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{learning & love}

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THE SOUNDS OF the market place were loud and vibrant as timothée stood next to a stand that had various fruits on it. from the red apples to the yellow lemons and green watermelons. the entire shopping area was filled with colors that automatically captured your eye. "on an evening in roma" by dean martin played faintly from a nearby radio as timothée hummed along and waited for the brunette to finish buying fruits.

"aha! got the mangos timmy boy. now it's a party!" nicolas exclaimed as he held up the two circular fruits each in opposite hands.

"that's what i'm talking about!" timothée said with a laugh as he caught one of the mangos nicolas was holding.

the two boys began to peel the fruit as they made their way down a smaller and quiet block that would separate them away from the crowded market place.

"so what's going on you and selene curly fries?" nico asks taking a bite of the mango in his hand.

"well...i-...i actually don't know. i mean we hang out a lot and i guess you could consider them dates, we kiss, and we do things like a couple would but...but we just haven't said we're a couple. it's like we're together in this one little world but i wanna be together in this world too." timothée says as he finishes peeling a part of his mango and taking a bite.

nicolas stares at the foreign boy for a minute his head filling with thoughts about the information he had just let the italian boy in on.

"you know...you're a good guy tim. you seem like you have good intentions with my piccola rosa." nicolas states referring to selene.

"i do. i want nothing but her happiness. truthfully." timothée says wiping a bit of the juice from the mango off the corner of his mouth.

"let me tell you one thing though. and i'll only say it once." nicolas says as he stops and turns to look at timmy.

"now, i don't mean for this to come off aggressive but selene is special. she's literal sunshine on legs. now it's hard for her light to die out but it has, and unfortunately i've been around to see it sometimes. when it happens she becomes a dark and hallow shell of the spunky person she is and i never ever in my life want to see her like that again. and to keep this short if you're the one who causes her to crawl back into that shell, it won't be all peaches and cream for you curly fries. and i'm no protective person but selene is like my baby sister. i'll keep her safe." the brown haired boy says with a serious tone and look.

"...but now don't let this stop you from having your fun. have it i'm sure you both deserve it. but just know some foundations in life aren't always stable. so walk on them carefully before you began to run full speed boyo." nicolas states giving a small grin to the boy afterwards.

"thank you nico. i'll be sure to treat her as if she could fade away any moment." timothée reassures the shaggy haired boy.

" so what about you and brigetta?" timothée questions with a knowing smirk.

"what about us?" nicolas asks even though he knew what the boy truly meant.

"you two going steady or..." the curly haired boy starts.

"i don't know. you see the thing about you and selie tim, is that you both like each other and you openly show it. with me and brigetta we act like we hate each other one second and then in the next we're all over each other. and i don't know if she wants it to stay that way or she wants more than the little game we're playing like i do." nicolas opening his heart up to the other male.

"i think you should tell her. clearly she feels something if she keeps the little ordeal you two have going on going so tell her. tell her that you want more. that you love her." timothée tells the boy.

"thanks foreign boy. really. thanks." nicolas nodding to timothée.

the two walk for a bit more until timothée breaks the general silence with a question.

"nico..." timothée starts.

nicolas hums in response as he looks over to the boy.

"do you think it's to soon to say...you know. the words?" the curly haired boy questions.

"not if you feel the words have meaning. you know how you feel more than anyone. and if you feel those words help express your feeling best, then you know what to do." nicolas as he throws the skin from his mango into a nearby trash can.

"yea...yea thanks." timothée says with an appreciative grin.

"hey selene told me you're working on a movie thing! i know a great spot for scenic shots!" nicolas says walking off in one direction motioning for timothée to follow, which he does.

the two males soon find themselves in a courtyard that has an old statue in the middle and not to far behind it you can see an old structure backed by mountains and the sky.

"looks like it might pioggia soon. probably should get those shots quick and then meet up with the others." nicolas says looking up at the sky as grey and darker clouds start to slowly move in.

