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–--a kiss from @caelistus...

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they were simply strolling together, the pale moonlight filtering through the chaos of leaves above, dappling the twig-strewn ground and thickets of bushes. he’s reassured his tall, handsome, powerful, amazing companion that,  huh???  no, you don’t have to come if you don’t want to!!  you’ve got plenty of things to do, i know, but it’d be cool! there’s this place--it’s really pretty--like, it’s kinda a lake? i dunno, feels special. mmm, i wanna see it again! but it’s in the forests and it’s cool at night and i don’t wanna wait like 3 hours just to see it, y’know?   and he’s sure that giotto’s presence is only to make sure he doesn’t somehow fall prey to an untimely demise.

his knees burn with the scratches of undergrowth and he hides the wince with an apricot-sweet smile; though, the sound of gently whispering water echoes in the quiet chirping of crickets, and there’s a spring in his step as he bounces along the hidden path.  “ it’s .. --just right there! ”

and he turns, only to be met by the heavy softness of familiar lips upon his cheek. 

it’s so sudden, that it feels like he’s forgotten how to breathe.

the pond glitters with the reflection of the moon, tranquil bubbling and flick of aquatic fauna dancing to surely, the beat of his heart against his ribs, so loud.he’s accepted these kisses before and he can’t comprehend why  these emotions threaten to flood his chest so much that it feels like he’s trembling.  the ambiance, perhaps, but more like the pulchritude of his companion reflected in a dazzled gaze. 

his golden hair dyed to flame underneath lunar glow with hues that house an undying, flickering passion feel too dreamy  to be real. the grass beneath his feet and the small, yet homely lake, it all feels like a stretched reality. it’s all honey and starlight, here. a daydream. he’ll surely wake to a math lesson, or some other lecture--but, he doesn’t want it to end.  so, just where did this melancholy come from?  that pounding of his heart might not be excitement, but he doesn’t want to acknowledge the pain. there’s no ache, no poison, no terrifying thoughts at three in the morning when his games are boring and his brain can’t process words, and the walls of his room feel more suffocating than a pillow pressed into his face...--

it hits him that he’s paused for too long, with wide, teary eyes and cheeks almost as rubescent as his hair. 

( not a dream.  but it would be nice,  wouldn’t it?  a break  from all those nightmares... )

“ g-giotto, that’s cheating... i wasn’t ready! ”  digits pat at his cheeks, a pretense for his tears to keep from spilling, a petulant pout playing at lips dyed the color of the constellations shimmering in the water.  “ i brought you here to look at the lake, y’know, not gimme kisses... though they feel good. okay, i’m not refusing them!! but still!!   look! it’s pretty, isn’t it? it’s a special place, and now you get to see it too! ... just us!! ”

just us.

"--and right when Kimihara-san was about to reveal the murderer, Hibari-san burst out of the shadows and threw them all out of the school!” The bolt of fabric Haru was admiring slips out of her hands as she clutches her stomach laughing, taking no heed as to how they were in the middle of a thrift shop and attracting the stares of quite a few passerby. 

“Cozart swears that none of them actually broke into a classroom and ‘borrowed’ the drama club’s wardrobe, but still! Haru supposes we should find a different spot to tell scary stories on Halloween, ne?” 

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          ❛  ehh ,  gio ,  you know there’s a steep interest rate for kisses ,  right?  once i loan a kiss out to you ,  every second that passes ,  you’re gonna have to pay me back double ...  in kiss currency!!   ❜   his mischievous banter earns the blonde a hearty giggle out of rose - petaled lips and he only closes in onto his unfortunate victim ,  tiers puckered as he presses one on his cheek ,  and then another at the corner of his mouth .

“How sweet~ You’re willing to be in a long term relationship with me? ☆⌒( ゝ ◡ ❛ )” (Looking at the choices though… poor Daemon.)

“You are practically my closest friend anyway.” A side glance. “Will you do your paperwork now that you risk being kicked out of your own bed?” Alaude smirked.

hyperpoint replied to your post: //So I never got to sending those asks like i said...

