AN: Ciao guys! So, I know I still haven't posted the next chapter to La Bella Madre Italiana, but I'm working on it, so please be patient with me :) I don't know when the next chapter for that and Why? Will be posted, but probably sometime this week or the weekend? So yeah, just hold on a little longer. Um, anyway, so I saw this AU on tumbler, well, more like someone took a picture of it and showed it to me since I don't have a tumbler XD but basically, everyone sees gray, and you don't see any colors. Until you touch your soulmate's hand, and then the world bursts into color! And as long as your around your soul mate, then your world will always be in color. I absolutely LOVE AND ADORE this idea, and I really wanted to use it. I would credit the idea, but I don't know who created it :( I couldn't get this idea out of my head, so here it is. It's Spamano, as most of my stories are, and I really hope you like it! If you came up with this idea, or know the person who did, please message me! I would love to thank them or you for coming up with this brilliant AU :)
Disclaimer-I don't own anything in this story! None of the characters, I don't own the anime, I don't own NADA!
Everyone knows that the world is gray, no colors at all. Really, it is, I'm being serious.
From the time you're born, all you see is gray, light and dark shades of it so you can tell what a couch is, and so forth. During the day, the sky is almost white to some, or a very light grey to others. At night, the sky is pitch black, with light grey dots that are the stars. The moon is pretty much the same, big, milky, and white.
Everything is grey, and white and black.
At least, until you find your soul mate.
The one you're destined to be with, and who'll love you forever, and you will love them. For some reason, you have to touch their hand, more specifically, their ring finger, since the vain in that finger connects to the heart. Once you do, your world bursts into color; you can see red, blue, green, orange, brown, pink, every color that people talk about. And this is how you know that you've found the one you're meant to be with.
Most of the time, the other sees color too, and they experience the same wonder that you do. Once you touch, and see the world for what it truly is, your chest feels warm, at least, that's what everyone says.
Everyone usually asks the other "Do you see it?" just to make sure, and if the other says "Yes", you are very lucky. Because, you do have the unfortunate souls, who find the person they love, and see the brilliant colors around them, and ask the same question, but the other says "No", or "What do you mean?"
Those poor people die quickly, since their heart can't bear having to go back to the grey world. Their heart literally cracks out of sadness, and cracks to the point to where they can't survive. Doctors still can't and haven't been able to find the cure for this, but are still trying to find a cure for "HeartBreak" to this day.
Loving Vargas was just fine with his grey world, and unlike everyone else, didn't want to find his 'soul mate'.
He was a twenty-two year old man, who owned the only Italian restaurant in town. He, obviously, had not found his love yet, and wasn't planning to. His brother, Feliciano, already had found 'the one' two years ago, and was always telling Lovino how 'pretty colors are, and how wonderful the world looks when you see them'.
Feliciano had told him countless times how he wanted to help his fratello find his soul mate and they could all be happy, but each time, Lovino said no to his brother's help.
Honestly, he was scared that he would find the one he loved, and end up having "HeartBreak" instead. He was curious about the colors of the world, and part of his heart longed to see them, but Lovino always pushed that piece of his heart into submission, and never let it come up in conversations he had with others.
Also, Lovino was disliked by everyone he knew, save for his one friend, grandfather, and brother. The rest hated him because he wasn't nice like his brother, and was always shouting and cursing at other people. So to Lovino, who would love him in the first place? He may not see color, but he sure didn't have the greatest looks, so he doubted anyone would like his appearance.
So, Lovino never bothered trying to find his so called "love".
To be honest, it wasn't Lovino's fault he acted this way to others, it was just how he showed his emotions, he wasn't the best in expressing them, but he knew how to use anger. He did have his moments though, usually only around the three people he trusted, his sweet moments, where he blushed like mad, and was kind and considerate to them.
His only friend worked in his restaurant, and his name was Matthew. He was a shy Canadian, who also hadn't found his love, and was very nice to Lovino. Feliciano thought that they were each other's soul mate, but when they shook hands, nothing. The world was still as grey as ever. So, they stayed friends, and became best friends, since Matthew wasn't noticed by anyone.
Lovino, Feliciano, and their grandfather, Romulus, never understood why everyone saw through Matthew. Literally. No one saw him, and when they did, they didn't recognize him, even though Matthew has lived in this town all of his life. So, Matthew was considered part of their family.
He had long hair, almost reaching down to his chin, sparkling eyes, which for some reason, Feliciano found pretty cool. Lovino guessed it was the color Feliciano saw that made his eyes unique. Matthew also had a weird curl, which spiraled from the top of his head, almost down to the length of his hair. Lovino, Feliciano, and Romulus also had odd curls.
Romulus had multiple ones sprouting from different areas of his head, Feliciano had just one that defied gravity, and seemed to stay up on his own. This one stayed on the left side of his head, while Lovino had a similar curl that stayed on the right. These curls that the Vargas family had were very sensitive, and would secretly turn them on if you pulled them, so they were very careful of protecting them.
