~A Hetalian Roadtrip~ | RomanoxReader {Part Nine}

. :\|~A Hetalian Road-trip~|/: .
{Romano\LovinoXReader}

. : Part 9:.
{Swearing warning, because of Lovino}

I woke up that morning with Mei right next to me. I sighed and stretched. Today was going to be another hour or so of driving to get to Oceanbay Beach. Not what I was looking forward to. I tried to sit up so I could get dressed, when I noticed another body curled up next to me.

“Feliciano Vargas!” I yelled, waking up both the Italians and Mei next to me. I heard the door open and Elizabeta walking out. “What are you doing next to me?”

“S-sorry bella, I didn’t mean to!”

At this point, Elizabeta had unlocked the door, which had Ludwig outside, as he had heard me as well. When he saw what I was yelling about, he sighed. “{Name}, this is normal, he likes sleeping with other people.”

I groaned as Mei went back into her sleeping bag to read a little before getting up.

“Please, I’ll do anything, well, anything within reason, just don’t stay mad at me, please, you are scary when you are angry!” Feliciano’s mouth went off again, talking faster than what was normally thought to be humanly possible.

“Feli, just please, put on some pants! And fix your tent!” I got up and went into the bedroom to change. Today was going to be a beach day, but before, we were travelling and having breakfast in a place that Arthur had picked out earlier when planning the trip. He had even warned the restaurant we were coming for today. I got dressed in some clean clothes, but I still had my swimsuit on, in case the weather turned to a beautiful sunny day. It was foggy and still a little cold outside, but Oceanbay Beach was known for having warmer weather.

I finished changing and came outside just as Mei was slowly crawling out of her cave. Both Feliciano and Lovino had already left (probably to get changed). As Mei went to change, I went over the the beds and rolled up the four sleeping bags that were strewn about. I had finished when Mei opened the door again.

“Mei, catch!” I threw the first bag at her, which she, of course, fumbled and dropped.

“More of a warning, {Name}!” She threw it into the bedroom, where Victoria was putting the other sleeping bags under the bed for travelling.

“Fine. I’m tossing the second, get ready!” This time, Mei caught my awkward throw and went over to grab the vacuum. The RV park in Oceanbay was the last place we were staying at, so it was another cleaning day, though much quicker. I folded the couches back up as Mei went on to clean the rest of the floor. Alfred came in for a moment to tell us he was emptying out the sewage and refilling the water, before escaping the quick cleaning. Feliciano was outside, cleaning off the windshield as his punishment for climbing into our bed. We finished rather faster than before, and the boys outside had packed up the tents and chairs. I was guessing and hoping the Italian tent was fixed for tonight. We went back into our seats for the road, Victoria complaining about not having coffee yet, while Alfred complained about not having food yet. Ludwig made them both suck it up as he directed us out on the road again.

It was a quiet trip, other than Francis making small talk with Alfred to keep him from complaining. In the dinette, all was quiet until someone stomach grumbled very loud. I turned next to me, where Lovino was blushing bright red as Elizabeta and Victoria giggled a little.

“Lovino, are you hungry at all?” I asked in a teasing tone to make Victoria laugh a little more (which worked).

“Shut up, I’m not!”

I sighed at his stubborness. I stood up and went the few steps to the fridge. I got out a tomato and tossed it to him. “You tell you stomach to stay quiet.”

“I said I wasn’t hungry,” Lovino mumbled, but still ate the tomato I had tossed him.

The rest of the trip was in relative silence. Elizabeta, Feliciano, and I had started a slow game of war, just trying to pass the time faster. It was a little unorganized, as many times during a war, Alfred decided to hit a pothole, making all the cards mix together. We pulled into the new RV park with the sun finally beating back the clouds. Alfred went to hook everything up in our new corner as the rest went out to stretch their legs.

“Al? How are we getting to the Cafe?”

“There’s a bus that can take us downtown, close to the beach. Cafe is close by!”

“By the time we finish, it’ll be lunch, not breakfast,” Lovino mumbled as he went out of the RV.

“I concur,” Mei added as she went to help Kiku-san put up one of the tents now.

“Bella? Do you have the tape?” Feliciano asked from in front of the pile that was a tent in the last place.

I found the duct tape inside, and after ordering Feliciano to not touch anything, decided to start helping Lovino put up the tent. He found the broken support and held it together for me and the tape.

