Kapitel 1.

Dibble dibble dopp dopp— SPLATT—!

The rain was especially heavy that night. Thunder was making exasperating noise in the sky, lightning was exasperating through the clouds, and raindrops were dotting all the windows and making shallow ponds and streams that completely soaked people's feet. Wherever was the suitest, everyone on the streets was running into nearest indoors such as cafes, restaurants, convenient stores or even parking lots. Among everyone, Ludwig was the only person who wasn't in a hurry. While walking to his apartment, Ludwig drew on his cigarette, holding a giant black umbrella with his dominant hand.

A chain of smoke came out of Ludwig's mouth. Verdammt, it's been rough for a while. I'm finally going home now. Ludwig thought about calling a prostitute for his recreation but concluded that he was too exhausted for it. Last couple of days, Ludwig was too occupied enough to stay in office and work for the essential project. With the help of his colleague Kiku Honda, Ludwig could finish the project within few days, which would've taken him a week by himself. Ludwig insisted Kiku to go home and get some rest, but Kiku also insisted that he'd stay and help as long as Ludwig was staying.

Thank Gott, tomorrow is saturday. Ludwig drew on a final breath and threw the cigarette away before folding his umbrella and pushing in the revolving entrance door of his apartment. The doorman greeted and Ludwig nodded. No other words were needed between them. Actually, though Ludwig had been living in his apartment for more than six years, all he knew about the doorman was his name from his name tag. Ludwig checked his mailbox to make sure he didn't miss anything then walked briskly. Among the four elevators, first one was out of order, second one was coming down, third one was already on the ninth floor, and fourth one was about to close. Inside, there was a woman with long brown hair.

"Excuse me, Fräulein?" Ludwig called her to ask her to stop the elevator. When the woman turned around Ludwig dropped his umbrella. Mein Gott… The woman apologetically smiled to Ludwig, when the doors were closing. Ludwig couldn't believe his eyes. It was her. He thought he couldn't even remember how she looked like, but he did; Ludwig realized that he remembered her every little features. The elevator's doors closed and it moved to upstairs. Ludwig tried to calm himself down and bent to grab his umbrella. Nein… it couldn't have been her. It's impossible. I must be very tired. Ludwig thought to himself. Then he waited for the second elevator and walked in.

Ludwig's chain of thought interrupted when he glanced at his phone inside his coat pocket to see what time it was. Instead, Ludwig saw several text messages from his brother.

West! We DEFINITELY need some bro times! It's been 4ever since the last time we've met! xD

Franny n Toni r comin 2! They wante as well! ;)

Which days work 4 u?

What time? o_O

Lizzie says hi and asks if ur doing alright! She's the AWESOMEST fiancée ever! xD

ANSWER ME WEST!

As soon as he finished reading the messages, Ludwig hit the delete button. He couldn't understand why Gilbert was so persistent.

The elevator opened with a ding sound. Ludwig tiredly strided into his apartment and opened the door with his key. Ludwig practically threw his umbrella and his coat into the umbrella stand and the coat hanger. He couldn't help but sighed as he walked into the bathroom. Ludwig just wanted to get some sleep. He mindlessly took his clothes off and walked into the bathtub.

Icy cold water splashed into Ludwig's body. Despite the coldness, Ludwig didn't even flinch a finger. It had been almost twenty years since Ludwig only used cold water whenever he took a shower. Even though Ludwig didn't care, he had wondered few times why the coldness didn't affect him. Ludwig lost the interest for the question long time ago, but something inside him made him to wonder about it again. Ludwig just rolled his hands into fists.

Ludwig put the clothes and the towel he used to dry himself into the laundry machine. Ludwig's stern routine of getting things done always ordered him to get things done although his body craved for some rest. I guess old habit dies hard. Ludwig thought when he turned the laundry machine on. Ja… but at least I can finally get some sleep now… Ludwig double-thanked that tomorrow is saturday and closed his eyes.

CRASH—!

