Title: Diamond
Pairing/Characters: Lovina and Edmée
Summary: Lovina is the best damn girlfriendwifewhatever in the world
"You having a look first before you send the fiancé over for a ring?"
Lovina looks up from the ring cabinet and shakes her head. "No."
The woman behind her counter keeps looking at her expectantly, obviously thinking she was going to continue or explain herself or maybe ask to see something and give the girl a sale, but she's unfortunately out of luck. "Is Edmée here? She knows what I want."
"Oh." The woman looks disappointed, but she quickly recovers. "She's in the back, I'll go get her."
Lovina moves down the row of rings unless she gets out of the section with women's rings and into the one for men. She glances back at the women's rings, then to the men's, silently contemplating to herself while she waits for Edmée.
"Hey Lovi!" Edmée comes skipping out from the back room and laughs when she sees what Lovina is doing. "Looking for a ring for Romano?"
"He keeps looking at this particular one," she responds, brushing off some dust from the top of the glass cabinet. "But it's expensive as shit and really girly."
Edmée nods and pulls out one of the many velvet-lined boxes full of rings. "Like these?"
Lovina snorts and points out one of them. "That's the one. Obviously you picked the right job."
"Antonio showed me a picture," Edmée whispers. "But shhh, obviously I'm the best one at this store."
"I'll agree with you on that one if you can get this fucking insane price down for me."
"Well I get an employee discount…"
"Yeah?"
"And I really love free pastries, especially chocolate ones."
"…Right."
"And you know we've been trying to get customers to fill out our surveys but they never do! Some feedback would be nice."
"Positive feedback, I'm assuming?"
Edmée smirks and pulls the ring from the velvet cushion and holds it up to the light. "Well obviously. Negative feedback isn't going to get me a raise."
Lovina looks at the ring and scowls at Edmée, but the woman is very much Antonio's sister and she just smiles back. "It better be a fucking good discount."
"It might be."
"And you are going to tell Romano I paid full price and that bitch so owes me for this."
"I don't think anyone doubts that he does."
"And you guys are getting us a really nice present next time we get fake-married."
Edmée pulls a red ring box from under the counter and after taking a few minutes to polish the ring and hum instead of responding to Lovina, she places the sparkling band into the box and slides it over the counter to Lovina. "We always get you the best presents and you know it."
"Well it best be better than normal."
"I don't know, I only got wedding presents the one time from you guys. Just doesn't seem fair to me. Which credit card will you be using?"
Lovina eyes all the plastic in her purse before selecting one and tossing it in Edmée's direction. "I'll make Antonio get you an anniversary present or something."
"Tell him—"
"That you two have enough chocolate and it's not a very clever gift anymore, I know."
"You're a doll." Lovina eyes the final price on her receipt as she signs it and even though it is significantly lower than the original tag, Romano still so fucking owes her. "Here's a survey card, be sure and let us know how we're doing!"
"Yeah yeah." Lovina slips the ring and the survey card into her purse. "See you on Sunday, it's your turn to host dinner."
"It was my turn last time."
"No it wasn't… fine. You're making dessert."
Another customer enters the jewellery shop just then and since Random Girl from Earlier is nowhere to be seen, Edmée waves Lovina off and she happily obliges.
"I hope he likes it!"
"Oh, he better."
"Bye bye, Lovina."
Romano wakes up the next morning with a sparkling new ring on his finger and when Lovina tells him he's on laundry duty for the next month he only questions it and complains a little.
