Lovino,
Very excited for dinner tonight! Do you have the directions to the restaurant already? Let me know if you don't – I'll send them over.
Can't wait to see you. :)
- Francis
Ciao Francis,
I have the directions. Thank you for checking though, I appreciate it. See you at 7.
- Lovino
After a good few hours of planning with Antonio, Lovino had finally gotten an outfit together that he had liked…it hadn't really helped things that a young child had crashed into him with their ice cream and stained it the second he left his car, but Francis had been very understanding once he had explained.
Lovino really did like him. It was nice to speak with him face to face – they had a lot more in common than he had thought, and though 'Vado' was discussed, he wasn't seen as a problem. The food was good, and the restaurant had a great view of the Eiffel Tower. Francis had laughed about it.
"The other places around here are so tourist-y and awful," he said, grinning. "But here, this little restaurant is family owned and has been around for years now, and you get much better food and service than if you were to go anywhere else."
Lovino chuckled. "People will go anywhere and pay anything as long as they get to 'see the sights'," he said, glancing out the window. "It is beautiful though. Everything here is…"
"Even me?" Lovino looked back at Francis, who was smirking at him. He frowned deeply.
"I said 'everything', didn't I?"
They were both silent, staring each other down…and then they burst out laughing, unable to keep up the façade. "Oh my god," Lovino said, hitting Francis's arm lightly. "You're the biggest dork I've ever met…" He smiled. "Even though it was complicated, I'm happy you met Vado."
"And his family," Francis said, grinning. He paused then, looking away in thought before meeting Lovino's eyes. "Er, wait…" he said, smiling awkwardly. "So, if you were Vado…who was Vado's mother?"
Lovino laughed weakly. "Um…" He smiled sheepishly. "It was really hard to get on that dress and fat suit."
Francis laughed at that, leaning over to give him a gentle kiss. They sat together, happy and in love, bathed in the lights of the Eiffel Tower.
(AN: I can't believe I'm done with this fic! I'm very glad to have written it, and also so glad that a lot of people have started shipping these two! I'm definitely writing more of them in the future (as they are my OTP). For now though, thank you all so much for reading, reviewing, etc. Until the next story!
-Addy)