Disclaimer: Hetalia is not mine.

CLOCKWORK

by Radically Distinguished

And you are?

August 28, Thursday. Present Time; in a coaster going to the airport.

They just passed through another closed tunnel and their surroundings went dark again. Their only sources of light were those road lights on the tunnel wall that glowed a bright amber color. It was the longest they've come so far, occupying two curves on the way. The ride wasn't really a bumpy one, in fact, it was all going smoothly up until now. The atmosphere just outside the concrete cave was as fine as yesterday was; the sun has shown its face earlier at dawn accompanied by soothing winds that caressed the group's faces when they were still at school and now, blue hovered the horizon once again with strays of white smoke floating by it as the day went on peacefully as ever. They haven't faced any troubles on the road like accidents or crashes or anything. Everything was well…

If you don't count the inside of the coaster, that is.

"Five on me, three on you." Govert bargained again with his hand gesturing to a five.

"No, I refuse to that offer, Govert." Kiku answered with a determined voice, his camera on both of his hands and laced on his neck. "It would be unfair."

"No, it won't. The people would love this." The sturdy and blonde man defended.

"Like I said, let's just put it on a tarpaulin or something then hang in front of the main building! That'd be more awesome!" Matthias exclaimed as he kneeled on a vacant seat in front of their sleeping preys and right beside Matthew's, but he wasn't there at that time.

"And funnier! We can't just sell those!" Alfred agreed as he stomps closer to the quarrelling group.

"Now, there's a man who agrees with me! And he's the president, people!" The latter one said as he wrapped his arm around Alfred's shoulder and tugged him close. "The authority has spoken!"

"The council could use some extra income, you know." Govert answered. "Especially when someone's draining our power source all the time." He nagged as he rolled his eyes, eyeing Kiku.

Kiku's brows furrowed at what he heard and tightened his grip on his camera. "Because it is necessary for me, and I'm pretty sure you know why!" He defended. "Anyway, back to our discussion, I'm the one who took the pictures so I will be the one who will decide what we'll do with it."

"Oh no, you don't Kiku! I'm the president here and if I say tarpaulin, it will be on a damn tarpaulin the next time we see it!" Alfred said with his usual demanding but cheery voice. He wrapped his arm around Matthias's shoulder and the two smiled widely, it reached up to their ears. "And that's the last!"

"No, it is not the last, Alfred! I don't like that idea!" Kiku exclaimed as he clung to the coaster's upper railings. The space inside was too cramped considering that it can only accommodate a number of eighteen people inside and that includes the driver of the ride. So when the vehicle stumbles on a rocky path along the way, the whole will be shaken, slightly if you're seated, and a pain in the head, literally, if you're dumb enough to stand while the coaster's moving. Although, there are those people who knows about this, but still does it anyway. This particular group of five people is the proof of that, good thing the others aren't. "They will get mad at us, primarily at me!"

"No, they won't. I bet that Gilbert will even laugh his ass off once he sees this! It's hilarious!" Matthias bit out, his smile never-fading. "They'll surely love this, Kiku!"

"They won't, Matthias." Govert bit out and his deep and manly voice overpowered the others' whines. "That's why I suggest we turn it into a laminated card and sell them off to those fangirls of theirs before they even see it, even that Francis."

"That will be the cause of the problem, idiot! D'ya think those girls can keep their mouths shut when they see that the two of the three most sought after guys in the school has a picture like this!? Not to mention that they posed… well… like this!?" Alfred stammered and he laid out his free hand before him and pointed at the two boys who, after all the ruckus they were making, were still fast asleep surprisingly on their seats. Well, some people could sleep well. "It will cause a riot man!"

"A violation of the school rule." Kiku continued.

"What rule?"

"Dude, students are not allowed to sell anything to their fellow students or even to the faculties, you know!" Matthias answered. "You should really read your handbook, Mr. Assistant Treasurer!"

"It's not like you did, pointy." Govert bit out as his eyes glared sharply at the latter's hair. He smirked. "Lukas must've had a handful on you."

Matthias's previous smile quickly faded out as the sturdy man in front of him said the comment. But it was not enough to piss him off, fortunately. "Leave my friend out of this, Govert. Pictures and humans don't connect."

"Okay! Okay! That's enough, you lunatics!" Alfred interrupted with his hand gesturing in the air to cut the two. This conversation is going nowhere. "I hereby declare that those embarrassing pictures of Gilbert Beischmidt and Antonio Carriedo that our academy photographer, Mr. Honda, took while they were shamelessly sleeping in this trip be printed on a large tarpaulin and be hanged in front of the school's main building first after it's finished! Those who agree with this, raise both of hands in the air!" The blonde exclaimed at the top of his lungs and raised his hands up in the air, with his companion copying his move.

