norah !!

You swore to yourself that you would forget him, that you would move on, that it wouldn't be so difficult, but it was, quite difficult.

It wasn't your fault; he deserved to stay away; he was wrong. Even though it hurt him so much, and even more so you, the story had already ended there; it had to end there.

"There was no other way", you told yourself. There was another way, but your minds were so focused on him and vice versa that it was difficult to think of the perfect solution. In the end? No solution.

It was a Friday night, you had returned to Manhattan, and he stayed in his corner in Los Angeles. Home sweet home, and poor fairy tale over.

You were upset about it, you knew you were upset, but you carried on with your life anyway, you went back home, reunited with your cats, and were comfortably in the living room at one in the morning trying to think of some song lyrics.

Your mind was blank. He and nothing else was all you could think about; that laptop in front of you was practically nothing.

You sighed deeply, running a hand over your face, and turned to the black cat beside you. JJ (totally inspired by obx) has always been good company. You petted the cat when you received a message on your phone.

Who was it at this hour? was Tessa, she was your friend, she usually didn't stay up late , but supposedly she was with someone at a party, fair enough.

Oh, you read that right:

"did u see chris's new EP? ur name is on it."

what. the. actual. fuck.

That certainly wasn't a dream; you knew when you were dreaming. You stood still for a second, JJ even jumped out from beside you and you didn't notice.

You didn't even know if it was real. It was almost a challenge, was it a good idea to listen? After everything? Or not? Is it better to leave it alone? To leave the past behind? It's only been 2 months, but why so many questions?

After thinking about it for a while and asking JJ if he thought it was right (even though he didn't answer anyway), you decided to go ahead with me, and what did that mean? Listening to that song, for sure.

"kiss me as if it were

the last time

that we see each other, oh

I'm the one who pushed you away.

like that time

I swear I'll never go back."

Pause. By that point you were already blown away, the melody was good, it had some really interesting background vocals, but the lyrics were everything, the way he sang, slowly but in a way that was still understandable, brought back memories, many of them, along with a shiver.

𝗒𝗈𝗎 chegou a pensar em parar por um momento, era demais, e aquele era apenas o primeiro e único refrão da música.

" like a river"

You flow into me.

as if it were a book

difficult to decipher

in LA cityIt's hard to love you.

where my work takes place

It's hard to love you."

The laptop shut down there, that was enough. After putting the device aside, you get up and go to the kitchen, calmly grab a glass of water, because the despair was inside.

After the glass of water, and after deciding to distract himself a bit by giving JJ some snacks Peace finally came, along with a deep sigh.

"thats insane"

It was indeed, but what was more than that? The number calling on your phone.

it was him.

yeah , was real.

You held your breath for a moment, staring at your phone screen, seriously considering whether you should answer.

The adrenaline was too strong, you answered. Silence settled for a few seconds before he finally spoke.

"y/n? you're here?"

His voice was a little hoarse, like it was when he woke up, and you actually loved that sound; it was good to hear him again. A sense of relief washed over you, but then you remembered to reply.

"yeah , whyd you called me?"

"to see if you listened to your song , that i made"

"i did"

A silence fell, as if he were even impressed that she actually had; knowing her, she wouldn't have done it. He cleared his throat, probably because he was smoking before calling, and continued.

"and.. you like it?"

a pause

"It would sound better with a few more vocals."

You only answered that because you knew that you were the one who did his vocals. It was indeed a low blow, but you couldn't miss the opportunity.

"So you want to come here and redo it? "

bold of him , but made you more interested

"Tempting, but it's been two months already."

"aw cmon"

Classic sturniolo move, that simple expression that made him seem like a child, but that always won her over.

"We can resolve this again, right? "

"Your music made me think you wouldn't come back." "

"hey-"

She tried to speak, but was interrupted by the hug; she hadn't expected it, but she hugged him back.

"you're good?"

He doesn't respond at first, just nods in confirmation, remaining in her arms.

It was late, she was supposed to be sleeping so she could work tomorrow. It was 2 a.m., and she definitely wasn't going to leave him there.

She could send him home, but then she thought, knowing his friends well enough, they must all be high too. She didn't want to leave him there either; he seemed so vulnerable. She was never prepared to see him like that, so she had no choice but to take him to her place.

