WELCOME BACK MY PRETTIES! This is the long awaited sequel to 'Coming Down', which is now fully edited and completely finished to the dot.
I welcome you now to the continued journey of Ludwig and Feliciano after the death of Derick and the defeat of Lier's Den. Enjoy
~(Inspired by 'Safe and Sound' by Taylor Swift & Capital Cities)~
"I can go?" Feliciano squealed. Romulus nodded once more in confirmation and Feli jumped in the air in happiness. He was going with them, he was going with them! Lovino laughed with him.
"Just bring some sort of stupid souvenir back when you do come home alright? I want a jar of the beach sand or something like that, so take a jar with you" Lovino demanded and Feliciano agreed to the terms. He couldn't believe he was going on this trip! Well, he didn't know why he needed to ask them; maybe because Arminius just wanted to make sure. He anyway still got an all go for it! He quickly zoomed out the kitchen into the living room where the Beilschmidt family was awaiting. Ludwig stood up, along with Lili and Arminius as Feli stopped in the middle of the room. He took in a few breaths and then announced the news.
"I can go with you guys!"
The room cheered and Ludwig scooped Feliciano up into his arms. They shared a quick kiss and both of them raced up to Feli's room to pack up.
"Arminius" Romulus called out to the german grandfather. Arminius walked up to Romulus calming, and cut the large Italian off before he could speak with his own quick kiss.
"I'll make sure he returns home with you safe. I'm not as stupid as you put me out as"
"I know you think-skulled German. Make sure he has fun." Romulus chuckled, and let him on his way. He watched the family grow excited and happy. Lovino and Sebastian watched from the kitchen with him.
"You just want Feli to be with Ludwig don't you? You know what he wants…." Sebastian called out, smirking. Lovino looked shocked for a moment but relaxed into it.
"You think it'll work nonno?" Lovino asked calmly. Romulus turned to his bambinos.
"It'll work. He's old enough now to understand it and who wouldn't do it at an island like that? It looks gorgeous, at least from Google Maps"
The Vargas family smirked. Their secret plan had begun. They hoped that it would work while the Beilschmidt family took this vacation. It was now just up to Feliciano to get it going, or Ludwig because from what Elizabeta and Lili has told them, he wanted it as well. They watched in silence as Feliciano came rushing down once more and tackled Romulus into a hug.
"Thank you again nonno for this!" Feli cheered and was off again to pack. Ludwig was ushering him up the stairs, and Lovino smirked as he watched Ludwig's hands linger just a bit too long on Feli's back side.
"Oh yeah, this is going to work Romulus. You saw it too right?" Lovino called out. Romulus nodded.
"Completely. I hope they enjoy each other"
The three of them hummed in approval. They now just had to wait out the actual trip to see if it worked. As the excitement went on and everyone packed up what they needed, Arminius found himself talking with Romulus again. Lovino and Sebastian had gone up to Feliciano to supposedly 'help him choose his clothing'.
"I'm glad things have gone well for the two of them. It seems like everything's going to be okay" Romulus chuckled, quickly followed by Arminius knocking on a wood chair.
"Don't jinx us, you idiot!" Arminius hissed, "The last thing we need is a repeat of last year"
Romulus nodded. They never wanted to see a repeat of anything of last year. They were just glad that they survived all of that and rebuilt up from the shambles they found themselves in. They did see the end of it, thank goodness. With Lier's Den being disassembled and any existing gang members arrested, they seemed to find retribution. Feliciano slowly healed after his return to them, accepting his actions and past. He was scarred still, but he took it as a sort of blessing. Not many people want to remember things like this, but Feli wanted to remember it. He called it a 'life lesson'. They found themselves remembering it too. They didn't start bawling on cue when they did, but it stung a bit.
Most of them assumed that Feli kept himself together with Ludwig when he remembered the darkest parts of it. Ever since Feli was released, no ever since he was at the hospital, the duo have been inseparable, always at each other's side, comforting each other, going out on dates a lot more, and over obviously getting closer in every aspect. No one could get enough of their relationship.
