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I framed his face with my hands. "It's you, Nico. It's always been you. There has been no one else in my life since you were sixteen years old."
And there never would be. I didn't even see other people. The lack of sex over the last ten years had been hard, but fantasies of Nico had been all I needed to be satisfied, especially since I knew I was working toward having him back in my arms.
"There's been no one else for me either," Nico said. "You're the only one to ever kiss me."
While I knew there had been no one else for Nico due to the tight restraints his parents had on him, I hadn't known until this second that I had been the only one to ever kiss him.
"Can I kiss you again?"
When Nico nodded, I leaned closer and pressed my lips against his and began to kiss him, savoring every second of it. The taste of Nico's lips was just the same as it had been ten years ago, pure ambrosia.
I captured Nico's mouth in another kiss and then another and another. I licked at the seam of his lips until he opened his mouth, and then I delved inside. I licked and nipped and tried my best to devour him, to conquer him, to make him mine.
I lifted my head then grinned when I looked down and saw Nico's red, swollen lips. With his fair complexion, it was a very good look on the man. It was even better knowing I was responsible for those swollen lips.
I grabbed Nico by his hips and lifted him up, then turned and sat back against the couch and set him on my lap so he was straddling me.
I let my gaze roam over his lithe form as I stroked my hands up and down his arms. "You don't know how much I dreamed of you, cuore mio, how much thoughts of having you in my arms again kept me going every second of every day."
"Oh, I think I do," Nico countered. There was a glimmer of something in his eyes that unsettled me. "Thoughts of you were the only thing keeping me from ending it all."
My heart lurched painfully in my chest at the thought of Nico no longer being in this world. If that ever happened, I'd end it too, and follow him into the hereafter. I refused to live in a world where he wasn't alive and breathing, even if we weren't in each other's arms.
"No, baby, never do that."
"I didn't know if you were alive or dead." Anguish tinged his tone and tears flooded his eyes again. "No one would tell me anything. All I had was your promise that you'd come for me."
"I did, though, right? I came for you. I kept my promise."
Nico's smile was beautiful despite the tears. "You kept your promise."
"And I will always keep every promise I ever make to you. I will always come for you. Nothing can keep me from you, not even death."
I'd fight the devil himself for one of Nico's smiles.
"Quanto sei bello, amore mio."
Nico's eyebrows lifted. "Huh?"
I let out a small chuckle. "We're going to have to up your Italian. I said you are so beautiful, my love."
I was delighted by the soft flush that filled Nico's cheeks.
"Ti amo. Tu sei tutta la mia vita," I whispered as I leaned forward and brushed our lips together again. "I love you. You're my whole life."
He was my everything.
Chapter Six
~ Nico ~
My breath hitched in my throat. I felt like a wimp with how many times my eyes flooded with tears, but I couldn't help it. Luca had just declared his love for me. He hadn't even done that back all those years ago.
"I love you, too."
"Ti amo," Luca corrected.
My grin went from side to side. "Ti amo."
