Note: They'll be too many pairings to actually list them, I tell you that right now folks...I'm looking forward to the Hetalia-ness. I'll try to pull off. By that I mean "romance". Also, heads up, there will be 3 exceptions in couples in this fan fiction and trust me, all these couples are just to somewhat guide the main pairing throughout the story. Also, if they are not paired up already don't expect ANYTHING yet. Just saying. Aaaand one more thing: Italy (the guy we all know and possibly love) has his eyes closed just like in the anime and will open when he's serious, surprised, etc. you get the gist of it.
...I don't know how Taiwan or some of the characters sound like...or talk like...just a little on how they act...A LITTLE. So tell me if im right or wrong here!
Chap. 8, Chit chat
Bella Jansen pouted as she moved along the cafeteria line. Mei Xiao, a friend of Bella's, moved along with her.
"So what if your brother saw you trying to go into the boy's locker room? At least he didn't tell your parents and grounded you." Mei said, taking the minced pork rice among other various foods. The cafeteria was huge and could fill up to 200 students. Not that THAT was the most best part of the place. The food was international. The school was good enough to hire chefs. After all, the Jeimrock High school was known to take in talented students. With talent came credibility and with credibility came riches and fame.
"Well, he didn't know why I was actually there so...it's not fair that Big Brother got in the way..." Bella whined. Mei shook her head and then smiled.
"Your usually lovable with him." Mei commented.
"Well yeah but I was looking for someone and I thought he would be there...not my brother coming after me..." Bella commented. After years of being surrounded by male friends, Bella had finally found herself crushing on one of them. And now that she had a crush, she was willing to go all out in getting him. There were a few problems, though, with her having a crush in the first place...
"Well, the guy seems pretty dense if you ask me..." said Mei. No one else knew who Bella had been crushing on but, from the other side of the cafeteria, a certain hazel eyed Italian had been starring at her and wondering who she could be liking. Lovino Vargas, the third oldest next to Veneziano Vargas and his twin, Kiara, had kept on starring at the Belgium girl ever since he entered the room. So far, he had managed to successfully find a spot to sit in without any interruptions. Till his brother came around, of course.
"Ve~ Whatcha doin' all by yourself Lovi?" a certain honey eyed man said as he sat down next to Lovino, a tray full of spaghetti in his hands. Instantly, Lovino jumped in his chair and looked at his brother. He didn't want to admit he was startled, although his red face clearly shouted to any and all 'I was just caught off guard/looking at my crush'. All bothered, he crossed his arms and looked back at the direction of where Bella was.
"Oh, its just you Veneziano..." was his ever pissed off reply. "What do you want?"
"Ve~" started the man, looking sad. His curl had lowered a little more in response. "Your my fratello. I only wanted to talk to you..."
"Hmph, yeah right" was the only response the Italian got. A couple of French and American girls passed by: Lovino's cue to ignore his brother and just gaze at Bella. She had finally sat down at the "cool kid's" table. Mei included. Meanwhile, Veneziano just stared at where he was looking at and then looked at the table where Antonio had sat in next to Francis and Gilbert. He turned back to his brother.
"Fratello, why aren't you sitting with Antonio and the others?" Veneziano asked, his curl bobbing up from time to time as his curiosity showed. Distractedly, Lovino slightly turned his head while looking at Bella.
"No..." Lovino took his time as he was slowly brought back to reality. "Because...Because..."
He saw her talking with another guy in the group and suddenly heard her laughter. He decided he liked her laughing. Once he decided that, though, he crashed onto Earth and woke up registering the question. Annoyed that he was brought back from what he was doing, he snapped at his brother.
"It's none of your business!" Lovino yelled and it wasn't lost on some of the students that were around the two. Veneziano's curl drooped as he showed a sad face. He had flinched but recovered fast. He knew his position meant he couldn't be too easy going.
Lovino turned his head to the opposite direction, crossed his arms again and simmered for a couple of minutes while Veneziano pouted, trying not to whimper. Eventually, the Italians calmed down enough to continue their conversation. Lovino turned back and started to wonder something.
"By the way, what are you doing here? I thought the faculty room was on the far end of the school." Lovino pointed, looking at his brother now. Veneziano's eyes popped open in surprise as if he just noticed it himself.
"Oh! I just came here for the pasta~" said the Italian, indicating to the tray still in his hands on the table. Lovino shook his head, seeing how typical his big brother was.
"You forgot your lunch again, didn't you?" Lovino asked as he looked at the older male with a deadpan face.
"Si!" Veneziano said.
"Idiota...go back to the faculty room, 'where you belong'..." Lovino drawled, standing up and leaving a, once again, sad Veneziano.
"SHE WHAT?" someone had yelled out from nearby, causing Veneziano to look at where the "Bad Touch Trio" were.