The Beilschimdts thought that maybe it was time to get away from the city and vacation somewhere with white sandy beaches and lots of ocean. The coast was an option, but Romulus, trying to set his grandson up with his boyfriend under the sheets, recommended an island paradise they could fly to and relax. Romulus and Arminius even got together to gather enough money to stay for two weeks at the island's resort.
Romulus, Sebastian, and Lovino all volunteered to stay back. They wanted Feliciano to enjoy the time with Ludwig and his family as much as possible. They also knew that Francis was going only because Feliciano wanted him there with them. When Francis heard, he was touched so much by it he nearly kissed Feliciano. Ludwig made sure Francis wouldn't try it again.
"Oh, I forgot to mention something…." Arminius said as he started to leave, moving out of the way as Sebastian came back in.
"Huh?"
"Antonio will be joining us as well. You sure you want to stay back?" Arminius smirked as shouting from upstairs began. Things started to crash and bang, causing Sebastian to shrink down behind the kitchen counter. Lovino rushed down so quickly down the stairs, his foot caught the fourth to last step and fell the rest of the way down, slamming his face into the ground several times and skidding into an end table with a vase on it, shattering on contact with Lovino's head. He groaned and rubbed his head for a moment but it did not stop him. He sprinted up off of the floor up to Arminius, panting.
"Antonio's going with you?" Lovino questioned them, finally standing up straight.
Arminius nodded. Lovino took a deep breath and then looked him in the eye.
"I know I said I would stay back for my brother but…..I want to go with Antonio…"
"Or I could stay here"
Lovino turned around to find Antonio behind him, smiling like the usual dork he was.
"I don't need to go, plus I thought you were already going, but since this trip is for Feli and Ludwig I guess I can hang back. It alright with you Arminius?"
"Yes. We can find someone to use the extra plane ticket and room"
"Oh, Arminius!" Feli and Ludwig appeared from their room at on the stairs, bags in their hands. Feli set his down and then gripped the handrail. "Could we bring our friend Kiku with us instead?" Feli asked.
Kiku Honda, Kiku to them, Car Man to Gilbert, was a new friend they had made after the incident. He had recently been moved here into the city and instantly grappled on to the 'approved' train for their relationship. After a rather embarrassing scene where Kiku was caught taking pictures of them making out, they seemed to become instant friends. When Feli and Ludwig weren't spending time together, they were with Kiku discussing things, hanging out at Hetalia, and finding themselves searching for Gilbert and Roderich. You can say that they were indoctrinated into the 'Yaoi Fan Club' as legit members. Among the members of the club-Francis, Elizabeta, Kiku, and another new girl Sakura- Feli and Ludwig were the fairly newest, although they were a 'yaoi' couple themselves. They appealed to their shipping natures and let them in on a few secrets to the couple they were out for: Gilbert and Roderich.
Although their relationship was known to almost everyone, no one knew what they were doing or how it all started, and it intrigued them. Even Eliza didn't know how it started.
Arminius seemed to approve of the replacement. Ludwig and Feliciano piled their bags in the front room and Feli pulled out his phone and dialed up Kiku to see if he could come. The call connected and Feli and Kiku were off chatting. They weren't done chatting until they had all the bags piled into the car and were waiting for Feli to get the hell out of the Vargas house. He nearly slammed into Ludwig when he did and finally got in.
"Sorry for taking a long time! Kiku's going to meet with us at your place, he's coming!"
So they sat idly in front of their house, waiting for Kiku to show up. It really didn't last long because Kiku was quickly upon them, his family tagging behind him. They were carrying the few bags he had, and helped load them into the back of the car. They waved and hugged Kiku goodbye and watched as the car loaded full of people left for the airport. The ride was a hell of a lot of fun, seeing that Gilbert was in shotgun and had control of the radio. The car seemed to move around as the songs changed and pumped through the heavy speakers. It was even better because of the lack of space actually in the car, Feli was on Ludwig lap and everyone could not stop smiling at the blush that seemed to glue itself to Ludwig's face. Lili was also on Francis's lap, but no one really worried. Francis was a good boy; he respected Lili's personal bubble. Candid photos were of course taken by Francis and Kiku of Ludwig's flustered time in the car.
