A/N: Hey guys ;D Thanks so much for the reviews you guys! Here's chapter three, one week later!
I've been doing pretty good with this weekly update thing haven't I? I've been pretty shocked actually that I've been able to keep it up XD
Anyway, Enjoy!
"Come now Ludwig! You'll have to be faster than that!" Sweat ran down a sun tanned cheek as Feliciano ran along the feild, laughing at the determined boy running after him. Feliciano knew that if their was one thing he was good at it was running. That boy coudl sprint as fast as The Flash when he was motivated. Seeing the german chase after him was enough motivation for that moment. Because though Feliciano was teasing him, said man had an almost scary look on his face.
Feliciano was caught off guard as Ludwig cut in front of him, kicking the ball between the brunette's feet, then spun around, running back towards the other end of the field.
"H-Hey!"
"Come now, Feliciano! You'll have to be swifter than that!" he actually called back, a smirk gracing his face.
Nearly a week had passed since the two had met. A week of morning walks with Ludwig, a week of lunches with him too. Though the German seemed a bit uptight and maybe even slightly strict at times (they had a talk about school and Feliciano was lectured about his studying habits), Feliciano could see how relaxed Ludwig was when he was playing Soccer. The older male's shoulders weren't as stiff, his normally held back hair was dangling limply in his face, and most of all he was smiling. A smile that caused Feliciano to pause and take a moment to inwardly note how handsome he looked when he wasn't frowning, how that simply upward twitch of the lip made his whole face light up.
With a loud laugh, Feli ran after his new friend, not wanting the older to get a goal. He was only two away from winning, since the two had decided that ten would be the game point. Poor Feliciano was only at five, three behind Ludwig.
It been rather easy for Feliciano to get away from his brother. He simply lied and told Lovino that he had to stay for a tutoring session, which wasn't that hard to believe. So without question Lovino told his brother to be careful walking home and to call him if he ran into trouble or fell or died or something. Which didn't entirely make since...
Either way, Feliciano had thrown his vest and tie to the ground less than an hour earlier, having the sleeves of his dress shirt rolled up and unbuttoned slightly at the top, Ludwig's vest sat near Feliciano's things, and his shirt was much in the same fashion. Both boy's were soon covered in sweat from the game. Feliciano could see that Ludwig had enjoyed soccer, he was very well at it, and by the time the sun was just starting to go down both men were laid out in the middle of the field, panting for breath.
"You are very good." Feliciano said between sweet gasps for air.
A chuckle left Ludwig's lips, "You are not bad yourself."
Feliciano laughed, something inside of him finding the very situation all too funny. The two sat like that for some while, the sky turning from a blend of pink and blue to pink and orange. "I need to get home." Feli said after some time. "Grandpa will worry about me." He pushed himself up and off the small patch of grass, brushing himself off as he stood.
"I suppose I should be leaving as well then," Ludwig said. he stood and stretched his arms up into the air and started to walk towards the patch of grass where the boys had placed their things. Feliciano was about to do the same, but when he took his first step, he noticed something... off. His left shoe was loose. Looking down he saw the culprit- his shoe lace had come undone! Feliciano bent down and took the two laces into his hands and started to work at getting them tied. Now, for a fifteen year old boy, he should know how to tie his shoes. It was something that most were taught when they were five or younger! But Feliciano just had the hardest time with it. Normally he would get it tied (normally with help from Lovino or his Grandpa) and then he would just leave it that way, slipping his shoes on and off every morning rather than tying and untying them. But those few rare moments came where they undid themselves and he was forced to bend down and try to get them together again.
He brow was knit in complete concentration as he worked to get the laces to loop through, each time they came undone causing the boy allow a small cuss past his lips.
"Is it really that troublesome?" Feliciano jumped slightly, looking up at the voice. Ludwig was standing over him now, both of their clothing in his arms.
Feliciano could feel his face heat up a little bit, but a joking smile formed on his face. "I know, it's silly right? I just can't seem to get the loops right, so it always falls apart."
