AN-...IM SORRY AGAIN! Really guys, life has been getting to me. Since now I have to prepare for assessment this Saturday (Pretty much like a test for choir, we sing three songs in front of judges, sight-sing some measures in front of them too, and yeah, its stressful.) Also, I'm still getting used to having a tutor come to my house to teach me. And when you add the anxiety and depression and therapy? Yeah, I don't have a lot of time to write. But I want to, because I don't want to make these chapters crappy, so that's why I'm taking longer on these. So, sorry, hopefully I can update faster, but I'm not promising anything. BTW HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROMANO AND ITALY! I'll probably post a story for their birthday today or tomorrow because I've been having serious writers block with that birthday fanfiction...ANYWAY! So, here's chapter four to La Bella Madre Italiana!
Disclaimer: Even though I wish I did, I DONT own these characters, or the anime. I also don't own Sleepsong by Secret Garden.
Around four in the morning, Lovino shot up in his bed, and woke up from the usual nightmare he always had. It was the same, his grandfather and brother cursing him, and blaming him for the death of his parents. Feliciano slapped him like usual, but after his grandfather blamed him, Antonio stepped forward.
He didn't say much, except that Feliciano was better, and that Lovino should have died instead of Isabelle and Carlo. But, the thing that broke Lovino's heart, was when Antonio grabbed Feliciano's hand, and walked away, smiling and laughing with his brother and grandfather. Lovino was still slightly shocked and confused as to why the Spaniard showed up in his dream, but sighed when he felt tears welling up in his eyes.
So, he did the only thing he could think of that calmed him down, and sang his mother's lullaby that she had sang to him so many years ago.
"Lay down your head, and I'll sing you, a lullaby" He started off softly, not wanting to wake up his family-though it was very unlikely since he gave them earplugs a while back.
Lovino pictured his mother sitting with him and petting his hair, telling him everything was alright, and felt his heart sink slightly. "And I'll sing you to sleep. And I'll sing you tomorrow." Lovino started to feel better, comforted by the thought of his mom's singing and music.
"Bless you with love, for the road that you go." The Italian started to lay back down in his bed, still singing the lullaby softly.
'No wonder this always helped me go to sleep' He thought.
"May there always be angels, to watch over you. To guide you each step of the way." Lovnio thought that his mother was an angel, and she did guide him and watch over him as he grew older and more daring.
"To guard you, and keep you, safe from all harm. La, La-La, La-La, La." Lovino felt his eyes start to droop, looked at the time, and smiled, thankful that he had a few more hours of sleep left.
At nine, he woke up, and was pissed. "Damn it! We're going to be late, fuck!" He shouted, jumping out of bed, and ran to the bathroom, taking a quick shower and making sure his hair was decent. He put his uniform on, with his little tomato pin, and ran downstairs to the kitchen.
"FELI! C'mon we're gonna be late! It's nine-ten! We got twenty minutes to eat, get dressed, and get our asses to the restaurant before Grandpa kills us!" He heard a faint "Oh no ve~!" before he heard some rushing, and the sound of a shower being turned on.
Lovino went to the fridge, grabbed some left over pizza and pasta, and threw them both into the microwave. He grabbed some cherry tomatoes to snack on as he waited. Ten minutes later, Feliciano came running down the stairs, putting on his uniform and trying to fix his hair. "Pasta is in the microwave, hurry up and eat! We got ten minutes for you to eat, and get to the restaurant."
Feliciano smiled, thanked his brother, and grabbed the bowl of pasta, eating quickly so they wouldn't be late. Soon, they were both out of the door, jogging to get to their grandfather's restaurant in time before it opens. Two minutes before people would be allowed to come in, they burst through the front door, panting as they walked over to their grandfather.
"Ve~ *gasp* sorry we're *gasp* late Nono" Feliciano apologized, trying to catch his breath as Lovino was doing. "Yeah, we woke *gasp* up late." Romulus laughed as he took in the sight of his tired grandsons. "It's okay boys! Just go ahead and get ready, we're opening in...now!" Feliciano rushed to the kitchen where he was greeted by Francis, and they both started to gossip happily. Lovino walked over to where Matthew was standing, and was about to talk to him, but at that time, customers started to come in. Surprisingly, those customers were Antonio, Gilbert, and...Ludwig.
'Damn it, I already have to serve Francis's dumbass friends, but now I have to be fucking nice and polite to that potato bastard!?' Lovino thought. At their arrival, Matthew quietly walked up to Gilbert, while Feliciano jumped over the counter that separated the kitchen and the rest of the restaurant, and ran over to Ludwig. "Ve~ Luddy hi! I'm so glad you're here!" Feliciano said happily as he knocked over his boyfriend.
Lovnio snickered slightly at the sight. 'Ha! Take that you German bastard!' He had time to think before he was knocked to the ground by Antonio. "Hey Lovi! Aw you look so cute in the morning! How come you didn't text me?" The Spaniard rambled, completely ignoring the fact that he was right on top of Lovino.
The Italian blushed heavily as he landed on the ground and found himself face-to-face with a beautiful tanned face with bright green eyes. Joan and Matthew noticed this, and laughed at their friend's blush, knowing how Antonio would tease him about it sooner or later. 'Oh God he's right on top of me! That clueless bastard, he doesn't even realize what he's doing to me! Wait, he asked me a question didn't he?'
