Never quite the same...

"Well technically he is," Justin pointed out. "We do sort of work for him..."

"Well this has nothing to do with work," Heath replied, "this is our personal life. Our, not his and yours. Not his and mine. Me and you."

"I know that..." Justin said quietly. He stood there watching Heath for a minute before slowly going over to him, stopping a few steps away, still worried he'd annoy Heath again.

"Well you're not acting it at the moment," Heath replied, looking a little hurt. "Tell me the truth Justin...do you love him?"

"No!" Justin frowned, shaking his head. "I told you I did once, but not anymore." He said before looking away, sighing quietly. "...I just don't want to accidentally say something that'll piss you off again." He mumbled afterwards.

"You won't piss me off," he replied softly, "I just want to know I don't have to worry about you running off with him."

Justin slowly shook his head. "No... I've already done something stupid, I'd rather not add to it..." He said quietly.

Heath nodded, running a hand through his hair before he leaned down to pet the dog. "If he finds out you'll back me up right?"

"About what, the dog?" Justin asked with a confused look, having one of his not-so-smart moments he occasionally suffered from.

"Yes the dog," Heath lied. He didn't want to admit he was afraid what Wade would do if he honestly wanted to keep Justin to himsel.

"Um...sure." Justin slowly nodded, looking confused. He wasn't sure if Heath had actually meant that or not, but didn't really want to ask, figuring he'd sound stupid if he did. Instead he sat down, slowly reaching a hand out to pet the puppy.

"I haven't named him yet," Heath smiled as the dog inched closer to Justin, sniffing his hands before trotting over and licking his face. "I thought maybe you'd have some cool Afrikaan name to give him or something."

"Oh," Justin said, chuckling as the dog licked him. "Um, I don't know, I guess I might be able to come up with something." He smiled as he petted the dog.

The dog barked playfully, tugging on Justin's shirt so that the man would play with him. "Looks like he knows who likes to run around in the back yard and stuff." Heath laughed.

Justin smiled and nodded, petting the dog again as he looked up at Heath. He couldn't help but stare as he looked over the ginger, knowing as he did so that Heath's absence hadn't made him love him any less. Justin went to say something to him, but then changed his mind; moving to get up instead.

"I missed you," Heath admitted, "I really did."

"I missed you too." Justin said quietly, a small smile on his face.

Heath smiled and tossed his arms around Justin, "I love you so much."

Justin couldn't help but smile as Heath hugged him, tears in his eyes as he wrapped his own arms around Heath. "I love you too." He said as he buried his face against Heath's shoulder.

Heath frowned as he pulled away, "Love why are you crying?"

Justin blinked as he tried to get rid of the tears before speaking quietly. "I...I missed you. When I hadn't heard from you for a few days, I thought maybe..." He trailed off, frowning as he looked down, trying not to get upset again.

"No, I lost touch there for a while," Heath replied, "got lost in the woods while trying to find the place that Farrelly was staying at. When they say he likes his privacy these days, he likes his privacy."

Justin nodded slowly. "Yeah; It's hard enough just keeping track of which city he's in...or near." He frowned. "The person I had watching him lost him a while back."

"You had a person watching him?" Heath asked, raising an eyebrow, "who did you have watching him?"

"Just an old friend of mine," Justin said, running a hand through his hair. "Not exactly the best of choices for it if he lost track of Sheamus, yet you found him though."