The cloths were set down on the ground as Ludwig took a moment to sit in front of Feliciano, taking his foot and propping it up on his own knee. He pushed Feliciano's hands away and started to get his shoes tied, even double knotting them for the boy. THe whole time Feliciano was quiet, watching the blonde as he worked. While Ludwig was focused on getting his shoe tied, Feliciano could take a few seconds to once more stare at the boy's face. It was strange really, how much Feliciano liked to look at him. Like he didn't have control over it or something. And more than a few times he had caught the German looking at him too.
"There. Finished." Ludwig said, standing up and offering a hand to Feli. The Italian born male took it and stood up, grabbing his vest off the ground and folding it up over his arm.
"Thank you, Ludwig!" He said cheerily.
Luwig smiled and nodded then put his hands into his pockets. "It's getting dark, let's start for home." he said.
...
The two had started walking home, and before they had gotten out of the school lot it was nearly black outside. Though Ludwig and Feliciano lived on separate ends of the city, Ludwig had insisted on walking Feliciano home, not wanting the younger to be wandering around in the dark by himself. "You never know what could happen," he had said.
"You're not scared of walking home by yourself?" Feliciano asked, looking up with wide chocolate brown eyes. Though he hadn't said it out loud, he was thankful that Ludwig had offered to take him home. Otherwise he may have either called his brother and begged Lovino to come meet him half way, or been scared half to death the whole walk home, jumping every time a cat appeared in his path.
"No."
"Why not?"
"I grew up in Berlin," Ludwig said, "It can be rather dangerous. I'm quite sure that if I was attacked, I would be able to defend myself."
"You don't think I could defend myself?" Feliciano asked, his cheeks puffing up a little bit.
A deep rumble came from the German's throat, it almost counted as a laugh. "Not after what I saw the first time we met." He said, coking a brow a bit as if to ask the Italian to argue with him.
Though Feliciano opened his mouth, words never came out. In the end he just sighed and knew that he had a point.
When they arrived at the front entrance of the restaurant Ludwig tilted his head slightly, "I thought you just worked here?" He said.
Feliciano giggled a little bit and shook his head, he hadn't explained to Ludwig before about why he worked here. "My Grandpa owns the whole place. Upstairs is where we live, it's kind of like an apartment complex." He said, looking up at the building, ignoring people as they walked in and out of the Italian place. He pointed upwards to the top window on the left, grinning from ear to ear. "That's the room that Lovino and I share." He grinned widely, "In the back is the kitchen, that leads to the living room- beside our room- and the kitchen leads to the hall where Grandpa's room and the bathroom are." He took in a deep breath, "It's small, but It's good." He nodded.
Ludwig smiled a bit and shook his head. "Goodnight, Feliciano." He said. Blue eyes looked down into Chocolate before he nodded and started back down the street, heading towards his own place.
"Wait!" Feliciano suddenly called out, running to grab hold of his hand.
Ludwig whipped around and blinked, his eyes falling on where Feliciano had taken his hand, a small blush creeping onto his cheeks.
"Give me your number." Feliciano said.
"Ah-What?"
"Your number." Feliciano said again. "You have a cell phone right? That way you won't worry when I have to walk home on my own. I can just call you if I need help." He grinned.
Ludwig blinked and then turned around, holding his hand out, "Give me your phone." He said. With a smile Feliciano handed it over smiling widely as Ludwig put his own number into the little device.
Feliciano chuckled as the phone was handed back to him and held it to hsi chest with a smile. "Now goodnight, Ludwig." He said, waving his friend off. Ludwig waved as well, then walked back down the street. Feliciano stayed there for a moment, just watching him go. When Ludwig was too far away to be seen, Feliciano headed to the side gate, deciding not to go through the restuarant to get into his home.
Through the back was a set of stairs that led directly to the door tot he back of the kitchen. He climbed up, and opened the door. "I'm Ho-" Before he could even finish that simple statement, a hand had been pressed against his mouth.
"Shh!" Lovino frowned sternly at him, then dragged his younger brother to the kitch door, where he peaked out. "Quiet," he whispered. Feliciano peaked through the door with Lovino and saw his grandfather standing in the living room with another man.
"I'm sorry, I know you came all this way," Roma said, his voice sounding as if it was laced with venom, "But I will not be selling. This is all I have."
