Definitely, Maybe (Hetalia Fanfic)

Chapter Thirteen

"Time seemed to stop like it was slowing down or it was going to become the end of the world in when someone snapped their fingers. The warm weather slipped past us, the colder weather filling its place. The leaves started to break away from its trees and people bulked up with layers. It was slowly becoming fall right before our eyes."

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The Italian stared at his reflection in the mirror. Decent, he looked decent with the double layers. Gosh, fall came quicker than usual this year, that means it's sweater weather; that and cuddling weather, but who got time for that? "I hate this." Muttered Lovino as he tried pulling at his knitted sweater or fixing the collar of his button up to make himself look a little better than decent. He then rotated his body 180 degrees, checking himself out from another angle. Decent, guess that'll have to do. "Tonio, do I have to go?"

"Yes."

"I'd rather just stay home." Lovino fixed the collar of his button up again. "It's the type of weather to be huddled around a warm fireplace or something, drinking warm beverages like coffee..." he tried his best to convince Tonio, knowing it would be near to impossible. "Please?"

"You can't. You're coming with me whether you like it or not. Ready?" Tonio asked as he finished up getting himself bundled up. "I guess," Lovino replied, coming out of his room. He wore a dress top with a warm, tan knitted sweater. The sleeves were a bit too long on him. His solution, rolling them up a bit to reach his wrists. "Why are we doing this?"

"Because it's a nice day and we should spend it by going outside."

"It's fucking cold outside! How is it a good day?!" Lovino huffed as he walked over to the door, grabbing his coat and slipping it on. "I don't get why you want to go out now when you had the whole summer to do shit with me." He stepped into his shoes, bending down to tie them up properly. Knot the laces, make two bunny ears, make a loop, one bunny goes under the loop and finished! "I mean seriously," Lovino stood up. All he wanted to do today was lie, in bed, watching nothing but shitty tv shows that had not plot in them whatsoever. "It's cold and it's the best time of the year not to do anything."

"Yeah, well, I want to do something." Tonio readied himself to be welcomed by the cold as well, wrapping himself up in his coat and lacing up his warmer boots that were meant for this type of weather. "I mean, you don't have to come if you don't want to."

"You crazy!" The Italian opened the door, of their apartment, stepping into the hallway. He already started to miss his bed. Oh, the warm, comfy covers that heated his body perfectly as he dreamed about his hometown, eating nothing but tomatoes all day. "I don't want to be left alone in the house. It gets scary!"

"I do that all the time since I get home from work earlier than you." Stupid Tonio with his few hour shift cashier work. Stupid Tonio, unlike him, I have a whole day's worth of work, Lovino though. "Stop rubbing it in. At least I earn more money than you do."

"More money means more stress."

"Stop arguing with me!" Lovino pulled Tonio out of the apartment and into the hallway. He closed the door and locked it. "Geeze. You know, sometimes, I really hate you."

"I know that." Tonio started walking to the staircase, opening the door for Lovino. "Ladies first."

"Fuck you." Lovino walked through the door and started to make his descent to the first floor. "I'm a manly man. I'm a damn sexy Italian man."

"Says the one who screamed like a girl when they saw a mouse scurrying past us the other day."

"I told you not to bring it up again!" Lovino punched Tonio's arm as they stepped down each step, slowly making it to the first floor. "That was one time. For the record, I did not scream like a girl, it was puberty still fucking with my voice."

"Sure it is."

"Damn right!" Lovino dragged Tonio to the front of the building, the automatic doors opening for him as he made it in its line of sight. "I'm this close to freaking kicking you out of my apartment."

"Our apartment." Tonio corrected, letting Lovino drag him freely. It's not like he had a choice, Lovino would have drop-kicked him, maybe, probably, knowing Lovino, he would drop-kick his ass. "Sure. I pay more of the rent than you do."

"If it weren't for me, the apartment would have been in peril! It would have been so messy beyond belief!" The Spaniard made gestures with his hands to create emphasis. "I mean, the bookshelves would be broken, books would be thrown around, dust would accumulate!"

"I can clean!" Lovino replied as he let go of Tonio, making him fall to the ground. The Italian started to walk ahead of the Spaniard. "I can clean so well. Remember that one time... uh.." Tonio stood up and brushed off his clothes, waiting for an answer. "Uh huh, what 'one time', Lovino?"

"Buzz off! My memory is horrible, you know that."

"Suuuure it is." Tonio walked faster to keep up with the fuming Italian. "You look cuter when you're mad." Cue Lovino being more pissed, it was as if steam was spewing out of his ears. Almost. "I'm not cute! I'm a hot, sexy Italian that doesn't take anyone's shit!" Lovino yelled, making people turn their heads and looked at the odd pair. Tonio patted Lovino's head, rolling his eyes. "Sure, mi tomate."

"Fuck you."

"You can, gladly." was Tonio's witty reply, making Lovino's face burn with embarrassment. How dare he say that in public! "You ass!" The Italian shoved Tonio into the grass, face first. "You don't just say weird shit like that!"

"I thought it was funny!" The Spaniard said with a small smile, trying to hold in a fit of laughs. Lovino was one step closer to suffocating Tonio with leaves and leaving his sorry ass outside while he went back inside to do nothing but watch tv and sleep. "It's not funny when, like, millions of people turned their heads in our direction, thinking that we're crazy bastards!"

"We are, though, Lovinito."

"Correction, you are." Lovino rolled his eyes and started to speed-walk far away from Tonio. "I don't know this man following me..." He repeated over and over under his breath, keeping his head down. He could hear Tonio's pleas make him slow down. Fuck that. Lovino didn't want to be embarrassed again, nope once was enough to last him a lifetime. "Stupid Tonio."

-- Definitely, Maybe --

"Thank the fucking heavens." Lovino tore off his jacket and shoes, running into their apartment, after Tonio unlocked it, of course, crashing onto his bed not giving a fuck about taking off his extra layers. He was home, to his wonderful bed, that's all that mattered to Lovino Romano Vargas right about now, nothing else but that. "You know, I've never seen you run like that before."

"That's because I was just forced to go, depart from my bed, to go outside when I should be sleeping my ass off like those animals that, uh, hibernate."

"Lovino, that's in the winter."

"It's the same thing," Lovino mumbled into his pillow. Oh, how he missed how fluffy his pillow felt. "They're both cold weathers, so I can hibernate now."

"How about if ever we run out of food?" Tonio sounded like he was somewhere in Lovino's room. "What then. Eh, Lovino?"

"I'll buy food then, simple."

"You're hopeless." Tonio groaned and started to make his way over to his own room. "And you're an ass," Lovino replied, lifting his head up from his pillow, glaring at Tonio's closed door. "Asshat."

"I heard that!"

"I said it loud enough so you could hear it, jerk!" Lovino yelled back before stuffing his face into his pillow, falling asleep. "Tonio you jerk bastard..."