“Stop shaking!”

“I’m not moving! You are, idiota!”

“You want Feli to help you?” I asked, ready to hand to tape to a sitting Feliciano a few feet away, ready to help.

“Fine.” Lovino didn’t have much of the choice. “Wouldn’t want him to get trapped.”

“Feli in a duct tape cocoon?” I let the image sink in and heard Lovino give a bit of a snort.

“Maybe we should let him help.”

After a few minutes of tape issues, and a few times our hand bumped together, we finally had the tent set up, and were sitting inside of it, admiring our taping job.

“Should hold up for a few days. Luckily it didn’t get wet inside. How could it have broken?” I mulled it over out loud.

“Um, {Name}?” I looked over. I thought Lovino was blushing, but it must have been the tent colour reflecting on his skin. “Um, w-would...I mean...do-”

“Veh! Fratello, {Name}, come on! The bus is here!”

“The fuck, idiota! Why did you have to interrupt me?” Lovino pushed himself out of the tent, leaving me confused.

After Ludwig saved Feliciano from Lovino, we started out to the bus stop right outside the RV park. It was pretty empty, but our group filled up a large portion of the seats. I sat next to Mei and Victoria, who wanted to sit right up front, next to a window, ready to see this new beach. It was only a few minutes until the bus stopped, and Alfred jumped up to lead us all out. Cafe 49 was a small little place, it looked like any normal house, but inside, it was so open and large, and there was even one long table set up in the middle of the room.

A waitress walked up to our group. “Mr. Kirkland’s party?”

“Yes, that’s us, just a little late though!” Elizabeth explained for us.

“This table here is your’s. Any drinks to start off with?”

“Coffee!” Victoria called out, with several nods from other people.

“And a hot chocolate please,” Mei whispered from behind me.

“And I’ll have {Drink} please!” I gave my response.

We all sat down with the menus, Mei to my right, Victoria to my left, and Lovino and Feliciano across from us. After a few minutes, the drinks came back to us and we ordered off the menu. Victoria took a few extra seconds to decide, but for myself and Lovino, we knew what we wanted when we saw it on the menu. We talked about some random topics while waiting, and I stole some whipped cream from Mei’s hot chocolate when she was listening to Elizabeta explain the formation of the beaches in the area (Seems like the Ecology class stays with us more than we had thought).

The food slowly came out in groups of three. Alfred with the All-American Breakfast, Francis and Victoria went with some pastries and croissants, Ludwig with his typical choice of food (wurst, of course), Mei and Kiku-san went with some pancakes, while Elizabeta and Feliciano went with the waffles, and Lovino, like myself, and a mix of pastries, and {fav. small breakfast food}. We dug into the delicious food rather quickly, and barely any talking went between us.

Once we started to slow down, we started the normal task of splitting up the bill. Of course, Lovino and Feliciano tried to stay as quiet as possible, but Ludwig made them pay for most of themselves. The cafe was nice enough and only added a small group fee, as it was a normal slow day for them, and enjoyed themselves with listening to our conversations. Mei kept arguing with me, because we had agreed earlier, that I would pay for breakfasts, and she would take care of dinners between us, and now she wanted to pay for my breakfast. Of course, we just paid for ourselves a few minutes after, just for time’s sake.

After leaving the store, we started on the slightly long walk down the road. We were in the downtown area, and just down the road, we could see the road that was supposed to lead us downtown. We all still had our bags, and Alfred was leading us down the road (again, like he always does).

|Timeskipping to the Beach|

Kiku-san and Mei started to set up the new camp at this beach. We were farther south then we had wanted to be, so we didn’t have a lot of driftwood to play with, but Ludwig and Alfred were able to find us a bench to call camp. Francis went off on his own again, leaving the rest of us to think of some stuff to do.

“Ah, Liz, didn’t you say this place was known for sea glass?” I asked Liz, as she was putting on her sunscreen. We had decided to wear our sundresses for now. They would be fine if they got wet today, seeing how quickly the sun would dry the dresses. Most of the guys had the same idea, and wore their shirts with their swimming trunks.

“Yeah, why? Do you have a plan?”

“Let’s go hunting for sea glass and shells! Mei, you’re good at crafts, right?”

“You want to collect them for later?” Mei asked, getting the sunscreen from Elizabeta.

