Author's Note:
Ciao miei cari! Well… Here is the next part. We hope you guys like it, it's not much... yet.
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Feliciano and Kiku went to Venice! And they are still there. It's time for the next part of the day!
Feliciano smiled and yelled, "Ciao!" to the gondola driver as he waved. He watched the gondola driver pick up two people-two pretty ladies-and push them off in to the opposite direction he, himself was going. He sighed and looked back at Kiku, "Isn't Venice a beautiful place?"
He quickly lowered the camera as his friend turned and blushed a bit. "Uh, hai. It is, Feli." Seeing multiple people carrying around bags from a store close by, he decided to take his friend. Whether it was just a distraction or not, it was still time spent with the person he... Cared for. With a slight pause and a blush, he shook his head to clear his thoughts and took Feli's hand. He dragged him through the crowd with expert ease, slipping through small gaps and around couples linked at the hand. 'Much like we are now..' he thought with another blush. He never usually blushed this much, what'd gotten into him...? Pushing his thoughts away once again, he came to a stop in front of the store he was looking for. The Golden Arts, a glorious store filled with all the art supplies imaginable. Easels and paints, cameras and film, sketchbooks and coal, so much it was hard to take in. His face breaking into a huge excited grin, he ran in, jerking his friend with him. "Let's go!~"
Feliciano was certainly surprised when his friend took his hand and excitedly took him in to the art store. The store was amazing, so many different art supplies. He smiled and looked to Kiku. "I'm going to go check out their oil paints!" He ran off without another word or thought about what he was doing. When he reached the paints, he searched for the colors that were burned in his mind, brown, black, white, red, yellow, blue and purple. He grabbed the paints, knowing that if he needed any colors in between that he could simply mix them himself, and placed them in a basket he found nearby. Walking down the aisle slowly, seeing if there was anything else that caught his eye, he noticed many different sized canvases. He placed a few small 4 by 6's and a 12 by 18.
As he walked along the aisles, he grabbed several rolls of film and pondered over buying an album. After several moments, he made a decision and grabbed two small albums. He walked along the edge of the aisles in search of his friend. When he found him, he smiled and walked up to him. "Did you find something to your liking, Feli?"
Feliciano looked over at Kiku who was standing at the beginning of the isle. "Si! I found plenty of things I can use!" He took his basket filled with many different art supplies and skipped to Japan. He wrapped his arm around Kiku's and started singing a random tune with random words. "Going, going to the check out, to the, to the check out we go~ We are going to buy some, some stuff that we need-or technically just want because it is fun to have this kind of stuff-but oh well, we are going to the check out, today!"
He laughs and holds his arm close, trotting a bit to keep up with his friend's skipping. As they checked out and Feli continued singing random songs, he watched him closely. His cheeks were flushed with happiness, his eyes closed as he sang in a rough but beautiful voice. His hair hung into his eyes and Kiku badly wanted to reach out and push it out of the way of his beautiful hazel eyes that stored a red tint and an evil with it. But he restrained that need. He continued to look at him even after his song ended and he looked over at him to see him staring.
Feliciano finished his song soon after and sighed. "Life is so magnificent! The birds singing beautiful little songs, the water flowing like the blood of the earth, but cleansing... air, so pure and clean as we breathe it in~ It's almost as good as pasta! Oh, by the way, it's almost lunch time! Where do you want to get food? Would you like to go on a picnic? Picnics are nice, except for when the ants come and steal your food! Sometimes I want to squish them to prove a point, but that'd be killing and that's a sin." Feliciano seemed to not notice what he had said. Killing was a sin. So what was making a pact with the devil? Something you do on an everyday basis? He pulled Kiku along the streets questioning him about where he wants to eat.
He mulls over the fact that Feli didn't want to kill. Before the pact, he killed. After the pact, he killed as a second nature. It no longer affected him. As he glanced around, he thought he saw Lucifer's shadow standing at the corner but he refused to acknowledge that he was there. Nothing would ruin their date. Date? What was he saying? Their… Outing. No, their... Day of hanging out. Anyways, nothing would ruin it. So before they could get within the range of Lucifer, he pulled his friend into a cafe quickly. "Here! Let's go here!"
Feliciano allows himself to be dragged into the cafe, but he squeaked lightly at his friend first grabbed his hand. It was nice and simple: browns, tans, a few oranges and dark reddish-browns. It was a quiet and comforting atmosphere, not that Italy could tell, but it was exactly how a family-owned restaurant should feel. They sat down at a table for two and a waitress brought them menus. Feliciano was quiet as he glanced at the cursive-like print on the pages, trying to decide what to order.
He looked over the menu and quickly picked something simple. He turned to look out the window and saw a blonde head that he immediately recognized across the street. His eyes widened. 'Germany? Why is he in Venice?' He thought to himself. "Jealousy leads to corruption, my dear Kiku..." he rolled his eyes and turned to the left to find the familiar shadow at his side. But Feli didn't notice for he had looked in the direction that the Japanese was just staring...
Feliciano glances to where Kiku was staring, apparently looking at something bothersome. He didn't notice anything or anyone except for Ludwig. Why would Ludwig be bothersome? Wait. Ludwig? What was he doing there? Feliciano panicked, not knowing how to respond to the blonde-haired beauty's appearance in Venice. He quickly looked away when he noticed the German glance his way. 'Oh, dio, I hope he didn't see me... this is the most nervous I've ever been! What would I say? Last time I saw him... he... he confessed...' Feliciano blushed profusely at the thought and then realized he was on a 'date' with Kiku. Why was he thinking about Ludwig? Well, he was right outside... that could be one reason. Still, he tries his hardest to calm his nerves by drinking some wine the waitress had just set down. The sweet red wine made its way down his throat and soothed him just a little.
