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“Are you sure you have everything with you?” Massimo stands by his son in the train station, eyeing him up and down. Alberto chuckles and checks his items once again just to please the old man, “Wallet…” he pats the back pocket of his jeans, “Train ticket, right here…” He checks the inner pocket of his thick coat where his ticket rests “Suitcase...” He doesn’t need to open it because he knows everything is in there, “And my bag,” The one where he carries more on hand things like his lunch for the train ride (his father packed him two sandwiches, an apple, and a water flask) and things to entertain himself with, like one of the books Luca gave him last summer that he hasn’t finished reading yet. 

“Hmm, I think you’re forgetting something Alberto…” Massimo dramatically reaches into his pocket to take something out.

“Huh? No I’m not, what do you mean?” The young man frowns as he looks at his belongings to yet again check that everything is in place and ready for when he boards that train. Is it what he’s wearing? The cold doesn’t affect him in his sea creature form, but in his human form? That’s another story. It’s very cold today, the skies are gray and it’s supposed to start snowing in Genova soon so he’s wearing his scarf, a long black sleeve, the big green warm coat, and the pair of denim jeans he likes very much along with his everyday black boots. His dad said his legs are going to freeze but he doesn’t care, he wants to look cool when he sees Luca. 

“Your Christmas present,” The bigger man hands Alberto an envelope folded in half, “Go on, open it son.”

“Oh…” Alberto takes it, unfolds it and opens it up gently. Inside there’s money. “Papa-... I don’t- you don’t have to, you know? I brought my own money with me and-”

“Mio figlio,” Massimo places his hand on his shoulder “Why is it that everytime I want to give you something, you put up a fight?” 

“Because you… you need it more, you- you should give it to Giulia instead, she’s your-”

Massimo pulls him into a big warm hug. “You are too, you are my son,” He says firmly to get it through that thick skull of his, “You deserve it just as much as she does. You are a hard worker, and I’m very proud of you” He ends the hug but still keeps his hand on his shoulder, “Besides, your sister is receiving the same thing I gave you… her mother will give it to her during Christmas morning.”

Alberto tries to hold back a few tears but fails, he wipes them away quickly as his father rubs his arm “Thank you… so much… I’m sorry for leaving you alone during the holidays…” he sniffles a little as he pockets away the money in his wallet.

“Don’t you worry, I won’t be alone… I made sure to invite the Paguro’s for dinner too, along with some of my old friends.” Massimo finally lets go of his shoulder, he can hear the train approaching, “I know how much you’ve been looking forward to this trip, I know you can’t wait to see Luca again.”

“Y-yeah! I… I do, I miss him a lot…” Alberto looks away momentarily, his cheeks are flushed red but he can blame it on the cold if he needs to.

“You can…” Massimo usually doesn’t say anything when it comes to his son’s romantic relationship, but he figures he should. He wants Alberto to know he loves and supports him no matter what. “Use some of that money I gave you to take Luca out somewhere nice, yes? You can ask Giulia’s mother for advice… she knows her way around that big city.”

Alberto looks at Massimo with wide eyes, he knew his father had nothing against his relationship with Luca but this is the first time he’s said anything about it, it fills him with a warmth he can’t describe, “I will, thank you Papa.” 

They say their goodbye’s and Alberto excitedly hops inside the train after giving an attendant his ticket so they could punch a hole in it. He takes a seat next to a window and his heart refuses to calm down, “I’m on my way Luca” he mumbles quietly to himself, he’s so excited he can’t stop fidgeting with his scarf. He humors himself imagining the expression on Luca’s face once he sees him. They all knew he was coming over for the holidays but Alberto had decided to come a few days earlier to surprise his boyfriend. The only one who knows of his early arrival and is picking him up from the train station today is Mrs. Marcovaldo. Luca and Giulia are still going to school right now, they’re just a few days away from winter break. 

OoOoO

The train station in Genova is much bigger than the one back home in Porto Rosso, this is not his first time visiting Luca and Giulia in Genova but he never gets tired of how big and busy it is all the time. Alberto steps off the train with all his things in hand, he follows everybody else to the gates and it takes him a few minutes to spot Mrs. Marcovaldo, and once he sees her they greet each other with a hug.

“Alberto! Oh my goodness, it’s so good to see you again! You’re so tall!” ‘She looks exactly like Giulia’ Alberto thinks,  they have the same crooked smile and fiery red curls. “Oh! Do you need any help with your bags? Are you cold? I brought coffee in a thermo so you can warm up in the car!”

