Welp, that didn't last long :33 ahahaha here's the final chapter~
Thank you for reading~! I especially enjoyed all the wonderful guess work done~!
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Chapter Three: Caught
Antonio had once again begun asking about Lovino's friend, but each time, he was once again met with subject change and hot, passionate sex.
Thursday came and his friends were sitting in the living room while Lovino got dressed. Antonio watched with sad eyes. When Lovino stood to kiss him goodbye, Antonio wrapped his arms around him, "I love you … I love you so much…" he whispered, "Why don't you stay home tonight? I can send them home and we'll just curl up and watch some movies and you can just stay here in my arms forever."
Lovino stared at him with a weird look, but kissed him gently, "I have to go … but maybe we can do all of that when I get back, okay?" he kissed him again, "I love you, Antonio~" he smiled and walked out the door.
Antonio felt his heart shattering, but his friends were right behind him, "Ready, Antonio?"
The man nodded, "I guess so." He said softly.
The trio waited for Lovino to start walking down the street before they followed him. After a few blocks, they noticed him stop in front of a hotel. He leaned against a wall and pulled out his phone to text someone.
Not long after another man walked up. He had pale skin and almost red eyes, sort of burgundy. His hair was black and he looked a bit angry. They hugged and went inside.
Antonio felt his anger boiling over. He went to walk up to K.V. and kill him! However, Lovino would never forgive him. He growled and started for the door, but was yanked back by Gilbert and Francis, "You can't just barge in like that, you have to catch him in the act or he'll never admit to it…"
"Admit to what? What are you boys up to?" a familiar female voice asked.
All three turned to see Elizaveta, arms crossed over her chest. Her expression was one of annoyance. Feliciano, (Lovino's brother), Ludwig,( Gilbert's brother), Kiku, Herakles, and Roderich were with her, all looking either confused or indifferent to catching the three troublemakers in something obviously troublefilled.
"Um …" Gilbert started.
"We were looking for…" Francis tried.
"I think Lovino is cheating on me…" Antonio said bitterly, causing Feliciano to look at him in horror.
The younger Italian glared, "He would never do something like that, Antonio! He's a good person!"
Antonio looked up, "Then why is he here at the hotel with that one guy, K.V., and keeping secrets and going out every Thursday and … he won't tell me anything…"
Feliciano looked a bit confused, "K.V…" his mouth formed a little 'o', "That's just his friend, silly!"
The Spaniard scowled, "That's what I thought, but why meet at a hotel‽"
"That's what we were trying to find out…" Gilbert said.
Elizaveta shifted her weight, "That is troubling stuff, Toni, sorry… but you know this is…" she sighed. Who was she kidding? She was just as intrigued by the drama as any person would be. She grabbed Antonio and started for the entrance to the hotel.
Once inside, she walked up to the desk, "I'm looking for a 'Lovino Vargas'… I'm his sister and he left his medicine at my place. I'm headed out of town with my boyfriend, so I thought I'd give it to him. Where's his room?"
The man behind the counter nodded, "Hmm, Lovino Vargas isn't in any room, but he is in the lobby with the rest of the AHA. Right down the hall there and to the left. Can't miss it."
"AHA?" Antonio muttered to himself. As they began walking, the rest of the group cautiously walked after them. Antonio's stomach was doing flips. He walked into the lobby and saw a group of various people all sitting in a large circle of chairs. He spotted Lovino quickly, sitting beside K.V.
"Your turn." A woman, sitting with a clipboard, said to some guy
He shifted a bit, "Hi, I'm Marcus and I'm an asshole. It's been two days since I last slipped and fucking punched some douche in the face." He shrugged.
"Good, good~! Progress!" the woman smiled, looking up as Gilbert tried to push passed Elizaveta, causing him to trip and knock over a sign. She tilted her head, "Can I help you with something?"
All the faces turned to look at the group of people now standing at the exit to the lobby. Lovino's face looked terrified, "What the FUCK are you FUCKING doing here‽" he yelled, jumping up.
"Inside voice, Lovino." The woman scolded.
"You know these losers?" K.V. asked, clutching a book of 'Soothing, Stress Reducing Yoga Positions' in his lap.
Lovino looked at his friends then to K.V. "Unfortunately." He growled, his face going red from embarrassment.
Antonio moved to try and talk with Lovino, but the woman rose up, "Well, any friend of Lovino's is a friend of ours. Go ahead and sit down and join us for this meeting, I'm Madam Violet~"
Someone in the row snickered and said something about, 'Madam Violent'.
Elizaveta smiled, "We'd love to, thank you~" she sat down and glared at her friends willing them to sit as well. Antonio stole the seat behind Lovino.
"Lovino… hey… look, I'm sorry … I didn't mean to…" he sighed, noticing the Italian was ignoring him. The meeting continued on as if nothing had happened, people talking about their struggles with their assholish nature and snippy ways.
"I'm Lovino, and I'm an asshole…" he muttered, "and because my friends are assholes, I lost it for the first time today."
"We can try harder next time~" Madam Violent, so named by that one guy earlier, spoke.
