AN: I am formerly known as IrishJammer. I changed my pen name to They Call Me Armageddon because I felt like I needed a new name because the original was one that I made when I was like 13. Anyway, I am such an awful person. This took me way too long to get out and I feel soooo bad. You have no idea. I've just been so busy with everything that I haven't really had much time to concentrate on writing a story. I know that I shouldn't have started this one in the first place, but hey, at least I'm getting the second chapter out now. Now for my biggest thank you ever! It's going to Lady-Pyrien. She really helped me not feel as bad for not updating, whilst in a way, still motivating me to write. So my longest chapter in the history of my 2 multi chapter fics is for her Also, I'm aware…they are so OOC sometimes. I'M SORRY I'M NOT PERFECT! AHHHH I'M SORRY.
Chapter 2~
Ludwig woke up the next morning bright and early, an unusual spring in his step. When he stepped out of the shower he checked his phone, a small smile lighting up his features. Feliciano had designated a time a specific time and place for them to meet. Ludwig rushed the rest of his morning routine and made his way to the coffee shop about 4 blocks from his house. He sat down, twiddling his thumbs, an unusual amount of energy surging throughout his body. He stood when he saw Feliciano enter the café.
Feliciano woke up at an odd hour of the morning, disturbing his older brother Lovino. He just brushed it off as Lovino grumbled a bit about being woken up rudely. Feliciano suddenly realized that he hadn't set up a time or place for he and Ludwig to meet. He quickly texted the taller, more serious man and jumped in the shower, getting ready. When he finished getting ready he checked the time and almost panicked, realizing how late he would be if he didn't run. He grabbed his phone and shouted a goodbye to his brother, making his way to the café. He slowed down to a walk a block away from the café, straightening himself up a bit. He smiled when he walked into the café and saw Ludwig stand up from his seat.
"Ve~ Ludwig I'm sorry for making you wait! I kind of lost track of time when I was in the shower." He laughed softly and scratched the back of his head. They sat down and Ludwig shook his head. "No, I understand, I was almost late myself. I'm just glad you could make it." Ludwig felt a soft blush light up his cheeks. He knew it was odd how he felt about the Italian after only meeting him once, but there was something oddly familiar about him. They ordered their drinks—a black coffee for Ludwig and a lemonade smoothie for Feliciano—and talked for near an hour. After an hour or so, Ludwig heard his phone ring and he frowned, it was his brother. It's not that he wasn't pleased to see a call from the brother he never knew, but he didn't want to end his meeting with Feliciano. He sighed and answered it.
"Hello…I'm hanging out with Feliciano…no he's not my boyfrie…I'm not in denial!" He sighed softly as he listened to his brother on the other line. "Alright…yeah I'll see you there in an hour." He hung up and frowned across the table to Feliciano. Feliciano still had that large grin on his face. "It's alright if you want to spend time with your brother. You have a lot of catching up to do!" Ludwig was confused. "How did you know it was my brother who called? I didn't even say his name." Feliciano just shrugged, "I just knew is all. The look on your face gave it all away really." Ludwig just shook his head in disbelief. The little Italian really was something. "I'm meeting him in an hour so I still have plenty of time to walk you home or to work if you want." Ludwig mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck. Feliciano felt a small blush creep up his cheeks. "I'd really like that Ve~ you're so nice Ludwig. Thank you! I'm going to work after this so if you'd walk me to the orphanage that would be wonderful. Oh, but how are you going to get to your brother's house?" Ludwig was shocked at how quickly his new friend could talk. He just shook his head, raising a hand, "no, it's fine; I'm meeting Gilbert at the orphanage anyway. It's where he wanted to meet." Feliciano beamed at him and jumped up. "Alright! That sounds great! Well I do need to be at work soon so how about we get going." Ludwig nodded and smiled a bit at the hyperactive brunette.
It wasn't a long walk, but Ludwig was oddly disappointed when it was. He said good bye to Feliciano and felt his body stiffen up when Feliciano wrapped him up in a tight hug. "Ve~ Ludwig is so nice! Thanks for walking me to work. We're going to hang out again soon, right?" Feliciano looked up at him hopefully and all Ludwig could to was smile softly and nod. "Yeah, we're going to hang out again soon. I…I would like that very much."
