Osa-chan: No reviews. BUT I'LL KEEP ON WRITING IN HOPE THAT I WILL GET ONE.
England: We're finally mentioned in this chapter, but why am I female. I'd much rather be a gentleman and flying mint bunny agrees with me.
America: You're delusional!
England: I AM NOT YOU GIT!
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Note: I don't own hetalia, but I want to . . .
The rest of the week went by quickly and sadly so did the weekend. It was a pretty easy week considering we only went over classroom rules and expectations, though I can't say keeping my secret was as easy. Nonno was right when he said the heat would be hard to deal with, and the tomato bastard (my new nick name for Antonio) was trying to get a look at my face all week. I'm still trying to think up a good excuse for why I can't show him my face. The only ones I could think up were "I'm shy" and "I'm ugly". Neither of those work out very well for me.
Feliciano and his friends have stayed off topic about my face . . . for now. Francy-pants (Francis) tries to discreetly pull my hood off. He always ends up in feeble position a couple seconds later. Gilbert claims that his awesomeness gives him the privilege to see me without my hood. He ended up with a black eye after that. Sakura is always quiet and polite, but she has this air of mystery about her. It's like she's trying to see through me, so staying away from her might be a good idea. Louise doesn't bother me with it and doesn't even seem to care. She's too preoccupied with Feli. Feliciano sticks to her like glue so she's always taking care of him. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MY JOB. As revenge for trying to steal my place, I call her potato bastard. She doesn't eat potatoes all the time, but it still fits. It doesn't seem to annoy her that much though. I guess she just sees me as another problem to handle . . . or avoid.
It was monday again, which means it's our first day of using P.E. uniforms. This is going to be a pain. I don't have P.E. until fourth period, but that still doesn't calm my nerves. And the fact that today was going to be hot wasn't comforting either. I put my hoodie on and walked out the door. I woke up earlier today so that I could walk to school. Nonno is getting busier with work so he can't really drive me very often. It's only a fifteen minute walk to school from my house so it wasn't that bad of a walk. As I walked down, I noticed a lot of other kids in my school who lived nearby and were walking too. I couldn't really notice these things when I was being driven.
"Hey, is that you Lovina?" I heard a familiar voice say. I turned around and say Antonio running my way. He must have recognized my hoodie.
"What do you want tomato bastard?" I replied. He pouted a bit at my nickname for him, but then brought back his smile.
"You live around here too? My house is right over there." He said pointing one house down from where we were standing.
"I live a few streets down. We're not that close." I said feeling my cheeks burn up.
"Close enough for me! Hey, we better get going, school is gonna start soon!" He said looking at his watch. I checked mine to make sure.
8:10 a.m.
Shit, he was right.
"Well don't just stand there bastard! Hurry up!" I said pulling his arm while running towards the school. We arrived at the school five minutes before the bell rang, thankfully. When I walked into the classroom, Feliciano greeted me with one of his usual smiles. Sakura nodded and Louise grunted. I took my seat behind Feli and the tomato bastard took his seat next to mine. Ms. Wang entered the class room and we started our day as usual.
I walked out of my third period class, science, and sheepishly walked towards the locker rooms. Science was actually somewhat interesting thanks to our teacher, Mr. Jones. But his obnoxious laugh is getting on my nerves. Feli just finished English/Literature class with and is now following me to the locker rooms. I could tell he's somewhat scared of that teacher since he always comes out trembling. Our next teacher isn't any better. Mr. Braginski loves to torture his kids with deadly exercises form what I've heard. There's a rumor saying that some Lithuanian kid ended up in a full body cast, because of his class. I really hope that they're just rumors, but from the way Mr. Braginski was treating his students last week, it seems that those rumors are likely to be true. Damn.
