Assassin's Creed One Shots

A Gift of Roses (AU Ezio X Reader)

Glossary at the end.

And credits to the artist for drawing the picture above, Ezio is just too darn cute XD  I had to put it here.

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"Buongiorno, (y/n)!"  You hear someone say happily as they come through the cafe door.  You lift you head to see a close friend of yours come over to you from the other side of the counter, and you laugh kindly as he smiles at you.

"Good to see you Federico."  You say as you stop cleaning the counter.  He walked over to you and leaned onto the wooden table.

"You look troubled."  he said, making you blush a bit from his sudden observation, "are you alright?"

To be honest, you weren't.  Today marked the first year of your relationship with Federico's brother, hence how he knew you so well that he was practically your best friend; Ezio Auditore hadn't even called, texted or even attempted to contact you today, and the day was half over.  Another hour and you were headed home, and by the time you did arrive at your apartment it would have been almost eight o'clock so you figured calling him would have been pointless.  How could he have possibly forgotten your one year anniversary?  Especially with how happy you two were, even his mother Maria admitted that the two of you were perfect for each other and that she had never seen her son so happy before.  Ezio never mentioned anything that he had to do today, so you kept praying that he'd call, but he never did. 

You snapped out of your thoughts as you felt a cold hand on your forehead.  Federico was beginning to worry about his baby brother's companion.

"You're not warm so no fever, yet you don't look like yourself."

"Yeah?" You say as you pull his hand down and scowl at him, "well you're hands are freezing.  Jesus Federico you know it's freezing out!"

"That's why I came in for a cup of your special cioccolata calda!"

You grin and take out a mug from behind the counter.  "The usual then?"

"Si per favore."

You begin to pour the chocolate from the machine into Federico's mug and watch it as it pours into the bottom.  He always came here every other afternoon for either hot chocolate or just to talk with you which was nice of him, especially on these long and boring days.  There was barely anyone in the shop so you sat there mostly at the bar flipping through one of your books.  Plus it was snowing out so it was a dreary day, cold and calm.

You turn to give Federico his mug of cocoa.

"Cream?"

He shakes his head and smiles pleasingly.  "Of course."

You reached behind the counter to grab the can of whip cream and squeeze some into his cup.  His satisfied face smiled as he cautiously took his first sip, a smile instantly spreading across his face.

"Delizioso (y/n)," he said as he smiled up at you, "you are truly a marvel at cocoa making."

After giving him a small laugh you feel your phone suddenly vibrate in your pocket.  You reach for it and pull it out to look at the screen, and once you did, the most disappointing look came on your face.  A grunt came from you as well as you shoved it back into your pocket, ignoring the caller as you went to push back your (h/c) hair out of your face.  Then you mumbled to yourself.

"Now he decides to call. . ."

Federico took notice of your sudden mood change and immediately set his mug down.