Chapter 10: Dreams Turn Reality
Jay still couldn’t believe this was his life now. It had been a week since their first date and since then they have gone on two dates. Jay is living with Danial at this point. After the first night he slept at Danial’s, he tried going back to his own apartment, trying not to invade the blonde’s space more than he already had. That morning, he had woken up from the worst night sleep of his life, which was saying a lot. His mood that day at work was at its absolute worst too. Skyler was at a complete loss for words when Jay even fought back against Francis when he went to pick on the slightly smaller brunette like usual. Even Francis was at a loss for words when Jay fought back. Skyler sent Jay home three hours early before Francis could fire him.
The first thing he did when he finally got home was get dressed for the gym and beat the crap out of a punching bag and run three miles on a treadmill before he finally was able to tire himself out. Throughout the day he had been texting Danial and asking how his day was. That was probably the only thing that kept him sane all day. By 1 a.m. he was lying in bed staring at the ceiling trying to get himself to sleep. That was when a very angry knocking sounded on his door. Letting out an annoyed groan as he got out of bed, not bothering to put a shirt on just opting to just wear his pajama pants. He yanks open his door to find a very tired and irritated blonde whose blonde spikes were the total opposite of perfect and had dark bags under his usual shining sapphires eyes.
Danial felt like he was going to crawl out of his skin. It was driving him nuts how much his body yearned for Jay’s touch, how much he hated waking up alone that morning. They had only spent two nights together, how in the hell did he become so dependent so fast! Danial was supposed to be at the store picking out paint and what kind of manikins he wanted to display the clothes, but it took one conversation with Laura and Leor to know that he should NOT be out in public. After marching home with a deep glare and slamming his door closed, he went right into his kitchen and tried to calm his nerves by cooking. Sure, texting with Jay had made him feel better, but it only lasted in the moment. As soon as he realized that he was alone again, and that the handsome brunette wasn’t there with him his mood soured once again. Once he had cooked all the food in his apartment, he tried watching a movie to relax looking at the clock to see it was a little before 1 a.m... He groaned, throwing his head back realizing there was no way he was going to get any sleep like this. He had been up for 24 hours now and if he didn’t get any sleep soon, he was going to kill someone. “Stupid Deku. Stupid dependency. Stupid warm sexy body. UGG! Fuck this!” Danial jumped off his couch, marching towards the door and yanking it open to walk across the hall to Jay’s door banging on it. When Jay finally opened the door, the blonde could see that he had not slept either and was in the same state. His brown curls looked like a rat's nest and green eyes dull from exhaustion.
Before Jay could say anything, Danial marched into his apartment, grabbed the brunette's keys and dragged the confused man out of his apartment, closing the doors, and marched back into his own. Slamming the door closed as they entered. Jay was at a complete loss for words, especially after he saw dozens of different dishes lining every countertop surface and the dining room table. Emerald eyes go wide in shock as they take in the apartment, turning back to look at the exhausted blonde who was glaring at him with his arms crossed.
“Umm Danny… are you okay? Did I do something wrong? And what is with all the food,” Jay asks concerned, pointing at all the food. Danial just grabs his hand and drags him over to the dining room table, then sets a big dish of katsudon in front of the brunette.
“Eat.” Is all the blondes says before going to the kitchen to get himself his plate of spicy curry. Danial walks back over and sits down handing Jay a pair of chopsticks. “I haven’t slept in 24 hours. I can’t seem to sleep without you and that’s why you are here. I’m guessing it's the same for you, since you look to be just as exhausted as me.” Jay nods, eyes wide in surprise until a small smile rises to his face.
“I didn’t want to seem needy or over-stepped, so I didn’t say anything. Skyler actually set me home early today because of my foul mood.” Jay says while eating. He didn’t realize he was so hungry; he hadn’t eaten since last night. He was in such a foul mood that he hadn’t been hungry this morning or at all today.
“Same. Leor and Laura actually made me go home too. We need to figure out how to make sure this doesn’t happen again.” A mop of curly green hair nodded swiftly with Danial’s statement. Then an idea pops into Jay’s head. ‘What if we lived together? Would Danny be okay with that? He mentioned he owes his apartment, so I would probably move in with him. Would he still want me to have my own apartment, or would he be okay if I fully moved in? I only have a few things that I really care about so I could sell or give away the rest of it. Would Danny ever want to buy a house? I still have a lot of the money mom left me, but what if he doesn’t want any of this? But he said he couldn’t sleep without me?’ Jay thinks, getting caught up in his train of thought, not realizing he was muttering, and Danial could hear everything or that Danial was every much enjoying where the exhausted brunette’s mind was going.
“Deku, hello, you there, nerd,” Danial asks from across the table, getting worried about the taller man. Jay shakes his head, meeting the striking sapphires gaze of his love.
“What… what were you saying Danny?” Danial smirks as he stares at the frazzled brunette across from him with sauce on his face, jade eyes wide in embarrassment.
