Giovanni reluctantly glanced into the greens staring at him with a look of reprimand. He immediately put together that he was in trouble for something he did that Luciano did not like or approve of. The intensity of his emerald eyes pierced and seared through him. The tension between them threatened to consume him, an energy which crackled after being ignited like a flame. Nervously, he blinked up at him.
"Why are you just wandering off without informing me?"
He could not help but think about the words of the clerk before he went to the convenience store and an irritable frown marred his expression.
"Why do I need to inform you about every little thing I do?" he mused defiantly. "You're not my boyfriend."
"What?"
After swallowing a gulp, he tried not to stammer his next words, "You heard me."