"Do you want to go home? we can go to mine."

He nodded again, he definitely wanted to, he looked like a needy little child, so she took his hand and they walked towards her small apartment.

When they finally arrived, he looked around, admiring the place; it was exactly her style. It was his first time there, his hand still firmly in hers.

"feel home... it's a bit messy... but just don't pay too much attention to it."

She glanced around a few more times; his room was definitely messier, so he didn't see any mess there. He just looked at her and said in a slightly hoarse voice.

"im real sleepy"

Of course. It was a small apartment with no guest room, so all that was left was her bed, which, yes, was big enough. She sighed softly so he wouldn't notice, led him to the bedroom, and made him sit on the bed first.

"take off your shoes"

He do , acting like a good high boy.

"do you sleep shirtless or nah?"

"yes i do ma'am"

"so take the shirt off and go sleep"

And he does the obvious, he's not even thinking properly about what he's doing, he just obeys, which is rare for a boy as stubborn as him. He falls asleep quickly as expected, she confirms that he is already asleep, and turns off the lights, leaving the room.

She walks around the room thinking about what she just did and confirming that it was right, she's that type. After a few minutes of thinking and others fiddling with her phone, she finally feels sleepy and heads to the room where he was sleeping.

She glanced at his shirt spread out on her desk chair; she needed a quick pair of pajamas, why not? With his shirt still on her body, she simply lay down on the bed after a long day and fell asleep easily.

In the morning, almost late, he wakes up first, confused, lost. First he looks at the white ceiling, then he starts to think.

He glances to the side and sees the back of the girl next to him, wearing his shirt; the first thing he thought was: i get laid with a strange

Nothing happened, but he didn't even know where he was. He sat up quickly and looked around, at the room. He didn't recognize it. Whose room was it? he thought, but no one came to mind. He thought, he didn't have a headache, which means he didn't drink alcohol... maybe he smoked? yeah, definitely smoked.

What does it mean that he went to a party? No, otherwise he would have been drinking, maybe smoking with someone? He just wanted to know how he ended up having sex with a stranger.

He had an idea, he had a foolproof technique: put his arm around the girl, and if she didn't mind and leaned in at the touch, they had done something. If she pushed his arm away and rejected him, they had definitely just been mistaken.

So he did, he put his arm around the girl's waist and... she didn't move, she didn't reject him but she didn't react to the affection, of course, the girl was in a deep sleep, she didn't even realize he was touching her. He was still confused... but he concluded that he had sex.

He snuggled closer to the girl, the warmth of her skin making him fall asleep again.

After a few hours of sleeping tangled up, she finally wakes up, exhaustion preventing her from realizing how she had been sleeping until she sits up in bed, his arm falling from her waist.

She simply gets up and goes to make breakfast since she is starving. He wakes up a few minutes after she wakes up, wondering where she had gone. He sits up in bed, stretching and running his hand through his hair. He looks at the table a few steps ahead of him and sees a photo.

He gets up, walks over, picks up the photo and looks. There she was. He was somewhat surprised; of all the women he had imagined, he had slept with Flower? He didn't know whether to be happy or... he didn't even know.

As he left the room, he found her in front of the stove in the kitchen, wearing only panties and his shirt. He had nothing left to think about.

He didn't even care anymore, he just moved closer and hugged her from behind; she didn't even mind anymore.

"why you're acting like we had sex last night?"

"we didn't?"

"nope"

He hummed, complaining; he wanted to, but unfortunately that's not what happened. However, he was happy to hug her and to have slept next to her all night.

"why am I here then? I'm shirtless , you got my shirt , are only on panties"

he said , his hand dangerously close to her ass, at the side of her thigh , a line he don't know if he can pass or not

"you got really high, and I had to rescue you."

"well thank you"

"you're welcome. now you better move you're hand , because I want to eat my damn breakfast"

"yeah me too"

he said , hard to say if there's a double meaning, but she didn't minded anymore

authors note: well , here we are with the fourth part of my fisrt fanfiction ever!! im so happy that i got creativity enoigh to do , dont worry cuz this is far to end , and i got to keep doing what i love , just warning ill probably give a pause on #Fields! cuz i gotta write some more and more good stories!! so help me and gimme resquests! i would loooove write some of yall creativity!!!

i love how that song matches all this hehe