Nino’s P.O.V.:
What is this about? Mei has a problem? She opens me the door and let me in.
“Hey... Force Majeure here as Nycola told me?” I ask her.
“No! Nothing important Nino! She always exaggerates everything!” She says giggling.
“Obvious but she didn't tell me that without any reason no?” I ask. I know that something happened. She's my best friend.
“Yeah... Ok. I cried.” She mumbles.
“Hum... I know.”
“You freaking know everything!”
“Don't try to change subject! What happened? How was that first day? This is why you're crying uh? He was there and he complicated everything?” I ask her, pulling off my coat and sitting on the couch. I pat gently the couch next to me and indicate her to sit.
“Yeah... He's so complicated. He's just... He has not moved on. He's stuck on that! I just don't... Nine months Nino! That's huge!” She lays her head on my chest.
“You told me you could handle it!”
“I know! But... Seeing him like that, suffering because of my stupidity... Or... Just... Painful Verch!” She stammers and starts sobbing.
“Oh no! Don't cry! Meimei! Stop now... You'll handle it. You'll handle everything. You’ll go on tour, then you’ll come back. Your babies will be protected and you'll come back home and see them. Ok?” I don't like when she cries. She always has been there for me. I was the one who was crying and she was the one who was wiping my tears. Then THAT happened and I've seen the weakest part of her. I've never seen her destroyed; none of her previous boyfriends have had this impact on her. Harry did it. Harry is the boy who made Mei Leen Stryde cry and laugh and feels happy and destroyed. He has a power that no one on earth has on her. She loved him, she’ll probably never stop. That's awful and amazing at the same time. I don't know what to do, my poor Meimei. Yet I won't let her alone. Never. Meimei and Verch forever. That has always been like that.
She stands up and goes upstairs; I follow her, to see my God children. They are cute. She really loves them. This is sad that they don’t know their father. Maybe things would be different. I won’t tell anything to Harry but if he knew, maybe things would be different. “How goes your boyfriend Nino?” Mei asks me while playing with Tarah’s hair. “Well, Dean is ok; I was with him just before coming here.” I answer. She’s the only person who knows about that. She knows since I told her when we were thirteen. I trust her more than anyone on earth. “Did I interrupt something?” She asks winking at me. “No you didn’t, we were eating… well he was eating.” I answer. She is cheeky. That’s something funny with her. My best friend.

Mei's P.O.V.:
Nino is my best friend, since ever I think. He knows every single thing about me. He makes me smile, he has the good words. He was their when I've had my first boyfriend and he has given some very useful advice about boys. He is a boy; he kind of knows things onto that subject. I never have advice for him, and feel useless sometimes, but he keeps on reminding me that I did some things for him. That's partly true.
When we were 13, he told me. I knew, I felt it but I wasn't sure. He came one day to eat at home, my parents weren't there, and he took a sit and took a deep breath. He looked at me. “Mei... I think I am... Maybe I am...” He started to stammer.
“Nino! Let it out! That makes me nervous!” I told him.
“I'm gay. I think I'm gay.” He stated.
“I knew it.” I told him smiling gently.
“Really?” He asked me. “You don't find me weird? You still want to be my friend?” He asked me shyly.
“Nino” I grabbed his chin “I'm not only your friend! I'm your bestie and as long as you'll want me to be your friend, I'll stay your BFF. Ok?” I told him smiling. “Plus, I find it quite releasing that I can say things about guys’ ass next to you and don't feel awkward” I added, he laughed.
After that, he has never told anything to his parents, too afraid of their reaction. For five years, he let them thought that I was his girlfriend and when I moved alone in London, he has told them that we had broken up. I understand this choice somehow. Mr and Mrs Verrecchia are very conservative and traditional. They always talk about their son’s wedding, their future grandchildren. Nino is their only son, the youngest of their three children. So when I was with him and his parents, I was playing the game. I think that one day, he will tell them, but he needs to be ready. Even if he is 22. I always try to make him do something. 9 years. That’s amazing to keep a secret that long.
He stays with me tonight, we’ll watch movies and eat. We always have a lot of fun and my bad day is the last thing I think about. We watch Titanic because he loves it, I mean, he loves Jack in the Titanic and the Avengers, because we both love the Avengers. We drink a lot of tea and avoid alcohol, since he has to leave tomorrow morning because he has to go to school. We stay awake until midnight, after have made sure that Tarah and Tommy are in their pyjamas and they are quietly asleep. He sleeps on the couch, refusing to sleep in the guest room, considering it like Nycola’s room, when she stays for the night.

Notes

Here's the chapter 3, I already started chapter 4! I'll update it soon :)
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