The morning school resumed, Lovino was almost late because he hadn't woken up on time. He scrambled to take a shower and get dressed, while grabbing a piece of cold pizza from the fridge. When he was almost out the door, he realized that he forgot his backpack as well as the bracelet he was going to be giving to Antonio. If he could muster the courage. Of course, it would also be their first after school lesson in over two weeks.
Upon the first few seconds after walking into the math room, Antonio nearly pounced on Lovino.
"Lovi! I missed you so much! How was Italy? Did you have a good Christmas? What did you get? Ooh, you're supposed to come over after school!" he rambled.
"Shut up, you idiot, people are staring." Again, Lovino added. Damn, Antonio always managed to cause a scene, which usually involved a bunch of giggling girls in the back corner of the room.
"Oops! Sorry!" Antonio said, his smile not even faltering. "We haven't hung out in so long though!"
"We don't 'hang out' Antonio," Lovino said with a faint blush. Oh, how he would love to hang out with the Spaniard sometime...
"Well, we should, then!" Antonio said, as if he could read Lovino's mind.
"Like I would hang out with you," the Italian said with no malice in his voice, and looking everywhere but at Antonio. The latter seemed to notice this and his smile became, if possible, even bigger.
"Bastard," Lovino added quietly.
"You never did tell me, how was Italy? Did you have a nice Christmas?"
Antonio asked Lovino as the pair walked to Antonio's house after school. The January afternoon was unusually warm, but still very cold, and both boys were wearing coats and gloves. Antonio had a red and yellow scarf wrapped around his neck, and Lovino wore his hood up.
"It was... Fine," Lovino said. "Christmas was good. Ate a lot of food. And apparently Feliciano and Ludwig have been going out since Halloween." He still hadn't given Antonio the bracelet he had gotten on his trip, but Antonio continued to beam.
"That's great, Lovino! But… you really didn't know about that?" he asked, a bit surprised.
"Damn, am I the only one who didn't know?" he groaned. Why didn't Feliciano tell him before?
"Well, I heard it through Gilbert, so…" Antonio trailed off and shrugged. "I thought you already knew."
"Ugh. Whatever. …How was your Christmas, anyways?" he asked bluntly.
"It was great! My family from Spain came over, and I got to use a bit of the Spanish you taught me! Of course, I got a bit excited and forgot most of it..." he trailed off, looking at the ground. His cheeks were dusted with pink, but Lovino passed it as being from the cold.
"Idiot," he murmured, smiling at the ground. "That means I'll have to go harder on you during our Spanish lessons." It wasn't until the words were out of his mouth that Lovino realized what he had said.
Both boys turned bright red and continued to stare furiously at the ground. "I-I mean I w-won't let you slack off on doing your work," he stammered. "Dammit, you know what I mean!" he spat as Antonio coughed.
"Mmm, of course, mí tomate," Antonio said with a mischievous glint in his eye.
"I- you- what?" Lovino spluttered.
"You look just like one of my tomatoes~" Antonio shrugged. He had hoped Lovino would catch on...
"Fuck you," the smaller boy muttered.
"Hmmm," Antonio hummed quietly, causing Lovino to almost trip in shock. However, he pretended he hadn't heard anything and neither of them said anything for the rest of the walk.
Lovino and Antonio were seated around the kitchen table in Antonio's house, backpacks on the floor. They had been sitting there for about half an hour, when Antonio suddenly remembered something.
"Oh! Lovino! I got you a Christmas present!" he exclaimed and jumped out of his chair.
"What?" Lovino asked. He had been in the middle of working out a particularly difficult problem. "Why would you get me something?"
"Ahahah! You're so silly! You're my friend, and I get friends presents for Christmas! But don't worry; you didn't have to get me anything! I just like giving presents!" Antonio skipped- yes, skipped- upstairs to his room without awaiting a reply. Lovino watched him go for a minute before realizing that he should give Antonio his present, too. He looked down and saw Antonio's backpack lying on the floor and made a snap decision as he heard Antonio coming back down the stairs. As quick as possible, Lovino took the bracelet out of his pocket and put it in the Spaniard's backpack, banging his head on the table as he sat up when Antonio entered the kitchen.
