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"GAH! Can't you do anything right, you bastard!" Once again, you successfully managed to anger Lovino. It wasn't that hard, just add a few wrong spices here and there, turn the stove up as high as it could go, burning the noodles. Yes, making him mad is quite easy. Even funny at times, though it annoyed you to no end when he called you a bastard. Even after you've been friends for so long...well, friends might not be the best word. More like a Love-Hate relationship. He hates it, you love it.

Sometimes, you wonder, does he really hate you. Because he's been sweet before, in his own kind of way. But that might be because you're a girl. Oh, he's very nice to those other girls. It made you feel sick whenever he'd flirt with them, though you didn't know why considering you only thought of him as something fun to tease.

"Lovi~ I tried doing it right! Maybe you're just a bad teacher~!" Yup, that ticked him off pretty damn good. Steam, you imagined, was blowing from his ears as his face lit up bright red. Just than, Antonio walked into the kitchen humming a joyful tune. When he spotted how red Lovino's face was, he immediately gushed about him looking like a ripe tomato.

"YOU BASTARDO!" He slammed his fist on the kitchen's counter, hard actually. He regretted it as soon as he did it when the pain shot throughout his hand, towards his arm. "Figlio di una cagna!"(1) He strained to say through his pain while tears, rather he liked it or not, came pouring out.

"Oh, Mi amigo. Now look at what you've done. Don't worry, I'll make it better!" Before Antonio could get near him, Lovino yelled at him to go away. Antonio protested against that until he, after all this time, noticed you were there with a very worried look on your face. Putting two and two together, a sly smirk appeared. For once, he understood what was going on and told both of you he'll be leaving for now and shall come back later to check on Lovino.

"Let me see your hand..." You say gently, reaching for it.

"NO! This is your fault!" He turned his back to you, clutching his injured hand.

"At least let me put some ice on it! If you don't, it'll get a lot worse!" You growled, placing your left hand onto his shoulder.

"Fine...bastard." He mumbled, reluctantly holding out his hand for you. While he was having his moment with Antonio, you had already gotten ice from the freezer. For some reason, seeing Lovino hurt made your heart twist painfully. So you, so very softly, placed the ice onto his swollen hand.

Glancing a peek up at his face you were, to say the least, completely shocked to see a bright blush heating his face up. No, not of anger...what does it mean?

"You know..." You say quietly, "you should really stop calling me a bastard..."

"I call them like I see-a them." He scowled, looking anywhere but your eyes. Come to think of it, he's never really looked you straight in the eyes. There was this one time, but soon after he quickly ran the other way. You thought you had seen his face turn red but wondered if maybe your imagination was just playing with you.

Sighing, you let go of his hand. "Since you hate me so much, I'm leaving..." It hurt saying it, even if you didn't understand why. Sure, you cared for him but these feelings are different from friend-like ones. These could only be...

"You idiot, I don't hate you! Ti amo!"(2) Your heart stopped, started back, then did it again. You slowly turned back to face him, only for your lips to say hello to their new friend, Lovino's lips. You closed your eyes slowly, enjoying the kiss while wrapping both arms around his waist. Because doing it around the neck is old style in your books.

"Wow, Lovi...If I would have known you getting hurt could make you want to kiss me, I'd hurt you a long time ago~!" You teased the darkly, red-faced man.

"Shut up, bastard! I don't know how I fell for someone like you!"

"You do know what a bastard is, right? Well, my parents were married before I was born. As for yours..."

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

1. Figlio di una cagna = "Son of a bitch!"
2. Ti amo = "I love you!"