Just a Little Push

Part 4

It really shouldn't have surprised Ludwig at all when he woke up in the middle of the night to find Feliciana cuddled against his side, her arms wrapped tightly around his left arm, head resting right against his chest. After all, it wasn't like this was anything new.

At least he could thank God that she had clothes on this time. He still hadn't gotten over the last time he'd woken up to find her wrapped around him, completely naked.

"Feli?" Ludwig gently attempted to shake her off, hoping that she might take the hint and let go of him. Which she didn't, not surprising him at all. Instead, she just latched more tightly to the captured limb.

"Feli?" he repeated, sighing when he received no answer. He glanced at the alarm clock that he'd set beside his pillow last night. 3:49. In the morning. Another sigh. "Feli, how did you get in here?" They'd locked and barred the door last night—mostly against Ivan's insane sister—but it should have worked against persistent little Italian girls too.

She made a soft sound of contentment in her sleep and just cuddled closer.

Ludwig often wondered how exactly he'd ended up with the friends that he had. He often felt like he was the only sane person among them.

And, as if to prove his point, his eyes now gradually shifted over to the bed where Antonio and Francis were slee—no, should be sleeping. And were not currently sleeping.

Well, at least now he knew how she had gotten in.

"Feli..." he attempted again to wake her, shaking her shoulders a little harder.

She groaned and clung even more tightly, her eyelids starting to flutter...

"Feli, wake up."

Another moan, this one slightly louder. Ludwig winced, glancing toward the other beds. Everyone else was still asleep, thank God. Although Kiku had rolled over at the noise. What in the world would they think if they saw him like this with her?

Actually, knowing most of them, they'd think absolutely nothing of it. That was how insane his friends—and Feliciana—were. Nobody considered it at all weird that Feliciana, for whatever reason, loved to sneak into his bed in the middle of the night. Wearing minimal clothing.

At the moment, said minimal clothing consisted of a short, thin nightgown that wasn't doing too much to help his embarrassment.

Ludwig blushed as this realization started to poke at the back of his mind. Damn it, why couldn't she have a little more shame?

"Feliciana," he whispered her full name now, hoping that she'd finally listen. And get off of him.

She finally started to respond, her eyelids slowly opening to reveal a pair of amber eyes that stared up at him sleepily. "Ve~ Ludwig?"

He didn't allow her enough time to wake up completely before he asked the question, rather harshly, "Where did Francis and Antonio go?"

She yawned in response, still not releasing his arm. If anything, she cuddled it even more. "Ve~ they went to see big sisters Gillian and Lovina."

Ludwig sighed again at this answer. Of course, why had he even bothered to ask? He'd known as soon as he saw the empty beds that they were off creating chaos with his sister somewhere. Possibly TP'ing another cabin, or breaking into the shed where the paint guns were being kept, or trespassing on someone's private property in search of bears. "Do you know where they went?"

"They said they were just going back to the cabin." Again, she yawned, shifting her grip on him slightly. So that now he could feel her breasts pushing against his arm, the thin shirt doing absolutely nothing to help him.

"Ah, Feli!" And now he jerked upright at that, banging his head on the bunk above him, almost throwing the girl off of the narrow bed and straight onto the floor.

And she was typically oblivious to what had happened. "Ve~ what's wrong, Ludwig?"

Ludwig could not deal with this sort of thing. He'd never been able to deal with anything involving girls and hormones and the fact that Feli wasn't the little toddler who practically stalked him as a child anymore. He hurriedly shook his head at this thought, forcing the blush away from his cheeks.

Sometimes he really wondered about her. It wasn't like she could really be that clueless about decency and all of those sorts of things. She had to realize at least some of the time that what she was doing was completely inappropriate for people their age.

He sighed and slowly began to form the words that he'd wanted to tell her multiple times before. "Feli, you can't keep coming into my room to sleep with me like this. It was all right when we were little kids, but...not anymore."

"But why?" She looked absolutely heartbroken at the words and now moved from clinging to his arm to actually clinging to his chest. "Why can't we? I like sleeping with you, Ludwig."

Ludwig turned beet red at that; how could she not realize how that sounded? How you could take that two completely different ways? If her sister heard her...

Wait a minute. "Feli, does Lovina know where you are?"

Feliciana hesitated, her grip on Ludwig loosening slightly as she frowned to herself. Obviously she hadn't thought about this until now. "Ve~ umm..."

"You didn't tell Lovina where you were going?"

"I'm sure that Francis and Antonio will tell her once they get to the cabin!" And now she was smiling brilliantly again, seemingly not realizing that this was probably not the best way to let her sister know anything.

