"Ludwig and Alfred, you two will work together." They were the last students, that were called by their biology teacher. In groups of two they had to work on any topic, which belongs to biology. Ludwig could not say that he was especially exited. But it was a chance to get to know Alfred better, because, even if Ludwig did not like to admit it, Alfred fascinated him. He was so – happy, even though his parents broke up and he argued permanently with his elder brother. When Alfred stood behind something, he would fight for it. Ludwig himself was quiet, accepted defeats. As a kid, he had been more like Alfred, but over the years he became more silent, even if it did not look like this in his head sometimes. "Yo, buddy." A scratchy voice ripped him out of his thoughts. It was Alfred. Yawning he sat down on the chair next to Ludwig. For a short moment he looked at the German and then he started babbling more or less unimportant things. Ludwig had the feeling that Alfred did not even breathe, while he talked. "Do you have any idea for a topic by now?" Ludwig asked him, not waiting for Alfred to stop. "Eh, nope." Alfred scratched his head. His counterpart sighed quietly. "Is microbiology okay for you?" A better topic did not come to Ludwig's mind in that short time. "Yeah, why not?" Again, Alfred grinned. "Fine." "Guess what, you can come to my room after school. I'll kick Mattie out and so on." Ludwig nodded, what else should he do? So, he would visit Alfred today, he almost was looking forward to it. In his thoughts, he reminded himself that it was for a biology project and just for that. The rest of the lesson Alfred talked without a single break, Ludwig barely listened.
"By the way, which number has your room?" Ludwig asked at the end of the lesson, just a few minutes before they had to leave for the next lesson. "217!" Alfred shouted, while running to someone. Shaking his head Ludwig walked in the other direction, since he and Kiku wanted to meet in the cafeteria.
It was short after 4 PM, when their last lesson was finally over, but he had to go to Alfred. To be honest, Ludwig did not want to anymore. He was tired and exhausted; he did not want to work on a project now. With a quiet sigh, he knocked on Alfred's door. "Yes?" "It's me." Ludwig said just as loud as Alfred. He heard steps and then the door was opened. "Hey Luddy, come in." Ludwig nodded and followed Alfred. His room was just as Ludwig imagined. It was a little messy and there was a huge amount of comics in it. "So – I just printed the Wikipedia article." Alfred threw a few stapled together pieces of paper on the small round table in the middle of his room. Ludwig was a little surprised. "I marked what seemed important to me." Alfred said. "Coke?" "No thanks." Ludwig started reading the article. "If you don't want to." Alfred took a can from his desk drawer. "Is microbiology in general okay, or do you want some extra topics?" Ludwig asked, after he finished reading the text. "I don't care, man." Alfred sat on his bed, reading a comic, but one could see the hidden Playboy magazine behind it. Ludwig wasn't sure if that small part of a body was a woman or a man. "Hum, fine. Then we just have to rewrite the text." Ludwig mumbled and looked on the text again. "Whoa, I have to pee man, I'm back in a sec." Alfred disappeared into the bathroom, which every room on the World-Academy had. Even if it was pretty childish, Ludwig could not withstand and took a look on Alfred's 'magazine'. Indeed it was a barely dressed man. Ludwig did not reckon with that. He had nothing against gays, in fact, he was gay himself, even if he was beware of telling it someone. But that Alfred could be gay never crossed his mind. Carefully he laid the comic down again and acted like he was thinking about their project. Just a few moments later Alfred came back from the bathroom, he gave Ludwig a short look and then searched paper and pen. "Wanna start?" "Yes, sure." Ludwig answered a little absent.
It was 5:45 PM when Ludwig entered his own room. Somehow today had been a confusing day. "Hey Gilbert. I'm back." He called as he opened the door. As expected, he did not get an answer. Probably Gilbert was out for a drink. His brother did not know, but Ludwig knew about his alcohol problem. He started drinking, after their mother died and since then he never tried quitting. Ludwig sighed quietly and started cleaning their room.
Just a few minutes before they would have dinner, Gilbert came back. "Hey, Luddy." He did not looked drunken, but he was. Ludwig could smell the alcohol in Gilbert's breath. "Hey Gil, I put your clothes in the laundry." He earned a tired nod. After Ludwig entered the bathroom, he could hear the squeaking of Gilbert's mattress, after he laid down on his bed.
Btw, here is the link to the 2nd chapter, because the chapter list doesn't show up, when I click the story
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