Wrong number

14) summer break

- We went karting together and he had prepared a picnic to go on a field after! Yuki explained happily remembering the date. And he asked me out when you kept talking bout me in the group chat so he told me and we went there.

Pierre simply smiled at him and couldn't keep his eyes from him. When Charles looked back at the Frenchman he saw how he had heart eyes for the Japanese.

- Are you official or not tho? the monégasque asked curious.

- Well... we're taking this slowly, Pierre answered. But I'm sure we'll be.

- And you Charles, any boy or girl in your radar? Yuki asked winking at Pierre knowingly.

- Nope. I don't like anybody and I haven't met anyone in a long time.

- So you don't fancy anyone you already know, like in our group?

Charles looked at them with a weird look and even more suspiciously at Pierre who raised his hands innocently in the air.

- Why are you asking me this? he still looked suspicious.

- Cause we were talking bout love and it was your turn, the Frenchman said to defend himself. But are you suuuuure there's no one?

- Yes Pierre. I'm sure.

They changed subject and talked about ideas of things to do all three together. At the moment, they only had the idea of the party they wanted to do with the group. But they needed something for the rest of the week.

The next day Charles had proposed to them to go to the restaurant and they both agreed. They arrived to a nice traditional Italian restaurant and got seated. They had ordered drinks and Charles was siping his in silence as he third wheeled Pierre and Yuki. He rolled his eyes when Yuki got something on his cheek and Pierre rubbed it away with his thumb and the two giggled.

The monegasque was getting extremely lovesick since the beginning of the night and wished really hard at that moment to also have someone. But he knew it was difficult having and finding someone outside of F1 that would actually love him for who he really was. Pierre and Yuki were lucky to have found each other and be in the same world, which is F1. He was really craving someone at that moment. Someone to talk to, to cuddle at night, to share a family with. He just didn't know who yet.

So Charles tried to think of someone he knew that would love him and who Charles would love too. He went through his friends. Daniel, absolutely not. George, neither and he had Carmen already. Same for Alex, taken with Lily. Joris, hell no it was his childhood best friend. Juri, same thing. Alexandra, no she was a good person and all but he didn't love her like that. Charles suddenly thought of some beautiful ocean blue eyes and some blond hair. No he wasn't really thinking about him right now. Come on Charles he's your rival and a dumbass. But he indeed liked those eyes and those hair. He did need to admit he found him pretty. Stupid Verstappen, thinking of him again because of his best friend that was in love.

He tried to enter the conversation again yet failed miserably. But an angel fell from the sky coming from god, the waitress. She finally interrupted the couple who realise they were in public and straighten themselves up. Literally. She took their meal orders and left. Charles was finally able to have a real conversation and not feeling like the third wheel.

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Max didn't directly took a plane from Belgium to the Netherlands and waited to see his mum's side of the family. He wanted some calm before the chaos with Jos. He stayed for a few days with his mum and Victoria. He could see his nephews and genuinely relax since a long time. They had family dinners like they used too and planned to see each other again during the break.