Daniel and Lando passed out on the seats, while Max and I have moved our conversation to his bedroom, sitting on the bed with the nearly empty bowl of crisps between us and the beers standing on the night stand.
"So you got a ton of money on your bank but don't want to spend any of it?" Max asks me and I nod "thats insane, you could travel, get a house, move to a different city or buy an expensive car" Max says and I shrug
"I like how my life is right now, people don't suspect me living in a small house in belgium. I don't go shopping for expensive clothes and I like what im wearing, i don't want fame to change that" I admit to Max
"Yeah I get that, money tends to change people" he says and I raise an eyebrow
"You somehow didn't" I point out
"Well without my money I wouldn't be doing Sim racing, the set up was quite expensive and obviously what ur siting in right now, is mainly because I dislike large crowds" he tells me, opening up more and more
"Yeah large crowds can be scary" I agree with him and he looks intrigued
"How can you still handle them? During your concerts or at the club the other night, you just acted casual while people were surrounding you" he says and I smile at the ground
"Its the music, it's my way of letting emotions out. Just imagine its how you feel racing on the track, millions of people are watching you and you forget about everything around you just you and your car" I explain and Max keeps staring at me, definitely not concentrating on what im saying
"You're not listening" I say
"Im sorry what" he snaps back to reality
"Okay wait" I say and hold his eyes shut "imagine you're in the car, driving 300 kilometres per hour" I say
"Yeah" he says
"Millions of people are watching you, in real life and on the screen. You're practically surrounded but instead of thinking about the crowd around you, whats on your mind?" I say and remove my hands and he looks at me
"Adrenaline, excitement" he starts naming stuff but not what im trying to get to, that hes thinking about the race, the thrill of winning
"And?" I say wanting him to continue
"I don't know, the shower after the race?" He sayd
"Come on, its what you are dreaming about, your achievement" I say reminding him of his Career, his championships
"You" he says serious and looks at me, the honesty filling his eyes as he looks into my eyes, melting my heart as he does so
"Oh shut up" I say, grabbing his chin and connecting our lips softly "you know thats not what I was trying to get to" I whisper
"I know but it got you to kiss me, so it was definitely worth it" he winks at me
"Im gonna head out there, sleep on the seat so you can have your bed" I say smiling at Max his stupid but wholesome move
"Nonsense, we can share my bed, its big enough" Max grabs my arm, stopping me from getting out
"We said no suspicions, that includes Daniel" I respond
"Then you sleep here, ill go out" Max insist and I groan
"Max, please" I groan and look at him
"Come on, I missed you for a whole week" he says and quickly pulls me on-top of his lap, taking me by complete surprise
"Max, I-" I try and ask what he is doing but he interrupts me
"Just stay quiet" he says with a serious and slightly raspy voice, grabbing my head with both his hands and presses our lips together, as I start to kiss him back he releases his hands from my head and moves them down, over my chest, my waist and moves his hands inside my T-shirt, all while not separating our lips for a single moment.
