back.
“Not really” Aaron responds moving a little quicker to get by Adam to stop the conversation.
“We aren’t finished speaking” Vic whispers before Robert leads them into one of the barns filled with scrap.