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The next morning Arthur descended the stair case while rubbing the sleep from his eyes, Alfred was still asleep in their bed snoring loudly. The man may be happily asleep but his snoring had been most distracting for Arthur to get to sleep as Alfred had hugged the Brit to his chest like he was a stuffed toy. Arthur had managed to wrestle out of Alfred's grip but not without some trouble, the man was really strong much to Arthur's annoyance.

Arthur glanced into the kitchen and was surprised to see all of his friends minus Feliciano who was nowhere in sight. Shrugging he entered the room, gathering the other men's attention from their heated argument of what to have for breakfast. "Arthur, how did you sleep?" Kiku asked politely while he stroked a strange black kitten in his lap.

Arthur blinked at the cat, since when did Kiku have a cat? "I slept well thank you for asking. But Kiku… what is with the cat?" Arthur asked curiously and earned a giggle from Tino who elbowed the now blushing Japanese man's arm playfully.

"It was a present from Heracles! It's so sweet and Kiku hasn't let it out of his sight since! He's called it Taoki! How cute!" Tino supplied, smiling at the man happily. Arthur was surprised at how happy the man was since the last time he saw the blond he looked terrified to be living with Berwald. Arthur smiled in relief as he realised Tino must get along with the other man or he had ran away and slept in a different room.

Arthur sat down beside Yao who smiled weakly at the Brit, black bags under his eyes from lack of sleep. Arthur frowned in worry but was startled from his thoughts when Matthew placed a plate of pancakes in front of him and the other men, smiling kindly at Arthur's grateful nod. "Lovi~ share your pancakes with me!" Antonio whined, opening his mouth widely for a pancake.

Arthur was startled to see the man who seemed to sneak up from behind the group and attached himself to Lovino, wrapping his arms around the brunette's neck gently while rubbing his cheek against the others. Lovino's eyebrow twitch was the only warning before a whole pancake was shoved harshly into the Spanish man's mouth, making the man choke slightly and stumble backwards to try and chew the large piece of food.

"Tomato bastard! Don't touch me so familiarly!" Lovino snapped before tucking into his pancakes. Antonio swallowed the food quickly and began panting, Arthur felt slightly sorry for the man but not enough to help him. Kiku, being the polite man he was, gently pat the man's back.

"Lovi~! I thought we were getting along! Why did you shove a pancake in my mouth?" Antonio whined as Lovino continued eating calmly.

"You asked for some pancake so I gave you some, idiot" Lovino answered bitingly and once again had arms coiled around his neck and Antonio whining into his ear.

"But Lovi~ I didn't mean for you to shove a whole pancake in my mouth!" Antonio continued whining which was really getting on Arthur's nerves. Did Lovino have to put up with this all night? Poor man. "You almost choked me!" Antonio finished but didn't get any sympathy from Lovino who tried pushing the attached man off him.

"I wish it had worked, you clingy bastard! Stop hanging off me while I'm eating!"

"Why are you so mean Lovi~"

"Stop calling me Lovi!"

"But we shared tomatoes last night~"

"Don't tell anyone that you tomato bastard!"

"Why not? Ohhh does Lovi want it to be our secret~"

"No! Besides it's not a secret now idiot!" Lovino snapped a large blush on his face as he angrily stabbed another large pancake at the man's face but Antonio dodged and grabbed Lovino's hands.

"Lovi~ that's not how you feed someone! Let me show you!" Antonio was grinning by now which the other men noticed and felt shocked. He's enjoying this? Lovino really was lucky to be paired with Antonio. Antonio began using the utensils that were in Lovino's hands, guiding the Italians hands to cut up the pancake gently. "First you cut it up like this" Antonio ordered and took the fork into his own hand and brought a piece to Lovino's lips.

"Then you feed it to them gently! Now open up~" Antonio cooed into Lovino's ear, the man's face on fire by now with his lips clamped shut childishly. Antonio grinned at the challenge and in front of everyone nibbled on the others ear softly. Lovino jumped, blush intensifying before he opened his mouth to verbally abuse the man who used that opportunity to put the piece in Lovino's mouth. "There! Yummy~" Antonio sang.

