Me: Hello, again! I'm back with another chapter!
Lovino: *not giving a single fuck*
Me: Oh oh oh, you bros remember that question I asked you guys in the previous chapter, about whether or not to gender bend Hungary. Due to some shits I found on the interwebs, I now ship Male!Hungary and Male!Belarus, so I'll just pair up Fem!Hungary with Austria and Male!Hungary with Male!Belarus. Problem fucking solved. I'm a genuis.
Lovino: What the fuck is a genuis?
Me: It's just genius spelled wrong. Ever heard of Your Grammar Sucks?
I DON'T own Hetalia or any of the songs used in this fanfic, so please don't sue me. I'M BROKE, BIOTCH!
Random note: Google translate, not very reliable, but it's all I've got.
Chapter 2.
Antonio stared at the ocean through the small porthole in his room. The crew was up on deck celebrating another successful robbery. This time it was from some rich family who had control over the town nearby. Here's the thing, just because Antonio and his crew were pirates, doesn't automatically mean they're bad. What they did was steal from the rich to help the less fortunate people who were suffering from corrupt government and unfair landowners.
Antonio was pulled out of his thoughts by a knock on the door. "Come in."
The door cracked slightly and a pair of green eyes peeked through. The pair of eyes belonged to Lili, the ship's doctor and Vash's little sister. "Uhm...Captain, I found a bottle on the beach and the letter inside it was adressed to you." She said shyly. "Don't worry, I didn't read anything else but the names."
"Ah, gracias, Lili." Antonio replied, giving the blond a warm smile.
Lili nodded and left the room. Antonio made a mad dash for his desk and took out the piece of paper, laughing at the reply his new pen-pal made.
Hola! Lovi is you. I like giving people cute nicknames. You have brothers? I wish I had siblings. What are their names and what are they like? What are you like? It would be nice to have an idea of what you look like at least. Okay, I sound really creepy. - Antonio
Ciao,
A bit nosy, aren't you? I have two brothers. There's Feliciano. He's childish and a bit slow in the head for a twenty year old. Marcello is the youngest one out of the three of us. He's a big flirt and just loves to have fun, but can get serious when nessesary. Then there's me. Lovino Romano Vargas. I'm twenty-three. I'm not really a pleasent person to be around. I'm pretty pissed off 99 percent of the time and I tend to curse at everybody I meet. As for my looks, I have dark brown hair, kind of long, if chin-length counts as long. There's a curl that sticks out of the right side of my head which you should NEVER touch and my eyes are golden-brown. There, you fucking happy now, bastard? 'I sound really creepy' No shit. Why don't you tell me about yourself and you'll see how fucking creeped out you get. -Lovino
About me...I have long dark brown hair which I usually tie back and I have green eyes. Not really a big description of how I look. I really like tomatoes, siestas, and playing the guitar. I'm a pirate captain, but I'm not bad or anything. I steal from the rich to help the poor, so I do it for a good reason. What about you? What do you like? Oh, and telling you about myself isn't creepy at all, really. - Antonio
I'm not really good at many things. Feliciano is, though. He can fucking paint like Leonardo da Vinci and gets all the attention for it. Marcello can get any girl he wants without even trying. All I can do is fucking sing. I know it sounds girly, go ahead and laugh. You? Captain of a pirate ship? You seem a bit too ditzy to be one, idiota. By the way, what's a tomato? - Lovino
Actually, I don't find your talent for singing girly. I would love to hear it, if we ever met that is. You don't know what a tomato is? Well, it's round and red and it's really good. Maybe, if we were to meet, I'll bring some. Ah, I wish I could meet you. Maybe I should try that wish in a bottle thing. -Antonio
Didn't I tell you that shit doesn't work? If we ever meet, you better bring some tomatoes. Promise? -Lovino
Lovino took one last look at the message in a bottle before he threw it far into the ocean. He floated on the surface of the water, watching the little glass bottle disappear quietly into the horizon. Little did he know, there was someone sneaking up from underneath him. Lovino felt someone grab his tail and pull him underwater. He managed to break free of the person's grasp and he smacked his attacker with his fins. He swam back up to the surface, followed by the other person.