The airport slowly pulled up in sight and everyone was cheering. They were close to the next leg of this vacation.
Plane ride to the island's airport.
The lines at the bag check in were long and annoying, but they somehow got through it in time and then survived the monstrous lines of security, where Gilbert was stuck for a few minutes because apparently they were going to do a full body search of him for whatever reason. After that was just a small shuttle ride to the other exit gates and they could wait out for their plane to get here, unload and clean, and finally board and let the plane and her crew do the rest until they landed. The wait was annoyingly long, and the group was beginning to simmer a bit. Gilbert was rather subdued however, sitting a few seats from the others as he texted with Roderich, who could not come with them due to AP school work he needed to deal with. Lili was chatting away with Kiku, discussing subject pertaining to Yaoi Fan Club and passing back and forth collected pictures of current 'on-watch' couples. Francis and Arminius were talking silently under the guise of business, a piece of paper being passed between them. If you looked more closely, they were making silent bets and choices on what was going to happen in the next two weeks on the island.
Ludwig and Feli were huddled up together, waiting away from the pack at bit like Gilbert. Feli had fallen asleep as they waited the last hour for their flight and rested comfortably in Ludwig's lap, hands resting on his legs. Ludwig's face had a small light pink blush on it but it was nothing big. He was used to Feliciano falling asleep on his lap, be it his head or sitting on him and falling asleep in his arms. Feli was constantly sleeping at lot these days, and a small part of him worried for him and what he saw in his sleep. He caught him sometimes in the middle of the night, when he would crawl into bed with him, crying or whimpering or even both in the midst of his dreams. The scars of last year's pitch black events still lingered in every form around them and he knew Feli would be haunted for a while by what had happened.
He ran his right hand through Feli's hair, keeping close eye on the curl poking out of his head. He learned a little while ago that it was touchy, and a rather….arousing thing to touch. As he avoided the curly hair, he noticed it twitch and curl the wrong way, going upside-down. The first clue that Feli was plunging too deep into the past was the curl reacting first. Feli started to shake in his lap, starting the second step. This was the window he had to wake him up without it ending up in screams. Ludwig shook Feli softly, whispering in the little Italian Feli had taught him. Feli's shaking slowly stopped, his curl still wonky and his eyes opened with small tears escaping him.
"L-luddy…"
"It's okay we're still waiting for the plane. You're safe"
Feliciano smiled up at him and sat up, leaning hard on Ludwig's shoulder. He rubbed the tears away quickly before snuggling into Ludwig's side.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Ludwig asked softly, squeezing Feli's side. Feli nodded.
"It's been the same for a while. It was….was Derick before….he..."
Ludwig shushed him, knowing what he was going to say, and hugged him close. Even now, Derick's face and memory has kept haunting Feli in every attempt for sleep. Now it was always the process before Feli had, against his will, lost his virginity to the late Derick. The damage and physical scarring had been done with a year ago but it would be the hardest thing to shake free of, Ludwig knew it. Feli seemed to melt into Ludwig's always open embrace, letting the little tears that always freed themselves soak into Ludwig's shirt. Ludwig never minded the damp spots he would find.
"It's okay Feli…" Ludwig soothed him. Feli sighed into Ludwig, taking in the soft scent of woods that he could detect.
"I'm good…."
Shortly after, the call for boarding Flight 439 rang loud, and they boarded calmly. With some success, and some nice bonuses courtesy of the city and the state for helping bringing down the crime rate and a large crime syndicate in the state, they were flying first class. Everyone settled in, traded seats, and was ready for the few hour flight to come and go. As they started to pull from the gate, Feli snuggled into Ludwig's side and let his sleepiness capture him into the dream world again. Ludwig let him do so, pulling his blanket up around his shoulders. He hoped that his dreams would be more peaceful.
Italy wondered his dream for a while, staring into the whiteness of it and seeing nothing. He was glad he didn't see Derick sneering at him or Monika smiling at him. It pained him to see them, even though Monika turned into an ally and Derick's painful world came to light. He never wanted to think about him again, but still he plagued his thoughts.