Arthur sighed in exasperation as Lovino chased the now laughing man from the room loudly; in Arthur's mind Antonio had dug his own grave so it was not his fault if Lovino used that opportunity to bury the man in it.

He turned to the other men who ignored the exchange "So how is everyone's new… situation?" Arthur asked gently, he noticed some of the men freeze while they were eating but none of them spoke first. Arthur sighed and started on his own 'situation'. "Alfred really is the idiot he looked when we first met him but he's… nice enough and actually wants the kid. He does have a hero complex though and insisted on hugging me like a teddy bear all day and night" Arthur huffed in slight annoyance and had to fight the memory of the warm feeling Alfred had provided. He looked over to Yao, he really wanted to know he was alright considering the man he'd been left with.

Kiku though was the next man to speak "Karpusi-san was really kind to me yesterday and he was very understanding. As you can see he gave me this cat and let me name him although in exchange he says he gets to name our child now…" Kiku muttered stroking the cat that purred in happiness at the attention it was receiving. Arthur raised an eyebrow.

"Wait he let you name the cat but he wants to name your baby?" he asked and Kiku nodded "That doesn't seem quite fair" Arthur finished but it made him wonder what he would name his child. He would have to ask the American next time he saw him but hopefully that wouldn't be quite yet.

Tino giggled "I wonder if Berwald will let me name our baby" Tino wondered and was again ignored by all the men who tried not to think of whatever strange name Tino would come up with. "I'm sure he would! He's really nice!" Tino finished, happily eating his pancakes. All the men looked at each other in curiosity.

"He is?" Yao asked, finished with his pancakes now and was fully immersed in the conversation. Tino nodded happily, now that he had discovered Berwald's soft side he had been acting more naturally around the man that morning as Berwald had insisted he check on his health.

"Yep! He's really quite the sweetie, he was worried for me last night when I was upset and he calmed me down while hugging me to sleep! This morning he was extra worried about me too, insisted he check my heart rate and such. He told me he was worried the pregnancy would be too much for me" Tino explained, smiling softly. Yao and Matthew felt jealously pool in their stomach at finding this out; sure they were happy for Tino but still. Why couldn't Ivan or Gilbert more like that?

Arthur looked at Yao and Matthew, awaiting their answers which didn't come for a few seconds before Yao spoke up. "Ivan…he didn't do anything to me but… he told me he could care less about me or the baby and didn't want to be involved with it. He didn't come back last night either" Yao whispered sadly. The group went silent at that, Arthur was relived along with Tino and Kiku that Ivan wouldn't be abusive but still…that was pretty cold.

"Me too… G-Gilbert told me he didn't want anything to do with our baby. He told me that his girlfriend should be carrying the child and not me then to he left to go to Elizabeta's. He didn't come back after that" Matthew told them sadly, Lovino had returned in time to hear Matthew's recalling of events with Antonio following behind him looking thoroughly worn out from running from the scary but small Italian.

Antonio frowned at this information "He really said that? I know he's upset but he doesn't usually say stuff like that…" Antonio was troubled by this, his friend never normally acted in such a way. Sure he was blunt but he was a kind man too and hated hurting people who didn't deserve it, both he and Ludwig for that matter. Matthew nodded in answer to the question, remembering last night with a shudder. He really wanted to change topics and speaking of Gilbert reminded him of Ludwig and Feliciano.

"D-Does anyone know where Feliciano is?" Matthew asked quietly, making everyone frown as the question they all were thinking was voiced. Sure Feliciano could sleep in but at the smell of food he would usually come running, well unless it was Arthur's cooking. It was so strange that he could tell the difference just by smell, it didn't smell any different to Arthur.

"No, I haven't seen him since yesterday" Tino voiced, the others nodding in agreement but Kiku frowned as he remembered coming down the kitchen earlier than the rest.

"I didn't see Feliciano himself but when I came downstairs this morning the kitchen looked a mess. I found remains of pasta all over the counters; it was like someone had tried cooking it but completely gave up" Kiku informed the group which quickly raised red flags for Lovino.

