"Luddy," Feliciano dabs his best friend's hurt cheek with a cold, wet napkin. "You still need to practice with that smile. Otherwise, people are still going to think you're angry with them. And a happier tone of voice would help, too… Not that I think you deserved to be hit but I just want to help you."

Ludwig nods sadly. As harsh as Feliciano sounded to him, he was right. But he really couldn't control his angry-looking expressions on his face. "I understand, thanks Feli."

"No problem," Feliciano smiled brightly, causing Ludwig to do the same, back. "There's a pretty smile." He laughed. Ludwig blushed, not knowing how to take the compliment.

"Hey, Feli!" a voice called. "We're starting again, come play!"

"Okay!" Feliciano chirped back. "I'll see you after class, meet me at my car." Ludwig nodded as his friend ran off happily to the soccer field.

The two of them had been friends for about 4 years, since Feliciano had transferred from Italy. He was seated next to him in their homeroom, and Feliciano attempted day-by-day to get to know him and befriend him. Ludwig, not having any friends, took a while but eventually warmed up to him and they became really close since.

It wasn't until last year that Ludwig realized he was growing feelings towards the Italian boy. He was fine with the way things are, just being good friends, and didn't want to mess things up by admitting his honest, romantic feelings towards him. His kindness and love was enough for him, and he was happy that Feliciano was comfortable enough with hugging and sometimes he could sneak a cuddle out of him. Everything was perfectly fine.

After school, Ludwig threw his bag in the trunk of Feliciano's car and closed it. He walked to the side and got in the back, avoiding having to sit by Feliciano's brother, Lovino, who has never seemed to like him. Getting in, Lovino glanced at him disgusted for a second before turning back and skipping through songs on the radio.

Ludwig stayed quiet the whole trip while the brothers argued about what they were going to have for dinner. Upon arrival, Lovino turned around and looked over at Ludwig.

"You better stay away from my snack stash this time or-"

"Lovino! He's our guest! He can have what he likes!" Feliciano interrupted.

"I won't touch your food!" Ludwig promised, scared. Last time he was over, he had accidently taken a bag of chips that apparently was from Lovino's "snack stash." If Feliciano hadn't come in at the right time, he probably would have strangled him for it.

Ludwig hurriedly got his bag from the trunk and followed Feliciano into the house. The Vargas' home was huge, complete with a huge kitchen, fancy dining room, comfy living room, a game room, several bathrooms, and roomy bedrooms. Though, Feliciano and Ludwig usually hung out in his room, an upstairs room, playing games or surfing the internet.

They walked upstairs and into Feliciano's room. Feliciano throws his school bag onto the ground and jumps onto his bed. Ludwig joins him, making the smaller boy bounce up. He burst into laughter.

"You make me have almost a heart attack when you do that."

"Sorry," Ludwig stretches on the comfortable bed. "What new movies did you get?" They always have a movie marathon when Ludwig visited. Feliciano's family collects movies as a hobby.

"Oh! Oh!" Feliciano scampers upward and slips off the bed and towards his DVD collection. "I got like… Five new ones Wednesday! We can still watch some old ones though."

"It's your turn to choose." Ludwig got up and sat next to him. There were a couple of scary movies, one romance, an animated movie, and a comedy.

"I can't. I want to see all of these!" He started stacking them on his lap. "Okay, we'll watch the animated one first… Then a horror movie... and if we aren't asleep yet, the romance."

"Sounds good." Ludwig replied. Feliciano put the movies onto the TV stand and crawled onto his bed.

"Let's play some Team Fortress 2 or something." Feliciano says, reaching for his laptop.

"Okay!" Ludwig gets his laptop out of his bag.

For a while, the boys play games, but eventually get bored and settle on the bed next to each other and watch video or look at Tumblr posts.

"Wait, was that that baby bullet video again?" Feliciano asks as Ludwig scrolled through.

"Yeah, it was, that's why I skipped it," they both laugh. Ludwig scrolls through some pictures of food. Feliciano's stomach growls.

"I might just order pizza, like Lovino wanted." Feliciano says.

"Good enough for me. I'll start the movie." Ludwig slides off the bed and begins to set up the movie. He lies back down on the bed.

Feliciano walked back into the room a few minutes later. Turning off the light, he jumped onto the bed and onto his friend.

"No Luddy, this is my spot!" Feliciano tried pushing him to the side so Ludwig pushed back. They fondled around, pushing each other away, but Feliciano ended up laying across Ludwig's back. They stopped fighting and looked towards the screen.

The movie was kiddish and brightly colored. While Ludwig sat there and watched it, content with the impressive storyline and characters, Feliciano got into it, as usual. He would laugh loudly at the funny parts, even cheer on the characters sometimes. About 20 minutes in, the doorbell had rung and they paused the movie to get the pizza.

"I need to change so we can relax now and eat pizza!" Feliciano chirped excitedly while trying to pull off his shirt too fast and falling over. Respectfully, Ludwig looked away when Feliciano got dressed in front of him. He would feel guilty seeing Feliciano indecently and ogling, as much as he loved Feliciano and everything about him. Ludwig put on his sleeveless shirt and shorts and threw his clothes back in the bag while Feliciano finished putting on his usual pink undershirt. The boys settled down on the bed again with the pizza and Ludwig played the movie again.

