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12 July 2000 year.
The street of London were a hive of activity. People paid no heed to the comming of the night, for such huge cities never sleep. The stars blurred into the glow of the streetlights. It was so loud that one could not hear one’s own thoughts. Among the passersby admiring the charme of the nocturnal metropolis were two unassuming tourists from Italy. They did not stand out from the crowd. No one suspected that these two men had just killed a man.
Squalo and Tiziano turned into a less crowded side street. They moved away from the noisy center of London. After a moment, they spotted the place they were looking for – a small supermarket.
- Let’s do it quickly, I want to go back to the hotel – said Squalo.
- Calm down. You are so impacient – replied his lover – soon we will have time just for the two of us <3
Tiziano shot his boyfriend a suggestive look. Both men entered the shop. Squalo thought about what can he do for his boyfriend. He was so happy when boss assigned them a task that required such a trip because it meant that lovers could spend more time together. The men hoped that one day him and Tiziano will be able to go on another trip that’s similar to this one. Just the two of them… and of course another Passione’s enemy who needs to be defeated.
- Tiz, what do you think about our „vacations”?
- This trip is amazing! The Job turned out to be a lot easier than I thought. It’s such a shame, taht this guy ran away to London.
- You don’t like this place?
- I do, but I’d rather visit different places like New York or… something more „exotic”.
- I like this city – Squalo Smiles – but on the other hand I am not good crithic because I like any place, as long as we’re there together.
The Man brushed the hair from his lover’s face, and the other man grasped his hand. It seemed like partners were about to kiss, but it the last moment Tiziano moved away.
- We’ll take care of those things when we get back to the hotel, now I must buy something to drink because I am so thirsty.
Squalo sighed and followed his boyfriend who was looping for beverage section. There were few people in the store. Moreover, a large number of them were heading for the exit. The lovers knew, that they must savoir the moment because people who work in this occupation do not experience that kind of peace. Their lifes are full of pain and fear. Tiziano and Squalo were amazing at their work – especially when working together. They didn’t complain about their jobs, but those quiet moments gave them a certain kind of joy. The men knew, that despite the fact that they are good at what they do, one day they’ll meet someone better. Someone who will put an end to those quite moments once and for all. That’s why they delighted in even such trivial events as shopping at the supermarket.
Tiziano was staring at the beverage section, while his lover was staring at him. Squalo admired his boyfriends beauty. He wanted to be alone with his partner as soon as possibile.
- Come on, choosing a drink can’t take this long! You were so thirsty, but you are staring at this section for 5 minutes straight and you still can’t decide what to buy!
- Calm down, you are really impatient. They have here drinks you can’t buy in Italy. I need to give it some serious thought.
- Eh… - sighed Squalo.
The man Leanem against another product shelf. After a moment, Tiziano finalny chose a drink. He picked up small bottle of orange juice and turned towards his boyfriend.
- I’ll have this one. Do you want something Squalo? I can buy you whatever you want.
- I olny want you Tiz! <3
Tiziano’s lover softly toughed his cheek.
- Squalo… we are in public space I know, there is not many people in here, but it doesn’t change the fact that you are so konfident.
- Who care? We are in London, nobody here knowi how to sapek Italian. I could talk about the things we’ll do once we get back to the hotel and no one would even bat an eye, because nobody udnerstands us.
Tiziano Smiles. He glancem around. Apart from the lovers, the only people in store were cashier and two other shoppers. Moreover, one of them was heading toward the checkout. The man grabbed Squalo by the arm and pulled him along.
- What are you doing?
- You’ll find out soon, judt follow me.
The couple went to the back of the shop. The shelves were so densely packed with products that if someone were to hide behind them, they would not be visible. That’s exackly what the lovers did. At first Squalo was confused, he had no idea what was happening, but he quickly understood his boyfriend’s plans. Tiziano put the bottle down on the floor and then he passionetly kissed his lover – who really enjoyed it.
- You are also impatient. – Squalo smiled and once again brought his lips close tho the man’s face.