"Feliciano would never cook bad pasta, even if he was dying he would never dare create a bad dish of pasta. The man practically worships the stuff after all" Lovino said seriously, eyes narrowing and he looked ready to storm upstairs in search of his brother. Antonio placed a comforting hand on Lovino's shoulder which Arthur noticed actually helped calm Lovino down. Just as Lovino opened his mouth to order a search party Feliciano skipped down the stairs while rubbing the sleep from his eyes sleepily.

"Ve~ I'm tired this morning!" Feliciano muttered to himself before looking up at the group, blinking his eyes owlishly before breaking into his trademark grin "Ciao! I hope you all had a good sleep!" Feliciano sang as he danced towards the left over pancakes and covered them in syrup before sitting down and dug in.

The men blinked before sighing in relief, everyone but Antonio who narrowed his eyes at Feliciano's face in silent thought. "Feli! We were worried when you didn't come downstairs!" Tino scowled the man who looked apologetic.

"Ve~ Sorry Tino, I fell asleep late last night!" Feliciano told the blond with his happy smile on his face but Lovino could tell it was forced. Tino seemed to believe this answer but still gave the man a rant on going to bed early with Matthew joining in, both had been extremely worried.

"Really Feli, you shouldn't try to cook pasta so late at night!" Matthew admonished, his shy attitude receding at the thought of his friends safety and well-being. Feliciano looked genuinely confused at this as he tilted his head in question at the other man's violet gaze.

"Ve~ Pasta? I didn't cook pasta last night" Feliciano told him which made the men blink in confusion, if he didn't cook it then who did? Yao and Arthur pondered this thought, it was obviously one of the 'fathers' but why would they cook pasta if they obviously had no clue what to do? They were interrupted by Roderich who practically stormed into the room, not happy to be up so early and be around the idiots who let themselves get pregnant.

"The boss seems to be getting some kind of a kick from all this because he has ordered that the pairs must go on a date once a week while they are here to help 'strengthen' the bond or whatever. I've already informed the other father's so they should be here any minute from the lab. Other than Alfred who is probably sleeping in… again" Roderich gripped his head in annoyance before stomping up the stairs, most likely to scream at a certain American to get up.

If the sound of a shout of surprise followed by a loud bang was anything to go by then it was a success. Roderich returned to the kitchen, waving once before vacating the building. The men blinked in surprise at the news "What's his problem?" Lovino asked.

"Ve~ maybe he needs some pasta to cheer him up!" Feliciano suggested and got a look from his brother who was the first to leave grumpily to get ready for the 'date' they hadn't even been given time to refuse. The rest of the pregnant men followed suit, some giving sighs of dread at the thought of a date while Kiku and Tino where not bothered, actually Tino was quite excited. Feliciano continued eating in silence after reassuring Matthew and Tino he really was fine.

Antonio sat heavily beside the other brunette who continued eating anxiously "So where did you find the make up?" Antonio asked and made the smaller man choke on his food, coughing the chunks of Matthew's delicious pancakes from his throat.

"Ve? I-I have no idea what you mean!" Feliciano lied nervously but Antonio just shook his head before reaching forward quickly, wiping the obvious make up from Feliciano's cheek to reveal a darkened bruise. Feliciano yelped in surprise, covering his injured cheek quickly "I-Its nothing! Ve~ I'm clumsy so…" Feliciano struggled to lie.

"Feliciano, did Ludwig do this to you? You can tell me" Antonio said seriously, trying to look the man in his eyes but Feliciano stared at his pancakes. Feliciano hesitated before nodding slightly, he was scared to be alone with Ludwig now and he wanted help. He'd only been slapped this time but he didn't want anything else to happen to him in fear for his unborn child. Antonio cursed silently at Ludwig but kept a calm face in place, rubbing the man's back comfortingly.

"Did he only hit your face? Do you need medical attention?" Antonio asked gently, swearing to himself that he would beat the crap out of Ludwig next time he saw him. Feliciano shook his head, biting his lip before glancing at Antonio's face then back to his pancakes.