When Feliciano and I reached the locker rooms, we parted ways and went into the appropriate locker rooms according to our genders. I walked in and rushed to the nearest changing room I could find. not many people use the changing rooms, just the self conscious ones. I changed out of my regular clothes and into the P.E. clothes. The P.E. clothes were only shorts and a T-shirt with the school logo on it. How stupid. I put my hoodie back on, found a place to dump my bag, and head off to the gym with the rest of the students. I found Feli sitting on the bleachers, talking with Louise. From the looks of it, he was talking about pasta again. I'm not surprised.
"Hey Feli. Hey Potato." I said taking a seat in-between the two.
"Hey Lovi! You're going to wear your jacket to P.E.? Aren't you going to be hot in that? Ve~" Feli asked with a hint of concern in his voice.
"If I may, I suggest you take that jacket off, before you faint of heat stroke. Better safe than sorry" Louise said. Good advice, but I'm still gonna ignore it.
"No thanks. I like dying of heat." I replied. Feli went from slightly concerned to dead worried.
"NOOOO! I DON'T WANT LOVI TO DIE!" He wailed, causing people in the gym to stare at us. I shook him of and started patting his head.
"I-I was joking. Don't worry okay. I'll be fine." I replied, trying to calm him down. His concerned expression disappeared and was replaced by his usual grin.
"Okay!" he said cheerfully.
"Alright class! Everyone line up!" Mr. Braginski, who just walked in, yelled. We did as instructed and waited for him to call roll. As he did, he checked if you were wearing uniform. The school docked points if you didn't. Stupid school rules. The teacher went through the names alphabetically by last names, which meant I was somewhere at the end.
"Lovina Vargas." he called.
"Here." I replied sheepishly.
"Where is your shirt uniform? Are you using that jacket to cover up the fact that you forgot it?" he said with an evil aura surrounding him. I pulled up the bottom of my hoodie to show him that I was wearing it. His look of suspicion was replaced with a smirk.
"You're going to regret wearing a jacket to P.E." he said in a childish tone. He then continued calling the names.
"Okay class, ten laps around the school. Anyone who doesn't finish has to stay in for lunch." Mr. Braginski said joyfully. Everyone in the class started running as fast as they could. Louise was running at the front. I was in the middle with most of the kids and Feliciano was somewhere at the back. I turned back to see that he was having trouble keeping up with everyone else.
"Feli! You're not gonna eat lunch if you don't hurry up. Don't you wanna eat pasta? Or do you want to stay and face the wrath of Mr. Braginski?" I yelled to him. I don't know if it was the mention of his favorite food or the fear of being with a scary teacher, but Feliciano began to run as if his life depended on it. He was quickly making it to the front of the crowd and I had to speed up to keep up with him.
I ended up finishing right before the bell rang. Mr. Braginski didn't seem happy about that, but as long as I get my lunch, I don't care. I went back into the changing room and took off my hoodie. I wasn't sweating that badly, but it still wasn't pleasant. I let myself cool off a bit in the air conditioned locker room before putting my regular clothes back on again. I put on my jacket and went to find Feli and the others. I need to ask Felciano how he ran so fast.
"Hey Feli!" I said running up to our usual lunch table where Feli was eating pasta like usual. He turned to me and gave me a monster hug.
"Lovi! P.E. was scary! That teacher wants to kill me!" Feliciano said trembling.
"I wont let that bastard touch you. No matter how fucking scary he is. And how the heck did you run so fast? He were like a freakin' cheetah!" I yelled.
"When he's on retreat mode, nothing can stop him." Louise said indifferently. Seems like she's seen him run like that before.
"If only he would run like that on a regular basis . . ." she mumbled to no one in particular.
"Hey Loui (Feliciano's nick name for Louise), where's Sakura? I haven't seen here today." Feliciano said, changing the topic.
"She's with that greek boy, Heracles, for a project they have." Louise answered.
"Oui! Those two seem to be developing a relationship." Francis said suggestively.
"When did you get here, Francy-pants." I said glaring.
"When Feli ran to you, trembling in your arms." he said in a seductive way. I hit his head to get him to shut up.
"THE AWESOME ME HAS ARRIVED." Gilbert yelled. Antonio was standing behind him.