Slowly the background started to take on some color, and he was pulled into a new perspective, staring into Ludwig's eyes.
The scene became clear, and he could only gawk in complete embarrassment at it.
He wanted to curl up, to cover himself, but something kept him from doing so. Did he trust Ludwig enough to go this far with him? Maybe he did, but he let the dream play through, and struggled to keep from making sounds. It was a good, no a fantastic dream, and hoped it would never end. This is what he wanted, what he wanted to happen to him. Derick….
No. No more Derick, no more Lier's Den, none of it would ever happen again. It was only Ludwig and their families now. He had his future ahead of him with Ludwig, and wanted him to see and have everything of him. His dream let him do that, and he still never wanted to see it disappear. As the dream hit its peak, it faded away and Feliciano woke up, albeit disappointed to see it end so soon.
"Hey….you okay Feli?" Feli looked over to Ludwig as he sat up, yawning and stretching his arms up.
"Si. Why, did I start screaming or something?"
"No but um….how do I say this? You were uh….rather vocal while you were sleeping"
Oh shit. Feliciano blushed brightly and pushed his blanker into his face, making Ludwig chuckle and try to pry it away. Feli argued into the soft cotton that he didn't want to, and turned toward the aisle.
"What happened in your dream then?" Ludwig asked. Feli peeked from his blue blanket, still flushed red all the way down to his neck and across his ears. He looked away, embarrassed to admit he basically just dreamt of having sex with Ludwig. The last thing he wanted to do was admit he just had a dream where he was having sex with Ludwig.
"I…..well Derick wasn't in it" Feli meekly responded, hoping Ludwig would be satisfied with his answer and let it drop, at least until they got to the resort hotel. He obviously was not.
"What else? Something had to illicit such….um….things from you" Ludwig was feeling awkward himself talking about this. The sounds Feliciano was making under his breath were more than just arousing to Ludwig, not that he would ever admit that to any ears besides Feli when he could trust him with such things.
"Um….well….uh, you see….."
"This is your captain speaking. I'm going to be turning the seatbelt sign on in just a few minutes. We are now ten minutes from landing, so wake up, tray tables up, seatbacks up, and seatbelts all nice and clicked in. Stewards and passenger's alike, prepare for landing"
Feliciano sighed, thanking for the well-timed pilot for breaking him free of the embarrassing talk he was about to have. He pushed his tray table up and set his seat back into its upright position. He shrugged off his blanket as well, he was hot.
"I….will tell you when he get to the hotel, si?"
"Alright, but no spared details alright?" Ludwig smiled at Feliciano and he was returned a larger one. The signs above their heads flashed on and Feli settled in for landing, grabbing for a piece of gum for when the pressure starts dropping. He passed one to Ludwig and then one to Arminius across the aisle.
"Of course!"
"Welcome to Dresdan Island Resort and Hotel! You must be the Beilschmidt reservations! Welcome to our island, and you're welcome here as honored guests!" the desk assistant greeted them fondly as they walked in, a trolley man pushing their cart of luggage next to them. Every single one of the staff members seemed to be smiling their way, and Feli and Ludwig were the center of the attention.
"I never thought that we would be so recognized" Francis noticed aloud, taking the girl's hand and lightly peppering it with kisses and greetings.
"Well news of Ludwig and Feliciano's tryst with Lier's Den came quickly here. We've had trouble with the gang here but they all seemed to have left. It was a storm of people leaving, some even being arrested, thank the Maker" the assistant said as she pulled her hand back from Francis, touched by the Frenchman's welcomes.
"Lier's Den was here?" Feli asked, undertones of fright slipping near unnoticed into his voice. Ludwig shimmered with fear as well.
"It's alright now however Feliciano, Ludwig. The gang, and their hideouts have all been swept and everyone associated with the gang arrested. The island is finally free and getting business, such as you boys. We welcome you all with the best we can offer! Feel free to display public affection of course as well~"
Both boy's faces lit up in crimson and the family, and the employees close by, all laughed. It was warm and welcoming, and the employees were happy to help them up to their rooms. Gilbert, Francis and Kiku were in one small suite, with two bedrooms and stocked kitchen, Arminius and Lili in another suite with their own rooms and Ludwig and Feli in their own, which overlooked the main resort and jungle beyond. All three were interconnected as the Royalty Level, and they were amazed by their fame here.
