Mateo
Luckily Ever won't have to endure it any more than he already has - Mateo, still misty eyed and smiling and holding the envelope as though his friend has hidden his home country away in it, is well aware of the paramedic's proclivities. So it's with a mere sniffle and a grin that he nods his appreciation for Ever's attempt at Italian. "It will do," he says. "We will have to download Duolingo for you before we go."
Dabbing at his eyes and finally setting the envelope safely in his stocking with his other gifts, Mateo puts it out of Petunia's reach and shifts to watch his friend open his own gifts. "I would never," he sings with a familiar mischievous twinkle in his eye. "But you do have to find somewhere to hang it up in the apartment. For people to see."
Satisfied with that compromise (not that he has asked Ever if it works for him), the florist all but melts into their couch. "So, is it the usual for dinner?" he asks. "I'll make sure the wine is chilled, you make sure the Chinese food is ordered?"
Dabbing at his eyes and finally setting the envelope safely in his stocking with his other gifts, Mateo puts it out of Petunia's reach and shifts to watch his friend open his own gifts. "I would never," he sings with a familiar mischievous twinkle in his eye. "But you do have to find somewhere to hang it up in the apartment. For people to see."
Satisfied with that compromise (not that he has asked Ever if it works for him), the florist all but melts into their couch. "So, is it the usual for dinner?" he asks. "I'll make sure the wine is chilled, you make sure the Chinese food is ordered?"
i've told you time and time again
i'm not as think as you drunk i am
i'm not as think as you drunk i am