“It’s so good to see you again Mrs. Marcovaldo… I don’t need help with my bags but thank you very much,” They both start walking towards where she parked, “I’ll take some coffee though! It’s cold!” It only takes a few minutes to get to the car, and Alberto quickly throws his suitcase in the trunk and hops in the passenger seat. Inside they sit for a little while sipping coffee and catching up. Alberto has a good relationship with his sister’s mom, even though they barely talk at all. He doesn’t call her mom but she treats him the way she would treat a son. It’s nice. 

She claps her hands and smiles, “Okay Alberto, what’s the plan?” She puts the cap back on the thermo and puts the cups away in a tote bag after wiping them clean. 

Alberto eyes the watch on his wrist, “It’s currently 2:07 PM,  Luca and Giulia get out of school at 3:00, right? How far away are we from their school?” 

“It would take us about… thirty minutes to get there? The station is kind of far away after all, but we’ll make it in time, don't worry!” She starts the car “Put your seatbelt on! I like to drive fast!” Alberto quickly puts his seatbelt on then rubs his hands together, bouncing his leg in excitement. ‘I get to see you again… four months might not be such a long time compared to the nine months I usually wait but I can barely take this longing anymore, I need you Luca’ His own voice resonates inside his head loudly as he looks out the window and watches the buildings go by in a blur. He then looks up at the sky, it’s not snowing yet but it might start soon, he can feel it in the air.

He continues talking about his little plan, “Then we park and I get off, I know my way around so don’t worry, I’ll walk in and wait by the entrance? Or should I go looking for him? I know what classroom he’s in, room number thirty-four! Do they usually go straight home? I know Luca likes to sit in the library after school sometimes… Maybe I should go look for him? I don’t know, I’ll figure it out when I get there.”

Mrs. Marcovaldo grins, Alberto’s excitement is contagious “You really love Luca, don’t you?”

The question takes Alberto by surprise but he doesn’t waste a second to answer it, “Yes, I do, very much” and he sounds so proud announcing it out loud, “I love him.” 

“You know… you’re one of Luca’s favorite conversation topics, he talks about you every chance he gets. You can hear it in his voice, just how much he loves you…” Alberto can hear a bit of melancholy in her tone of voice and he has no idea why, he won’t pry either “I’m happy for the both of you, I really am. Luca is probably gonna faint when he sees you, catch him, will you?”

Alberto laughs, his cheeks are pink because of what she just said. He pictures a bright eyed Luca, excitedly talking about him. So cute. “You know what, he might! I’ll carry him if that happens… and… thank you, that means a lot to me- to us.”

“No problem Alberto.” 

OoOoO

Mrs. Marcovaldo stops the car right at the school's entrance, “I’ll go find a place to park! You go ahead! This is always packed!” And with that, Alberto runs out of the car and into the school’s main gates, his eyes quickly scanning the crowd of students who are all trying to go home, “Excuse me… coming through… move aside…!” His patience runs thin when he stands in one spot for too long, so he starts bulldozing through the crowd, “Sorry, sorry… sorry about that!” He apologizes to everyone he pushes out his way. He's taller than the average highschool male student, and stronger too so it’s easy, rude, but easy. 

He looks around him and ignores all the students staring at him, he’s looking for a pretty boy. But Luca is nowhere to be seen. Alberto groans in frustration and keeps on walking around the school. It is kind of huge, there’s so many buildings! All he knows is that Luca’s classroom is room thirty-four. He goes into the first building he sees to look at the numbers in the doors, but they’re nowhere near the number thirty so he keeps looking and looking and once he realizes his efforts aren’t enough he asks the first person he sees. She’s wearing a uniform so she must be a student. 

“Excuse me! You there, yeah you! Do you know where I can find room number thirty-four?” He asks a bit too loudly, and he must look crazy with the frustrated look on his face.

“O-oh! Uh…” The girl looks frozen at first but then she relaxes a little once she takes a good look at Alberto, “Ah… I’m pretty sure that’s in the building next to the auditorium…”

“I have no idea where that is! Can you show me? You’ll be saving my life if you do!” Alberto takes her hand and shakes it, “Alberto Scorfano! Nice to meet you…” he makes a dramatic pause so she can introduce herself.