Well, not so much for Feliciano, Ludwig never pulled it in public, so Feliciano didn't see the problem of leaving it unprotected.
Ludwig was Feliciano's soul mate that was mentioned earlier, and he annoyed Lovino to no end. It's just that, he was the complete opposite of his brother! Ludwig was a tall, stern, German man, who was a year younger than Lovino, making Ludwig a year older than Feliciano. Ludwig had the personality of a soldier in command, and always seemed to have a stick up his ass. In Lovino's opinion anyway. Since Ludwig was twenty-one, he was almost done with college, majoring in a degree for medicine, and was actually in the Air Force.
Lovino, though he hated him, respected the German slightly for that, but it pissed him off when he had to leave for deployments, Feliciano's world would dull slightly, and he would cry. But, they loved each other, and that made Feliciano happy, so Lovino tried not to be an asswhole to him. Well, half of the time anyway.
So, Romulus said that Ludwig was part of the family, and he was actually planning to propose to Feliciano on their next anniversary. Even though it made Lovino want to barf from the thought of being related to the bastard.
Currently, Lovino was in his office at his restaurant, talking to Matthew, when his only other employee barged through the door, and said "Mr. Vargas. I'm sorry, but I quit." And left the room in a hurry.
Matthew looked slightly shocked and confused, wondering why another person wanted to quit. "Damn it. I need another chef. The restaurant's already closed for today, but I need one tomorrow!" Lovino said, with a scowl on his face. He knew why people quit; they could hardly stand his personality. Thank God Matthew hadn't left, or his restaurant would've been finished by now.
Matthew put a hand on Lovino's shoulder, and smiled, saying "Don't worry Lovino, you always find a way to hire another person. And besides, you know I can call my cousin Francis if no one comes in by tomorrow. He's an amazing cook!"
Lovino shuddered at the thought of Francis Bonnevoy working at his restaurant. Francis was a friend of the family, and was Matthew's only family besides the Vargas's that knew who he was. However, he was a shameless flirt, who made moves on everyone. But, Lovino knew, that he never forced anyone to sleep with him, and never took advantage of them. But he still freaked Lovino out, because Francis still flirted with him, since they were 'friends'.
"Fine. Can you call him just in case? I'm gonna put this damn sign out." Matthew nodded, and started to call his cousin, and soon, murmuring French was all Lovino could hear. So sighing, he went to the front door of the restaurant, and put up his hand-made sign that said "HELP NEEDED-BE A DAMN CHEF" Lovino nodded to himself that it looked fine, and was about to head back to his office to pay his bills from home, when his brother barged through the door, and hugged him tightly.
"Ciao Fratello! Ve~ How come your sign is out? I thought you already had a chef that worked for you!' Feliciano said, finally standing up and helping Lovino stand up as well. Feliciano was smiling like always, and his eyes were shining with his usual happiness.
Lovino sighed, and walked over to one of the tables, and sat down, putting his head in his hands. "He quit, for no damn reason. And if I don't get a chef by tomorrow, I'm fucked." Lovino said, relaxing slightly when his brother hugged him more gently this time. He really did love his brother, he just couldn't express it very well.
"Well, I'm sure that someone will want a job! It'll be okay fratello~" Lovino sighed, and was about to reply with his own comment, when someone walked in the door. A very handsome someone. "Hola! I was walking by, and I saw that someone needed a chef?" Lovino looked up curiously to see who could be wanting the job, and thinking how quick that was, when his jaw dropped open.
The man was taller than Lovino, but shorter than Ludwig, and he had curly hair that fell in front of his eyes slightly. He had a wide grin on his face, and it was obvious that from the wrinkles around his mouth, that he smiled a lot. His eyes shown with slight nervousness, but excitement and happiness as well and Lovino knew that he and Feliciano would get along very well.
For once, Lovino was internally begging to see what color the man's eyes were.
Instead of having Feliciano describe them to him, he stood up from his place at the table, and walked up to the man. "Ciao, you're here for the job?" Lovino felt his hear flutter when the man turned his eyes on him, and felt himself blush, feeling extremely short at the moment. "Si! I am, I'm guessing that you're the owner? I'm Antonio Fernandez Cardio sir." Lovino simply nodded, and made a 'come with me' motion so they could talk about business in his office.
His office isn't that much, just a desk, chair that he sat in, and two chairs in front of it. There were pictures of his friend Matthew, and of his family hanging around the walls, with paintings that Feliciano had made for him, and some that he had done himself. In the corner next to the one window, was a tomato plant that Lovino kept in there because he loved tomatoes.
He sat down, and Antonio did as well, smiling at Lovino as he started asking questions. "So, first of all, how old are you?" Lovino was curious, since he couldn't place an age on Antonio. "I'm twenty-four amigo, is that a tomato plant? I love tomatoes!" Antonio exclaimed happily, and Lovino felt the edge of his lips twitch, wanting to smile but forcing it down.
