Him and Him

Introduction

INTRODUCTION

The Bastard and the Bad Mouthed

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"I can make you lots'a pasta if you want! I'm a great cook, believe it!"

"No, no. Señorita likes chocolates, sí? I can make lots of sweet chocolates for Señorita Hermosa!"

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"Damn that bastard. He got me."

Lovino Vargas, a sophomore student, woke up as early as 4 in the morning. Too early. His heart earned a crack after losing to the previous battle he and a certain Spaniard fought over, for the nth time. The Spaniard named Antonio Fernandez Carriedo. The Italian was so frustrated that he couldn't sleep and eat properly that night. He ate only a slice of pizza and a small plate of pasta, nothing more, nothing less. "Fratello, eat more!" his ever so sweet and innocent younger brother Feliciano told him. But no, Lovino was so down in the dumps that he scared away his poor little brother.

"Fuck off, idiot. I don't wanna eat."

Thus, Feliciano's eyes can't help but shed a waterfall of tears... and called his German "friend" by the phone... and angered Lovino more. Great. Just great.

He slept at 12 midnight, woke up at 2, slept again and now awake at 4. He visited the fridge, studied the contents and decided to make himself some baked macaroni, bombarded with tomatoes. Baked macaroni with tomatoes. Nice. As he sat down on the couch as he waits for the macaroni inside the oven to devour himself of it, he still kept thinking about that last battle he and Antonio had.

"Surely I can cook better! I just didn't know that Bella likes sweets.." he muttered to himself, quite loudly.

Tick!

"That bastard. Next time, I'll win. I'll make him eat shit."

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"I should do something."

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"I wonder what else she likes aside from damn chocolates.."

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"...Wait a minute."

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"What the hell is that smell..?"

Lovino moved his head to the right slowly, concentrating on the somewhat... burnt smell enveloping the area.

1, 2, 3

Colorful swearing came along with the smoke that emerged from the oven. He unsuccessfully got the baked macaroni out of mentioned appliance, face slapped with a hurtful expression.

Aww... His precious tomatoes are burnt to a crisp.

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"Good morning!"

The school gates were greeted with a cheerful and bright smile from Antonio. Yes, the Antonio Fernandez Carriedo who is Lovino's so-called rival. The Spaniard, still with the trademark smile on his face, made his way to the lockers. There he saw the one and only bad mouthed Italian. Oh, how fate can be so obnoxious and ironic at the same time for blessing the two their lockers, right next to each other. Lovino cursed mentally upon their first encounter by the lockers. The Italian slammed his locker door shut, glancing over at the stupid smiling bastard, as Lovino kindly described him, and threw a scowl at the man on the opposing side. Antonio just raised his eyebrows, still smiling.

"Early in the morning and your face is like that? It only takes 15 face muscles to smile!" Antonio started.

Let the sparks fly, folks.

"I don't need to hear that from you, smiling bastard. I only smile when I feel the need to, and it most certainly isn't when you're around."

Antonio let out a chuckle and reached out to Lovino's hair, playfully ruffling it.

"Let me guess. It's when Bella Señorita is around, sí? Me too, but I am taught to smile at everyone, may it be rival or friend."

"Get your hands off of me, idiota!" he slapped Antonio's hand away, which was effective. "And yeah, that smile of yours can't beat Bella's beautiful face, so back off. Asshole."

At the mention of the last word, the Belgian who captured the hearts and eyes of the boys bickering right now passed by. Of course, their eyes followed the natural beauty, Antonio grinning wide at the sight, Lovino's changed expression which was pretty rare and mostly seen only when the girl was around. Both of their worlds started spinning in slow motion. The golden hair, the alluring scent, the blooming face.. who couldn't resist this Belgian sweetheart?

"Bella.." they both mumbled

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Note: Bella can mean "beautiful" in both Italian and Spanish language, so please don't get confused over Antonio's entitlement "Bella Señorita", which should be "Señorita Bella" when addressing her by the name.