"Ahh, this bed is really comfy~~" Feli sighed as he belly flopped on his and Ludwig's shared bed, snuggling into the comfy ocean-colored comforters.
"It really is" Ludwig sighed as well, joining Feliciano as he crawled up to the pillows. They laid side-by-side and enjoyed the peacefulness of their private little room.
"Feli…..your dream on the plane…..what was it?" Ludwig asked, turning to Feli. Feli's face lit up and he turned toward Ludwig, cuddling up to his chest.
"You won't be mad if I tell you Luddy?" Feli mumbled into his chest. Ludwig sighed, petting the top of Feli's head.
"No I won't. I just want to know….."
Feli sighed, cuddling closer into Ludwig's chest and gripping hard at the fabric of his shirt. He took another deep sigh and finally looked Ludwig in the eyes.
"I….I was dreaming that…that….you and me were…"
"HEY YOU TOO! Stop making out and get out of there! We're trying out the pool, come on out!"
Both boys jumped in fright at the shout, rolling off the bed simultaneously, and they laughed it out. They gathered themselves up and changed into their packed swimsuits. During the whole thing, Feli couldn't stop staring at Ludwig's chest. He had seen it before but it still was amazed by it, even the scar over his heart. He poked at it to get Ludwig's attention.
"Luddy, I'll tell you later, si?"
Ludwig nodded, taking hold of their towels. They bolted down and out into the open resort area, passing their family and racing up to the pools edge. As they dodged around servers and other tourists staying at the resort, Feli kept smiling. He felt free and at home. They jumped into the deep end of the pool, cannon balling in and sinking to the bottom. They looked at each other through the chlorinated water, smiling and giggling away their air. Ludwig swam up for air first, and the family joined them in the pool. Feli exercised his conditioned lungs and took advantage of it and surprised Ludwig as he came up for air himself. He clamped on to Ludwig's shoulders, kissing the side of his neck and celebrating his victory.
"Not funny!" Ludwig claimed, trying to throw him off. Feli simply clung to him and continued to fluster him. Ludwig captured Feli's lips and they settled into the pool again, poking fun with Francis as they spooked the family and just enjoyed the time.
Feli after a while sat along the edge of the resort boundaries, watching the family play around with the resort facilities. He wanted to join them but he wanted to venture around the island, see what it offered. He knew it was dangerous, even with claims that Lier's Den was gone, but something told him to just go ahead and enjoy the thrill of it. He shivered as his thoughts dive bombed to Derick. He shook them away, clutching his head in a desperate attempt to banish them away.
"Feliciano?"
Feli immediately hugged Ludwig as he came up beside him, finally getting the Lier's Den thoughts to go away.
"What are you doing out here?" Ludwig asked. "Everyone else is about to head for lunch"
"I wanted to adventure out in the island. Want to join me?"
Ludwig agreed on both the fact that he would have some alone time with Feli and on the fact that he could protect Feli if anything could happen. They walked along the paved roads, seeing the small little towns and learning things from the locals. Soon they were diving into the tamer parts of the jungle nearest the resort, and by luck found a small waterfall with its own standing pool of water. Immediately, Feli's clothes were flying –he had changed back into actual clothes-and he dove in butt naked. Ludwig was shielding his crimson face as Feli jumped back to the surface, beckoning him in.
"Come on Luddy! It's nice and cool! Please come in with me~?"
Ludwig reluctantly stripped, though hesitated on his own underwear. He was still being a worried little virgin- he had the right to- but Feli didn't see why. So he tugged Ludwig's ankle, trying to reach for the fabric of the boxers. Ludwig dodged back, backing up until he was out of Feli's reach.
"Come on Luddy, don't be shy~"
"Are you really that innocent?" Ludwig challenged. Feli shrugged, resting his elbows on the shore surrounding the lazy pool he waded in.
