Infamous
Chapter Two: Frustration
"Hey, let's go see Tony!" Antonio says taking Lovino's hand and leading him down the hall of the teen's home.
"It's been forever, I can't believe we haven't heard from him in so long." Lovino says blandly, making Antonio stop in his tracks and look back at him disapprovingly.
"No!" He chides, bopping the boy on the nose with his script. "Bad Lovino! You read it like you mean it!"
Lovino groans. "I'm not an actor, can't I just go back to my room already? Or even to the kitchen and make a snack?"
Antonio smiles at him, the award winning smile he gives in all of his photo-shoots, which just makes Lovino more pissed. "As happy as it would make me to eat your homemade foods, we must get this down for next week's stage rehearsal."
"Who said you could have any?" Lovino grumbles, looking away from the fake smile. "Besides, doing this in the house feels like we are five and playing pretend." He points out and Antonio nods.
"That's true…but Lovino, acting is basically playing pretend. In front of a camera and with a lot of toys." Antonio says, annoying Lovino with how much it makes sense.
"Shut up. What do you know?"
"Fratello is still being mean to you, I see." A smaller boy with lighter hair than Feliciano says as he enters the hall they are in. "He's so bad at playing nice."
Antonio sniffles and flings himself on the boy dramatically. "Your brother is so mean, Marcello! Why can't he just be my friend again?"
Marcello laughs a little and holds the man up. "He is truly heartless, you poor man!" He says dramatically, receiving a glare from his brother.
"Fuck you both." Lovino huffs.
"See, Antonio? I, too, must suffer my brother's cold ways." Marcello sniffles.
"Be strong, young one." Antonio says before an object comes crashing into the back of his head.
"You wanna keep dicking around or get to work?" Lovino asks darkly, holding a shoe that accompanies the one he chucked at Antonio.
"Man you are so harsh." Antonio mumbles before moving away from Marcello and back to Lovino, taking his hand. "If you wanted my focus to only be you, you could have just said so." He teases, watching Lovino go ten shades of red before something rises and rams into Antonio's gut.
"You're not fucking funny." Lovino grumbles, lowering his knee.
"You really can't take a joke, huh?" Antonio asks, cradling his stomach. "At any rate, let's try this again, si?"
Lovino crosses his arms in protest. He knows the script, he knows what to do, why does he have to be with Antonio and practice it? What about the girls? Oh, yes, their band is doing concerts this week so they must practice on their own. Stupid bands. Why can't Antonio be gone, too? It's not fucking fair.
"Come on, stop pouting." Antonio says, bringing his face down to Lovino's. "It's not that horrible working with me, is it?"
"Yes it is. You're a dick." Lovino grumbles.
"Wh-what?" Antonio asks, shocked at the accusation. It's not the first time Lovino has said that this week but it still catches him off-guard. He seriously cannot think of what he did wrong to upset Lovino. "How am I a dick?"
"If you don't know what makes you a dick than you're an even bigger dick than I thought." Lovino says before grabbing the script and looking it over. "We just need to memorize this one scene, right?"
"…Yeah…" Antonio mumbles dejectedly.
"Then come on, let's practice it so you can go home. No doubt you have some girl awaiting your arrival." Lovino says in distaste. "Playboy bachelors usually do."
Antonio twitches. "Whoa! Whoa! Let's get a few things straight here! I am not a playboy! I've never dated, I've never done anything like that! I'm twenty and single and don't want to date anyone…but…" He mumbles, trailing off as a blush spreads across his face.
"Hm?" Lovino looks at him confused. "So…wait…you are actually saving yourself for this person you like?" He asks and Antonio nods. "Except kissing, obviously, since you have done that in videos and whatnot-not that I have seen your stuff!" The Italian adds quickly, his face flushing a little.
Antonio smiles. "There's a trick to kisses in videos if you don't really want to do them." He says, taking Lovino's hand and bringing him closer. "You see…if you angle yourselves perfectly…" He turns them in front of a mirror so Lovino can see them. "And tilt your head…" As Antonio leans in, Lovino goes bright red.
