… This fanfiction has this many reviews…in one chapter…? You guys are completely awesome!

I seriously didn't think that you guys would like this fanfiction! Thank you~!

So, here's another chapter that I tried to do a fluffy memory and ending… I hope it doesn't fail or suck or anything… Q^Q

Chapter 2: Introduction

"And he actually hit you, mon ami?"

Antonio pouts, for his roommate is really cute and funny until he actually throws Toby at him… Then, his roommate actually punched him in the gut, then at his eye, and finally head-butts on his head… His roommate sure packs a punch… and that head-butt made him unconscious…

Luckily Toby didn't get hurt being a turtle and all but his owner, Antonio, wasn't so lucky… Now, Antonio has a black eye and anytime he moves too much or too quick, the bruise on his stomach delivers pain… Really, what did Antonio did to deserve that type of punishment from his roommate?

"Si, he even threw Toby at me!" Antonio whines, wincing a bit from the stomach bruise.

"Mein got, he sure did more than just throw the turtle at you!" Gilbert, his best friend who is an albino, yells. He is indeed glaring at the black eye that Antonio has.

"Mon ami, why don't you just demand for a room change or a change in roommates?" Francis, his French friend, suggests.

Antonio looks back at both of his best friends in the world. Sure they aren't the greatest friends to be with and really they get in trouble… a lot, but Antonio is glad that he met them since he was lonely when his parents were sometimes too busy to play and take care of him. Of course, they met after Antonio met… him… his first, true, and only love…

Of course, Antonio is soon snapped out of his daydreaming by Gilbert who is elbowing on the stomach. Luckily, it isn't near the bruise and the elbowing helps Antonio to see what Gilbert is trying to tell him about… it was trouble…

Sure, they are a trio of best friends who cause trouble and are called the Bad Touch Trio and all but sometimes, there are things that are more trouble than themselves… in a really annoying way… They are called… fan girls… Since being a group of bad boys who are also good-looking and attractive and all, they get a lot of fan girls, especially Antonio being Spanish and not really taking interest in anyone.

"ANTONIO~!"

"Mein got, they have increased…" Gilbert mumbles, narrowing his eyes and really, almost glaring at the group. Indeed, the fan girls for Antonio have indeed increased, not matter how much Antonio shows no interest on dating anyone. He didn't know why but it seems the more he shows no interest, the more it interests the girls…

And then there's that girl who seems to be the leader of the whole fan girl group… Chika Rose… the girl who always try to force Antonio to date her…

"Antonio~," Chika coos flirtatiously, having her eyes half-lidded and trying to pose sexy and appealing while standing. "Did you change your mind on staying single? You can't do that all the time."

The fan girls agree with Chika and backing her up on convincing for Antonio to date, especially one of them. Antonio nervously laughs and put his hands up in surrender, he couldn't really yell, shout, or really be all that angry on them since they're just girls. But seriously, Antonio is waiting and searching for his true love so he can't cheat on him, Antonio is committed to be faithful. But of course, there are still girls that just want him no matter how much he refuses…

"Lo siento," Antonio soon begins his usual apologetic rejection that has become daily almost every day, "But all of you should know that I have a fiancé that I, in every part of mi corazón, will always be faithful with…"

Of course, this does not silent the fan girls… This actually makes them whine even louder even more… Antonio keeps his awkward smile on and inwardly sighing on the fan girls that really just don't get it… One is that he has a fiancé and will love him and only him… And two, Antonio isn't interested in girls in that way…

"Why not~!" Chika whines, the rest of the fan girls agree with her, "That doesn't mean you should stay forever single! It's not fair~!"

But luckily, before Antonio could open his mouth or the fan girls whine and beg even more, the bell soon rings. The girls soon whine for the last time before they plainly walk away to their classes where they'll be late anyway… Though the Bad Touch Trio also has the tendency of being late as well, they couldn't miss their classes on the first day of school… that and Antonio has to give guidance to the roommate that has given him a black eye…

Due to being a senior and being in this school for about three years, Antonio just had to look at his schedule and know where exactly where to go. Using the nice glass elevator with those nice glass buttons that light up when you press it and take you to your floor and going through the hallway to the door where his class is, Antonio got to his first class on time. The first class turns out to be Spanish class, yes it is consider to be cheating on learning your first language but Antonio didn't want to take any unneeded classes and the study hall classes are all booked and filled. Antonio soon takes the seat in the last row that's closest to the window as students begin to come in and fill the class.