“Of course. You guys in?” I asked the other girls.

“Don’t need to ask me twice!” Mei nodded.

“Count us in!” Victoria slung an arm over Elizabeta/

“Veh? Can I come too?” Feliciano raised his hand, getting our attention.

“Really? You don’t want to hang out with Ludwig?” Elizabeta asked this time, hands on her hips, in her normal “I don’t believe you” pose.

“Si! Shells are so pretty!” Feliciano jumped up, ready to go.

“Aspetta, idiota. No way I’m letting you out of my sight without that Potato-Eating Bastard around to watch you. I’m coming with.” Lovino stood up and held Feliciano down so he wouldn’t go running off.

“Oh, that’s great then!” I felt like I sounded too excited, and Elizabeta heard that happiness, and gave me a nudge. I gave her a glare to stop her before she said anything, and took a small plastic bag out of my day bag. I remembered back when Alfred had told us to go collecting for his sand castle, so I was prepared. “Onward!”

We went down the beach, close the the water’s edge. Us girls, and Feliciano, were chasing waves and collecting any whole shells or bits of sea glass that was being uncovered by the waves. We were getting lucky with our haul so far, and Elizabeta decided to hold it, as Victoria kept splashing the rest of us as she waded through some of the shallower waves, not caring over her dress as the hem skimmed over the top of the water. Mei ran ahead a little bit, and had just turned to look back at us, when she ran into someone who was bending over to get some seashells.

“Oh, I’m so sorry- Lili? Is that you?” Mei had quickly turned to apologize, when she recognized the little blonde-haired girl.

“Ah, Mei? You’re here? And {Name}! How are you?” Lili smiled and asked us in her normal small voice.

“We’re on our coastal road trip. Why are you here?” I asked her, coming up behind Mei.

“My big brother and I decided to visit the beach today, before going to visit relatives back in Europe tomorrow. We had already packed everything, so I really wanted to come over. We come here every year.”

“So, Vasch is here as well? Where is he, I thought he would be watching you like a hawk.”

“Lili, who are you talking to?” Vasch, Lili’s older brother, had come up behind her.

“Ah, big brother. You know {Name}, Mei, Victoria, and Elizabeta, right? They’re from school,” Lili motioned to us each in turn.

“Yes, I remember-. You! The Italian!” Vasch suddenly spotted Feliciano behind us, trying to keep out of view.

“Eee! Please, don’t hurt me!” Feliciano cowered behind me and Elizabeta, praying that the Swiss didn’t have a gun on him (which was highly unlikely at the beach).

“Now, now, Vasch! He is completely harmless right now! Don’t harm him!” I calmed Vasch down slowly, making sure he wouldn’t start attacking Feliciano.

After the little interaction was passed, Lili joined us in the hunt for sea glass. Victoria ran out into the waves, farther out where the waves would reach her thighs. Lili was wearing just a swimsuit, so she wanted to search for glass out that far, but didn’t have the courage when the waves hit her. Vasch stayed back by the water’s edge with Elizabeta and Lovino, who watched the rest of us play in the ocean.

The hours passed rather quickly, and soon, Vasch was calling Lili back to shore. It was only six in the evening, but they had to leave in the morning to catch their plane. Lili waved goodbye to us, and headed back to the public parking lot a bit of a way up the beach. She promised to send us all a postcard and to keep in touch with us until school starts again.

Seeing that all our searching had filled our bag with what we were looking for, Elizabeta led the way back to our camp. Victoria stayed in the shallows, as she was so used to being in the water (though it was freezing for the rest of us), that being outside was too cold for her. When we made it back, we saw Francis helping Kiku-san break camp.

“About time you’re back! We were about to send out a rescue party!” Alfred greeted us, “Bus is meeting us at the cafe again, but pretty soon.”

“We met Lili and Vasch farther over. We hung out with them for most the time.”

“Riri and Vasch? Who are they again?” Kiku-san asked me.

“Lili Vogel and Vasch Zwingli. Lili is a grade below us, and Vasch was in our Ecology class. You know Lili, we hang out with her a lot. Vasch is her older brother.”

“Come on dudes, we don’t wanna miss the bus!”

