Feliciano wasn't stupid. That was one of the first things Kiku learned when he finally gained the will to ask the Italian boy out. Their first date, they'd just gone out for ice cream, but the entire time they were discussing complicated politics, which at world meeting, he pretended not to comprehend. Later, he understood that it was one of the brunette's many defense mechanisms, and that their first date he'd simply slipped up. Not that Feli minded his slip up later.

They were on almost opposite sides of the globe. One of them could dig a hole through the earth and end up not far the country of the other. Somehow, despite the distance, despite all odds, their relationship worked. Kiku would visit whenever he could, often when he had business over in Europe which he needed to look into. Feliciano was searching for a simple little house in Italy, so that someday they could live together, and the other could work from afar, while he handled his restaurant here. It wouldn't happen anytime soon, but someday, the time would come, and they would be allowed to settle into a normal lifestyle. Besides, the Japanese man did took most of his business trips to countries right around them, surely it would save the company money if he already lived there.

Until then, they marked the dots on their globes, talking on the phone about how long it would be until they could cuddle on the couch watching bad movies and drinking hot chocolate.