Every time we touch JD x DM
This lovely one shot was requested by the also lovely Joana_Carter.
AU- soulmate tattoo
21st of November 1985
A baby is born with a paw print tattoo with a dollar sign inside right above where his boxers go when he is older on the right side. He is handed to his mother who smiles. Her tattoo is right above her heart and it is the Latin cross. It matches the tattoo that her husband has in the same place, which makes them soulmates. Margo Murillo hopes that one day her newborn son will be able to find a soulmate of his own and he will be happy. It doesn't matter if the new baby's son has a soulmate who is a male or a female, as long as they are happy and treat him with the care and love that he deserves. She wants the world for her son.
"Welcome to the world Daniel," Margo says and kisses the top of her baby's head. Her husband smiles and wraps his arm around his wife. He was incredibly proud of his wife; the labour was the toughest one so far. They thought for a moment that Daniel would not make it, his umbilical chord was wrapped around his neck twice and he would not breathe at first. It was a heart wrenching moment; watching helplessly as nurses rush around trying to revive your son and you can't do anything. They were definitely going to be nervous when they are able to take him home. "I love you two so much," he tells his wife and new son. He could not wait for his two older boys to meet the new baby and they could be the happy family of 5.
1st of May 1984
A baby is born with a paw print tattoo with a dollar sign inside right under his hip bone on his right side. He is handed to his father first, as his mother was having a drink at that moment. Her tattoo was a dollar sign inside a red dripping circle, on the inside of her wrist. Miles Decker, her husband had the exact same one on the inside of his wrist. They matched each other perfectly which was how they knew they were soulmates. Their hearts would flutter whenever they met up and when they were apart their tattoos would burn with the longing to be together with each other again. They both felt aroused around each other and those feelings were hard to deny after a while. They are happy to be together and very much in love.
Miles looks at his son, not even questioning the slightly strange positioning of his son's tattoo. He would probably have a soulmate out there with the same tattoo. He just has to wait and do some searching. "Hello Jorel," Miles tells his son, who looks at him. Jorel has no idea what is going on around him, but he is happy and content. He passes the baby to his mom who feeds him as he is starting to get a little fussy. Miles vowed that there would be no judgement on who his baby's soulmate would be. There is no choosing with whom you fall in love with, it just happens. His soulmate might well be a boy for all they know. Only time will tell, they don't even know if his soulmate has been born yet.
"I love you Jorel. I am so proud of you my dear," he says and kisses the top of his baby's head and then passionately kisses his wife. "Welcome to the world Jorel," his wife says and kisses her son. She had already kissed her husband. She hands Jorel back to Miles for another cuddle before he gets put in the little bassinet for his own little nap. Soon they will be able to take him home, so he can meet the rest of his siblings and see what happens from there.
19th of October 2009 – Danny's point of view
"Which airport are you at?" George my friend of ten years asks me. I am currently in LAX at my gate sitting on my backpack as I get told the flight has been delayed another 3 hours. "I am still in LA, flight's been delayed further three hours. I'll probably send a text when I get on the plane," I tell him. I know its their day off on tour right now, trying to give me ample time to travel from LA to Texas to make it for tomorrow's show. I'm replacing their lead singer Aaron full time and to be honest I am feeling extremely nervous about it all. It's not going to be the same as when I did it for Lorene Drive. There are going to be a lot more people out there to judge me and I don't know if I want that or not. The pay is better at least.
"So, the five am flight turns into a one pm flight.. That's alright as long as you don't incur any further delays I guess. We just want you here already," George replies, acting slightly childish at the end which is out of character for him. I guess he is just impatient because he has been trying to get me as a member of his band for so long and now the day is finally here. Almost five years after it started and a year since their debut album came out there is a new lead singer. People are going to hate me for it, I can feel it already. They are not going to be happy that there is such a massive change so soon, they will always compare me with Aaron. There will be nothing that I can do about it to be honest. No amount of time working with the others will make everyone happy.
At least the guys won't see my soulmate tattoo. It's a nice tattoo, a dollar sign within a pawprint. I just hate the placement of it really. It has to be on my boxer line of all places. I guess my soulmate might have the same, I just have to wait and see. I have never met my soulmate before, so I have no idea what is going to happen when I meet them. Mom and dad have told me what happened when they met for the first time. I thought that was going to happen when I met Theresa, my high school crush. It didn't in the end and we split a month ago on mutual terms. We are still looking for our soulmates and we remain close friends. "I am so nervous I just want this plane ride to be over now," I tell him, he chuckles.
