A/N: This is something that I'm doing together with a friend of mine, who can be found on this website under the name of FlyingPigsAreEverywhere. We decided to randomly choose countries and write crack pairings about them. As you can see, this is oneshots we're talking about. This is my first, which happened to be Spain x China. My friend should post her first oneshot soon, too. I have about three more pairings to write about, which will be posted as the next chapters of this story as soon as I'm done with them and have had my friends read through them. Just so you know, before beginning to read: This oneshot takes place in a Human!AU.
The first time that Yao Wang meets Antonio Hernandez Carriedo, he's leaving his younger brother Lee at the day care. A new kid, the Italian boy Lovino Vargas, promptly insults him, calling him an "ugly lady". Yao can't help but feel a bit shocked at the behaviour of this young boy. Hasn't his parents taught him better? Before Yao has the opportunity to react, someone comes from behind Lovino and lifts him up. Despite Lovino's cries of protest, the man, who Yao would later learn is named Antonio, reprimands the young Italian and tells him that "it's impolite to say things like that to such a beautiful lady". Antonio lets the boy down, which results in Lovino scoffing and running away to play with a tomato plushy.
Then, Antonio extends a hand and introduces himself. Yao responds by half-screaming, half-speaking that he's actually a man. He can't help but feel a bit embarrassed at actually being taken for a girl. Again. Nevertheless, Antonio suddenly goes a little red and apologies. He then explains that he's new to the day care, coming all the way from Spain. Lovino is his stepbrother, along with the some years younger Feliciano Vargas.
There's something about Antonio that makes Yao fell drawn - if only a little bit - to him. Yao doesn't know what it is, but he doesn't really care either. Maybe it's the way that Antonio's green eyes sparkle when he talks about something he likes, or the way he smiles. What was originally supposed to take ten minutes at the most ultimately becomes around 20 minutes as Antonio and Yao talks. When Yao notices this as he steals a glance at the clock, he quickly becomes a little bit pale. He's going to be late to work. Quickly apologizing and stealing a hug from the (quite) unwilling Lee, Yao bids farewell. But not before exchanging numbers with Antonio and a promise of meeting soon again.
Said promise is soon fulfilled, only three days later when Yao is picking up Lee from the day care. Antonio looks at him and smiles, not quite making Yao's hearts stop, but being pretty damn close. He quickly tries to shake the feeling off before greeting the Spaniard. This is only the second time they meet, he reminds himself. He barely knows Antonio. Some would say that it could be "love at first sight", but Yao's been in love before, he's been hurt before, and he doesn't believe in such a thing as love at first sight. Not second or third either. Yet... He can't deny that he enjoys Antonio's company. But that doesn't mean that it's love.
The third time that Yao and Antonio meets, it's at Feliciano's birthday party. Feliciano is a happy child who quickly befriends just about anyone as long as long as they don't scare him. Therefore, he invites the whole day care group when he's asked to invite his friends to his birthday party. Therefore, Lee is also invited. As a direct consequence, Yao happens to be the one to get him there. Resulting in Yao once again meeting Antonio. The happy Spaniard invites Yao to stay for a couple of minutes. Not having any other things going on, Yao accepts the invitation. He soon finds out that he really do enjoy spending time with Antonio. Still, Yao doesn't believe that it's love.
Antonio does however, to Yao's surprise. When Antonio asks him out a few weeks after they have first met, Yao's first reply is a surprised "WHAT?" Antonio looks a bit hurt at Yao's answer, but goes on to talk about how he understands if Yao doesn't feel the same way, still smiling. But Yao can see the hurt, the pain behind the smile. And can't help but wonder how many times his smile has been to hide pain. Even though Yao doesn't love Antonio - at least he tries to convince himself that he doesn't - Yao simply can't stand to see that kind of smile on Antonio's face. Antonio is supposed to be happy, supposed to smile out of happiness, not to hide pain and hurt. That's the only reason - Yao thinks - as he says that maybe, maybe, they could give it a try. And Antonio looks so happy.
One date turns into two, and two dates turn into three. Before Yao knows it, Antonio and him are going out. He's been in love before, so he recognizes it. He's in love with Antonio. Before, he's been afraid of being hurt, thus denying whatever he may have felt towards Antonio at that point. He can't help but feeling a bit afraid of this ending in heartbreak still, but he trusts Antonio. Because hey, this was the guy who called him beautiful before he even knew his name, despite the fact that Antonio believed him to be a girl. Yao can't deny... That he's actually happy with Antonio. He truly is. When asked, he can't tell exactly what it is about Antonio that he loves. Maybe it isn't something that you can put words on. Since he can't decide, Yao often settles on that, should someone ask. The most important thing is that he's happy with Antonio, and that's it.
To think that it all started with a little boy calling him an ugly lady.