We hurriedly got towels wrapped around us and got our day bags and shoes in our hand. We went back on the long path back to the solid ground, having our walk hindered by the dry sand that slid beneath our feet. Back on the road, our feet had dried enough to put our sandals back on. Alfred kept rushing us, and soon, Ludwig joined him as well. We made it to the bus stop on time, and settled back into the drive. Victoria, who had done the most exercise, started nodding off, so I let her rest on my shoulder.

We got off at the grocery store, one that was only a few blocks away from the RV park. I woke Victoria back up, as everyone else got off and started to look for dinner. Mei and I wandered to the deli section, where we fresh sandwiches waiting for us, all lined up and ready to eat. It was cheap enough we could look for more snacks in the sweets area. She bought a sandwich, one that used baguette as the bread. I got a similar one, and after paying for them, and the chips, we found Elizabeta and Victoria with the sweets and snacks.

“What did you find?” Mei asked them, carrying the shopping basket with our dinner.

“Soup. Haven’t had soup on the trip yet,” Elizabeta answered, grabbing two chocolate bars and tossing it into the basket held by Victoria.

“Liz, grab those peach rings too! Those won’t melt,” Victoria pointed out with her free hand.

“{Name}, could we get some of those peach rings too? Maybe some of those gummi bears at least?” Mei asked me, tugging on my sleeve.

“Sure, why not.”

As we finished out hunt, Feliciano came skipping up to us. “Bellas, what did you get?”

“Sandwiches and soup,” Elizabeta answered. “What about you?”

“Same as Lovino, except he went to go get more tomatoes, we got pasta~!”

“Did you have to ask, Liz?” I smiled, grabbing a last chocolate bar to split with Mei.

“That’s true.”

We went to the checkout, and bought our things. Afterwords, we went outside to wait for the rest of the group, Mei and I already eating our sandwiches, as Elizabeta and Victoria decided to eat their already prepared soup. Except Victoria had to go back in for a minute after she realized she had forgotten a spoon. We sat outside eating, enjoying the nice warm air with our food. It wasn’t at all dark yet, so we didn’t know what to do with the rest of our time, once we got back.

“I could try getting wifi on my iPod,” Victoria suggested, once she had a spoon. “We could look at places to visit tomorrow, at Musket Beach. I heard there’s a museum of some sort, and a long boulevard of shops, just because it’s a bit of a tourist town.”

“Does the RV park even have wifi?” I asked, grabbing some chips from the tiny bag between myself and Mei.

“Don’t know, but we can always ask. Oh look, the guys finally return.”

“I was hungry, geez dudette. A guy’s gotta eat.”

“Yes, but Al, he doesn't need to eat pounds of food, like you normally do.”

“She has a point,” Mei quietly added, finishing the last of her sandwich.

“I can walk and eat, dudette, I won’t slow ya down.”

“Let’s go now, then. We wanted to see what places to visit at Musket Beach,” I brushed the crumbs off of my hands and stood up.

“That would be a good idea, {Name}-chan. We can pran ahead,” Kiku-san announced, some kind of sushi for his dinner in his hands.

“I ‘ave ‘eard about a free museum, but it is also a store.”

“Is that what it is? Huh,” Victoria thought out loud, spoon in her mouth.

“Let’s head back, come on.” I followed the other girls down the road, not waiting for the guys, as they hurried to follow us (as I had gotten the key into the RV park from Ludwig earlier, and they didn’t want to be left outside). We made it to back to the park in relatively good time, and I unlocked the door to let the group in. Alfred ran past me, somehow finished with his massive amounts of food. The rest of the guys had only eaten some, and were saving the leftovers for later.

“What’s Al up to?” Elizabeta asked, watching the blonde as he ran towards the RV for some weird reason.

“Ich weiss nicht. Typisch Amerikaner.” Ludwig just shook his head.

We shrugged and walked on towards the RV. I stood off with Mei, talking about our past day with Lili, when it happened. I only had time to register the call of “Bombs away!” for a millisecond when I saw a massive yellow blob flying towards me. A second later, Mei and I shrieked as cold water drenched us both.

“Al! What the hell?”

“What in the world?!”

“I warned you, dudettes. And I thought you would enjoy the shower after being in the ocean and it’s salt.” Alfred stood a few feet away from us, a plastic tub at his feet, and another water balloon in his hand. “Hahaha!”

I looked over at him in shock. I was drenched once again in water, and it was cold! Not freezing, thank gods, but still cold. It felt good getting some of the salt off my skin, but this...This went war.

