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Well, the title is self explanatory, isn't it? I think it is about time to answer that question! Sorry that it took it so long (not really sorry )! Hope the explanation will satisfy you... If not, feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments! Or votes, or faves... well, maybe faves only if you liked it!

Thank you Gritou for the support and editing!

"WHAT ABOUT YOUR GIRLFRIEND!"

Silence fell on the table after the thunderous accusation of Luca. In fact, it fell on several of the nearby tables, something that made the lupo flick his ears for the embarrassment. Lidia and Sara in front of him were consciously trying not to stare at them, though he was sure they would want to hear the conversation, and so was the cocker waitress, who was just passing with some beverages. She hurried quickly to the table hosting the German couple, who were really gaping at him, though they turned away as fast as they could.

The lupine hated to be at the center of the attention, especially when it was because of a burst of anger; he probably would have run away, blushing deeply, under normal circumstances, but this time anger was much stronger than imbarazzo1. So he stayed, one brow quirked, waiting for the feline in front of him to speak.

At least Edward looked mortified, his stare lowered on his plat, ears flattened. The restorer couldn't be sure if it was because he had hit a sore button or because the feline didn't like to be dragged in an argument in public, and on a first date to bout. However Luca needed to know that; he was sorry that it might ruin the lovely appuntamento2they were having, but he couldn't keep ignoring such a thing.

The lupo waited, silently, for the cat to speak up first. He looked at the cougar, his white furred muzzle framed by black markings on a golden fur, and he knew that this was an important moment. Luca liked this guy, hell, he was sexy and was fun to be around! A killer combination. But Carlo had seemed the same, back in the days, he couldn't afford to make another mistake as him.

Finally, the mountain lion opened his muzzle, without raising his gaze, though he managed to mutter just two words. "Oh, quello3."

"Yes, that." The canine repeated, not adding more, and trying to get less frost in his voice. "Care to explain?"

"There is nothing much to explain...." The feline closed himself as a riccio4, seemingly not wanting to share his reasons. Luca sighed, realizing that the stick wouldn't work, nor was it a good way to talk with a potential... something.

"Listen, Ed. I am sorry I shouted, I shouldn't have." The wolf began, trying to infuse as much sympathy and calmness in his voice as possible. "But you should tell me. You told me before that you had a girlfriend, and..."

He paused, waiting to see how the feline reacted before continuing. His ears gained a bit of perkiness, and even if he wasn't still looking at him, he was raising his eyes a bit; all good signs, all in all, so he went on. "And if I am correct, you want something to happen... Between us. So, please, can you explain me?"

This time the cougar looked at the other male, and some of the gloom that had fallen on him was swept away from his handsome features. He took a deep breath before starting to talk, narrating his story to the lupine.

"For starters, I want to say I didn't invent her. Johanna I mean." The young fur said, stopping to see if the other was understanding.

"Vai avanti5." The lupo replied soberly, trying to stretch a shaky smile on his muzzle. Here it went one of the possibilities, maybe the one that would have been simpler... But it left the more complicated ones.

"So, well... I've known Johanna since I was a kitty, back in Rome. She is my next door neighbor at home." The cougar continued, seemingly getting a heavy weight from his heart with each word.

"Quindi6 you are best of friends." Luca guessed, receiving a nodding. He was already figuring where it was going, or at least hoping it was the thing, but still he let the feline tell his own story.

"Yes. I knew what I was since I was ten, and she did just a bit later." The sparkle in his eyes showed that those memories were cherished, meaning that his coming out to his friend had gone perfectly. He stopped a moment, waiting for comments, but the lupine had nothing to say yet, so he was left to continue.

"My Rome isn't such a big town, so for all high school she helped me." Edward paused, maybe a bit too melodramatically, which spurned a smile from the lupo for the silliness. "Namely, she pretended to be my girlfriend."

"That surely had saved you a lot of... stuff." The lean restorer commented, a bit envious of that. He... didn't have the most wonderful moments during high school, not that it had been something completely awful. But he would have liked such a cover back then... It would have saved him some pain.

"At the end of high school, we decided to go to the same university, though majoring in different subjects." He told the next chapter of his tale. "The charade continued for the first few months there."

A sudden realization dawned in Luca's mind, a dramatic twist that might have sconvolto7 the young fur's life back then. "Until she fell in love with someone."

