Chapter 3
The next morning was Saturday so they slept in till about noon. Once up Tino and Berwald decided to take a bath. Tino grabbed their clothes and the Swede drew the bath. "Morning Ber. Did you sleep well?" Tino asks as he sets their clothes down. "Ja." Berwald replies and kisses Tino's lips. Tino smiled and takes off the shirt he was wearing. Berwald turns off the water and takes off his pants, when they were both names the two got into the tub. Tino sat in Berwald's lap as the Swede washes his hair. "I missed this." Tino says. "We haven't done this sort of thing since we adopted Peter. I mean I love Peter and all but the two of us haven't had any alone time in so long. Well we have had alone time, just not together. I think the last time we did was when Peter went over to Raivis' house for a sleepover last month. And even then we only got a hour together because you got called back into the office and Peter git really sick. I missed doing this don't you? I remember when we went on our honeymoon in Italy. It was so pretty wasn't it. All the pretty lights at night and the wonderful smells during the day. We took that really long bath we should go again and bring Peter with us. That would be fun wouldn't it?" Tino ends his rant and looks up at Berwald who was rinsing his hair. During Tino's rant Berwald had finished Tino's hair and moved on to his own. "Ja." Berwald said in agreement. Tino grabbed the soap and scrubbed both him and Berwald. "Hey Ber what do you think Peter is doing?" He asks facing the Swede. Berwald just shrugged.
Peter was sitting at a small café across from Raivis. The thirteen and twelve year olds were waiting for the rest of their class to finish lunch. "Hey Raivis look we can see Big Ben from here." Peter says pointing to the clock tower. "W-Wow!" Raivis says smiling at the sight. "Let's take a picture." Peter says dragging Raivis up. The two stood together in front of Big Ben. "I'm going to send that to Mama." Peter says. "S-Say h-hello to th-them for m-me." Raivis tells Peter as he sits down.
Peter and Raivis have been best friends since Peter first came to the orphanage six years ago. The two were in the same foster home that year. And when Peter got adopted by Tino and Berwald two years later he begged to go to the same school as Raivis. Over the years Peter formed a crush on the small boy, he found it cute when he stutters. Raivis had also started to like Peter more as friends but he was too scared to tell Peter. And the window of opportunity may be closing on the both of them. Raivis was going to be adopted by two men when they got back from the trip. They were both scared that Raivis would go to a new school far away.
"And send." Peter said as he sent the photo. "Hey Raivis, do you know what your new parents are like?" He asks. "I o-o-only me-met th-them once. Th-they s-seemed nice. Th-the Polish m-man d-dresses and acts l-like a g-girl." Raivis was then interrupted by Peter. "Wait you don't even know their names?!" Raivis shakes his head. "N-no I d-do. I-I j-just didn't w-want t-to h-have t-to explain wh-who th-they are. B-but th-the Polish m-man is n-named F-Felicks and th-the Li-Lithuanian is T-T-Toris." Raivis says. Peter knows that Raivis doesn't like to talk much because of his stutter. "Well at least we will know who your mom will be." Raivis giggles and nods in agreement. "I wonder why Mama hasn't texted back." Peter wonders looking at his phone.
Tino and Berwald got out of the bath and got dressed. Tino went downstairs to make something for them to eat. Berwald looked over at Tino's phone and saw the photo of Peter and Raivis. The Swede brought the phone to Tino. "Aww! They look so cute!" Tino squeals and texts Peter "Cute!" then looks at Berwald. "Ber I'm worried. Peter wouldn't eat until we let him go to the same school as Raivis, what if Raivis moves to a different city or worse country?!" Berwald held his wife in his arms. "He's older now. I'm sure it won't be as bad." He says to Tino and kisses the Finn's head. Tino wasn't convinced but dropped the subject. "So after we eat what do you want to do? We have about five and a half days left alone." Tino asks putting the plates on the table. "Anything as long as I am with you." Berwald says pulling Tino into his lap, then began to eat. Tino giggles and kissed Berwald on the cheek. "Oh! I need to feed Hana!" Tino says quickly getting the food into the small dog's bowl. When Hana heard the food hitting the bowl she came running. "Whoa!" Tino says as the puppy ran through his legs. "Oh, Ber! Let's take a walk after we eat. And Hana can come with us." Berwald nodded and pulled Tino back into his lap. The two are and grabbed their coats to take their walk. Berwald hooked Hana on her leash and they headed out. Tino and Berwald held hands as they walked through the park. "This reminds me of when we walked to the orphanage to get Peter. I remember when I first met him as a baby. It was third week working at the orphanage and he was just so cute I knew he was the one for us. And I was right." Berwald nodded pulling Tino closer. "You wouldn't stop bugging me until I said yes to getting him." Berwald said and the shared a quick kiss. "And it was all worth it." Tino says as his phone rings. "Elizabeta?" Tino says and picks up. "Tino! I need you to come in it's about Raivis!"