Mute words filling the gaps made by a silence louder than thunder
Weeks passed uneventfully at Hetalia High, kids ran about jolly and happy to make a ruckus, the food sucked, and sign-up sheets for a bunch of bizarre clubs circled around the school. Right now it was break between second and third period, and as such kids were lined up outside the Gourmet Club Room to buy some eatables, granted much of it was over-priced –thanks to senior Yao Wang-, but many things were cheap and delicious.
"C'mon... I'm hungry..." a few students moaned frustrated by the long lines, while others muttered about unfinished homework and marks they got in tests with each other. The club in question had exactly three members: Francis, Sadiq and Yao― all of whom understood the pressures of running illicit businesses, and were on the good side of most of the teachers in the school [with their peers? We'll get to that later].
"Bojour, Feliciano, Romano, Kiku." Francis said in a slow, seductive voice, "Anything that sparks your fancy? Ohohoho..." Winking at the trio, he got a mixture of reactions- Lovino gave him a look of mild disgust and curiosity; Feliciano smiled and started chatting before buying his food; and Kiku just smiled shyly, trying not to blush. Feliciano almost always ordered first, as he took the longest, then Lovino [he may not be particularly friendly, but he's still Italian], and then Kiku.
"Lovi!~" A sickeningly familiar voice sung out to Lovino, then Antonio appeared, pushing a few primary school kids out of the way, with a tomato in hand, and engulfed Lovino in a smothering hug.
"G-Gah-!" Lovino attempted to push him away, not appreciating the sudden closeness –He liked to know people were coming, alright? While Feliciano and Kiku merely looked on at the spectacle in curiosity.
Antonio just laughed and tugged at Lovino's curl, watching Lovino's face light up.
"D-Damnit! Stop doing that, bastard!" Lovino stuttered hand, instantly shooting up to protect his curl, face blushing in what was definitely embarrassment.
People were staring and laughing, and Lovino could feel himself blush more and more, even as he tried telling himself that they couldn't know, they couldn't possibly know about what it did. He still felt anger rush up inside of him. Before he could explode, he felt Feliciano wrap his arms around Lovino's midsection and hurled him back. Also having a curl, Feliciano knew how they worked, being his brother Feliciano also understood Lovino's spiralling emotions, but most of all he understood how bad it would be if Lovino had a meltdown here. Who knows, he could even end up jumping Antonio.
Kiku however, had indeed realised the secret behind the curls through his mystical powers of observation, and had recorded every moment of the ordeal on his phone. It was honestly very interesting watching the two of them- Romano was so tsundere and Antonio was so oblivious, making it hard to picture them getting together on their own. Perhaps they needed a little push...
"Ah!" Francis' face lit up as he went to take Kiku's order, "Mon ami, how are you?" He asked in a very different tone from the alluring one he had been using earlier; much friendlier and light- hearted.
I could probably get Francis to join, Kiku thought, smile appeared on his face at the thought of how greatly that could work out. Meanwhile Feliciano wrestled his brother away, panting at the effort.
Short chapter is short. I really don't know what more to do on this chappie, so…
But seriously guys, please, please review~ They make all the difference.