"Feli, are you alright?" Ludwig asked him as the boy was sobbing. This was normal; he always got really into movies when they watched them. Ludwig feels it's needed to make sure he's okay when he does, even if it's a little silly.

Feliciano nodded and buried his head into Ludwig's shoulder and sobbed more. The credits started rolling, so Ludwig reached out for the remote. With Feliciano in the way, he couldn't quite get it. Looking down at his emotional friend, he couldn't just push him away. He cradled him onto his lap and grabbed remote, accidently hitting the power button.

The room went completely dark and silent when Feliciano let out a confused-sounding sob. Ludwig laughed a little. Feliciano giggled a little, moving to a more comfortable position onto Ludwig's lap. Even after he had stopped crying, Ludwig stayed holding onto him, enjoying the warmth.

"Do you still want to watch the horror movie next?" he asked.

"Mhm.." he muttered, getting up from his lap and turning on the light. Ludwig laid down again as Feliciano put in the movie. His mind began to wonder about him and Feliciano. Feliciano seemed to get more closer and touchy with him lately. He began to think about it as a romantic gesture, but quickly wiped it out of his mind. He and Feliciano were friends, Feli wouldn't have feelings for someone like him… Would he?

"Tickle, tickle!" Feliciano attacked Ludwig's side, taking advantage of him zoning out. Ludwig burst into agonizing laughs and went for Feliciano's stomach. The two ended up trying to grab each other's hands to stop the other from tickling. Lovino burst into the room, glaring angerly.

"Keep it quiet, you two! And get your nasty potato-peeling hands off my brother you dumb fuck!" Ludwig instantly withdrew his hands. "You better not touch my brother in anyway, Ludwig. Or you'll regret it!" Lovino spat out at him, disgusted. After Lovino left the room, Feliciano attacked Ludwig again, pushing him down onto the bed. Ludwig struggled to keep quiet.

"Feli, the movie's about the start." Ludwig says, trying to pull his friend off him.

"Oh right." Feliciano rolled off of him and grabbed onto his pillow. "I hope this one isn't too scary."

"It doesn't look too scary," Ludwig replied, getting comfortable.

45 minutes later.

"I can't look, I can't look!" Ludwig yells, hiding behind Feliciano. Feliciano continues to eat his popcorn, eyes intertwined with the screen. Ludwig peeks at the screen again, just to jump again and grab onto Feliciano again, accidently spilling his popcorn.

"There, there, Ludwig. It's only a movie." Feliciano tells him. Ludwig looks into his eyes and takes a deep breath. Feliciano looks back at the screen.

"Ahh!" Feliciano screams just as Ludwig does, again. He scrambles in his place and jumps onto Ludwig, burying his head into his into his shoulder. "I take it back! I take it back!" He cries, his voice muffled. Ludwig nuzzled down into the boy's soft hair, hiding his eyes from the screen.

The scene eventually changed into a calm one. Feliciano attempted to withdraw from Ludwig, but he was still being held on to. Feliciano simply positioned him to where he can watch the movie and be in Ludwig's arms.

Ludwig placed his chin on Feliciano's shoulder, being so close to him made him feel at pure bliss.

"Luddy, don't dose off!" Ludwig opened his eyes, jumping awake. Feliciano had his head turned towards him, his nose touching Ludwig's cheek. Ludwig can feel his heart beat fast and his cheeks redden. This would be a great opportunity to kiss him, he thought, but I shouldn't be thinking of doing that kind of things.

"What's wrong?" Feliciano asked. "Are you enjoying the movie?"

"Yes, Feli. I'm fine." Please turn back around, he thought.

"Okay," Feliciano giggled cutely, causing Ludwig's cheeks to blush even more.

After the movie was over, they settled on watching the romance and then going to sleep.

"I heard this one was a good one!" Feliciano said, pressing play.

"Yeah, it'll definitely help after that horror movie experience." Ludwig laughed.

"Hehe, you may look tough on the outside but you're a big softy on the inside, Luddy."Feliciano poked his stomach. "Ack, and you keep getting tougher." Ludwig lifted one arm up, acting like he was flexing his toned biceps. Feliciano did the same, giving him a playful frown.

"I wish I was tough like you." Feliciano says, touching Ludwig's arm.

"It's not the greatest thing in the world. People are afraid of me. You're small, cute and approachable." Ludwig choked out the last word, trying to cover up calling his friend cute. Feliciano didn't seem to mind, at least.

"But I want to be able to lift people up!" Feliciano says, trying to make his voice sound like Ludwig's. Ludwig picked his friend up but his sides and threw him carefully onto the bed. "Wee! Hehehe!" Feliciano burst into more adorable laughs. Ludwig crawled into his side of the bed and under the covers. Feliciano eventually crawled over Ludwig, taking his place and pressing play on the remote.

The movie started out just like any other romance movie, a boy and girl meet, but then it revealed so many plot twists. The girl ended up being his cousin, the boy's best friend was in love with him, a dog died for some reason, and suddenly the best friend was a time traveler and some of the extra character was him in disguise.

