A game, or real life? (Ezio x reader)

Hate can only last so long

"Oh really? Now I'm really curious." I giggled out. But Sofia didn't say more as she undid my ponytail and began to brush my graying hair. I closed my eyes at the relaxing feeling as I let her do as she pleased. I wasn't going to push her. If she didn't want to talk, then I wouldn't ask. And that was alright. To me, this was just karma.

Before I knew it, it was time for us to head out. And as I suspected, Sofia took us straight to the park near Hagia Sofia, carrying a picnic basket. I began to smile. Was this what she had planned? A picnic down by the park. Ohh, how nostalgic that felt... "You know, you could've told me what your plans were." I remarked with a light smirk once we got there. Sofia began to set everything up, spreading out on the green grass a breathtakingly beautiful sheet of vibrant golden and orange hues.

"And would it still be a surprise had I told you?" she asked back, and I swear to God, she was smirking. She began to take food out of the basket, of which I immediately recognized as them being of italian origin. And not just that, but things Ezio and I got to eat pretty dang often back when we were in Monteriggioni, or even in Venezia! Moleche, rixoto de gò, panzanella and even salame toscano! Ugh, my mouth was already watering at the sight! It must've been obvious, because I snapped out of it at the sound of her soft laughter. "Someone looks surprised!"

"If only you knew!" I exclaimed, smiling brightly as I sat next to her. "We would always eat this whenever Ezio and I had a picnic, back in Monteriggioni. It's a small citadel in Toscana."

"Looks like I picked just the right things." her tender smile was so pure, so...contagious...! I was about to speak, when I heard footsteps inching closer to us. And looking over, I couldn't prevent my eyes from wandering. Ezio looked so adorable as his surprised eyes studied what lay before him. Then, his eyes landed on me, and immediately, his gaze softened. A gentle, loving smile began to form on his lips.

"What is this?" he asked then, his free hand travelling upwards to lower his hood. Only then, did I notice that his right hand was full. Looking over to it, I saw that he was holding two gorgeous bouquet of flowers. White tulips and red roses. Ugh, I felt like such a teenager...!!

"Un regalo (A gift)! Siediti (Sit)!" she urged, smiling. Ezio did as told, but not before offering us each our respective bouquets, taking extra time to hand over mine. I honestly had to lower my gaze after meeting his for so long, as I was quickly forgetting that we were not alone. Ezio had seemed to forget that very minor detail too as he ran his fingers through his hair and let out a soft chuckle.

That had to be the best afternoon I had had in a long while. We were laughing, telling Sofia funny stories about ourselves, and we even told her about Aurora and Leandro and how they were waiting for us in Roma. But alas, towards the end of the afternoon, Yusuf came, telling us that something important awaited us back at the Headquarters. We had certainly been bummed out about it, but we knew that as Assassins, our duties came first. And so, were we were, walking back to the docks, my arm tangled with his as my free hand carried the nearly empty picnic basket, along with clues as to where the next book location was.

"You know...this got me wondering about something." I said, slicing away the comfortable silence surrounding us. "I wonder why it took a friend for us to actually go on a picnic, after all this time."

"I guess our duties always kept us away from it. And then, the twins came along, I became Mentore..." Ezio trailed off. "It always felt like we never had time for each other."

"Sfortunatamente (Unfortunately)." I shook my head, cracking a smile. "I had so much fun..."

"Me too." he nodded, and I could feel his eyes on me as we walked. "You look beautiful..."

"I never thought I'd miss wearing a dress, but..." I lightly giggled. "It really takes me back! It makes me feel 20 years younger."

"This afternoon made ME feel 20 years younger." he let out a deep chuckle. "Once we return, we are taking everyone out to our spot for a picnic."

"Now that's what I call a plan~" I gave him a playful smile before we continued to walk. Before we knew it, the sun was setting as we disembarked on the other side of the city and made our way to the headquarters, where my trained eyes soon landed on our new recruits up on the rooftops. But I wasn't on duty tonight, so I decided to leave lessons for another day and got in the Headquarters, followed by Ezio. We were immediately greeted by Yusuf's smiling self, who held out an envelope to me. I took it from him and gave the basket to Ezio before I walked further into the HQ so I could read the letter in peace. But before I could even open it...

"Ezio Auditore da Firenze...care to tell me why Yusuf just ate what remains of our salame toscano?" I slowly asked as I crossed my arms, glaring daggers at the Turkish Assassin. The bastard even had the courtesy of giving me that innocent, semi-guilty smile.

"I....let him...?" he hesitantly replied, but he quickly shut up upon seeing my death glare. Killhimkillhimkillhimkillhimkillhim-

"Ezio, amore mio (my love)...come here~" I purred, smirking as I began to slowly step closer to him. But much to my amusement, the great Mentore of the Assassin Brotherhood began to step back, until he was right next to Yusuf.

"Do you think she knows about the cake too...?" Yusuf tried to whisper, but I was close enough to hear everything as the two men began to step back. That's the last straw!! OUR cake too?!

"Yusuf Tazim da Istanbul..." I growled out, giving him an evil smirk. "I give you 2 seconds to run..." But 2 seconds was too long, as the Turkish Assassin suddenly ran away and towards the front door. My gaze was locked on his retreating form, until I heard soft chuckling coming from behind me. A soft, deep chuckle I knew too damn well. My gaze swiftly snapped back to Ezio, giving him one of my infamous glares. That shut him up right away. "Now....your turn..." I growled out, and by the time I reached out to a throwing knife on a recruit's belt, my sweet husband had already joined Yusuf on the other side of the room. I raised my arm to aim, smirking evilly. No one would know~....no one would know~