"yea i'll take a few and get some surrounding ones and then we can be on our way. thanks for this nico." timothée says giving the other boy a head-nod.

"any time curly fries, anytime." nico says finding a chair and kicking his feet up in it.

AT A NEARBY store cassandra, sebastian, alexander, brigetta, and selene laugh about as sebastian and alexander model female clothes terribly.

alexander wore a neon green silk slip and a black turtle neck underneath it. he also wore pink and white stripped tights and blue pumps. Sebastian on the other hand sported a baby pink tutu, which he wore nude stockings with rhinestones under, a purple tube top that was much to small, and red shiny flats.

"you look absolutely horrendous!" selene says laughing at sebastian who was flipping his nonexistent hair.

"alexander on the other hand, looks kinda... fabulous." brigetta says giving a snap alexanders way.

"thank you honeybunch!" alexander says doing a twirl and making the girls laugh.

"wow, i'm offended" Sebastian says placing a hand over his chest dramatically.

"you should very much be since you look like that." cassandra says hysterically laughing along with the others.

"no one here has taste. i feel so sorry for you all." sebastian says as he turns on his heel and makes his way back into the dressing room with his hand on his hip.

"i should help him before he rips that tube top." alexander says giving one last turn before heading off to the dressing room too.

"those two are near iconic." brigetta says brushing a hand through her blonde hair.

"i'm surprised we didn't get kicked out." selene says laughing.

"if seb rips that tube top i guarantee we will be." cassandra says giggling.

"yea kicked out and have a fine." selene adds on making the two girls laugh.

"so cassie what do you like to do for fun?" selene asks sending the girl a sweet smile.

"well...i like photography, acting, sketching, ooo! and painting!!" cassandra says.

"no way! me and selene paint all the time in our free time!!" brigetta says excited.

"really?! you have to show me your art collection one day!" Cassandra says gaining excitement too.

"we can go now! its nothing special but maybe we can paint until its time to meet up with timmy and nico!" selene says slightly bouncing from joy.

"yesss! lets go ladies get those skirts off we got things to paint!" cassandra yells to the two boys in the dressing rooms.

selene and brigetta giggle at the girl and she jumps around in excitement.

once the two boys made their way out of the dressing rooms, the five made their way back into the streets of their town as they walked to selene, brigetta, and nicolas' house. once they arrive, brigetta and selene lead the three americans to the room in their house where their art supplies and completed paintings were scattered around the room.

the floor was covered with a big sheet of plastic, used to catch paint that dropped, that crunched under their feet as they made their way into the room. on one wall was a half completed painting. a courtyard in italy with strings of fairy lights, a band playing music, and three people dancing painted. one girl had wavy blonde hair that flowed down her back seemingly effortlessly. one was a boy who had brown hair that looked messy as if he had just been dancing. the last person was a girl who had brown hair that looked almost black. it was in a braid with flowers put in here and there and she seemed to be laughing as the other boy and girl danced. however the faces of each person was turned away. the three people were surrounded by other dancing bodies. the painting was full of vibrant colors in some areas and the rest was just lightly outlines but still able to be clearly visible.

"is this...you guys?" sebastain asks staring up at the painting in amazement along with cassandra and alexander.

"yup. we've been painting it for months. mostly brigetta. painting is kinda her thing." selene says giving her blonde friend a playful nudge.

"i-its...beautiful." cassandra says admiring the art piece upon the wall.

"thank you truly." brigetta says giving the curly haired girl a smile.

"the talent is this room has my knees buckling." alexander says looking at the wal his eyes watered up a little making the four others laugh.

"alright. lets paint!" brigetta exclaims.

"you don't have to say it twice!" cassandra said jumping a little.

"yay!!" selene says making her way over to a tiny closet in the room and pulling out some smocks and covers for the five to wear and she hands them out.

brigetta gets out four canvas' and passes them around before going to get paint while selene gets the paint brushes.

three of the five began to start painting random things that they want to and brigetta began to add more color to the mural on the wall, but one person stares at the blank canvas in pure confusion.

