Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia. I got the idea while listening to a song from Gravitation, great anime. I loved how Ryuichi Sakuma was all cutesy and happy-go-lucky ukeish, but then when he sang, he got all intense and seme-like. I had to write this. I also do not own the song, which is the song I was listening to, Sleepless Beauty.
Ludwig walked down the hall of the APH Records to his new office. He didn't have much interest in the music business, but after a confusing chain of events, he took his older brothers place as manager of the band tentazione, which translated to temptation from the lead singer's native language of Italian, for the next 3 months. He hadn't heard any of the music before, just when he overheard his brother Gilbert playing it too loud. The things he did for that guy. While he was off who knows where doing who knows what, Ludwig was filling in for him so he wouldn't lose his job. He reached the door.
"Gilbert! I wrote a new song!" The moment he walked into his new office, he was attacked by an overexcited brunette with wearing a lime green fedora.
"You idiot, that isn't Gilbert!" Another boy that looked strangely similar to the first boy commented, sitting on a desk, holding a pair of drumsticks. A taller man that also had brown hair glomped onto him.
"Oh Lovino, loosen up!" He flicked the boy's curl, causing the boy, known as Lovino, to turn a bright shade of red.
"Lovino! Antonio! Save the romance forever, and take care of the hyperactive flying moron that you call a brother!" The sole girl in the room who had light brown wavy hair with a flower in it complained. The first boy got up.
"Sorry, I thought you were our manager." He apologized. Gilbert looked around. There were Tentazione posters all over the room. He remember that the boy had called him Gilbert when he entered the room.
"Uh, do you mean my older brother, Gilbert Beilschmidt." He asked.
"You're Gilbert's brother?" Lovino gasped. Gilbert nodded.
"He's gonna be out for a little bit, so I'm gonna be your manager." He recited the introduction he had been working on since he entered the building. Short, sweet, and to the point.
"Oh, hiya then, I'm Feliciano! I didn't know that Gilbert had a brother." The hyperactive flying moron, more commonly known as Feliciano Vargas, introduced, sticking out his hand. Ludwig carefully took it and shook.
"Is he ADHD or something." He quietly asked the others.
"We wish it was something that simple. You can treat ADHD, but you can't cure stupidity." The girl stepped forward. "Elizabeta Hedervary, keyboardist." She smiled and gestured to the others. "The blushing bride over there is Lovino, he's the drummer, and his boyfriend Antonio plays the guitar."
"What do you play?" Ludwig asked Feliciano.
"I'm the singer!" He beamed.
"Are you so stupid that you are gonna try to manage a band you know nothing about!" Lovino yelled.
"Uh, sorry." Ludwig couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Everything is okey-dokey." Feliciano sang. "I'm sure you'll catch on quickly. Would you like to hear my song?" He looked up a Ludwig. Ludwig noticed that the boy was kind of cute, he had really big eyes, and when he looked at Ludwig like that, his heart skipped a beat.
"Um, okay." He answered. Elizabeta ran to her keyboard, Lovino jumped off the desk and sat at his drum set, and Antonio grabbed his guitar. Feliciano skipped to the empty space in the office. He took a deep breath as the music started and closed his eyes.
From far away it glares into your sight
With sobering eyes the people are waiting
Night's ramparts are inviting
But you move along and dwell in the crowd casting off your shell.
(There's no way out)
Still in shock, you steal yourself to endure
(About to collapse)
You are deluded by lies
When Feliciano started singing, he changed from a cute little boy to an intense musician, complete 180. Ludwig felt frozen, like there was something more to this than just a pretty melody, like the music was speaking to him personally.
Even now wherever the light can't shine through
We shall paint a brilliant dancing dream
So that the words that guide you do not fail
Don't fear the time of change.
After the first chorus, Ludwig stopped hearing words or the instruments, just the sound of Feliciano's voice. Gilbert had always bragged about how successful his band was, and how it was all because of him because he was the best manager ever and so on, but Ludwig never really got it. The music stopped and Ludwig snapped back to reality, so did Feliciano.
"Ve~" He closed his eyes. "Can we have some pasta after work." He had changed back into hyperactive moron Feliciano.
"Um, okay, I really don't care what you do after work." Ludwig answered.
"But Gilbert said that after I finished this song, he would take me out to dinner." Feliciano added. Ludwig looked around nervously.
"Can't make it, working out the divorce." Elizabeta informed.
"I'm having dinner with my mother." Antonio glumly replied.
"I just don't want to go." Lovino shrugged. He didn't like Ludwig, for some reason. Ludwig looked back to Feliciano.
"Okay, so I guess I'll just be taking you." He concluded.
"Yay pasta! Let's go!" Feliciano grabbed Ludwig's arm and tried to drag him out the door, but Ludwig stayed in place.
"Hold on, we still have work to do!" He exclaimed, then sighed. This would be a long 3 months.
La Li Ho! So, how did you guys like the first chapter. I liked the idea of the manager and the lead singer being in a relationship. This wasn't really a romantic chapter, but it'll change, they are going to a romantic restaurant just the two of them. Spring break is almost over, but I will find time to write. So review if you liked it. Or if you hated it. Or if you have a song you'd like them to sing. Bye bye.