“Laura! Laura Pausini!” She blushes a little, his hand is big and warm, “I-I kind of have to be somewhere but…” The girl looks at his face and notices just how handsome he is up close, and he genuinely seems like a nice person,“Augh! Fine! Come on…!” 

“Yes! Thank you!” He follows her quickly down the stairs and deeper into the school. They pass some classrooms and he notices that some are still full. That’s weird, it’s already past 3:00 PM. Luca explained to him before that not all of them get to leave exactly at three, some teachers are still finishing lecturing or explaining homework. So it always takes an extra 10-20 minutes to leave their classroom. 

“That’s the auditorium!” The girl points at a big building then points at the one next to it, “And that’s the building you’re looking for, take the stairs and I’m sure you’ll find the room you’re looking for!”

“Thank you so much Laura! You really did save my life!” He waves at her, “I get to see my boyfriend because of you! See-ya!” Alberto runs to take the stairs and expertly dodges anybody coming down from them, leaving Laura behind who stares in disbelief. 

Alberto follows the numbering in the doors now, his heart speeding up in excitement and eagerness the closer he gets to the desired number. “Twenty-nine…” That classroom is almost empty, some still linger inside “Thirty… thirty-one…” One of them is empty and the other is full,“Thirty-two… thirty-three” Both are empty! And then finally “Thirty-four!” Alberto doesn’t even bother to look through the windows to check, he just slams the door open. All eyes are immediately on him. 

Inside, the class isn’t as full but the teacher is still there chatting with some students that gather around his desk, and then there are some who hurry to put their books and notebooks away into their bags, and in the corner of the room surrounded by a few of his friends stands Luca who is staring right at him with glassy wide eyes who threaten to spill tears any second now. 

“ Luca !” Alberto yells his name, “There you are! I’ve been looking everywhere for you!” Everyone around him probably gets chills because of the emotion in his voice, it feels like this whole scene is straight out of a romance soap opera.

“Alberto?!” Luca’s voice breaks and he tries to somehow stop the flow of his tears but it’s impossible, “ Alberto! ” he yells just as loud and runs right into his open arms.

Alberto quickly pulls Luca into his chest, one arm around his waist and the other around his shoulders, his face buried in those pretty bouncy curls, breathing in the comforting scent of his honey shampoo.“I missed you so much…” his voice sounds muffled, and he starts to tear up too “Did you miss me?” 

Luca is too busy crying into his chest to say anything yet, he’s so overwhelmed, all he can do is sob and nod his head. Alberto carefully removes Luca from the classroom until they’re standing outside without ever breaking their hug. He rubs his back now, comforting the crying boy in his arms. After a few minutes Luca looks up with those beautiful brown eyes that seem to shine with excitement. They’re also puffy and red from all the crying he just did.

“W-what are you doing here?! I thought you were arriving Monday!” Luca holds tightly onto his boyfriend, fearing that if he lets go, Alberto is going to vanish and he’s going to wake up from a wonderful dream.

“I wanted to surprise you, did it work?” He chuckles and wipes a tear sliding down Luca’s cheek, “I couldn’t wait… I wanted to see you Luca,” Alberto now takes a moment to gaze at his boyfriend, his endless freckles that scatter all over his cheeks, those long eyelashes and pretty lips. He wants to kiss them. 

“It did! It worked! Consider me surprised, shocked even- I have so many questions but first…!” Luca takes the initiative by taking Alberto’s face in his hands to bring him down just a bit and kiss him. He’s been waiting for so long to do this. A spark travels through both of their bodies at the sensation of their lips brushing against each other. Soft and gentle smooches, really taking their time to enjoy each and everyone of them. But before things get a little intense , they get interrupted. 

“ Ahem !” Alberto jumps a little, he breaks the kiss and looks behind him. It's a teacher.

“Oh!” Luca hesitates a bit before letting go of his boyfriend, “I’m so sorry Mr. Neviani-”

“I’ve never seen you act like this before Luca, who is this?” The professor doesn’t seem mad at all, just surprised to see his most well-behaved student making out with a boy outside his classroom. 

“Alberto Scorfano!” The teacher takes Alberto’s hand and shakes it, he eyes the kid up and down and raises an eyebrow.

“This is my boyfriend,” Luca smiles shyly and takes Alberto’s hand, “He came all the way from Porto Rosso to see me…” He forgot to add that this is Giulia’s brother but his brain is currently not functioning the way it usually does, “I’m so, so sorry for the scene we caused, I really didn’t know he was coming today… It was a surprise!”

