Germany (Ludwig Beilschmidt) X Femme Italy (Feliciana Vargas)
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pain (Antonio Fernández Carriedo) X Femme Romano (Lovina Vargas)
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russia (Gilbert Beilschmidt) X Hungary (Elizabeta Héderváry)
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emme Canada (Madeline Matthews) X France (Francis Bonnefoy)
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K (Arthur Kirkland) X Femme(Will be) US (Alfred F. Jones (Will be Alison F. Jones))
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ne way: Belarus (Natalia Arlovskaya) → Russia (Ivan Braginsky) → China (Wang Yao)
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emme Poland (Felicksia Łukasiewicz) (What's the dif, really?) X Lithuania (Toris Laurinaitis)
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weden (Berwald Oxenstierna) X Finland (Tino Väinämöinen)
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enmark X Estonia (Eduard von Bock)
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reece (Heracles Karpusi) X Femme Japan (Kika Honda)
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witzerland (Basch Zwingli) X Liechtenstein
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ustria (Roderich Edelstein) X ?
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ealand (Peter Kirkland) X Femme Latvia (Raivia Galante)
"Hey! Get up, idiot!" Feliciana Vargas's older sister, Lovina Vargas, yelled up the stairs. "You're going to be late for the first day of school!"
Feliciana sat bolt upright. "Oh, yeah! That's today!" she cheered, leaping out of bed. She slipped into her favorite outfit, a blue military uniform she got for her most recent birthday.
On the bus, she sat next to an old friend, Francis Bonnefoy. Surprisingly, he ignored her in favor of talking to a new kid who was sitting in the seat in front of them. He had platinum hair, pale skin, and red eyes, which was rather unusual.
What's the word to describe that? Feliciana thought to herself. Oh, yeah! Albino!
She then glanced to the boy sitting next to him and felt her heart skip a beat. The boy was blond, blue-eyed and fair-skinned. Time seemed to slow down as she looked at him. Wow. He's hot. I wonder what his name is? He was watching the albino with an expression that said, 'If I have to listen to zis for much longer, I'm going to die.'
He then looked away, breaking the spell, and Feliciana realized Francis was talking to her. "Feli! Are you daydreaming again?"
Feliciana shook her head. "No. Um...What were you saying?" she asked, feeling awkward.
"I said, this is Gilbert Beilschmidt and his brother, Ludwig Beilschmidt."
The albino grinned at Feliciana. "Zat's me! I am ze awesome Gilbert!" he announced.
"Nice to meet you, The Awesome Gilbert. My name is Feliciana Vargas." Feliciana said politely, joking around a bit. Ludwig. His name is Ludwig. She noted mentally. He's much quieter than his brother.
Just then, the bus stopped in front of the school and the kids all filed out.
Feli sat in a chair in the auditorium and hummed quietly to herself.
"Excuse me, but is zis seat taken?" asked a soft, deep voice. Feliciana looked up and felt her heart flutter. It was Ludwig!
"Um...no. You can sit here." she said shyly, smiling. He wants to sit next to me!
Ludwig sat down. "Zanks. I don't know how much longer I could stand hearing my bruder talk about how 'awesome' he zinks he is. Oh! My name's Ludvig."
Feliciana giggled. " Mine's Feliciana. You mean Gilbert, right? I met him on the bus."
Ludwig groaned. "Zat's him. Honestly, I can't believe he's my older bruder." Feliciana. Vhat a beautiful name.
Feliciana was about to speak when Lovina walked over. "Feli! WHY are you sitting next to this potato-loving bastard?" she demanded, glaring at Ludwig.
Feliciana let out a sigh of exasperation. "Because he asked if he could sit here. Besides, I can talk to people, even if you don't approve."
Ludwig lay his hand on Feliciana's, making her jump and blush. "You don't have to stand up to her for me. I can take care of myself." He said softly. Although his words were rather harsh, his eyes were gentle and a bit surprised. No vun's ever stood up for me before. He thought, looking at Feliciana. She's a sveet girl. And so pretty... Mein Gott! Am I going crazy? I don't even know her! He took his hand off of Feliciana's as the Principal began to speak.
