A/n: I dont own Hetalia. Not now. Not ever. I only own the island and the mother of the twins.
Hetalia Gakuen
Chapter Seven: The sins of the father
Romano and Feliciano stare at the increasingly uncomfortable boy in their kitchen. "Who is...this?" The older of the two asks, finally finding his voice again. "Boys…this is…your little brother." The twins' eyes widen in unison. "B-but you didn't have any children after us." Feliciano finally says and their mother nods. "That's right; he is your father's son." She says weakly and the boy stares at the ground guiltily. Romano feels rage building up inside.
Not only did his father cheat and treat their whole family like shit, but he also ruined another boy's life! That man is so lucky he's dead, because if he wasn't, Romano would be killing him right now. "What's your name?" Romano asks and the boy looks at him scared. "I-I'm…Marcello Carbone." The boy mutters and Romano nods. Carbone, that was the name of his father's secretary when they were all still a family. However, when the boys were five, she moved to Seborga and Feliciano moved with their mother here.
"So Marcello, why are you here?" Romano asks and Feliciano glares at him. Actually glares at him. He didn't mean to sound rude, he just wants to know, damnit! "W-well…my mother was killed in a car crash a few days ago…and I don't have any other family so I went to find my father. When I got there he was dead already so I decided to find your mother, Ms. Serafina, and find out about any other family…our…father has." Marcello mumbles and Romano frowns, poor kid.
"I have told Marcello that he will live with us. A boy his age shouldn't be running from place to place. And here he at least has two brothers, right boys?" Serafina asks and both boys find themselves nodding. "Of course, I've always wanted to be a big brother~!" Feliciano says, excitement now lighting up his face.
Marcello smiles weakly at him before turning his gaze to Romano. The two stare at each other silently for a moment before Romano speaks up. "How old are you, Marcello?" "I-I'm…thirteen…" Marcello mutters, as if his age is a subject of shame. "I see…well, we can't help you out at school, but I'll tell you this now; STAY. AWAY. FROM. FRANCIS." Romano commands and Marcello looks at him confused. "Who is Francis and why should I?" He's questioning him? Brat.
"Francis is a pervert from France and he will jump at the chance to do horrible things to someone as cute as you. So stay away from him…Also, stay away from the Spanish guy Antonio Carriedo. He's creepy to." Marcello gets a smile tugging at his lips as Romano goes on about the people to avoid and the people to get close to. "There's a boy names Matthew, he's super cool, but his brother Alfred is a retard. Kiku is cool to, and so is his boyfriend Yao…um…why is everyone smiling?" Romano asks, confused and Feliciano grins at him. "Fratello likes him!"
The older of the twins goes bright red and glares at Feliciano. "Fuck you! I don't like Antonio!" The other three look at him confused. "I was talking about Marcello…" Romano turns even more red, the blush spreading to his ears. "I-I-I KN-KNEW THAT! I KNEW THAT!" Marcello smiles at him. "So Antonio's not some creepy guy, he's just your guy. I get it. I'm not into older people anyways."
Romano and Feliciano pale as they look in unison to their mother, who has a strange look on her face. "What's that look for? He means in a friend way silly~! Marcello must have misunderstood~! Right, Marcello~?" Marcello notices the panic in the boys' eyes and nods. "Yeah, sorry, I misunderstood." They all notice Serafina relax and smile. "Well, let's eat then."
After dinner Serafina heads out to do some shopping. As soon as her car pulls out of the driveway Marcello looks over to his new brothers on the couch. "Is your mom…uncomfortable with gay relationships?" Romano and Feliciano look at him for a second before looking at each other and shrugging. "We don't know." They say in unison and then Romano quickly adds. "But from the look of her reaction just now I'm guessing she doesn't have much acceptance for it…what did she say to describe gay people to you, Feliciano?" Romano asks and Feliciano thinks for a minute before smiling. "She never told me anything about them! Francis told me about gay couples!" The older twin twitches. NOT. COOL.
"How…did he tell you about it?" Feliciano laughs at the anger in his brother's voice. "He didn't touch me, if that's what you mean! He's the health teacher, he taught the class! Showed pictures, movies, and stuff…" "I see…I guess that's better than any other way…with Francis involved…" Romano mutters begrudgingly and Marcello smiles at him. "You're the overprotective type, aren't you?" "Fuck off, brat." Marcello laughs a little as Romano blushes.
