"Hey hey Kiku~ Do you love anyone~?" Feliciano asked innocently, staring at the Japanese man with enormous brown eyes that made Kiku's heart melt. Kiku pondering for a moment, chewed on his bottom lip, as if questioning himself. He spoke after some time.

"No Feliciano-kun… love is only for humans. Us nations cannot know or feel love." He stated bluntly, sipping his tea. He could literally hear Feliciano's heart breaking from his words.

"That's not true-! Ludwig said he loved me-! He even proved it to me by-"

"Ah-! F-Feliciano-kun-! W-would you like some more tea?" Kiku stammered, quickly cutting the blabbing Italian off. Not that he didn't love yaoi or anything, her just liked to see it, not hear about it. He defiantly supported Ludwig x Feliciano, ever since he saw them cuddling on the island when they were stranded. Feliciano squinted at Kiku before leaning in real close to him, staring directly into his eyes, causing Kiku to want to blink rapidly.

"…. You're in love Kiku." Feliciano finally whispered after 5 minutes of intense staring.

"N-nani! I-I am most certainly not in lo-"

"It's in your eyes… don't lie Kiku…. Tell me… please" The brunette whispered softly, taking the smaller hands of his former comrade into his own. A moment passed. The whole house seemed to be holding its breath. Even Pochi looked up from his meal of sashimi-flavored dog chow to stare intently at his owner, as if expecting what he was going to say.

"F-Feliciano-kun I do not-"

"Tell me-!" The Italian urged. He gently squeezed the soft hands.

"I-I suppose I have a crush-"

"Kiku…" Feliciano's voice has a serious tone to it, which Kiku had never heard before.

"A-ah… f-fine… I guess I love…" Kiku's soft love statement ended in a murmur, which no one, but apparently Pochi, who snorted and went back to his chow, could hear. Feliciano blinked a couple times.

"What….?"

"I-I-…..I LOVE ALFRED-SAN" Kiku almost screamed at the man in front of him. Realizing what he'd just said, Kiku quckly pulled his hands away from the Italian and clamped them over his mouth, his face the color of Cherry Blossoms in the spring.

"I knew it…" Feliciano smiled triumphantly. He scooted closer to the small Asian man and wrapped his arm around his, gently patting his back.

"B-but Alfred-san… h-he loves Arthur-san…." Kiku let a disappoint whimper out, his lower lip sticking out in a small pout. Feliciano pulled Kiku close to his chest, squeezing him gently.

"Love will always come to those who are willing~" He nearly sang in a sing-song voice.

And for a second, Kiku nearly believed it himself.

Kiku tried to recall what the happy-go-lucky Italian had said before bouncing out of his house.

Sexy outfit. Candles. Perfume. This was not sounding good in his head.

Kiku paced around his room a bit before deciding to go out into the kitchen and get a cup of tea to calm his nerves. He kneeled on his cushion and began to blow on his hot tea before there was a pounding at the door. He groaned as he got up, cursing his old bones, and walked to the door. He may look young, but he defiantly didn't FEEL young that was for sure. He made his way over to the door and was nearly flattened by a hyper-active Italian.

"Veh veh~ Kiku I got everything you need~" Feliciano exclaimed, holding up three bags. He continued: "One has the outfit in it, the other has some candles and perfume and the last on is a vibrator and a bondage kit~" He giggled, shoving the bags into the Japanese man's hands. "By the way the vibrator is mine and I want it back"

Kiku was overwhelmed. He only managed to sputter one word: "W-w-what-!"

"I want it back…. Okay~? Bye-bye Kiku! Have fun~" and with that the Italian was gone, leaving Kiku there to stand in shock.

"A-ah…" He stuttered again, before setting the bags down and ruffling through the contents. Like the Italian had said, one held a frilly maid's outfit with a VERY short skirt. One held a couple candles and some romantic perfume (no doubt Feliciano had gotten it from Francis). The last bag, to Kiku's dismay, did hold a vibrator and a bondage kit. Kiku slumped in his seat, face in hands. How was he going to go about this…?

First, he had to call Alfred. Slowly, he took out his phone, taking as long as he could to scroll through the names on his cell. He clicked 'Alfred J.' and put the phone to his ear, biting his lip.

Ring.

Ring.

Ring.

Rin-

"Hello?" a familiar voice answered and Kiku breathed out in relief.

"K-konnichiwa Alfred-san… i-it's-"

"Oh hey Kiku! What's up?"

"I-i-… w-would you like to c-come over?"

"Huh? Sure, is there something you want? You ned something?"

"A-ah… Hai….."

Silence.

"I'll be over in 20 minutes"

"O-okay… see you then…."

Click.