Antonio sighs in a bit of exhaustion and winces since the bruise on his stomach isn't healing that well… Antonio is even surprised that the girls haven't notice his black eye…

Antonio sighs again, as it seems he's going to get a bad day if he keeps thinking about the fan girls or the injuries he had from his roommate…

Though he was a bit, or very really, cute when he was blushing…

It kind of… reminds him about… him…

The boy that discovered his love and his pet turtle is indeed Antonio. He watches for a bit as the one he loves is trying to get away from Toby due to maybe discomfort or something. He really didn't know how to really interact with people except with his parents but that's about it. He never really been with kids around his age or really kids at all since being an only child and never really been into those fancy parties that his parents host due to his bedtime…

But Antonio knows that he has to introduce himself soon since that's what his Madre tells him to do instead of behind her long legs. He has to be brave and introduce himself, like those tall adult strangers that both his parents introduce him to, to the boy… But usually his parents are there with him and they did say to never talk to strangers unless they're around…

Oh, what should he do…?

Should he go up to the boy and introduce himself? Or should he wait more for the right timing to do so? …He really doesn't know what to do…

"Be gone you damn demon!" A voice shrieks out loud. When Antonio snaps out of his self questioning and thinking process, he gets to see that voice belong to the cute boy… that is now holding a broom up high that it looks like he's about to–

"NO! POR FAVOR! NO LE HAGAS DAÑO TOBY ~!" Antonio couldn't help but actually panic and running up to the boy who just freezes and looks at him as he runs right to the turtle and picks it up.

The boy looks at Antonio funny as if trying to find something that Antonio's doctor would do at first in his daily check-ups. Antonio's heart somehow is beating hard and fast that somehow isn't like those nasty and scary shots that he sometimes have but it's like excitement and happiness… except more… special…

Antonio inwardly calls himself an idiot as he just runs up to save his precious Toby from that big broom that this boy has. Antonio looks down, not trying to look at the boy's unique eyes that look similar when one of his parents is starting or was scolding on Antonio's accidental or purposely mistakes. The boy is wearing a cute pink maid dress accompany with a white apron, a white hat-thingy, and some pants. Usually girls always wear skirts or dresses so indeed his love is a boy of course though Antonio is confused why the boy (or is it a girl…?) is wearing what all his girl servants wear…

"Oi, bastard, be a man, you bastard." There's that voice from the boy again, though it has that scolding tone that Antonio hears too much from his parents but…

"Bastard? What's a bastard?" Never have Antonio heard the word "bastard" and it sounds a bit funny too…

However, except immediately explaining about it, the boy soon pouts his cute chubby cheeks and… a blush appears on them… The boy soon looks down as Antonio looks up in curiosity with his arms crossing in front of his chest. Antonio couldn't help but think how cute he's acting.

"I-I don't know! Bastard is a bastard and that's all I know damn it!" The boy soon yells, surprising both Antonio and Toby. "But it's an adult word a-and I-I'm an adult too, damn it!"

Both Antonio and Toby tilt their head to a side as they both can't see the boy being an adult… He was too short to be an adult that are super duper tall and he is even a bit shorter tan Antonio. Though Antonio feels his heart still pounding hard, his stomach feels funny… but in a good way unlike those times when he accidently eats a bad churro or tomato and had to have medicine or go directly to the toilet… Maybe it's because Antonio is now seeing the boy's chubby cute cheeks miraculously turning red as if it was natural.

"Ah~, you're so cute~!" Antonio couldn't help but soon laugh and coo out loud.

However, things turn into those weird situations that started with an A as the boy soon turns even red on his face. Antonio seriously didn't know what to do or what he exactly did wrong, usually his mother tells him when he does something wrong in public and help him. Oh no! Does that mean Antonio did something wrong? Oh no! That would mean his love won't talk to him and–

"B-B-Bastard!" The boy shrieks. "D-Don't call me cute! I-I'm not cute at all! I'm sexy!"

Antonio didn't know what the word "sexy" meant but heard it from a few adults when they have those conversations so he guessed it was a weird compliment that adults made for each other. Maybe this boy was really an adult if he calls himself that weird compliment thingy. But aren't adults supposed to be really, really tall and stuff like that then…?

"A-And who are you?" The boy questions after returning to his natural color. Strangely, Antonio wants the red color on the boy's face again (he wonders if that's part of being in love or him being just weird).