"I see…well, um, could one of you show me where the shower is?" The youngest boy asks and Feliciano jumps up. "I'll show you! If you want, we can bathe together~!" "No." Marcello and Romano both answer immediately and Feliciano frowns. "Fine…come on Marcello, I'll bring you to the bathroom." "Yeah, thank you." They both head off and Romano stares at them. This is insane.
First, being moved to an island he's never heard of, actually he still doesn't know the name now that he thinks about it, then meeting all these people and now an unknown brother. It's a shame his father couldn't actually drown in his grave. All the shit he put the family through, and now Marcello even. He sighs before grabbing the remote and flipping through the channels before landing on some American show called 'How I Met Your Mother' that he has been watching a lot recently.
"Ve~! Fratello sure does like this show!" Feliciano says, causing Romano to jump a little in surprise. "Y-You idiot! Don't fucking sneak up on me damnit!" "Ve~? How did I scare you?" Romano glares and looks away from the boy. "Never mind, Feliciano." The two boys settle down on the couch and watch the show in silence.
Bed:
Around one o'clock Romano decides to go to bed, his head still reeling a little from the new brother thing. After getting settled in bed he begins to fall asleep when he hears the door opening. Looking over he sees Feliciano tiptoeing into his bedroom. He moves over a little so Feliciano can get in the bed. "Ve~…are you awake, fratello?" "Mhmm…" Romano groans from under his blankets.
"Can I sleep with you?" Feliciano asks his voice a little shaky. Romano sighs and sits up, lifting the blankets next to him. "Come on in, Feliciano." The younger twin's eyes light up and he crawls into the bed. "So…what's wrong?" Romano asks awkwardly and Feliciano laughs a little. "I was lonely~! It was a long day, wasn't it?" "Yeah, you could say that…" They both lie down and face each other, his token smile on Feliciano's face. "I like Marcello, do you~?" "Yeah…poor kid."
They talk for a little while longer about Marcello, drowning, their father, when they were little, whatever comes to mind. After a few hours, they begin to drift off, only to have the door open again. Romano groans in annoyance and sees Marcello just peeking in. "Just get your ass in the bed and don't fucking wake me." Marcello jumps a little. "Th-that's not…" "Quit being shy and get your damn ass in the bed so i can go to sleep."
Feliciano wakes up and smiles at Marcello. "Ve~! Marcello is coming to join us~! That's great~!" Marcello walks over to the bed and Feliciano makes room between him and Romano for the smaller boy to sleep. "Good night, fratellos." "Good night, Marcello, Romano~!" "Shut the fuck up and go to SLEEP, damnit!"
The next morning:
"It's so cute~! I don't want to wake them!" Romano groans as he's pulled from his sleep by an annoyingly familiar voice. "Why the fuck are you here and where is our mom?" He looks up from under Marcello's arm. "Don't be so paranoid! I'm your neighbor! I've been coming to this place since loonnng before you came, Lovi~! In fact, I use to babysit Feliciano all the time~! He was so cute~!" Antonio coos and Romano glares. "Why are you here?"
The Spaniard sits down across the room, smiling at the boy. "Your mom wanted me to come in and check on you all. She couldn't find the other two in their rooms so she wanted me to search around the house. I looked everywhere before coming in here. Who would have thought you'd all be sleeping together? So cute~!" Romano glares at him. "Mind your own damn business."
Antonio laughs a little before standing up. "Well, I made sure you're alive, your mom will be coming back in a few hours. Try to get up by then." Romano looks at him confused. "You're not gonna do your creepy song and dance to get me up?" Antonio smiles at him as he reaches the door. "No, I don't need to worry about you anymore, right Lovi~? You have your sweet little brother and your friend Matthew~! Along with Kiku, even! So I will see you tonight at eight. Meet me at my place, ok~?" He leaves after that and Romano groans, slamming his head onto the pillow. "Damnit…" "So you have a date tonight with the man you don't like?" Marcello asks, sleep laced in every word he speaks.