A smile finally appeared on the puma's muzzle, a shadow of his usual grin. "No, not that. Well, she did find someone and that bull is still her boyfriend."

"Then, what..." The lupo said, half question, half trailing off, his head tilted in puzzlement. He almost had imagined a situation worth one of those romantic comedies, full of misunderstandings and twist; but that didn't seem the case.

"I just came out. College was a different environment, staying there helped me realize I could show openly who I really am." Edward was beaming while saying that, his smile having increased. "I even manage to tell my parents!"

"With Johanna help, scommetto8." The lupo smiled back, knowing what had been the outcome of that.

"Yep. Even if it went well, I appreciated her being there." The cougar told him, his smile turning in a grimace. "More so since she stopped my little sister's very... detailed questions."

"Eeheh lucky me that Valerio didn't ask any." The wolf chuckled. He could guess that girls were more at ease with asking about the mechanics of gayness than boys; which meant, it had spared him much embarrassment with his brother, and with Ale too.

"Lucky you, Vicky still corners me demanding explanations." The grimace turned in a small laugh, even if the puma was complaining about that he didn't find such a behavior that bad, in the end. "So, when me and Johanna decided to take on the opportunity to study in Rome, I informed myself on the local level of... friendliness."

"And found that it might not be a good idea to show your true colors." Luca concluded to him, then frowned at the memory of a certain husky. "And unfortunately had a taste of it."

"Yeah." The puma nodded. "It was easier to get back to the old habit... More so since her boyfriend very much liked the idea."

"How so?" The lupine asked, curious. He couldn't think of a good reason why a straight guy would accept having his girlfriend acting a beard to someone... Their way of thinking couldn't be that different, no?

"Well, because this way I'm chasing away any possible rivals." The mountain lion purred, as if the answer had been obvious. It really wasn't, but the canine could see the reasons why the unnamed bull would like that.

"So... I have only a couple of questions left." Luca said, dropping his gloom and anger entirely. He sure understood why his date had done that, it could be tough to be gay at times, and diverging any bad attention was always good...

"Then shoot, cowboy." The feline replied, regaining his true cheerful self.

"Why didn't you tell me Johanna is your beard? I mean, right now, at the beginning of the conversation!" The lupine rumbled in amusement, the big cat following in the chuckle.

"I thought you would have liked a bit of backstory!" Edward accused him with fake indignation.

"Of course I do! But you could have said that right away!" He continued accusing him, even though it was just mockingly.

"Okay, okay! And I will beat you on the second question: no, I don't have any boyfriend waiting for me in 'Murrica." The American waiter revealed the most important piece of information left, that eased his soul a lot.

"I was not going to ask you that." The lupo defended himself, his ears flicking with fake offesa9.

"Oh you were." The feline jabbed at him with a wide grin. "So, what about you?"

"What about what?" Luca replied, faking innocent obliviousness.

"You have someone waiting in America... or here?" The big cat mused, though there was some seriousness in his words.

"No, no one here or in the Stati Uniti10." The other answered, a fleeting thought to the first Stanley pushed aside for its impossibly.

"Well, that is good to know." The cougar smiled in a mischievous way, as Luca felt something pressing against his crotch gently. He didn't need to look down to know that a certain golden cat had extended his footpaw under the table, to put it between his legs, teasingly pressing it against his now hardening cock.

"Y-yeah." Luca mumbled stupidly, feeling himself blushing hard to the audacity of the younger fur. The footpaw moved a bit, pressing and almost stroking, probably causing a mess in his underwear. More than probably actually.

"So, since we have finished our food and drinks... Maybe we can go to have some dessert. Maybe some cream at your place?" The puma purred seductively, even if the dog could see some insecure blush on his white cheeks, betraying his youth. The line was a bit cheesy too, but he didn't care, honestly, his mind was focused on the paw against his virilità11.

The lupine, seeing the waitress passing just then, quickly grabbed her, hopefully not hurting her, but he needed to be done there as quickly as possible. "Il conto, per favore!12" He asked, his voice almost giving in.

***** *****

Ale looked from afar as his friend called for the waitress, stopping him from doing the same. The rottie was burning with curiosity, he perfectly knew what the two of them had been talking about, since the lupo had screamed it at the top of his lungs.

"You think they sorted it out?" The buff restorer asked his girlfriend, his ears flicking with anxiety and threatening to make his hat fall for the ennesima volta13 since the start of their conversation.

