Infamous ch.3

Infamous

Chapter Three: Awkward
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"Today's the big day!" Matthew exclaims from the foot of Lovino's bed as he yanks the covers off the sleeping teen. "Time to go to your first stage rehearsal!"

"Dear god let me SLEEP!" Lovino yells, tossing his clock at the blonde who skillfully dodges.

"Come on, Lovino! Time to get to work!" Matthew says, completely unfazed. "If you don't get to work for me…" A dark smile comes to his face. "Perhaps you would rather Antonio come and wake you up…"

"I'M UP!" Lovino yells, jumping out of the bed. "I-I'm getting dressed! Don't get hasty!"

Matthew nods, heading out of the room. "It's almost too easy." He says to himself before reaching Marcello's room and popping in. "Here's twenty bucks for that information!"

Marcello smiles at him, taking the money. "I'm happy to help!"

"Monsters…" Lovino groans, heading to the bathroom.

"He's so much fun~!" Matthew laughs.

"He is, now hurry along and make sure he doesn't sneak off." Marcello says and Matthew nods, heading the direction Lovino went.

After a few more arguments and bribes, Matthew finally gets Lovino out of the house and to the set. As soon as they arrive, Lovino is greeted by two familiar girls. Smiling at him are Katyusha and Bella, the young women from Ukraine and Belgium respectively.

"Lovino! You look so cute~!" Bella coos, patting the blushing boy on the head. "I remember when we were younger; Antonio was so protective of you!"

"Oh yes, that's right isn't it? If I remember right he even punched another little boy who bad talked Lovino…" Katyusha says, laughing a little. "You two were so close!"

Lovino looks at him surprised. "H-huh…? He…did that?"

Seeing a flustered look on Lovino's face around the girls, Antonio quickly shows up next to them. "Hey! What are you guys doing?" He asks, placing a hand on the blushing Italian.

"We were just telling Lovino how you used to be so protective of him!" Bella answers, smiling at him. "It was adorable!"

Antonio blushes a little and quickly removes his hand from Lovino's shoulder. "Heheh…oh yeah? W-well…um…we need to get to the set for scene one." He says awkwardly, leading them all to the large stage. Rehearsal goes well, and by four they already have perfected the first six scenes, earning them the rest of the day off.

After gathering their things, going over notes, and planning their next meeting time, Katyusha and Bella leave for their band and a rest. Matthew, getting a call from his boss Gilbert, heads off too after Lovino agrees he will be fine alone. Soon everyone has cleared out, leaving Lovino and Antonio alone on the set.

"Lots of memories here, huh?" Antonio asks, sitting on the large plastic airplane.

"Yeah…" Lovino mumbles, running his hand over the nose of said plane. "This feels the same as it did back then, too."

Antonio laughs a little. "It's a bit more high tech now." He says, pressing a button at the top to make the eyes move, causing Lovino to jump back.

"D-don't do that!" Lovino groans, turning away. "I'm gonna head home now."

Antonio smiles at him. "Aww Lovi, we're friends now, remember?" He asks before jumping down. "Let's go out for lunch! My treat!"

Lovino eyes him suspiciously. "That sounds more like a date than a friend's lunch."

"Fine then, pay for your own food." Antonio huffs. "But the place I want to go to is really pricey."

Lovino twitches. "I can afford expensive, you ass."

"Oh right, Feliciano is loaded." Antonio says without thinking, earning a prop cloud to the back of the head. "OW!"

"I don't take my little brother's handouts you ass! The money I use is my own." Lovino grumbles.

"You have a job?" Antonio asks, intrigued.

"…Well…not a normal job…" Lovino mumbles.

Antonio gasps. "Lovi! Don't sell your body!

Lovino rolls his eyes. "I'm not selling my body, and what the hell is this 'Lovi' business?"

Antonio smiles. "I like having a nickname for you only I use."

"I don't like it. It's like a pet name."

Antonio sighs. "You're going to make spending time together very difficult, aren't you?"

"I might." Lovino agrees, heading to the door. "Let's just go. You have a car, right?"