"you good over there sebby webby?" alexander asks chuckling as he looks over to the boy.

"i-i-i don't know what to do." sebastian says dumbfounded.

"have you never painted before?" brigetta says letting out a laugh.

"never in my life." Sebastian says shaking his head.

"not surprised." cassandra mumbled making sebastian lightly shove her shoulder.

"here let me help you out americano." selene says brushing a strand of fallen hair out of her face.

selene made her way over to the light-brown haired boy and sat beside him.

"well what do you feel like painting?" selene questions to the boy.

"i don't know. something about space maybe." sebastian says examining the paintbrush in his hand.

"ok cool. let's pick your color palette first. do you want relatively space related colors most likely." selene says as she reaches over to grab colors such as dark blue, purple, white, silver, etc.

"then what you can do is sketch what you want to draw or you can free hand it." selene says looking over to the boy.

"freehand cause yolo my sista." sebastian says making selene and the others in the room chuckle.

"alright then. well now you have the colors, go crazy. let the brush control and paint with your heart!" selene says giving the boy a pat on the back before heading over to her canvas again.

the five began painting their own pieces as "Summer" by brockhampton played throughout the room. all five people moved their heads to the beat as they rocked and swayed while they mouthed the words.

once they were all done their paintings they each set them up on easels.

cassandra's was a beautiful blush pink flower with incredible details in a field that was slowly dying. she explained how it meant how people view everything is ok from to outside but things may not always be what they seem.

alexander's was a male fashion model who was dressed fabulously as others around him stared with judgment. he explained how it meant that even though he feels fabulous and good about himself their will always be people won't except him and will look down on him.

selene's was a boy with curly hair and a girl. the boys heart was drawn prominently and it seemed to be glowing, yet the girls heart was the same yet it was in a glass case sort of thing. she told how it meant, you can be in love with someone, head over heels, yet your heart feels trapped from past experiences and how hard it is to break that case it's trapped in.

sebastian's on the other hand, his was unique. he had almost all of the colors from the color palette splattered onto the canvas.

"it's oddly...beautiful." selene says gazing at his dark toned color canvas.

"yea i'm...shocked and amazed." cassandra added.

"thank you." sebastian says a proud smile forming on his face.

"what does it mean?" brigetta asks softly.

"i don't know actually. i wanted it to be space themed and selene told me to let the brush take control and paint with my heart. so maybe it's my heart." sebastian says sending a smile to selene to which she responds by sending a smile back.

"it's beautiful seb. still kinda beginner, but beautiful." alexander says putting a hand on sebastians back.

"oh shut it noodle boy!" sebastian says flinging his paint brush at alexander's smock.

the dark blue paint appears on the white smock and selene and brigetta let our tiny gasps and cassandra let's out an "ooo".

"you're dead pretty boy." alexander says pinking up the paint brush with green residue from cassandra's easel and drawing a pair of male privates on sebastians smock.

"alright alright, how about-" brigetta was cut short by a droplet if white paint lading in the top of her nose.

selene's eyes shot open and cassandra's hand flew up to cover her open mouth.

"sei su americanis!" brigetta says picking up a paint brush with purple paint on it.

"uh oh." selene and cassandra let out simultaneously as they face each other.

yelling and laughing is heard as the two boys and girl splash paint towards each other and selene and cassandra try to calm them down while also trying not to get splashed.

"woah so this is where the party is." a male voice calls out making the five stop in their tracks and their heads turn to the entrance to the room.

brigetta and sebastian stood facing each other with their paint brushes in the air about to splash each other, alexander was on brigetta's back as he tried to paint her cheek, selene had her hands on alexander's hips in attempt to pull him off the blonde, and cassandra was about to pinch sebastian's ear and pull him a way.

"looks like our day was much more chill nico." timothée says pulling his up on his head.

