No Regrets. Just Love//romerica

ch 20

Lovino stared at the small carton of fries laying below him, making his stomach ache, causing his gourmet tum to react poorly. Lovi felt as if he were to puke, but soon it would turn into something much worse.

"Hey Al, how often do you come here?"

Alfred was slurping at his drink, but immediately stopped to answer his beloved. "Um, maybe once or twice a week I guess. Why?"

"Because, this place sucks."

Alfred chuckled then began to clear the table. He put his own almost-finished burger on the tray, then Lovi's untouched sandwich, set the fries next to it and threw it away.

As Alfred was sitting down, the bell connected to the door rang. A man unfamiliar to Alfred came in, but Lovino new him too well.

"Hola! Can I get a Big Mac for me, and a large side of fries for my boyfriend? Thank you."

Lovino's stomach dropped. He has long forgotten about the tummy ache. It his been replaced with anxiety, fear, and sadness.

Antonio was the last person Lovi wanted to see, especially on his first 'real' date with Alfred. He took a long look at the man on his arm and then began comparing himself to the boy.

With tears in his eyes and a lump in his throat, Lovino managed to get some words out. "Alfred.. W-we need to g-go right now."

Alfred looked around confusedly. "Why? We just got here!"

Lovino was trying his hardest to hold back tears, but he was breaking quickly. "I. He's my.. We need.. Leave."

Alfred opened his mouth to speak, but once he saw his boyfriend efforts to hold back tears, he was at a loss of words.

Alfred nodded his head and stood up. He walked around to Lovino's side of the booth and held out his hand. Lovi kindly accepted and they started for the door.

"L-Lovi..?" Lovino turned around to find the owner of the unmistakable Spanish accent.

He looked at his ex boyfriend from head to toe twice. "Toni.."

Antonio whispered something into his new boyfriend's ear and he nodded and walked off. Antonio looked at Alfred, who was still holding onto his boyfriend's hand tightly.

Lovi looked up at him and put a hand on his chest. He told Alfred to wait in the car for him and once he was out of eyesight, Toni and Lovino welcomed each other into a warm embrace.

When they had released each other, Antonio brushed the tears that had escaped from Lovi's cheeks.

He smiled gently. "Um, So," Toni chuckled, "Lovi, why are you here?"

Lovino thought about his reason, he couldn't remember until he looked outside and remembered his boyfriend. "Oh.. uh, I was actually on a.. a uh.. a date."

Toni's eyes widened, he nodded though. "That's your date, in the car? He seems uh, nice.."

"Yeah.. I like him though, so I can't complain. Actually, we're moving in together tomorrow.. A pretty big step."

"Yeah yeah.. Of course. Well, I gotta get back to um.. Yeah but I'd love to catch up with you later," Toni winked at him, "I'll text you."

Lovi stood muddled. He thought about what Toni said and their hug and his wink. Lovino shook his head as if the thoughts would come out his ears, and walked out to the car.

Al started up the car and looked over at Lovi. "So, what did el Diablo have to say?"

Lovi chuckled and shook his head. "Nothing you have to worry about."

Alfred frowned a bit and sighed, "yeah.. hey, Lovi?"

Lovino looked up at Al and muttered a small "hm?"

Alfred smiled and started driving toward Feliciano's house. "I love you."

Lovi sighed and looked out the window, watching the small drops of rain fall down his window thinking about Toni. "Love you too.."