“Oh yeah, I guess it was rude of me to slam the door like that,” Alberto chuckles, “My apologies Mr. Neviani, won’t happen again.” He then dedicates his boyfriend a big excited smile that makes Luca giggle in delight.

Mr. Neviani just stares, it would be correct to make Alberto go away and wait for Luca outside by the gates since he isn’t a student, but why would he? When these two look very happy to see each other, “Nice to meet you too Alberto… just make sure you don't barge into classrooms like that again, alright? Other teachers won’t be as nice as me,” After his warning he gets rid of his stern expression and then smiles, “You’re free to leave Luca, we can go over your essay tomorrow if you’d like.”

“Yes! Thank you Mr. Neviani, I’ll see you tomorrow then…” Luca starts pulling Alberto away and the taller boy excitedly follows his boyfriend. Once they’re down the stairs Luca immediately hugs him again.

“Mother of Pearl! How did you get here?! Am I dreaming?!” Alberto laughs and picks Luca up to spin him around, “You’re not dreaming!” He says after putting his boyfriend down and quickly stealing another kiss, “I took the train early this morning, Mrs. Marcovaldo is the only one that knew I was  coming so she picked me up from the train station and brought me here. She told me she was going to find a place to park her car, I’m pretty sure she’s taking us all back to your place.”  

“How did you know where to find me?” Luca looks starstruck, his lips tingle because of their kiss. 

“You mentioned it to me in one of your letters last year, that your new classroom was number thirty-four and let me tell you, It was a pain in the ass to find it! A girl was nice enough to help me find the right building,” Alberto now puts his arm around his shoulders to keep him close to his side, “You never did answer my question, did you miss me?”

Luca can’t believe Alberto is asking him this right now, “Of course I missed you! Were my letters and my phone calls not clear enough? I miss you everyday and seeing you here…” Luca chokes on his words and hides his face on his boyfriend’s chest, “You’re gonna make me cry again… I feel so happy…” 

Alberto kisses the top of his head, “I love you” And hearing those words make Luca smile so hard it hurts. He wipes his tears with his sleeve to properly look at Alberto, “I love you too” The mutual affection makes both their faces burn. 

“Let’s get going…” Alberto then suddenly remembers, “Wait- where’s Giulia?” 

“Today is the last meeting of the debate team before winter break, so she’s coming home later today” Luca takes his boyfriend’s hand again and together they walk towards the main gates. He waves goodbye to some of his friends and classmates who whisper and stare at the couple. Some look curious and the other’s excited that they finally get to see Alberto in person. But none really approach them since they seem to be in a hurry to leave. 

Giulia’s mom is standing outside, chatting with a few other moms when she sees her boys, “Luca! Alberto! Over here!” She waves her arm and gives them both a hug when they get close enough, “You guys ready to go home? I bet you must be tired from that train ride Alberto.”

“I’m not tired at all, I just sat all morning on that train, it feels good to be on my feet!” They all chuckle and Mrs. Marcovaldo notices them holding hands. She smiles to herself as she thinks about making them a snack when they get home. Some coffee and pane dolce, perhaps. “Alright then! Let’s go, the car is not too far away.”

OoOoO

The entire ride back Luca was a nervous wreck, not the bad kind of nervous, the good kind that made the butterflies in his stomach flutter and his hands sweat. He couldn’t take his eyes off Alberto’s animated face while he chatted away with Mrs. Marcovaldo, telling her about his jobs back in Porto Rosso and how the pescheria business has been booming with clients everyday, and something about hiring two new guys. Luca wasn’t paying much attention since he knew all about this, he was too busy looking at his boyfriend with nothing but love in his eyes.

Alberto looked his way and noticed him staring. Luca’s cheeks glow red from getting caught but then he feels his heart skip a whole beat when his boyfriend winks at him. ‘Cod, why are you so hot?’ He thinks and it almost feels like his thoughts are being read because it was Alberto’s turn to blush. 

“You’re cute” His boyfriend whispers, making Luca melt on the spot. Then Alberto takes his hand and squeezes it and he feels like he’s going to explode. 

When they finally arrive home, he tries to help Alberto with his things but he insists that he doesn’t need any help so he ends up following him inside. “Luca take Alberto to your room, yes?” She takes off her coat and scarf to hang them inside a small closet by the door, “Are you boys hungry? I’ll bring you guys something later!” And with that she disappears into some glass doors that lead into her studio. 

