Lovino took one of the girls at the class by the waist, she was a head shorter then he was. Antonio had another girl with him, one of the teachers at the studio, he was showing them the steps to the dance. It was a traditional Spanish dance called Bolero, but the girls in class kept complaining about it, apparently they wanted to learn the tango. The tango wasn't even from Spain it was from Argentina, but if he didn't keep at least ten members in this class then it would be cut and everything he had planned would be lost.
Finally he gave up on the Bolero and began to teach the Tango. He was thankful his parents were formmer profenial dancers, they retired and now own their own dance studio now. He started to show them the first couple of steps. "Alright now repeat after me. Watch and count, count in you're head, this is a dance of passion. You want to draw your partner in, you need them to want you, you have to want them. Now I understand that we are very short of men, so you ladies will have to pair together I'm afraid. The taller out of you will lead." He told them and took the instructor and showed the steps again.
Girls paired with their friends and compared their heights, nither wanting to be the lead, except for one girl. Lovino stayed partner with the girl he was with before, he didn't even know what her name was. Lovino began to follow Antoino's steps, amking sure to count the steps but he kept his eyes down at his feet, the tango was a bit difficult, fast pace and a little to intimate for comfort. "Okay Lovino, Amanda I'm going to stop you for just a moment. Amanda you are doing wonderfully, but Lovino you need to keep your eyes on your partner. Come here I'll show you." Antonio said and the instructor walked over to Amanda to partner with her.
Antonio took Lovino close and pressed against him. "Remember this is a dance of raw passion. You must make it look as if your madly in love with your partner. You must seduce them and the audience. You don't always have to make eye contact, just in the heat of the moment its important to glance into their eyes, ladies looking up from a while slowly lifting your head is very common in this dance and is very sexy." He said and began to lead the dance. Lovino's whole face was red, everyone was watching him, he began to pretend that they weren't there.
He took a breath and did his best to follow the steps. Antonio dipped him down, lifting his leg. They went though the whole dance. Lovino stared at him panting slightly, it was like cupid had shot him in the heart with a tommy gun. He didn't think it was even possible for him to like Antonio more then he already did. Antonio smiled and parted from him. Lovino finally remebered the rest of the class and looked away from Antonio to stare back at them.
They all were staring at him, Amanda's face was the worst of them all, she had the biggest smile one her face and her eyes were all bright and shiny. His face filled with blush and he walked away with his head down. "That was wonderful Lovino! You have a real talent for this, come speak with me after class." He said and returned to teaching the others. Lovino returned to being partners with Amanda, who for the most part couldn't stop smiling.
The class went on for another half hour. The girls packed their bags and complained about how their feet hurt. Lovino stayed behind like he was asked. Antonio walked up to him, wearing that happy smile. "Lovino I just wanted to say I was very impressed. I think you have a real talent if you work on it. The amount of passion you showed really made the dance. I would love if we could have some privet lessons together." He said and Lovino's mouth got dry. Lessons with Antonio, just them, alone.
"When would these classes be." Lovino asked, he didn't want to seem like he was to interested.
"On the weekends. We can meet here, this room." He said and Lovino nodded his head as he listened. He was in love with the idea, dancing the tango all pressed up against him, he bit down on his inner cheek to keep from smiling. Antonio smiled at him and Lovino grabbed his back pack and took up. "So would you be interested?" He asked.
"I'll have to see if I'll have the time. But I'll think about it." He said, struggling to keep from smiling like a fool. Lovino was blushing and he kept his head down to hide the color in his face. He couldn't control the pounding his his chest, it as worse then ever before, he hated this. He felt so weak all he wanted all he could think about was what it would be like to just be with him, hold him, and even what kissing him would be like. He kept biting his inner cheek until it hurt. "Well I need to get going. I...I need to leave." He said and quickly turned for the door.
Antonio smiled and crossed his arms and watched him leave. He kept his cool until Lovino was out the door. "Holy shit, he's so cute! I can't stand it." He blushed and rubbed his face to try to get the color out. He was so excited about it, he was going to flaunt off his charm and woo the heck out of him. He got his things around and went home. By the time he got there Arthur was already spread out on the couch with the TV playing one of his shows playing. "So how did the tutoring lesson go?" He asked and Arthur grunted. Arthur sat up and stared over at him.
"That boy maybe good looking but he knows nothing of the English language. I'm having dinner with his family after tutoring him tomorrow, I don't even know why I said that, I can't do this." Arthur said and got off the couch.
"Can't do what?" Antonio asked, taking the remote and turning the TV off. Arthur crossed his arms over his chest and stare him down like he was an idiot. "Wait are you talking about that bet we made a month ago. I was just kidding, I'm not that heartless. I honestly do like Lovino and I would like to be with him but I wouldn't manipulate his emotions to do so." He told him, his voice held back anger, but you could hear the hurt tone over it. He was offend that Arthur thought so lowly of him.