"Yeah I know Dan, just keep your chin up and you'll be joining us before you know it," he tells me. He can talk to me for another hour before he has to leave to go and have fun with the guys. They expected me to be here by now so I could enjoy the travelling with them before I get thrown in the deep end and sing tomorrow night in front of hundreds of people. I always sub consciously make sure that either my boxers or my t-shirt covers the soulmate tattoo. I have rehearsed time and time again with the Lorene Drive guys how I would get changed so that they would not see the tattoo. To be fair on them, they never minded it and they would honestly let me know if it was showing. "Yeah, can't wait until this stupid plane ride is done still. I hate planes," I tell him, I am worried, and I get severe anxiety on a plane.
I haven't told anyone about it until now, for fear of being judged and made fun of. "I know Danny, I'll be waiting at the arrival bit for you as soon as you get off the plane. I promise," George tells me. I know he's got my back. He will help me through this. "I know, I just wish you were here now, as whiney as it sounds," I tell him. It's his turn to laugh now. I know he couldn't because he couldn't get the time off to do it. If he did then he would be by my side guiding me through this airport and keeping me calm. We end the call a minute later and I hated it, I wanted to keep talking to George for longer, but he needs to have some fun he will have to leave during some of the fun anyway to pick me up from the airport.
We are going to be playing in Houston tomorrow night. The flight is just as long as the current delay time. 3 hours and 15 minutes, that's how long the flight is from LAX to Houston airport. I would have been there by now. I have been delayed about three times now. This is getting quite ridiculous and my patience is running out. I just want to have fun, the next few weeks are going to be stressful enough with the fans constant judgement of my performance during the tour. I am going to be constantly stressed for here on out. I can't wait to get this out of the way, I have missed George and because we have been doing different things we haven't been able to meet up until now. Today's going to be great when the stupid flight is over.
~4:15 pm ~
I yawn as I grab my carry on and walk off the plane. George is meeting me in arrivals in a couple of minutes. When George was talking about time, he was talking about the time in Huston. Los Angeles is two hours behind Huston. So, the one pm flight his time was a 11 am flight for me. He was waiting at arrivals like he promised. I ran over to him and hugged him as tight as I could, and he hugged me back. "You survived the flight like I knew you would," George says, and I resist slapping him for the comment. I know that he is only teasing me. "Yeah, I'm exhausted. Did not sleep last night at all," I tell him. The original flight was very early in the morning, so I decided I could sleep when I get there. I am sure that they will let me sleep if I need to.
"Aw, we are going to get take out then go back to the bus. Once dinner is over I am sure you can sleep while we watch films. That airline has wasted most of your day," George tells me, he is right most of my day had been wasted because of the stupid airline delaying the flights and not giving any reason as to why. "Yeah, sleep and food sounds good to me right now. I haven't really eaten either," I tell George, I know soon enough I will be getting good hot food which is what I need after a stressful day. I walk with George to baggage claim and wait to grab my suitcase. I don't have my guitar, it got collected when tour started in case they needed me, so I could play my own guitar which I would be more comfortable with.
George grabbed my suitcase for me since I was so tired on my feet I almost missed it. "Come on, I have a rented car, you can fall asleep now before you drop," George tells me. I smiled at him and then I followed him out of the airport to the rented car. I was super excited to see the guys again. I am going to be meeting Jorel for the first time though. He never went to high school, so I didn't meet him then. Today is going to be the first time that we have ever met each other. I am nervous, but at the same time I am excited. George has said that Jorel is a good guy and I will get along with him quite easily. Jordon and George are soulmates, they have shades with three tears as their tattoo on their bicep. Dylan has a weed soulmate tattoo on his forearm, he isn't currently looking for his mate right now though.
When we got into the bus, my tattoo instantly started to itch. This is weird, my tattoo has never itched before. I need to resist the urge to scratch. Then it will show my tattoo, and everyone will see it. I don't want that to happen. Jorel looked uncomfortable. Well I assume the uncomfortable looking guy is Jorel, I don't recognise him out of the other guys. He introduces himself to me and we quickly demolish dinner. Then George asks if I am joining them for the movie night or did I want to go to bed straight away. I told him that I would stay for one movie and then go to bed because I was really tired from the day's traveling. He said that was fine, I didn't have to force myself to stay awake while my bunk is just metres away.