"Hey Lovina. Hey Feli." Antonio said with his brilliant grin. Damn his smile . . .
"Tomato bastard." I mumbled.
"Francis, Ms. Kirkland told me to ask you to meet her during lunch. She says she needs to have a word with you." Louise said. Francis, the boy who loves to be alone with practically any girl, gave a disgusted look. Ms. Kirkland wasn't that bad of a teacher. I feel a bit tense in her class, but she isn't horrible. Francis dragged his feet out of the cafeteria without another word.
"I heard that Ms. Kirkland's family and Francis's family hate each other. I feel sorry for him!" Gilbert chuckled. That teacher is my new role-model. Thank you for getting that pervert back in line, Ms. Kirkland. I appreciate it. Feliciano, on the other hand, seemed worried for the pervert.
"Done worry Feli, that bastard will be fine." I mumbled. He nodded and put his focus back on his lunch. He slurped it up happily like he always does and yelled his famous "PASTAAAA" line. Antonio tried to put his arm around my shoulder after that. He was rewarded with a bruised arm. Sakura came to our table mid-way through lunch, but she brought that greek kid with her, though he ended up falling asleep on the table the minute he got here. Francis came back around the end of lunch with five detention slips. Ms. Kirkland had caught him harassing a good amount of girls that week.
Oh, thank you Ms. Kirkland!
"Well at least she didn't call your parents fro a meeting. I hate it when teachers do that." Gilbert groaned.
"She wouldn't be stupid enough to call my parents. And plus, if my parents did show up, it would only cause me more detention." Francis commented.
"I bet your parents are perverts, like you." I mumbled. He just smirked in reply.
"Since when is love perverted? Ah, the beauty of love!" Francis yelled passionately.
"His parents are nice Lovi! I've met them before. They gave me yummy food!" Feliciano said. Well in his case, yummy food is equal to good people.
"Loui's and Gilbert's parents are nice too! Hey, isn't your dad the German teacher here?" Feli asked Louise. She nodded a "yes" and tried to avoid the topic. Having a parent for a teacher most be annoying.
"And Sakura's parents are so formal! They were so polite when I went her house." Feli continued. Does he know everyone's parents?
"Y-your parents are nice too. Your father is a great musician and your mother and I have very nice conversations. They are great people." Sakura said, trying to return the compliment. Feliciano's smile grew wider at this. He must love his parents. They really were great people.
"You look nothing like them though!" Gilbert yelled. I could tell that Louise kicked Gilbert under that table after that comment.
"Ve~ Well, that's cause I'm adopted!" Feli announced, as if it wasn't a sad truth. Everyone at the table, except for me and potato bastard, looked at Feli with pure shock and horror.
"Y-your what?" was the albino's reply. I smirked. Unintentional revenge was the best kind.
"Yeah! Papa adopted me when I was little, but he died in a car accident so I was put in the care of Elizabeta and Roderich! I'm so happy that I ended up staying with them. I love them like pasta ve~" He explained. I could feel a lump in my throat that was telling me that I would get emotional and cry if I didn't calm myself. Damn hormones! I took a sip of water in attempt to get rid of that.
"Since we are on the topic, may I ask what your family is like Lovina?" Antonio said, causing me to spit-take in Francis's direction. He was soaked and his face should no sign of amusement. I chuckled.
"Sorry Francy-pants, but the wet look looks good on you." I joked. I mentally calmed myself and thought out how I was going to reply to Antonio.
"Well . . . my guardian is a hyper idiot that likes to annoy me. He's already in his late forties, but he looks twenty five. I have no idea how the bastard manages that. He's really kind and protects me from other annoying bastards, though. He could beat up a whole army if he wanted too!" Isaid truthfully. Feliciano looked at me in admiration.
"Ve~ He sounds really cool! I really want to meet him now!" Feli said excitedly. I nodded and sighed. I hoped no one would ask me anymore questions.
"Why did you call him my guardian instead of my father? What, are you too embarrassed to call him dad?" Francis joked. Now that pissed me off.
