The next few parts of my life would be the most life changing and most adventurous things I would ever do.

Feliciano Vargas seemed to enjoy speaking, and I didn't mind listening to him, he had a voice that held so much emotion you could listen to him for hours and hours on end (even if he was stuck repeating the same word).

When he spoke different words in his mother tongue it fascinated me. I wish I could understand at some points, but we spoke for hours on end.

"Why is an Italian in Germany?" I finally asked after a while, the question had been itching in my brain for ages.

"Well, mama said it was time we had some adventurous opportunity, so my padre said we should move to Germany, which we did a long while ago! We've been here for many years~" How had I not noticed this boy in my entire life, and he's been here for so long. Feliciano looked up at the slightly darker sky and gasped.

"What is it?" The boy looked around frantically and picked up a satchel bag, throwing it over his shoulder.

"Mama hates it when I'm late home for dinner." Feliciano smiled. "I'd like to talk with you again, Ludwig."

"Then I'll come here again tomorrow morning." I decided, despite the fact I had school, I could always leave this one time, to speak to this little Italian.

"LUDWIG WHERE DID YOU GO?" Julia bellowed. I flinched and half glared at her.

"I met a friend on the way and was lost in conversation, it doesn't matter."

"Doesn't matter?" Julia scowled. "I MADE THE MOST FABULOUS PUDDING HOW COULD YOU JUST DISAPPEAR I WAS SO WORRIED!"

"Don't make my horrible mother awaken, Julia." Gilbert snapped.

"She's my aunt I know what she's like, unfortunately I have to live around you." Julia retorted. "And anyway, Katinka is at a party, a very special party as she said."

"Isn't she always?" Gilbert huffed, again the bad relationship with our parents strikes again. Katinka Beilschmidt was a very difficult woman, she didn't want to care about children and would rather do her own thing.

Not very motherly at all. She was a typical aryan, always tied her hair in a tight bun, icy blue eyes and a very thin body. I had never had a day where I just sat with Katinka and spoke, she only graced us with her presence when she was upset or drunk.

Even our father stayed away from us, Heinz Beilschmidt was always working in his study that was off limits to anyone else unless it was an emergency. I hadn't seen him in a few years, but I heard him shouting at Katinka sometimes, and boy did she shout back.

I have no idea what happened between them and Gilbert, but it tore us apart as a small family unit. None of us dared to ask what had happened, I doubt even Julia knew.

Feliciano was fixed in my mind. He was so scrawny, but there was something interesting about him. I needed to know more about him, he mentioned his family, but I knew nothing about them. However he was an Edelweiss and as a member of the Hitler Youth...

Did I really want to wind up in the world of Feliciano Vargas?

Feliciano was there in the morning, sitting by the rails. He was dressed a bit nicer however, his clothes looked fresh.

"Buongiorno Ludwig~" He smiled up at me.

"What does that mean?" I asked.

"It means good morning or good day."

"Good morning Feliciano."

"It wasn't exactly good." Feliciano sighed. "See, I was going to go to the Swing with Lovino tonight, but mama needed help with the washing and papa needs help writing a letter to Grandpa Roma, so I said I'd help to tonight and Lovino shouted at me."

"Who is Lovino?"

"My twin... we have a very large family. See, you have our parents, mama, papa, uncle Antonio, who isn't really our uncle but he is sweet and we adore him like an uncle, Grandpa Roma who is mama's papa, and then you have us~ Lovino is slightly older than me, so he is the oldest son, I am his twin, and we have the other twins, Alice and Chiara, who are a few years younger than us."

"I see." I nodded, I on the other hand merely has Gilbert, Monica and Julia, Feliciano had a very tight knitted family. I did want to know about his family, I do now I guess.

"What about you Ludwig?" Feliciano said curiously.

"Well, my parents aren't very... they aren't around. So my brother and cousin are our elders, Gilbert and Julchen Beilschmidt, they look after us all. Me and Monica just tend to sit around and not really do much..." I trailed off, there was nothing more to say about my family.

"You can be part of my extended family." Feliciano said after a while, I stared at him.

"What do you mean?"

"Well we have Uncle Antonio who isn't related to us, you can be part of us as well~ that means that whenever you are in trouble, upset or anything like that, you can rely on me!" His grin was bright and hopeful, and it lit up his face.

"Alright then..." I shrugged and frowned slightly. "What's your blood family like?"

"Lovino can be difficult... but he cares a lot, he had the temper of mama; Mama is someone you should mess with... papa is very relaxed about everything, Chiara is a lot like Lovino, and Alice is very energetic and brave... Grandpa Roma is very nice as well~ and Antonio is very sweet and caring, he looked after me and Lovino when mama and papa had to work all day and all night to buy us food."

"Ah, I see." The rest of the day was spent in a strange sort of silence, a comfortable one. Sometimes Feliciano would sing and I would listen, despite not understanding Italian at all. Sometimes he would talk about a story his mother had read him. Mainly stories by Oscar Wilde... most non-German books weren't around now, not here at least.

Feliciano spoke highly of one story in particular... 'The Devoted Friend', which was about 'the real meaning of friendship' I had never personally heard of Oscar Wilde nor these stories the boy spoke so highly of... it was the passion in his eyes when he spoke about such things that held me in awe of him. His beauty was my weakness as it seems.

"-Why I joined the Edelweiss!" I tuned in at the end of his sentence and mentally cursed. "So come to the Swing Movement tonight!"

"The what?" I blinked and scowled at him.

"The Swing Club." Feliciano grinned brightly. "You'll love it just come with me~"