Eye Opener [Italy X Reader]

Something's Odd

It was lunch break of your first day at the World Academy. You felt very out of place among all these official countries. You were, after all, a small and still undiscovered island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Somehow, your nation had been developing well right under everyone else's radar undetected. No one noticed you as you walked by. It was like you didn't even exist. You were walking past another table occupied by more countries: Italy, Japan, America, England, France, Russia and China. You were expecting nothing to happen as usual. As you passed them, you heard them all gasp in surprise. You turned back to see what all the commotion was about. The group of countries were all staring at Italy who was staring at you, his amber eyes sparkling. You never knew what Italy's eye color was because his eyes always seemed to be closed. Apparently, no one else had either based on their reactions. Italy's eyes were a mesmerizing gorgeous deep amber color. They gleamed with what seemed like admiration towards... you? That was odd because all the other countries tended to ignore your presence completely. But something else happened that you found a bit strange. The moment you locked eyes with Italy, you felt some kind of electric spark sensation course through your body.

"Italy is something wrong? What are you looking at?" Germany asked, approaching Italy with his lunch tray full of potatoes and wurst sausages. Italy blinked a couple times before closing his eyes again as he turned to face Germany.

"Ve? Oh! No, everything's just fine. I just saw the most beautiful girl!" Italy said, pointing at you as an obvious blush spread across your face. Everyone turned their heads in the direction Italy was pointing. They all jumped back in surprise when they saw you standing there.

"Oh... um, hi. Sorry, I didn't mean to bother you guys. I'll just be on my way then." You said shyly as you started walking away, still blushing from the flattering comment Italy made about you a moment ago. You hadn't gotten very far when Italy ran around in front of you with his arms outstretched, blocking your path.

"Wait! I must know your name at least." Italy asked you, his eyes were open again.

"I'm (Country Name)." You said to him. He looked at you puzzled along with everyone else.

"I've never heard of you before, dude. Are you sure you're a country?" America asked right as he stuffed his burger in his mouth. This made you a little depressed because technically you weren't a country... at least not yet.

"Well to be honest, I'm actually a small undiscovered island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean so I'm technically not a country. I don't really belong here at the World Academy." You said as you looked down at the floor.

"But you're clearly significant enough for the World Academy to have found and accepted you for enrollment." China pointed out. This made you happy, hearing that from a major country.

"China is right. Come and sit down with us!" Italy said cheerfully which lifted your spirits even more.

"Thanks, but I haven't even gotten my lunch yet." You pointed out to Italy.

"Well then let's go get you some!" Italy chirped, grabbing your arm and leading you towards the cafeteria counter. You followed Italy to go grab some food. Everyone else started eating again, except Germany who just stared at you and Italy as you both walked away.

"Something's odd about (Country Name). She's not really an official country and doesn't have much of a presence, but she got into zhe World Academy and captured Italy's attention. Not to mention, his eyes were open when he noticed her." Germany said as everyone stopped eating at looked at him.

"Hey everyone, I'm back!" You said as you and Italy got back and sat with everyone at the table. They all stared at your lunch tray which was full of pasta. Germany face palmed his forehead.

"Italy... don't tell me you picked out (Country Name's) food for her." Germany said in a questioning tone to Italy who just finished slurping up a spaghetti noodle.

"Nope, she picked it out herself! Turns out, pasta is her favorite food too!" Italy said excitedly at the common interest you two shared. He turned to you and smiled, his amber eyes sparkling. Everyone stared at you, thinking about what Germany had said about you earlier while you were out choosing your food with Italy. Russia stared at you even more intensely than the rest of them, frowning like he was trying to make sense out of something. He suddenly spoke, breaking the awkward silence.

"(Country Name), you really are a mysterious nation. You're a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that has never been discovered before, but the World Academy somehow found you and accepted you. Also, you have an abnormally weak presence, but Italy noticed still you. Plus his eyes opened when he did. What's even more strange is that I can sense your potential as a nation. It's unbelievable and somewhat unsettling." Russia's comment seemed to alarm everyone, except Italy. According to what you've heard about Russia, he's the type of country that other countries fear so much that they submit to him whether they want to or not. If he's fearing you, there's got to be something serious going on that you can't see. The bell rang, signaling the end of lunch break.

"Aww lunchtime is over. I wanted to hang out with you more, (Country Name)." Italy said, disappointment strongly present in his voice. You smiled at him and placed your hand on top of his which made him blush a little.

"We have art class together next, silly!" You said to him with a smile. You knew he was your art class because after enrolling in a course, there's a list that shows up on the page with all the students' names that are in said class.

"Yay!" Italy said with enthusiasm. He tackled you with a hug, clearly excited and happy that this wasn't the last moment during the school day he'd be able to spend time with you.

"It was really nice to meet all of you. I hope we can all get along!" You said to the group of countries as you got up and started walking off to art class with the Italian clinging to your arm.

"Bye (Country Name)." They all said. As you and Italy walked away together, Germany smiled.

"Looks like Italy has found someone else he can rely on other zhan me." Germany said with relief.

"Yes, (Country Name) is very strong. She's got the potential to become a superpower nation. I can feel it." Russia said. Everyone looked at him, shocked and feeling a bit uneasy from what he said about you yet again.

"Dude, there's no way a tiny island in the middle of nowhere is gonna become more powerful than me." America said with pride. Russia looked at America, then in your direction, then back at America.

"America, I genuinely respect and even fear (Country Name). If that doesn't make you concerned, I don't know what will." Russia rebuked America. Everyone was starting to feel a bit uneasy now.

~END OF CHAPTER~

Thanks for reading chapter 1 of "Eye Opener" my Italy X Reader fan fiction. What the hell is going on? Italy's eyes opened when he noticed you and Russia even fears you! Anyways, there's something I'd like to address. In the world of Hetalia, more often than not, "nation people" early on in their country history (even before independence) are depicted as little kids. You probably figured out that the World Academy is a high school. So you, the reader are of high school age even though you aren't an official country yet because your nation is quite advanced for its status. By the way, this is a Soulmate AU where both you and your soulmate feel a jolt of electricity when you first make eye contact with each other.