I think the universe is conspiring against me and my fanfiction. Whether it's a soccer game, band concert, or having to go buy earrings to match the dress I'm wearing to cousin Jeffie's wedding, there's always something going on that gets in the way of me being able to type. It's driving me insane!
Also, this story is disorganized, the characters are probably really OOC, and I have yet to type a chapter that reaches 1000 words. Hopefully I'll be able to fix all that at some point...anyway! On with the story! The first part kinda backtracks and it's in Gilberts POV and then it continues from where I left off last chapter.
Still don't own Hetalia!
and AntCarryingARubberTree: thank you! im trying to show Gilberts cuter more childlike and less annoying side in this story, glad to know its working! ^_^
Oh and I decided that for the sake of this fanfic Roderich plays both piano and violin. To me he kinda comes off as the type of person who can play just about anything. Except oboe, cuz only true badasses are able to play oboe. cheyeah
I woke up at 6:00, the beginning of what I knew was going to be a great day. I hopped out of bed with a yawn, wearing a black tank top and my awesome chickadee pj pants. I headed downstairs to get some breakfast.
"Good morning! Merry Christmas!" I yelled, walking into the kitchen and alerting the world of my awesome presence.
"Ah, bonjour Gilbert. Merry Christmas to you too," Francis said looking up from his morning coffee. "You seem awfully chipper today."
"Of course I am! Today is gonna be awesome, I just know it," I said, reaching for a muffin from a pretty red and green basket laying on the counter.
My French house mate glared at me. "Don't eat those."
Ignoring him, I grabbed a chocolate chip muffin anyway and started eating it. "You made them for that Jean chick you like so much didn't you?" I said smirking.
"Oh shut it."
I laughed evilly before getting a milk carton out of the fridge and chugging it. Francis continued to stare at me disapprovingly.
"So what about you Gilbert?"
"What about what?"
"Are you going to give your lady friend a Christmas gift?"
I started choking on my milk. "W-what? !" I managed to stutter out after finally clearing my throat.
"Ohohohon, don't deny it my friend, you didn't get home last night until midnight, you must have been out with a lady! Tell me, is she pretty?"
"Well yes, she is really pretty- wait it's not like that!"
"Uh huh, sure," he leered, waggling his eyebrows suggestively.
I could feel my face start to burn and I glowered at him. "It was 11:00 not midnight thank you very much, and besides, Eli's just a friend."
"Ohon, I haven't heard of this Eli girl before! Pray tell, who is she and what did you have to blackmail her with to get her to sleep with you?"
"What the hell Francis!" I yelled, throwing the now empty milk carton at his stupid smug face. "I didn't blackmail her and I didn't sleep with her either ok! I met her last night while I was out, we talked for a while, ate dinner at a little cafe together and that's it."
Francis replied with a pout and sighed dramatically. "Alright I believe you, but mon ami that is so boring!"
"I'm so sorry it didn't live up to your perverted expectations," I scoffed. "Next time I'll be sure to come up with an interesting lie for you."
I left the kitchen, cramming another muffin in my mouth as I went, with Francis's angry voice yelling "I told you not to eat those!" at my retreating back. Smirking, I went back to my room to get ready for work.
"Hey Yao! I got an order for ya!" I called from across the restaurant.
"Hold on Gil," my Chinese friend yelled back. "Two more customers just came in!"
I sighed as he rushed off to greet them. The long shift was starting to take it's toll on me. Not that I couldn't handle it of course, cuz I'm just that awesome. Dropping the order off in the kitchen, I ventured back out into the restaurant to wait on the new customers. I spotted them over in a corner booth by the window. Walking closer, I was amazed to recognize the long haired brunette staring blankly at nothing as the girl I had met last night. A huge grin spread across my face. This day has just got a hell of a lot more interesting.
I was still smiling as Roderich and I left two and half hours later. It had been so much fun talking with Gil; watching him run away from HK after being caught ignoring the other customers he was supposed to waiting on, then continuing our conversation when he snuck back three minutes later. It was amazing how we had lost track of time, it was already 3:00 before Roddy (who we had been completely ignoring) finally interrupted our discussion about economics and marshmallow peeps to say it was time to go.
After I told him we were lost and telling him where we lived, Gil was able to give us directions back to the apartment complex. I did my best to memorize the way so I could come back sometime.
The walk home was quiet; Roddy was sulking since I hadn't been paying attention to him and I wasn't in the mood to deal with him. Instead I let myself get lost in my thoughts. As I watched Roderich walk silently in front of me, I found that I missed Gilbert's incessant chatter. The silence was boring. I also found that I didn't feel at all guilty about totally shutting out my boyfriend for a guy I met less than a day ago. But for some reason it was like we had been best friends forever, and I couldn't bring myself to regret anything.