The new friends parted and Ludwig sat on the front steps of the building, waiting for his older brother, his chin in his hand. About five minutes later, he heard a voice behind him. "Hey! What are you doing out here? I've been waiting for you for ten minutes!" Ludwig jumped and turned, facing the tall albino. "I didn't know exactly where we would meet and I was here early…so I just assumed that I'd see you walk up the steps!" he defended, putting on his best, angry pout face. The older of the two just rolled his eyes, "just follow me. You said you wanted to get to know me, so I'm going to show you exactly where I grew up and who I am." Gilbert sounded oddly calm, his arms crossed over his chest.
Ludwig followed the older up the stairs and inside, glancing around, taking in his brother's childhood "home". It was so quiet for a while, Ludwig jumped when he heard Gilbert's voice. "Even after I turned 18, I didn't leave. I stayed here and started working for them. They let me live here until I could afford a little apartment of my own. Then I met an old friend and we got close again and now we live together." Gilbert smiled fondly, his red eyes softening. "I'm going to ask him to marry me ya know." His voice was soft as he spoke about his boyfriend. Ludwig was about to ask when he'd get to meet him when it dawned on him. "Was it that kid at your apartment?" Gilbert glared, "my birdie isn't a kid and his name is Matthew. And yes. Yes he is." His older brother's fondness for the shy blond was almost disconcerting to Ludwig. He had never seen anyone so in love before, not even his own parents. "Well, I wish you luck with that Mr…" he paused. What was he supposed to call his older brother. He wasn't sure of a last name and he didn't know if the older wanted to be called by his first name by a complete stranger. Gilbert just laughed. "You can just call me Gilbert, or Gil really, but if you want to be all stiff like some soilder, you can call me Mr. Beilschmidtt." Ludwig's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Beilschmidtt? Why Beilschmidtt?" Gilbert just shrugged and continued walking, checking a few rooms as he went. "Around my birthday, Mattie was acting super weird and he said that we should put a last name on my birth certificate. I thought he was going to propose, but no such luck. He told me that Beilschmidtt seemed to fit me just fine so when we found the time, we went down to the courthouse and had it put on." Ludwig felt his heart clench. Gilbert's boyfriend had known about his family, possibly even talked to their father, and never even said anything to Gilbert. He coughed and was about to say something when Gilbert stopped and pointed to a room. "This one here was my first room. I shared it with Mattie until he was adopted when we were 5. I moved to a bigger one when I hit 13." Ludwig looked at the small room and let it all sink in. The room seemed unoccupied at the time, and the damages from previous owners was very evident. It seemed as though someone had taken the time to carve "I'M AWESOME" on the wall in giant letters. Ludwig could only assume that it was his brother from the way he had heard him talk.
As the moved on, Ludwig thought about a way to properly phrase his next statement, "Gilbert, do you want to know what the family name is? What…what our family name is?" Gilbert just shrugged in response. "It's Beilschmidtt, Gilbert. I'm Ludwig Beilschmidtt, our father is Gerald Beilschmidtt and our mother was Regina Beilschmidtt." Gilbert froze and turned to his little brother. "If you're insinuating that my Birdie has been lying to me, then I suggest that you either come up with an excuse or you leave." Gilbert's voice shook softly, unsure of how to take in the information. Ludwig cursed himself silently. Maybe he should've approached Matthew first. "Gilbert…I just wanted you to know that the name you have on your birth certificate is the appropriate last name."
Gilbert turned his back on the younger and continued walking. "Come on, you still have more to see West." For what seemed like the millionth time that day, Ludwig's eyebrows shot up. "West?" he was confused, his name didn't have anything to do with the West or the direction. Gilbert turned and grinned. "Yeah, West. That's what I'm gonna call you from now on because you probably grew up on the West side of the tracks. The good side. I grew up on the East." Although it made sense to Ludwig, he still flinched.
Gilbert showed him through the orphanage and told him about all the trouble he got into growing up. Apart from the little bump in their day, everything went rather well. Ludwig was really growing to know his older brother, not only that, but he was growing to really like him. When the kids were called back in, Gilbert had to return to work. They awkwardly shook hands, but they still smiled at each other kindly. It was nice; to finally be able to connect with someone like Ludwig could connect to Gilbert. He had been able to connect like that with a boyfriend or two, but he was beginning to realize what people meant when they spoke of the bond between brothers.
