Hello and welcome to 42 Forbidden Loves. I probably shouldn't be starting something new on top of everything going on, but what the heck, it won't hurt. Anyways, as the title suggests, this is a thing where I write 42 one-shots about Hetalia couples put in a situation where they can't possibly be together, but choose to anyways. The couples I write are entirely up to the readers. There are only a few couples I WILL NOT write:

Itacest (Italy x Romano)

Germancest (Germany x Prussia)

Russia x Belarus

Russia x Ukraine

Ukraine x Belarus

Switzerland x Liechtenstein

Any other ship you request, though, I will write. I mean it. Any other ship. Don't be afraid to request a weird or crack ship for me to write, because chances are I ship it too, I'm just too lazy to update my profile about my ships. Also, the pairings don't have to be strictly yaoi. I'm a yuri fan as well and I have no problem with straight pairings. So PM me requests, and I will come up with a forbidden love for your pairing.

Now here's #1 out of 42, requested by ME! :33 It's called Straying from the Law. I hope you like it.

Ludwig's P.O.V.

I stood still in the chilly October evening, eyes darting around for any sign of the man I've been after for the longest time, a criminal wanted for thievery and murder, Feliciano Vargas. I was given a tip that he was hiding out somewhere near this old warehouse, but I hadn't found a way into it yet. Instead, I chose to wait until my target came out. My attention shifted to a manhole cover being lifted and moving, and a mess of brown hair with a curl poking out the side, followed by a light complected face with eyes mostly closed, and a skinny body covered in rags that he probably used as clothes coming out. I mentally kicked myself. Of course there would be a passage into the warehouse by the sewage tunnels!

I didn't have much time to think, for as soon as Feliciano saw me, he bolted in the opposite direction, recognizing who I was. I ran after him, hollering for him to stop. This seemed to only make him run faster, panting though he was. I got a lucky break, though, because we ran into an alleyway and he tripped over yet another manhole cover. He didn't even try to get up again, giving me the perfect opportunity to catch up to him. When I got there, though, I saw that Feliciano was crying.

"Please," he begged me, "Please don't kill me or take me away or whatever you're going to do! I didn't want to be driven to this! I needed to help my fratello get better, I had no choice but to steal the medicine and kill those officers!" he started rambling on and on about a sick brother and nightmares and pasta for some reason, and I couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

I knelt down next to Feliciano and picked him up, which confused him.

"You're not going to arrest me?"

"Nein. I am taking you back to that warehouse you're holed up in." I answered, "But after we get there, I want to see this brother of yours, and I want to hear how you got into this mess in the first place."

Feliciano shifted position a little bit and wrapped his arms around my neck, "Ve~ Grazie! I may finally be able to help Lovino!" He looked me in the eye and asked me, "What's your name?"

I was hesitant to tell him, but he seemed harmless enough, "My name is Ludwig Beilschmidt."

When we got into the warehouse, Feliciano jumped from my arms, yelled, "Lovino! We have company!" And started cooking something that smelled absolutely delicious. I sat on a really worn couch to wait for Feliciano, and a darker brown-haired boy with a curl poking out form the opposite side of Feliciano's came out of a little tent that was set up in the middle of the floor. The difference between him and Feliciano was that while Feliciano was very lively and full of energy, Lovino looked as if he may collapse any minute.

He definitely wasn't happy with Feliciano, "You brought a damn cop to our hideout?! You idiot! And he's a potato bastard no less..." He sat in one of the two chairs across from the couch, fuming. Feliciano came back with three steaming plates of... pasta? Lovi wrinkled his nose and pushed his plate away.

"Lovi, are you losing your appetite again? You have to eat something, please? It will help you get better, ve~!" Feliciano looked at Lovi in desperation before Lovi sighed and finally took the plate. Feliciano handed me a plate as well, but I set it on the floor beside me, waiting for Feliciano to begin telling me his story.

He tried to stall for a while, but finally sighed, "I guess I can't avoid it anymore, can I? Alright, where to begin? Um, Lovi and I were taken from our grandpa and were slaves for a long time before we came back here to Italy. I was the slave of an Austrian aristocrat named Roderich Edelstein, and Lovi was with a Spanish man named Antonio Fernandez Carriedo. It turned out I was the luckier one. Roderich only had me do chores, and his wife, Elizabeta, always kept him from punishing me too harshly. But Antonio..."

Lovino lifted his head, which looked like it took him some effort, "Just say it, Veneziano. The tomato bastard abused me countless times. He would barely feed me, and when I got sick, he didn't give a damn."

