Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia, because if I did Prussia would get much more screen time. New chapter y'all! YAY! So, this is another origin story chapter, but also a chapter that shows what their everyday life was kind of like. Also, important note at the bottom when you're done! Thanks for reading and enjoy the chapter!
Lucy's POV
I stared down at the red blood welling up on my arm, oddly fascinated by it. I hadn't cut this time, those days were behind me, but I had been cut. We had been doing a science experiment and the beaker exploded, sending glass everywhere, and cutting one of my older scars through my shirt. This had ended up with me sitting back in my dorm and pinching the cut to make more blood surface.
Yes, it did hurt, but it wasn't a bad pain. This kind of pain reminded me of what I had overcome and that I was still alive. Here I was, watching myself bleed and doing nothing about while sitting on the couch in our dorm room. I sighed and glanced at the gauze and antiseptic next to me, reaching for them as Gavin walked into the room. He took one look at my frozen state and freaked out. "OH MY GOD LUCY! YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T DO THIS ANYMORE!" he shouted at me, rushing over to me.
Gavin began hovering over me and cleaning the cut so he can put gauze over it. The whole time he was scolding me for reverting back to old tendencies and acting like a mother hen. I tried to explain myself, but he would just shush me until he had secured the gauze on me. "Gavin, will you let me explain now?"
"Fine, but it better be a good explanation Lucy. I don't feel like putting up with this again," he says, already annoyed with me.
"There was a beaker that exploded in class today and it cut through my shirt. I was about to bandage it up before you came in, I promise," I explain, hoping it would be enough to satisfy him. Gavin thinks about it for a moment before nodding his head and collapsing onto the couch next to me. "So, what are you doing out of class early? Aren't you in Home Economics right now?" I ask him.
"Yeah, but we were making pasta today and I started freaking out a bit. I kept hovering over everyone and yelling in Italian when they did it wrong and for some reason I wanted a lot of red sauce on my bowl. The teacher decided to make me leave the class," he explains.
I laugh hysterically and try to speak between giggles. "You practically embodied Flavio. I wish I was there to see that," I manage to choke out. Gavin flushes at my words and looks away, which makes me giggle harder. "Don't worry about it, you know I'm only teasing Flavio," I say, lightly punching his arm.
"Yeah, I know, but now I really want to make some pasta," he says, gazing towards the kitchen. I smile, stand up from couch, and pull him into the kitchen behind me.
"Go wild Flavio, I want to stuff myself with delicious pasta," I order, hopping onto the counter and gazing at him expectantly. He takes one look at me before completely dominating the kitchen. Within ten minutes a pot of pasta was boiling, sauce was being heated, and Gavin had somehow found bread to put garlic spread onto. I watched in awe as he managed to finish everything in another ten minutes. "Woah, that was some serious Flavio channeling!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah, that was really weird," he says, looking around the kitchen at the meal he made. He had cleaned as he cooked, so there were no dishes in the sink and the garlic bread was next to the pot of pasta. I jumped down from the counter and got two bowls, one of which I gave to Gavin, and began scooping out some pasta into my bowl. "This looks really good," Gavin comments, scooping pasta after me.
"Yeah, I'm impressed with you Gavin. I honestly didn't think you had this in you," I say through a mouthful of the food. My eyes lit up after my first bite and I greedily shoveled more into my mouth. I squeal in delight as I chow down on the food. "Okay, from now on, you get to cook all the meals," I announce.
"Um, no thanks, I think Alex would get pretty pissed off at that," Gavin argues, twirling pasta around on his fork before shoving it into his mouth. "Alex enjoys cooking remember? She calls it the stress reliever that prevents her from murdering people in public," he reminds me.
"Oh right, we wouldn't want her to start murdering people. That would look pretty bad on college applications," I muse, twirling my fork in my bowl. I walk back to the couch and plop down, Gavin following close behind. "Hey, you want to watch anything on Netflix? We could Netflix and chill," I suggest, holding up the TV remote. Gavin scoots away from me on the couch.
"I'll Netflix, but I won't chill, I don't swing that way honey," he says from the other side of the couch. It takes me a second to understand what he means, but I start laughing when I do.
"Calm down, I already know that! Besides, I'm saving myself for Mother Russia and you're saving yourself for the Awesome Prussia. I wouldn't ruin that!" I exclaim, holding the remote out to him. Gavin hesitantly takes the remote and flips through the anime section of Netflix.
"How about Kotoura-san? We haven't seen that anime in a while," Gavin suggests. I read the description, since I hadn't watched it with Gavin and Alex, and find myself interested in it. I nod and Gavin starts the first episode, which had us crying in five minutes from how sad it was. Not only was this sad, but we could relate on so many levels with the character's isolation.
By the time Alex and Luke had gotten home, Gavin and I were a crying mess with tissue boxes, bowls, and garlic bread crusts scattered around us. "What the hell happened here?!" Alex shouts, taking in the wreckage of broken feels.
"Netflix and feels happened, Netflix and feels," Gavin replies, holding me as I cry into his shirt. From that day on, Alex and Luke won't let Gavin or I choose the anime we watch.
Ok, so Kotoura-san is a real anime and has feels, but it's also really funny and you guys should go check it out! IMPORTANT QUESTION TIME: So, I started writing a 2p! version of Reader in Wonderland as well as the unit sequel. My question is, which would you rather be published first? Let me know in the comments section! Thanks for reading, comments your thoughts and answers, and look forward to the next chapter!