"Uhm, I am not sure, you know, I am giving them the shoulders after all." The sheppie replied, though she was smiling. The rottie wasn't sure if that show of pearly teeth was to reassure you or something; it sure did its work, if that was the case.

"Right. Maybe I should ask Sara." The male dog rumbled, his paw grabbing and typing in no time.

Did you manage to make out anything?

His eyes were kept on the other couple, from there it seemed everything was fine.... Maybe Luca was a bit stiff all of sudden... But why he was in a hurry to get the bill? Because that was the case, since Jessica was already returning with a small dish and a piece of paper over it.

The device in his paw vibrated for a new message, even though he hadn't turned it off and the text had appeared immediately on the small screen.

Non sono sicura14.

Gonna come to your table once they are gone

So it left him waiting, watching his friend paying the waitress and hurryingly leaving. Such speed must mean something has gone wrong with the date, so much that Luca had to put an end to it? Now the lupo was going to the exit, the puma trailing off, so ma-

"Ale?" The voice of his girlfriend called him, as he saw his friend and his.... something walk away, already past Sara and Lidia.

"Si?" He asked, not turning.

"Your phone. Sta squillando15." She noticed, his head snapping to look at his phone. Indeed, it was ringing, with a huge LUCA label on it! God, did he saw them? He shouldn't have turned at the lupo's shout, should have minded his business, now what he was going to do?

Looking in Clara's calm and reassuring eyes, the Rottweiler knew he had to answer and face the consequence. It was the most honorable and right thing to do, that was the silent message of the German shepherd. Or so He thought it was.

Taking a huge breath, he pushed the green blinking button, praying for the best. "Si?"

"Hey Ale! It's Luca!" The lupo chimed cheerfully, which meant that he wasn't going to be scolded... probably.

"Yeah, I know it is you!" The rottie replied, trying to be as nonchalant as possible. "How are things going?"

"They are going well! We are at this pub having fun." The lupo lied to him, though it was a little enough lie that wasn't worth to upturn.

"Well, good." He said, not sure where the conversation was going. He could see his girlfriend's brows furrowing in curiosity, she surely was wondering the same and silently asking for explanation he, at the moment, couldn't give.

"Good! In the end you stayed home?" The lupo asked, with his usual calm tone that made the question a bit less innocent than it looked. Ale thought quickly, his roommate didn't seem to have caught he wasn't home, but if he said he was and he was going there and he couldn't find him it might get him suspicious and...

"Nah, I called Clara to go and have some beer together." The rottie said the truth, or at least part of it. The named sheppie perked her ears in surprise, to which he gestured her an apologize. But with this kind of things it was always better to go with lies as close at the truth as possible, no?

"Oh, cool! Cool cool cool." Luca's repetition was a good sign, but for what? The chair beside him rustled, welcoming a sitting squirrel, something that almost frightened him but he managed to just jump on his own seat. Just a bit.

"Yeah, she says ciao!" The buff canine said, though Clara was not really doing that, just staring at him and at the two ladies that had just joined them at their table.

"Likewise! Senti16 Ale..." The lupine hesitated, as he often did when he was about to ask for a favor. "Any chance you will sleep at her place tonight?"

That made his ears do a flick. Why would he want him out of the apartment? He looked at his girlfriend, who was close enough to have heard that part of the conversation; her face was beaming with understanding, and nodding excitedly at him, so at least he knew the answer to that.

"Yeah, I think I will pass the night a casa sua17." He answered, earning a happy smile from his sheppie and, strangely enough, Lidia too.

"Okay, good to know! Won't keep you further from her then, enjoy your evening!" His friend dismissed him hastily, seemingly content with the answer.

"Uhm, okay, you too." He wished back, hearing the familiar click of an ended conversation resonate against his hear. Sighing, he put down his phone, not sure of what just happened. "Thanks for housing me tonight Clara."

"You think that is anything but a pleasure for me?" The canine woman smiled at him, like he had just said a silly thing.

"So, did you two get something from their conversation? I mean, after he shouted." Ale asked his accomplices, hoping to get some information from them.

"Nope, we were too far. Just get that the tones calmed down rather quickly." Sara shook her head in defeat, even though her expression was happy for some reasons.

"And did that... cameriera18. Not that we need to guess how it went." The tigress purred, the other two women nodding at her words.

