That Wednesday Gilbert drove over to Lovino's apartment to pick him up. He has long traded in his man van for a slick new ride, Lovino didn't even know that he had gotten a new car he couldn't wait to see the look on his pretty face. He parked outside the building and walked up the steps, he knocked on the door and heard Lovino yell for him to come in.
Gilbert walked inside and he could hear the sound of water running. A familiar smirk crossed his smug face, Lovino was still in the shower. Gilbert walked into the hallway making sure that each step he took was as silent as possible. He stood with his back pressed against the wall. "Hey are you almost done in there. If not I don't mind joining you." He teased.
Lovino rolled his eyes and gave a fake laugh. "I'm almost done. See waters off." Lovino said as he turned the water off and wrapped a towel around his waist, he grabbed another to dry his hair. He dried off and when to get changed only to realized that he forgot his clothes back in his bedroom He blushed as he realized he had two chooses, walk out of the bathroom like it was nothing and go get dress and that meant walking right past Gilbert in nothing but a towel, or he could ask Gilbert to grab his clothes for him and risk Gilbert teasing him by holding them outside his reach.
He debated inside his head on which was the least awful, he didn't trust Gilbert, he knew him well enough to know that he wouldn't get his clothes back from him right away. So with a deep breath he opened the door and hurried past Gilbert and rushed for his bed room to get dressed. He could feel Gilbert's eyes following him. Gilbert then let out the loudest wolf whistle Lovino had ever heard. He quickly turned to glare him down only to see Gilbert smiling at him. Lovino then disappeared inside his room, he pressed his back to the door as he locked it.
His face felt like it was on fire and his heart was pounding inside his chest. He tried to shake the feeling from his chest and face but it just would not go. He got dressed and looked at himself in the mirror and rubbed his face. "Hey are you ready, their going to give out table away if you take any longer. Your make-up looks fine." Gilbert teased. Lovino rolled his eyes and opened the door.
"You didn't really make reservations somewhere did you. No restaurant around here does that." Lovino pointed out and watched as Gilbert walked past him, spinning his keys around his finger and grinning like a fool. Lovino followed him, locking the door behind them, he looked around for Gilbert's beloved man van but it was no where to be seen. He looked over at Gilbert confused only to see him leaning against a dark blue dark. His eyes went wide when Gilbert walked over to the and held the door open for him. "This is yours!"
"Yeah I call her the Awesome Grace, pretty sweet isn't it thought of it myself." He said and Lovino walked around the whole car, he was rather impressed. He got inside and stared at the German eagle seat covers. Gilbert started the car and drove onto the highway. Lovino looked out his window at the street signs, he didn't leave town that often. Gilbert looked over at Lovino from the corner of his eye, his hair was still a little wet. "If you want you can turn on the radio." Gilbert said.
"No I'm fine, I would prefer to talk actually. How's work?" Lovino said still looking out the window. He stared up at the sky above and saw that there were storm cloud starting to form. Gilbert moved to the fast lane and sped past a truck that he thought was moving to slow.
"Now Lovi you know how much we both hate small talk and I think we know each well enough to skip that bull. Has Feliciano called you lately cause Ludwig hasn't called me once." Gilbert told him, he sounded a little bit hurt. But Ludwig wasn't much of a phone person, in fact when it came to talking on one he was so awkward that it was almost funny. Feliciano on the other hand loves talking and he does it though the phone and text and sometimes a e-mail,but usually his texts and emails where made up mostly of one letter words and faces.
Lovino leaned back in his seat, sometimes he forgets how long he's actually known Gilbert. This man was just so full of surprises, he was more then just the immature idiot he always thought of him to be. "Yeah he calls all the time, it gets a bit annoying actually. He would probably shit himself if he knew we were on a date right now." Lovino said and quickly blushed, he didn't mean to say date, he quickly looked out the window so Gilbert wouldn't see him blushing and he prayed that Gilbert didn't notice him say it.
"Sooo that's what this is then. Then what was that thing you did with Alfred." Gilbert asked with a playful stupid grin. Lovino saw a chance to save himself when Gilbert brought up Alfred, he wasn't totally clueless he knew Gilbert was jealous of Alfred.
"That was just as much of a date as this! He..he even held my hand." Lovino told him. Gilbert's foot pressed down on the gas a little harder.
