As everyone around him strives to feel love in all its diverse expressions, Gian Luigi Orsini continues to seek and find solace in silence. Some say it's simply not his way to openly love, or that he's too inhuman for such emotions. But when fate brings a young woman back from his earliest past, maybe even the most aloof and dispassionate of men can experience a change of heart.

When Nicolette's cousin,Cornelia,comes to Rome,Luciano can't seem to keep his eyes off her. This couldn't be love,could it? When Cornelia comes back to Rome to see her cousin Nicolette,a certain bespeckled man catches her eye. This can't be love,can it?

Takes place after the end of the anime "Ristorante Paradiso," Claudio wants to make Nicoletta happy... Gift fic for my friend, Jen.