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ooh awesome prompt, lovely! sorry for the late response! :")

they only started actually dating a few years after school

sure there's feelings and tension there from day one maybe but alberto is too chicken to ask luca out

i think the initial thought is going to get gelato, but that was something they did as kids (if you squint) and i feel like they'd want to cross the grey area between "is this a friend thing or a dating thing" yk?

knowing them, their typical ideas of The Perfect Date are very different

luca would want to go walking down portorosso at night or during a festival where there's pretty lights

or look into bookstores and shop windows

where alberto would rather fix up the vespa/next new project over a messy dinner alberto pointedly will make for them and cheap wine

so because they're hopeless alberto guilt trips giulia into figuring it out

the compromise: giulia throwing some boxes of pasta at alberto and telling luca to put a record on the gramophone and just stay home

they wouldn't kiss on the first date even though they've shared little cheek kisses throughout the years

but alberto as a last minute idea steals flowers from some neighbor's garden (uproots them-) and gives them to luca, even though he's covered in dirt and clay

they're hopeless your honor

babY you’re too talented imma cry

They took a few second glances at the mess, then back to Alberto, all smiles and encouraging whispers, when the other whispered to Luca’s ear, “We could go for a swim.”

Hi my loveeeeee ahhhhh my amazing loveeee

'Luca missed his scales like an old friend. It was a longing. Being on land became harder than they’d like to admit―a coffee mug of water Alberto always brought to bed made Luca squeeze their eyes shut.'