"i would say so." nicolas says as he chuckles at the five in their current positions.

"i would hate to break this paint fight party but selene you have a shift in 30 minutes and we're planning to watch. and trust me for the sake of all of us don't be late so they don't have to do karaoke. my ears can't handle it." nicolas says wincing at the thought of karaoke.

"oh yea!" selene says breaking apart from the pose the five were in making the others separate too.

"you guys look...unique." timothée says letting out a laugh.

"save it curly sue!" brigetta jokingly exclaims at the boy.

"cas you can borrow some of mine or brigetta's clothes if you want!" selene says with a smile and brigetta nods.

"sure thanks!" cassandra says following selene and brigetta as they laugh about.

sebastian and alexander look over to nicolas with hopeful eyes.

"in your wildest dreams i'd let you wear anything out of my closet. ha!" nicolas says with a laugh and timothée chuckles.

"nah i'm just pulling one. knock yourselves out. but the gucci belt. touch it and i'll cut your hands off so you can't touch anything ever again." nicolas says making his way into the living room.

"that was mainly for you sebastian. alex watch him" timothée says heading into the living room as well.

once everyone is cleaned up the seven friends sit in selenes dressing room.

"ok i have to do a warm up. any suggestions?" selene asked with a smile.

"ooo something about friends!" brigetta exclaims as the others nod their head yes.

"ok let me see." selene says thinking over her options.

"could you be my best friend? let's hang out every weekend. we're driving every night, stare at people that we like. could you be my best friend? i'll tell you all my secrets. i'll tell you all the times, that i wished that i could die. and if anybody fucks with you, they fuck with me. so, if anybody fucks with you. i'll knock their teeth out. could you be my best friend?can we be friends? could you be my best friend? can we be friends?"

selene song softly a smile constant on her face.

"man i might cry. don't look at me" sebastian says covering his face and making the others laugh.

"that was beautiful sel." cassandra says gong selene a playful nudge.

"i loved it." timothée says looking at selene as he gives her a smile and she gives him one back.

the others compliment the song and soon head out to their table but timothée stays back for a minute.

"sel, good luck you'll kill it as always." he says walking up to her and pecking her lips.

he pulls away but she wraps her hand around his neck and pulls him in for another kiss. they pull away and selene let's put a small "thank you" as they smile at each other before timothée makes his way out of the dressing room and towards the table.

once they're situated at the table nicolas sits with his arm thrown around brigetta, cassandra sits in between sebastian and alexander, rolling her eyes as they bicker about which superhero they think each other are, and timothée sits waiting for selene to arrive on the stage.

she soon does and the lights dimmer as she walks up to the microphone.

"this one is dedicated to my lovely friends. new and old." she says with a smile.

"yeah! that's us!" sebastian shouts throwing his hand up in the air making the people in the restaurant laugh.

cassandra quickly pulls his hand down and facepalms as the other laugh lightly.

"sorry. he's american." nicolas says quietly to the people at the table nearby making brigetta shove him lightly.

"i was going to say you know who you are but, i'm pretty sure everyone knows who you are now" selene states letting out a laugh and making the people in the restaurant laugh as well.

"if i could fly, i'd be coming right back home to you. i think i might give up everything, just ask me to. pay attention, i hope that you listen, 'cause i let my guard down. right now i'm completely defenseless."

selene sings gently sending smiles to each of her friends.

"for your eyes only, i'll show you my heart. for when you're lonely and forget who you are. i'm missing half of me when we're apart. now you know me, for your eyes only. for your eyes only."

brigetta wipes her watering eyes and nicolas pulls her closer and selene sends her a "don't cry or i'll cry look" making her chuckle.

"i've got scars even though they can't always be seen. and pain gets hard, but now you're here and i don't feel a thing. pay attention, i hope that you listen, 'cause i let my guard down. right now i'm completely defenseless."

this time selene looks to timothée and he gazes back at her with admiration and consideration. she sends him a small smile and he sends one back not knowing a tear slipped from his eye and her not realizing one fell from her's as well.