The noise of something crashing furiously made Ludwig to jerk out of his bed. "What in the!" Ludwig groaned and trudged to the location of the noise. It was his balcony. His heart rabidly beat from anger, annoyance, and twinge of horror to find out what caused the noise. It was dark, everything Ludwig could see behind the curtains and the glass door there was an unclear silhouette. He didn't turn the light on purpose since he felt he needed to ambush it if it was a live creature.

When Ludwig closed the his distance from the glass door into few feet, he could see and hear something's silhouette and whine. "Ve… that really hurt…" Ludwig silently moved the curtain and viciously opened the door to attack the infiltrator.

"Waah~! Please don't hurt me! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I really didn't mean to crash!" The silhouette begged.

The silhouette's identity was something— rather someone Ludwig did not expect to see. It was a little girl with two loosely braided auburn hair and amber eyes —she was quite beautiful Ludwig gave her that— who looked around early twenties sprawled on his balcony. She was wearing a white dress which looked some kind of toga that was completely soaked by the pouring rain. Too many questions to ask flew around in Ludwig's head: he wondered why the girl was sprawling on his balcony or wearing a toga or how was she able to get into his balcony. However, the first thing Ludwig had to ask was—

"Are those wings on your back?!" Ludwig exclaimed. This was the second time that his eyes trying to deceive their owner. There were white feathery wings on the girl's back. They were about her arm's length. For a second, Ludwig seriously contemplated about whether he definitely should go see an ophthalmologist or not. Ludwig lividly rubbed his eyes. But when he opened his eyes again, the wings were still there.

The girl brightly answered. "Ve? Yes, they are! So pretty, don't you think?" The wings on the girl's back waved as if they were greeting. Ludwig was speechless; he had no idea what he needed to say or how he could fix this.

The girl was clearly oblivious to the situation. She just beamed at Ludwig. "Hello! My name is Feliciana! Ve~ but you can call me Feli like everyone does! I'm an angel from Heaven!" Feliciana carefreely introduced herself as if that explained this whole situation.

If Ludwig were to say his perspective on the world didn't change by witnessing an angel he'd be lying. However, even though Ludwig himself was amazed by how much he decided that he didn't care. Like he'd seen an angel before in his life; it felt like déjà vu. "That's none of my business. You can't stay here. Just fly away to wherever you're from." Ludwig grasped the handle to close the glass door.

"Nooo!" Feliciana also grasped the glass door, stopping Ludwig. "I—I don't have anywhere else to go! I even can't fly!"

"What are you talking about. You have your wings!" Ludwig ranted.

"I don't think I can fly anymore! At least not for a while! I tried to fly but my wings didn't let me fly and so I kept trying but I just couldn't! I don't know why!" Feliciana whimpered.

Verdammt… Ludwig palmed his face. He sensed a headache was about to start.

Feliciana folded her hands. "Please, kind sir? Ve… Could I please stay in your house? At least until I know how to fix my wings? Please…?" Feliciana was still on the ground, kneeling. The harsh rain pouring directly on her made her look even more sympathetic. Ludwig was slightly moved, but he pursued his decision. However, when Ludwig's eyes met Feliciana's doe-like eyes about to burst tears, he unconsciously nodded.

"Ve~! Thank you so much! I don't know what I could've done without you!" Feliciana jumped and wrapped her arms around Ludwig. He's face got very red. Ludwig tried to peel her off but he felt something. Something that couldn't be defined or understood.

For some reason, Ludwig wanted Feliciana to stay that way. It felt… familiar. He thought she was giving something he had lost many years ago. Something ineffable. However, when Ludwig realized he's getting wet from Feliciana's completely soaked clothes, he cleared out his throat. "Ummm… could you let me go? You're wet and I don't want my clothes to get wet."

"Oops, sorry." Feliciana giggled and unwrapped her arms. "Oh! By the way, what's your name, kind sir?"

It happened again. When Ludwig's eyes met hers "Ich heiße Ludwig Beilschmidt." Ludwig groaned to himself Scheiße (Shit)! I said that in German! And why the fuck did I tell her my last name?

"Okay, Ludwig~ Nice to meet you!" Feliciana chirped and wrapped her arms around Ludwig.

