Chapter Two: Australian Open I

It's been two days since Roger and Novak had landed in Australia. They had already been on the courts in Rod Laver arena for practice. There were more photographers there than for the new hot shot tennis player from France, Jaques Louvernt. It was now Monday. The start of the tournament. Novak was scheduled to play his first round match the next day. They had a scheduled press conference together in the afternoon the day before.

Commentator Booth

Patrick McEnroe: Well, I think everyone is going to be talking for the next several years about this guy, Novak Djokovic. He came out to the world after a photo of him and Roger Federer in an intimate embrace surfaced.

Chris Evert: You're right, John. When Federer came out in 2016, everyone was just astonished and remember when he was asked on whether or not he had a boyfriend, during Wimbledon of that year?

Patrick McEnroe: I do remember. I remember him saying it in a sneaky way too, 'I have someone special.' We had no way of knowing that it was Djokovic and that they have been in a relationship since 2008.

Brad Gilbert: I think everyone was in shock when that part was announced. They were both still active players back then and have come across each other numerous times in the seven years they were together.

Chris Evert: And nothing changed between them. You look back at all of their matches they played against each other, those were some of the best matches they played in their careers.

Patrick McEnroe: It's like they brought out the best in each other. So, what do you think of Djokovic's chances winning the Australian Open? He's going for his seventh Australian Open title and this is always his best Grand Slam.

Brad Gilbert: Well, I don't think anyone will ever forget that nearly six hour finale with Rafael Nadal back in 2012 and I see Djokovic doing well because it's a hard court and he is the best hard court player I've seen. That being said, his portion of the draw is going to be tough. He has some old friends and some new blood in his draw. There's even a possibility of him playing his brother, Marko and if all goes well, I see Novak getting to the semifinals and playing the French phenom, Jaques Louvernt. This kid has got power and skill and he could be dangerous for Djokovic.

Chris Evert: Well, I think everyone is talking about the upcoming press conference that Djokovic and Federer will be doing together. They said that they'll do one before each tournament to get everything out of the way. That's coming up on air later on …...

Novak sighed as he looked out to see all the reporters. "Full house out there," he said to Roger. Roger looked out as well and he chuckled. "I don't think I've had a full house before."

"We'll be fine," Roger said.

"Should we walk out holding hands?" he asked Mirka causing her to look up from her Blackberry.

"Only if you want to," she said. "You guys ready? Looks like they're all drooling out there," she said.

"Might as well get this over with," Novak said. Roger gave him a kiss before the two of them walked out. Flash bulbs went off as they got to the seats. Roger actually pulled out Novak's chair for him and waited until he sat down before sitting himself. "Hello. Thank you for coming," he said.

"First time I think I'm nervous," Roger commented as he sat down. The reporters chuckled as the flash bulbs stopped. "We'll take questions, but if we don't like the question, we won't answer it."

"Do you think being married to Novak you'll be able to coach him better?" one reporter asked.

"Absolutely. I also think that having been with him throughout his successful years will help too. I've grown accustomed to his playing style and I can work with him on some things that need tweaking. Just little things," he added and every one chuckled.

"You have your twins here with you , correct?"

"Yes, that's correct," Novak said.

"Will they be seen in public during the tournament?"

"Uh, well, on my days off we'll probably have family outings, but we'd rather not have a dozen photographers chasing us."

"How have they've been handling the paparazzi?"

"They're just two. I don't think they know what's going on," Roger said.

"Is Pierre here?" another reporter asked about the family dog.

"Pierre is a bit old for traveling now," Novak said. "I'm surprised he's still around. Poor thing can't even get up the stairs anymore." Everyone laughed.

"I get tired watching him cross the room," Roger commented and Novak laughed.

"With two toddlers in the house, do you still have a sex life?" Novak chuckled causing Roger to look over at him and everyone to laugh.

"Sort of," Novak said.

"What do you mean 'sort of'?" Roger asked causing everyone to chuckle.

"The kids like to interrupt us," Novak commented, "and that is all I'm going to say."

"Would you consider having another wedding that's more public?"

"So glad you asked that," Roger commented and every one laughed. "We are planning a much bigger wedding. Not sure if it will be this year or next, but with more countries legalizing gay marriage, we have more places to chose from."

"Do you think you'll wait until Switzerland legalizes gay marriage? There's talk of them getting it through the courts."

"Uh, well, it depends on how long it takes to get through," Roger said.

