[Hetalia] Italy x Reader - Attraversiamo 2

It had been three months, and you and Feliciano had now become the best of friends. But to you, it had become something more than that. Although you were somewhat taking a vacation from your stressful environment back at home, you were still an exchange student. There had been more pressure, since you had to study Italian intensively and catch up on studies. Luckily for you, learning Italian was easier, since Feliciano was helping you out. Not only had he done that, he also cheered you up while you were feeling pressured. Before you knew it, you were slowly falling for Feliciano.
You had come to that conclusion two weeks ago when you were in one of those mental breakdowns. You were so worried for your subjects because you had some difficulty understanding Italian. You had called Feliciano and ranted to him about your problems. After that phone call, he asked you to meet him by the basilica, where he took you out to gelato and told you about how his older brother had wanted to meet you.

"How come?" You asked.

"Lovino loves to know the ragazza più bella that I keep talking about!" Feliciano piped in happily. You stared at him in shock, and he had that quizzical look on his face.

"Don't you think of yourself as that, bella? You are a unique friend to meet!" he said.
For the rest of that time, you kept your head down and tried to cover your face with your hair because you realized how sweet Feliciano was all this time and you blushed as you realized that you saw him from a new perspective. But it wasn't going to be possible anyway. He constantly flirted with the girls whenever you guys walked around the city. He was a bit clueless at times, so you didn't have to worry about him finding out your feelings.

Your mind snapped back to reality, and you were back in your bedroom, staring at Italian phrases and research journals. You heaved a sigh. You knew that you had to get your head in the game. The week you were going through was one of toughest ones. You and Feliciano barely saw each other, so you were starting to miss him. As if on cue, your phone rang and you saw it was Feliciano.

"Hey __________!" Feliciano said on the other line.

"Hey there, Feli. "

"How are studies going? Do you have time or something?"

"Sorry dear, I have a lot of work and studying to do this week."

There was a silence on the other end of the line before Feliciano spoke again.

"So when are you free, then? I miss hanging out! " he whined.

"I'm free at the end of the week. Don't worry; we can have all the pasta and gelato!" You said with reassurance.

"All right! How about Saturday night? I'll pick you up!" Feliciano happily said as he hung up on you.

You put down on the phone and walked back to the pile of papers you had to read and finish by the end of the week. You hadn't even noticed that you were smiling like an idiot.


*****

You were skipping down the streets from your school to your home. It was finally the last day of class, and it would resume in a week's time. You could finally relax and hang out with Feliciano. As soon as you got in the house, you couldn't help but get surprised as you saw a young man with red-orange hair with his back to you. You were about to run to him when you noticed that his lock of hair was curled on his right side. Feeling that chill, you slowly backed away when Lovino turned around and saw you. He approached you and was looking away when he was a few feet from your frozen self.

"____________? "

You nodded.

"Lovino Vargas. Feliciano asked that I help you get ready."

You shook your head and stared at him in curiosity. He looked a bit stern, and it didn't help that he was tapping his foot impatiently. He sighed and grabbed your wrist to bring you to the house. He sat you down on the dining chair and retrieved his bag and a huge box. Curious of the contents of the box, you reached out your hand. You would have opened it hadn't Lovino hit your head lightly with the back of his fist.  

"Dummy! Not yet! Now… You got a make-up kit around or something?" Lovino asked. You swiftly nodded and pointed to the small table below the mirror at the far end of the room. He gave you a long look before you realized that you were crouched. He sighed and started to comb your hair.

"Come on, you idiotic girl. Feliciano wants you to look your best. He says that you could use a make-over. He would have done it himself, but he wasn't finished with some plans."

"Plans?" you asked curiously.

"You'll find out later." A few more minutes had passed and you were feeling a bit uncomfortable so you cleared your throat and tried to talk to him.  

"It's awkward to have someone fix you up for a meeting with Feliciano. And from what I've heard, I thought you were a lot scarier." Lovino looked at you, as if he was going to swear a lot and try to kick you out of your own house, but instead he laughed loudly.

"Me? Scary? Feliciano said that? Well maybe that's why he keeps running away from me."

"I don't think it's that. It's just that he's a lazy one. You should know. You were with him for years, and I'm pretty sure you're great, since you took care of him" you remarked.
Lovino kept silent. By this time, he had tied your hair up to a braided bun, which you were surprised he did to your hair.

"Listen, I'm sorry about earlier. It's just that I'm a bit surprised. Feliciano's told me a lot about you, but you seem a lot prettier than I thought. No wonder he's wonderstruck." he finally said.

You whipped your head back to face him. "What did you just say?"  

Lovino turned red as a tomato and clapped his hand over his mouth. "It's nothing!"
You raised an eyebrow for a moment before you finally gave up trying to give him the look that usually got secrets out from anyone. Lovino started placing foundation on your face. You refused to talk anymore. When he finished applying make-up to your face, he took a look at your face and smiled. He got the box and handed it to you.  

"Listen. Put this on because Feliciano wants to see you in that. Don't dare protest against me, because he coaxed me into doing this. Oh, and another thing."
You cocked your head to the side and said "Go on."

"Feliciano told me you guys were really great friends, and he seems to want to spend more time outside nowadays. I don't really have the tactics to find him immediately. So can you just try to keep him out of trouble and take care of him?"

You were startled as he said this. You slowly took the box from him and smiled.

"Of course. Feliciano's such an adorable twit. I'll watch after him."

Lovino offered you a soft smile, and then pushed you to your bedroom.

"Now go and change! Feliciano will be here in an hour! And don't mess up the hair! Or I'll have to deal with that again!"