There was something about Fridays. When you wanted them to go slow, they passed as if the hours were minutes.

Which was how the day was passing. It felt like he had just woken up and already it was last period. In front of him all day had been a piece of paper and a drawing in the making.

Technically, it hadn't been the same piece of paper, as he had started off with a different paper and ruined it, but it was the same idea, and that was all that really mattered. Because details... Who needs them?

All that's important is that we have a little Lovino drawing a surprise for Antonio, and that it was last period and still it wasn't done yet.

"Chill kiddo. He works until six." Demo told him. Lovino sighed. Would he have the drawing done by them?

"Worrying about time won't get it done."

Huh. For once, Demo was being useful and trying to help. Maybe he could feel Lovino's stress. It must be making him uncomfortable or something. Lovino sighed and returned to his drawing.

The more he thought about it, the more ridiculous it seemed. He was drawing a cafe for Antonio. He didn't know why, but something inside of him, and not Demo, if you are wondering, told him that it fit.

So he drew a nice cafe, trying to remember his favorite parts about the ones he had seen and the things that Antonio had seemed to like judging by what he had in his home and the things he stopped to look at in the stores they had been in. He worked really hard on it until the bell, and was relieved to see that only a few small details remained. Lovino asked the teacher for an envelope to put the picture in so that it wouldn't meet some untimely fate to the annoyance of papers crumpling in bags. It would be just his luck if something like that happened, so to avoid the problem entirely, he cushioned the precious paper in bubble and envelope-y goodness.

He took extra precautions, as you can see. He didn't even put it in his bag, and held onto it tightly all the way home.

Speaking of said place, the moment he arrived there, his bag was dropped and he wasted no time but to take off his shoes to get to the table and continue drawing. It had to be finished...

And by four thirty, it was.

It took a bit less longer than Lovino thought... Okay, a lot less longer.

And now, with nothing to do, and no home work on weekends, he flicked in the television, toppled over onto the couch...

And promptly (Unintentionally) fell asleep.

Sometime between six and six thirty, Antonio came home. He didn't dare wake up the cute, sleepy little teen, and instead got to work on making supper. Only when this was done and set on the table did he wake Lovino up, who did so with a start.

"I fell asleep...?" He asked, rubbing at his eyes. Antonio nodded and smiled at him.

"Did you have a long day?" He questioned, and Lovino shook his head. Like hell he did. The day passed way too quickly!

He could smell food so he stood up. The table was set, forks, knives and... Where did the drawing go? Antonio must have seen it, or thrown it away, or-

"Your drawing was on the table, so I put it in the frame right there. Is that okay?" Antonio told him, just in time to make him stop worrying. But in a frame? Really? He was expecting more of it being put on the fridge. But in a frame? That was flattering. But then he realized.

"You saw it? Did Demo tell you what it was for?"He sure hoped not. Or did he? Such an odd situation. The surprise had been ruined though.

"Oh, it wasn't for us? It's not stuck in there, you can take it ou-"

"It was a surprise for you and now it's ruined because I fell asleep and you saw it! I worked on that all day!" Lovino shouted, cutting him off. Antonio stared at the coffee table, then Lovino, then back at the drawing on the coffee table... Then pulled Lovino over and hugged him. Tightly.

"That's so nice of you~! I love it so much~! You're amazing, you know that?" He smiled at Lovino, who simply made a little huffy, proud noise at that.

"I love you, you're the greatest decision I ever made."Antonio mumbled happily, and Lovino, having heard that, froze.

"What...?"

Lovino system shutdown. Not only was his drawing a success, but he was loved. And either Antonio had made nothing but really shitty decisions in his lifetime, or he was LOVED.

Kitty Demo pounced onto Lovino's foot, as a horrible pun of a reminder for Lovino to pounce on his feelings. It wasn't the greatest way, but still effective, because Lovino squirmed his arms until he could wrap them around the other to hug back, and mumble a very quiet "Love you too."

Quiet.

Come on.

You still can't expect a big, huge, "I LOVE YOU!" from the kid. He's had it pretty rough, and saying I love you for a first time's a difficult thing he probably wouldn't have done if not for the damn cat claws stuck in his leg forcing him to. Plus, you don't need to be loud when the person you were saying it to was right in front of your face that...

Well, long story short a kiss is and was only a few seconds in its coming. Demo was caught between saying two Y lettered words, yuck and yay.

That had gone so much better than planned.

Everything had for everyone, really.

Had we mentioned that, at Lovino's third period, Demo had gone out for a walk? And that, in his walking time, he saw a beautiful kitten who had gotten the exact same idea as him and that...

She was overjoyed to see him again.

We didn't mention that? Oops. It's kind of important.

Well. Now you know.

So yeah! Everything was going well in this little, half-assedly put together family. Dinner went well, and the surprise cake that once again had said Lovi in its "Welcome home, Lovi." message went... well, in their stomachs, of course.

And Antonio also had a special present for both Demo and Lovino.

But more for Demo.

It was the cat, and dayum, how had he known?

Speaking of how did he know, as both couples sat on the couch watching Television, Antonio asked

"Lovi, hos did you know I loved cafes?" To which Lovino shrugged.

" If we pass by one, you always want to go in."

"When I was your age..." Antonio chuckled, because it made him seem old when he was really a few years older, " .. I wanted to own a cafe. But I realized that it's just too much work for one person, and no one I knew had the same dream or same passion for it that I did." Antonio seemed a bit sad and, may I say, it's an understandable feeling.

"What's worse is that I could always see myself there and I never did get there. Not that I don't love my job though."

Lovino thought for a moment.

"Don't say no one, idiot. There's got to be someone in the world who shares the same dream. And... I wouldn't mind helping you if you'd want." He suggested seriously.

"Me too! I'll help! Somehow... I can be the mascot! O-Or I'm sure I can learn to bring coffee on my back! Imagine that! People'd come from all over!" Demo said. The girl, Nira nodded.

Smiles all around. Not a frown was showed that night. Maybe a playful one. But the future was bright.

If there's one thing to be learned, really, it's that you can't ever say no one.

Because someone will love you.

Someone will help you.

Someone will put up with you.

And maybe, somewhere, there exists someone who wants to share your dream.


There you have it folks. It's finally over.
Though, not really, if you think about it. It's only the first week, the beginning.

I'm going to go cry in a corner.

OH! WAIT!

I met a reader at G-anime in december. And so, if you're reading this my little Roma-dear... I couldn't find you on facebook! Too many people have the same name!

So please message me... Because you were an awesome person and I would have liked to be friends. :D