"Oh?" The other man spoke up. He was tall, just as tall as Grandpa Roma. He was broad shouldered and had silvery blonde hair, his eyes a strange shade of purple. "Please, Roma, The money you get from selling would be enough for you get a new home, to start a new job. You and the boys would be taken care of." Though Feliciano had never seen this man before, he could feel his own knees shaking slightly. This man was intimidating. Only someone with Roma's gull would be able to stand before him without fear.
"My answer is no. Please exit through the back, Ivan." Roma spoke, ending the conversation.
Ivan stood and chuckled just slightly, it was one of the darkest things Feliciano had ever heard, it sent shivers up his spine. "Very well then," Ivan said, giving a slight nod with his head. "But please remember, one way or another, your little restaurant will be mine." With that he started towards the kitchen door, Lovino flung himself and Feliciano back just before the door came barreling open. Ivan blinked and looked to the two boys, Lovino stood protectively in front of Feliciano, who gladly hid behind his brother. "Oh, hello there little ones." He said, smiling as he nodded to the boys. "You must be Roma's grandson's, well, aren't you guys just adorable?" He had a thick Russian accent, something that, somehow, made him feel more ominous."
"Fuck off!" Lovino blurted at the man, eyes narrowing slightly.
The large man laughed a bit, his eyes looking from one boy to the other. "You've got quite a mouth don't you?" He asked looking down at Lovino, who seemed to falter just a little bit. "You should be careful little one, you may say the wrong thing to the wrong person one day." With that Ivan continued to the back door. Neither of the boys moved until they could no longer hear his footsteps as he descended the stairs.
Once they noise was gone, the spell was broken, "Grandpa!" Lovino called, storming into the kitchen.
...
It was strange, beyond strange really. Feliciano was someone he had only met a little over a week, someone who he had only encountered because he seemed to be in trouble. Ludwig wasn't really one to stick his neck out for many people, but something about the yell he had heard from behind the gym that day just told him he could not ignore it.
Once Ludwig had gotten home, he had laid out on his bed and thought hard about these... feelings that were stirring inside of him. Feliciano was a man. So was Ludwig. He was feeling things that some people would consider taboo, unnatural. But he couldn't help it. Whever Feliciano would smile it was like Butterflies had gone wild in his stomach. Which happened a lot seeing as Feliciano liked to smile. Even the way he looked would make Ludwig's heart race- though Ludwig wouldn't say it out loud, Feliciano's face was childish enough, angelic enough, that he almost looked like a girl. In fact, Ludwig was pretty sure that Feli put on a dress he would pass for one!
Either way, it was... different. Ludwig had had crushes before, sure, who hasn't? But never for another man. He had always believed that he was rather straight, but Feliciano was making him question that notion. He wanted to be with Feliciano all the time. He wanted to play soccer more, lunch to be longer, he wanted to know more about that boy...
"Yo, Luddy!" Ludwig viably flinched as he door was flung open and Gilbert came storming in. "Where were you all day? You practically missed dinner!" He said, much louder than was necessary. "What? Did you have a 'hot date'?" He wiggled his eye brows and made kissy faces at his younger brother.
"Please get out Gil," Ludwig said, sitting up from his bed. "It's not very polite to come barging into someone else's room."
"Oh who care, I'm older, I can do what I want." Gilbert said, plopping down on his brother's bed. "So, how far did you get? First base? Second? Home Run, maybe?"
"Get out!" Ludwig shouted, his face heating up. Sometimes he really wanted to hit his brother. "I wasn't on a date! Now please, leave immediately!"
Gilbert laughed and sprang back up, "Oh Luddy! You're so red! Are you sure you weren't on a date?" He asked.
Ludwig started to fume, but rather than continue to push on (lord help him if he woke up their grandpa) he just skipped merrily out the door. "Goodnight, Lud!" He called out before the younger slammed the door behind him.
"I'm leaving this family." Ludwig said, letting out a sigh as he plopped back onto the bed.
A/N: As promised there was a bit of Gerita Fluff 3 Next Chapter things should really get started. Ivan is there for a reason people!
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