However, Antonio remembers something. His mother always warn him not to talk to strangers and give out his name as well so… is he suppose to give out his name since he's in love with him or since he's talking to a stranger who is actually maybe an adult. However, he couldn't really decide since his parents usually do it for him. So Antonio did the only thing he usually does when he doesn't know what to do, looking down on the ground…

Toby soon looks up on Antonio and tilts his (Antonio thinks Toby is a boy, usually boys get boy things like girls get girly things) head, questioning what his owner is doing. Toby soon looks at the boy who is looking at Antonio to actually answer his question. Toby doesn't usually like people and only really likes them by biting them. However, there are two exceptions now.

Toby has heard a beautiful voice when he was plainly swimming in the lake that seem more magical than the people from the radio or television. Usually Toby wouldn't leave Antonio but couldn't help but be enchanted. So, Toby just follows where the voice is and sees the boy with eyes closed and his face portraying concentration as well as emotional. Even though the boy at first didn't like him and may try to kill him with a broom, Toby likes him.

"¡Ay!"

Toby braces into the protective shell that any turtle should have as Antonio unintentionally let go due to the bite. But of course, Toby's little plan is working. How…?

"Mio Dio! Are you okay!" The boy soon stops his glaring at Antonio and goes close to him, closing the distance that the two boys had unintentionally had. "Damn it! I knew that thing was a demon! Nonno never lies except for a lot of other things –but that's not important! Damn it! Where did it bit you?"

Antonio looks at the boy, completely and fully surprised of his concern. Then Antonio looks at Toby, who looks rather smirking smugly in a turtle way that only Toby seems to know how to do.

"Damn it! Let me see your damn hands bastard!"

As if immediately, Antonio feels his face heating up to see… the boy's hands holding his…

Antonio could feel plenty of things… His heart is somehow beating really hard as well as really fast while going around like those dancing people that do that cool trick called a back-flip. His head is somehow beating hard and heating up that is somehow feels like it is part of the heart. Somehow, his hands became really sweaty and Antonio just hopes that his love doesn't notice at all…

"…It doesn't damn look like you have that damn red thing or whatever marks…" The boy says out loud as if just saying his thoughts as he examines Antonio's hands. "You sure don't look like you even got bitten…"

"U-Um… sì…" Antonio couldn't help but stutter. He seriously isn't used to holding hands that aren't his parents. Though he isn't comfortable with the boy holding his hand… he couldn't help but… he really likes it…

"…So…" The boy begins, after he stops examining Antonio's hands for possible injuries that Toby could have given him but didn't. "Why the hell aren't you telling me your damn name…?"

Antonio feels his heating up even more and tries to look down even more that he tries not to see his and the boy's hands are still holding together.

"W-Well… mi Madre a-always say to n-never t-tell strangers a-about my name…"

"What the hell!" Antonio couldn't help but immediately and quickly look up to see the glaring look of the boy. Antonio couldn't help but be surprised, no one has ever really yelled at him. His parents would scold him but never yell at him…. "You bastard! How the hell is it that you can talk to me but don't' tell me your name! You jerk!"

Antonio couldn't help but feel really, really bad… Usually when Antonio gets scolded, he doesn't feel this bad…

"L-Lo siento…" Antonio apologizes, "I-I r-really w-want to tell you but…"

Soon, the boy lets go of Antonio's hands and puts on a face that sometimes Antonio sees on his parents face when they're working. And now, somehow Antonio misses those hands holding onto his and wants it back, even if it did mean his heart, head, and hands would become uncomfortable.

"Romano."

…Que…?

"My name… is Romano." The boy soon says. "I won't give you my real name but… you can call me Romano and I'll call you something else until we stop being stupid damn strangers."

Antonio blinks. Then Antonio blinks again. And then he blinks once more.

He couldn't help but say… he is plain confused.

"…Que…?" Antonio couldn't help but question.

The boy (or Romano…?) then sighs. But luckily he soon explains.

"Bastard, since you say that you can't tell me your damn name, you can tell me a fake name." The boy (or seriously, should Antonio call him Romano now…) soon raises his hand where his arm is straight to his shoulder and Antonio has seen this. This move is usually when a man makes a deal with another man and they both agree on something and shake hands… "This way, you can follow your so-called Madre's damn rule and at least I know what to damn call you bastard. So… do we have a damn deal or not, bastard?"

Antonio blinks. Then Antonio does the same thing of blinking about three times. And then Antonio gets it.

Antonio couldn't help but somehow… Antonio feels happy… very happy. He feels enthusiastic. He feels joyful. He feels his heart swelling and beat in a nice rhythm. Antonio just plainly feels happy.