With this, Arthur's eyes squinted, uncomfortably being shook from his dreamy, and not to mention, lengthy sleep at the coaster's second-to-the-front seat.

"I do!" Matthias cheerfully yelled.

"Be rational, please! You're behaving like a couple of kids!" Kiku tried to reason.

"Awesome kids!" Alfred snorted.

"And handsome, too!" Matthias added.

"School's not a playground, seniors." Govert crossed his arms in front of him as he glared at the two men, whose hands were way beyond their hand, smiling gleefully at him.

"Have a little heart, junior!" The four-eyed blonde said.

"Yeah! Don't be so cocky, 'ya big fella, you!" His companion bit out, his smile growing even wider.

"We will have it in the council's photobook no matter what!" His grip on the railings tightened as Kiku interrupted. "I won't give you the pictures no matter what."

"Don't be selfish, Honda. The council's having financial problems!" Govert's attention turned to the man beside him.

"No, we're not!" Matthias answered. "We're being stingy, in fact!"

"Hey! Why don't you guys just make it a poster instead? " A soft voice coming from the back said to them, with a hint of concern in it. Like them, he was also standing on his feet and has a hand on the railing for support, although he was a bit shaking and his face tells them that he's not really comfortable with his current position. But even so, Feliciano still tried to smile as the four quarrelling boys looked back at him.

Now, Arthur's eyes were completely open, staring blankly at the majestic scene from the outside of the coaster's window. They got out of the tunnel minutes ago and now they're back on their concrete road trail. Trees bent down towards them, welcoming them as their uprooted leaves flew with the wind and gathered with the other ones who fell down first to the ground. The blue sky was still visible, with its smoky white patches out from the sight. It was all too nostalgic, but unfamiliar for him at the same time.

He laid his head down deeper to Alfred's, feeling the soft and strong foundation his shoulders possessed. He let him on the window seat this time for his head ache from yesterday lingered at him, taunting him for another round. He just admired the view outside for a little while longer. He felt Alfred's heat on his cheek and he felt his own too, caused it to be on the deep shade of red. He felt comfortable with and laid his head down even lower, but this time, he felt what he never felt on Alfred before. He looked up on his side, only to meet a man with a purple pair of eyes and a familiar pair of eye glasses taking up a place on his face.

"Oh, you're awake." Matthew greeted as the weight on his shoulder descended. "Good morning, Vice President."

Arthur looked at him longer, his eyes were still adjusting. "So that's why he got bones." It took some seconds but he finally coped up with his surroundings.

"What?"

"Nothing." The blonde denied as he sighed. "When did you…"

"About an hour ago. They started arguing about a picture at the back and Alfred butt in." Matthew said as he looked at the back of the coaster to look for Alfred. Arthur did the same. "He told me to substitute for him 'cause you won't even know the difference… because I'm his twin."

Arthur raised a brow when he saw his lover with both of his arms raised in the air, beside him was another blonde, their secretary. "That git. What does he think of me?" He sighed. "You're thinner than him. Anyone would've recognized it."

"Ahh… that I'm not a very good pillow?"

"No, that you're not fat."

"O… Ohh…"

Arthur turned his attention back on Matthew, his emerald orbs meeting with his amethyst ones. "Where are we?" He asked.

"We just passed the Greeta Tunnel. I think we'll be there in thirty minutes." The latter answered as he looked in front at the coaster's front window, his companion copied. They just passed another curve and now, tall buildings and lamp posts were visible. "It's almost 12:00."

Arthur raised a bow when he saw the three people occupying the driver's seat at the front and two extra seats at its side. Natalia seems to be asleep on Emma's shoulder; Ivan was having a conversation with her.

"Ivan drove us 'til here? I thought Matthias would take over at the expressway?" He said, his tone mixed with a slightly irritated one. "He's not even a member of the council."

"Well, he wanted to be one." Sarcasm was visible at Matthew's tone when he answered. "Besides, I think it's better if it's him who'll drive even at the way home. Matthias is having some business at the back, remember?" He snorted.

That's when a loud yell at the back hovered the coaster and silenced them partly. Apparently the word "Tarpaulin" is something you should yell about today. Arthur rolled his eyes in irritation.

"What are they blubbering about?" He asked with his usual grumpy tone. "My head ache's far from gone. That idiot knows that."

"It's better if you look at it personally." Matthew answered with a sly smile forming on his face. "Didn't Mr. Beilschmidt give you an antibiotic yesterday?"

