Afonso wanted to do something. Lately, things had been a bit tense between himself and Luciano and he was aware he wasn't helping the situation by being his normal sulking in silence self.
So when Luciano asked if he wanted to come with him to a party with his latino friends, Afonso said yes.
Luciano was both shocked and thrilled. He told Afonso it was going to be so fun to finally bring him to one their parties as his boyfriend and that they were going to have a great time.
Afonso wasn't so sure, but he wanted Luciano to be happy, even if his friends were either indifferent or hated Afonso's guts. So he smiled at Luciano, he looked excited to go, and tried to hid his shaking hands inside his pockets.
"Oh, by the way, if those guys give you a hard time don't take it personally, ok?" Luciano asked, a shy smile on his lips. "I'll deal with them if they do."
"So... is there a possibilty that they won't give me a hard time?" Afonso asked.
"Nope! But don't worry! They're really cool!"
Afonso smiled back, but it didn't reach his eyes. He could do this for Luciano. He had to.
When they arrived, Luciano's friend came to greet him and were already placing a can in his hands. Afonso was hugged by María and politely greeted by Sebastian and Manuel. Carlos had brought Matthew with him, making Afonso get more calm knowing he wasn't the only one who felt out of place. He and the Canadian have a nice chat while Luciano was hanging out with his long time partners in crime.
For a while, it felt good. Even when Luciano pulled Afonso into the group to gloat about his boyfriend's sailing skills, he starts to lose up as more questions he got about them. Luciano smirks behind him, he knew that the best way to get Afonso to talk was to bring up the sea.
Of course, like everything that happens in Afonso's life, good things don't last.
"Enjoying the party?" A tipsy Martin approaches him while Afonso was getting more dessert.
"You're welcome. I only tidy up this place when the guys wanna throw a party."
"It's a nice house you have here, Tinho."
He doesn't seem to have appreciated the nickname.
"It's funny, y'know?" Martin continues "a decade ago, me and Lucho had celebrated our anniversary here, and now I got his new guy partying here. How ironic."
"Hm" Afonso hums and nods. Seeing where this is going, he decides ice cream wasn't worth the trouble. But the blond follows him.
"How did you managed to do it huh? Because I thought he wasn't much into older guys, and less rich." he smirks.
"Maybe it was my higher alcohol tolerance" replies Afonso, he was getting annoyed "or my habit of not following people around while smelling like a gas station."
Afonso had went to far, indicated by Martin's scowl and him grabbing him by the shirt. He opens his mouth to shout but Luciano pushes him away in time, making him letting go of Afonso.
"The fuck is your problem?" Luciano shouts.
"He called me a drunkard!" Martin protests.
"So? You're acting like one!"
Afonso decides not to stay around, specially because the confusion had attracted curious eyes. He hears Martin mumbling something in spanish, that resulted into a loud thud, that makes everyone around gasp. Turning around, he sees Martin on the floor, holding his cheek, and Luciano standing with closed fists. The Brazilian makes his way between the crowd forming while Martin was still shouting offenses at him while being held by his brothers.
Afonso finds Luciano back at the griil
"Yeah, let's go" Luciano replies.
"I think you should stay."
"You think?" Luciano gestures at the commotion "I think I ruined a party."
The drive back home was silent for a while, until Afonso speaks "You didn't tell me you and Martin had your anniversary at that place."
"It mattered to him, so..."
Luciano clicks his tongue "It was decades ago, not my fault Martin didn't get over it."
Afonso stays quiet, Luciano grabs his leg while driving
"Don't invite me to more parties if Martin will be there."
"I don't care, like he said, I'm old, so I don't have patience for those soap operas of yours."
"Hope it won't make your friends mad at you"
Luciano snorts "It wasn't the first time me and Tincho fought. 2022 was worse..."