"Eh? Lovino, what are you doing?" he asked, cocking his head to one side, a frown on his face.
"Fuck! I was... Getting a pencil! Then your damn table attacked my head!" Lovino said, clutching the back of his head and swearing.
"A pencil? But you have one in your hand," Antonio said, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, well, I wanted another one! Can't I get another pencil if I want one?" Lovino rubbed the back of his aching head. Damn, there was going to be a bruise.
"Do you need some ice?" Antonio asked, concerned.
"I don't need anything..." Lovino swore again, but Antonio was sitting next to Lovino, holding an ice pack against his head before Lovino could finish what he was saying.
"Is that better, mí tomate?" he murmured.
"S-shit," Lovino breathed. "That's fucking cold," he shivered (convincing himself it was from the cold and not Antonio's sudden appearance), not even complaining about the pet name. What was up with that, anyways? He wondered.
"Well, it is ice," Antonio chuckled.
"Hey, bastard, what are you doing?" Lovino squeaked as he realized that Antonio had one arm around him, holding the ice pack.
"Hmm? Oh... I... Er... Here's your present, Lovi!" he picked held up what he had been holding in his other hand. It was a beautifully knitted scarf with the colors of the Italian flag on it.
"...You knit me a scarf," Lovino said dumbfounded, forgetting the previous awkwardness.
"Yes! My mother taught me how to do it, and I thought you would like it. You do like it, right?"
"Sure," he said, taking the scarf in his hands. It truly was a beautiful work of art. And Antonio had even made it himself, while thinking of Lovino. He had to hide the smile that was creeping up on his face at that thought.
"I'm glad!" Antonio smiled widely.
Lovino had to look away so he wouldn't blush anymore.
"A-are we just going to sit here all night, or are we actually going to finish this math shit?" Lovino demanded when it got awkward again.
"Right, let's finish this... Though I would love to just spend the rest of the night sitting with you," Antonio said so quietly, that Lovino wasn't even sure he had even heard it. He fidgeted in his seat and looked at his paper.
"O-okay..."
As soon as their study session was over, Lovino all but bolted out of Antonio's house. True, everything had gone well, but he just needed to think. So much had happened, and he was so confused.
Antonio had probably been kidding about everything, he thought. There was no way he could really have meant that he wanted to spend the rest of the night with him.
Lovino put his hands in his pocked and kicked a rock he saw on the street as hard as he could. Antonio was so confusing, even worse than a girl. He sighed and leaned against a lamppost, watching his breath form a cloud in the cold air. Sighing again, he realized that he was hungry and needed to get home.
Looking up at the cloudy sky, he saw little snowflakes falling down. Suddenly he was thankful for the new scarf around his neck as he turned and walked home, thinking of the afternoon's events.
A/N: Short chapter is short... Oh well, at least I got it updated while on vacation! I wrote this while we were camping... Mhmmmm. Oh the great outdoors. Today we went to go see the canal, which was pretty coooool.
Aaaanyways, I hope you guys enjoyed the fail attempt at fluff... suggestive Antonio and oblivious Lovino, anybody?
So. Many. Reviews. For the last chapter. Sooo, I have a proposition for you guys! Only 10 more reviews until I hit 50! I really want to write another story after this, and I'm going to let one person decide what it should be about (sort of)! Whoever is the 50th reviewer will get to pick the pairing (and maybe the plot depending on the pairing) for my next story. I will send that reviewer a PM telling them they get to choose the pairing, so please don't leave reviews asking about it. Also, do not submit more than one review for this chapter or I will not choose you. Gotta be fair D: I won't just do any pairing, so I'll tell them which pairings I'm willing to write. If you don't want it to be a romance story, that's fine too :3
^ I hope that wasn't too confusing. I'm really looking forward to this and I can't wait to see what you guys have in mind. Don't worry, I won't start working on it until I finish this, because this is my number one priority. I love you all so much and thank you for the notifications!
Hmm, and I'm thinking that the next chapter might be from Antonio's POV! ;D
...Okay, this a/n is going to be longer than the chapter at this rate. ILY ALL :DDD
