Alfred/Gilbert

After WWII…..

Laura walked confidently through the country of Germany looking for a particular house. Once she found it, her confidence faltered slightly. With a shaking hand, she knocked on the door. She waited patiently, fidgeting with her ruffled pirate skirt. Finally the door opened to a blonde German who towered over Laura, making her confidence shrink even smaller.

"Laura!?" Ludwig shouted in surprise, grasping the gun he had tucked inside the holster on his hip. "What are you doing here?!"

"I'm not here to fight you," she said back to him, taking her sword out and dropping it on the ground as a sign of peace. Ludwig relaxed a little but was still on edge, mentally preparing for some sort of surprise attack. Laura continued, "I'm here to propose some sort of alliance or friendship." Ludwig said nothing still in a shock. He wanted to believe her, Laura was an old, strong country, having her as an ally would be a great advantage. On the other hand, she and Arthur were together, and due to his alliance with Ivan he probably shouldn't be friends with her.

"It's because of Feli," said Laura. Ludwig blushed when she said his name. Normally Laura would have smirked at that, but she wanted to remain serious. "He and I are very good friends and I know he hates to see us fight. So I thought doing this, becoming friends, would fix things. So, what do you say?" Ludwig thought about it, Feliciano did seem to be a little down when he fought with Laura.

Ludwig sighed, "Alright, I don't know how I'm going to explain it to Ivan but, okay; for Feliciano's sake."

"Wonderful!" shouted Laura, jumping up to give Ludwig a big hug. She made it a quick one for Ludwig's sake. "Sorry, in Lauraznia, it's normal to hug complete strangers and since we're friends…."

Ludwig sighed again, "That's… that's fine. Let's go inside and discuss the terms of our alliance." Then, the two new friends walked inside Ludwig's house.

In Ludwig's Office…..

Laura was practically asleep by the time Ludwig had shown her the last form she had to fill out to start an alliance.

"And lastly, sign here," Ludwig said with a rare smile. Laura signed the last form in her loopy pirate hand writing.

"I'm glad we got that all sorted out," Laura said drowsily. "I think I'm going to go back to my place now, I'm exhausted."

"Yes, it is rather late." Ludwig replied. Laura was almost out the office door when Ludwig jumped up and grabbed her by the shoulder.

Laura jolted a bit in surprise, "What?! I thought I signed all of the forms!"

She turned around to find a blushing Ludwig. "I just think that maybe I should walk you out. Mein bruder is sure to be coming back any minute." Laura didn't know German but "bruder" sounded like brother so she assumed Gilbert. She never really knew him but from what she heard, he sounded like a jerk.

"Alright, lead the way," she replied as they left Ludwig's office.

Back At Die Front Door…..

Ludwig was sweating bullets, hoping his bruder wouldn't come home and embarrass him in front of his new friend.

As they got to the door, Ludwig thought he was in the clear, but he was wrong. Suddenly the door swung open and an albino guy walked in.

"The awesome me is back, West!" he shouted into the house.

"Gilbert! I'm right here! No need to shout!" Ludwig shouted back at him.

All Gilbert did was laugh his unique laugh until he spotted Laura. "Hey! You're that Laura girl right?"

Laura shrugged, "I guess."

Gilbert turned back to Ludwig, "West, why is there a girl here? I thought you were ga-" Gilbert couldn't finish his sentence with Ludwig's hand over his mouth.

"That's enough bruder, Laura was just leaving," he said pushing Gilbert out of the way.

"Fine, you can have your alone time. I'm just going to go into the living room and be AWESOME!" Gilbert shouted. Then he laughed and walked out of the room.

"I'm sorry about him, Laura," Ludwig said hanging his head.

"Oh, don't worry about it," Laura said. "He actually reminds me of someone."

"Oh really?" Ludwig asked with intrigue. "May I ask who?"

Laura paused, she knew a lot of people didn't like him. She wasn't sure how Ludwig would react at the mention of his name. "Umm, actually, he reminds me of Alfred."

Then something inside of Ludwig clicked. She was right, the two were equally annoying as they were narcissistic. "Laura, I have an idea."

Laura looked up at him, "…. Care to share?" she asked.

"What if we introduced Alfred and Gilbert to each other." Ludwig said surprisingly cheerful. 'Then Gilbert will annoy him and not me' he thought.

Laura beamed, "That's a wonderful idea! A new friend for Alfred; it'll be a play-date!" she said excitedly.

"Umm," Ludwig said looking at her weird. "You do know that they are adults, right?"

Laura blushed, "Of course, of course I know that, Ludwig." She walked toward the door, "Well good night Ludwig, I can bring Alfred over tomorrow." Before she left, Laura gave him a quick, awkward hug.