The Roses and The Lilies

𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 1- 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠

[image above is of part of the Italian's home]
"Merda!" A red headed woman cursed loudly as something blew up.
"Aries?" Another woman's voice shouted.
"Qui dentro Leo," Aries coughed, waving a hand in front of her face.
A woman appeared in the doorway and surveyed the damage.
"Che cosa hai fatto?" Leo crossed her arms and looked at her sister.
"Ero annoiato-,"
"Oh no," Leo facepalmed.
"così ho iniziato a sperimentare con la polvere da sparo," Aries scratched the back of her neck with an awkward grin.
"Practice your inglese," Leo changed the subject.
Aries groaned.
"Perché?"
"Meeting the English mafia for... what's the word? An alleanza," Leo scrunched up her nose.
"Alliance," her younger sister supplied.
"That's it! But, practice your English, go find Pisces,"
"Okay! Leave the mess with you!" Aries rushed past the boss of the Italian mafia and down the hall.
"I asked for that. Fanculo," Leo swore.

"And then add the egg white," Taurus instructed as he watched Libra whisk her mixture.
"Perché parli inglese?" She looked up from her bowl.
"Because we have to go to an English ball in England to make an alliance with the English mafia in a week," he replied calmly, in perfect English.
"Will the English learn Italian?" Libra put her hands on her hips.
"They're ignorant Libra, but Leo says that we need the alliance," Taurus answered.
"Odio quando hai ragione," Libra went back to whisking.
Taurus laughed.
"I'm always right,"
"Sure,"
"See? You're speaking English now,"
Libra gave him the finger without looking up from her baking,
"You need a yoga lesson. When the cookies are in the oven-,"
"Then I have to practice inglese even more to impress a load of self entitled assholes," Libra slammed the recipe book shut.
Taurus raised an eyebrow.
"I don't think-,"
"Taurus. Seriously. They're English- chose to do Brexit, then- mmf!"
Taurus had put a hand over her mouth.
"Much better. I am so glad I'm not in in the Mafia," he grinned.
Libra licked his palm.
"Hey! Ew!"
"You know I could kill you so many ways right now right?" She raised the whisk in her hand threateningly.
"Libra," a cool voice from the other side of the room said.
Both occupants turned to see the newcomer.
"V!" Taurus' eyes brightened at the sight of his husband.
"Er... sorry Virgo. He kinda... just... cazzo inglese," Libra swore.
Virgo folded his arms.
"I put a hand over her mouth," Taurus supplied cheerfully, sweeping across the room to kiss his husband softly,
"She does not like being silenced. Hey Taur," Virgo relaxed and leant into Taurus.
"Ew. Romance," Libra pretended to gag.
"She's getting better at English, no?" Taurus looked up at the brunet.
"Sì," he replied.

"Ha!" Pisces smirked as she got a hit.
Capricorn just looked at her blankly.
"Act like I did something!" She whined.
"But I am not harmed," he cocked his head to the side.
She pouted.
"Pi, non abbassare mai la guardia," he smirked before making a quick move, making her fall onto her butt.
"Cap!" She shrieked. "You play dirty!"
He continued grinning down at her. "I'm part of the Mafia Pisce," he crooned.
She folded her arms over her chest and huffed, knowing he was right. In the mafia, there were no rules.

Chapter translations (google translate)
Merda- shit
Qui dentro- in here
Che cosa hai fatto- what have you done
Ero annoiato- I was bored
così ho iniziato a sperimentare con la polvere da sparo- so I started experimenting with gunpowder
Inglese- English
Perché- because
Fanculo- fuck
Perché parli inglese- why do you speak English
Odio quando hai ragione- I hate it when you're right
Cazzo inglese- fucking english
Sì- yes
non abbassare mai la guardia- never let down your guard