He notices that Germany saw Italy and was walking their way. His appearance had changed a bit... he wasn't in his normal green military outfit. He had a tan jacket upon his shoulders and a brown hat atop his head. Noticing this and the panicked jealousy in his… Friend, Lucifer leaned forward and whispered to the Japanese man.
"I am leaving, but I shall return in my human form in a few moments."
Before he could protest, the shadow disappeared. Just as Ludwig came in, a teen with lengthy black hair partially in his eyes, in a messy hair style, red eyes rimmed in black and black attire followed him, a permanent smirk on his face. His eyes settled on Kiku and the other half of his smirk pulled up to create a heavenly smile.
Feliciano noticed Ludwig entering and quickly turned his head to make it look like he was interested in something else and not in the fact that his... best friend was walking in. He heard someone clear their throat behind him and jumped a bit, not realizing that he had gotten so close to their table...
"Feli... How are you?" The German said, looking worriedly at Feliciano who blushed up at him, not even looking at his eyes.
'Wha-what happened to him?' Feliciano thought. His eyes roamed and admired the outfit Ludwig currently sported: a tight, cream tank-top that definitely showed off his abs, his jacket lying upon his shoulders, not even close to being on his arms, and his normal combat boots with dark brown pants. He also wore a hat, not like the one he sometimes wore though. This one was a dark brown and seemed definitely unlike him. Finally, Feliciano stopped staring at Ludwig's body, and looked up to his eyes, where he gasped. He was expecting light blue eyes... when did they turn purple? He opened his mouth and quietly spoke. "A-ah... Ludwig... I'm fine, and yourself?"
Jealousy pierced his heart painfully as he saw the two talking. He heard a dark laugh and looked towards the source. Lucifer stood confidently by the booth and grinned. "Ah, my dear Kiku..." he addressed the blushing teen, "I forgot, it's been quite awhile since you've seen me, flesh and blood." He slipped into the booth beside him and laid an arm around his shoulder. Kiku politely backed out of his arm nervously. "Y-yes, it has been quite some time..." he looked closely over the smirking gentleman. He seemed to radiate darkness. His piercing red eyes were rimmed with eyeliner, his lips still curved in a smile. He wore a black v-neck, black skinny jeans, and all black Vans quite like Japan's red ones. A white woven necklace lay around his neck, of which he was surprised... he had given Luc the necklace many, many years ago, when he had just turned dark and Luc had taken a liking to him...
Ludwig continued staring into Feliciano's eyes and smiled. "I'm fine, would it be okay if... Could I have a minute with you, alone?"
Feliciano's heart started beating wildly, adrenaline flowing through his veins. He didn't want to leave Kiku, it would be rude, but... Who was that sitting next to him? He looked somewhat familiar... a familiar aura about him, but he couldn't put a name to his face. He gave up trying to think of reasons to not go with Ludwig and nodded slightly, standing up and walking out the door with him.
Before Feliciano knew it, they were walking in what seemed like the middle of nowhere. Maybe not 'nowhere'... but a large vineyard. Feliciano shivered as he thought how, under different circumstances, this would seem quite romantic. He looked up to Ludwig who walked a step or two in front of himself, and noticed that he was holding his hand. Since when?
They both watched his friends leave. 'What could happen while they were gone? Where would this bring Italy and I? Where did Luc fit in-' his thoughts broke as the very man he thought about took his chin.
He leaned close and whispered, "Quit worrying, my Kiku. You deserve better than that Italian. One sight of that blonde and you disappear from sight. Let me be the one to make you happy this time..." he took his hand and dragged him out of the cafe. They jogged to the waterside and Luc picked up Kiku bridal style, setting him in a gondola and joining him in the seat beside him.
"I.. I don't know about this, Luc.."
He just grinned and waved the gondola driver onward, shrugging off worries. "I love when you call me that, Kiku. Luc."
Kiku just sat with a deep, nervous blush.
Ludwig continued walking throughout the vineyard as if searching for something. Feliciano hummed slightly, loud enough to calm his nerves and quiet enough for Ludwig not to hear. He stopped suddenly, causing the small Italian to run into his back. "A-ah, Ludwig?"
"We're here." Ludwig nodded as he spoke and moved to the side to allow Feliciano the breathtaking sight.
When had this gotten here? Were they still in Venice? It was... even more beautiful, no, beautiful wasn't even the word. It was dangerously gorgeous in a way that... someone would fall in love here without the slightest intention.
Without realizing it, Feliciano had let Ludwig take him into the forest of weeping willows and other assortment of trees. A clear waterfall and lake was set into the soft soil surrounding their feet. Rocks were scattered about, large boulders to sit upon and small pebbles to skip across the water's surface.
Feliciano spoke up after gaping at the sight. "This... It-It's beautiful..."
Author's Note:
AHHH LUDWIG IS BACK! AND HE IS BRINGING SEXY BACK! Yes. I enjoyed writing this. And the next part that you guys will be able to read soon. I enjoyed writing it a lot. GerIta 3