“Mei, Liz, Victoria? Can we declare war?”

“I want to.” Mei shook the water off her arms and looked with dismay at the soaked shopping bag. “I hope the chocolate’s not ruined.”

“Wait, didn’t I put my snacks in that bag as well?” Elizabeta looked over into the shopping bag held by Mei. “I did. I declare war. Feli, would you be so kind and hold my bag please?”

Feliciano grabbed the shopping bag and Elizabeta and Victoria’s bag and scurried off to hide somewhere. I took Mei’s bag and my own, and placed them both behind a slight wall a few feet away. I looked around. Alfred had all the amo, and we really had nothing.

“Psst, bella.”

I turned to see Lovino nearby. Most the other guys were also readying for a small battle, as they were either hiding their stuff or giving it to Feliciano or Francis to hide (he didn’t want to get his hair messed up).

“I saw him getting this stuff ready earlier. So I stole this.” He held out a bag of the water balloons and the faucet needed to fill them up.

“My eyes lit up. “Grazie. But there isn’t a faucet out here-.”

“{Name}!” I heard Mei whisper my name and I turned around. She was motioning at a two water pipes sticking up between the two spaces, our RV, and the empty space next door. Both had a hose attached.

“Perfect!” I gathered the girls around me. Luckily, Alfred believed in a fair fight, so he let us plan, not knowing we had ammo. “Alright girls, here’s the plan. Liz, you and your frying can go out in the frontlines. You can help protect Victoria, who’ll have one of the hoses. I’ll hang back with Mei, getting the second hose up, and filling up ammo. I’ll be making runs back and forth with the balloons, handing them off to you. Main goal: Get that bucket away from him. Victoria, that’ll be your main task.”

“Good planning as always, {Name}! We can always trust them!” Mei jumped up with joy.

“Ready when you are, Captain!” Victoria gave me a quick salute.

“Give the commands when you’re ready,” Elizabeta already had her frying pan out from somewhere and had it ready. This wasn’t our first battle against the guys in a war like this. We had done several like them before, against all the guys at once (of course, we only lost a few times against all of them), normally when we are close to water, it happens. Water gun fights, water balloon fights, and even capture the flag with weapons were the norm, so we have learned to adopt how every guy fights. Alfred always wants all the glory himself, without doing much of the work.

“Now.” I ran over with Mei to the faucets and tossed Victoria the hose.

We got another water balloon dropped down on us, but got the hose out, and while Mei was making sure the hose was all fed out to Victoria, I went to unscrew the other hose from the second faucet. Elizaveta did a good job using her frying pan, and Victoria soaked Alfred for a good bit until he lobbed a few balloons at her. She, of course, turned her head away, accidentally soaking Lovino and Kiku-san. Kiku-san shook it off. Lovino, not as much.

“The hell! I helped you! It’s war you want, it’s war you will fucking get!” Lovino jumped up and went to Alfred’s side.

We battled it out for a hour or so. Mei kept the ammo coming, and to keep it interesting, Ludwig found us a tub we could us like the enemies bucket. Victoria made it close to the bucket several times, but was pushed back. Mei took a break from filling ammo, and had decided to steal some enemy ammo. We went on a small mission while the other two kept kept Alfred and Lovino busy. We were using our dresses to steal the water balloons when Lovino went for them and noticed us.

“Hey, no freaking espionage!”

“Water balloons aren’t information, so it isn’t espionage!” I used the distraction to block Mei and let her get away with her prize.

“Doesn’t matter!” Lovino chucked a water balloon at me, drenching me from the head down. I gave another shriek, as it was another wave of coldness. I chucked one of the balloons I had stolen at Lovino, drenching him as well. As I tried to get up from my kneeling position, Lovino was already slightly off-balanced from my last attack, so when a second water balloon and a gush from a water hose came at him, he slipped on the water puddles that had gathered on the dirt, and landed right on top of me, and the water balloons I was carrying.

We both laid there, stunned that he was there on top of me, and that he had squished about seven of the giant water balloons between us, creating a literal pool of water around us. Lovino suddenly got very red faced, and I, after a few painful seconds where my mind had to comprehend that my crush was indeed on top of me while both of us were soaked to the bone (meaning I could clearly see his chest, and he could probably see my swimsuit underneath my clothes), a puddle of water underneath me, and in front of everyone, I got more red-faced than him. We were frozen for a few more moments until Lovino scrambled to get off me and stood awkwardly for a second until he ran off someplace, with an audible “Fuck it, why?” coming from him. Mei was next to me suddenly, and reached out a hand.