Arthur stepped back, now he really felt like a creep. "But you really can't be serious about dating the boy. He's just a kid, only a high school student, its so inappropriate." Arthur said and Antonio just walked away from him. But that didn't stop Arthur from talking, nothing ever got him to stop talking once he started one of his lectures, he was going to be that teacher that has students falling out of their chairs asleep because he talked for to long. "We need to stop here before we get in to deep. Antonio we have to ignore how we feel if they return our feelings then we're fucked. Don't ignore me, you know what I'm saying is true. We can't be with them even if they like us back, we'll end up in court and then jail."
"If Alfred liked you back...do you really think you could ignore that. If he wanted to be with you, to hold you, to kiss you, to just fucking love you, do you think you could resist him then. Just picture him telling you that he likes you, what would you do?" Antonio asked and Arthur sat down and held his forehead in his hand. This was to much for him, Antonio was right, as much as he hated to admit but the guy was right.
"No...I wouldn't be able to ignore it but you must understand we have to try. We can't."
"Then you better stop tutoring him because i know you well enough to know that you would give in. I'll have to stop teaching dance lessons to everyone, they made me switch to the tango." He snapped and Arthur glared at him. They just glared at each other before finally calming down. They sat down next to each other at the dinner table. "Why couldn't we be younger or they be older. If only it were that simple." Antoino mumbled.
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As soon as Lovino got to his house he got onto his lap top to start on his homework, he kept texting Alfred on the side. Alfred was taking forever to reply like always. Lovino sighed and tried to keep his mind on his school work. But it was hard to keep his mind on anything when he heard the front door open. If it had been his grandfather he would have heard a loud "I'm home", the same if it was his brother coming home by himself. The fact that it was silent only meant that his brother's mouth was busy doing something else. He shuddering to think about it, his brother and Ludwig kissing, tongues and spit, he wrinkled his nose.
Still even in his disgust there was jealously. His brother had always been well liked by everyone, if it hadn't been for Feliciano being friends with Alfred then Lovino would still be struggling to get someones attention. Of course Alfred developing a crush on him totally blind sided him, he hadn't exspected it at all, and in the end he just couldn't feel the same way. He was happy Alfred still stayed his friend.
He closed his laptop after shutting it down and he grabbed his ipod. He laid down on his bed, placing the headphones in his ear, blasting music. He would have to talk to his grandfather about going to those extra dance lessons, he bit his lip, he was afraid his grandfather would start to suspect something. But it was worth the risk if it ment getting closer to Antonio.
"I'm home! Lovi, Feli, Luddy I'm going to start dinner!" His grandfather yelled in his big cheerful voice. But Lovi didn't hear him the music was far to loud. His eyes closed and listened. He feel asleep like that, sleeping dispite the music blasting away, the head phones ened up falling out as he slept and the ipod fell off the edge of the bed. His grandfather ended up going upstairs to his room and opening the door just a crack. "Lovi are you awake?" He whispered and looked over at him.
Lovino was curled up in a ball. His grandfather covered him with a blanket and turned the lights off. He made his grandson a plate of dinner and left it in the fridge for him to eat later. When Lovino woke in the morning, he grabbed the left overs to eat and sat with his grandfather. "Hey umm do you think you would be able to give me a ride durning the weekends."
"You know I work late durning the weekend Lovi, may I ask where you need a ride to?" He asked and Lovino picked at his place, telling himself not to get excited about it.
"Antoino wanted to have privet dance lessons with me. He thinks I have a real talent for it...I want to do it." Lovino told him and his grandfather nodded his head.
"Is this going to cost me anything? You know what never mind you can find that out later, if you can get a ride there then I don't care if you do, even if you're only doing this cause you like him. Don't give me that look, I've had a strong feeling that you liked this guy but the fact that your willing to give up your weekend just to dance with him only proves it. You're so cute when you think I don't know what's going on, you forget I've been to highschool, I've had my crushes and my loves, its only natural for you to have them to." He said and patted him on the back.
Lovino blushed and finally understood what Alfred ment when he mentioned awkward talks with the gaurdian. It could have been worse his grandfather could have lectured about safe sex or drugs. but this time the subject was just dropped, normally it wouldn't have been, a talk about cakes and pies once lead to a talk about the effects of drugs and unprotected sex then some how it looped back to pie. He finished eatting and then he went to get around for school.
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I've had plenty of awkward talks with my mom, the pie thing actually happened once. We were just talking about what type of pie to make for dessert and somehow, we're not sure how, but it lead to a very emotinal talk about drugs and how it can not only ruin your life but it can also kill you, by the end we were both crying and hugging. Then in a blink of the eye we went back to talking about pie.
I actually base Mrs. Williams off my own mother, mine isn't that opened minded, that's my own touch (mostly because that's the type of parent I want to be. I want my child to be who ever they want to be and know that I will accept and love them no matter what.)
Well Please review and I will do my best to get another update up soon.