"God, Lovino, you hit really hard."
"This wouldn't have happened if you didn't try to drown me, Daniel." Lovino hissed.
"You're a merman. You can't drown, hülye." Daniel replied, smirking.
The Italian rolled his eyes. "Tch, cazzo logica. What are you doing here anyway?"
"To visit you guys, what else? Elizabeta's with your brothers right now and she really wants to see you." Daniel explained. "I'll race you there."
"Challenge accepted." Lovino said, before both mermen dove into the sea. Daniel flicked his blue and green tail, propelling himself through the water while Lovino did the same. But the race ended with Daniel winning, again.
"Haha. I knew you couldn't beat me!"
"Stai zitto, stronzo." Lovino growled. "Who gives a shit?"
"You do, aki veszít." Daniel teased.
"You're not bullying poor Lovino again, are you, testvér?" Elizabeta asked.
Daniel gave his sister the innocent look. "Nope."
"Sta mentendo." Lovino muttered.
"Aww, you poor baby." Elizabeta cooed, hugging Lovino tightly.
"I'm not a bambino, so don't treat me like one, per favore."
The mermaid pouted. "But you're so cute, I can't help it."
Lovino groaned as he light pushed Elizabeta off of him. "I'm not cute. If you want cute, go to Feliciano."
"Anyway we have a favor to ask of you guys." Daniel said.
"What is it?" Lovino asked.
"Can we stay with you guys for a bit, until we find a new home?"
"Ve, what happened?"
"Long story short, a few sharkmen came and kicked us out to make our home their territory." Daniel explained bluntly.
"You make it sound like it's no big deal." Marcello commented.
"So will you let us stay?" Elizabeta asked.
"Ve, of course!" Feliciano exclaimed.
"Köszönöm!" Elizabeta and Daniel said in unison.
Lovino sighed. "Feliciano, you should've ask me first before you say yes, but too late for that now."
With a flick of his tail, Lovino swam up towards the surface. His eyes peeked over the surface of the water and scanned for any ships. When he saw that there was nothing but the ocean that stretched for miles around him, he brought the rest of his upper body up from the water.
"Nice sky tonight." he said, staring up at the moon. Lovino swam towards a rock that was near the shoreline and climbed on it. He could see a few ships near the port, but no one would be able to see him from that distance, since it was dark out. He watched the waves splash onto his tail as he quietly hummed to himself, which quickly led him to start singing.
Dimmi le parole come al solito
E cambierò quelli in una canzone
Che cosa si può ottenere da una delusione?
C'è solo una canzone della verità
Lu li la lu li la, questa voce e il canto
Mi chiedo, chi lo finisce per arrivare?
Ottenere la chiave conosciuta come parole
Io apro la porta dell'ignoto
Il giocattolo che aveva tanto desiderato e chiesto
Stringendo con entrambe le mani, l'ho buttato fuori dalla finestra
Antonio stared at the ocean's calm surface, hoping that the sound of waves crashing would drown out the tone deaf singing of drunken sailors.
"You seem to really like staring at the ocean." Bella commented.
"I just like staring at things when I'm spacing out. I'm surrounded by water most of the time, so that's all I look at." Antonio laughed.
"Random question, but remember those stories my mother used to tell us when we were children?"
Antonio nodded. "What about them?"
"And remember that one story about sirens. You used love that one."
"I forgot about that one. It's been so long. Care to tell me it again?"
Bella giggled and nodded. "Of course. So they say that there are creatures called sirens, also called mermaids. They live underwater and they have the upper body of a human, but the tail of a fish. They would seduce sailors with their singing and good looks and they would wreck their ships and drown them. That's all I remember, sorry."
"It's fine, I remember some of it now at least." Antonio replied.
"I'll leave you alone to do your daydreaming. I'm going to go help Lili take care of those drunks."
