Infamous

Chapter One: A reunion

Lovino Vargas is a simple guy. He isn't into great things like fame or fans, not like his younger brother Feliciano. Much to their mother's joy, Feliciano took to stardom with ease. While Lovino was forced into it when he was around six, being put in an embarrassing child show he'd rather forget, Feliciano jumped into it by age five with shows and musicals. Feliciano is now fifteen and a famous actor, even dating his manager Ludwig Beilschmidt, much to Lovino's annoyance.

Luckily their youngest brother Marcello is still safe. Since Lovino and Feliciano earned the keep and had their mother living in luxury, Marcello got to have a normal childhood; if you count going to see your big brothers acting normal. He goes to school, has normal friends, and even a boyfriend of his own, a normal boy from his class.

"Fratello~!" Feliciano calls, running to the living room where Lovino is sitting on the couch. "Guess what I just heard~? That old show you played in, with the talking airplanes and stuff? Well apparently for the ten year anniversary they want to make a follow up episode to the last one!"

"How great for them…" Lovino grumbles, crossing his arms. "I'm not returning to that horrible fucking show."

"Aww but you were so good Fratello! You playing on that is what made me want to act! I looked forward to seeing my big brother on TV every weekday at ten in the morning!" Feliciano whines and Lovino sighs.

"Fine, fine, I'll do it…" He relents, making Feliciano cheer.

"Just wait til Marcello hears! He is gonna be so happy! You know he loved that show too when he was little! His first word was copying what you said on it, after all~!" Feliciano says and Lovino looks at him surprised.

"It was?" Lovino asks, frowning. When he was doing the show he was always gone from him to record it. He wasn't there for Marcello's first word and was never told it was what he said on the show. Probably because if he knew he would have quit the show which his mom definitely didn't want.

"Marcello and I were your biggest fans! Just like you guys are my biggest fans! Right?" Feliciano grins and Lovino laughs nervously.

"Of course…" Lovino mumbles before Feliciano is suddenly right in front of him, a menacing smile on his lips.

"Fratello, you own all of my merchandise, don't you?" Feliciano asks, making Lovino shrink in his seat.

"I-I do…of course I do! Well, I mean, maybe not some of it…since it's expensive…and I'm not interested in shirtless things of you…" Lovino mumbles awkwardly as Feliciano looms over him.

"Ohh? So you don't have everything? Well, that's just fine." Feliciano says, venom dripping from his words.

"U-um…so…about the reunion show…what are the details?" Lovino asks, trying to change the subject.

"Oh! Right! I've got a manager for you!" Feliciano says excitedly. "His name is Matthew Williams! He's new but really good! And cute!" He adds happily, receiving a glare from his brother.

"I'm not going back into showbiz, I don't need a manager for one little thing, and what do I care if he's cute?" Lovino asks annoyed.

"If it helps…I don't find myself cute…" A small voice says from the other room, revealing a blonde man. "H-hi, I'm Matthew."

"…You have to stop telling me about people when they are in the next room, Feliciano…" Lovino sighs, standing up and going to Matthew. "Nice to meet you, I guess."

Matthew smiles shyly. "I'm sorry for barging in."

"Nah, it's all Feliciano's fault. You're just doing your job." Lovino says, holding out his hand. "I'm Lovino, and I have no plans on furthering my career after this one gig."

Matthew nods. "I understand, some people just don't like it."

Lovino looks at him surprised, having only heard those words from himself towards his brothers and from a little boy he used to work with on the show. "Ah…yeah…thanks for understanding." He says awkwardly, now unable to get the ten year old from his past out of his head.

"Fratello has something on his mind~!" Feliciano points out and Matthew looks at him nervously.

"D-did I say something wrong?" He asks and Lovino shakes his head.

"No, what you said just reminded me of someone…" Lovino mumbles. "A-anyways…what is the plan for this remake?"

"Ah!" Matthew lights up. "Well you see we are going to a meeting for it tomorrow at around ten in the morning. This is where we will see all the other kids who returned and get the script." He explains, looking at notes on his clipboard. "Then we will be going with one of the other kids to practice. It's the one you spent most of your on screen time with, the boy who played your big brother…it was…Jose?"

"Jose, huh?" Lovino twitches. "That bastard was always trying to show off how much better he was than me…why can't I work with Bella?"

"Bella?" Matthew looks at him confused. "Oh! You mean the Belgian girl from the show! Well, she will be working with the Ukrainian girl."