"Shut up Marcello. It is not a date. And you're damn right I don't like that bastard! He comes in here way to much!" Romano whisper-yells and he can hear Marcello's smirk. "He did long before you ever came here, remember?" Marcello points out and Romano feels his heart sink a little. So that's why the bastard was always around. He was close to Feliciano and their mom. Is that why he is always here? No boundaries because he sopped having to worry about those long ago with this family? Romano wasn't special, he was just like a little brother to Antonio.
Like Feliciano is to Antonio. Soon Marcello will be fawned over by Antonio as well, and Romano will be on the back burner. "Romano…are you cold? You're kind of shivering…" Marcello whispers and Romano twitches. "Of course I'm not fucking cold! I have to heaters attached to me!" He groans and gets out of the bed, looking down at the confused Marcello. "I'm getting up, you can sleep a while longer, but I'm waking you both up in an hour."
Marcello smiles at him. "What a kind big brother me and Feliciano have~!" "Shut up, brat!" Romano yells, his face bright red as he storms out.
That night:
After finishing the dishes Romano looks at his watch. It's seven thirty. He should get ready and go meet with Antonio. "Romano, why is your face so red?" Marcello teases and Romano glares at him. "Shut up! I'm taking a shower!" "Yes, you should be clean for the first date!" Romano throws the dishrag at Marcello and stomps upstairs. "Ve~! Fratello is going on a date~?" Feliciano asks Marcello and he shrugs. "I guess, he said he was meeting Antonio at eight at his house."
The younger twin smiles at his little brother. "Ah…it's not technically a date." Marcello looks at him confused. "So you know what it is?" Feliciano grins and nods. "Of course I do! I knew as soon as I mentioned swimming earlier." Marcello looks at him annoyed. "You won't tell me, will you?" "Not a chance~!"
The two stop when they see Romano coming down, face beet red and in very nice clothes. "Oh my god! You're wearing that!" Marcello exclaims and Feliciano smiles. "I think it's cute~!" Romano glares at the two of them. He's not wearing anything bad, just a plain shirt and pants. It's not like he's going to really be wearing them anyways. ""Wooooow Romano just went BRIGHT red!" Marcello exclaims and Romano glares at him. "SHUT UP!" He shakes his head a little to get previous thoughts out of his head. Stupid tomato bastard. "I'm off!" He yells to his mother and runs off before she can say anything. "Where's he going?" She asks and Feliciano smiles innocently. "To see Matthew~!" He and Marcello head up stairs. "Who would have thought you could pull off lying?" "Anything for fratello!"
Romano:
Romano stands in front of Antonio's door, playing with his shirt awkwardly before finally knocking. As soon as he hears Antonio's voice he stiffens up. "Coming Lovi~!" Soon he is greeted with a grinning Antonio. "Would you like to come in~?" "No, and you're supplying the towels." Romano says curtly and Antonio laughs a little. "Of course, Lovi~! I'll be right back!" Antonio runs to his bathroom and grabs two towels before meeting up with Romano at the door again. "Let's go, Lovi~!" Romano groans and nods, following him.
They arrive at the beach, totally empty and illuminated by the moon and some street lights. "Isn't it pretty out, Lovi~?" Antonio asks and Romano glares at him bitterly. "No, it's dark and creepy." "Well, I'll keep you safe, Lovi~!" Romano looks away, blushing. "Yeah, fine. Just 'keep me safe' from a distance, damn tomato bastard." Antonio laughs a little as he lays their towels out on the sand.
"I have to be close to Lovi, though~! We can't have you drowned again! It's much harder to save someone in the dark!" Romano pales a little. "M-maybe…we just shouldn't…do this…" Antonio looks over to the boy and notices his growing nervousness. "Opps…I suppose I shouldn't have said that…" Romano glares at him. "You think so, you bastard! I-I mean-! I don't care about that! I'm not afraid of drowning! Fuck you! Who asked you!" Antonio laughs a little before he begins taking off his shirt and pants. "I would be afraid of drowning again if I were you…"
Romano turns stiffly towards the road and Antonio gasps, grabbing his arm and pulling him back. "Y-you aren't going to drown! I promise I won't let you!" Antonio begins to succeed in dragging the flailing boy back towards the ocean. "C-couldn't we do this at the river!" "You'd think so, wouldn't you? But nope, ocean's closer and better lit. Now come on, I won't let you drown." Romano reluctantly follows him before taking off his clothes, revealing swim trunks with the Italian flag on them. "Wow, how cute, Lovi~!" Antonio coos, pointing to his swim trunks that have the Spanish flag. "We're so alike~! You should give in and be friends with me~!" Romano glares at the man's trunks. "We're nothing alike. While mine look cool, yours look retarded."
