Hetalia High School

Chapter 13 (Soccer)

Gilbert entered to the apartment, he was back from his morning jog -yes he wasn't the soccer coach and had that hot body for nothing, true he wasn't as strict as Ludwig but still he had his own regimen -, he was about to take a shower when he heard his cellphone, by the kinky tone that sounded he knew who it was before answering

"'sup Francis?"

"Gil, did you sleep well?"

"you bet, I can't believe Tonio didn't want to join us last night"

"and did Ludwig said something about you not sleeping at home?", Gilbert and Francis met some lonely ladies the night before at a club and decided to escort them home, but they
kind of lost sense of time –a subtle way to call what they did-.

"you kidding I don't think he even remembered he had a brother, that brat has got him"

"ohohon it was about time, I wonder when you'll find somebody Gilbo?"

"no way I'm too awesome to be with just one person, why should I deny the rest of the world my awesomeness, moreover I don't think you´ll want to be left alone in your night affairs"

"even you do have a point there, I think it's time you stop being the big caring brother and start worrying about yourself"

"what is that supposed to mean?"

"oh you know what I mean always bothering your brother but still looking forward for his happiness"

"oh shut up fag"

"I know you too well but anyway, do we have a plan for tonight, and don't tell me you can't cause Antonio already said he had plans, and I'm sure it means a date with his tsundere kid"

"it's natural he turned you down idiot and so will I, today are the finals and Romano happens to be one of my boys"

"oh I forgot, and be careful of not saying that in front of Antonio he certainly wouldn't
find it funny"

"It was you who twisted my words perv, besides Tonio is not the violent type"

"I don't know mon ami, don't you remember his rebel phase when a teen, even you were afraid of him at that time, we can't know for sure he's totally over it"

"fine then , I'll watch my mouth and you don't try to rape his boyfriend ok, so are you coming to the game? "

"I don't think so, you know I've never been fond of sports, we better gather tomorrow to make you feel better about your defeat"

"Idiot" with that Gilbert finished the conversation, he then noticed his brother had been standing near to him the whole time, he felt fear, had the younger german heard about him not sleeping at home last night?,  he was the older brother but Ludwig managed to make him feel guilty about his behavior sometimes.

"Morning Lud" Ludwig stood there in front of him looking nervous trying to say something, Gilbert mistake this for a bad omen.

"I would like to talk bruder but today is the big game and I have to get ready"  the albino surrounded his brother and rushed to the shower, Ludwig didn't even tried to stop him, he just didn't know how to tell his brother that his vacation was ruined and it was all his fault.
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"Kikuu!!" the small boy heard somebody calling him and turned to be surprised by hugs

"we didn't see you in a while" Feliciano cheerfully patted his friend on the back

"How nice we found you here" Elizabeta stopped hugging the japanese boy who was a little pink

"t-t-thanks I'm glad to see you two again as well, but Feliciano why are you here I thought you didn't like sports"

"well I don't, but my fratello is playing today and I came to support him and I invited Elizabeta, fortunately she could come", Elizabeta smiled and ask Kiku

"what about you ?"

"I?, uhm well I", suddenly Heracles appeared behind the japanese

"Kiku I have to go warm up now but I'll see you after the game ok", Heracles noticed his boyfriend blushing, even more than usual, he then realized they had company

"I'm sorry I didn't see you, hi Elizabeta, Feliciano"

Feliciano answered first "Hello Heracles good luck on the game"

"yes we'll be cheering you up, right Kiku?" Elizabeta said as she put an arm around her friend, Kiku didn't look at either of them but nod

"fine then I'll see you later" the brown haired boy left as the coach was calling him

Elizabeta frowned "that idiot, I still find unbelievable he had made it this far in the tournament, with that bird brain of his", Felicano and Kiku laughed at the joke about Gilbert.

"Kiku sorry for the question but didn't you got in trouble at home for what happened with Heracles?" Elizabeta showed true concern on her face, and the small boy took this for honest worry.