Antonio couldn't help but smile, smiling wide and big. This means that the boy –I mean, Romano doesn't want to be strangers with him and get to know Antonio! That means that Antonio gets to see Romano again and more! No wonder Antonio feels so very, very happy he gets to see his love more and be close to him!

"W-Well!" Romano soon interrupts, glaring at Antonio with his eyes being all sparkly. "A-Are you going t-to a-accept or w-what! B-Bastard! D-Don't keep me waiting and–"

Romano didn't get to finish his sentence due to the now crushing hug that Antonio is giving. It seems Antonio became too happy about what Romano is offering that he just had to hug him! He couldn't help it! He usually does this with his parents that it has became a habit and–

…Oops…

Antonio soon stiffens and he is pretty sure that Romano has already stiffened when Antonio begins hugging him… Oh dear… Maybe he should have not hug Romano and just shakes hands with him… And maybe he should stop hugging Romano right now… And maybe he should let go of Romano right now and–

Antonio could feel his heart stop and then beat in that fast pace once again. His problems when Romano had held his hands came back except this time… Antonio is feeling arms… arms are around Antonio's waist… Those arms are around him are Romano's…

"Y-Y-You c-could have… y-you know w-we c-can just shake h-hands and… y-y-you know… n-not h-have t-t-t-to hug and… all… b-b-bastard…" Romano stutters. "A-And s-seriously… w-w-what's y-your d-damn name…?"

Antonio couldn't help but laugh cheerfully. This is the best day ever for Antonio.

"How about… Oh! I know! How about Tomato?"

Strangely, Antonio though he heard something… something like a snort or a chuckle…

"B-Bastard…" Antonio couldn't help but now feel that Romano's voice is different… more… happy…? "That's a stupid name… B-But fine… bastard… I mean… Tomato…"

Antonio soon wakes up from his nap. The dream was a beautiful yet a bittersweet memory… That was how he and his love introduced each other and made so many wonderful memories together…

Of course, then there was that bitter event where they had to get separated and Antonio now has a group of private investigators to try to find his love… But after that bitter news, there was the sweetest memory out of all his memories made by his love… the promise…

"Class is dismissed. You may either work on your homework due next week or leave early for your next class." The teacher soon says in a monotone voice.

Antonio soon blinks a few times. Did he really have slept through the entire class remembering that faithful day? Well, since Spanish is his first language, he can easily finish the homework, meaning… he's out of here!

Lovino is in a crappy mood.

Ever since that stupid roommate of his laughed at him, Lovino is in this crappy mood. And to make it worse, when he is waking up for today, the damn turtle was with him under the covers! And Lovino was damn naked! That's like sexual harassment made by a damn reptile!

Sure the turtle was sleeping on top of his chest while under the covers but it's still embarrassing and awkward and all that shit!

Though Lovino could not hurt the damn turtle… for the turtle did the impossible…

It made puppy eyes on Lovino…

And since Lovino is unfortunately a sucker for puppy eyes (seriously when did an airhead brother and a damn turtle be a master on it!), he let the turtle live… for now….

However, even though Lovino is in a crappy mood, he has to do well in his classes…. Luckily that roommate bastard won't give Lovino a tour of school or else he would do something far worse than what he did to him yesterday… Which means Lovino won't get expelled on the first day of school… Lucky him…

But in serious note, Lovino is indeed lucky. The roommate didn't look inside of his luggage, meaning he didn't see… it… Also, the room that Lovino is staying is an average room that is okay to Lovino's standards and is close to the kitchen where Lovino can cook and eat his breakfast swiftly as possible. The roommate himself isn't what Lovino thought to be the worse and is just a bastard that Lovino could handle. So yes, all in all, Lovino is lucky… for now…

His first class is fine and easy and is math. Lovino is pretty good at math since he was and still is a greedy bastard and money did motivate him to do very well in math. All they ever did is simply interact with Lovino not really talking to anyone, boys talking about sports and girls, and girls talking about fashion and shoes and boys… Looks like even in the high class, there's still common things and subjects that people do that it shares with the middle class.

So every student gets to leave early… Lovino remembers where his second class is and especially the directions to it. Now Lovino just needs to stay away from that roommate of his long enough and plain survive this damn first day…

Right…

Another right…

Go to the damn elevator…

Wait…

Press the damn button…

Wait again with crappy elevator music…

Get out…

And go to the second door on the left…

"Ah, you must be the new student… Lovino Vargas is it…? You're early… Please take a seat and wait for the rest of the students, sì?"

