Blind Date Blues
An appointment between a Filipina, Maria and an Italian, Lovino. Crossing borders and oceans, how will their date work out? Not to mention the complications in between.
Prologue.
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Their meeting was a disaster.
In his part.
Lovino Vargas was 'clearly' pissed. Well, who wouldn't be if they were in his place? Who wouldn't hate the thought of having a 'guardian' with him in a date? Hell, Feliciano would surely laugh his sorry pants off. A guardian, really, with a girl you're dying to meet? Man, the girl crossed oceans to go to his place. He helped arranging her passport and other necessary documents before the trip.
How retarded could the Spanish bastard get, intimidating his date like this. Why did he even come in the first place? He wasn't a kid anymore and he could handle this all on his own. Plus, he was meeting up with a girl. How could he impress Maria Delos Santos if he looked like someone who need to have a helper for support?
He imagined the scenario with Maria as:
"Oh Lovino, the place is wonderful," Maria laughed gaily as she eyed her surroundings. The crowd is a delightful addition in the colors of the city of Naples. There are stalls of mangoes, kiwis, grapes, oranges. Noticeably, there is a majority of tomato stalls. The birds squawked overhead as if welcoming the little miss. "Delightful indeed!"
"Oh yes, signorina," Lovino gave a tipping of the hat and flashed a hundred-watt smile. He offered an elbow. "Shall we go explore my beautiful country?"
Maria shielded her eyes and sighed loudly, "Lovino, you're a sweetheart! Yes, let's go!" She ignored his elbow and lifted her skirts as she readied herself for a sprint. "Habulin mo ako!"
Lovino laughed as he followed after him. "Aspettami!"
Let's face it, it's very embarrassing, (not his daydream, but the idea of being with a guardian) and Lovino can't do anything about it even if he tried to complain. He got Maria's baggage after they exchanged greetings. Maria immediately spotted him from the crowd for she made sure to commit to her memory his facial features from his Facebook photos. She sent him a speculative glance when she saw Lovino with a taller man with a more tanned coloring than his.
"I-I'm so sorry about this, Maria. You see, this 'bastard'", Lovino spared Antonio Fernandez Carriedo -willing guardian of 22 year olds- with a glare. "...really wanted to come and I really couldn't do anything to stop him. I really am very sorry." Lovino sighed, trying to keep his cool.
"N-no it's okay Lovino. It's okay" She said with an uneasy tone. Maria is already used of Lovino using expletives, but not up close, and certainly not in person. Its their first time seeing each other in personal after all (even though they chatted using Skype before). Maybe she will get use to it soon, just like in their chats.
"Now Lovino," Antonio nudged the lad in the ribs. "You shouldn't sharpen your tongue in front of a lady." He gave Maria an easy smile. The receiver had a jolt: my, he was handsome!
"Ahh... Maria. " Maria stared at his face, dumbfounded as she introduced herself. "Maria Delos Santos."
"The name's Antonio Fernandez Carriedo," He gave a kiss in one of Maria's hands. She blushed profusely. "The pleasure of meeting a beautiful miss is mine."
"What the fuck?" Lovino stormed as he grabbed Antonio away to one desolate corner not far away the reddened Filipina. "Paws off! She's my date. Go get your own!"
Antonio raked his hair with a left hand. "Dios mio, Lovino." He motioned his dangling hand to the girl. "She's not my type. I just don't trust her that's all."
"Why?"
"This girl, this Maria... She risked an airplane ride, oceans and unpredictable weather just to see you?" Antonio looked at Lovino as if he lost few screws in the head. "Her character screams suspicious to me."
"Careful with your words." Lovino went back to Maria with Antonio close at his heels. "Save your opinions to yourself."
From afar she noticed the heavy tension between the two men. It was puzzling. A date should be for two people and not for three. It was written in a dating guide she read on the magazine during the airplane trip. Because they're three...its a double date? Maybe the man is waiting for his date? The scary atmosphere between the two made her uneasy. There is something she should do. I should say something to break the ice.
She decided to make a move at last.
" So Mr. Carriedo-"
"Antonio."
"Ah, Antonio then. Where's your date? " She innocently asked, not fully understanding the reason of Antonio's sticking with them.
Antonio looked at Lovino with a quizzical expression. "Date?"
Lovino threw up his hands in exasperation. "I told her this is strictly a date. Of course she expected that its only with two people. Me and her. No third party involved."
He addressed Antonio, enough for Maria to hear his words. "Hey, jackass, I really don't think you should stay here. Maybe I might as well just call someone to be your date so you could somehow, well maybe, fuck off somewhere?"
Maria whispered to Lovino, "What happened to his date? Did something happen?"
"His date? Oh," There was really no date for Antonio. He simply want to tail him but Lovino immediately thought of a certain lady. "...Oh, Emma! Yes, Emma. She's-"
"Down with the cold and so I'm alone with you two." Antonio butted cheerfully.
The atmosphere became worse for the three of them: Lovino started cursing all over the place. Antonio pasted a creepy smile on his face and Maria felt a little bit uneasy with the turn of events.
"Antonio," Lovino's fists are shaking from so much anger. "Listen to me and just scram, you fucking retarded bastard and goddamn supposed-to-be father." He hissed and tapped Spain on the shoulder simultaneously. Way to ruin the day, bastard. Way to ruin the day. He planned this thing for weeks and everything was ruined just because of one stupid Spaniard. It was unbelievably infuriating to think about. His temper's starting to get worse and he's probably starting to give a bad impression to Maria now. Oh, fuck everything.
Antonio whispered to Romano "Come on, I just want to see you win the damsel's heart." He tapped the lad lightly and with light affection in his voice. "Let's see your techniques boy, despite being obviously wet on the ears."
Lovino swept his hands on his face. Oh Di Boni. This is going to be a long day.
Author's Note: This is a spin-off of the roleplay my sister and her friends did last April 19. The idea is 'a blind date of Romano and Philippines. To tell you the truth, I don't write nation-based. I always write the nations as humans and thus using names. If they don't have names, I generate.
Project #8 Titanic will be on hold. It shall be updated in a certain time even though I myself don't know when that point will be. I'm very sorry.
Reviews are appreciated. I hope you enjoyed reading.