"Yeah, but it's still there." The latter's eyes squinted and he placed a finger on his temple then rubbed it. "Speaking of yesterday, where did the two of you run off too? Why are you such in a hurry to go home?" Arthur asked as he tried to open his eyes and look at Matthew.

"Oh, well I really wanted to go home so badly at that time because my- there's uhm… family matters." He stammered, fortunately, his companion was having his head cracking by a despicable ache and was not able to comprehend what he just said.

"What about Kiku, then? He told me about some spoiler or something… what's he talking about?"

"Oh, you didn't watch TV last night?"

"Do I look like someone who could still watch TV last night?" Arthur answered sarcastically.

"You should've opened it even for a minute or two!" Matthew said in a loud whisper. "His name was on channel 9."

"Why? What did he do?"

"He won in a video game contest! It was so awesome, you should have seen it!" Matthew said in excitement which amused Arthur, to say the least.

"What's so awesome about that?" He asked, his brow now furrowed."It's just a video game!"

"W-well… he won a 60 inch LED TV. And a game console with it." The latter answered his excited tone diminishing.

"O-ohh…" Arthur stuttered.

Silence filled the both of them when none of them spoke after that. It was an uncomfortable atmosphere between the two, especially to Matthew. He was left there with no ideas about starting a new conversation with a person who's near to infuriated, and Arthur was… well, let's just say that the head ache's still occupying him.

"We will sell the goddamn pictures!" A scream came from behind them, with a deep and low voice which was full of authority in it and surprised them, enough to give them shivers in their backs.

Emma looked behind when she recognized the husky voice, Natalia woke up. Ivan just kept his pace.

"Bloody hell!" Arthur sighed in exasperation as he stood up from where he was sitting and looked behind him, his deathly glare back in his eyes. His startled companion stared at him, slightly moving his body away.

The five people were surprised when they saw the blonde, with a slight bed head, rose up from his seat. They all looked at him, Govert having that gloomy and angry glare with him. Kiku was wearing his usual poker face but his mouth was a bit agape, so it must mean that he was also surprised, and Feliciano was slightly grinning at his side. Matthias brow raised as he stared at the blonde who was coming up to them with puckish brows and pouted lips His companion, however, drew a face which was about to cry and placed his arms into a welcome in front of him.

"Ig-Iggy!" Alfred sniffed as he waited for Arthur to get into his arms, which he did not.

"D-don't hug me, you twat!" A sudden burning sensation crept on his cheeks which caused it be on a dark shade of pink. He shoved off Alfred's hands. "What are you arguing about?"

"Hey hey Vice! Take a look at this!" Matthias invited with a wide grin.

The bushy-eyebrow fellow grew more anxious to this and obliged, stomping closer to the group while holding on to the railings above. He was bending a bit forward. He moved closer to his lover's side and his brows furrowed. "What is it this time?" He asked as his eyes rolled to the scene where his companion pointed. And there he saw it.

In front of them were two boys, namely Antonio and Gilbert, sleeping ever so deeply while lying on each others' head side by side. Antonio was at the window seat and his hands laid on the arms rests beside him. His head was tilted upwards and his mouth was wide open with a trail of saliva visible on the side of it. On his left shoulder was Gilbert with his right cheek resting on it and like Antonio, his mouth was wide open and a small part on the tan man's shirt where his head rested was wet. His arms are wrapped aroun the brunette's arm as if it was a pillow or a stuffed animal on a comfy bed and his whole place was crouched up on his seat and his legs were almost at his chest. They both have earplugs on them

And this time, Arthur didn't hold back and started laughing out loud, with his hand holding his stomach and his voice echoing throughout the entire coaster. Matthias giggled as the blonde continued to laugh and Alfred smiled.

"Wh-what… in t-… the name of…" He shut his eyes and wept some tears that formed in the corner. "God, they look hilarious!"

Feliciano smiled as he stared at him. It's the first time that they saw him like that, laughing his self off. It's a rather… pleasant view. Govert kept his blank stare and Kiku coughed.

"Wow, Arthur! I never knew that you could laugh like that!" The brunette remarked, his smile getting as cheerful as ever.

"O-Of course… I can… idiot!" The blonde answered as he continued laughing. "And there goes their… Hottest reputation in school!" He bit out.

"Says someone who-"

Govert got cut off when the latter gave him their deadliest glare, with Alfred's passing through his thick lenses. "Never mind." The treasurer said.

Arthur rolled his eyes and turned his attention to Kiku. "Kiku, can I have a look at the shot."