“You remember where my room is, right?” Luca pulls on Alberto’s sleeve and he nods, “Yeah, but lead the way anyways!”

Luca’s room is nice but a little messy, his bed is pressed against the wall and on the other side of the room sits his desk, covered in sheets of paper with doodles and unfinished sketches along with his art supplies that currently occupy the space his books usually do. He owns a little bookshelf that holds all of his collection, well most of it. He really needs more space for them, because some pile on the floor and on top of the shelf. Then there’s his closet and a chest where he keeps all his clothes and shoes. Posters, cutouts and paintings cover the walls. 

“I’m sorry if it’s a little messy! I had no idea you were arriving today so I really didn’t clean… I was planning on doing that over the weekend, haha...” Luca quickly takes his pajamas he left on his bed this morning to put them in their place while Alberto puts his bags down on the floor.

“Don’t worry about it, I don’t mind at all,” Alberto walks over the desk to take a look at all the unfinished sketches and watercolor paintings, feeling incredibly pleased when he spots a metal case with paints inside and a small cardboard box full of brushes, these are definitely the ones Luca mentioned he bought with the money he sent him, “Why don’t you finish all of these?” He picks up the paper where a bouquet of flowers was being painted. 

“Oh!” Luca didn’t even realize his boyfriend was looking through his drawings, he had been too busy trying to make his room look organized, “I just have fun with it… practice, you know? I eventually want to make something on a bigger canvas…” He goes to stand close next to Alberto and watches him pick up more of his drawings in silence for a few minutes.

Luca senses some sort of tension between them, or maybe it’s just him? For starters, he can’t believe Alberto is standing in his room right now. Just the two of them with no one or anything to interrupt their reunion. So why is Alberto being so quiet right now? ‘Why aren’t you saying anything?’ Luca sweats a little as he thinks of what to say to break the silence. 

“Are you tired? Do you want me to help you put your things away? I can free up a drawer for you…” He nervously fidgets with the buttons on his sweater while Alberto just stands there.

“Luca”

“A-ah! Yes? What is it?” His heart almost jumped out of his chest at the sound of his name being called, but before he can ask anything else Alberto grabs his shoulders and it all happens so fast because a second ago he was standing next to him, and now he’s laying on his bed with his boyfriend on top of him, devouring his mouth. Kissing him with so much want and desperation.

“Hmph! Mhmm…” Luca whimpers and his hand flies up to tangle his fingers on Alberto’s curly hair, he runs out of breath quickly because he’s never been kissed like this before, until they eventually have to pull apart to gasp for air, “W-woah! Alber-” But before he can get a sentence out, his boyfriend is kissing him again. Alberto slips his tongue inside Luca’s mouth and they both moan quietly when their tongues meet.

Luca stops thinking then, why would he want to overthink anything in a moment like this? Anything he wanted to say before vanishes because it feels like he’s melting against Alberto. It’s like the only thing his brain allows him to think about is how good it feels to be kissed by him, how marvelous it is to slowly swirl their tongues together, and how lovely he tastes. Expresso, a hint of sugar too.  

They break the kiss again to get some air and take a moment to look each other in the eye, “Alberto…” Luca sounds so needy, licks his pretty pink lips and grabs a handful of his curls to pull on gently, “I missed you… so much…” He feels a little confident after that wonderful kiss, so he wraps his legs around Alberto’s hips to pull him even closer than they already are. With  their chests pressed together he could feel an identical fluttery heartbeat next to his own.

“Luca…” Alberto sighs his name, he leans in again and Luca closes his eyes thinking he’s about to get kissed but instead he feels a pair of lips on his neck, his eyes widening in surprise. Every single kiss sends shivers all over his body, Alberto’s mouth is warm and wet and it’s making him feel incredibly hot. 

“Alberto… I t-think… I…” His voice trembles, he doesn’t want to admit out loud that he’s hard thanks to a few kisses, but can you blame him? Everything about Alberto is incredibly captivating, his warmth, his scent, his body, his lips. Luca feels like he’s under a spell. Alberto shifts a little and it makes him gasp in delight thanks to the sudden friction. He can feel him, he can feel his boyfriends hard dick pressing up against his own. 

“Yeah?” Alberto stops his kisses momentarily, “What is it?” His soft breath tickled his cheek when he whispered, barely audible

“W-what… what are we doing?” Luca mumbles, “It… it feels good… but we’ve never…” He hints at the fact that they’re so close right now. They’ve never been this intimate before. 

