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Sleepovers were always fun. It was an opportunity for them to enjoy each other as a group of friends from time to time, but doing it on a sunday with classes taking place on monday morning was quite the challenge. Add the tiredness of staying up late to the warmth and cuddly body of the cutest blonde he ever met and this was the perfect recipe for not wanting to go to class.
Said that, he knew he had to stand up and go out. Victor probably was awake as well and he could feel someone shaking him up to wake up, so it might be him…
“More 5 minutes, Vicky… I promise, I get ready fast…”
“There is no more 5 minutes, Balsa. Wake up at once, you’re beyond late.”
With that call he suddenly stood up, noticing that everyone was quite embarrassed to be at that scene right now, his boyfriend was hiding behind him, while Andrew was covering himself under the covers as to not be seen, Edgar may not show that much but even Luca could notice how uncomfortable the younger one of the quartet was feeling right now. In front of them, in the living room was none other than the familiar tall figure that he saw so many times at his father’s work.
“... Did you change your hair, Mr. Lorenz?”
Starting the day like this was the worst thing in Luca’s opinion. Had to be taken to school by his father’s coworker and with the weird feeling he did something wrong to be sleeping with all of his friends, man… He felt this would be a mouthful explanation to deal with later.
Taking his phone, he quickly scanned his messages, he was sure his father never sent any messages about this and looking over again he could confirm there was nothing about this surprise visit of Mr. Lorenz to his house.
Once stepping at school, everyone quickly went to their designated classrooms and the subject didn’t come up until Victor passed him a note at class. Looking at the well written note of his boyfriend.
“Who is that man, Luca?”
He smiled at Victor trying to ease the worries of his loved one “Nobody! Don’t mind it! It’s just someone from the family!”
“You forgot that your father was coming back home today?”
“Yeah… Something like that…”
He felt heavy. He felt embarrassed to put his friends through that scene and more than anything he felt quite angry. Being left in the dark wasn’t something he liked that much, principally coming from his father. This was going to haunt him for the rest of the week, probably.
Victor seemed to be worried about him still, it felt like he was reading through his smile, no matter how much he tried to change subjects or laugh it out, it’s as if Victor kept reading him as an open letter. He should know more than to try to avoid that, they were dating after all… There shouldn’t be secrets between them… So after classes he decided to talk with him…
“You want to tell me now what is going on?” The brunette nervously scratched the back of his head reading the note in front of him
“Promise you won’t tell anyone about this?” he nodded “My father didn’t warn me about that. He is always traveling doing his work with his friend and he knows I have problems with my memory… He told me about coming back a couple weeks ago, but recently he hadn’t been talking to me.”
“He seemed so composed and serious. It feels weird that he wouldn’t talk to you about it.”
Luca blinked a couple times trying to understand what Victor meant. “Mr. Lorenz is serious, but he is not my father, Vicky.”
“N-Not…?!” the blonde’s face was completely died in red, he tried his best to write a couple ‘Sorry’s in the notepad he carried around, but the brunette quickly held his hand
“Calm down, I guess I made it sound like so…” Luca sighed “He is my father’s friend and coworker. I know him since I was a child and my father is so close to him that he just has a key of our house by this point” another sigh
Hearing carefully, Victor approached his boyfriend curiously. He barely heard about Luca’s life, since he got to be friends with Luca, everything he heard was ‘My parents are away’ and that he lived by himself practically. He didn’t know much about this side of his boyfriend… But Luca also didn’t know about him…
The blonde one quickly flipped the page and slowly started to write something, concentrated. Luca turned in curiosity to his loved one that kept passionately writing whatever was in his mind right now. After a couple lines, Victor finished what he was writing and then passed down to the brunette looking eagerly to him as he waited for the reading.
“I’m sorry we’ve never talked much about this part of this life. I’m not very good with this sort of communication, so I feel like since you allowed me in your more private life, I want you to know about mine as well!
I live with my uncle, he is a policeman and he has been working alone to take care of me. Wick was actually his helper but he decided it was better for Wick to be with me, so it’s just the three of us!
You can always come by if you don’t feel so comfortable with your father and his friend! My uncle will be very happy to have friends at home!”
The innocent note of Victor gave him a warmth in his heart, it was so adorable and he wished he could be a bit more open to Victor just like he was trying his best to be open to him. A big smile came before a comfortable hug from the brunette, staying like this for a while. All Luca could do was whisper a thank you and give a small smooch to the blonde’s lips.
“I… love you… Luca…”
Their lips touched again, this time in a very tender kiss, it was quite rare for them to get this chummy in public, but this time he didn't mind the others around, he just wanted to enjoy this moment with his cute Vic.
If a damn car horn didn’t fucking stop everything.
“Luca! I came to pick you up”
“... Ugh… I’m sorry, Vic…” Victor quickly looked to the car that was parked it was definitely the same one that took them to school today, a man quite similar to Luca was at the passenger seat
“... Father?” Luca nodded to his boyfriend “... He… Looks similar… to you…”
He didn’t need more embarrassment than what he already passed, Victor completely understood and quickly gave a peck at Luca’s cheek, releasing him, almost unwillingly, from the hug. Waving goodbye to his boyfriend, the brunette quickly ran to the car before more chaos happened.
Getting inside the car was quite embarrassing, his father was quite happy to see him, but at the same time a lot of questions were popping up about Victor. "Who is that boy?" "I thought you and Norton would be dating!" "That is so cute, isn't it Alva?" He just felt like hiding more than explaining to his dad about him and Victor in front of Alva.
It's been months since he didn't see his father, since his work always demanded him to be traveling he barely would stay at home, so sometimes Luca would feel a bit too comfortable, but at least he would be warned a day before so things could be put in place and something like the Alva jumpscare wouldn't happen. When asking why no warnings were given, his father said he wanted to make a surprise, but ended up having to go to do some important stuff at the lab so he asked Alva to go on his behalf. Boy, how this was weird.
Dinner was a bit more awkward than usual, it was most of the time his father asking about his time at school and how he was doing and asking about his friends and, IN SPECIAL, Victor. He seemed a bit too excited about the idea of his son having a date that he completely forgot he called his coworker to the dinner as well, so all of Luca's answers were quite… Dry.
"So, the Blonde one is Victor and he is your date?"
"Hm…"
"But Alva told me about other two here!"
"They are other friends…"
"Aren't you popular at school, Luca?"
"I guess…….."
He just wanted to go to sleep and forget everything about this day, maybe… just maybe… This subject will die after tomorrow. Going to his room he noticed a notification on his phone. He slowly lied on the bed and picked the phone up, only to open a sweet message of his boyfriend:
I know it may be hard to talk with your father since you don't see him for so long, but do your best! I'll be cheering for you!
Victor was really the light of his life right now. He sighed, maybe if Mr. Lorenz wasn't around, things would be a bit less awkward sometimes. The brunette took a deep breath and sat on the bed, he was determined now… He needed to apologize to Andrew and Edgar about the incident so tomorrow, he would pick Andrew up at his house.