A few hours after we got back, I saw Roderich in the piano room gathering up sheet music and carrying his suitcase.
"What are you doing?" I asked curiously. It was doubtful, but maybe...
…maybe we're going on a trip? Is this his Christmas present to me? I almost thought he forgot about Christmas!
I grinned in anticipation and, like an idiot, started to get my hopes up.
"I'm going to England to perform with the London Symphony Orchestra. I'll be back in a week."
"What? !" The small little balloon of hope rising in my chest burst. "You never told me about this!"
He looked up from carefully setting his old and worn violin in its case, his eyebrows furrowed with slight confusion.
"No, I'm sure I must have told you. It's been planned for months, you must have just forgot."
And with that patronizing comment he picked up his things, kissed me on the cheek, and walked right out the door. He disappeared, just like that.
I was stunned. He never told me. That is so typical of him, thinking he's right and everyone else is wrong.
I stood there staring at the door, shock and disappointment rooting me to the spot. After a few minutes I slowly walked back to our bedroom, still in a kind of trance. I reached under the bed and pulled out a violin case. I opened it and looked at the beautiful instrument, tracing my fingers across it's smooth wooden finish. It was Italian made, exquisitely crafted. I had tried it out for myself when I bought it and It was practically impossible to play a wrong note. It was a true work of art.
I calmly walked over to the window and opened it. Then I pitched Roderich's Christmas gift out into the cold air. I smiled at the satisfyingly loud crunch it made as it smashed into the ground four stories below.
Roderich wouldn't miss it. He hadn't even remembered today was Christmas Day.
The apartment was cold and lonely after Roddy left. Which is to say it was exactly the same as when he was still here, except now I didn't have to listen to that goddamn piano.
Since there wasn't anything else to do, I decided to go visit my dear friend Feliks. Grabbing my coat I headed out into the winter air, leaving the tomb-like apartment behind me.
When I entered the bookstore Feliks owned, the first thing I saw was a blur of yellow hair and suddenly I was caught in a bone-crushing hug and a squealing voice in my ear.
"Like, omg, hi Lizzy!~ I am so totally happy to see you! And like, Merry Christmas and stuff!"
"It's good to see you too Feliks, Merry Christmas," I said, smiling as I hugged him back.
"Ok, you need to totally give me the low down on what's happenin'! You haven't dropped by in like, forever! Come on!" he said, dragging me to the coffee bar in the middle of the bookstore. My bubbly blond friend whipped up two venti caramel espressos with extra foam and plopped down at one of the tables, patting the seat by to him for me to sit down.
"Ok, so like, what's up?" he asked, taking a sip and getting foam all over his face.
I grinned and sat next to him. His perky attitude was exactly what I needed to cheer up.
"Well, I got entered in this really fancy art exhibit."
He gasped theatrically, ever the drama queen. "That is so great Lizzy!" he squealed. I couldn't help but laugh at his enthusiasm as he jumped up and down in his seat with excitement.
Well he certainly had a much better reaction than Roderich did when I told him...
Opening the letter, she gasped. Her eyes read hungrily down the paper, the smile on her face growing wider and wider with each passing second. She couldn't wait to tell him, she was so excited she felt like she would explode if she didn't tell someone right now.
She dashed back to the apartment yelling "Roddy! Roddy, guess what!" as she burst through the door. Her boyfriend looked up from his piano as she rushed into the room, panting from exertion.
"Yes? What has gotten you so worked up?"
"I've got great news!" she yelled, happiness and excitement making her eyes sparkle.
"What is it Elizaveta?"
"My photo got into the Ohio Art exhibit!" she practically squealed. She looked like she was about to start jumping up and down with joy.
Roderich simply nodded, his face devoid of any emotion.
"Good job," he said, turning back to his piano.
"Hellooooo? Earth to Liz!"
"Huh?" I snapped out of my reprieve to see Feliks snapping his fingers in front of my face, his green eyes filled with concern.
"Oh sorry Feliks, I kinda zoned out." I gave him a sweet innocent little smile to show everything was fine, but he wasn't fooled.
"What's wrong Eliza?"
"Nothing!"
He just sat there, an extremely skeptical look on his face and stared hard at me until I started to fidget. Even wearing his light-up Rudolph the red nosed reindeer sweater and red and green ribbons in his hair, he could be surprisingly intimidating when he wanted to be.