“I have no idea what I’m doing right now…” Alberto admits but then he grins and he looks so fucking handsome, “I’m just doing whatever feels good, and this…” He rolls his hips and they make lovely approving sounds,“Feels so amazing… right?” 

“Cod, yes…!” Luca bites his lip and encourages him to do that again, he pulls on his thick curls making the other boy groan, “More… do that again… please?” 

Alberto can’t deny Luca anything. Hearing him beg like that flips a switch inside his brain. He lets his hands roam over those lovely thick thighs first and then leans in for a kiss. Luca’s mouth falls open to let Alberto’s tongue in again, he lifts his head up from the pillow to try and deepen the kiss some more. Everything quickly turns sloppy and wet. Alberto’s hand moves to squeeze a handful of Luca’s nice ass which makes the smaller boy moan into their kiss. 

With a parting nip at Lucas’s bottom lip, Alberto pulls back and meets Luca’s eyes with his own. What he sees there excites him, swirling lust glazes over Luca’s eyes, pupils blown so wide that Alberto can barely see the brown around them. Kiss reddened lips, puffy and pouty and perfect. A high, dark pink blush dusts his cheeks. He looks wrecked already, and they have done nothing but kiss. Knowing that he’s the only able to make Luca react this way makes Alberto’s desires grow stronger. It makes Alberto move .

Gripping firmly on Luca’s waist, Alberto now lifts him up effortlessly, grinding their hips together with reckless need. Luca’s moans are like music, a sweet tune that Alberto gladly provides a harmony to, “Fuck… fuck! Luca!”

Hands wind around the back of Alberto’s neck, anchoring at the base of it and tugging sharply until they’re kissing again, wet and hot and sloppy. Just the way they love it. Alberto kind of loses the rhythm he’d set going thanks to Luca’s distracting tongue inside his own mouth. He keeps up though, pleasure and need fuel him, keep him moving to drink up all those sweet moans Luca pours into his mouth. 

It’s so hot. Alberto’s body feels like it’s burning. A hundred possibilities run through his head. They could take their shirts off and feel each other up. Take off their pants and get some delicious skin to skin contact. He briefly pictures Luca on his knees, using his pretty mouth to please him. “Augh fuck-” He groans loudly and holds onto his boyfriend tight, grinding on him harder and faster, desperate for more “Luca-...! I’m gonna-”

“Y-yes! M-me too! I wan- need…!” Luca gasps and braces himself then lets out a sweet moan of relief as he cums in his pants “Ouugh fuck…” Luca lets his head fall on Alberto’s shoulders, feel his body go limp and trusts his boyfriend to hold him up. 

“Luca! Shit!” Alberto cums immediately right after, his eyes roll to the back of his skull and feel both Luca’s and his own body tremble with the aftershocks of their climax. Alberto can’t hold this position any longer so he gently lets Luca fall back on his bed before collapsing on top of him, “Oof” they both huff at the same time and laugh.

“Am I heavy?” Alberto mumbles, his face buried on Luca’s neck.

“Mmm… no, you feel nice on top of me,” Luca brings his hand up to Alberto’s head, pulling on a curl to then massaging his scalp with his fingers. 

“Ouu… that feels good,” Alberto gives Luca’s neck soft kisses. They’re quiet for a while, just listening to each other’s heartbeat go from erratic to calm. Then Alberto props himself up to see his boyfriend’s face.

“You’re amazing… you’re so lovely amore mio,” And there is so much adoration in his voice it makes Luca tremble, “Did you like it? Did I make you feel good?”

“I’ve never felt anything like it before… it was so...” He can’t find the words, it’s really hard to describe, so he tries to communicate with a kiss, he brings Alberto down again to kiss him. It’s a slow but very sensual kiss, their tongues touch every now and then, but it doesn’t last too long like their previous make outs “I love you” Luca hugs him tight, “I love you so much Alberto” He whispers lovingly into his ear, “I love kissing you” he starts saying things he’s said on his letter before, but he believes it’s better if Alberto heard him directly from him, “I love it when you touch me, when you lift me up so effortlessly… It makes my heart go crazy. Your tongue… it’s so good… you taste so good Alberto…” He kisses his ear and notices that his boyfriend’s face is completely red. 

“Yeah?” Alberto prepares himself to say a few things too, “You’re the only one that can satisfy me… the only one that makes my heart feel so full… you have no idea how many times I fantasized about being this intimate with you. When I held you up to grind on you… your moans, the way you were bouncing on my lap-” He bites his lip and sighs, “It almost seemed like… like I was fucking you.” 