"E-eh! Lovi~! How could you say that!" Antonio asks, a hurt expression coming to his face. "Easy, I have no problem in speaking the truth." Romano says bitterly and Antonio frowns, before grabbing Romano's hand, leading him to the water. "We'll start out with floating." Antonio places Romano's hands on his shoulders as they go in deeper. "B-bastard…we're in too deep! Go back! Go back!"
Romano's nails dig into Antonio's shoulders, making him wince. "R-Romano calm down. I've got you." Antonio places his hands on Romano's hips, holding him above the water. "See? You're ok Romano." A wave comes and raises Romano with it. "B-bastard…I'm not ok! I'm cold and wet and alone with an idiot!" Antonio sighs and let's go of Romano's waist. "Now kick, Lovi."
Romano gasps as his legs begin to go down and he begins kicking frantically. "Hey, calm down Lovi, you won't drown. Kicking frantically won't get you anywhere…kick in a smooth rhythm, alright?" Antonio says patiently as Romano continues berating him with curses and making his shoulders bleed.
Romano calms down a little and kicks as Antonio said, bringing himself up to float on the surface. "Great job Lovi~! See? I told you I could teach you!" Antonio continues to praise the boy as he grabs his hands and gently pushes him away from himself. "No when I let go move your arms in a circular motion and follow me." He lets Romano's hands go and Romano does as he says, swimming after the man into the shallower water before they reach the shallow end. "There you go, Lovi~!" Romano blushes and looks away. "I guess you are capable of at least teaching people…"
They sit down on the beach and dry off. "So Lovi, who is that little boy who was in your bed?" Antonio asks and Romano twitches, glaring at the man. "YOU DON'T KNOW!" "Why would I know?" Romano groans and buries his head into his towel. "Damnit, you are such a dumbass! How were you so calm then when you came to my room and saw him in my bed!" Antonio looks at him confused. "I just assumed he was someone who was related. Maybe a cousin?"
Romano twitches and doesn't ignore his urge this time, throwing Antonio's face into the sand. "Lovi~! That was really mean!" Antonio whines, spitting sand out of his mouth. "That's what you get for being a fucking retard." "So who is that kid, Lovi?" Romano looks over to the man as he wipes his mouth. "He's our baby brother. Apparently our father decided mom wasn't enough and so he was fucking his secretary. Said fucking lead to Marcello." Antonio frowns and places a hand on Romano's head. "I'm so sorry…that must be hard." "It's not hard…he's a good kid. I don't mind him living with us. Also, if you ever act towards him the way you do towards me I will kick your family jewels so hard you won't even be physically capable to have sex for twenty-five more years. Not that it matters, you'll be a virgin til the day you die. Because you're a bastard." Romano warns.
"Lovi is so cold…let's get you home, ok?" Antonio offers, taking Romano's hand and pulling him up to the sidewalk.
A/n: I dont like this one. So before you tell me it sucks, i'm well aware. It needed to be written to keep going and since it's 1:30 in the morning I'm not to keen on the idea of rewriting it. also...I KNOW it's random that the brothers are all just, like, magically in bed together. However, I'm a sucker for sibling bonding. I was also watching a movie where the kids got upset and all curled up in bed together and I though 'OMG THAT IS SO DAMN CUTE!' and wrote it. I tried to explain why Antonio is as...pushy as he is. But, we'll get more into knowing Antonio later. I'm no longer having the timeline go day-by-day either. Because, well, then this story would never end and people would get bored reading and I would get bored writing. Btw, Marcello's name is a mixture between two names of Princes from Seborga. The first name is from one prince and the last name from another. I think it works. Maybe. Anyways, as i said; this chapter sucks hard, but next chapter wont. I PROMISE! So please dont leave because of the major suckage... It was just an off day.