"...Well, ok, it's not a big deal but..." I gave in and reluctantly told him, first about Roderich's disappointing reaction to my big news, then about how he forgot about Christmas, and suddenly I just couldn't stop. All the little aggravations, all the problems we were having, it flooded out of me like water from a burst dam. It felt so good to just release the pent up emotions I had been carrying around with me for so long. Near the end I was practically shouting, and Feliks just sat there, taking in everything I said and letting me get it all out like the great friend he was.
As I finally calmed down, he sighed.
"Lizzy, he's like, totally not good enough for you. I don't see why you, like, bother," he said, taking a sip of his long-named coffee.
I sighed too. I've been doing that a lot lately.
"I don't really know Feliks," I said, fiddling with my coffee cup. "It used to be so great when we first started dating. I just want to try and work it out and get back to what we used to be..."
"Well that's like, a shame, because I totally met an awesome guy today who seems like he would be your type-"
"No Feliks. I don't need you to hook me up with anyone alright?"
He pouted, annoyed he wasn't allowed to play matchmaker and the mischievous glint in his eyes faded. Then his eyes suddenly brightened again as if he had just remembered something.
"Oh yeah, guess what Lizzy!"
I bet he got a new limited edition Rainbow Pony or something.
"What is it?"
"I have the new Jounjou Romantica dvd!"
I stared at him in amazement and disbelief. "Are you serious? I haven't even been able to find the new episodes online!"
"Yes! I got the shipment of new manga and anime stuff today!"
I instantly started squealing like the obsessed yaoi fan that I am, causing several people nearby to stare.
"You have to show me!" I shrieked. Feliks grinned like mad and grabbed me by the arm.
"Come on!" he shouted, running with me to the back of the store where the dvd section was. But when got there, I felt my smile slowly disappear as I remembered something.
"Wait, hold on Feliks," I said slowing down so instead of me and Feliks running together, he ended up dragging me along.
He slowed down and looked back at me, shooting me a confused look.
"What is it Lizzy?"
"...Well," I started out reluctantly. I knew he wouldn't like what I was about to say.
"Like, spit it out Lizzy," he said, flipping a strand of blond hair out of his eyes.
"Um, remember when I said Roderich doesn't like me buying manga and anime stuff? And that he thinks it's too expensive and a waste of money?"
"So?"
"Well, I don't want to make him mad..." I looked down awkwardly and picked at a hangnail on my thumb.
"Oh come on Lizzy! This is so totally not like you!"
I looked up to see his expression had turned stony with a hint of annoyance. "Sorry Feliks. I'll just watch the episodes when they get put up online!" I gave a brave carefree little smile but he just raised an eyebrow, obviously not buying my act.
"Well do you at least, like, wanna see it?"
"No, I would be too tempted to buy it. Actually, I think I should probably go home now, it's getting late."
He pouted again. "Aww, fine. But you need to like, stop by and visit me soon!"
"Of course," I said, smiling more genuinely than before.
We chatted as he walked me to the exit, and I gave him a big hug before saying goodbye and walking out into the snow.
After about fifteen minutes, I reached apartment number 403, the place I call home. To my surprise, as I reached behind the potted plant for the keys, my hand brushed a small package. Curious, I pulled it out and something fell out. As I reached down and picked it up, I saw it was a piece of yellow paper with a border of cute little birds around it. I grinned as I started to read the note.
Hey Eli! So I was wandering around this awesome bookstore and I found this! I thought you might like it cuz it looks like one of those perverted anime things you like so much. Merry Christmas!
-the awesome Gilbert
oh and ps, I didnt stalk you back to your apartment or anything! That would be so not awesome! I just asked the doorman to give it to you! Im not a creeper!
I laughed out loud as I opened the badly wrapped gift, then rushed inside to watch my new Jounjou Romantica dvd, glad for once that Roderich was gone and that I could watch my precious yaoi in peace.
Mein gott I love the first two chapters of this but the rest are like bleeeeh :[
But at least I finally wrote a long chapter! :)
im trying to make this as realistic as possible but I made a few things up like the stuff about Jounjou Romantica. I haven't had time to watch or read Jounjou Romantica and I have no idea if the series is still ongoing or if a new season has come out or what. All I know is that it's yaoi and apparently two of the main characters act exactly like Spain and Romano. ^_^
oh and a little side-note, Gil, Francis, and Antonio all live together in the same house and they share all the bills. They were going to get an apartment together instead but Antonio wanted room to grow his beloved tomatoes. ^_^
and yes, they all live in Ohio. Cuz Ohio is awesome :)
and next chapter Lizzy and Gil go to Ohayocon! Yay!