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Love is an art ch.19

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Love is an Art

Chapter Nineteen: Reluctant Trip
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Nikola yawns and wakes up to Demitri hovering over him with a concerned look. "…What is it?" He asks groggily. "Did the cats break something…?"

"No…nothing is broken…" Demitri mumbles before placing a hand on Nikola's shoulder. "Your father is not doing well." He explains and Nikola shrugs.

"The man is never going well."

"Nikola! This is serious! Your mother called and said he is next to dying!"

Nikola looks to Demitri, to the scared expression on his face, and relents. "Fine, fine, what do they want? Me to visit?" He asks and Demitri nods. "Alright, I will go I suppose."

Demitri smiles. "Good, I don't want you to do something you regret."

"You can't come." Nikola says and Demitri gasps.

"Why not? You met my parents!"

"That's because your parents are good, loving people. Mine are cold and unwelcoming. Especially to my boyfriend."

Demitri pouts. "Then they don't need to know who I am!"

"How would I explain me bringing my roommate? I'm not like you, I don't bring people home that I am not close to. Even Roderich has only been there once, and never wanted to return. Roderich, a man who is used to the rich and cold, NEVER wanted to return." Nikola says, trying to emphasize just how awful it really is.

"Wait! Roderich met them before me?" He whines and Nikola groans.

"Of course he did. We knew each other longer." Nikola points out.

"Well now I DEFINITELY need to go! He can't be ahead of me!" Demitri decides and Nikola lies back down in bed.

"Ugh, whatever. But no touching me in front of them." Nikola orders and Demitri nods.

"Got it!"

"And no words of praise."

"Um…"

"And no mentioning of us sharing a bed."

"Okay…"

"And no loud laughs."

"…"

"And no speaking without being spoken to."

"R-really…?"

"And for the LOVE OF GOD do now mix up the soup spoon and the normal spoon. Same goes for the forks."

Demitri groans. "My god you are killing me with these rules!"

"They are rules my parents have." Nikola explains. "Still wanna go?"

"I-I want to be with you…so…yes." Demitri decides and Nikola sighs.

"You are exhausting. I love you, I do, but you are going to make this trip more difficult." Nikola mumbles and Demitri smiles, climbing into bed next to him.

"It will be okay, I'll make sure you don't suffer too much." Demitri promises, kissing him on the cheek before pulling him into his arms.

Nikola sighs. "Whatever, it's your own grave your digging."

"How lucky for me I am dating a soon-to-be undertaker who will bury my body kindly~!" Demitri teases and Nikola smirks.

"Who said I would be kind?" Nikola asks, swinging his leg over Demitri and pushing so he's on top of him.

"Mm? You plan on being rough with me?"

"Very rough."

Demitri grins and grabs the collar of Nikola's pajama shirt, pulling him down into a kiss. His other hand begins to slide up Nikola's thigh, until he gets cut off by the phone ringing. "Nooo!" He whines as Nikola sits up and grabs it. "Can't you just ignore it?"

"That's rude, I have manners." Nikola says before answering it. "Hello? …Oh…hello mother…" He mumbles, sliding off Demitri who is currently contemplating the repercussions of unplugging the phone from now on when they start something. "Yes, I am coming…That was my roommate, he will be coming as well to see Bulgaria." The man lies and lets out a frustrated sigh. "No, mother, we aren't sleeping together." He lies again. "Alright, goodbye…"

"Wow…that was really awkward…" Demitri says, taking the phone and leaning in to kiss Nikola, who leans away.

"I'm going to get dressed." Nikola mumbles, getting up and heading to his dresser.

"B-but-! But we were-! And it was-!" Demitri lets out a groan of frustration and lies back down on the bed. "I think I hate your parents already."

"As you should….although your reason is a bit questionable."

"I mean…I figured there would be no sexual activities at their place…but if they make you so tense you can't even so much as kiss me I think I might die." Demitri sighs. "Or just attack you…which would most likely end in my death."

"Most likely." Nikola agrees and looks to him. "Still sure you want to go?"