He was going to be getting death threats again. Not that he ever wasn't getting death threats from Lovina, but the amount of them would probably increase now. And—unfortunately—her German was getting better, so her death threats kept getting more and more creative. Some of the more recent ones were downright disturbing.

"All right, Feli." He began to stand up, wincing when his bed creaked. Hoping that no one woke up because of it. "I'm going to take you back now."

"But, Ludwig..." She looked heartbroken again. "I don't wanna—"

"Feli, you're going back to your cabin." And he turned, holding his hand out to her.

After a moment, she took it, pouting up at him as if hoping that he would reconsider. And pouting even more when he ignored her completely and lifted her to her feet.

And then he noticed that the bed above his was also empty.

"Feli, where's Arthur?"

"Ve~ he went with Antonio and Francis."

So almost half of his cabin had decided to head out and raid the girls' cabin. There went his hope that at least Arthur would have some common sense. He could just tell that someone was going to get kicked out before a week had gone by.

"Fine. Fine. Come on, Feli." He quickly slipped his shoes and jacket on, and then started to move toward the door.

Before realizing that Feliciana was now standing beside him in only her nightgown. No shoes on the floor, no jacket. He could tell just because of the coolness in the cabin that it was probably freezing outside.

Not that Feliciana seemed to care. "Ve~ are we going to join their party, Ludwig?"

He began to search the floor. She hadn't really come here without any shoes or a coat, had she? That was a long walk. A very long walk. Especially in the dark. Especially since he knew that she was afraid of the dark. "Feli, where are your shoes?"

"Ve~ I didn't wear any."

"And jacket?"

She immediately shook her head, staring up at him with completely innocent eyes. As if expecting him to be able to solve everything.

The worst part was that this was exactly what she thought.

He sighed and started to slide his jacket off his shoulders, before Feliciana's eyes widened in distress and she shook her head violently. "Ve~ but then Ludwig will be cold!"

"Feli, you're only wearing a nightgown. You'll freeze..."

"Ludwig could carry me." She stretched her arms up toward him, smiling slightly at the startled expression that crossed his face. "Then we'll both be warm."

Oh, no. There was no way that he was going to be carrying Feliciana all the way across the campsite. Especially not while his sister and her friends were lurking about. They'd tease him for the rest of his life. And especially not when she was wearing something like that nightgown.

But then again, she didn't have any shoes and it wasn't like she could just slip into his. They'd fall right off her feet.

Damn it, Feli always made things more difficult than they needed to be. "All right, fine. I'll carry you. But just until we get close to the cabin, all right?"

She squealed in excitement, almost causing Ludwig to have a heart attack. He hurriedly glanced toward the other beds, thanking his lucky stars that nobody had woken up. He needed to get her out of here quickly, though.

"All right." How to do this? He stepped forward and then decided that probably the easiest way—and the one that involved the least actual skin to skin contact—was if he carried her bridal style. Bridal style. Just the thought sent a flush to his cheeks. He definitely needed to make sure that Gillian didn't see him. She already teased him all the time about him and Feliciana getting married someday. This would just be fuel for the fire.

He carefully lifted her up, receiving an excited 'Ve~' and a pair of arms around his neck in response. And then carefully carried her out of the room, being cautious in opening the door as slowly as possible so it didn't creak.

It was lucky that Feliciana was so light; if she wasn't, it would be much much more difficult for him to carry her all the way across the campsite like this. Even with her being as light as she was, it still was rather challenging. Particularly since he had to walk up a steep hill in order to actually reach the girls' cabin.

Meaning that it was an exhausted, semi-irritated Ludwig who finally opened the door to his sister and assorted company's cabin after setting Feliciana on the ground so no one inside would see that he'd carried her up. And it was an exhausted, semi-irritated Ludwig who found his older sister standing on top of the only single bed in the room with a water pistol in her hand.

He hadn't even had time to open his mouth before he was soaked.

"Haha! I knew you'd show up, Luddy!"

Why couldn't he have been an only child? Why?


A/N: Poor Germany. He can't win. No matter what. Although, psh. He should stop trying to fight because he and Feliciana are so getting married someday ;D

So here I am in Paris. It is SUCH a lovely city!! Although last night I arrived to find out that I had absolutely no money in my account. That was not the most pleasant way to start the week, especially when you owe the hostel about $200 dollars. Thankfully, everything worked out and now I'm enjoying myself in the city of lights. Plus, today I went on a free tour that was absolutely BRILLIANT! :D I'm kind of disappointed that I didn't know about this company when I was in Edinburgh, because it was so enjoyable.

Anyway, so yes, that's my news for today. Paris is lovely. I haven't run into Francis yet, though.