"Calmate! She's in good hands now. I just brought her to the nurse..." Antonio reassured his red eyed friend who had been frantic a moment ago.
"ShiBe! NO! You don't get it!" Gilbert yelled again, feeling like he was going into a melt down.
"Oh what could pozzibly the problem?" I think that bit of action will look good on 'im." Francis said, seeming to be the calmer one out of the three.
'No! Who knows what Toni told her! She might now think that I'm some sort of delinquent or worse! Now I won't be on her good side and that leads to me having more work and THAT means I won't be able to do band stuff AND THAT means I won't look so awesome for that girl and that-' Gilbert's train of thought was stopped by a hand being placed on his shoulder. A firm hand. He looked up and saw his younger brother looking straight at him.
"Bruder, why are you making such a ruckus so early in the year?" said. He still had his glasses on from working in the student council room recently. Gilbert just looked at him and then grabbed his brother by the shoulders, still somewhat in his panicked thoughts.
"WEST! NEVER MAKE A PACT WITH A TEACHER!" Gilbert yelled, taking his brother by surprise.
From a few tables away, Veneziano looked at the group with tinted cheeks and a goofy smile on his face. He felt pretty 'jolly' seeing the group. He'd seen them grow along with him and was considered to be the youngest teacher next to Kiku but now that the new teacher joined the staff, he wasn't titled as that. Still, he felt young and, therefore, still felt close to the students that he grew up with. Even if he was a few years older than them. He decided to pay them a visit since it was the new start of the semester. Besides, he wanted to say hi to his favorite of them all, Ludwig.
Ludwig had to hold his older brother back now as he tried to calmly assert the situation when he heard the famous "Doitsu" coming from the eldest of the Italian family. He knew that voice anywhere, really.
"Hello fellas! Doitsu!" Veneziano said happily as he walked over to the group. As soon as Veneziano acknowledged Ludwig, he immediately felt conscious of himself. With a slight blush on his face and red tipped ears, Ludwig fixed himself and adjusted his glasses, trying to be formal with the Art teacher.
"Hello Mr. Vargas..."
The teacher just smiled at him as he heard the usual greetings from the others, minus a less enthusiastic one.
"Feli! Que bueno que estas aqui hoy!" Antonio said, his lovable side now showing. (A/N: "Feli! It's good to see you here today!")
"Oui, iz's good to zee you. 'ave you zeen zat imbicile of a brother of mine yet?" Said Francis, now remembering his elder brother who, coincidently, was also a teacher of another school. (A/N: "Yes, it's good to see you. Have you seen that imbecile of a brother of mine yet?")
"Hey Feli...sorry, I'm having an un-awesome time..." said Gilbert who just now settled down and just stared at his wurst.
A little bothered by the nickname the guys still used on the young adult, he cleared his throat and tried his best to not to remember why it bothered him. He still had a nice, quick flash back of a teenager looking a lot like a girl smiling down at him. He was a preteen, 11 years old, when he got to meet the Italians. When he saw Veneziano and Feliciana, he could have sworn there was a "mini-me" of Veneziano. Because both his grandfather and the grandfather of the Italians conversed in their own languages, he and his brother didn't understand who's name was thrown at who. So for a time, they thought that Veneziano was Feliciana and vise verse. He could have sworn the pretty girl was Veneziano...
Obviously now he knew but some sort of feeling lingered even after finding out that Veneziano was a guy. He just didn't know what that feeling was. It did drive him crazy, though, since now he's trying his hardest from shying away from the teacher.
Although now that very same teacher started paying attention to Gilbert.
"Gil? What's the matter?" the Italian asked. Genuinely puzzled by the boy's rare lack of enthusiasm.
"It's nothing Feli...just that..." Gilbert stopped talking as his thoughts rolled by. The others now paid attention to the white haired boy. "I met this girl-"
"A girl?" both Francis and Ludwig questioned, seeming to be more puzzled than Veneziano seemed to get the picture a little more, though and Antonio was just listening, seeming a bit happy that it was about 'a' girl and not just the fans they had.
"Oh che bello!" the teacher said right away, already imagining a pretty girl. (A/N: "Oh that's great!")
"Si, that's very good to hear!" Antonio agreed.
"No guys you don't get it!" Gilbert said, standing up. "That girl that I met was pretty cool with me and I want to get to know her and all but she's the 'sister' of my English teacher!"
All the men in the group hmm'ed as they immediately understood the situation. Then, with a warm smile, Veneziano went to Gilbert's other side and placed a hand on his shoulder, making the German look at him.