"Wh-wha-?" Lovino's voice fades as Antonio moves in closer, stopping right before his lips.
"If you look in the mirror, you can see how believable it looks right now." Antonio whispers and Lovino looks over in shock.
"Um…I see you two made up…" Marcello says, coming down the hall. "That's…nice to see…but if you go beyond kissing please make sure to go to your room."
"W-we're not kissing!" Lovino hisses. "Back the fuck off!" He orders, pushing Antonio away.
"Only the first kiss and there's problems already…good luck Antonio." Marcello says.
"Not Antonio! We weren't kissing!" Lovino yells as his brother disappears behind his bedroom door.
"…Sorry…" Antonio mumbles, looking at the floor guiltily. "I didn't mean to…"
Lovino sighs. "It's fine, you didn't kiss me, and Marcello is always being a little brat…although…I don't get why you did that. I-I mean…it wasn't a real kiss, b-but it's still…you know…you like that person, right? So you shouldn't go around doing…that." He mumbles awkwardly and Antonio smiles.
"Lovino, you're really great." Antonio says, almost dreamily. "Really, really great."
Lovino looks at him surprised. "U-um…don't…um…stop it! You're a dick!" He says decidedly.
"Why the hell am I a dick?" Antonio asks annoyed. "I love…I...I'm nice!"
"You weren't when we were younger! Every little thing I did needed to be corrected in your eyes! 'Did you remember your lines?' 'Did you practice?' 'Try not to mess up!' Everything you said made me second guess myself!" Lovino yells and Antonio looks at him guiltily.
"No! I never meant for that to happen!" Antonio gasps. "I wanted to help you and tried to act like a big brother of sorts! Lovino, I'm so sorry that I made you feel that way please forgive me!" He begs, taking Lovino's hand. "You were always prepared and so great! I-I just wanted…to interact with you and I didn't know how!"
Lovino looks at him confused. "Why does it matter if one person doesn't like you? everyone else does."
"B-because…you're the one person I want to like me." Antonio admits and Lovino tenses up. "I-I mean…one of the few people I want to like me!" He adds quickly when he sees Lovino's discomfort. "Look…I mean…the reason I acted like that back then was because I did like you…and didn't know what to do. I...was an awkward kid back then."
Lovino sighs. "Fine, fine, whatever. You have one more chance. Try not to douche it up." He says and Antonio lets out a heavy sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Lovi, thank you so much!" Antonio exclaims, hugging Lovino. "Now we can be friends, right? This is great!"
Lovino groans and remains unmoving in Antonio's arms. "Whatever. If we are going to be 'friends' than let me make something clear; no touching." He says, pushing him off.
"Okay, I can work with that." Antonio says, smiling at him. "So will you practice with me wholeheartedly now?"
"I don't have much choice, since you will bug me until I do…" Lovino sighs. "Let's do this and get it over with."
"Oh! Maybe we can make dinner together~!"
"Don't count on it! I said I'd try, not that I would do anything you want!"
Antonio frowns. "That's too bad. I can think of some fun stuff to do if you would."
Lovino goes bright red. "P-pervert!"
Antonio smirks. "Hmmm? I never said anything perverted. What were you thinking when I said that?" He teases as Lovino looks away.
"Nothing! Mind your own business!"
"Don't be ashamed Lovino! It's only natural!"
Lovino twitches. "There are some pretty thick statues in this hall that I can lift pretty easily." He says, looking down the long and vast hall ahead of them.
"Ohhh that's true, it's a pretty big hall with some pretty big things…I've got some pretty big things of my own, you know~" Antonio teases, a cocky grin on his face.
"That's it! Out of my god damn house you bastard!" Lovino screams and Antonio laughs.
"What? I have statues, too! And a big dog and cat! Like, huge! They are so fluffy you should definitely meet them! Oh! Maybe I could get you to dog and cat sit for me while I'm gone for work!" Antonio says excitedly.
"God damnit, Antonio, get out of my ass!" Lovino fumes before he sees an almost face-splitting grin come to Antonio's face. "Do NOT comment or I will KILL you!"
A/N:New chapter. Apparently being sick enables me to get stories done.