"I don't call him dad, because he isn't my dad." I dead-panned. Now everyone looked at me with curiosity. Shit. I should have kept my mouth shut.
"What he he then?" Antonio asked. If I told them that I was adopted too, then wouldn't that be suspicious? Damn. Wy did I get myself stuck in this situation?
"N- . .NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS!" I yelled. I clenched my fists and grunted. Antonio didn't seem to get that I was angry.
"Oh come on Lovi!" Antonio said draping his arms around me, causing me to blush. Not that anyone noticed with my hood on.
"Tell us! We just want be closer with you!" Francis said annoyingly.
"I-i don't think we should pry in Vargas-san's private life. She's already told us enough, don't you think?" Sakura said. It seems she noticed that I was uneasy with everyone demanding to know about my family. That, or she really is just too polite for her own good. The group stopped talking about it and gave the topic a rest, though I could see that they were still trying to figure what I meant when I said Nonno wasn't my father. The bell thankfully rang and I stalked out of the room as fast I could. I could hear loud footsteps behind me so I turned around. Sakura was apparently chasing after me. I stopped and waited to hear what she wanted to say.
"Ah . . . V-vargas-san! I wanted to ask, are you okay? That conversation must have been awkward for you." she said with concern. I nodded.
"Yes. If it wasn't for you I would have probably freaked out. I don't really tell people about my family and given the circumstances I'd rather not reveal too much." I said absentmindedly.
"Circumstances?" She said with confusion. Now I had to worry about covering that up.
"Uh-uh y-you see-"I started, but was interrupted my Sakura, which was a bit odd to say the least.
"Vargas-san. I am already suspicious of you and I am aware that there is something that you are trying to hide. That fact is obvious. As to what you are hiding and why is none of my concern, but I'm still going to keep my eye out. If something seems out of the ordinary or if something doesn't make sense then I will look into it." she said. I choked up. This wasn't the polite girl that was in the cafeteria a minute ago. She chuckled a bit and gave a warm smile.
"I'm not trying to pry into your private life or force you to gave me answers. I just have a feeling that what you're hiding will affect us one way or another if kept hidden too long. I don't know about you, but most of us feel hurt when people how consider close, keep things hidden form us." She said. She was worrying me more and more.
"I assure you that we wont judge you. Have faith in us. We do consider you our friend and many of us already rely on you as one. Give us a bit of credit. We can be trusted with whatever you are hiding." Sakura said as she walked off to her next class, which I should have been doing as well. I took my bag and found my way to my next class. I sat down in my seat and zoned out for rest of the day. When school ended Feliciano came up to me with a hint of worry in his voice.
"Lovi. Are you okay? You seemed mad at lunch. D-do you hate me? NO, DON'T HATE ME LOVI!" Feliciano cried. I pat his head and sighed.
"I don't hate you Feliciano." I assured him. He calmed down and gave me a shining smile.
"That's good! I'll see you tomorrow! Don't forget about parents night okay?" He told me. I was utterly confused.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Didn't you hear the teacher say it? Next week on Thursday, the school will host a parents night where teachers go over expectations with parents and parents can talk to the teachers about their concerns. Students are required to attend incase there are any problems." Louise explained, appearing suddenly out of nowhere. I choked on my own spit.
Next week was going to be hell.
Osa-chan: This took way too long to write. I hope you like this chapter. I apologize for spelling and grammar mistakes. I'll update again soon!
Romano(fem) - Lovina Vargas
Italy - Feliciano Vargas
Rome - Romulus Vargas
Germany - Louise Beilschmidt
Spain - Antonio Fernandez Carriedo
England(fem) - Alice Kirkland
America - Alfred F. Jones
Canada(fem) - Madeline Williams
China(fem) - Yao Wang
Russia - Ivan Braginski
Japan(fem) - Sakura Honda
Greece - Heracles Karpusi
France - Francis Bonnefoy
Austria - Roderich Edelstein
Hungary - Elizabeta Héderváry
Prussia - Gilbert Beilschmidt