The black-haired obliged and moved closer to the other. He turned the camera on and showed it at Arthur with a smile on his face. "The other shots were blurred but I got tons of them. They even changed their positions earlier." He giggled as he pointed at the screen of the camera.

Feliciano moved in closer to the bunch and bent over a the back rest of Gilbert's seat. "Govert was telling us- I mean, the council to sell those, but Kiku said that you should put those at a photo book… Matthias and Alfred said that it should posted on a tarpaulin." He explained with his cheery tone slightly diminishing. "I suggested that you guys should just put it on posters and post at the school fest next month." The brunette pouted.

"Tarpaulin's practical!" Matthias reasoned. "And cooler and more awesome!"

"Totally awesome!" Alfred added.

"Selling it is top priority, for financial support!"

"Ohh give it up, rule breaker!"

"Posters will be more fun, guys! Just li-"

"NO!"

"Shut it, you gits!" Arthur yelled, his hands still occupied with Kiku's camera. "You're behaving like babies, for God's sake!"

Silence hovered as the blonde yelled. But curiosity still lingered in their atmosphere.

"So Arthur…" Emma called out in front of the coaster. Natalia was beside her and Matthew kneeling towards his seat, his chest at the back rest. I van's attention was still pinned at the road but Kiku could have sworn that he saw the man glance for a second earlier. "What do you want to do it?"

"Oh, Okay! Whatever option Arthur will choose, that will be the one we'll do, got it?" Alfred said with confidence.

"That'll be still unfair!"

"Yeah, he'll definitely choose yours."

"Hey, we don't have the same brain wav-"

"Feliciano Vargas." Alfred was interrupted when his lover suddenly called the name of the brunette. Is heart thumped as the pause between stretched.

"You're a genius." Arthur said with a smirk.

Matthias's mouth flew open and his gape at the vice president beside them and Govert furrowed his brows. Kiku stood there still, with no available choice at hand, and Feliciano was rather quiet, but you can an aura of happiness from him as smile grew wider. Alfred just held Arthur's shoulder… the shoulder that was near him of course.

"Well…" Matthew said and they looked back at him all at once. He still has his earlier pose on his chair. "At least, they're still asleep."

They went through the store's entrance with Matthias still scratching his head with irritation. He has grunted several times even before they got off the coaster and it's getting pretty restless. They got in front of the cashier who only had three lanes on them, two pretty occupied and one at a normal rate. His three companions scanned the menu part above as he shut his eyes, his hand travelling from his head to his neck.

"Get over it, Matt! Look, there's chicken on the menu!" Emma pointed as she tried to light up his mood. But the tone of teasing was visible on hers.

"That's not my favorite food y'know. I can get gay with that!" The latter said with his pose.

"What? What gay?" Antonio's brows furrowed at what he heard.

"Ay! You don't even know that, Toni?" Gilbert nudged at his friend and laughed teasingly.

"Those things increase female hormones, Tonio." Matthias explained. "At some sort…"

"Oh really?" Antonio asked with so much enthusiasm at his tone. "I never knew that."

"Now you do." Gilbert bit out.

"You guys are just a bunch of pessimistic people." Emma said as her eyes continue to scan the list. "or just a naturally picky type of guys."

"You don't believe that, Emma?" Antonio leaned his head a bit in front and looked at his left side where Emma was.

"Well, I never said that." She answered with a smirk.

"So, you do believe hi-"

"Oh whatever! Let's just buy what they said and get the math outta here! I'm starving!" Matthias grunted in exasperation as he opened his eyes and placed both of his hand on his waist. He was looking directly at the list in front.

Emma rolled her eyes at the man beside him and sighed. "I'll do the talking, you three do the carrying." And she walked towards a nearly-empty lane.

Natalia's eyes squinted as she looked at the glowing pair of letters in front of the bunch. "Why can't I just stay at the coaster?" She asked, irritation is clear in her tone. "Ivan's alone in there."

Arthur looked behind him to where the girl is. He raised a brow. "We've already reached this far. But you're still on that?"

"Ivan's a big guy, Nat! And he's older than you too." Alfred as he point out his lover's reason. He crossed his arms behind him and rested his head on it. "He'll do just fine on his own."

The group continued to walk further in the airport and they scanned the area with their orbs, looking for a particular pair of a brunette that looks like Feliciano, and a blonde with a sturdy composure.

"Antonio is the only one who hasn't met them right?" Govert bit out as he crossed his arms in front of him and the group stopped.

"He knows Ludwig." Kiku said. "He's their senior after all."

"But why didn't Gilbert come with us in here?" The only girl at the bunch asked once again, her head turning from both of her sides. "Ludwig's his brother, right? And I thought he's excited to see him again?"