Everyone said good night to me when the first film was over. I felt welcome, it was nice to be on tour where the pay wasn't going to be an issue. Where the crowds are going to be just as active and hyper as we will be when we before as a six piece tomorrow. Jordon is grateful that I am covering Aaron's vocals. He is dangerously close to loosing his voice because he is singing so much every show. I'm glad I can help out in any way that I can. As I walk further away from Jorel, I notice that the itch was barely there. This is too weird, I don't know what to do as this has never happened to me before. I texted my dad about it earlier, he said it can happen in the presence of your soulmate, but it never happen with him or my mom. I manage to fall asleep before any of the others come in.
13th of May 2012
Dear diary,
First off, please excuse the cringe of today's entry as I am probably going to sound like a teenage girl. I am actually a 26-year-old male. Jorel has been acting weird. Well, weirder than usual my soulmate tattoo still itches whenever I am near him and I think his might as well. The feelings that have developed over the last three years have become almost impossible to ignore. A few months after we first met, we had our first make out session. He was drunk, I was not. It didn't stop either of us though. The kiss sent electricity through my body and I loved the feeling of it. We have done this a few more times since then, but never made anything official by our kisses. My mom has her suspicions, but she refuses to tell me.
She tells me to figure it out on my own, I think I am getting there slowly. Recording American Tragedy in 2010 was awkward too. Jorel would make excuses not to sit with me or to leave the room whenever we sat next to each other for too long. At every interview if we were put next to each other he would run off when it was done. No one has come up with an explanation of this strange behaviour as of yet. It still happens to this day, I might ask George about it. He is my best friend after all and he knows Jorel a lot better than I do. After I have finished writing I might ask him. He found his soulmate, so I am sure he can help me discover if Jorel is mine. George is over at my house today to work on song lyrics. We tried to convince Jorel to join us since Jordon is coming too but he declined.
I have never shown my soulmate tattoo to anyone other than my family. The itching that happens with the tattoo is at its most intense whenever we kiss. I was shocked when he came over to me, slammed me against the wall and pressed his lips against mine. The kiss was too good to ignore so I kissed him back, then he led me to a VIP room, handing a bar man a $20 note to let us continue the kiss in there, in private and in secret. He will never talk about the kisses when he is around the other members of the band and we are barely alone for long enough to talk about the kiss and to see what we want to do. I want to know where our relationship is headed. I want to know if we are going to be dating or not.
I am making up my mind now, I am going to talk to George privately before Jordon arrives and I am going to ask for his help. I feel like I am going mad if something doesn't happen soon. I want Jorel to know how I feel if this is meant to be. I don't want my heart broken. It was hard enough after I broke up with Reese, I don't want it to happen again. I don't think I could cope if it happened again. It was really rough, Justin, Kris and Stephen saved me from some really tough times back then. They all helped me equally, I would often stay at their houses when I felt really suicidal. I need this relationship to go well. I have barely slept, and I am writing in here to sort of organise my thoughts and to pass the time until its more reasonable to wake up.
Jorel is driving me insane, I get so many emotions from being around him. It's hard to describe and it's even harder to manage. It might be the same for Jorel, he doesn't speak to me, so I have no idea if it is or not. The only way I will know for sure is if we talk out our feelings. I really hope that George can help me. I have started to draw my tattoo in notepads and sketchpads, so I can see it and show people without actually revealing its placement on my body. My mom say that it is good that I am drawing again, I stopped a long time ago because I would get too frustrated with my drawings and kept scrunching them up and throwing them away. If I can find my soulmate she will be very happy for me.
It's a parent's goal in life to live to see their children get their soulmates. As I am the youngest of my mom's children I am the last one to find my soulmate. Kyle is my half-brother and he hasn't found his soulmate yet either. I know he will one day, just like I will. You need to have patience, it is not often that soulmates find each other right away. It could take several failed relationships before you find the one. That is just how life works unfortunately. Kyle knows the same pain I do when it comes to looking for our soulmates. He is taking a break from the relationship scene for now while I am still searching. One day I will find the one, I just know it. All I have to do is keep hoping and praying that it will happen soon.