"If you get along with both of them then everything will be ok. I'm sure of it!" Veneziano said, adding a huge smile to his face. Gilbert didn't buy it but he did burrow onto the idea. He was sort of getting along with his teacher already and it was too early to say that anything could go wrong, right? The old cocky smile grew on the German's face as he stood up straighter and threw a laugh out in the open.
"Kesesesesese! The Awesome Gilbert never goes down without a fight!" Gilbert announced.
"No, that doesn't make..." Ludwig started to say but he glanced at Veneziano and shut his mouth. He cleared his throat and decided that it was the right time to leave.
"Well, I'll leave you to your friends, then." said Ludwig.
"Ehhh? Doistu don't go!" the Italian whined as he was instantly found on Ludwig's arm. The young German began to flail his arm, trying to first fight the blush that had come upon his cheeks before wanting to shake off the Italian.
"V-Veneziano!" Ludwig said as he desperately shoved the teacher to the side. Suddenly, smug looks were pointed at him as he looked from his brother to his brother's friends. Well, define 'smug faces' for the Bad Touch Trio? Ludwig's face grew instantly red as he noticed what he had done. Usually he wouldn't mix school with personal things, or people in this case. Not just any people but Veneziano Vargas, his Art teacher. He covered his mouth, as if doing that would take it all back. He only glanced at his teacher for a second and couldn't stand the teary-eyed look the older Italian male gave him.
"Excuse me!" Ludwig said super fast as he strutted out of the cafeteria. A small pigtailed girl had been watching, waiting the whole time and seeing how things escalated for the student council president. She was the undersecretary for the guy and she knew certain obvious things, like how the German would get flustered when an Italian got near him, particularly Vargas. At first, it had looked similar to allergies to her. Then she noticed he wasn't affected at all when Kiara or Lovino got near him. Let's not start on the older twin of the Art teacher.
She followed right after the German as he passed her. Advising herself not to get pissed at the many stares going her way.
- Guess old Feli needs a hug...=.=; -
"Ah~ That feels better~" Maddeline said as she put the ice pack on her side. For some reason, she enjoyed the cold a little too much. This felt like it hit the spot. The nurse giggled an airy giggle. Lightly blond, shoulder length hair flowed as she made her way from the cabinet to the chair at her desk. Maddie stayed sitting on the bed right across from her. The whole place smelled like it was sterilized yet you could smell some of the Lily of the Valley flowers. The big hint of why sat right where the window sill was. "So how did this happen Ms. Williams?" The nice, gentle voice came out and Maddeline was grateful for the gentleness. It made her feel like she could share some things with the older female. Her legs fidgeted as she looked at the floor for a second and then back at the woman's indigo eyes. Eyes that she is still currently imitating.
"Well, I was just getting along with a student and I accidentally hit the table's side." Maddeline said, hoping her lying skills have level up since she graduated from college.
"Try not to, ok? I hear you are the youngest of all the staff. You could be my daughter, that's how young you look. It's best to not rough house with the students." the nurse said, her calm smile never leaving her face.
"Mrs. Vainamoinen..." Maddeline was surprised. It felt somewhat surreal how everything was an air of calmness around the nurse. Of cheeriness. Of peacefulness even.
On the other hand, that all kinda dispersed when the nurse looked at the young teacher, blinking.
"My, you are the first of few who had said my name correctly..." Mrs. Vainamoinen said, mildly surprised herself.
"O-oh. Um. It's nothing really. I just, know how..." Maddeline said, feeling shy now that she was in the spotlight and feeling how conscious the room made her feel.
"No, no...It's like you studied Finnish and know how to say it properly..." Mrs. Vainamoinen said, now getting an idea. Her idea was confirmed when Maddeline said nothing, only shrinking back in the bed, blushing now. Maddeline never really bragged about what things she learned at the time she was in high school and college. She was studious and humble like that.
"I see. So you could have been any type of teacher or any type of person to the world and yet you came here..." said Mrs. Vainamoinen.
"I wanted to teach..." was the quiet reply.
"English for Seniors."
"It's simply because I wanted to leave students off with something. They may not always use calculus in the real world but they'll be able to get a good career with what I'll teach them. I want to give them what I've been given."
It was silent after that. Just a few minutes of silence. The nurse looked at the young teacher with proud eyes.
"Could it be that there is something for you in return of this?" Mrs. Vainamoinen asked, making Maddie think.
"I...I guess being with students around my age would be good, too. I think I'll learn a lot from them."
"As do all teachers, hehe." Mrs. Vainamoinen said last, giggling and making Maddeline smile.
~ Ah, this feels so nice ^-^~
Just to let you guys know, I'm a procrastinator...and that I usually like to land mega hints as to who each character is! Look it up if your curious enough. FYI Lily of the Valley flowers are poisonous, so don't eat them or touch them with your hands! That's all I think. ._.
