Love Has Several Languages (Race/Spot)

Modern AU+Head-cannon (Race and Jack know a crap ton of languages [they learn them for fun cuz why not?] despite them swearing like sailors)

Anthony and Sean were the most hopelessly in love couple in high school. They were the 'it' couple of the school, and everyone was always jealous of how much they loved each other.

But it wasn't always that way.

Back when they first started dating, both of them were so awkward with each other that they didn't actually kiss for the first time until about six weeks of going out.

Their first date was… painfully awkward, to say the least. They had gone to see a movie, but they barely even talked throughout the whole thing. Afterwards, Sean tried to give Anthony a kiss, but settled for a hug instead.

But that wasn't the worst of it. The worst part was when it came to saying 'I love you'.

Anthony wanted to be creative with the ways he said 'I love you' and how he flirted with Sean. Considering he already knew eight languages (English, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Gaelic, Greek and Japanese), he decided to do it in foreign languages.

So, he took time out of every day to learn different languages. These included Latin, Galician and several others, some more commonly used, others being lesser known.

Every day, when he met up with Sean or passed him in the hallway, he would drop a pick-up line or say 'I love you' in a certain language. Sean didn't even know what he was trying to do at first, but went with it anyways.

One day, he sat down at the lunch table and said to Sean, "Aroha ataahua."(1) It was supposed to be in Maori. What Anthony didn't know was that one of his friends, Jack, was fluent in several of the languages he flirted with Sean in, one of which was Maori.

Frustrated at this point, Jack slammed his hands on the table and yelled, "Mo te Atua, me korero noa i te reo Ingarihi, kaore koe?"(2) At this, Anthony was shocked, but shouted back, "Aue, na e kore e taea e au te mahi auaha me te ahua o taku whakaatu i taku aroha ki a ia?"(3)

Jack retorted, "Ehara i te mea, Anthony. Ko te mea no te mea kaore koe i te matekore i te ngana ki te mahi i te tikanga!"(4) This started an argument between the two boys that made basically everyone in the nearby vicinity turn their heads in confusion. After the argument finally cooled down, Anthony turned to Sean, said, "I love you," brought him close and kissed him.

Sure, their relationship started out awkward. But something that Sean learned that day after Anthony explained everything was that love and affection can come in a variety of languages. You just have to look around and find out what they are.


Translations:

1. Hello handsome.

2. For God's sake, just say that in English, will you?

3. Oh, so I can't be creative in the way I show my affection towards him?

4. It's not that, Anthony. It's because you're so goddamn hopeless at trying to do it normally!


A/N: Is it just me or does anyone else have a head-cannon that Jack and Race swear a lot but know so many damn languages (like, more than seven) that anyone who doesn't know about how many languages they know just stares at them when they switch to another language on accident?

Also, if any of it is wrong, I took it from Google Translate, so that's my reason.