As he walked out of the building, he was stopped at the top of the steps by a stuttered "Ve~". He turned around, smiling oddly at the small Italian. "Yes Feliciano? Did you want to say something?" Feliciano blushed deeply, but nodded. "A-actually yes. Um…Lu-ludwig. Would you like to…go to dinner maybe? With me, I mean…ya know to…to eat food?" Ludwig felt a deep blush cover what seemed like his entire body. "W-well what else would we do at dinner except eat food?" The Italian laughed a bit and nodded sadly but then seemed to brighten up. "Is that a yes?" The tall German blushed and nodded. "D-do you want to go now? Can you leave now?" Feliciano nodded quickly, "I was actually just getting off my shift. It's been a long time since you and Gil started hanging out. It was nice, to hear your laughter in the halls." He muttered something at the end of his sentence that was unintelligible to Ludwig but he just shrugged it off. He checked the time on his watch and was surprised. It had been awhile. Almost 5 hours. Ludwig coughed a bit and looked back up at Feliciano. "W-well it's a little early for dinner, so we could um, we could maybe go on a walk through the park and get to know each other a little better." He was hesitant in his suggestion, unsure if he was over stepping his bounds. Feliciano seemed to jump for joy. "That sounds great Ludwig! I'd love to go on a walk with you before dinner." The younger grabbed his coat and then Ludwig's hand, making the German blush softly.
They walked to and through the park with their hands still connected, keeping a blush ever present on Ludwig's face. Listening to Feliciano talk was entertaining to say the least. He was so animated when he told stories that it was hard not to get pulled in.
"…and then Lovi punched him square in the face! I couldn't believe that he'd do that to Antonio, but really, I think that Lovi loves him and just won't admit it!" Ludwig smiled and laughed when Feliciano paused for breath. "You don't seem to be very much like your brother, how are you two able to get along?" Feliciano just shrugged, unsure himself, how to answer that question. "We just do. We're brothers. When I was born, our family was really poor, and they couldn't afford both me and Lovi, so our dad told mom that she had to chose, and she chose to keep us together and give us both to the orphanage." Ludwig was shocked at how much he knew, Gilbert had only known that he was dropped at the orphanage, no reason or memory of the family. "How do you know so much about being left? You had to have been a baby!" Ludwig felt furry bubble up inside him. He had been furious when he learned that his brother had been abandoned, but now that he heard his new friend speak so calmly about it, he couldn't help but feel a bit enraged. Feliciano just smiled, "When I turned 18, and Lovi turned 21, the Orphanage called us and told us that there was a woman there saying she had information about our family. Of course we went and spoke to her. Turns out she was our mother and all she wanted was to get to know her sons. Lovi didn't take it so well, but he's warmed up to her since. I think secretly, he really loves our mother, he just doesn't know how to say it yet." It grew quiet between them, but it wasn't an uncomfortable silence, just silence. Ludwig broke it when he heard Feliciano's stomach growl softly. "I think it's time we went and got something to eat. Where would you like to go Feliciano?" he asked, and although he wasn't smiling, his eyes were much softer. Feliciano beamed at the taller man. "There's this great little pasta place just down the street. I think you'll really like it!" Ludwig nodded, allowing the small Italian to lead him to the restaurant.
They were seated by a kindly older woman who Feliciano called mom. It occurred to Ludwig that it was very possible that they were eating at a family owned restaurant. He leaned over and asked Feliciano if that was his real mother and the Italian nodded. "Mhm, she opened it with her dad, Grandpa Rome ve~" Ludwig raised an eyebrow critically at the obvious pet name for his grandfather, but decided to let it slide, after all, it was sort of endearing. Sort of. Before they had even ordered, a tall, tan, good looking man with lightly graying hair stepped out and placed two nicely portioned plates of spaghetti covered in marinara and meatballs in front of them.