"well my brother did got mad at first but Heracles came to my house and asked for apologies, and also he gave my big brother a present and with that I think everything was forgotten".

Feliciano raised an eyebrow "really?, what did he give him?", Elizabeta look just as puzzled. Kiku took a deep breath before answering

"A kitty"

The two friends look at each other "what?"

Kiku felt awkward at trying to explain his brother's weak side, "well he thought it was...cute, so he forgot everything about the problem", Elizabeta and Feliciano couldn't believe it but decided not going further in the topic.

The trio searched for some seats, but they found that there were no more left, until Feliciano heard somebody calling him

"Feli, over here!" Antonio was sitting on a great spot and it seemed there were some free sits next to him.

"Hello Mr. Fernández"

"Feli I've told you that.." Antonio then noticed Feli's friends behind him

"doesn't matter, Hola chicos"

Elizabeta heard everything clearly but preferred not to say a thing "Hi Mr. Fernández, how lucky you got these seats, but weren't you waiting for somebody?"

Antonio wasn't a good lair but his charm always got him out of trouble "well I was but I got a message from them and it seems they couldn't make it, I was going to let somebody else sit when I saw you looking for a place guys".

"thank you so much sir" Kiku said

"yep  no problem" as Antonio said this he sent  a message to Francis an Ludwig to tell them they no longer had a place for the game, he could always compensate them later. While Elizabeta and Kiku offered to bring some snacks, Feli and Antonio used the chance to chat

"Roma is gonna be so happy that you came"

"you think so?, he actually didn't want me to come, but I really wanted to see him play, Gilbert has told me he's very good –and that he enjoys seeing him on shorts but I punched him for the comment-"

"oh yes he is, he told you he didn't want you here cause he's shy but I think he'll be very happy to see you"

Antonio blinked, were this brothers aware of how much they knew each other?, nothing escaped them, he smiled at the italian and messed a little his hair

"I hope so Feli"

"Now I think you'll want to be with him at the end of the game right?"

"yes why?"

"well while me and my friends are distracted with Heracles you should use the chance to take my brother away"

"sounds perfect for me Feli, gracias"

Elizabeta and Kiku came back just in time for the match to start. During the first half, Heracles and Romano proved to be the team stars, it's like they were in their element, not the always angry brunette or the sleepy boy.

For Antonio seeing his Romano like this had to be a gift from heaven, not a frown on the boy's face and he could see how much the italian was enjoying his time on the field, and besides he recognized Romano was talented he couldn't help but notice how appealing the boy looked -and it wasn't just him who thought this way, by the screaming of the girls around him he could see his Roma was very popular-.

And Kiku was having a great time as well, this wasn't the first time he saw Heracles playing, he had a whole collection of pictures of the Greek, he had also brought his camera today, but he had to be more discrete this time as he had company.

It were now the last fifteen minutes of the match, and the score was 1-1, and Antonio could see the exasperation in Gilbert's face,  the other team wasn't as good as his, but they had been blocking Romano and Heracles not allowing them to get close to the goal, Hetalia High school asked for a time out, and as the team gathered Gilbert started shouting them the last instructions, the boys ran back to their positions before the whistle, Feli was excited he had truly faith in his brother and for the matter on Gilbert, he turned to Antonio to see his expression and found him anxious biting his lower lip

"calm down everything will be fine"

Antonio came out of his thoughts to see Feliciano

"even if he loses I know you'll find a way to cheer him up", Antonio look at Feli and smiled

"you bet Feli"

"OH MY!!", Elizabeta's shout drew the attention of both men back to the game, Romano had the ball and was skillfully dodging his opponents and as he reached the goal the spectators grew more exited, Gilbert was holding his breath, one of the members of the other team was following Romano dangerously close, the only thing he could do was making Romano fall, but Heracle's prevented it and as a result both boys fell on the grass, at the same time Romano scored the winning goal. Everybody screamed of joy, Romano even took his shirt off-Antonio grateful for this- and waved it as his teammates joined him to celebrate, they then ran to Heracles and lifted him, even the boy was injured he was just as happy as his friends

Antonio and the kids next to him ran to the field to congratulate their friends, Feli took Elizabeta by the hand and followed Kiku to see Heracles, just as promised, while Antonio searched for Romano.

