Hello, I update this late because my brother was using the computer and I didn't have the opportunity to use it. It was a crazy week, and a crazy month.

Finally, a confession! Yes!

But this is not over yet, there's still something left but meanwhile. . .

Enjoy this sappy chapter!

"This thing called love, I just can't handle it

this thing called love, I must get 'round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love"

(Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen)

"So that happened" I had called Francis as soon as I discovered Lovino was gone. He carefully listened to me and then said nothing. Absolutely nothing.

"What are you going to do, then? Are you just going to give up, just like that?"

"Of course not!"

"Now, that's more like it, you are back to your usual self! What's your plan?"

"I have no idea!" Seriously, what was I supposed to do if Lovi had gone back to Italy; anyway, it was true I was not planning to give up any time soon. But I didn't have many options; we were in different countries and all.

"Oh, I'm sure you will think of something, I wish you luck!"

"Wait, you're not going to help me in this?"

"It's much more interesting to see how love develops itself" Francis didn't really gave me any advice but he was right, I had to find a way to tell Lovi my feelings. Even if I had to drive all the way to Italy.

0o0o0

Besides Francis, I also spoke to Emma and Gilbert, the former told me to act carefully and the latter said I should go to Italy as soon as possible and go sweep Lovino off his feet. I asked my boss if I could possibly make a small trip to Rome and the answer was a no.

Dang.

After some work -because my boss was hurrying me up- I called Emma for advice because I (again) didn't know what to do. She gave me an easy solution:

To call him.

Ah, it's incredible I didn't thought about that before! My confession wouldn't be as special as it could have been but I needed to tell him how I felt. But who says a call can't be special?

Aha! There's the thing! How could I make a phone call special?

I looked at the red rose carefully placed on my desk. Suddenly an idea formed in my mind an idea tha was actually good.

But it would take time to remember were Lovi's house was, I'd been there a few times but not as much as he'd been in mine. Also finish my work and get my car ready. Not so difficult, it'd take time but it wasn't hard. I would need help from Francis and Feli.

I called Francis first.

"Mind doing me a favor?"

"Mmn, what do you need?"

"How many roses can you get me?"

"I don't know what you are planning but I presume it has something to do with Romano so I'll help"

"How did you know that? Anyway, get me the biggest bouquet of the most beautiful red roses you can imagine"

"Ohonhon, I wonder what your plan is" Francis hung up after that. I did some more work and when I was completely finished for the day, I texted Gilbert to ask him for Feli's number.

'got feli's number?'

'nah, lud does. what do u need it for'

'gonna ask him a favor'

'fine i'll ask lud for it'

I later received a text from Gil telling me he had got Feli's number and added it to the message. I doubted whether to ask some help from him but decided it really didn't matter at all if he knew or if he didn't so I called Feliciano.

"Yes, hello, who is this?" He sure took his time to answer the phone.

"Hi, Feli. It's me, Spain" Woah, it felt like I hadn't spoken with him for a while, which actually was true but still really impressive.

"Oh, big brother Toni, how have you been? I've been fine, Ludwig was over a few days ago but he had to leave. Lovino's here too, do you want to talk to him? Oh, wait, he's doing weird signs with his hands. Ah, he's telling me to shut up, I think" Lovino didn't want me to talk with him? Ah, I did want to hear his voice again but that had to wait.

"No, I wanted to talk with you. Can you go somewhere where Lovi can't hear you? You're outside the room? No, go farther, he might still listen. The kitchen? Great" I proceeded to explain him my plan, he sometimes interrupted me to ask something. We agreed to meet at night outside his house, without Lovino knowing anything about it. After that, the only thing left was to wait for the day to come.

0o0o0

A week after I was finally free to visit Lovino. I made sure my car was completely okay and ready to make a trip to Rome. Eighteen hours would be. Francis would meet me at Menton, a city near the frontier between Italy and France. I would arrive the next night and meet Feli at his house and the rest was up to me.

I drove keeping the sea in sight, knowing that would get me faster to Menton without getting lost. The whole time I was so bored I kinda started talking to myself, which is weird but not so strange. I listened to all the Cds I had and sang every single song. After a few hours I finally got to Menton and tried to see Francis somewhere, I couldn't find him until I was nearly leaving the town. He was just there, roses in hand. I stopped near him, left the car and attempted to catch his attention.

"Francis! Hey, Francis!" I waved my hands until he finally spotted me. "Fraaaaaaancis!"

"Oh, Antonio! Good to see you. Here are the roses you asked for, really beautiful, aren't they? I'm flattered you came to me for this!" I took the bouquet and examined it. It truly was beautiful "Ah, be careful with them"

"Francis, I owe you one!"

"Maybe you could pay me with a very special night, only the two of us"

"What do you mean? Whatever, I have to leave now, thank you very much"

"Good luck!"

I got into the car and started driving again; there was still a long way to Rome after all.

0o0o0

It was hard to remember the way to Feli and Lovi's house, I made a mental note to draw a map later. When I finally found it, Feli was sleeping on the porch, waiting for me. How cute. Carefully, I grabbed the flowers and slowly walked towards him. I shook his shoulder.

"Psst, Feli. Wake up, Feli"

"I give up! I surrender!" Feli woke up and instinctively exclaimed that.

"It's me!"

"Ah, big brother Toni. You're finally here. Are those the roses?"

"Yes, sorry to keep you waiting"

"It's fine. You should rest a little, he won't wake up until later" Feli took the roses and opened the door "Do you want to sleep in the couch?"

"Yes! Thank you" Minutes later, he had already placed the roses in Lovi's room without him noticing it or waking up. I kept a single flower with me and lay down in the couch. It was so comfortable that I didn't have any problem with falling asleep.

My cell phone was what woke me up. I had set up the alarm because I didn't trust Feli, or me for all that matters, to do that. I was confused at first but immediately remembered what the plan was and got up.

I went outside the house and stood up from where Lovino could see me perfectly, since Feli had said his room's window was the one in the front. Took out my phone and dialed Lovi's number. He didn't answer the first time, so I kept calling him until he did.

"What do you –what the hell?!"

"What's wrong, Lovi?" I tried to sound as innocent as possible, knowing he had probably found the bouquet by now.

"Nothing, except there is a fucking lot of roses in my room!"

"Ah, that reminds me of something, you know?"

"What does that have to do with this?!"

"Well, did you know that the meaning of a rose changes depending on the color? For example, white roses mean innocence, the yellow ones mean friendship, the blues are mystery.

"And what on earth makes you think I give a fuck about what different colored roses mean?"

Completely ignoring his statement, I continued "And red roses mean true love"

". . . What?"

"Look out of your window" I waited. I saw the curtains move and then his face looking outside, phone still in hand. That's when I showed him the rose I had kept. "Lovino, I love you" He looked at me in what I suppose was complete disbelief. Time passed and the he just shouted in the phone.

"You bastard! What do you think you are doing? Get inside now!" I did as he said and then Lovi came downstairs. I couldn't tell if he was pissed off or what, I could tell he was blushing madly, though. I handed him the rose. "Idiot, doing something like that. . ."

"It's true, though. I love you"

"You –you could have told me earlier, asshole"

"Will you go out with me?"

"Don't change the subject like that!"

"I'm not. Will you?" I handed him the rose again, hoping he would accept.

"Damn it, yes, I will" His answer made me so happy I hugged him tight. Surprisingly enough, Lovi hugged me back as tight "Y-you know, I l-love you too, Antonio" he said quietly. That was the first time he called me by my name. A lot of feelings came to me and I started crying. Finally, everything was as it should. Finally, this crazy little thing people call love was the best thing that had ever happened to me.