"Did you ever get nervous when playing each other when you were secretly together?"

"I was nervous the first time we played each other after becoming a couple," Novak said. "I had butterflies in my stomach because we had spent the night before that match together and it was still fresh in my mind."

"I was in his head all day," Roger commented. After a few more questions, one reporter asked something they didn't expect.

"Can we get a little kiss?" she asked and everyone else chuckled as Novak sucked in his teeth, rubbing his neck.

"This one is not that big on PDA," Roger said gesturing his head toward Novak.

"You'll have to catch us when we're least expecting it," Novak said and the female reporter groaned in disappointment.

Novak sighed as he and Roger came back to their suite. Lynette stood up from her chair. "Saw your guys' interview. Very cute." They both chuckled as they put their bags down. "Did she really ask you guys to kiss?" she asked.

"She did," Roger said. "Hey, if they want to see us kiss, we'll do it in our own time," he said.

"No, they'll just follow us every where we go until we do kiss," Novak said.

"They're going to do that anyway," Lynette said and Roger gestured to his mother.

"See, that's what I said," he said.

"Well, I blame you. If you hadn't kissed me in front of the paparazzi in Serbia last month," Novak started to say.

"Roger," Lynette scolded.

"I hadn't kissed him the whole drive up there. Besides, you noticed they hadn't bugged us the whole time we were there since I kissed you."

"He's right," Novak said. "They kept their distance after we kissed that day."

"Great. Then we can kiss in public again, right?" Roger asked and Novak chortled. Lynette laughed as she gathered her things.

"The kids are fed and are in bed. See you tomorrow," she said before she kissed them good night.

"Goodnight, mom," they said together and she laughed heading out the door. Roger locked the door behind her before turning around to look at his husband. The day's press stuff had taken his toll on him. Besides the press conference, they had other interviews with sponsors, such as Novak's new clothing sponsor, Nike. Novak was tired. Dead tired and here comes Roger with that look in his eyes. The kids were asleep and he had one thing on his mind.

"I love you," Roger said before kissing Novak. The Serb moaned softly as Roger's arms wrapped around his body. It wasn't long until Roger's lips moved down his neck, nipping at his sensitive spot. Novak licked his lips as Roger moved his lips up his ear. "Do you want me to take you to bed?" his husband asked.

"Yes, please," Novak said. Roger suddenly picked him up and put over his shoulder. Novak chuckled as Roger carried him to the bedroom. The twins were in the bedroom across the suite, so they had some distance between them. Roger tossed him onto the bed and climbed on top of him.

"Who knows when we'll have time to our selves once you start playing," Roger said before they kissed passionately. Clothes were quickly shed because they were sure they would have a limited amount of time until one of the kids woke up. With expertise spanning their ten year relationship, Roger had a condom on and was preparing Novak with two fingers.

"Oh, Roger, just make love to me already," Novak said. Roger moaned as he kissed down Novak's neck and pulled his fingers out. He pulled Novak up by the hips and spread his butt cheeks to press into him. They kissed as Roger eased into Novak and they both moaned into the others' mouths. Novak wrapped his legs around Roger's waist and grunted as his husband thrust up into him. "Oh, God, yes," he moaned. He reached up and ran his hands through Roger's hair. Roger immediately began a slow, easy pace, bracing his knees on the bed. He slipped his arms underneath Novak and gently cupped his face, kissing all over it. Novak's hands moved down Roger's back, gliding along the muscles. Roger doesn't play any more, but he still worked out to keep in shape.

Roger made a declaration of love into Novak's ear in his native language and after ten years together, Novak understood every word. He was now fluent in Swiss German as was Roger in Serbian. And it only took ten years. He replied in Serbian and got Roger to moan deeply into his ear. Novak held onto Roger's shoulders as he started to thrust faster into him. "Roger," he moaned as he squeezed his legs tighter around Roger's waist.

"Oh, Novak, so tight. You're always so tight."

"Only for you," he said and they kissed passionately as Roger changed angles and was hitting Novak's sweet spot with every thrust. Novak gasped out, moaning into Roger's mouth and Roger reached down in between them to grasp Novak's cock. Novak groaned into Roger's mouth as Roger's hand squeezed him before stroking his cock. They moved together in a rhythm made for the two of them. Novak gasped lightly as Roger kissed down his neck. He bent his head back more so Roger had more to nip on and his husband took advantage of that. "Oh, God, Roger," he moaned before he came in Roger's hand. A few more thrusts and Roger was coming as well.