“We won, Victoria got the bucket from Alfred, so he gave up after we dumped all the water on him, right before...Yeah...”

I sat up and gave her a look. “What happens on the road-trip, stays on the road-trip, got it?”

“Perfectly. Wait a moment.” Mei walked over and grabbed the hose from Victoria. “You’re covered in mud. Stand up.”

Still a little shell-shocked, I stood up and let Mei spray me down, and after, did the same for her and the other girl (And Alfred, for good measure). Since we still had our swimsuits on, all we did was take off our actual clothes, and set them out on the chairs the other guys had set up to watch the battle. They were most likely going to dry overnight, then be dry enough to take inside. Mei handed me one of my towels and I wrapped it around myself. I looked off in the direction that Lovino went off to. Elizabeta appeared beside me.

“You know, you should go after him.”

“Why did he run off in the first place?”

“Guys get really embarrassed around the girls they like. Remember when I used to babysit? It was a long time ago.”

“Yeah, you were back in Europe at the time. Staying with Roderich. It was long before I met you.”

“Well, I took care of these two children. A guy, a girl. Guy was completely in love with the girl. Head over heels. He tried so hard, but he got embarrassed a lot, and turned bright red each time.” She giggled at the memories, but then became somber. “One day, the guy had to move far away. Really far. Most likely, he would never return, and they would never see each other again. He gave her a chance to come with, but she didn’t want to, due to family reasons. He ran off, but she didn’t follow. I wonder, what would have happened if she had followed him...?” Elizabeta looked at me knowingly, like she wanted to see if she had guessed what I was going to do correctly.

“What the hell!” I ran after the path I saw Lovino take earlier. I ran for a while, and the sun was setting, until I finally found Lovino, sitting in one of the swings at what was left of a child’s playground. He was swinging, almost absentmindedly. He jumped up and turned around when a twig snapped under my shoe.

“It’s just me. Lovino, sit down, it’s fine.” He sat back down slowly, like he was weary of me. “Can I join you?”

He sat back down and I joined him on the swing next to him. We sat in silence for a while. “Hey, why did you run away like that?”

“Cause, everyone was watching, and they were going to fucking tease me about it later, or tell that damned tomato bastard, and he’ll tease me for years about! That’s all they ever do! Tease me about it, or ruin it!”

“Ruin what?” I asked quietly, my head down.

“I-I can’t freaking say it, because it time I try, something interrupts it! Then, the teasing from the bastards begin!”

“I wouldn’t tease you.” My voice had reached almost a whisper.

Lovino looked over at me, yet stayed silent for a while. When he finally spoke, his voice was also almost a whisper. “I’m glad you wouldn’t.”

We sat in silence for a while. Both thinking about what the other had said. It was a little dark at this point, and when a breeze came through, I shivered. Lovino looked over at me and sighed.

“Come on, you’re going to get sick if this continues. Can we pretend, to the others, that this never happened?”

I nodded. Lovino took my hand and walked me out of the park. I couldn’t feel the cold anymore, just the fact that Lovino was holding my hand and leading me back to the trailer. Once we came into view of the trailer, he let go of my hand, and stepped away from me, his normal moody self. Standing near the road, I saw a small figure with a flashlight, shining it down every path every few minutes. She shined it down towards us, and it illuminated us.

“Oh, {Name}, Lovino, I was getting worried. You two okay?”

“Fine, Mei. Just had to find him. Took a freaking long time because he was hiding.”

“Well, let’s go inside. The guys are resting in bed already, and Elizabeta put in a movie to watch before bed, and-,” Mei yawned. “At least we are clean now, after the water battle.”

Lovino barely stayed for half the conversation, but rather went straight into the bed shared with Feliciano. Mei and I walked back into the RV, where Victoria and Elizabeta were eating the remains of their dinner, with a DVD on the main menu in front of them. I quickly got changed, and joined them on the couch beds with my own snack. Mei scootched in next to me and curled herself up next to me. Elizabeta gave me a knowing look before starting the movie. Apparently, they all knew that it was a private matter for once, and they didn’t pry. I watched the movie with the rest of them, settling in for a good night.