After the assembly, Feliciana and Ludwig got their schedules. "Hey, Ludwig! What classes do you have?" she asked. I hope we have some together! She thought.
"Vell, first I have Vorld History, zen PE, zen Language Arts, zen Science, zen two free periods for electives. You?" Ludwig replied.
"World History, PE, Science, Language Arts, German, Art." Feliciana rattled off. "That means we have our first two classes together!" This is great! I wonder what electives he'll take?
"Ludwig nodded, but his expression didn't really change. "Yes, vee do. Vee should probably go to class now." he said briskly. He started walking and Feliciana had to jog to keep up with his long, swift strides.
"Hey! It's not PE yet! Slow down!" she complained, rather out of breath.
Ludwig slowed down and looked down at Feliciana. "Sorry. I usually valk by myself." he apologized, smiling sheepishly. The smile quickly faded, though and his usual, neutral expression was back.
Feliciana smiled shyly. "We should be there soon." she said quietly, looking at her feet.
"Ja. Vee should. I vonder who else vill be in the class?" Ludwig replied thoughtfully.
Once in the classroom, Feliciana chose a seat in the front and set her bag under the table. Ludwig sat to her right, and Feli blushed. She took out a sheet of paper and a pencil and started sketching. She wasn't sure what she was drawing, since she was lost in thought. I wonder if Ludwig thinks I'm pretty. Probably not. I'm rather plain, after all. He's really nice and he's hot, too. I hope we can at least be friends. I wonder how my sister is doing? I hope she isn't in this class or PE so I can talk with Ludwig without her butting in. I wonder if I'll talk too much with him? Probably not, since his accent is so sexy. I love hearing him talk. She was jolted out of her thoughts by Ludwig's voice.
"You're really good. Zat looks just like me." he said.
Feliciana jumped and turned a vibrant red. She hadn't realized she was drawing Ludwig, or that he was watching. "Oh...Um...Thanks." She mumbled shyly. "I've always loved to draw." She slipped the drawing into her bag as the teacher came in. Looking around, she realized that the room had filled with students while she was thinking. On her left was a girl wearing a frilly pink dress and a red bow in her shoulder-length, wavy, blonde hair. Her green eyes were glancing around.
"Liet isn't here." She mumbled under her breath, obviously disappointed.
"Ok, students! We're going to the library to check out our history books. I expect you to be quiet in the library." The teacher said and all the students got up. They walked out the door and to the library.
On her way back from the library, Feliciana tripped on something, she wasn't sure what, and fell. She closed her eyes and braced herself for the impact, but it never came. She opened her eyes and found herself looking up into Ludwig's face. "You all right?" he asked her softly, his eyes concerned.
Feliciana blushed. "Yeah. I'm fine. Thanks." she whispered shyly. She looked into his light blue eyes and found herself transfixed. She couldn't move, and wasn't sure she wanted to. He caught me. I was falling, and he caught me. Why? No one's ever caught me when I was falling before! His eyes...I can't look away...
"Can you valk back to ze classroom, Feliciana?" Ludwig asked, snapping Feliciana back to reality.
"Um...yeah. I-I think so." Feliciana said, getting to her feet. She blushed more when he got up as well, still holding her hand. She didn't draw attention to her hand in his, not wanting him to let go.
Ludwig picked up his book from the floor and looked at Feliciana, a strange, warm feeling in his chest. Vhat is this? She's making me feel so...I don't know. I've never felt like zis before. It's nice. SHE'S nice. Ludwig thought, his eyes softening. "Vee should get going now." he murmured.
"Oh, yeah." Feli replied, a little disappointed. She started off towards the classroom, hand in hand with Ludwig.
"Hey, Vest! Got yourself a girlfriend already?" Called out the voice of Gilbert Beilschmidt.
