You've Become A Part Of Me (Mike Shinoda) 40

Sitting on the tour bus, playing Texas Hold 'Em with the guys, your phone went off. Digging it out of your pocket, you saw you had a text message. You opened it up and saw it was from Jade. 'Hey. How goes it?'

You grinned before replying. 'Good. Playin' cards with the guys. You?'

'Just woke up. Wanted to say hi before I went to take a shower.'

Arching an eyebrow, you smirked. 'Oh yeah?'

"Dude, it's your turn."

Looking up, you found Rob staring at you.

"Are you gonna go or what?"

Rolling your eyes, you took your turn, just as you got a response.

'Yep. ;) Don't you wish you were here? Haha.'

'Hell yeah, I do.'

'Lol. Well I will let you play cards. I'll talk to you later. Have fun. Love you.'

'Love you too.'

***You***

After getting out of the shower, and getting dressed, you headed downstairs to feed Rookie, and let him out, before eating. While you were chewing on some cereal, your phone went off. You checked it, and saw Mike was calling. Grinning, you swallowed the cereal in your mouth, and flipped your phone open. "Hiya."

Mike chuckled on the other line. "Hey, babe."

"What's up?"

"Nothing. Just sittin' in my bunk."

"Mmm. That sounds... pretty damn boring."

Another laugh. "Yeah... But I'm talkin' to you, so it's all good."

You grinned, as you took another bite of cereal. "Oh yeah?"

"Yeah. Did I catch you while you were eating?"

"Yeah," you nodded to yourself. "But I'm almost done, so it's cool. So what happened to playing cards?"

"Eh. Couple of the guys got bored, and complained that that's all we do so they decided to play video games. Then Chester decided to call Tally. And I came to my bunk to call you. I missed your voice."

You grinned. "I missed your voice too. One week and three days..." you trailed off.

"Yeah... I kinda wish we could cancel a couple dates. I wanna go home now."

Smiling, you shook your head. "Do you know how disappointed your fans would be?"

You heard Mike sigh. "Yeah, yeah... I know... It still sucks, though. I miss you. And I want you."

"Still got the pictures at least," you smirked.

He chuckled. "Yeah. But it's not even close to the real thing."

"True," you replied, while putting your dishes in the dishwasher. "Do you guys have a show tonight?"

"Nah. Today is one of the driving days."

"Ah. Sounds like fun."

Mike laughed. "Um... not really."

Smiling, you rolled your eyes. "Sarcasm, darling."

"I know..." A pause, then, "I wish you were here."

You grinned slightly. "I know. Me too."

---

A week later, as you were playing outside with Rookie, your cell phone went off. Without looking to see who it was, you flipped your phone open, and said, "Hello?"

"Jaaaaaadddeeee!!!"

Smiling, you shook your head, as you threw the ball for Rookie to fetch again. "Hi, Chester."

"We're coming home in a week! Aren't you all excited and shit?"

You smirked. "Yes, Chester. I'm all excited and shit," you replied as Rookie trotted over with the ball, for you to throw it again.

"Well you should be! You haven't seen me in forever. Seriously. Forever."

"Indeed."

Chester paused, before, "I detect a slight sarcasm in your voice."

"Do you?"

"Yeah. I do. And I dunno how I feel about that."

Laughing, you shook your head. "Oh, please. You love it, Chester."

"Ya know... you're right," he laughed.

"So," you said, throwing the ball for Rookie. "What're you guys doing?"

"Sittin' on the bus on the way to the venue for tonight. Mike's in his bunk. A couple of the guys are playing video games, and... uh... I dunno where the others are..." he trailed off.

Smiling, you rolled your eyes. "Lovely."

"Mhm. So. What're you doing?"

"Playing ball with Rookie. This dog never stops, though, dude. I've been out here for an hour and a half, throwing this slobbery ball for him. And he's still fuckin' entertained by it. I don't get it, man."

Chester laughed. "You poor thing..."

"I know! But it seems to keep him happy, so whatever."

---

"Anybody home?"

You perked up your eyebrows, and rose out of your computer chair, before heading into the hallway. "Mike?!"

"Yeah," he said, walking into view. "Hey, baby," he smiled.

Your mouth fell open, before spreading into a grin. "Mike!!" you squealed, before running towards him, and jumping on him in a hug. Wrapping your arms and legs around him, you nuzzled the side of his neck, before kissing it. Picking your head up, you looked at him and grinned. "I missed you," you murmured against his lips.

He smiled. "I missed you too, Jade," he returned, before tilting his head forward, and kissing you. "I love you."

A smile engulfed your lips. "I love you too."

Moving his hands over you, Mike pulled away slightly. "Damn. How much weight did you lose while I was gone?"

Looking down at yourself, then back at him, you shrugged. "Didn't know I had lost any at all."

Mike arched an eyebrow. "You definitely did. You're tiny now."

You frowned, then ran your hand over your stomach. "Feels the same to me," you replied, looking back up at him. "Why? Is there that much of a difference?"

"From the last time I saw you? Yeah. And you probably wouldn't notice, since it's your body. You see yourself every day. I haven't seen you in weeks."

Shrugging again, you arched an eyebrow. "So you haven't seen me in weeks, but you wanna talk about my weight?" you finished with a slight smirk.

"No. I wanna take you upstairs and ravage you."

Smiling, you nodded. "Now that's better..."

---

Opening your eyes the next morning, you felt Mike's fingertips brushing back and fourth over your arm. Looking back at him, you smiled.

Meeting your eyes, Mike smiled in return. "It feels really good to wake up with you next to me."

Turning to face him, you smiled again, before kissing him. "Yeah. You too. It's really weird sleeping alone when you're gone."

"Do you have plans today?"

"Well I didn't expect you home till tonight, so I'm supposed to be hanging out with Corey."

"Oh. Who's Corey?" he asked, arching an eyebrow.

Smiling, you rolled your eyes. "That gay guy I told you about that I'd been hanging out with while you were gone."

Nodding, Mike smiled. "Oh. Okay."

Moving to get up, you were restrained by Mike's arms wrapped around you. Looking back at him, you arched an eyebrow. "Are you gonna let me go take a shower or what?"

"Well I wasn't planning on it, no," he grinned.

"Miiiiiike," you whined.

Smirking, he shook his head. "That's not how you're supposed to say my name..."

Shaking your head, a slight grin on your lips, you looked at him, before changing your tone of voice. "Miiikee..." you moaned, watching him grin, before saying, "Now can I go?"

Sighing, he slowly let go of you. "Yeah, I guess..."

---

"Mike?"

Looking up from the laptop resting in his lap, Mike looked at you, then the person next to you. "Yeah?"

"This is Corey. Corey, my boyfriend, Mike," you said, pointing to both of them in turn.

"Oh, hey, what's up," he greeted, offering his hand.

"Damn..." Corey murmured, while shaking Mike's hand, before looking back at you. "You didn't tell me it was Mike Shinoda. God damn. You got yourself a hot one, eh?"

Laughing, you nodded. "Yeah. Guess so," you smirked, while glancing at Mike. You winked at him, earning a grin in return, before sitting down next to him, Corey on the other side of you.