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Title Tale of Two Brothers.
Long ago and far away, inside Italia there lived two brothers. Not together but apart due to some family issues, they have not even met each other. The eldest of the two lived with a spanish man named Antonio Fernandez Carriedo. They had a very unique relationship that often resulted in small arguments over mainly nothing however, Antionio had feelings for this child and often called him "Special". Antonio often enjoyed playing with the child, teasing him about small things he could not control. Even touching the curl that stuck out on the top of his head, this resulted violently as the child would scream and headbutt him in the gut. Overall, Antonio actually cared for the child even if he found him careless, clumsy, and basically unable to take care of himself. The child's name was Lovino Vargas.
Lovino spent most of his time as a child sitting on Antonio's couch and eating tomatoes. Antonio and Lovino shared a fiery passion for tomatoes and could not live without them. Of course then again Lovino would not eat anything unless it was his own cooking or Antonio's and even then it varied. Lovino often did not do what Antonio asked him to. If he asked to clean the bookshelves Lovino would ignore it. However, when he tried to clean he would just seem to make everything more of a mess he eventually just gave up. Lovino often came off hating Antonio calling him a "Stupid tomato bastard!" and ignoring him but deep down Lovino cared for his care taker but he didn't want to show it. He often found Antonio a pervert when touching his curl after Francis one of Antonio's friends had told him about "Teasing play". Up until that point Lovino didn't mind being touched their although he still head butted Antonio for it.
Lovino came off as hard to raise which was true since he never followed orders however, Antonio was just as bad. He would come home drunk and often with two or three men along with him. At these times Lovino would hide from them afraid of what might happen. Lovino knew the two men quite well though since they were often in the house at random times. There names were Francis Bonnefoy and Gilbert Beilschmidt. When Lovino would hide he would hide in a small closet in Antonio's room and lock it from the inside he did this when he was angry to. He would take that time to think about things and he often thought about the brother he had never met he didn't even know his brother's name. The only thing he knew was that his brother was two to three years younger and that they have the same birthday, March 17.
He often felt sad not being able to know his own brother. He had asked Antonio about him but the only answer he got was "Lovi, It wont be forever. You need to find out on your own I bet you will see someday." Lovino hated that nickname and hated the fact the tomato bastard wouldn't give him a good answer. All he wanted was to know who the hell his brother was and who he was with but it seemed it would be a long time before he could know anything more than he already did, and sadly that was true for it would be 15 years before anything happened.
Meanwhile on the northern half of Italy lived the youngest brother named Feliciano Vargas. He spent most of his days painting and traveling with his grandfather. They both shared a love for art however, Feliciano was often on his own because his grandfather could be very irresponsible while watching him. Feliciano would often wander off if not watched closely though he was a very obedient child and did whatever he was told to do and when. Feli was often bullied as a child being smaller than the other children, he didn't actually act like a little boy either.
Just like Lovi, Feli would often wonder who his brother was. His grandfather was nice enough at least to tell him his brother's name. He would recite the name in his head. "Lovino Vargas... Lovino Vargas... Lovino Vargas..." Everynight before going to bed he often fell asleep doing it. It kind of had the counting sheep effect on him. Feli often grew tired of wondering and finally came to the conclusion he would eventually meet Lovi and that everything would be alright. Even if it took years he didn't care he would find a way to see him. On top of the hurt of not knowing Lovi, Feli's grandfather was falling ill and Feli was scared that he might leave him. Sadly that did happen and soon several people were fighting over who got to keep Feli. This made Feli extremely upset and he ended up just running away from it all. He did not get very far for an Austrian man named Roderich Edelstein found him and forcefully made him live in his home country.
Feli worked as a servant for Roderich until his teenage years which by that time he was old enough to leave on his own in which he did. By this time Lovi was doing fine by himself not relying on Antonio as much as before. However, while Lovi was in Antonio's care he learned some spanish and took on some of his cultures he also still would only eat his own food or Antonio's. The two still have not met face to face but they have begun their journey to find each other.
Lovino sat at the dinner table as Antonio brought in one of his favorite dishes, Pizza. He casually took a slice and started to take a bite but then put it down on the table not bothering to grab a plate. Lovi let out a deep sigh and right away Antonio knew something was bothering him.