"Yes it is. That was actually going to be my second question, so you guessed correctly. Third question, do you have a degree in making food?" Antonio nodded, and Lovino stood up, thinking that Antonio would be a good employee. He didn't seem to mind his attitude, and he had a degree. "Well that settles it then. You're hired Antonio. You start working tomorrow at eight am, got it?" Lovino said, stretching out his hand to shake Antonio's.
Antonio stood up as well, but before shaking his hand asked, "I never got your name, what is it?" "Lovino Romano Vargas, but don't call me Lovi, Roma, or any other dumbass nicknames!" Antonio laughed-which Lovino thought sounded heavenly- and shook Lovino's hand.
That's when Lovino's world burst into color.
He gasped, and looked all around him, Feliciano was right, the colors were amazing! He felt that warm feeling in his chest that everyone says you get, and he looked at Antonio, who looked just as shocked and amazed. Lovino looked at his eyes, dying to know what color they were, and could not look away.
They were so damn beautiful! He was pretty sure that they were green, from what Feliciano had described to him, and he knew that green, was now his favorite color.
Suddenly, he grew terrified; what if Antonio just looked shocked because Lovino gasped? Oh God, he hoped that he was Antonio's soul mate, he didn't wasn't his heart to brake, and for him to die. So, he mustered up the courage, and asked softly, "Do you see it Antonio?" Turns out Antonio had been staring at him in amazement, thinking that Lovino was just as beautiful.
They fit together perfectly. With Lovino's hazel-Antonio was pretty sure that's what they were-and his green eyes, Antonio's dark tan skin with Lovino's slightly paler skin. They looked perfect together. Antonio looked into Lovino's eyes, and saw the slight fear of rejection in them. He had seen Lovino around the town, and had thought he was beautiful without color, but didn't want to come onto Lovino, so he stayed away for the most part.
But he talked to Matthew, wanting to know about him, and he thought that Lovino was an angel inside and out. So, he took Lovino's hand, making the Italian blush, put their foreheads together, and whispered so only the two of them could hear his words. "Yes. And it's beautiful, and amazing. However, none of the colors in the world compare to your beauty right now. You look so beautiful in color Lovino." Antonio stared into Lovino's wonderful hazel eyes, which seemed to have green specks in them.
Lovino stared back, smiling a bit before stepping back, though still holding Antonio's hand. "Okay...so how are we gonna do this?" Lovino asked shyly, his blush starting to die down. Antonio smiled, which Lovino grew slightly breathless at, and said "However you want to Lovi~" Lovino scowled at the nickname, but thought about what Antonio said.
He didn't really know anything about romance, and now that he was with his soul mate, it was slightly terrifying. To put it simply, he didn't know what to do. "I-I really don't know. Damn it this is just really fucking confusing, and I don't know how to handle it." Lovino admitted, might as well be honest to the person he was meant to be with.
Antonio just smiled, and pulled Lovino closer to his chest, sighing softly as Lovino wrapped his arms around his waist. "How about we take things slow. Get to know each other. Then we'll continue from there, okay? But just know that even though we just met today, I already love you with all of my heart." Lovino's curl shaped into a heart, as he blushed and nodded, and stepped back once more, wanting to see what the rest of the world looked like.
"C'mon dumbass, I wanna see all of the colors in the world" Antonio laughed and nodded, feeling himself being dragged outside, ignoring Matthew and Feliciano's shouts of confusion. Lovino thought that they could wait. That he would introduce Antonio to his family and friend later. Right now, he just wanted to see the skies, and the sun. The beautiful colors of their town.
But most of all, Lovino wanted to explore these things with Antonio. They were going to take it slow, and take their time with this relationship. Antonio wanted to get lost in Lovino's hazel eyes again and again, and Lovino wanted the same. Both of their hearts beat in unison as they looked around their town, and saw the world with new eyes.
Everything was so much brighter. But not just because of the true beauty of the world, but because of the person beside them. Antonio found his soul mate, and was determined to love him with all of his heart, when Lovino was ready. And Lovino was slowly feeling his heart burst hard with emotion.
Antonio and Lovino spent all day walking around, getting to know each other better. Talking about their pasts, their hopes for the future, everything.
And as Lovino and Antonio finally sat down at a near park bench, holding each other close, they watched their first sunset as soul mates.
In color.
AN:YES IT WAS SAPPY DEAL WITH IT! SO...did you guys like it? I hope you did, but if you didn't, then that's okay too~ Anyway yeah, so, chapter six for La Bella Madre Italiana will be posted this week I swear! I have more free time now that its Spring Break, so I'll also be posting the third chapter for Why? This week too! So, until the next story, or next chapter in any of my other stories, Peace!
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