Feliciano nodded, tears shining in his eyes, "Si. So I escaped Roderich. Elizabeta helped me, and I broke Lovino out of Antonio's mansion. We came back here, but had no money. So I had to steal the medicine to give to Lovi, but a couple of police officers tried to stop me. I had a gun on me, and didn't want to use it, but I did. I still have nightmares about what happened. I... I didn't want anyone to be killed... And now... And now..." he burst into tears, "Please don't take me away. Lovino's not better yet."

I had been silent the entire story, but I spoke as I got up, "I won't take you in. I promise you that. But I will be back tomorrow."

Feliciano stared at me, "W-Why?"

I looked back at him and gave him a soft smile, "To bring you some things you clearly need."

The next day I reported my "failure" in finding the criminal Vargas, and told my superiors that my lead was a dead end. Afterwards, my day went on as usual, but thoughts of Feliciano started filling my mind, of his innocent demeanor, of his perfect brown hair with the little curl, of the way he thought only about his brother when he begged me not to take him, and I found myself looking forward to the next time I would see him. When I tried to leave, though, I was almost dragged away by my idiot brother.

"Hey West!" Gilbert said, "I just wanted to be an awesome brother and ask you if you want to come drinking with me. Just as a way of saying sorry your lead was not as awesome as you thought it would be."

I pulled away, "Nein. I have some errands to run. I may be home late."

He huffed, "Fine. But you need to let loose sometime. Being so uptight isn't awesome."

I waved him away and left. I bought as much food as would fit in my basket, and made my way to the warehouse. When I got in, I was greeted with a hug and a kiss on both my cheeks.

"Ciao, Ludwig! It's so nice to see you again! Lovino said you wouldn't come again, or come with backup, but I knew he was wrong! I knew it! Oh, what's that you have there? Is that food? Is that for us?" When I nodded, Feliciano looked like a child at Christmas, "Grazie mille, Ludwig! I won't have to go out for a while with how much you've brought us." he took my face in his hands and kissed me. I recoiled, surprised.

"Sorry," Feli stammered, "I was just so grateful, and I didn't know how else to-" he was cut off by me kissing him back, shocked at first, but slowly relaxing as the kiss progressed. I don't know what made me kiss this man after knowing him for only one day, but I knew that I suddenly didn't want to be an officer of the law anymore.

Our kiss was suddenly interrupted by two simultaneous cries of "What are you doing?!" I knew that the first cry was Lovino, but who was the second? I turned to find that it was none other than my own brother, Gilbert. Lovino pulled Feliciano away from me and tried to yell at him in angry Italian, only to almost collapse.

"Gilbert, did you tail me here?" I demanded angrily.

"Ja, and now I'm a bit sorry I did, considering I walked in on my completely unawesome brother making out with a wanted criminal!" Gilbert crossed his arms, "This isn't awesome. This isn't right."

"You don't know his story. You don't know what he's been through." I countered.

He sighed, "That may be, but I still have to turn him in," When he saw the look on my face, he sighed again, "You have one hour to get him out of here, but after that, I'm calling in backup. I would suggest you at least have him halfway out of the country by then."

I relaxed, relieved, "Danke."

He shrugged, "The awesome me has to do the right thing for his not so awesome brother." He left, and I knew the hour had started. The Italian brothers had switched back to English, so I heard the last of their conversation.

"Do you seriously love the potato bastard?" Lovino asked.

Feliciano thought for a moment, "Si."

Lovino huffed, "You are extremely stupid, but fine, if you think we should trust him."

Feliciano smiled and hugged Lovino, then turned to me, "So your brother discovered us."

I nodded, "Ja. But he's giving us an hour to leave. I think after we leave, I should take you both back to my home country with me."

Feliciano's eyes widened, "Really?"

I pulled him closer, "You're not a wanted criminal in Germany, it would be safe for you. If Lovino thinks he's okay for travel, that is."

Lovino flipped me the bird, "I'm fine. Can we go now?" While it was true that he was still paler than usual, he looked a lot better.

I chuckled and took Feli's hand, "Ready?"

Feli nodded, "Ready."

Author's Note:

I hope you liked my first story for this, even though it was kinda rushed and I wrote it while I was really tired. Anyways, I'll be waiting for requests for pairings, so send them in, please! I can't wait to write the forbidden loves, although I will tell you that some of them won't end happy, and some of them will end purely fluff. This should be fun. So... Sorry I'm not writing a better author's note thing, like i said, I was kinda tired while writing this. Please review, I want to know what the people reading this think. Bye, see you next forbidden love!