Him and Him

03 - I was Jealous

03

I was Jealous

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"Antonio, dear! Can you come here for a minute?"

"Yes, mama!"

Antonio, dressed in resemblance to a waiter uniform, came over at the counter of the restaurant. He got the tray of orders with the number 18 on it. He walked and looked around, skillful enough to avoid random chairs and tables and even humans to carefully deliver the tray over to to table 18. He wasn't the quick one to arrive at designated tables whenever he is ordered to deliver it, still because of his eyesight, but he isn't the one to arrive late either. Usually when customers aren't swarming in the eatery, Antonio would take care of the list of orders and pass them over to the cooks, that's all. But since the small restaurant is run by his family and they don't have that much of employees, he does multitask from time to time.

"Sorry for the wait, señor and señora! Here's your order, as listed. Two plates of pasta and two slices of pizza, and two slices, again, of black forest cake as dessert. And of course, ice tea! Do you wish to order more, mi amigos?"

A smile so genuine and sincere was visible on Antonio's face as he talked. The couple smiled back and shook their head, signaling him that they have enough already on the table and mumbled 'gracias' to him. Antonio bowed down as a sign of appreciation and moved on to his original work.

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On the other note, around the streets, Lovino was walking along with a lady beside him. That beautiful lady he has been dying to ask out, that beautiful Belgian. Each step he makes as they walk together, but unfortunately not hand in hand, felt so weak, as if his feet were made of jelly. Oh he sure was nervous, alright. So freaking nervous. It was his first time asking someone out, and of course he didn't want to ruin everything. He wanted to win. He wanted to win against Antonio. His eyes avoided to make contact on anything around Bella, even just her hair. However, all has faded when she called out his name.

"Hey, Lovino. Let's grab something to eat. We've been walking around, buying me small things which I really appreciate but we've never really eaten anything to full ourselves! If you want, I'd pay for it!"

Lovino immediately refused the offer of her paying for the meal. He's the male, he should be the one paying. "Sure, let's go eat. But I'm paying. I'm the one who... a-asked you out anyway."

"Are you sure about that?"

"Sí, pretty sure."

"Okay! In that case, can I suggest a place where we could eat?"

Lovino nodded with a smile. A sincere smile. Honestly, he cannot hide the happiness he's currently feeling, although he wasn't the type of person to overly show it off either. Just some smiles and appreciation was enough, and Bella is kind enough to understand this. Really, she has got to be the most adorable living creature in Lovino's eyes. Aside from Antonio.

Aside from Antonio.

"What the fuck?!" the Italian suddenly shouted, causing the lady beside him to jump slightly and make a horrified face.

"D-Did I say something bad?"

Lovino mentally slapped himself across the face the moment he saw Bella's terrified expression. "O-Of course not..! I just remembered something, that's all!" He then let out a nervous laugh.

He cannot ruin this perfect date. He musn't!

"Anyways, let's go over that restaurant I wanted to take you!"