“I was saying, I think you should just move in with me. Fully, there is no reason for you not too. Plus, then I can make sure you are taking care of yourself, and I will actually be able to sleep.” Danial gets up to put his dish in the sink leaving a very flustered and happy Jay at the dining room table with a smile and wide eyes. Danial chuckled rolling his eyes with a small smile. “Unless you want to keep your own place? I mean we live across from each other and we’ve only been on one date, but I just… I just thought since we… we couldn’t function after just one day apart… that maybe this would be…” Jay’s empty stare was making Danial more and more self-conscious by the second. The blonde rubbed the back of his neck nervously looking away from the brunette. “Never mind. You can keep-”
“Yes! I want to move in! I’m sorry, I just wasn’t expecting for you to want me to live with you,” Jay said blushing slightly as he got up and walked over to stand in front of Danial with a sheepish smile. The shorter male rolled his eyes taking a step closer to the flustered beef cake.
“Jay, I know it hasn’t been long since we have known each other, but there’s just something about you that makes me feel safe and peaceful. So… do you want to move in or not,” Danial asks looking up into wide emerald eyes with hope filling his sapphire eyes. Slowly, Jay leans down with one hand cupping the blonde’s cheek as he places a soft kiss on perfectly shaped lips that he was quickly getting addicted to. Danial leans into it, opening his mouth for Jay’s tongue, sliding his tongue along the brunette’s.
Jay brings his other hand to Danial’s hip to pull him closer as he deepens the kiss, passion and lust coursing through them. Danial wraps his arms around the brunette’s strong neck standing on his tiptoes to have better access to the other male’s mouth. Both groaning and moaning into the kiss as Jay backs Danial into the counter behind him, breaking the kiss panting placing his forehead against the panting blonde’s.
“I would love to move in with you Danny. But are you sure that you want someone that is so damaged?” Fearful jade eyes stare into bright sapphires.
“I wouldn’t have offered it if I didn’t want to. Plus, I have been thinking about this all day. The two nights we spent together were the best nights I have ever had,” Danial says, rubbing along Jay’s jaw with one hand. Jay kisses him one more time before pulling back with a huge smile.
“Okay then… tomorrow we can start moving my stuff in. Skyler gave me tomorrow off to make sure Francis doesn’t fire me and to let me get my shit together. I will text my friends and see if there is anything they want that I won’t be brought over here,” Jay says, pulling out his phone to send out a group chat message to his friends about his move. Danial smiles, watching Jay mutter to himself about everything he owns and what he wanted to keep and get rid of. That’s when Danial remembered what Jay had muttered before about them possibly getting a house someday. He wouldn’t admit it, but he had liked and had thought about the idea. They will most likely get their own house someday, but for now, Danial’s apartment will be perfect for them.
That night, they curled up in bed together and put on a movie as they slowly drifted off to sleep enjoying the warmth of the other. They gave each other small kisses through the night before sleep finally took them with happy smiles on their faces.
Emerald eyes open and blink a couple of times before coming into focus. Jay groans as he stretches before running his hand along the blonde’s side of the bed looking for him. When he doesn’t feel anything, he props himself up in bed wondering where Danial could be. Then he hears singing coming from the kitchen, looking at the clock on the bed side table he sees it’s a little past noon.
“~They both met in the midnight sky
Got lost in each other’s eyes
Then threw away the map and lost the key
God sent them the first two kids
One named Fire, the other Wind
With a note that floated down for them to read
It said ‘You asked what it was like up here for Me’~”
Jay slowly walked into the kitchen, trying to be as quiet as possible. Completely enthralled in the beautiful sound coming from the blonde slowly swaying to the music from his ear buds as he made breakfast.
“~Mother Earth and Father Time
Fell in love over Appalachian wine
Hit a rough spell and almost lost their minds
Raised a little hell before they fell in line~”
Standing at the edge of the kitchen counter, Jay leaned over resting his head on his hands with his elbows propped up on the counter enjoying the voice he was sure was straight from the heavens.
“~Fire came out with a restless soul
That only got worse as he got older
‘Til finally he got too hot to tame
Time said ‘Son I know it’s hard but
You’re breaking your Momma’s heart’
And Fire looked up through tears that made the rain
He said, ‘Why is it everything I love I set aflame?’~”
Walking up behind the blonde, the brunette wrapped his arms around Danial’s small waist pulling him flush against him, still swaying to the music. A soft smile rose onto Danial’s face as he put his ear buds away and turned the volume up on his phone to play the song freely through the kitchen.
“~Mother Earth and Father Time
Fell in love over Appalachian wine
Hit a rough spell and almost lost their minds
Raised a little hell before they fell in line~”
Danial turned off the stove, turning around to wrap his arms around broad shoulders of a smiling brunette. They began to sway in the kitchen to the music surrounding them as Danial singed along.
“~Wind was born to the open sky with a
Bad temper and a wandering eye
That kept him on the run for most his days
Earth said ‘Listen, hear my child, see
I used to run that wild
‘Cause it’s hard to put a finger on the pain
But son you can’t outrun a thing like shame’
Then Time and Earth got on their knees
And prayed ‘Dear God, oh can’t You see?
The Fire’s too hot
The Wind’s too cold
And loving them is gonna kill us both’
Then God reached down and took their hands
Dried their tears, and smiled and said
‘That’s kind of what it’s like up here for Me’
Yeah, loving them will cost you everything’
Mother Earth and Father Time
Fell in love over Appalachian wine~”
Slowly Danial brought Jay down to him, leaning up to place his lips against the tallers. The kiss was slow and passionate, saying everything that they couldn’t yet. Love, love filling them from the tip of their toes to the top and their heads. ‘Best way to start the day and our future together.’ They both think pulling away to gaze at the other wishing that this moment could last forever.
A/N
(Appalachian Wine by eleventyseven)