Luca closes his eyes and takes a deep breath and tries not to freak out out loud, instead he freaks out inside the comfort of his brain. After a long pause of just silence he speaks up.

“You…” Luca licks his lips, “You’re not the only one that thought about it before…”

“Really?” Alberto perks up, he sounds very curious and excited.

“Y-yeah… it’s only natural for us… to want to be intimate,” Luca burns in embarrassment, “You’re the one I chose to be my mate after all…” 

The look on Alberto’s face is that of pure happiness but then his bright smile turns into a smirk, “Say it”

“Huh?” Luca is genuinely confused, but he recognizes that teasing tone of voice his boyfriend is using, “Say what?”

“Tell me what you want, as your mate.”

Oh. Oh Cod. 

“Alberto…!” Luca whines.

“Oh come on, I said it! I want to hear you say it too!”

“Mmm…” Luca looks away and pouts, he’s not too embarrassed but it’s not easy to say it out loud,  “I want … to… have sex with you …” His voice is so small, but it’s enough to fulfill the request.

Alberto looks absolutely fucking feral, “Yeah? Wanna do it right now? Cause I can,” It’s like he’s ready to pounce on Luca. 

“Wh- No! Not right now!” Luca gasps in surprise but ends up laughing and smacking him playfully in the arm, but the serious look on Alberto’s face sends shivers down his spine. 

“This is all new to us…” Alberto gradually cools off  and takes a deep breath, “We can take our time…” He removes himself from on top of Luca and gets off the bed to stretch his limbs, “I just… feel like I can’t get enough, whenever we…” Alberto makes a hand motion between him and his boyfriend and Luca chuckles.

“I know what you mean…” Luca also gets up and cringes a little when he feels the mess inside his school pants, “But, we have all the time in the world to figure it out, right?” He stands in front of Alberto to give him a hug.

“You’re right” 

“I love you” Luca cups his face, gently caressing his cheek with his thumb.

“I love you more” Alberto looks so goddamn in love, he leans down to give Luca a big smooch, “Now, let’s clean up… need to change my underwear.”

“Pfft- Hahah!” 

OoOoO

Giulia was exhausted when she arrived home, “Mama! Luca! I’m home!” She takes off her heavy warm coat, beanie and scarf and puts them away in the closet. The house feels nice and warm and she thought she heard laughter but it’s all quiet now. She walks to the kitchen and spots Luca and her mom holding back laughter, there’s dough spread out on the table “You guys making pizza?”

“Pfft- yeah!” Luca bites his lip and lets out a giggle, he’s obviously hiding something. 

“What’s going on with you two? Did something happen?” Giulia crosses her arms and examines the kitchen to see if anything’s different but she can’t find anything out of place, “What are-”

“AAAAAAARGHHH!!!” Alberto yells right behind his sister making her jump and scream in horror.

“WH- AlBERTO?!” She puts a hand over her heart and catches her breath, “You almost gave me a damn heart attack stupido ! What are you doing here?! When did you get here?!” She grabs her too tall brother from the collar in his shirt and shakes him.

“Haha- haha! I got here in the afternoon! Surprised Luca in you guys' classroom but you weren’t there!” Alberto can’t stop laughing, he starts play-fighting with Giulia before hugging her tight. 

Luca watches the two siblings laugh and catch up, there’s not much to say since they do write each other letters. It’s just such a pleasure to have Alberto here, in person. Luca finishes shaping the dough into a circle, they had been working on the dough since they washed up after their little… intimate encounter earlier. 

“I’m gonna go change and freshen up then I’ll be back, okay?”

“Yeah sure, pizza will probably be done by the time you come down here!” Alberto goes back to Luca’s side, “Oh yeah that’s a good shape babe, try it like this though, like I showed you” Alberto then starts working the dough, just like he was taught back in Porto Rosse.

Luca blushes hard, trying to act natural after Alberto called him ‘babe’ in front of Mrs. Marcovaldo, “O-oh I see, yeah! Let me try!” He does it the way Alberto showed him and he gets a lot of approving sounds and even a kiss in the cheek. Oh my Cod . Is his face burning?

