Chapter 5

After Ezio had left the building, Lovino decided it was time to confront Leonardo.

"So," she turned to him. "How long have you had a thing for Ezio?"

"W-what?" the blond turned to her, baffled and blushing. "I don't... I do not have a thing for him! What a preposterous thing to say!"

Lovino snickered. "Oh, yeah, you like him," she grinned at him. "You cannot trick me,"

From where she stood, frozen, Rosetta spoke up. "Wait... Leo you like men?"

At this the poor artists face became impossibly redder. "No, I mean yes, I mean..." he groaned.

"Do not worry," Lovino smiled kindly. "We don't judge you, well Rosetta might, she is highly religious, but I on the other hand think the church is a load of bull shit,"

"That does not make me feel better," he put his hands over his eyes and sighed.

"In fact I have an idea... a brilliant idea!" the short girl pointed at Rosetta, who was still glaring at her for calling the church bull shit. "But before I tell you, Leo, I need to run it by dear Rosetta. Stop glaring, saying the church is a lie is not going to get me to hell, sense I am already going for murder,"

Rosetta shook her head. "I will let it drop for now,"

"Now," Lovino said while standing slowly, using the table behind the workbench for support. "Come with me Rosetta so I can explain everything to you," she began to walk to the stairs, before stopping. "Actually, Leonardo, could you go up stairs,"

Still blushing he nodded. "Alright, but I want to know what you are planning as soon as possible,"

"Of course," she smiled innocently.

With that, the highly embarrassed artist moved up stairs.

It took Lovino and Rosetta exactly half an hour to discuss what ever plan Lovino was concocting in her head. During which Leonardo decided to clean up his room, but every once in a while he could hear giggling or a loud word from down below, and worried about what exactly he was getting into.

When the assassins had discussed everything that needed discussing they called Leonardo back down. When he was once again in their presence, Lovino indicated that he should sit on the bench across from Rosetta and herself, both women wore matching serious faces.

"What is all this about," he said, setting himself on the bench and adjusting his red hat.

"We have found a way to make Ezio fall in love with you," Lovino started.

"But," Rosetta continued. "It will be quite complicated,"

Lovino smiled. "Basically we are going to need to disguise you as a girl,"

Leonardo took a moment to take in what had just left the assassins mouth before saying. "What?"

"We," Lovino indicated Rosetta and herself with one pail hand. "Are going to make you," she pointed at him. "In to a girl," she made an outline of a girls body with both hands.

"I heard you the first time, he said unimpressed, "and the answer is no,"

"AWWWWWW!" Lovino cried. "Why?"

Rosetta shook her head. "I told you he would say no,"

The shorter of the two turned to her friend. "But it is such a brilliant plan!"

"I agree," the brunette nodded.

"I do not think simply dressing me up as a woman is such a wonderful idea,"

"Wait," Lovino turned back to him and put up her hand up, palm facing him. "Hear me out, it would go like this. Here in Venezia there is the festival of Carnival, yes, everyone wears costumes. So we dress you up as a girl for the whole thing, and then, some how lure Ezio to where you are, probably using Antonio's help, and then set up a damsel in distress situation that Ezio will be unable to resist! After that you just use your charm to get him to fall in love with you," she smiled widely when she was done.

"And what do we do after carnival? When I have to go back to being a man?" he raised an eye brow.

Lovino shrugged. "We will figure that out later, but it is better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all. And this way at least you get a chance with him,"

"And charm? I have no charm,"

"Of course you do!" Rosetta encouraged Leonardo, considering she actually really wanted him to go a long with the plan, as far fetched as it sounded. "You are all innocent, sweet and extremely easy to like. I am sure if u had been born a girl Ezio would have married you in a heart beat. He already likes you so much,"

He frowned."He hated me when we first met,"

"Probably because he did not want to admit to himself that he liked you, so he lashed out, and then eventually decided that his feelings where those of friendship and not attraction, and keeps denying those feelings for what they really are, so they are all bottled up inside him and might burst at any time," Lovino took in a long breath after talking so quickly. "Sorry... that got a bit out of hand. I went a little over board in analyzing Ezio," she chuckled as both Leonardo and Rosetta gave her half confused half exasperated looks. "So Leonardo, will you go along with our plan,"

Rosetta turned to him. "It would be best if you said yes,"

with a long sigh the hatted man turned his eyes away from the women. "Fine, I will go along with it, but I do not expect it to work,"

Lovino Grinned, "Perfetto!"

"Bene," Rosetta smiled and reached across the table to pat Leonardo's arm. "Lovino's plans usually work, you will see,"