"First of all, I'm not cute. EVER. Second of all, I was tired damn it." Antonio nodded, and seemed to notice Lovino's blush that still wouldn't go away no matter how hard Lovino tried. "AW! You look like a tomato Lovi, it's so cute I can't stand it!" Antonio said, a smile on his face. He soon blushed too once he realized the position they were in, and stood up, helping Lovino to stand as well.
Or, at least he tried anyway.
He accidently grabbed Lovino's curl instead of his hand, and was slightly confused by the reaction he received. The Italian turned bright red, and covered his mouth with his hand, and heard a muffled sound, thought he couldn't tell what it was. "You-a bastard! Why-a did you do-a that?!" Lovino shouted, his accent thickening with embarrassment. He quickly stood by himself, and ran to the bathroom, trying to cross his legs as he went.
Joan, Francis, and Matthew burst out laughing, and ignored Antonio's confusion for a moment. Feliciano just stared in pity and amusement as his brother ran past him. "What happened? Did I do something wrong? Is Lovi okay?" Antonio asked the four of them. "Mon ami, do you know what an erogenous zone is?" Francis asked, Matthew laughing even more as Antonio's confusion got stronger.
"No..." Joan interrupted before her boyfriend could speak. "Then maybe later when you go home, you can look it up, or even ask Lovino yourself. But I seriously doubt that he would tell you." Around that time, Lovino came out of the bathroom, his hair slightly messed up and a blush on his face.
He coughed slightly, and said "Well? What the hell are you staring at? C'mon we got to go back to work, or Romulus will kill us!" Joan, Francis, and Matthew smirked in his direction, causing Lovino to stare at the ground, before they went back to work. Gilbert, Antonio, and Ludwig sat down at a table as more customers started to trickle in.
Lovino and Matthew started to take orders from everyone, as Joan greeted them, and Francis and Feliciano started cooking the orders. Lovino pleaded Matthew to take Gilbert, Antonio, and Ludwig's orders, but Matthew just smirked in his direction, and went to serve a different table.
The Italian sighed, and trudged over to their table, where they were happily talking, except for Ludwig, who looked as if he wished he could be anywhere but here. Lovino reached their table, and put on a fake smile to fool his grandfather, who was watching, and said "Hey bastards, what do you want?" Romulus chuckled as he heard this, and yelled "ROMA! I can hear what you're saying you know! And you have to ACTUALLY smile!"
Lovino scowled at his grandfather, and yelled back "Why do I have to be nice to them, if I've already met them?!" Romulus shook his head in Lovino's direction, giving him the final say-so. So, throwing all of his pride out of the window, he turned back to them and sighed, thinking of his mother and his music, and he truly smiled. "Hey guys, I'm not going to bother with my name since you know it already. So, like I said before Romulus made me stop, what can I get you guys to drink?"
Antonio smiled widely at Lovino's open smile, and squealed in his head, saying "Can I just get a water please Lovi?" Ludwig looked up amusingly at the nickname, but only said "I'll get a beer if you don't mind." Gilbert looked at Lovino's smile, and wondered if he could brush it off. He did love annoying people after all. "I'll get a beer too Lovi~."
Lovino's smile wavered, but he remembered his mother playing piano, and actually managed to grin at the bastard. "Sure thing, wait one moment please." He turned around, let his usual scowl come onto his face, and walked to the kitchen to get their drinks.
Ludiwg was left slightly stunned, never in all the years of knowing the Italian, ever seeing him grin or smile. Gilbert was left disappointed, but spotted Matthew smiling at the customers, and felt that disappointment disappear. Antonio however, was grinning widely, and thinking how cute his grin was and how beautiful Lovi's smile was.
Lovino got their drinks together, and walked back to their table, thinking of the song he's working on to get his smile back up. "Here you go. Are you ready to order?" They all ordered a pizza, despite that it was morning, and Ludwig protesting, before Lovino went to another table.
After they had all eaten, all three of them waited and talked to everyone until the restaurant closed so everyone could go home, and hang out tomorrow. Romulus, Lovino, and Feliciano walked home, with Antonio and Ludwig keeping the brothers company, as everyone else headed to their homes.
See, they had work tomorrow, since Romulus opened his restaurant on Saturdays, but he did close early in honor of his daughter and son-in-law. They died in the crash on a weekday, but they both loved the weekend, since they hardly had to work, and got to spend time with their children.
So, once Antonio and Ludwig said bye to the brothers, and their grandfather, they too went home. Lovino went to his bedroom to lay down, but got interrupted by a text from Antonio. Lovino blushed up to his ears, and threw his phone on the pillow once he read what it said.
From: Antonio bastard
10:31pm
Hey Lovi~ I have a question. What's an erogenous zone?
AN: Yay for cliff-hangers! Oh clueless Antonio, how you amuse us :) So, I hope you liked this, and really, I'm sorry for not updating, and hopefully i'll be able to quickly. Thank you so much for the support in this story, and all of my others too! So...if this was rushed, sorry. But I am trying my best, and I hope you guys are really liking it so far :) Oh! I'm almost done with this one-shot that's for Canada, some PruCan involved too, but I'm not sure when I'm gonna post that. Anyway, until the next chapter or story, Peace!
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PS-so I realized people might get confused on one part of this, and what I wrote on the next chapter, so I pretty much changed that part, so hopefully people will understand now :)
