Gabriel
(300AD) The small boy is running in the fields, out of curiousity. He vaguely remembers being told by Roma that he was Lusitânia, one half of Iberia, but... Who was the rest, then? He was searching.
Antonio
rolling around in the tall grass, laughing softly to himself as he sits up and pounces back into the sea of green, so happy to just play here all day.
Gabriel
pauses at the strange kid, approaching him carefully. "Oi! What are you?" He shouts from a distance.
Antonio
pauses, poking his head out from the tall grass, looking like a spooked rabbit. What was that? Upon spotting the other child, he ducks and runs for it.
Gabriel
blinks, then chases after the child. "Wait!" He shouts again, hoping that the kid would understand Latin.
Antonio
stops, looking over his shoulder before he hurries to hide behind a large tree. As if the other hadn't seen him. He presses his bare back against the rough bark, listening.
Gabriel
pauses, watching the other with curiousity. «I was told... I was a part of Iberia... But I want to find the rest!» he explains, gesturing a bit as he hides his wooden sword. «I'm Lusitânia!»
Antonio
peeks out from behind the tree at him, green eyes wide and curious. "Lusitania..." He says softly, testing the name on his tongue. He smiles a shy little smile before stepping out from behind the tree.
Gabriel
jumps when he gets a good look at the boy -- they look identical, pretty much, except Gabriel's hair is longer and his eyes are blue. «So... you speak my tongue?»
Antonio
smiles, walking closer to him. Wow~ He was really pretty. "Mhm!" He said, nodding his head quickly as he drew closer.
Gabriel
takes a step back, scared out. «Then what is your name?» he questions again, making random gestures to see if the other was not a monster.
Antonio
flashes the slightly taller boy a huge grin. "Hispania!" He cheers, throwing his arms up in the air excitedly. It felt nice to speak his name to someone.
Gabriel
approaches him carefully, walking around the little boy. «Hispania...» He repeats, the name coming out easily. Still, he wonders why they look alike so much, and he pokes the boy to see if he's real.
Antonio
wriggles a little, laughing before he pounces on the other, tackling him to the ground because he figures they're playing a game. "Yes." He says, grinning down at him.
Gabriel
squirms and covers his face. «Monster!» he shouts, scaredly, peeking up at the other. «Why are we so alike?»
Antonio
blinks. Monster? "I don't know." He says, poking the other's cheek, puffing out his own cheeks. "I'm not a monster!" He pouts at him. "Are /you/ a monster?"
Gabriel
puffs his own cheeks back. "Mama Iberia told me I am a boy!" He whines. "You're the monster, trying to pass as myself!"
Antonio
gasps sharply. "Papa Roma says I'm a boy, too. And I don't look like you at all." Lusitania was too pretty. Hmph. BT
Gabriel
blinks. "You're... Papa Roma is my papa, not yours!" He pouts, looking up curiously at the other. "You do look like me..."
Antonio
stares at him, eyes wide. "He is my papa..." He pouts, looking incredibly insulted. "You look like you." He mumbled.
Gabriel
blinks. «He... is our papa?» he mumbles, then pokes the other's cheek again. «I do, but you look like me too. Except your eyes are green and pretty.» he smiles a bit.
Antonio
they might be brothers then. Wow. He smiles back, looking sheepish as he looks away. No one had ever thought he was pretty.
Gabriel
laughs at the realisation that they're brothers, smiling widely at him even thought he doesn't know why the other looked so sheepish.
Antonio
just... shy. He's never had a brother. "What do brothers do?"
Gabriel
shrugs. "No idea... Do you want to play?" He offers, sprawled in the grass. "I like swimming a lot."
Antonio
nods quickly. "Yes! Let's go swimming!"
Gabriel
stands up with a wide grin, grabbing the other by the hand and their fingers as he runs.
Antonio
follows him, holding on tightly to his hand as he laughs. This was going to be fun! x3
Gabriel
runs across the fields, laughing back loudly as he heads to a nearby river.
Antonio
s excited. "Do you know how to swim properly?" He could float! But he was a really slow swimmer.
Gabriel
grins, nodding. "Yes! I can swim and fish, brother!" He adds proudly, pausing next to the river. "In my lands, you can always see the sea!"
Antonio
that's so wonderful! He wants to fish. He had trouble catching fish himself. Hmph! "I want to see your lands."
Gabriel
blushes a little - not many travelled to his land. "Then I'll take you there!" He laughs, wandering off and then running quickly.
Antonio
blinks. What? "Wait!" He runs after him, a little scared that he'll leave him behind and alone again.
Gabriel
running fast, excitedly, but he stills looks back now and then to make sure Hispania is following him.
Antonio
only a few feet behind him, grinning every time that Lusitania looks to him. "How far!?" He calls to him.
Gabriel
shakes his head. "Not much!" He shouts, but they still run for a good while before he pauses by the shore, in a fishermen's village.
Antonio
almost doesn't stop in time and bumps into Gabriel's back, making himself fall over on his butt. Whoa. "Sorry." D:
Gabriel
stumbles a little, but doesn't fall. He laughs at the other, waving at some people. "Let's swim!" He beams, walking off to the shore, quickly taking his clothes off.
Antonio
stands up, looking around at the people and smiling at them before he does the same and runs into the water.
Gabriel
splashes water on him, swimming so naturally, it's as if he learned that before walking.
Antonio
laughs and swims after him. "You're too fast!"
Gabriel
swims closer to him, cheeks puffed. «I just like to swim! You're too slow!» he pokes the other, pausing to float a bit next.
Antonio
puffs up his cheeks as well and pokes him back. "I told you I wasn't very good!"
Gabriel
shakes his head. «Nonsense!» he giggles after -- does the word exist? «I will teach you!» he grabs the other by the shoulders then, carrying him around in the water.
Antonio
panics a little, but he relaxes and reaches out to take hold of Gabriel's shoulders too, kicking his feet in order to move. He grins a little. "I will be as fast as you soon, then."
Gabriel
nods. «Yes! Now, keep your legs closer, and kick more softly.» he instructs, guiding him. «Like a fish!»
Antonio
does so. He's biting his lip, eyebrows furrowed in deep concentration, just focusing on kicking. "Am I doing it?"
Gabriel
grins, watching as he's moving better. "Yes! Can I let go?"
Antonio
laughs. "Yes!" He keeps kicking faster, letting go of him in order to swim on his own.
Gabriel
lets him go, swimming nearby still. Funny how these things work, he barely knew the boy and already felt strangely like a friend.