Danny Rose Murillo
I sigh as I close the book and put it in my bedside drawer. It was another restless night for me. When I say that I got no sleep during the night I mean it. Sometimes my mind will give me an hours rest but its never consistent. George knows this, he volunteered to take me to his doctor to see if they will prescribe me sleeping pills. I lie down in the bed and snuggle under the sheets, I told George that he could let himself in when he arrived. I might be asleep by then, I might not but it gives him the chance to go in without disturbing me like he has requested. He feels like if he knocks and wakes me up when I am asleep then he is disturbing me, and he will feel bad about it because I barely get any sleep as it is.
"I brought you some coffee Danny, I thought you might need it," George says, my alarm clock reads 9 am and I was very tired. I had managed to fall asleep at six am and three hours of sleep is not that bad. "Thanks George, I definitely need this. I just slept for three hours. I didn't sleep until six am," I tell him, accepting the coffee mug from his hand. He sits next to me, he hates how bad my sleeping issues are right now. I am pretty sure the stress of Jorel's constant kiss and run isn't helping me. "What's going on Danny? You can talk to me at anytime you know that," he tells me, I sigh and take a hug gulp of coffee. "It's Jorel, there is just something about him that makes me go through a whole spectrum of emotions," I tell him.
It's going to be good to get it off my chest. "In what way?" George asks me, I took another gulp of coffee. I am starting to feel more awake as I drink this. I have my glasses on, somehow I managed to fall asleep with them on. "Anytime I am near him, my soulmate tattoo gets incredibly itchy. He keeps making reasons as to why we can't be near each other," I tell him. I went into further detail into what has been going on in the last three years in between more sips of coffee until I drank the whole thing. "So, you think that Jorel might be your soulmate?" George asks me, and I nod. There can't be any other explanation for what I am going through. "I have gone through a few other possibilities but that one seems the strongest. We can't seem to be apart for long no matter how hard Jorel tries," I tell him.
"Right, I have the solution to this. I am inviting Jorel over, I am going to tell him that I have noticed his strange behaviour towards you and I want answers. You and Jordon can be in your little studio working. I will chat with Jorel then come and get you and leave you two to talk it out," George says, sounding as confident as ever. I nodded, that was better than anything that I could come up with at this very moment in time. If we can talk it out then I will feel happier knowing what my place is and what my relationship will be with Jorel. "Please help me George, I need to know what is going on," I tell him. He nods, and I rest my head on his shoulder, it was purely brotherly love between us like we used to be.
I watched as George fired off his text to Jorel, making sure he had my approval of the contents first. "Jordon's bringing breakfast from Mc Donald's. I told him to get our regular breakfast stuff from there," George tells me. I smiled, I can't wait for food. I am so hungry now, I skipped dinner last night because I was so busy. I was writing so many songs I lost track of time. I wanted to do anything which stopped me from thinking so much about Jorel. I know that a lot of the songs that I am writing won't be turned into actual songs, but it doesn't hurt to try anyways. "Also, Jorel has agreed to come over. I don't know if people can sound eager over a text message, but he does," George adds after a minute when his phone buzzes.
"Well, he has been avoiding me since tour ended a month ago," I tell him. It had really been a month with little face to face contact with Jorel. It might be urges that he can't ignore which make him want to come over so suddenly. When I ask, I usually get a no from him. So, for him to agree to come over to MY house and talk to me is a big deal in my little world. Jorel has never been over to mine, to be fair I have moved twice without telling him. "Are you sure he knows where I live now? I have kinda not told him when I moved the last two times," I tell George, my address is kind of an important detail that doesn't need to be missed out. "Yeah he asked for it after I asked if he was going to come over so you two could talk," George tells me.
That's good then. At least he knows where to go now. I'm going to be so nervous when he shows up though, this conversation means so much to me and I really desperately do not need it to go wrong. So many things can happen today, and I don't know how I feel about that. "Do you want some privacy to get dressed?" George asks me. I shake my head, usually I ask them to give me space and leave me alone when I get changed. Today I want to show George my tattoo just in the hopes it might match Jorel's. "Why the sudden change?" George asks, I got out of bed to show him why. I lower my boxers just a little at the top, revealing the soulmate tattoo I was born with. George's eyes lit up and he knew something I didn't.