It may be considered cheating to learn Spanish since being similar to Italian but he has already passed the highest Italian class in his freshman year and well… there might be someone (MIGHT! DAMN IT! MIGHT!) that maybe trying to impress when their reunion comes… That and he can curse and insult people in either or both languages…

Though Spanish may be close to Italian, it's still damn different enough that Lovino has to take attention to learn the damn language. So, somewhere in the front rows, Lovino would sit but definitely not in the first row… So, Lovino sits the second row that's right about the middle in the row where he can see altogether the board, the desk, and the door.

"Like, Hola~!" An annoying girl voice cheers out loud as if she's trying to make an entrance… Oh Dio, it sounds like a damn stereotypical rich snotty girl… Lovino thought those things weren't real… "Oh! There's… that one here already… O.M.G!"

Yup, Lovino immediately hates her. It's one of those types of girls that are plain lazy, manipulative, and complete daddy's girl that Lovino could definitely identify, even if it's stereotyping a bit… However, this school had those tacky (but this one somehow is stylish… not that Lovino would admit it damn it!) uniform and this girl has, in the words of those girls, "accessories" it…

For the love of Dio, people can actually see her damn panties without even trying and all she needs to reveal it is plain walking!

"So, you're the new guy, huh?" Lovino tries not to plainly glare at her and look at her face, not her damn implants that have no bra… "You're kinda cute, or you know, cuteo~!"

"It's pronounced lindo, Chika…" By the tone from the teacher, this girl is indeed all-time annoying and diva…

"Whatever!" Lovino could feel anger immediately filling and surging inside him in a second. "So, like, where was I…? Oh yeah!" She looks back at Lovino where he luckily returns into a neutral expression. "Since you're all the new kid, cute, and the middle class peasant boy, you have to know how to survive."

Oh Dio… Lovino seen too many school dramas (b-because Feliciano forced him too damn it! FORCED!) that this is the girl that's informing the groups in the most cliché dialogue of who's hot or not and who he's supposed to avoid…

"First," Here it comes… "I'm the most popular girl in this school." Note to his self, Lovino avoids this bitch at all cost… "Second, there's this group of three hot guys that are called the Bad Touch Trio and one of them is going to be my boyfriend soon. Also, the BTT are troublemakers and… so bad~." Oh Dio, kill him now…

"Chika Rose, please take your seat…" the teacher groans but of course, Chika ignores her.

"So, like, don't exactly avoid them but I think you should stay in the shadows like you peasants do and stuff like that. But, if you want to be popular and all, like, you can be my friend and just, like, follow what I do and do what I need." AKA her fucking damn slave… "So, what do you say? Let's be friends and you can help me win Antonio's heart."

And here Lovino has to think how politely reject this goddamn bitch and try to get her to leave him the fuck alone.

"Chika, the class has started. Take your seat."

And the teacher saved him… Gracias a Dios…

The bell soon rings and Lovino finally can leave! Sure Lovino actually has homework, but it's just damn review that's easy due to actually using the language. It was supposed assignment to see how much they remember previously but due to a few girls, who include their leader Chika, were chatting and texting on their phones that it caused too much distraction for the class to really concentrate…

So, already having an almost finished homework and a note to his own self to be away from a bitch, Lovino hope nothing outrageous or horrible comes in third period… But of course, Lovino should by not jinxing on himself…

Especially since he both gets the annoying bitch… and that damn roommate… in his supposed one of his favorite… cooking…

Chika soon flirts with the roommate of Lovino's while flashing her damn panties right in the open… Lovino rolls his eyes. Of course his stupid roommate is dome damn playboy. Lovino just couldn't believe that the damn girl hasn't notice the–

"Antonio!" Chika gasps. "What happened to your eye! Oh my God, when did this happen?"

…Never mind…

"Oh nothing, it's nothing at all, Chika." The roommate reassures, causing Lovino to be surprised. Well, Lovino didn't suspect for his roommate to say it's nothing and really suspected for him to whine and try to get pity from the girl –which pretty much what she'll do…

"Ah! You must be the new student!" Lovino soon swiftly turns his head to see the voice coming from what could be the cooking teacher. "Lovino Vargas, is it? Ah! That means the number of students today is even! You should have a partner but since you're new here, I'll assign you one, okay?"