'Sirens, huh? I wonder if there are any out there somewhere.' Antonio thought.
All of a sudden he heard someone singing from a distance.
Gli esseri umani non possono essere soddisfatti con le cose
Cosa speri per e cosa si ottiene?
Se sei stanco ora
Si prega solo dormire
Lu li la lu li la, questa ninna nanna
Mi chiedo, può guarire il tuo cuore?
Portare il peccato conosciuto come il desiderio
Ora potrete continuare a sognare
Lu li la lu li la, questa voce e il canto
E 'la ninna nanna orologeria
A meno che non mi vento
Finirò per fermarsi
Ricordi come un fiore
E anche un trauma come il fango
Continuerà a dissolversi come sono ferita
Tutto ciò che è in me
"It's beautiful."
The voice obviously belonged to a man, but it was soft, almost like a woman's, but to Antonio, it was beautiful, regardless. He let out a sigh of disappointment when the singing stopped.
'Oh no, I forgot about Lovi.' Antonio ran to his quarters and grabbed the bottle from the desk. He then went outside to drop the bottle into the ocean.
Sure I promise, but I probably wouldn't be able to keep it. I'm leaving Italy in a few days. So, I guess this is goodbye. I'm sorry. - Antonio
"I wonder if he'll forgive me." Antonio said to himself. He shook his head. "He probably hates me now."
"Thinking about someone, Toni?" Francis whispered in Antonio's ear.
Said spaniard flinched. "Please don't scare me like that again."
"Ohonhonhon, I think Antonio's in love~" The frenchman teased.
"Shut up, I never even met him. We've been sending each other letters, nothing else. I bet he hates me for leaving so suddenly"
Ciao, so you're leaving huh? I really wanted to meet you, but I guess that's not fucking happening. You will come back, right? Don't get the wrong idea. It's not like I like you or anything, dammit. -Lovino
Lovino looked up and saw a dark sillhoutte looming over him. Bottle in hand, he swam up to the surface to see what it was.
'Pirates!'
He silently prayed that they wouldn't look down and see him. There was a man leaning on the railing, eating some sort of red fruit. His green eyes were staring out into space and his long dark hair was tied back in a ponytail.
Wait a second...
'About me...I have long dark brown hair which I usually tie back and I have green eyes. Not really a big description of how I look. I really like tomatoes, siestas, and playing the guitar. I'm a pirate captain, but I'm not bad or anything.'
'You don't know what a tomato is? Well, it's round and red and it's really good. Maybe, if we were to meet, I'll bring some.'
'Is this guy Antonio? No fucking way.'
'He's really not that bad-looking. Wait, what? What the hell are you thinking? Bad Lovino!'
"Captain! There's another ship approaching!"
"What?" Antonio said as he pulled out a telescope. There was another ship coming at them. Antonio immediately recognized the flag on it.
British.
"Mierda. So, that eyebrows bastard wants to come and play?"
Me: Ohohoho, England's coming. Shit just got real.
Some extra notes: You know that thing that says girls aren't allowed on pirate ships because they supposedly bring bad luck? Antonio doesn't believe in that. Otherwise Belgium and Liech wouldn't be there.
So here's the people on Toni's ship:
Antonio-Captain (If you couldn't figure that out already, you're a few chromosomes short of being human)
Gilbert-Quartermaster (Captain's right-hand man essentially)
Francis- I unno he's just there. I haven't chosen his role yet
Vash-Gunner (responsible for the ships guns and artillery, suits him very well)
Lili-Doctor
Roderich-Navigator (kind of ironic since he has no sense of direction XD Oh well! Let's pretend he does.)
Bella-I unno she's just there. She's very good with throwing knives, but Antonio doesn't know that.
Abel- Rigger (In charge of the sails)
Ludwig- Rigger
Here's the song Lovi was singing: /watch?v=bb2VArZS5TA
It's called Clockwork Lullaby, which was originally in Japanese, but I just translated the lyrics to Italian.
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