Sit Back, Gotta Catch My Breath

I looked down at the sleeping Alex in my arms. He told me that I had to spend the night last night, and I didn't even question it. I knew that he was just worried that I was going to leave again. I know that if I was in his shoes, I would've probably responded the same way. I began to pet his hair gently, trying to wake him up. He made a small whimpering noise before looking up at me with sleepy eyes. I half-smiled at the sight. God, I missed seeing that face.
He just laid there staring at me for a moment before smiling back. He nuzzled back up to me and hummed. He tightened his grip on me and I sighed.
"Lex, can you let me get up, please?"
He shook his head.
"Please?"
He shook his head again.
"But I have to go to the bathroom."
"Too bad," he mumbled into my chest, "Hold it."
I sighed and looked up at the ceiling as he fell back asleep. I attempted to fall back asleep as well, but my bladder wouldn't allow me. I whined, hoping Alex would hear me, even though he was asleep.
I heard him sigh before his arms loosened from around his torso. I quickly took advantage of the oportunity and got up and ran to the bathroom. After I did my business, I returned to Alex's bedroom to find him sitting up and rubbing his eyes. I sat down next to him on the bed and he leaned over and rested his head on my shoulder.
I smiled and rested my head on his before I spoke. "So, are we going to begin packing today?"
"But don't we have to find a place first?" he mumbled.
I chuckled. "What, you think I came home to my dad?"
He pulled away from me and looked me in the eyes. "Wait... you mean..."
I smiled at him. "Yup. I had to pull some strings, but I got us an apartment." I took his hand in mine. "I know it's not much, but it's temporary. Until we can afford more. It's small, but it'll work."
He giggled and wrapped his arms around my neck. "I love you so much, Jacky..."
My smile grew as I wrapped my arms around his thin waist. "I love you, too."
He pulled away and looked at me with worried eyes. "But... I think we need to talk about what happened, first."
I nodded. "Yeah. You're right."
"You owe me an explaination."
"I do."
He gestured for me to begin explaining and I nodded. I began to explain everything that was going through my mind when I left and why I didn't say goodbye. And I assured him that I was never leaving again. After explaining for about half an hour, he finally nodded, which I'm guessing meant that he understood.
We were silent for a moment before he finally spoke up. "You can't leave again, Jacky."
"I know."
"I can't handle it."
"Me either. I'm never leaving you again."
He nodded before leaning in. I met him halfway and pressed my lips to his for a long-overdue kiss. He pulled away from the kiss and snuggled up to my chest. And we just sat there silently for a while before there was a knock on the door.
"Are you boys decent?" I heard Isobelle say from the other side of the door.
"We're wearing pants," I replied.
She slowly opened the door and peaked around the corner. "Breakfast is ready if you boys are hungry."
I nodded and looked down at Alex. "Lex, let's go eat, okay?"
He smiled up at me before standing up. We each threw on a shirt before heading downstairs to the kitchen, hand in hand, just as things should be.

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"Jack, where did you put my 'clothes' box?"
I pointed over to a box in the corner of the room that was already overflowing with clothes. "Jesus, Lex, how much clothing do you need, exactly?"
He giggled. "Not my fault I'm fabulous and like to look good."
I watched him as he put a scarf in the box and rolled my eyes. "Why do you wear those things, Lex?"
He shrugged. "I don't know. I like them."
I shook my head as I taped up a box. "Well, anyway, I think we're just about done." I stood up straight and looked around the room. "And it only took two days."
Alex joined me in the middle of the room and I wrapped my arm around his waist. "Yeah," he said, looking around, "I can't believe I'm actually moving out. This is all happening so fast..."
"Is that a bad thing?"
He looked up at me, smiling. "Not this time."

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