I'm In The Band Chapter 2, a hetalia - axis powers fanfic

I'm sorry for basically neglecting you guys on this story. Now, some explanations. The reason why I go ahead and put the entire song lyrics down is because I like to change lyrics to the song sometimes and if you listen and read at the same time you'll be able to follow along and see what I changed. And yes America is a little OOC but that's going to be a bit different later on in the story. I just wanted to paint him as kind of a skeptic.

Chapter 2: Circus

So far I had been with the band for a month now. I couldn't officially go on stage or anything until Ludwig worked something out with their producer, Braginski. Currently I was out in the town with Lovino and Arthur who shot good mannered insults at each other. Of course they were in disguise since they hated body guards. Lovino was wearing a black wig which pulled into a ponytail and it made his skin look pale. He was wearing punk clothing which looked like something Arthur would wear.

Arthur was dressed like what Lovino would wear. A white button up, a black vest, and black jeans. A red wig hid his golden hair. Since I wasn't famous yet I didn't have to parade around in something I wouldn't wear. We had decided to take a walk around the beach where we were currently staying and look at the shops. Arthur wrote down some of the items he saw and Lovino did the same.

"You should write down what you would wear on stage Alfred. So Ludwig knows what to pick up. Or you can design your own and send the designs to Mr. Yao. Did I forget to mention that you need to pick a music genre?" Arthur says as he looks at several leather belts.

Meanwhile Lovino was scowling at his phone and shoving the buttons so hard I was surprised he didn't break the phone. Arthur follows my gaze and frowns. "What's wrong with you?" He asks and Lovino looks up.

"Good news and bad news. Bad news first. Fucking Braginski is here. Good news is Braginski is here and he brought Wang with him. Not to mention we're meeting them tomorrow." Just as Lovino finishes speaking Arthur's phone goes off and he flips it open.

"Bad news for you Lovino. It appears your brother is in town." Arthur says and a moment later Lovino's phone crumbles in his hand, plastic and circuitry dropping to the floor in small pieces. Who knew Lovino, as muscle less as he was, could do that with his bare hand.

"I take it you don't have a big brother complex like I do?" I dare to ask as we start heading back to the hotel.

"Damn cheerful bastard can't leave me alone. It's getting on my fucking nerves. I'll wager AND win that he's hanging all over potato breath right now. But it's not like I give a fuck." He quickly adds only making me think he felt something for Ludwig anyway. We spend the rest of the walk back in silence and as we get into the hotel lobby a teenage girl runs up to Arthur.

"Omigosh! You look just like William from Albion Thunder only smaller. Can I touch you?" I don't know why but the comment kind of got on my nerves.

"No you can't touch him. We're very busy." I reply for Arthur as his eye twitches. Lovino gives me a sideways glance as I drag Arthur along behind me to the elevator. Once the doors close Arthur seems to break from his mood, even though his face was funny when he looked like that, and rips off his wig.

He shoves it to Lovino. "Why don't you wear the red one next time?" He says as Lovino pries his wig from his head letting out a satisfied sigh as that strange piece of hair of his pops up into the air.

"Because it doesn't cover my curl." He replies shortly and steps out of the elevator. "So you have a big brother complex Alfred?" He asks as we walk into the hallway and I fish out the key card.

"Yeah. I get pretty protective when it comes to Matthew. I remember his last boyfriend he had I scared away with a chainsaw." As I finish speaking the door to my room opens to reveal Matthew and Gilbert. Sitting on one of the beds. Sticking their tongues in each other's mouth. They quickly spring apart and I can tell by the look on Matthew's face that my gaze had gotten dark.

"FRATELLO!" Someone cries out behind me and I snap out of my thoughts of what I would love to do Gilbert. There's a stifled 'umph!' sound as someone identical to Lovino pinned him to the floor.

"Fucker, get off! What did I tell you about hugging people without their consent?" Lovino hisses out as his face is pushed into the carpet. Ludwig walks up and pulls what had to be Lovino's brother up into the air so Lovino could drag himself off the floor.

"Ve, sorry fratello. Can I have a hug now?" He asks as he's dropped to the floor. The look Lovino gave him clearly stated he would rather lick a cactus or something equally enjoyable of the sort. But after a few moments of glaring Lovino opens his arms and his brother rushes forward.

"Alfred, my brother Feliciano. Feliciano, Alfred." A moment later I was tackled. "Now that's out of the way I'm going to get wasted. And fuck what you bastards think."

"I didn't realize we were supposed to be thinking anything." I mutter to Arthur who leans over to me as Feliciano peels himself off of me to go hang on Ludwig who didn't look too pleased.

"He just spouts things like that when he's in a bad mood. Which is whenever he sees his brother now a days. The last person he dated ruined his mindset on his family. For the better I think considering he likes to see things through tinted glasses. And not the rosy kind." We both watch him walk over to his room and pull out his own key card. "Which reminds me. Remember our bet Lovino?" Arthur says with malicious cheer in his voice.

Lovino turns a heated glare on the Brit. "Yeah I remember the fucking bet. But no way in HELL am I doing it and going clubbing alone." And with that he storms into his room, slamming the door shut behind him.

"Get ready for some clubbing Alfred. We're going to be entertained tonight." Arthur chuckles darkly and I tilt my head to the side. At least it would be something to get my mind off of wanting to strangle Gilbert. That and I was curious to see just what Lovino had to do.