"I'm confused. How is this a romance?" Feliciano asked.

"I don't know. Maybe it has some in the end."

"I really hope so, I was really wanting to see some romance tonight."

If only I could show him some myself, Ludwig thought to himself and snickered out loud.

"Hey! You can't really judge me. You love romance movies."

"Yeah, sorry Feli. I just thought about something funny." Ludwig said, embarrassed.

"What were you thinking of?"

"Oh nothing… Hey, look! There's something!" Ludwig pointed to the screen as the main character and his best friend kissed.

"I expected that. It's always the best friend when it doesn't work out with the first love interest." Feliciano noted.

"Yeah, I guess that's true." Replied Ludwig.

"I like it more than the usual first come, first serve deal. Love after friendship is so cute!" Ludwig blushed furiously.

"It is." The people on the screen stopped kissing.

"That was my first kiss," said the best friend.

"I remember my first kiss," Feliciano said, giggling.

"Really? Who was it with?" Ludwig asked, feeling a little jealous.

"This girl named Emily. She was my first girlfriend." Feliciano said. "I was twelve."

"Um, cool. What happened to her?" Ludwig asked.

"She dumped me for Lovino,"

"Her loss," Ludwig told him.

"Totally," his friend laughed back.

After the movie ended, the two laid in bed and talked for a little bit about classes, girls, and Lovino's weird finger-fumbling habit that's obvious to everyone but himself.

"Ludwig, who was your first kiss?" Feliciano asked, out of the blue.

"Noone. I have never kissed anyone."

"What? You haven't?" Feliciano sounded shocked. "That's not bad but I'm surprised."

"Nope, never."

"Oh,"

"… Feliciano?"

"Yeah," the boys soft voice was music to Ludwig's ears. Ludwig closed his eyes and breathed slowly.

"What does a kiss… Feel like?" he asked him, trying to keep his voice from cracking.

"Hmm… A kiss feels different, depending on whom you're kissing. Some people have small lips, which is great for small little kisses. Others have bigger lips, which can get a little sloppy and scary sometimes. But the people who have the same size as your's are magical to kiss." The boy giggles.

Ludwig was silent, imagining how Feliciano's lips would feel. Soft maybe? They look soft. He certainly smelled nice, and was warm and comfortable to hold. The thought was nice, but Ludwig longed to know how it would truly feel.

"It's really hard to describe though, I'm really sorry I can't explain it well." Ludwig felt him move in his place. "Do you want me to show you?"

"What?" He asked, heart pounding.

"Do you want me to show you? Only if you want." Ludwig went quiet. "I'm sorry did I-"

"No, no. If you insist, then yes, I'd like you to show me." Ludwig rolled over and faced his friend, not sure what to think of this. It was too sudden… And perfect.

"Okay," Feliciano said, getting up. Ludwig did the same. He could barely make out Feliciano's outline in the darkness. He felt Feliciano's hand touch his waist. "First, you want to make sure your hands are in the right place."

"Alright," Ludwig shyly put his arms around his friend. They were close now, able to feel each other's breath. Ludwig tensed up.

"Are you nervous?" Feliciano asked, gently, rubbing his back a little.

"Yeah," Ludwig laughed a little.

"It's alright, we're best friends. You shouldn't be nervous." He was right, Ludwig thought, and I shouldn't screw this up by being scared.

"So," Feliciano whispered. "you always do the first slow and easy." He leaned over and softly touched his lips against Ludwig's. It was much more magical than he expected, his heart skipped a beat. Feliciano pulled back, still staying close. "But eventually you move your lips a little like this." He kissed Ludwig again; giving him lips a little movement. Ludwig didn't expect something like this, and he attempted to do the same back.

"Luddy, you're doing good," Feliciano whispered. Ludwig was glad it was dark enough in the room for Feliciano not to see him smiled big. Ludwig leaned over and kissed his friend again, enjoying the amazing feeling of his body melting from being with, holding, and kissing the boy he adored more than anything.

"Mmm," Feliciano mummered mid-kiss. After breaking the kiss, he heard Feliciano giggle. "Luddy, you're quiet," he said, worried sounding.

"Oh sorry… Thanks Feliciano." Ludwig tells him, trying to hide the fact that butterflies were fluttering in his stomach.

"You're welcome, Luddy." They laid back down, closer to each other. "I'm really tired, let's get some sleep, okay?"

"Okay," Ludwig whispered, closing his eyes, remembering Feliciano's little sound he made during the last kiss. He blushed, knowing it was definitely a sound of amusement. He began to wonder if he was able to maybe start a relationship with Feliciano and how fun and wonderful it would be. He opened one eye and glanced at his dozing friend, resting comfortably by his side. Maybe, just maybe, he thought, I could have a chance.

Feliciano moved uncomfortably and rolled over. Ludwig scooted up to him and wrapped his arms around him. Maybe he has feelings for me, too, he thought, feeling both nervous and happy. He closed his eyes and nuzzled Feliciano's soft, reddish-brown hair, giving him a tiny kiss on the forehead. Before dozing off completely, he felt Feliciano move his arms around him, embracing him.