Lovino couldn't help but either raise his eyebrow or have his eye twitching. This is an energetic man with wild hair, glasses, and smile that reminds him too much of the happy-go-lucky people Lovino know too much…

"Oi~! Antonio~!" The teacher actually shouts, "I've finally found a partner for you~!"

Of course, Lovino finally found out that his damn roommate's name is Antonio and really, that's all Lovino wants to know about him.

Chika soon gives a last wink to Antonio who if you look very closely and are very close to him, is actually annoyed while wearing a fake smile. Finally, Chika soon walks away from Antonio's kitchen while Lovino walks in with a glare on his face.

However, even though Lovino isn't forgiving Antonio witnessing and then laughing at the embarrassing moment that he had, Antonio actually forgave Lovino in the morning. Sure Lovino gave me both a bruise on one of his eyes and his stomach, but Antonio couldn't really get angry on him…

Maybe it's because Lovino is not afraid to stand up on people, even people who have more money and are higher class that he doesn't hesitate on his actions… Maybe it's because even if Lovino did head-butt him unconscious, Lovino still cares for him just a bit. When Antonio woke up, he was under his bed sheets in his bed… Or maybe it's because Lovino is cute…

"Okay class!" The teacher soon claps his hands together, causing all the students in class to pay attention. "Though this may be the first day of school, I'm going to do a cooking review!" Antonio and Lovino could hear the disbelieved gasps, the protests, and maybe even silent thanks from people who forgot to bring either lunch or lunch money or even both. "First, I'll make it easy. You must make a raw dish to your partner and have your partner judged it and you have… about 30 minutes or so to make it!"

Lovino rolls his eyes. Now that's damn for beginners! Way too easy!

Of course, it seems he's the only one who thought that… For fuck's sake! They are making a dish with no cooking to wait and use plainly raw ingredients to feed the damn partner!

"Oh yes!" The teacher soon snaps his finger, signaling he remembers something. "Before we even begin, we need to do introduction!

Hello! I am Mister Hector, and I'll be your teacher for cooking class for the whole year! Now! Introduce to your partner~!"

Lovino scoffs. Seriously, who would actually do this especially since they all least knew each other by how their family gets their money and that's it. It's not like anyone is going to–

Okay, why the fuck is Antonio poking him? And poking him on his damn cheeks! What the fuck is wrong with this guy!

"Hello? …Hello? …Hello~? …Hell–"

"What do you want bastard?" Lovino growls, glaring at the Spaniard who soon puts his hands up in that childish surrender pose with him chuckling a bit.

"Well amigo," Antonio begins, putting his hands down when he's sure that his roommate won't give another bruise, "You seem to be ignoring me and concentrating on something when I was introducing myself so… I'll start again!"

Before Lovino could raise an eyebrow, Antonio then quickly raises his arm up like child is introducing himself. Soon, Antonio gives out a breathtaking smile that may have made Lovino blush a bit, just a little, okay!

"Hola! My name is Antonio Fernandez Carriedo! I am both a partner with you in cooking class and your roommate and… Oh! I also love tomatoes and turtles!"

Now Lovino raises both eyebrows. What the hell is he doing? Lovino just threw a turtle at him, punched him in the damn get and then his eye, and finally head-butts him where he actually went unconscious. Isn't he supposed to, I don't know, not forgive him and shit and try to either ignore him or make his life a living hell? Not that Lovino would actually want that but… What if this is a prank…?

Well, Antonio must be one hell of an actor if he actually pretends to be some idiotic nice guy to him… but… Lovino doesn't know why but…

"Alright bastard," Lovino sighs as he actually accepts… "My name is… it is Lovino Vargas, okay bastard?"

Lovino finally grabs the offered hand and shakes. Lovino didn't know why but… his heart somehow feels light but a bit of negative is inside of him like… longing…?

Antonio soon chuckles, a short laugh that's all happy and light, and somehow his smile turns bigger, wider, and… more true…?

"Good," Antonio soon cheers, shaking Lovino's hand not too tight but grasping as if never letting go once again.

"Now we're not strangers anymore…"

Is that cute and fluffy enough…? Or was that too fluffy and cute…? I don't know but I really enjoy making Toby the matchmaker!

Also, I need your opinion on something. The title for the next chapter… I can't figure out what name to use for the chapter…

So which sounds better: "Tomatoes", "Lunch", or "Common Grounds"?

But all in all, thank you all for waiting and reviewing and soon my friends, soon a week after, I am free from the hard labor of marching band~! QuQ

So, I'll try to write and type as much as I can as I get the time. Bye bye for now! Ciao~! :D