They ate in relative silence, commenting on the amazing quality of the meal every now and again, making a few small jokes and the occasional Ve~ from Feliciano the only things breaking the silence. When the finished, Ludwig offered to pay, but the Vargas' (Feliciano's family name) refused. "No boyfriend of my grandson will ever pay with money as long as he and my Feli are on good terms!" Feliciano's grandfather commented, obviously threatening the older German. Ludwig just nodded and answered with some well placed "yes sir"s and "of course sir"s. Ludwig walked Feliciano home and smiled, almost hesitant to let his new friend and possible love interest out of his sight. Feliciano threw his arms around Ludwig and smiled, "Ve~ Ludwig, thanks for being so nice and walking me back to my apartment tonight. It's getting dark and I was kinda scared. I really do appreciate it." Threw his nervous blush, Ludwig was able to stutter out a "no problem" and return the hug. Feliciano almost walked inside before he turned back, blushing profusely. "W-would Ludwig like to spend the night here? Your apartment isn't very close and it's getting pretty late and I wouldn't want…" He was cut off when Ludwig raised his hand. "I would very much like to stay the night here if your brother doesn't mind." Feliciano just smiled and shook his head. "Lovino won't mind, he's staying with Antonio tonight anyway." Ludwig nodded and followed his shorter companion inside. "You can stay in Lovi's room so that you don't have to sleep on the couch." He smiled nervously and nodded. "Ja, that sounds nice Feli…" his voice grew soft when he used the endearment, but it was clear to him that Feliciano heard it because of the stuttered Ve~ coming from the being across from him. "W-well I…I'm just across the hall, if you need me at any time, you can just knock and…Good night!" He went into his room, hurrying to shut the door. Feliciano knew that he and his heart were in trouble for developing a crush this early on, but he'd just have to deal with it in the morning.
Ludwig shut his door, his heart in the same condition as Feliciano's. His last boyfriend was the reason he hadn't dated in so long, but maybe it was time to let those old feelings go and let someone new into his heart. Someone small and Italian maybe.
The next morning, Ludwig woke up with an unfamiliar weight on his chest and an odd heat encompassing him. He groaned and sat up, disrupting the arm that was thrown across his chest. His eyes widened and he glanced over, his heart pounding away in his chest when he saw Feliciano curled up next to him, snoring softly, his little curly-doop moving slightly as he snored. When had he gotten there? Why was he there curled up next to Ludwig? Ludwig tried to regain some sense before Feliciano woke up, but was a bit too slow. Feliciano woke up, rubbing his eyes and mumbling sleepily. "Ve~ Lovi, why'd you go and shake me awake. I was having a good dream. I was cuddling with Ludw—" Feliciano froze and looked up at Ludwig, a blush quickly spreading all over his face. "o-oh…Ve~ it's you Ludwig…I guess it wasn't a dream then. I…I forgot to mention that sometimes I sleep walk and I always end up sleeping in Lovi's bed, whether he's there or not. I…I'm sorry." Feliciano seemed oddly embarrassed by the act and he tried to brush it off by apologizing profusely. Ludwig felt his blush grew deep as he assured the raving Italian that it was alright and that in all actuality, he didn't really mind at all.
As things calmed down for the two of them, Feliciano insisted that he make breakfast for the two of them. Ludwig was slowly becoming a slave to Feliciano's will and couldn't refuse him. Feliciano really came across his ability to cook naturally, the meal coming together quickly and tasting amazing. He had even made sure to include some german sausage for the muscled German. The goodbyes were awkward, but necessary. Ludwig had to go home and get changed in time for work at 2. Feliciano took a deep breath and kissed Ludwig on the cheek before he left. "I really hope that we can get to know each other well enough to start dating…I really like you Ludwig!" It was spoken quickly, all his words slurred together as he pushed the taller, stronger man out the door. When he closed it, he leaned back on it, taking a few deep breaths before going to take a rather chilly shower.
Ludwig was truly shell shocked as he stood outside Feliciano's apartment. If he had heard him right, Feliciano wanted to date eventually. And with that light fluttery feeling you get in your stomach when everything feels good and right in his own stomach, Ludwig made his way home, already planning his next, but first official, date with Feliciano.
AN: Also, ya'll should read Bottoms Up by A Sunny Day in February. It's Spamano and it's so cute! I seriously fell in love with it. Anyway, So thanks all for being so patient. Think about it. Everytime I'm this late, you get a mildly longer chapter (this one is like 12 pages where most of them are like 7. It's also over 2000 words longer before authors notes. Damn straight I'm proud.) Anyway, I appreciate Reviews and what not I love all my readers!