~ An hour later ~

After Matthew explaining he was going to switch rooms, yada yada, Arthur had decided to room with me. I was still going to break into Gilbert's room and kill him in his sleep. Flopping onto my bed a light knock sounds on the door and I frown at it. Since Arthur makes no move to open the door I get up and open it warily.

And right in front of me was the sexiest little Italian woman I ever sat eyes on. She was Lovino's height with long red brown hair, with a peculiar hair poking up and curling on itself. She was wearing a long, plain black tee and blue jeans with some faux fur boots. She was a little small on the chest size though. It was almost as if Lovino was turned into a woman. Hell, she even had his amber eyes.

"You clean up nicely Lovino." Arthur says behind me and my head snaps back. Girl Lovino gives me a seductive smile from her scarlet lips. Or his. Man I was confused.

"Thanks British bastard." Lovino says keeping his eyes locked with mine as he replied to Arthur. He even sounded like a girl. From the door across from ours Gilbert shoves Ludwig out unceremoniously. Lovino turns with a scowl and places a hand on his hip as Ludwig openly stared while I glared at the door. "Something wrong potato bastard?"

"Just Gilbert throwing me out so he could have fun with Matthew and Feliciano for the night." Ludwig replies and looks away. Well, at least I wouldn't have to worry about Matthew tonight.

"Why don't you come with us? I know how much you love a tall glass of beer." Arthur says as he starts walking down the hall.

"So why are you, uhm…" I try asking Lovino. He looks up at me through long, black lashes dusted in black eye shadow.

"Dressed in drag? I bet Arthur that I could find a girlfriend before we hired on more musicians who stayed for more than a month. Since I lost I had to go to a club dressed in drag. Plus a little extra you'll get to see when we get there." Lovino looks ahead again and walks faster to match pace with Arthur.

"The things these guys bet on." Ludwig says next to me. He was currently focused on Lovino's back. I'm surprised he wasn't looking at his ass considering he had a real nice one. Good lord, what was I thinking? "I have a feeling they made a bet involving you as well." I look up at Ludwig then back at my band mates who had broken into a good humored argument.

Not before too long we get to the club, getting nearly instant access. We all sat at the bar and Arthur as well as Ludwig went through enough alcohol for the four of us. Halfway through Lovino had disappeared and I catch Ludwig glaring at whoever happened to glance at his ass.

All of a sudden the music stops and the dance floor clears to show Lovino standing by himself in the middle. "Good evening fellas. Now who here wants to see a little performance?" Men and quite a few woman cheered and Lovino chuckled into a head mic, motioning for the DJ to start playing a song.

"There's only two types of people in the world
The ones that entertain and the ones that observe
Well baby, I'm a put-on-a-show kind of girl
Don't like the backseat, gotta be first"

He dances across the floor, trailing his fingers across multiple people with a seductive smile.

"I'm a like the ringleader, I call the shots
I'm like a firecracker I make it hot
When I put on a show"

Here he stomps on the floor and lets the hair from his wig fall across his shoulders lazily.

"I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins
Spotlight on me and I'm ready to break
I'm like a performer, the dancefloor is my stage
Better be ready, hope that you feel the same"

He walks up to the bar and climbs on top of it, smiling at the bartender

"All eyes on me in the center of the ring just like a circus
When I crack that whip, everybody gon' trip just like a circus
Don't stand there watching me, follow me, show me what you can do
Everybody let go, we can make a dancefloor just like a circus"

With every verse he walks closer to our group. Now he walks right up to Ludwig and brings his face close. Close enough so he could lean forward just the littlest bit and kiss him.

"There's only two types of guys out there
Ones that can hang with me and ones that are scared
So baby, I hope that you came prepared
I run a tight ship so beware"

He trails his index finger across Ludwig's jaw line then pulls back and pantomimes slapping someone nearby.

"I'm a like the ringleader, I call the shots
I'm like a firecracker, I make it hot
When I put on a show

I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins
Spotlight on me and I'm ready to break
I'm like a performer, the dancefloor is my stage
Better be ready, hope that you feel the same"

Now he moved back onto the dancefloor, twitching his hips in time to the music. And now he did a dramatic half turn, resting one hand on his hip and motioning the crack of an invisible whip.

He walks back to our group and trails a finger across Ludwig shoulder. Meanwhile Arthur picks up Lovino's glass of wine and sniffs it, wincing.

"Let's go
Let me see what you can do
I'm runnin' this like-like-like a circus
Yeah, like a what? Like-like-like a circus

All eyes on me in the center of the ring just like a circus
When I crack that whip, everybody gon' trip just like a circus
Don't stand there watching me, follow me, show me what you can do
Everybody let go, we can make a dancefloor just like a circus

As he closes the song he places a kiss on Ludwig's cheek and giggles then runs off to return the head mic with multiple cat calls following him. When Lovino came back he rested his head on the counter, looking over at Ludwig with a smile on his face. Ludwig looked so red he could probably cook something on his face.

"Alfred, I give you Actors on Alcohol." Arthur says and Lovino flips him off lazily, the smile getting wider.

A/N

Second chapter YAY! We get to meet Russia and China next chapter because I ran out of room in this one.

Song used is "Circus" by Britney Spears. Here's the link

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