"Oh he did. Well then I guess I'll just have to cover that up now will I." Gilbert said and with one hand on top of the wheel, he reached over with the other and took Lovino's hand in his. He watched as his eyes went wide real quick before returning to their normal size. He gave a small chuckle and intertwined their fingers. Lovino blushed and quickly pulled his hand away.
"Keep both hands on the wheel!" He yelled and crossed his arms to keep his hands hidden, they were now all moist with sweat, he was nervous. Gilbert chuckled a little louder and placed both hands on the wheel, he had gotten just the reaction he was looking for. He wondered how that bloke Alfred would react to see how Lovino acted just then. Just thinking about it made him want to flip him the bird again. "How much longer?"
"We're almost there. Is there anything else you would like to talk about."
"Feliciano told me him and Ludwig were thinking about adopting...I think he a dog...but he had to let me go before he could finish telling me...I hope its a dog." Lovino said and Gilbert actually nodded in agreement.
"Can you imagin my brother trying to raise a child. 'The toys must go back in the proper label locations when you are finished with their use. Do I make myself clear.'" Gilbert said mimicking his brother's voice. Lovino chuckled and cracked a small smirk.
"Then there's my brother. 'Oh the bullies are picking on you again well they just need a hug! Just hug them, hugs fix everything! Ve now here's some candy, eat it before daddy sees.'" Lovino said mimicking his brother's voice perfectly. Gilbert laughed.
"'Feliciano I told you candy is unhealthy and full of sugar, a child needs a healthy diet of potato and meat in order to grow big and strong. And stop putting our son in dresses.'"
"'But he looks so adorable in them! Just like I did! I wanna wear a dress again, can I pretty please.'" Lovino said and they began to laugh even harder. Gilbert couldn't even continue because he could stop laughing. He could picture it all to well in his head, that poor kid. Once they got their laughter under control Gilbert got off at the next exit and drove until they stopped at an expensive restaurant that Lovino had read about in the paper, they gave cops, firemen, and military people very nice discounts on their food. Nevertheless discount or no discount they where still rather costly.
Lovino was at a lost for words he didn't understand why Gilbert would take him to this place. "No way! I don't want you to spend so much money on me!" Lovino protested as Gilbert parked the car. Gilbert laughed and turned the car off. He got out and walked over to Lovino's side and opened the door. Lovino crossed his arms and shook his head. "No this place is too expensive!" He protested further. Gilbert unbuckled his seat belt, grabbed him by his waist and yanked him out of the car.
When Lovino tried to go back inside the car Gilbert took him and flipped him over his shoulder and started to carry him towards the restaurant. "Relax Lovi I have a gift card from a buddy at work. It was meant for him and his wife but he found out that she's been sleeping with his sister sooo yeah he gave it to me. Besides I want to take you some where nice."
"His wife was seeing his sister...that sounds like a plot to a porno." Lovino grumbled and Gilbert laughed and set him back down on his feet. Lovino followed to the door, he didn't think a place like this would have gift cards but sure enough you could buy them at the entrance, apparently they only sell them twice a year. Him and Gilbert got a nice table near the fire place (it was fake). The table had one candle right in the center, which was lit by the host as he sat them there.
Gilbert ordered the red wine for them to drink, he knew red was Lovino's favorite. The host brought them the bottle and pored their glasses, after that he placed the bottle in some ice near their table and left them to look over the menu. Lovino couldn't stop looking on at the prices, he didn't want to get something that cost to much, it was rather stressful. "Lovi relax...you can order what you want. If not I'll just pick something out for ya." Gilbert smirked and returned to his own menu. Lovino sighed and looked over the menu, trying not to look at the cost this time. Finally he closed his eyes and pointed randomly at the menu in order to pick something. Luckily it was a pasta dish so he settled on that.
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hey everyone I just wanted to thank you all for the love and support you guys have shown me. You have no idea how truly thankful I am to have such wonderful readers like you guys and I hope all if not most of you will stick with me even after this fan fiction comes to an end.
I will actually put a poll up of possible pairings to do in my next fan fiction once this one starts getting close to the end, I'll let you know when that happens. I do plan on going back to my fic The Crocus but I need a happy fic to counterpart the pain and depression that goes on in that story. I struggle with my more darker stories because they aren't what I'm used to writing.
Gawd! Lovino was so effing adorable to write in this chapter! Please review, first person to review this chapter will get a short drabble fic of any APH pairing they want, the review must be one or two full sentences in order to count. (if you see your the first please put the pairing you want at the end of the review thank you!)