"for your eyes only, i'll show you my heart. for when you're lonely and forget who you are. i'm missing half of me when we're apart. now you know me, for your eyes only. for your eyes only."

sebastian wipes his eyes quickly as he tried to make it look like he wasn't crying but as he looks over to cassandra who's tears fell like a water as her head fell on his shoulder his tears began to fall as well.

"i can feel your heart inside of mine, i feel it, i feel it. i've been going out of my mind, i feel it, i feel it. know that i'm just wasting time, and i hope that you don't run from me."

selene sings but it's meant for timothée that time and he can tell as he smiles at her and nods letting her know he's there and was and still will be making her inhale. her tears that slipped of her face more prominent in the light of the stage.

"for your eyes only, i'll show you my heart. for when you're lonely and forget who you are. i'm missing half for me when we're apart. now you know me, for your eyes only."

alexander looks up at the girl and smiles his tears wetting his face and slightly blurring his vision as he shakes his head in a sense of being proud.

"for your eyes only, i'll show you my heart. for when you're lonely and forget who you are. i'm missing half for me when we're apart. now you know me, for your eyes only."

nicolas looks up at the girl and smiles. he wasn't crying like everyone else but his face read a look selene hadn't saw from the boy in a while. it was as if he was happy crying without the tears and her heart warmed at that.

"for your eyes only"

selene sang for all her friends.

"for your eyes only"

selene sang for timothée.

the restaurant erupted with clapping and the six stood up and clapped for their friend who just had sang her heart out.

she made her way off the stage and went over to her friends as they wrapped her in a group hug. timothée wrapped the girl in his arms and kissed her passionately.

"selene can i speak to you separately?" timothée asked cautiously.

"yes of course." selene said giving him a smile.

timothée looked over at nicolas and gave the boys a thumbs up and timothée nodded back. the pair made their way to the outside of the restaurant and selene stood with a smile on her face as she looked up at the curly haired boy.

"selene one, that performance was amazing truly and two,... i- i- i'm not gonna beat around the bush so i'm just gonna tell you. selene i love you. ...that was a bit easier than i thought but i do. i love you and everything about you. your smile, laugh, beauty, voice, incredibly corny jokes, the way you do that thing with your pinky when you hold my hand, the way your hair looks like a nest when you wake up, the way you wear my shirts, the way you care for others, the way you totally try to play matchmaker for brigetta and nico, the way you pick on lorenzo and isabelle, and evening the way song your grace before eating. i love you selene. and i had to tell you before it ate me alive." timothée let's our before taking a breath.

selene looks at him in astonishment her mouth parted slightly.

"timmy i-i- uhm. i-..."

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:song(s) if the chapter:

an evening in roma ~ dean martin

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summer ~ brockhampton

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can we be friends ~ coanan gray

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if i could fly ~ one direction

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timmy's polaroid dump
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i let nico use my video camera once and now i can't get it back lol :|

caught in the rain (even though there's no rain we smile and nod cause queen) xx

oh sweet italy <33

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seb's polaroid dump
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cassie smiled, wtf is life

we scream, you scream, brigetta screams for ice cream ahahaha!

selene took the rose out of the vase lol #theif
(oh and ft. alex)

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selene's polaroid dump.
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italia <33

xander went 'soundcloud rapper' mode

he's not a regular uncle, he's a cool uncle ;)

a girl in a habit. painting her lover...taken by brigetta xx

stylish boy <33

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AUTHORS NOTE:
~ cliffhanger bestiessss. thanks for reading!! sorry it's a bit long but yuh. let me know if you see big mistakes and i love you! stay hydrated, healthy, and safe. try to eat a little something and have a bit of a laugh today! sending sm love and happiness!
<3

translations.
piccola rosa - little rose
pioggia - rain
sei su americanis - it's on americans