"Oh, God, yes," he moaned into Novak's neck. Novak chuckled as Roger kissed him. "Sex with you is incredible."

"Sex is great with you too," Novak said as Roger kissed his neck. He pulled out of him and they laid there, steadying their breathing. "I love you," he said.

"Love you, too. Now, rest up. You've got a match tomorrow."

"Yeah, okay, coach," Novak said curling up against Roger and he chuckled as Roger pulled the covers over them.

The next day...

Commentator Booth

Patrick McEnroe: It is the continuation of the early rounds here in Australian and match everyone is looking forward to is Novak Djokovic against Thomas Belucci. Now, Belucci has improved over the years, but against Novak, his record, their head to head is 5-1. He's only beaten Novak once and that was three years ago when Novak had his shoulder problems.

Chris Evert: I don't see Belucci getting through Djokovic. Not with Federer as his coach. I watched the two of them during their practice sessions. Novak is starting to play half his style and half Federer style.

Brad Gilbert: I know what you mean, Chris. During that practice session, Novak was hitting his service marks like Federer. He was hitting corners, going up the tee and even lining the ball up the lines with a two handed back hand that was better than his own years ago. I like the style Federer has set up his hubby with and I see Djokovic going through Belucci with no problems.

Novak was nervous. He was going through stretches in the hall as Roger was giving him last minute instruction before heading up to the players box. After Roger gave his last advice, he gave Novak a kiss. A kiss that prompted wolf whistles from the females in the hall. It broke the ice a little. Novak got his bags and Roger headed up to the player's box. "Is he okay?" Dijana asked him.

"He's fine," Roger said. He settled into his seat next to his mother in law and the match began with the introductions. After the coin toss, which Novak won, he and Belucci warmed up. Every now and then Roger was shown on the big screen watching Novak move intently through his warm up. The commentators for the match was Mary Jo Hernandez, Andy Roddick and Sam Stosur.

Mary Jo Hernandez: Roger and Novak have been private about their marriage and they are rarely seen giving PDA, but rumor has it that they had just kissed right before Novak came out on court.

Andy Roddick: I missed it?

Sam Stosur: Andy, we both have seen them kiss plenty of times over the years. It's okay if we miss one or two kisses.

The first set started out in Novak's favor. He broke Belucci's serve when it was 4-4 making it 5-4 and then won the next game. Set went as it did. The next set Roger noticed Novak's shoulder was acting up, again. Belucci and him took turns breaking each others' serve before Belucci kept serve and won the set. In the third set, Belucci lost focus and Novak's shoulder twinge went away. "He's okay now," Roger said. "Shoulder tension went away."

"Oh, good," Dijana said. "Does that mean …?" she started to ask before Novak hit back a return that seemed eerily familiar to Roger.

"Hmm, that looked familiar," he quipped, having a flashback to the 2011 US Open when Novak hit that fluke return against him. The crowd was cheering as Novak cleaned up the third set in 6-1. The fourth set they fought toe to toe before Novak broke Belucci's serve.

"6-5 fourth set, Djokovic," the chair umpire said. The crowd was cheering as Novak got ready to serve for the match. "Quiet please," the umpire called out. Novak's first serve went wide, hitting the line and Belucci didn't even move for it.

15-0.

"Novak's serving has improved, I'll give him that," Roddick said. "He's hitting corners in an uncanny way like Roger used to. It's bringing back memories."

"Good or bad?" Sam asked.

"Both," he said and they laughed as Novak hit another serve which Belucci returned; into the net.

30-0.

Novak hit a serve into Belucci, but he returned to which Novak returned as well, but it went wide.

30-15. "No problem," Roger mumbled. "Keep it together, Nole."

Novak hit a serve up the T, right passed Belucci's out stretched arm.

40-15

Novak's next serve was a body serve, but Belucci returned it and Novak hit it back. They hit a couple of passing shots towards each other before Novak hit a ball eerily familiar like Roger and clipped the line, right passed Belucci. "Game, set, match, Djokovic." The crowd went nuts as Novak hit his last ball up into the crowd and began to wave to the crowd. He hurried over to the net to shake hands with Thomas who had a big smile one his face. "Good game."

"You too," Novak said before they took turns to shake hands with the chair umpire before Novak went back out to the court to wave out to the crowd.

End of Chapter Two