They started touching each other with increasing confidence. Other people whe were present in the shop had no idea what was happening in back of this place. Two lovers were willingly cuddling in each other’s arms. Tiziano snuggled into his beloved’s neck and then began to kiss it. Squalo gentry stroked his hair, then hugged him tightly again. Those „cuddles” were really passionato, but partners did not cared about the fact, that they were doing this in a public space. The chances of getting caught were slim, and even if someone had noticed them, the boyfriends wouldn’t have cared. In that exact moment they feeled like the world belonged to them. Only the two of them matterd.
Suddenly Squalo felt some sort of pain. He relised that soon a new mark will appere on his neck – mark, that will be consequence of those passionate kisses. The man decided to „repay” his lover for this. He squesed his beloved’s waist harder and then pinned him to the wall. Tiziano giggled.
- Do you want somebody to hear us?
- Squalo, you can silence me if you want to. You know exactly what to do.
After those words the man kissed his lover’s lips and looked at his neck.
- Soon we’ll both have special souvenirs from this trip. – said Squalo, after that he started leaving lovebites on his partner’s body.
Tiziano played with his boyfriend’s curls and reveled in the sensation of passionato intimacy.
The men relised, that they’ve been here for too long, now they both wanted to go back to the hotel as fast as possibile, because they had finish what was started. Lovers walked toward the checkout to pay for their drink. They kept looking at each other and smiling. After finishing their purchase, they held hands and headed for the exit as quickly as possibile. The street was almost empty; apart from Squalo Tiziano, there was only a group of young men holding nearly empty bottlers of alcohol. Partners were so happy, they non stop flirtem with each other. Even people who could not sapek Italian were able to understand the men’s relationship. Tension beetwen the two of them was uniqe. The very way they looked at each other was full of love and passion. Now, the night seemed a lot calmer. It seemed as though the stars had begun to shine more brightly – as if they had done so especially for the lovers.
Sudenly the carefree mood of the couple was disrupted. One of the people standing nearby began shouting curses at them. The young man and his companions looked like tipicla hooligans, who only what troubless. If only the knew about Squalo and Tiziano’s work, they would not be so confident. Lover’s attitude made the group of troublemakers feel „better” and „more manly”. Finally, one of the lovers couldn’t take it anymore.
- Tiz, leave them. There is no point in wasting our precious time on those people. They don’t matter at all!
- Don’t stop me Squalo, I will punch them so hard, they won’t pull themselves together!
The hooligan kept shouting curses at the couple. His companions were applauding him and adding their own crule nicknames too. It seemed like the group was addicted to nicotine and cigaretts because the word „fag” appeared very often in this monologue of curses.
- Come on Tiziano, people like those ones are nobody, so we should not be bothered by them.
After those words the man sighed softly and started following his lover. This moment’s magical romantic aura disapired. It was replaced by bitterness and embarrassment coused by the hoolgans. Sudenly something bizarre happend, none of the troublemaker could predict that event – one of the hooligans started bleeding. The injured man screamed in terror and writhed in pain. Squalo didn’t really care about it that much, while his partner turned toward the wounded people.
The man saw, that those injuries were not ordinary. This person had half of his face bit ten off. The companions of the injured person didn’t know how the injury happener; the only ones who knew what had happener were the lovers, who had been cursed at. Tiziano noticed a tiny shark in one of the bottels. Clash was swimming in alcohol and also preparing to to hurt another person.
- Squalo! – the man Smiles and looked at his partner, who was also proud of his achivment.
- Well, somethimes you can punish troublemakers, they need to know their place. – after those words the criminal grabbed his boyfriend by the waist and leaned in tword his face.
- I love you – wispered Tiziano.
The lovers kissed. They were moving awal from the supermarket and pretending not to see the bleeding thugs. The lovers felt like they were untochable again. London looks so beautiful at night, but still, Squalo only had eyes for Tiziano, who also couldn’t stop looking at his boyfriend. Marks from their adventure in the store slowly started to show up on their necks, but the partners didn’t care about it. They wanted whole London – no, whole world to know about their love! That’s why they didn’t even tried to hide their lovebites, the couple did exactly opposite of theht. They were walking confident Wit their heads up. They both knew that they want to be toughether forever – for good and for bad. On the way to the hotel, the couple held hands, embraced, or atherwise maintained physical contact the en tire time. However, when they finally got to the hotel… well… they continued what they started in the supermarket, but that’s a story for a diffrent fanfic. <3