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@rcgnata, @caelistus

Hey kids welcome to another post that I wrote like a year ago but never posted--

A moment of silence for everyone who had to learn Italian once they joined the Vongola. Yes, they could always get translators but imagine they’re in the middle of a fight or doing some kind of hostage swap and the enemy is yelling at them in Italian and they both need to wait...for the translators to calmly repeat everything they’re saying...

also they gotta learn Italian so they can trash talk in it during fights. get your priorities straight. 

Inspired by @caelistus (I WILL ALWAYS LOVE OUR GAMER AU) and my own experiences learning Spanish lmao

After returning from the future and settling back into the normal swing of things (as normal as their lives can get now that Haru knows Tsuna’s next-in-line to be a Mafia boss and wow talk about something you don’t hear every Sunday night at dinner) 

Haru has packs and packs of flashcards organized by topic (food, leisure, athletics, etc.) bc she’s a math person and memorizing vocab sucks. Numbers are what she’s good at it. They’re simple. Universal. With numbers you don’t have to worry about correct spelling or pronunciation or this unfamiliar alphabet. Numbers are nice.

No seriously she has an entire box filled with piles of flashcards tied w/a pretty ribbon. 

Bookshelf slowly becomes mixed with Italian books next to her Japanese ones. As she gets more advanced she goes from children’s books to actual literature, as well as cooking + history books. 

Haru has always adored Italian food and menus were probably one of the first things she was able to fully read and understand. She was motivated by the desire to order food by herself to improve her food + restaurant vocab !!

the classic what do you mean objects have gender shock

the sequel: why tf is that chair feminine it is a chair an inanimate object how does it even decide that

keep Haru away from German 

So Japanese is subject object verb but Italian is subject verb object and even though Haru took English before she switched to Italian, she sometimes will still mix up the sentence structure.  

“Professore, Haru knows you just taught us this conjugation rule, but you immediately showed us at least 15 exceptions to it, so--” 

(Gamer AU) She picks up Gio and G’s little speaking habits even though it takes her ages to be able to understand them. They have a regional accent and use slang and talk really fast and she’s like ??? sLOW DOWN WE HAVEN’T REACHED THAT VOCAB SECTION YET

Haru invests in an Italian-Japanese pocket dictionary.

She also picks up their Naples accent which baffles her professore because how??? Has his most diligent student been watching a ton of Italian soaps set in Naples??? like how else does she know all their regional expressions and traditions

ALSO just imagine Haru trying to speak Italian and she inadvertently makes a hella racy innuendo without realizing it and G and Gio are rolling on the ground dying while Haru’s just like ????

honestly Haru probs knows more Italian curse words than her professore bc of all the time she spends w/Gokudera, the Varia, maybe Reborn??? (lmao I love the image of ‘Dera teaching her how to curse like a sailor) 

Also probs knows a bunch of Italian herbs and poisons bc of Bianchi ??? omg that’d actually be kind of funny like she doesn’t know how to say ‘pencil’ but she can rattle off 10+ herbs to poison someone and make it look like an accident (Haru’s Professore is mildly concerned. Like always.)

ACTUALLY THO if you really think abt Haru learning from exposure (friends handling Vongola business in Italian, trips to Vongola HQ in Italy, reading contracts and agreements) she’d know best the vocab and phrases that you’d hear the most in the mafia, so it’s almost kind of weird ??? She knows how to discuss things like alliances and body count and guns but struggles w/talking about the weather. 

i just realized that’s more sad than weird but. 

BONUS !! Cultural Differences

The physical contact + kisses on the cheek for hello and goodbye takes some getting used to, since in Japanese culture there tends to be less PDA. Also if the stereotype that Italian guys are total flirts is true, Haru would probably find it super embarrassing on her part bc they act so smooth and charming and she doesn’t know how to deal with this !!!

caelistus replied to your post: “Everyone seems so…child oriented.”

“Is it because it’s spring?”