Ludwig released Feliciana's hand and turned around, glaring at his brother. "She is NOT my girlfriend. Vee barely know each other."
Feliciana blushed and ducked her head, letting her long hair create a curtain to hide her face. "Go away, Gilbert." she muttered, embarrassed.
Gilbert walked off, laughing maniacally. "Ze awesome me is never wrong!" he yelled as he turned a corner.
Ludwig brushed Feliciana's hair out of her face. "He's gone. Vee should get going, too. Vee don't vant to get in trouble on the first day, do vee?"
"No." Feliciana replied, her cheeks still scarlet. "No, we don't."
Not much else happened during the class. They were shown a short video on how political boundaries were established, then were released when the bell rang. Ludwig helped Feliciana gather her things.
"Let's go drop our zings off at our lockers before PE." He said as they walked out of the classroom.
Once they got to the gym, Ludwig took off his green jacket he had been wearing to reveal a white tank-top underneath. Feliciana gasped softly; the tight fabric of his tank-top emphasized his muscular physique to a point that was nearly unbearable to her. Wow. He's so strong. I can't believe he pays attention to me. He's even friendly to me, and he's just so...just...perfect. He's perfect. She thought, watching him.
She was snapped out of her daze when the gym teacher came in. "We will be doing stretches for five minutes, then the first class is free time." he announced. "Snap to it!"
Feliciana wasn't very flexible, so most of the stretches were painful to her. After a while, Ludwig walked over to her and knelt next to her.
"You doing OK? You keep making little noises like you're in pain." He said, gently laying one hand on her back.
Feliciana felt jolts of electricity where he touched her back and looked up at him. "I'm all right. I'm just...not very flexible, you know?" she replied sheepishly, blushing a light pink.
Ludwig nodded. "Vell, take it easy. Vouldn't vant to hurt yourself, vould you?" he said gently.
"No, I wouldn't." Feliciana agreed, trying to touch her toes. "OW!" she exclaimed and sat back up. "I can't even touch my toes! You probably think I'm a bit of an idiot, huh?"
"Of course I don't!" Ludwig exclaimed, his eyes wide. "Why vould I zink you vere an idiot?"
"Because you're so much smarter than me, and I didn't use basic common sense." Feliciana replied, avoiding eye contact.
Ludwig grasped her chin and gently turned her head to face him. "Look at me, Feliciana. You are very smart, so don't you DARE zink othervise!" he said firmly, scowling a bit. She's more than smart. She's pretty and nice and just all-around vunderba. She gives me a nice feeling zat I've never felt before. I vonder if she feels ze same about me. I hope so.
Why does he feel so strongly about this? Feliciana wondered. Who cares? He's SEXY when he's mad. "OK." she replied softly. "I-I won't."
"Stretches are now over! You have free time for the rest of the class!" Boomed the teacher's voice.
Feliciana leapt to her feet. "Yay! Hey, Ludwig? Will you play football with me?"
Ludwig nodded. "Sure. I'll be goalie. Lemme ask ze teacher if vee can go outside in ze football field."
"YAY!" Feliciana cheered and, on a sudden impulse, hugged him.
Ludwig stiffened, a slow blush spreading across his face. She's hugging me! Vhy? Does she...does she like me? Zat vould be vunderba! Zis is so hard to believe. He tentatively returned Feliciana's hug and buried his nose in her hair. Zis is amazing. Vunderba. Just unbelievable.
Feliciana turned scarlet, but smiled, her heart pounding. I hugged him without thinking and he...he hugged me back! Ludwig is hugging me! She thought in amazement.
Ludwig released her after a moment and took a step back. "I-I'll go ask ze teacher now." he murmured, his cheeks still a light pink. He walked over to the teacher, then soon returned. "He said yes. Get ze ball and meet me out zere, 'K?"
"All right." Feliciana replied, skipping over to grab one, then out to the field.
Ludwig sighed softly. "Such an eager, outgoing girl. And so pretty." He mumbled.