"Well apparently, he's more excited to eat." The blonde with bushy-eyebrows answered as his brows furrowed.

"You can't blame the guy. I'm pretty hungry too." Their president said. "And I'm sure Matthias would be a competition to my share!" He exclaimed as he clenched his fist, the scene playing through his head. "He'll grab my fo-"

"Save it tubby. That's not McDonalds." Arthur interrupted.

"Hey, you'll never know! They may have a branch here or something!" Alfred pouted at Arthur. "And I'm not fat!"

"Not fat?" Natalia looked at him with sarcasm on her tone and a brow raised. Kiku did the same. "What? Are you blind now, four-eyes?"

"You're mean, woman!" Alfred bit out as her turned his attention to her. "I'm chubby, not fat! A manly chubbiness!"

"There's no such thing."

"Yes, there are! And I'm proof of that!"

"No, you're not." Govert said.

"Butt out, stingy!" Alfred's brows furrowed.

"Please, stop that. You're making a scene." Kiku whispered loudly at the group when he noticed that some people are starting to stare.

"Alfred…" Matthew remarked at his brother. "Admit it, you gained weight this month, right?"

"M-Matthew!" The blonde turned around and faced his brother, whose face showed innocence. "Don't tell them that!"

"Ha! Busted, tubby!" Arthur pointed at his lover whose cheeks were flushed with all the teasing.

"Iggy, you too?" Alfred pouted at his lover again.

"Don't call me that, idiot!" Their blonde Vice President defended. "My name's not Iggy! Don't just call me with whatever yo-"

"There they are! I see them!" Arthur got cut off when Feliciano yelled and waved at their left direction, earning them attention from more people nearby. "Oi! Lovi!" The brunette yelled and ran off towards the approaching pair, which at that time still hasn't noticed them yet.

The group quickly followed him with Alfred taking the lead and running behind Feliciano. "About time, you two!" He greeted loudly.

Thursday, August 28; 12:51 pm. The plane.

The brunette stirred as his companion nudged by his arm. He opened his eyes slowly, adjusting it as a glimpse of whiteness hovered at his vision. His head was barely hanging on his seat's backrest, which caused his neck to feel a striking pain, and he felt a trail of saliva on his mouth's left side. He tried to raise his hand and wiped it as he turned his head groggily at his companion by the window seat and blinked at him, quickly noticing the tall tower that was visible outside.

"We landed already?" He asked with a glitched tone. Lately, he's been having this colds that seem endless, making his voice hoarse and his breath hotter than usual.

"Not yet, but soon. Fix yourself." Ludwig answered as he bent down and took the magazine at the back pocket of the seat in front of him. the latter just stared at him with his eyes slightly squinted.

"You're still not finished reading that?" Lovino asked as he slowly pushed his self back up with his hands on the arm rest. "That's just crap filled with overrated things."

"I'm finished. And I'm not going to read it again." His companion answered as he grabbed his briefcase below them. He placed it on his lap and opened it, revealing his documents at their school overseas. He even has a picture of him and his classmates at the side.

"You're taking it home?" Lovino asked as he watched Ludwig. "That's just nonsense, brute."

"It's not nonsense. The rainy season is nearly here and this magazine is pretty thick, so-" Ludwig stopped when realization dawned at him.

"We're not in the Philippines anymore, idiot." His companion said with his brow raised. "You won't be needing that." he said as he tried to be composed.

"Ahh... You're right. I almost forgot." Ludwig lowered his hand which was holding the magazine. He looked down, eyeing the picture in his briefcase. It involved him, a couple of Filipinos and their American professor. They were all smiling, they were all having fun... and for once, he was too.

"It ended pretty quickly, that damn contract." Lovino bit out, his orbs looking back at the window beside his blonde seatmate. "Four months... isn't enough. It's not even close."

Ludwig closed his eyes at his companion's comment. He was right, it was barely enough for them. Four months was too short, too fast. They never thought that they would have as much fun as they did. Heck, even Lovino enjoyed it! That was definitely a new thing. They met new people, ate varieties of dishes, learnt new and different things they've never learnt before and experienced a lot of different cultures and education. Of course, at first, they find everything odd and completely... different from where they're used to. But they learned and true enough, they adjusted pretty quickly, enjoying every bit of their time in the place.

"It's just a program, Lovino. It's not meant to be a lifetime thing." Ludwig sighed. "I suggest to not bother about it anymore. We still have presentations and reports in regards of our trip. We have to-"

"Fuck!" Lovino burst out in his chair, but fortunately held back to standing on his feet and just whispered it out loudly.