Demitri sits up and returns his gaze. "Now more than ever. I can't just let you suffer something so horrible alone. I will stay by your side the entire time! We can have Roderich and Vash watch the cats, since they both like them anyways."

"I was thinking of paying Lilly to watch them." Nikola says. "She wants spending money to go on dates with that Belarusian girl Natalia."

Demitri grins. "Awww, look at you~! Facilitating romance, how cute!"

"Yeah, yeah…we have to get packed, she wants us to leave today."

"T-today? That's no time at all!"

"Mother and father do not care about such things as 'convenience' unless it's their own." Nikola points out. "Now find the nicest clothes you have and pack them. If you use them up while we are there I will buy you some more."

"Man…this is gonna be awful, isn't it?" Demitri groans and Nikola nods.

"I gave you fair warning. It truly sucks." Nikola says, grabbing the nicest suitcases they have and filling them with his and Demitri's clothes.

"I suppose I'll call Lilly and get some money out for her." Demitri decides, getting up and leaving the room.

They get everything ready and head out, after Nikola has Demitri change his clothes. The plane ride goes well enough, if you exclude how antsy Nikola is during the entire thing, his hand squeezing Demitri's tightly the entire time. Once they arrive there is an old man there waiting for them, he's tall and in shape but his hair is gray, close to white, and his eyes look tired. For a moment Demitri wonders if that could be Nikola's father, but soon decides against it when the man bows to them.

"Welcome home, master Nikola." The man greets and Nikola looks from him to Demitri awkwardly.

"Master? Nikola…I thought you said you weren't THAT rich." Demitri says, a little annoyed at the thought of Nikola lying to him.

"Um…well…" Nikola sighs. "I suppose I might as well tell you now…the house may be a bit bigger than I said…"

"Like a mansion." Demitri suggests.

"B-but it's not like it's ridiculously huge…" He mumbles awkwardly.

"For a mansion." Demitri adds.

"Would you cut that out Demitri?" Nikola groans, looking to the old man waiting there patiently. "We are ready to go."

The man nods. "Very well, your luggage is in the limo already."

"L-limo? Seriously?" Demitri gasps, looking to Nikola. "How are you always strapped for cash when your family has a chauffeur, limo, and mansion?"

"Because I don't take handouts!" Nikola answers annoyed.

"Well you should definitely consider it!" Demitri says before noticing a tense look on both the chauffeur and Nikola's faces. "…I said something wrong, didn't I?"

"Yes, yes you did. If I accepted their money I would be going to college to be a doctor rather than a mortician, I wouldn't have a roommate, I wouldn't be coming home with any men and the only women I would bring home would be rich, and I would not be riding in anything less than first class." Nikola points out.

"Your friend is not rich, is he?" The chauffeur asks and Nikola nods.

"He comes from a middle class Romanian family."

"How quaint."

"It really is." Nikola says before getting into the limousine with Demitri.

"So…anything else you want to tell me before we get there?" Demitri asks, ignoring what they just said. "Just what should I expect on this trip and at your family home?"

"Well…we may have a few maids….and butlers…and personal chefs and gardeners…" Nikola mumbles. "Also, if we go around town at any time, don't be surprised if people get nervous and overly polite towards us…"

"Jeez, does your family own this town?" Demitri asks and Nikola shakes his head no.

"Of course not! We simply own a few hospitals…and some stores…and land…and my uncle might be high up in the political aspect of this town-but we don't own it!" Nikola explains.

"My god…my bo-roommate has one of those sneaky, underhanded families that run the town behind the scenes…" Demitri says in shocks and Nikola looks away nervously.

"No way! Well…not much…kind of…probably…I think…"

"Your family just got twenty percent sketchier."

"You might be raising that percentage pretty soon…"
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A/N: Parents are the ultimate cockblock. Nikola maaayyyy or may not have slightly toned down just how rich his family is. Why, you ask? Many cliche reasons, because cliches are cliches for a reason. Anyways, next chapter you get the honor of meeting his lovely parents.
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Wow this story is truly amazing! 

And Bulgaria seemed to have lied a LOT.

Poor Romanía I de el bad for him....