"And... how it went?" The rottie asked, confused. It didn't seem that clear to him, they just talked a bit and after that they left. That could mean anything!

"You really can't guess it?" The rodent asked him salaciously, getting an even more confused frown from the dark canine in return.

"No. Care to tell me?" He pressed them, not bearing to be left ignorant like that.

"Uhm, how to put it..." The sheppie mumbled, her paw caressing her jaw as she was trying to find the right words.

"Right now, the kitty is on his way to get stuffed by a dog. If they aren't doing something in the car that is." The feline beat her on that, making him blush madly for such lewdness. That had taken aback the other two women too, with Clara gulping down her beer and Sara looking in her purse for the embarrassment.

"H-how do you know that?" The rottie finally asked, not sure that those two were on their way to... stuff.

"Isn't that obvious? All the rush to get the conto, to get away from the pub..." His fellow restorer began to list the various hints to such an ending.

"... He called you to know if the house is and will remain free..." The canine continued.

"... And the cougar was playing footsy with Luca." The tigress concluded with a purr. "Or so the waitress told me."

"W-well than it is that." He blushed hard, hoping that the other three didn't notice that. It seemed like his friend was going to get lucky with the cat... Which was good. He needed some action. It still left many questions hanging, but he would have to ask them later, no?

"Yep. And it ends our operation too. I would like to go to my dear Franco now." Sara sniffed, raising from her chair and staring at her friend until she did the same.

"I understand. Sorry for dragging you two in this...." The rottie apologize, doing as to stand up but stopped by a firm gesture of the older squirrel.

"No need for that. It was a pleasure to help you." She smiled brightly, taking away his worries of having ruined her evening with this... charade. "Just enjoy your evening you two!"

"Same for you Sara!" The sheppie in front of him chimed.

"See you tomorrow." The Rottweiler said more somberly. "And see you soon Lidia."

"I'm sure we will soon tesoro!" The striped cat mewled, walking to follow her friend and already starting to talk with her. "Are you really sure you don't want to come to the disco with me, tesoro? It will be..."

The rest of the phrase was lost to them, silence falling on them now. This whole evening had been somewhat crazy, from this plan to follow his best friend on his date to finding out his bone might be... busy soon enough. He looked at his marvelous girlfriend, who just smiled at him in her lovely way.

"Thank you for helping me in this." Ale told her, extending his paw to grab her own and squeeze it.

"You know it is my job to help you." The other simply replied, squeezing back. "Plus, it has been such a blast to organize this!"

"Eheheheh yeah it has." The darker canine chuckled, seeing how funnily silly all that had been. "So you are all sure that... Luca and Edward are going to...»

"Scopare19 ?" Clara finished, grinning devilishly at seeing the embarrassed reaction of her boyfriend. "Oh yeah, I had noticed that."

"W-well, okay, not fun teasing me..." He stuttered, but still kept his paw were it was. He should have been much more careful, act less embarrassed, now the sheppie was going to use that as a weapon against him!

"No, it sure is fun! And cute that you are like that when gay sex is mentioned." She kept doing it, merciless, and with such an innocent smile!

"It is Luca's private life, his own business..." The rottie replied. It was the truth, after all, didn't need to know where the lupo stuck his cock... or where other cocks were stuck in him or...

"Yeah, you are right. I spare you the vivid description of a gay 69, how they do mutual fellatio and so on...." The woman teased him again, placing images in his mind that made him fear he would die from blushing.

"And how would you know that?" He tried to stop her by asking question, trying hard to make the redness disappear.

"Guido, of course. But enough of that." Clara's smile turned from mischievous to seductive. "I would like to fill this night with some old hetero sex..."

The implication was clear to Ale, who stifled when he felt a gentle poke from a footpaw, going up his leg to his crotch, the lithe canine chuckling at what she found there ready for action. Now the redness on his cheeks was for another reason, as he raised his paw to attract Jessica.

Translation:

1) Embarrassed.

2) Date.

3) Oh, that.

4) Hedgehog, Close up as a hedgehog is an expression in Italian to mean someone is on the defense.

5) Go on.

6) So.

7) Upset, distraught.

8) I bet.

9) Offence.

10) United States.

11) Virility.

12) The bill, please!

13) Umpteenth time.

14) I am not sure.

15) (The phone) is ringing

16) Listen.

17) At her place

18) Waitress.

19) To fuck?