"Of course!" Antonio grins. "Follow me!" He jumps off the plastic plane and heads past Lovino out the door and to a dark blue 1980 dodge dart.

"…This…isn't what I was expecting." Lovino admits. "What's with this car? You could afford anything."

"I know. This was my first car, actually. When I became really famous I decided that instead of buying some fancy new car I would spruce my baby up." Antonio explains, getting in.

"But…you're famous."

"You act as if a young famous person can't enjoy an old car!" Antonio laughs.

"Well I mean…it's just…usually a young famous person will buy a brand new one rather than use money to fix up something old…" Lovino says. "It's just strange."

Antonio nods, starting it. "Hear that?" He asks over the loud rumble. "That noise, how fast it goes, the way it rides, these are all reasons I chose not to get a new one."

Lovino sits there, feeling the vibrations and raw power coming from the car as they leave the set and head into town. He has to admit, it's pretty damn awesome. "Good choice keeping this car. It might just be enough to make you kind of cool."

Antonio blushes a little and smiles. "Thanks, Lovi."

"Whatever." The Italian mutters, trying hard to ignore the red on the Spaniard's cheeks. "You know…this car gathers a lot of attention…"

"I'm going to get attention no matter what car I go around in." Antonio points out. "At least with this I can enjoy myself." They finally reach the restaurant, making Lovino immediately regret agreeing to all of this. Instead of a small, normal looking restaurant, Antonio has brought them to a two-story restaurant overlooking the river nearby.

"…W-we have to go here?" Lovino asks and Antonio nods.

"It's one of the few places I don't get bombarded at. If you can't afford it I will pay."

"Isn't it…bothersome?" Lovino mumbles, looking away awkwardly. "Having to go to expensive places just to ensure you don't get bothered while you eat…?"

Antonio smiles. "It's alright, I enjoy what I do. Privacy is a privilege you lose."

"I'd imagine it's hard to get a date, too. With anyone worth anything at least."

The Spaniard sighs sadly. "It's very hard. Almost impossible." He mumbles. "Some people are just too stubborn and scared."

Lovino blushes. "W-well you can't blame a normal person! This is all a bit much!" He huffs as he gets out of the car with Antonio, going into the back entrance.

"Welcome Antonio! We have your room ready!" A blonde haired man with slight stubble says, winking at Lovino. "Hey there, cutie."

Antonio twitches and turns the man around. "Don't. Touch. Him. Got it, Francis?" He orders, making Francis laugh.

"But of course! I wouldn't dream of going after anyone you might actually be into!" Francis exclaims, leading them to the second floor. "So anyways, as you requested I got you a room by the water. The door is locked on the outside so you will be fine and I will be the only one delivering your food and taking your orders."

Lovino watches the two men talk with ease, now even joking together. It makes him a little happy, to know famous people can have actual friends. Honestly, that's the main thing he was worried about for his brother Feliciano, but if Antonio can get normal friends than Feliciano is a definite shoe-in.

"Here we are!" Francis exclaims, opening a door to reveal a nice U-shaped booth with red velvet seats. The table is incredible, too. It's see through, inside being an aquarium of sea-water fish. Even the ceiling has its own personal chandelier.

Lovino gulps as he looks at the extravagance. Perhaps he will have to have Antonio help him with his part of the check.

"Isn't this place cool~?" Antonio asks Lovino, nudging him slightly.

"Y-yeah…" He admits as Francis leaves to grab menus. Who was that guy anyways?"

Antonio grins as he slides into the booth. "He's the waiter and cook for this floor, where the celebrities go. We grew up together, along with Matthew's boss Gilbert. Ahhh we used to get into sooo much trouble! They would call us the bad friends trio!"

"I believe it." Lovino mumbles, looking down at the fish in the table. "But you know…this place is almost overkill."

Antonio laughs. "Almost? This place screams overkill! But I like it, they treat me well. Mostly Francis, but it still counts."

"I have a feeling he treats everyone with a pulse 'well'."
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A/N: Wooo! Another one done! This would have been done last night, but I had to babysit my infant niece. She's so cute~ *cough* Anyways...there's this.