"Hey, pipe it down! What is it?" He turned to his seatmate's direction whose face was pretty horrid. It was as if lightning struck on him.

"Do you have yours ready yet? That report I mean..." He asked.

"Yes, but it's not finished yet... Why do you ask?" Ludwig answered with curiosity filling up inside him.

"When's that fucking presentation day again?"

"The day after tomorrow."

Lovino's eyes grew wide at what he heard and his mouth quivered. He gritted his teeth and slammed his head back at his backrest.

"Don't tell me you haven't..."

"I haven't... damn it."

Lovino Vargas's point of view.

I never worked in advance.

I'm used to doing things at a last-minute basis. I'm used to pressure, to that frantic rage that's filling up on my guts every time that I rush something. I don't know why, though... I could only guess. I've always wanted that feeling of familiarity, that feeling of security in everything that I do not just mentally, but also emotionally and physically. I don't exactly know when did this "want" started to occupy a huge space on me, it just did. I grew more curious with the surroundings around me, questions filled me, sensation to sensation, feeling to feeling... particularly that feeling when you're close to someone, close enough to hold their hands... and kiss them.

I am anxious.

I was childish... even now. I'm only seventeen this year, but I'm already yearning for that feeling. To be held by someone, to be kissed by them and to kiss them back. To hold them in youR sleep and never let them go, to wake up in the morning and to see them still breathing next to you, their chest on yours and his lips on your head. And when they wake up, they'll look intently in your eyes and stare at them... seeing your very core and soul. They will caress you from your head to your cheek and feel their heat mixed with yours. I want to feel that sensation... In an early age, I started waiting, my anxiety gaining the best out of me. I am childish.

I am jealous.

I grew up with my brother, but never with my parents. I grew up practically raising Feliciano on my own. I am his brother, his parent and his protector. Sure, we got financial help from our grandparents every now and then, but it wasn't enough to the point that I have to find myself another source. I got a part-time job as a waiter during weekends in a classical café two blocks away from our apartment. It pays me well and it was never full, but never empty too. Because of it, I get to see different people and their lives. But this job doesn't always have "the" perks only. My ranking in the academy was decreased by two ranks and now, my brother is at seventh place while I'm the ninth. My extra-curricular activities were affected too. There was a time when I had to cancel and quit all my clubs just because of exhaustion and blocked all my time to do my studies. But my brother was experiencing the exact opposite. He became more active in school, he became a diligent student. He met different and new people and he got closed to them... and I suddenly got scared.

What if he finds what I'm looking faster?

What if got left out?

I love Feliciano, he's the only family I have. But I can never let him find 'that' faster than I do. I just can't.

My project-diary got pushed on my chest and I saw my brother's head shoved on me. I never got the chance to speak because when he squeezed me, he started rambling about random things, like he always does. Idiot.

"Lovino! You're here! You're finally here!" He kept rambling on and on as he rested his head on my shoulder. "I missed you brother! I missed you so much!" He squeezed me even more.

"Feli, I can't fucking... move!" I squirmed. This guy's choking me!

"Oh Lovino! Brother!" He screamed with his ruffled voice. He's wetting my shirt, damn it! I bought this one back to where we came from!

"About time you two!" I looked in front to where the voice came from and heck, I saw that fat-bastard running towards us.

"Welcome back Ludwig, Lovino!" The guy with black hair who followed behind with the others greeted us, Kiku was it? He's the photographer last year too.

"Good to be back." The brute bastard greeted beside me. I looked at him at the corner of my eyes and he was smiling at them.

"Yeah... G-good to be back." I said. "The bastards all here, huh."

"Haha! I didn't miss you too, curly." Bushy eyebrows said as he looked at my curl. God, how I want to pluck those hairs! "Ludwig." He remarked.

"Kirkland. And you too, Govert, Natalia and Matthew."

The girl with that vanilla-cream hair just rolled her eyes at us and crossed her arms in front of her. Rude bastard. That Govert there just nod and Matthew smiled. A little more fast food and he'll become a clone to his idiot brother.

Then I notice that one particular girl with blonde hair that was missing from the bunch. Now where did she go. "Where the hell's she?" I whispered to my brother who still has his arms wrapped around me. Ludwig started talking with Alfred beside me and the others piled up in front of us.

"Ahh, they just went to buy lunch at a nearby restaurant! You'll see her in the coaster Lovino!" he whispered back. He's the only one who know that I... fancy Emma. Well the others doesn't really need to know. Why should they? "Lovi, what's this book on your chest?" He asked and we both looked down on it.

"This is where I wrote all the activities we did during our stay there." I explained to him. "It's like a record book."