"Lovi? Whats wrong?" Asked Antonio with a look of worry and confusion on his slightly tanned face.
Lovino just shrugged and responded quite harshly.
"None of your business you damn tomato bastard!" He got up from his chair and sighed again looking directly at Antonio.
"I'm going to go out for a while..." He grabbed his jacket and quickly left the house.
Antonio and Lovino lived in town so it was awful crowded all hours of the day. Lovino hated crowded places unless it resulted in several pretty girls. Lovino was surprisingly nice to women but was hostile and closed off to men this resulting in Antonio describing him as a tsundere or someone who is hostile to certain people. Lovino believed he was like this because of how he was treated by men as a child himself for example Antonio smacked him a few times while he was drunk.
He walked along a brick path, the stars were out and it was brisk night. Not to warm yet not to cold. He made his way down to the river and sat on a bench close to the water closing his eyes he took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Trying to clear his mind. He had been searching for Feli for years now not even knowing what he looked like or even sounded like for that matter. What really pissed Lovi off was the fact that he knew his brother lived in Italy aswell but couldn't find him and since he didn't even know Feli's name at the time it made the situation even harder. He opened his eyes and stared down at the river in front of him, watching the boats in the distance and the beautiful lights that reflected off the water. Thats when someone caught his eye. There was a young man sitting on the dock his eyes closed as though he were asleep, he was wearing what seemed to be the same outfit as Lovi would put on daily except it was blue instead of brown. Lovi could see him quite clearly his hair curl stood out the most it was slightly shorter than Lovi's and was placed on the opposite side of his head but that didn't stop Lovi from wondering who he was.
Lovi silently stood up from the bench and started down the walk way slowly towards the man.
"I have to find out who he is... Could he be him?" He asked himself silently though he had a lot of doubt. What were the odds of finding 1 Italian out of over 60,000,000 Italians?
As he approached the young man he was very quiet not wanting to startle him being so close to the water. He put on a brave face as he stood directly behind the mystery man. He started to speak.
"Exuse me.." He said rather loudly making the other jump in surprise.
"A-Ah!" The man screamed as he jumped to his feet. "O-Oh.. Vee~ You really scared me..." He said his voice rather shaky still startled by the sudden hello of the other.
"I didn't mean to scare you... I just came over here to ask you a few simple questions." He put his hands in his pockets. "Sorry if I scared you to badly..."
The younger man opened his bright, beautiful, auburn eyes and smiled. "Oh no! You didn't scare me to bad! It was my fault I was dozing off right here! Haha... Anymore I would have fallen off so um.. Thank you!" He suddenly cocked his head to one side in curiosity. "What kind of questions?.." His voice suddenly more curious than thankful.
Lovino shifted slightly on his feet then looked him in the eyes. "I would like to know if you are familiar with the name Lovino Vargas?" He watched as suddenly the man in front of him perked up then quickly went sad.
"Lovino Vargas is the name of my fratello." He shifted where he stood aswell while looking at his feet. "I haven't met him though my grandpa, when he was alive, told me a few things about him. Why do you ask...?"
Lovi felt his heart start to race. This was really him he couldn't believe it he couldn't find the right words to reply. Finally he looked back at the man and asked. "What is your name.."
"I-I'm-a... Feliciano Vargas... Wait... W-Why do you need my name!" He said both shocked and confused backing slightly away from Lovi. Dangerously close to the edge of the dock.
"I asked because my name is Lovino Vargas... I have not met my fratello yet either. We were separated as babys. I have been searching for him for years now."
Feli looked both confused and shocked at Lovino's words. "S-So... Your my fratello...? You are.. Lovino Vargas?" Feli's shock was slowly being replaced by a sudden strike of joy, His auburn eyes brightening as he stared at Lovi.
"I might be..." He nodded slightly.
A smile spread over Feli's face. "I finally found you!" He jumped for joy forgetting where he was standing he slipped off the edge of the dock. "A-Ah!" He screamed. His scream quickly followed by a splash.
Lovi's eyes widened in shock. "I'm coming!" He yelled as he dove in after Feli.
To be continued... I think I fixed Feli's last name the correct amount of times... Thanks for the late update Mina! XD Nah. Love you~
