fess up, vico

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While Adamo certainly had a habit of keeping people waiting, he was still a man of his word. He and Vico didn't have any missions to worry about for a good few days, so he took the opportunity to buy that wine he had mentioned to his partner a few weeks back. (Their previous missions had actually treated him pretty well, financially, but that was probably because he had sticky fingers when handling the nobler targets.) Vico had picky tastes, though, and the bottle he bought probably wasn't up to his par, but it would have to do. It wasn't the cheapest, nor the most expensive.

"Vico?" Adamo called as he emerged from the tunnel entrance, turning the corner. The bureau was always quiet by midday, the assassins usually away doing their assigned duties. (Except for a few unlucky ones in the armory who were cleaning. They must've angered Machiavelli.)

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"I thought you never wanted to know," he said, raising an eyebrow. It wasn't like Adamo had romantic endeavors as much as one night encounters, after all.

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"If I asked you to tell me about every person you've bedded, I'd never finish hearing the end of it," Vico said, raising both brows back, slapping Adamo on the shoulder. "Something real, I meant. Something important."

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Adamo laughed at being hit again. Vico was setting a record at this rate. "What do you want to know? Romance stories?"

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And again, adding one more to the count. "Is there anyone?"

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His shoulder jolted at the hit, but he disregarded it, looking thoughtful. "Hmm... Maybe."

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Vico immediately started. "You- what? You do? Lo non ci credo!"

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"Calm down, calm down," Adamo laughed. He considered making up an elaborate story about a love affair in Venezia with a beautiful woman (maybe even a man), but he knew better than to lie to Vico. It would come to bite (more like kick) him in the ass down the road when he found out. "Right now, there's no one."

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Rolling his eyes, Vico reeled back in a way that seemed to say, Should have known. He waved a hand at the other man, dismissive, but before he turned around to continue the exercise, he looked up, face serious. "But if there were, you would tell me, no?"

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"You'll be the first person I tell," he assured with a smile.

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Finally, his harsh expression of displeasure eased, and Vico smiled, nodding in contentment. A good answer - the one he had been looking for, because it was important that they could be there when one of them was not, and that fact might have held more significance to Vico than to Adamo, but he was satisfied, nonetheless. "Then make a better target this time, signore."

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Adamo had a satisfying feeling of surprise, because it wasn't often that Vico expressed the interest of their friendship's upkeep, unless Adamo pried it out of him. Then again, that could be healthy for a secretive person like Vico.

"Oh, I will," Adamo said as he backed up. This time, he didn't get distracted by thoughts of half of Roma.