Lovino's friend's turn came and he moved a bit, "Name's Karkat Vantas, I'm a fucking asshole, alright? Lost it this morning when that stupid fuck head of a boyfriend of mine made fun of my movies again. Fucking Egderp…"
Antonio felt even more ashamed for assuming. He shot a glare to his friends because Lovino sure as hell wasn't going to forgive him after this mess. However, both were busy. Francis was flirting with the woman in front of him and Gilbert was messing with the guy in front of him. He would flick the guy in the ear and look away innocently. Finally, the guy snapped and Gilbert laughed.
Madam Violent suddenly lived up to her nickname, "Would you knock it the fuck off‽" she yelled, picking up her chair and throwing it at Gilbert. The albino ducked and watched it fly out the window. He looked absolutely terrified.
"Meeting adjourned." She growled, storming from the lobby. Almost immediately, Antonio found himself being dragged into the hallway.
"What the fuck, Antonio? Really‽" Lovino hissed, "What are you doing here‽"
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Antonio hugged him tightly, "Gilbert and Francis put bad thoughts in my head and told me we should follow you! I'm sorry!"
Lovino hugged him back and patted his back, "Hey, bastard… I'm the one that should be sorry…" he muttered.
"What do you mean?" Antonio asked, "I'm the one who messed up…"
"Because I didn't tell you what I was doing every Thursday… I probably should have, now that I think about it. You wouldn't have assumed I was up to something bad."
Antonio kissed his forehead, "I don't care about that anymore… I'm sorry I let their words convince me you were doing something like that… Why are you even going to these meetings anyway?"
"After our fight …" Lovino shifted uncomfortably bringing up their fight again, "I realized I'm just a big asshole… I'm a dick … it's my fault for not listening to you or telling you that I'm still in shock that you chose me and not Feli … I feel like I'm about to wake up and find it's all a lie…" he said, "So in order to get you back and stop the fighting, I had to change… I had to make myself better so I wouldn't lose you again!"
Staring at him in shock, Antonio didn't know what to say. After a moment, he just brought his lips to Lovino's in a passionate, yet loving kiss. Lovino kissed back immediately, throwing his arms around Antonio's neck.
After a moment they broke apart, "Forgive me, Antonio…?"
"Only if you forgive me…"
"Deal!" Lovino chuckled softly, kissing him again. They left the hall and met up with their friends outside.
"There you are." Karkat said, "I thought it might be cool if we all went and stuffed our faces at that new pizza place down the street. My shitty friends are all waiting for me and I thought be a nice gesture to invite you and your shitty friends."
Lovino nodded, "That sounds good to me." He looked at his group. They seemed to like the idea. They all walked down to the pizza place. Karkat walked in and saw a big group taking up the party room. They were quite a rainbow of characters.
"Goddamn it, Sol, leawe me alone!" one of them shouted as another kicked him again.
"What was that fishbreath? I can't understand you through that speech impediment of yours." He said, his words lisped.
"You're one to talk! 'Look at me, I THHollux the athhole!'" he mocked him.
"Eridan!" the girl sitting next to him scolded.
Karkat rolled his eyes and sat down, letting Lovino and his friends mix in. Gilbert grinned, spotting an albino wearing sunglasses. He went to talk to him. For the most part, everyone seemed to get along. Herakles talked cats with the girl, Nepeta. Ludwig seemed to get along with the bigger guy, Equius. Lovino couldn't help but notice how closely the guy, Eridan, reminded him of the prissy Roderich. For the most part, it was pleasant. Except, Gilbert no longer thought it was awesome to talk to the other albino, Dave, seeing as he 'threatened his awesome' or so he said.
Lovino got to meet Karkat's boyfriend, John, and managed to hold a decent conversation before getting tired and just wanting to go home and continued with his Thursday habits. Eventually, he and Antonio did go home.
They cuddled after their bout of romance and gush and overly sweet lovemaking. Lovino placed kisses all over Antonio's jaw as he moved to lie on top of the man. He sat up, "So, you don't mind that I go to those meetings every Thursday? You won't assume I'm trying to get into Karkat's pants or anything?"
Antonio laughed lightly, and a bit sheepishly, "I'm perfectly fine with it and I told you I trusted you until Gilbert and Fran-"
"I know~" Lovino smiled, leaving down to kiss Antonio.
The Spanish man smiled warmly and returned the kiss. When Lovino sat back up, Antonio drew lazy circles on his thighs and looked at him with a stupid lovestruck expression.
"What…?" Lovino asked, his cheeks going red.
"Just thinking about us~" he reached over and opened his night stand drawer and pulled something out, "I was supposed to do this at our special anniversary dinner, but I couldn't so that and I can't wait any longer…" he held up a little black box.
Lovino's eyes went wide and tears spilled onto his cheeks, "Th-that's … not what I think it is, is it…?" he gingerly took the box, biting his lip. He opened it up and covered his mouth with his other hand. He looked at Antonio.
Antonio was smiling softly, completely loving, "Sorry it's not too romantic but, Lovino … I just want to be your husband… marry me?"
Lovino leaned down to kiss Antonio fervently, "Of course I'll marry you!" Antonio wrapped his arms around Lovino and kissed him back.
Lovino slid the ring onto his finger and smiled at the sight. Assholes got happy endings, too, you know?
~ Lady Pyrien
There you go~ final installment of Ass Holes Anonymous~