"Ah…Katyusha, huh? They always did seem kind of close…" Lovino mumbles, remember how the two girls would run off together and leave him alone with José, whatever his real name was.

"Yes, they are part of a band together now! Bella is the lead singer, Katyusha does drums, a Hungarian girl named Elizaveta is the backup singer and guitarist, and then there's a girl from Taiwan named Meilin who does bass. They are pretty successful now." Matthew says and Lovino nods.

"Yeah, I've seen them a couple of times. They're pretty good."

"The other boy did pretty well I think, too….but I can't remember his name so…" Matthew shrugs. "It's not important that they are successful though. Anyways, I will see you in the morning!"

"Um…bye…?" Lovino waves confused as the blonde heads out in a hurry. "Why was he so eager to leave?"

"Ah, his boss Gilbert, Ludwig's big brother, is really attached to him! It's almost as if Matthew is his own little work-wife!" Feliciano explains, laughing a little.

"Huh…he's pretty young…I take it he's new?" Lovino asks and Feliciano nods.

"He's twenty! Just graduated and was hired by Gilbert!" Feliciano explains. "Gilbert is really nice!"

Lovino twitches a little. "I get the feeling his hiring of Matthew had ulterior motives…"

"You mean sex? It might, but no one will ever know since Gilbert doesn't have the balls to say anything!" Feliciano giggles. "They are so awkwardly cute~!"

"Uhuh…well, I'm using my last day of freedom for some fun so I will see you later." Lovino says, grabbing his helmet for his vespa and the keys before heading out.

The next day comes too fast and before Lovino knows it he is in the all too familiar studio sitting with all too familiar faces. In front of him, now gray haired and almost jolly looking is the man he remembered as a miserable old dickwad with a stick lodged up his ass. Then there is a woman who used to be nervous all the time, unsure of her role. Now she is calm, cool, and in control. It's amazing how all of these people have changed over ten years.

So far he is the first actor to the meeting, left to sit there awkwardly with people as they ask what he has done with his life. Why does the answer 'going to high school' suddenly seem so…inappropriate? As if that answer will disappoint all of these famous bigwigs? He's only seventeen, it's a normal route…but that's just it, with all these famous people anything normal seems weird.

"Hola~!" A deep Spanish voice calls, making Lovino feel a strange combination of relief and annoyance.

"Oh there you are!" One of the men says, smiling to the man Lovino refuses to look at.

"Hey! Remember me? I played José!" The voice says in a friendly tone before the man pops up in front of Lovino, making him pale in shock. José, that bastard child, is actually the famous Antonio Fernandez Carriedo? The hot go-to singer? How is that possible?

Lovino sputters and stammers, trying to say something to the ridiculously successful, ridiculously handsome, man he used to hate. "Th-ah-n-Jo-hhoooowww?" He finally gets out and Antonio laughs.

"I know what you're thinking! 'How does such a nerdy kid like José become someone so famous', right?" Antonio asks and Lovino nods dumbly. "Well, puberty was my friend!" The Spaniard answers, annoying Lovino. He sounds so conceited, the damn bastard.

"Conceited." Lovino mumbles out, surprising everyone else.

"Did he actually call Antonio conceited?" One of the men asks another in a whispered tone that everyone else can still hear.

"Who could ever think of Antonio as conceited?"

"He's so sweet!"

"and selfless!"

Antonio watches the people whisper amongst themselves about him and frowns. Sure, it's nice to hear praise…but it's not being given from the person he wants it to be. His eyes fall on Lovino, taking in his annoyed pout and smiling despite himself. He remembers it from ten years ago, just as he remembers how much he liked Lovino back then. Of course as a child he couldn't do anything about a crush on a boy, especially in those times, but he made sure to work with Lovino as much as he could and tried to help him out constantly.

Yet despite all of that, Lovino seems unhappy to see him. He even insulted Antonio. Perhaps he did something wrong in the past ten years? But that couldn't be! He hasn't gotten hammered, usually being the DD for his friends, hasn't ever dated so he could save himself for the day he finally got to be with Lovino, and hasn't said or done a harsh thing in his life! What could he have possibly done to warrant this negative response?

A/N: Heheh...just a thought that popped into my head today while waiting for the teacher for alcohol, drugs, and society to come. (It was a five minute class and BEAUTIFUL!) Anyways...I was gonna do a sequel to something else of mine, but this happened instead because the sequel wasn't working too well. Anyways, enjoy this randomness XD