"A diary?"

"Well, kind of." I said hesitantly. Is there a diary with no emotions or whatsoever in them?

"Can I read it?"

"N-No, you bastard! Who does that? You can't read someone else's diary!"

"Ohh... but I want to read it, brother! Pretty please! It'll be our little secret! I promise!"

He pouted at me with those big and brown eyes sparkling every second. How could I ever say no to this,damn it!?

"Hey!" We both looked at the guy who screamed, it came from the entrance not far from here. It's that bastard-president. "Save that sweet-hellos at your house! Lunch is coming!"

It seems like I have to thank this fat-bastard later for the good call.

Antonio Carriedo's point of view.

Ahh... It's squished. Guess I don't get a mashed potato then.

I got a bag with a mini-bucket filled with chicken hanging on my right, a bag full of mashed potato at my left and eleven boxes of vegetable salads in front of me. Then, I have a race to win now and he said that these are my burdens while his was the ice creams and Matthias was the sodas. Emma was long gone to the coaster with only the money in her pocket. I wonder where she get those... I never gave her the money to buy these. She didn't ask.

"Yo, Toni! Giving up yet!?" Gilbert laughed when he gained on me. Well this guy doesn't know just who he's dealing with. And I call him my best friend at that, too.

"I still have legs, Gil!" I yelled back as I huffed for breath. "You can't beat me, albino!"

"'cause I'm the one who will!" Matthias yelled, though he's at the far back.

"Hmph! I'd like to see you spill those babies on the ground, Kohler!"

"I won't, Beilschmidt!" he laughed, with the tone of annoyance clear in it. "Toni and you are going down!"

"In your dreams, pointy!" I teased loudly, that'll set him off at some point.

"Why you lil'-"

I heard stomps getting closer behind us. Like a predator chasing us, his preys, in the wild. Then, I felt a rather sharp but round edge on my shoulder that shook the equilibrium of the boxes in front of me. Matthias looked at his side and glanced to me by the corner of his eyes and then... the bastard smirk!

"Gil! This is foolproof! Trip the champion by his foot!" he yelled at Gil.

"D-don't, Gil!" I squirmed loudly at him. "I love you!"

"But isn't that cheating!?" Yes, Gilbert! Have a heart for once!

"Yes! Yes it's chea-"

"You wanna win right!?" That bastard with pointy hair exclaimed.

Gilbert was quiet after that and only his hard and deep huffing was heard. We were nearing the curve where the coaster's parked. I need to speed up! I don't want to-

"Fair enough!" Gil exclaimed when we reached the curve. He came closer to me and glued his arm on mine.

"Gil, what are y-"

"I love you too, Toni!" Then he tripped me! That albino tripped me! Fortunately, it's not enough for my face to smack flat on the concrete. A box of vegetable salad fell and it slowed me down, though.

I stopped for a while, two cars away from our coaster. Those bastards... Good thing it was only just a petty race... If it wasn't, I'd...

"I love you so much, Antonio!" Gilbert looked at me with a grin on his face. I was huffing at that time and I don't really know what to respond. I felt like the nerves on my foot twisted when he tripped me and it's pain stung me to my ankle.

But I smiled at him... He's my friend. "Haha! Your salad's mine bastard!"

Then he stepped inside, while I stood there still. I huffed for breath deeply. We ran all the way from that fast food chain up to here, and those bastards... need to... re-examine their lives... But it was fun... They're fun to be with... if only Francis was here... then he'd experience this... too.

"Toni!" I heard a call from behind. It sounds like Feliciano! I hope it's him! He could help me with this... I lost already so what's the point...

I tried to turn to face him... but crap... my leg hurts...

"F-Feli, is that you?" I asked, not looking at him.

"Yeah... you dropped this!" He said... thank goodness!

"A-ahh, yeah, I did. Thank you Feli." I'm stuttering! Shit, I'll kill Gilbert for this! My foot's totally numb!

"Hmm, What's wrong, Toni?" He asked. Lord, thank you for making this little guy not as naive as that albino! He walked closer to me as I heard footsteps nearing from behind. But it seems like he's not alone.

"C-Could you put it here at the pile too, Feli? I can't really- Oh, You're not alone?"

"I'm with big brother now!" He said cheerfully. "He's here with me!"

"Oh really?" I laughed nervously. So much for first impressions, treasurer. Really great..

"Yeah! Oh wait, we'll come in front of you..."

Then they walked up in front of me with Feli slowly and gently putting the box at the top. He also arranged the pile beneath it.

"It will fall, idiot. Just get the half." A voice similar to Feli said, only deeper. I can't really see his face since I'm covered with these boxes. I was leaning on the side earlier just to get a view of the road.