"H-He t-tried t-to apologise before h-he left the room…" he told the older man who nodded comfortingly; he had a feeling Ludwig would be feeling awful. Ludwig had never been the type to do something like this to another person especially one like Feliciano and then Antonio widened in eyes as he remembered about the pasta.

"I think he didn't mean it Feli, Kiku said he found some pasta that had been left in the kitchen this morning. Ludwig probably tried to make some for you as a way of apologising to you but… Ludwig has never made pasta before and probably messed it up. Don't worry I'll make sure Ludwig doesn't hurt you again, maybe if you talked to him about it on your date?" Antonio suggested as Feliciano looked up at him with wide eyes.

"L-Ludwig made me pasta? Do you really think he's sorry?" Feliciano answered, touched that the man had at least tried to apologise and had even tried making pasta for the first time. Antonio nodded while he smiled and he jumped when Feliciano jumped into his arms and burrowed his head in the older man's chest "Okay Antonio, I'll talk to him. Maybe he'll let me show him how to make pasta! Ve~" Feliciano bumbled happily. Antonio laughed as he hugged Feliciano back.

"Hey tomato bastard, you coming-" Lovino cut himself off as he walked into the room to see Antonio hugging his brother while laughing and smiling happily, Feliciano smiling back. Lovino hid around the corner of the wall and willed the disappointment and hurt down from his chest, it wasn't like he cared for the tomato bastard anyway. He knew he would go for his younger brother. Feliciano had always been cuter than him and got all the attention.

Lovino blinked back tears before rushing back to his room to get ready for his 'date', looking sadly at the empty basket of tomatoes from the previous night. He knew it had been too good to be true. The bastard had just used him to get to Feliciano.


Ludwig sighed heavily as he entered through the door leading to his new home and where he knew Feliciano was probably still upstairs, hiding from the blond German. He really hated and regretted what he said and did, even if he believed the child was nothing but a science experiment he shouldn't have treated Feliciano like that.

He walked through the kitchen to grab himself something to eat, noticing someone had cleaned up him mess from last night. He blushed; who knew cooking pasta was so hard? Usually he would be meticulous in cleaning up after himself but after what he'd done and the fact he couldn't even cook the Italian's favourite dish in apology just made him storm from the house.

He glanced over to Antonio who was sitting alone in the kitchen, glaring at the blond man with much anger in his eyes that made Ludwig shiver. Antonio was usually as harmless as a bug but when you mess with someone who he considered a loved one, friend or an innocent person he became quite a ferocious enemy. Obviously he knew about what Ludwig did and said man felt cold in thought that everyone had found out, they would never forgive him for being such a jerk.

Antonio stood up to face Ludwig with a sinister smile on his face "Hola Ludwig~ how was your night?" Antonio asked lowly making Ludwig feel even more scared and ashamed.

"Bad…" Ludwig answered honestly and watched warily as Antonio raised his eyebrows in mock concern and made a faint 'Ohh?' noise before suddenly lashing out at the man, punching Ludwig painfully in his face. Ludwig winced in pain as he fell to the floor, Antonio stood over him and grabbed Ludwig but his shirt to bring him closer to his angry face with his flashing green eyes boring into his own blue ones.

"So you had a bed night? I doubt it was as bad as Feliciano's night. If you hadn't tried to make that pasta as a way to forgive him that punch wouldn't have been the only one but let me tell you something" Antonio hissed, Ludwig tensed up but let Antonio do all this without fighting. He really had made a dick move last night so he would take the punishment. "If you strike Feliciano or any of the other pregnant men in this household I won't hold back, got it?" Antonio threatened. Ludwig nodded quickly and was released.

Antonio began walking away; leaving the man on the floor "Good~ now go and get ready for your big date! Make sure to apologise!" Antonio called before running upstairs, calling for Lovino happily. Ludwig sagged to the floor in relief that had been close. Although his aching cheek would beg to differ but Ludwig knew it could have been a lot worse.


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