"You are the only one in the band now that knows what that looks like," I tell him. He knew I keep my body private, I have been that way since I was young. I would do topless shoots in Lorene Drive, but I would never ever show my tattoo. "Yeah, with the placement of it I can totally understand why. I'm sure I have seen that tattoo before. I'll discretely ask Jorel later because I am pretty sure it was in a similar place on him," George says, I hope he knows that he is getting my hopes up and they could easily be crushed if his memory is wrong. I get a top and put it on, no point getting all fancy if I am staying in my house. The guys have seen me in my sweatpants before, it's really no big deal to me. I'm not worried.
"I hope you're right on this," I tell him. We are walking downstairs as Jordon texted George to say that he has arrived with the food and didn't want to walk in, just in case we were having a private conversation or something. "Don't worry Danny, I will be right. Just need Jorel to see what affect his ignoring is having and how much better it would be if you got together," George says as we get to my kitchen/dining room. He goes to open the door for Jordon while I get some things to go with our incredibly "healthy" breakfast. We take the piss out of our diets all the time since Jorel admitted that he wasn't too keen on junk food. "Were you sleeping Danny?" Jordon asks, my hair is still sticking up.
"Yeah, only got three hours sleep this morning," I tell him, then I walk over to a mirror to sort my hair out and make myself look more presentable. He hugs me from behind, he knows what's going on through George since he has been worrying about me quite a fair bit since we have been talking about my problems together. "Bet everything is going to work itself out soon and you'll be back to sleeping somewhat normally," Jordon says, and I smile. I love the positive energy around me this morning. I hope this continues throughout the day. I don't really see any reason why they shouldn't, and we soon demolish our breakfast. I always laugh at how Jordon treats every meal as if he hasn't been fed.
A few hours later
Now is the part of the day that I have been dreading slightly since early this morning. It's now mid-afternoon and I am going to be talking to Jorel privately for the first time in months. George had already spoken with Jorel, telling him the reasons why this chat needs to happen and now it's my turn. My tattoo tingles in anticipation of seeing Jorel again, its happened before. Usually the night before tour or a studio session. We have eaten lunch, I nervously picked at my sandwich until George told me that it was going to be fine and I was going to be okay after I speak to Jorel. Jorel showed up just after lunch and the two older men got chatting in my living room. Jordon did his best to distract me during that.
Now I am in my living room waiting for Jorel to walk back in with the coffee. "Hey Danny," Jorel says when he walks in with the drinks in hand and some biscuits. "Hey Jay," I tell him, my tattoo itching again because I am around him. I take my mug from him and put it down on the coaster, he hands me two biscuits and puts the other two next to his mug. "So, George has told me that I have been a bit of an asshole to you lately and I apologise for that," he tells me. I smile at him, its nice for him to realise what he has been doing. "I accept it Jay, I just wanted to know why without excuses this time," I tell him. He takes my hands and I look in his eyes. "I know, and I want to tell you. I am just nervous about how you might react to it," Jorel tells me.
"What is it Jay? You know I have an open mind and I will listen to anything that you have to say," I tell him. He lifts his top and reveals a tattoo on his right hip, a paw print with a dollar sign inside. Exactly like mine, I couldn't stop the gasp when I saw it. I looked him right in the eyes and showed him mine, making him the second and the last member in the band that I wanted to see it. "So, we are soulmates," he says, his voice barely above a whisper. I nod and smile at him. "That explains how I was so horny around you and that's why I kept leaving, I couldn't resist the urges and they were so strong," he tells me. We both talk about how we have been feeling with these tattoos on our bodies.
I was so excited that I had finally found my soulmate. "I love you Jay," I tell him. We had kissed so many times by now, so we aren't exactly having our first kiss anytime soon. "I love you too Danny. Out of anybody who could have possibly been my soulmate I was glad that it was you," he tells me. I go and sit on his lap, it seems like teasing, but I had a plan. He has been resisting his horny urges for months if not years now. I am going to make that end tonight. I feel his hands around my waist as I wrap mine behind my back. I press my lips against his and he kisses back straight away which I loved. He pulled me closer which deepened the kiss. We have to wait until the other couple leave before we can satisfy each other.
"Guys, we are going home now. Have fun and use protection," George shouts about two hours later. Jorel and I laughed and shouted bye back to the couple. As soon as my front door closed Jorel ripped my t-shirt off me and I did the same to him. Then I got off his lap and grabbed his wrist. I dragged him up the stairs and he was willing to follow. He pushes me against my room door with a kiss, closing it. Oh we are going to have fun tonight.
And that is the end of another one shot I hope you enjoyed.
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