"I don't see why you need to hide Luddy….I let you see me, why can't I see you?"
Ludwig's blush grew, and he let out another sigh –he seemed to be sighing a lot- and quickly threw his boxers off and jumped in with Feli, diving under as far as he could, quickly coming up for air.
"Yay, Luddy joined!" Feli cheered, swimming over to Ludwig and hugging him. Ludwig mumbled something under his breath, unsure of what to do now. He hugged him back, taking advantage of the freeness water gave them, swinging Feli around. Without thinking, Feli wrapped his legs around Ludwig, pressing them closer. Ludwig bit back the blood suddenly pumping faster through him, hoping nothing happened that would alert Feli of the fact that they were naked and rather close together.
"I'm glad it's all over Ludwig" Feli whispered in his ear. "And we're safe…..together"
"I'm glad too Feliciano. I love you"
"I love you too"
They quickly kissed, Ludwig touching the bottom to steady them. Slowly the kiss turned heated, and the water around them suddenly felt warmer. Feli deepened it, tilting his head and asking for entrance with a flick of his tongue. Ludwig, unsure of what to do next, opened for him and fought against his rising lust. Tongues lashed out against one another, one more experienced and taunting then the other. Feli chuckled into the kiss, amused by Ludwig's amateur technique.
Feli ended it, pulling back and taking a breath, wiping the trail of spit keeping them tied.
"Someone's inexperienced~" Feli cooed. Ludwig's face broke out into a full time red flush, and he pushed Feli back off him and all Feli could do was laugh inappropriately.
"Shut up! I've never done anything like this before!"
Feli let a smudge of a laugh out as he calmed down, swimming back up to Ludwig. He quickly moved his eyes from Ludwig to the water's surface between them, trying to see through the water, but found nothing. He stood up and walked up to Ludwig, plopping himself back under the surface as he was within face length from Ludwig.
"Luddy, I meant nothing bad, I promise"
"You know, I just realized, this is the most I've seen of the real you" Ludwig blurted. Feli clammed up at first, but soon it faded into unusual embarrassment. Feli curled up until he could sit on the bottom of the pool, his eyes and nose just above the surface. He popped up to answer Ludwig.
"I...feel safe to be myself now. I feel like myself again, being the flightly, semi-innocent funny person I wa…I am. When the bullying started and went on, I shut out my original self and put up an act, a mask"
"You slipped that mask off sometimes when you were with me Feli"
"I know, because even back then, before we were an item I…..felt safe near you, and Elizabeta and Roderich and even Katyusha. I loved you even back then"
Ludwig grabbed Feli up from his seated spot in the water and pressed him close, pushing the inappropriate thoughts rampaging in his head away.
"I'm really glad to really see you being you Feli" Ludwig told him, squeezing him closer. "I'm glad you don't have to hide anymore. We don't ever have to face this darkness haunting us alone"
Feli felt them start to run, the unexpected tears that came with Ludwig's comforting words. He clung to Ludwig like a lifeline, shutting out the world and only having Ludwig here. He was safe here, he was okay. He could finally be himself again, and he never had to worry about violent hate on him for his sexuality. Ludwig never had to worry either, and he never had to guess on the past.
"I'm cold" Feli shuddered, shivering against Ludwig. "It got cold"
Ludwig chuckled, understanding him. He was getting cold as well. They both climbed out of the private spring and dressed, although it was like they were in the school locker rooms again, dodging each other to make sure they saw nothing. At one point, Feli got a full on shot, in secret of course, of Ludwig's lower half, full frontal. He instantly blushed and swung back around and tried not to smile like an idiot. He just had to remember that cold water shrunk things.
"This was the beginning of my dream, by the way" Feli told Ludwig as they finished dressing, slowly walking back to the resort. "At least the French kiss was"
I hoped you enjoyed our new beginning, peeking a bit at our possible M-rated content. Just a heads-up to you guys:
You can decide if this story-line should dive into the M-rated things. PM me, or leave a review with your opinion This doesn't mean that the next chapter will be smut (I am not doing that for this) but possible along the later line.