Alberto starts spreading the sauce on top of one of the pizzas then Luca joins him by placing cheese and spinach all over it, throwing in some cooked sausage they prepared earlier, “Oh yeah, this is going to be so good!” Luca cleans up the mess they made on the table while Alberto slides the pizzas in the oven. Mrs. Marcovaldo pours sweet tea into glasses and puts them around the table along with plates and napkins for everybody. 

By the time Giulia joins them downstairs, Alberto is already pulling them out of the oven, everyone sits and watches him slice it up perfectly “Wow Alberto, you really made the dough from scratch?”

“Yes! Although Luca here helped out a lot by measuring everything out for me, I couldn't have done it perfectly without him,” Alberto turned to wink at Luca, that boy is so flustered. All he can do is smile back at him. He’s not used to this new kind of PDA, well- he is! It’s a bit contradictory since they used to be affectionate towards each other even before getting together, but it just feels more special and different now that they’re dating. Any look or touch sends the butterflies in his stomach fluttering.

Giulia grabs a slice and is very impressed when she bites down, “Mmm-oh! It’s really good, I didn’t know you could cook this well! I thought you could only make eggs and Papa’s trenette al pesto,” Alberto scoffs and points at her, “You should catch up my dear sister! You burn everything you make!” 

Giulia frowns, “I do not! Mama! Luca! Tell Alberto I don’t- wait, why are you guys looking at me like that?”

Luca sighs, “Well… to be fair, you do tend to… overcook things Giulia” He says very politely. 

“You burn toast sweetheart,” Her mom speaks with a mouthful, “You get distracted too quick!”

Giulia crosses her arms, “Fine! I do! So what? I can just have you guys cook for me,” she points at her brother and looks satisfied with the incredulous look on Alberto’s face. 

While the siblings bicker back and forth, Luca reaches to grab a slice but Alberto surprises him by placing two slices on his plate, “Here you go.”

“How come you served Luca, but not me? Your sister!” Giulia is definitely joking but she loves to push his buttons. 

“Because Luca is my boyfriend! Of course I’m gonna serve him a plate! Who do ya think I made this pizza for?” Alberto finally sits down to take a dramatic bite out of his pizza that ends up leaving sauce all over the corner of his lips.

“T-thank you… here, let me help you,” Luca grabs his napkin and carefully wipes off the sauce. He’s so close. He wants to give him a kiss, he wants to show him affection but being in front of people makes him hesitate.

Alberto grins widely, that seemed to be enough for him. They all have a wonderful time talking about their day and about their plans for the holidays. After they’re all done eating, they help clean the kitchen, “You guys did enough! I’ll take it from here” Giulias mom shoos them away so they can spend some quality time together. All three of them put their coats on to walk around the neighborhood for a little while, just enjoying each other’s company. Luca is a bit silent most of the time, letting Alberto and Giulia chatter away, he does say a few things here and there but really he’s just happy to listen to them talk. Alberto holds his hand as they walk and it feels so nice, it’s so warm. 

“It’s getting kind of cold, isn’t it?” Giulia looks up at the dark sky, there’s no stars in sight because of the thick snow clouds “Let’s head back, I’m honestly a little tired.”

“Are you tired Luca?” Alberto asks him and it snaps Luca out of his daydreaming bubble.

“Eh? Yeah, I do feel a bit sleepy” And with that, they both walk back home. They say their goodnights and get ready to sleep. 

Alberto changes his shirt and turns off the light, “It’s a bit of a tight squeeze, are you sure you don’t want me to sleep on the floor?”

“What? No- I mean… unless you want to? But the floor is too cold, and I don't mind if you sleep with me even if it’s tight but if you don’t… want to sleep up here then-” Luca stops talking when he feels Alberto next to him in his small bed. He feels so warm, how is he so warm?! 

“Here let’s…” Alberto starts moving around, changing their positions until he’s comfortably spooning Luca, “There we go, is that okay?” 

“More than okay,” Luca sighs happily, closing his eyes in the darkness of his room with his boyfriend holding him like this. It feels like heaven. 

“I love you” Alberto kisses his ear and it’s so sweet it overwhelms Luca.

“Oh Alberto…” He places his hand on top of Alberto’s and snuggles closer to him, “I love you more… I’m so happy to have you here… it was the best surprise ever”

“Yeah?”

“Just being here in your arms is enough to make me incredibly happy…” 

Alberto closes his eyes, “I’m glad… I’ll hold you as many times as you want”

“Promise?”

“Promise” 

And with that, they both eventually drift to sleep. A new day awaits them tomorrow.