"Oh yeah! Toni, give me half of it, I'll carry it of for you!" He offered.

"Sorry for the inconvenience, you two... Gil sprained me." I swear, I'm gonna murder that guy once I see him!

"It's all right! You're a senior, after all!"

"Only to you." His brother scoffed. Judging by his voice, Feli's... gentler than him. Well, that's by his voice...

"You're a batch mate?" I asked... Aren't they twins? "I thought you guys are twins?"

"I'm accelerated, idiot. That's why I got a slot in the program. That brute bastard just got lucky..." Wow, first meeting and he's already calling me an idiot. What a polite fella.

"Brute Bastard?"

"You still don't like Ludwig? Even after those four months?" Feli asked, I think he's pouting. His voice became a bit... upset?

"Four months are barely enough." His brother scoffed. What, is he Feliciano's opposite?

"Ehh? But that's a long time..."

"No, it's not, bastard. I'll never like him... He pisses me off..."

Then, they became quiet. Feliciano did not speak after that for a while. I gotta admit, its pretty awkward... They're having that silent mutual understanding of two siblings and I'm like their border or something. Shoot, I gotta stop this atmosphere! It's eerie and it's creeping me out! I have to think of a topic, a new topic! This is one the best times where Gilbert could really cock block! And yet the airhead's nowhere to be found!

"Uhm... Uhh... Feli? Mind introducing us to each other, perharps?" I offered. Well, it's better than just standing there, right?

"Oh, right! I almost forgot about that!" Feli said, his cheerful voice coming back. "Uhm... would you mind putting those down for a bit, Toni? He doesn't rea-"

"It's rude." His brother interrupted. Well, talk about someone who's been rude for some time now.

"Oh, okay. Let me just..." I bent over and placed the piles of boxes on the concrete and made sure they won't fall. Feliciano began when I was doing it.

"Toni, this is my brother Lovino Vargas. Lovi, this is Antonio Carriedo, a senior and the council's treasurer." and I got up at that. It's like a cue.

But I figured that I shouldn't have done that, for the moment I got up, I felt like I was abducted into that dreamy kingdom from above once again. I'm faced by my worst and most beautiful nightmare. He was standing in front of me, with those amber eyes I'll never forget, that brunette hair of his with that rebellious little curl pointing at my left side, and that flushed cheeks that I once caressed gently with my hand, and that perfectly carved lips that I kissed passionately and endlessly once upon a time... the only thing that was different now was his attire, for he was wearing our school uniform, which suited him like that white dress that he wore in his kingdom. And he left me speechless once again, eyes wide open and mouth gaping at that perfect sight. I felt a strong and hard sensation pounding at my chest as lust and coward-ness crept inside of me, making it hard for me to breathe. I was shaking vigorously and my mouth was quite quivering. That pain on my foot seems to spread to the other one for I felt stuck, pinned to where I'm standing.

Who would've thought that the angel from my dreams yesterday, would come to me as a real human today? Or perhaps, I'm still dreaming...

And I'm pretty sure that they noticed this strange act of mine for when I got back on earth, his brows were puckish and he was yelling.

"Uhh... Uhhh... wha- what did you-" My eyes squinted.

"I said stop staring at me like that, bastard!" He yelled at me.

"Toni, are you alright? does your foot hurt?" Feliciano asked with a tone of concern.

"Uhm...Kind of..." I stuttered. "I-It fee-"

"If there's something on my face, don't just stare at me and fucking tell it to me instead!"

His rude and seemingly endless screaming silencde me out... But there's something at the back of my mind that keeps on telling me to... smile at him. "Yes, there is something about your face." I bit out, emphasizing the is part.

"What!? Whe-"

"I am Antonio Carriedo. Nice to meet you..." I stretched out my hand towards him. "And you are?"

"Wha- Feliciano already said that!"

"I wanna hear it from you."

"You don't have t-"

"It's rude." and I smiled at him, the biggest smile I could make.

I must be a sadist or something... His irritated face, I find it so...

"L-Lovino... Lovino Vargas."

Heavenly.

PROOFREAD 09-14-13

SORRY FOR THE SYNTAX ERRORS EARLIER. I DIDN'T REALLY CHECKED IT AFTER I FINISHED WRITING IT MONTHS AGO. ANYWAYS, I'M PLANNING TO CONTINUE THIS FANFIC. SO I'LL PUT THIS ON A TEMPORARY HIATUS.

REMINDER:
This story is only getting started, folks. ;)
('cause you might think that this is the ending... or I'm just being exaggerated XD)

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