It caught Ludwig's guard off. "Du sprichst Deutsch (You speak German)?" Ludwig asked before his brain could process that he was speaking German again.

"Natürlich, kann ich das (Of course, I can)!" Feliciana proudly replied. Even Ludwig had always agreed that the German language sounded harsh and stern compared to most of other languages but Feliciana made it sound so bright and bubbly. "I can speak all the languages in the world! Ve~ I'm an angel, remember? By the way, my family and my favorite language is Italiano! Sembra così bello (It sounds so beautiful)! But German is one of my favorites too! Though my big sister doesn't like it for some reason."

Ludwig just shook his head. Half an hour ago he was voracious for some sleep but look what happened.

"Ow!" Feliciana knelt down. She tried to get up but she couldn't.

"Are you alright? Can you stand up?"

"No… I don't think I can get up." Ludwig saw Feliciana had dark bruises on her knees. Ludwig thought Feliciana's knee got worse when she clung on to him. Ludwig sighed. I don't think I see any other way.

"Whoa!" Feliciana gasped and floundered, but eventually wrapped her arms around Ludwig's neck.

"Huh…?" Ludwig stunned: Feliciana was unbelievably light. He felt like he just lifted a pillow. Ludwig just assumed Feliciana's lightness had something to do with her being an angel. He simply ignored it and took her to his bathroom. On his way Ludwig glanced behind him. Water was all over the floor tracing Ludwig's footstep. Thankfully, the rug was fine. I suppose I should say goodbye to sleep. At this point, Ludwig's sleepiness had evaporated entirely. Now he was seriously glad tomorrow— today was saturday.

Ludwig opened the bathroom door and gently put Feliciana down into his bathtub. "Here, just take a shower." Feliciana blinked. "Ve… okay."

As soon as he closed the bathroom door, Ludwig went to wipe the water on his floor. The cleaning itself wasn't time consuming. Ludwig single handedly grabbed a dried mop and wiped the floor meticulously. He didn't even leave a drop when he was done. Then Ludwig took the mop to his laundry room and put his wet clothes in the his laundry machine, while cleaning and drying the mop. It would normally take about twenty minute for the whole process but Ludwig was master of cleaning… among other things.

Ludwig went back to his bedroom and took out a new clothes to wear. While Ludwig put his clothes on, it occurred to him. Do I have any clothes that Feli could wear? Ludwig decided he could lend one of his shirts to Feliciana; he thought about lending a pair of shorts as well, but there was no way her waist could fit into Ludwig's pants. He put the shirts in front of his bathroom door and grabbed a pillow and a bedsheet for Feliciana. She could sleep in the couch.

"Ve~ I'm done!" When Ludwig was starting to think Feliciana took forever in her shower she finally came out of the bathroom. With zero clothes.

"What are you doing, Feli! Where are your clothes! I even put them in front of the door!" Ludwig's face got very red. He immediately turned his face away from her and shut his eyes, but he already had seen everything.

Feliciana started to whine. "But human's clothes are uncomfortable! Ve~ I don't wanna wear it!"

"Well, if you're going to stay in my house, my rules are the law."

"Ve… okay." Feliciana slouched away to the bathroom. Ludwig could hear her reluctantly putting his shirt on. It wasn't the first time Ludwig had seen a naked body. In fact, he didn't as much as his brother, but Ludwig had seen many as much as he was used to it. However, he had to fight the strong urge to peek.

"Now I'm going to bed. You can sleep on that couch. I brought a pillow and a blanket you can use. Now Gute Nacht (Goodnight)."

Feliciana beamed. "Ve~ thank you, Luddy!" Before Ludwig could realize the new nickname she used, Feliciana pecked his cheeks and slid into the bed sheet on the couch."Goodnight~."

Ludwig was sure something twirled inside him.

(A/N)

Hello again!

So… this story was actually supposed to be posted after the story I mentioned at the epilogue of The Appointment but whatever LOL I can always write that after I finish this. Plus, I've alway wanted to write an angel AU ;)

Phew… since English isn't my first language it worries me whether I'm using the grammars and vocabularies right Dx Please allow me to ask you don't hesitate to correct me! They always help! :D

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