Heracles was sitting on the bench the doctor checking on his ankle,  Kiku approached him

"Heracles are you alright?"

Heracles looked up at  Kiku "Nothing serious"

"you sure?, you can't drive back home like this, I should call a cab or..."

"Kiku"

"yes?"

"won't you congratulate me?"

Kiku blushed, "well of course but I wanted to know if you..."

The brunette planted a kiss on Kiku, who gave him a sheepish smile "congratulations Heracles"

Feliciano cleared his throat and Elizabeta was giggling, Kiku totally forgot about his friends, "Great game Heracles and congratulations"

"thanks Feliciano"

Elizabeta offered to take the boy home since he couldn't drive in his condition, but when they were in the parking lot she looked at Feli with worry

"Feli we forgot about your brother", the Italian couldn't help but smile

"He'll be fine, he has the car and I think he was going to celebrate with somebody else anyway".

Antonio couldn't find Romano in the crowd of teenagers, he noticed that Feliciano and his friends were already gone so he could have more privacy when he met Romano, if he ever did so, he finally spotted the italian, a group of girls around him, he didn't like this and he hated it as he came closer and heard the girls openly flirting with the brunette who was enjoying it too much for Antonio's taste,  how was it possible that with this silly girls he was all warm and charming, and every time he saw the spaniard he just got all rude and aggressive,  he wasn't going to allow it, he walked straight to were Romano was standing moving some of the girls aside, he fetch Romano by the shoulder, the italian  was about to yell when he noticed the Spanish, but he saw something in his face that he didn't like, was that a frown? A frown poorly hidden by a false smile, Antonio looked scary to him, something he had never experienced before, the taller man dragged him out of the group with some protest from the admirers, many insults from Romano, when they were alone in an more private place Romano pulled away from Antonio.

"what the hell is wrong whit you bastard!", Antonio was still serious making Romano feel uncomfortable

"well, aren't you going to tell me what's your fucking problem?"

"well I don't know Roma perhaps it was that I came here to see the game to which you
didn't invite me and found you flirting with other girls as you thought I wasn't here"

Romano stood there mouth fully opened, "Wait, are you jealous bastard?"

Antonio was taken aback by this, he didn't realize he was jealous until now, he hadn't felt jealous about anyone before, he was too confident of himself, but with Romano it was different, at the most slight provocation he will fight for him

Romano didn't wait for an answer from the spaniard and instead kept talking "because if that's the case I don't see why should I care, since you yourself enjoy flirting whit the same stupid girls all the time, or do you think it is fun to hear them all day, oh Mr.Carriedo is so handsome, Mr. Carriedo is so charming, and that just happens because you're too much of an ass and let them get close to you, when I should be the only one to do tha.. ." Romano covered his mouth with both hands and flushed furiously, he had just made the most close to a declaration of love.

Antonio was as well speechless and slightly red, he didn't see that one coming, he then recovered and smiled widely, he walked closer to Romano

"don't… get away from me bastard…I..I didn't mean it", but Antonio ignored the younger boy and hugged him strongly

"I'm sorry Romano I'm an idiot", Romano stopped fighting and raised his head to look at Antonio

"yes I am and thank you for telling me in time, I was getting mad at you when I didn't have the right to do so, I love you Roma, please forgive me"

Romano hid his red face on the taller's man chest and murmured  "I love you too", Antonio felt joy at the words, he had to hear them again

"say it again Roma"

"I won't do such a thing idiot, now let me go"

"just one more time pleaseee", "no get off me", Antonio didn't gave up and kissed the italian sensually, the boy was fighting at first but he soon continued the kiss, they parted

"fine I love you bastard, you happy?" said the Italian in a low voice

"as long as I'm with you always Romano, always", they kissed again

"uhm I was also wondering if you would like to go and celebrate that your triumph", Romano had never felt happier ,but he won't let the stupid spaniard see how much he wanted to go with him

"I have no more choice idiot, I'm sure everybody has gone to celebrate somewhere else", bad lair Antonio thought and put an arm around the italian's waist, and this time Romano didn't complained until

"By the way, damn you look hot with your shirt off I hope I get to see you more often like that", Romano gave him a glare as he punched him in the arm

"stupid pervert".
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"Hey Lud I'm home, did you get my messag..." Gilbert stood still on the front door of the apartment when he saw Francis and Ludwing sitting on the couch and his grandfather Gerhart standing in front of them, Gilbert forced a smile

"well hello old man what a surprise", Gerhart gave his grandson a glare

"a surprise?, I called you a couple of weeks ago telling you I was coming"

Gilbert tried to remember and then recalled one day being still half asleep at 11:00 am because of an amazing party he had attend with Antonio and Francis, and answering a call from Gerhart, that time he thought it was a dream, cruel reality was being bad on him again. Francis was suppressing his laugh as he as well remembered the situation and  Ludwig was looking extremely mad at him.

Gerhart talked again "you didn't forget about it, did you?", Gilbert never succeeded in hiding things from either Ludwig or Gerhart but he still tried every time hoping to make them believe him someday

"hell no old man"

"watch your language boy and I've told you not call me that"

"oh come on don't be so vain man, you still look as if you were our older brother", Gerhart gave a sigh

"anyway  I'll just stay for a few days", Gilbert panicked

"you mean this weekend?"

"of course this weekend Gilbert I've just said so", the dream of an amazing time on the beach was vanishing from Gilbert's mind, Ludwig in the other hand saw this as the perfect chance to arrange things

"you just came in a great moment"

"what?" Gerhart gave a confused look to his younger grandson, Gilbert and Francis doing the same

"because we..." Francis and Gilbert made gestures to Ludwig to shut up, they still held the hope of going to the trip without "adult supervision", but Ludwig had something in mind

"well we're doing a trip to the beach" the other men fall on their places in defeat

"and we've invited some friends"

"and?" Gerhart raised an eyebrow

"well it turns out that their grandfather is going too and he said he's friends with you from a long time"

"what?" Gerhart raised his voice, he was, even he won't admit it kind of an hermit, not that he disliked being alone after all he always  busy  with work, who was this man he simply couldn't recall unless it was

"please don't tell me is Arsenius Vargas"

Ludwig didn't expect this reaction "well actually it's him"

"that arschloch"

The younger man looked at Gehart in surprise, he rarely talk like that, just when he was really mad –that's why Gilbert was really used to this side of his grandfather-, he then explain

"yes we've known each other since we were young, and we're still on contact, a few weeks ago I mentioned him I was going to visit my grandsons, I guess he had already met you by that time and he didn't mentioned it, I thought he was still in Italy"

Gilbert pulled his brother closer to him and talked in his ear "well done Lud I think he won't even want to see the man so we're saved"

Ludwig shrugged his brother off, it was he who didn't told him about their grandpa coming, but then he also considered he had almost ruined the vacations with Arsenius inviting himself to the trip.

"Fine then I'll go with you"

The trio shouted "what?"

"he's been asking me to meet him again for years even I'm sure he panned this to happen I shouldn't postpone it any longer, oh and boys there's one thing I must tell you"

The germans stood up their places, "yes Vater?", Gerhart gave them a serious look

"I don't know why you invited this people but I don't want you to get much involved with that family, It's for your own good", Francis and Gilbert look back at Ludwig who was totally frozen

"Yes Sir".