This is the last chapter! Thanks for those who stayed till the end, who was there when I couldn't update. This will be a story that I will personally love Enjoy!~
The end of the fireworks; everyone was ready to go to bed. It was at least one o'clock in the morning. Lovino was as happy as ever and Gilbert was pretty satisfied. The rest of the gang had someone else to comfort and cuddle with.
"We should get going," Feliciano said as he headed towards the inside of the building.
"Hold it! I want to know something. How did you all pull this off? Why did you do something like this?"
The gang looked at each other and smiled.
"Lovi-let's meet up at the kitchen when we finish taking off these costumes." Gilbert smiled.
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Lovino opened the doors to the kitchen, thirty minutes after they had departed to change. The whole gang was there. Feliciano, Ludwig, Francis, Ivan, Yao, Antonio, even Matthew.
Gilbert smiled. "You have a lot of questions, and we know, so let's start from the beginning. It all started the night before you went-"
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Lovino paced himself back and forth, thinking long and hard about what he was going to wear for the party that Francis had invited him to. Lovino swore that Francis was a sick bastard but, he might as well show up if his brother was going. They could at least take a plane back home together.
"What the hell am I going to wear?" Lovino slammed his fist on the table next to him. Lovino walked to his room. He checked his closet, going through the 'nice and fancy clothes' and the 'very nice and fancy,' considering the fact that most of Lovino's clothes were nice anyway. He had pushed and pulled his way through clothes until he heard his front door open."
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"Antonio had told me you were looking for something to wear. At first I wasn't going to go, still at the time I had adored you to no end. I packed my bags and followed Ludwig and Feliciano to the air port."
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"Lovino!~ I came here to help pack your bags. I can't wait to meet people I haven't seen in years." Antonio already had his bags in the car. He opened the trunk and gestured Lovino to the car.
"Well we're going to be a little late, cause I can't find n' outfit!" Antonio walked into Lovino's room and watched Lovino stress over his outfits. Antonio tapped his foot as he watched Lovino stress over the littlest detail in things. 'This one's too light, this one has a stain.' Every little detail messed with him as he went through the clothes.
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"I didn't know you stressed over your outfits like that, I was in France waiting for you and Antonio to show up. He stated that you'd both be on the plane by twelve. During the time you were getting ready, I told Ludwig my plan to get you to fall for me. I didn't know it would work or not, but this was the only night I could take. Anyway…when I finally heard you arrived in France, I started talking to the guys about my plan while you headed to get yourself organized for the night."
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Gilbert, Ludwig, and Feliciano sat down at one of the café's that were near them.
"The plan is 'Operation Italian lover two!'"
"Two? Ludwig, what does he mean by two?" Ludwig looked away and ignored the question like he didn't hear.
"Anyway, I brought my awesome costume with the cape. I have a nice mask to go with it."
"But what do you need us for?"
"Awesome question, little bruder-I need you guys to try the costumes I've gotten for ya both."
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"When Feliciano and I had found out more about Gil's plan, we decided to go along. I'm blonde so he said it was going to be difficult for me to do the task. That's when Ivan joined the group. I was a little sketchy at first, but he pulled through very well."
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Gilbert called Francis up and told Francis to meet them at a park near their café.
Meanwhile with Lovino…He and Antonio were reserving a hotel room for a night so that they could have a place to keep their bags. Lovino stayed to nap and Antonio called up Francis.
Antonio dialed Francis number. He waited for the dial.
"Bonjour!~"
"Hey Francis I-"
"You've reach moi, but don't worry; I will return your lovely call. Just leave your name and number and maybe even your lovely address-Ohononon~ leave a message after the beep! ~ Salut!"
"Damn, I can't reach him. Oh well guess I'll just call Gilbert."
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"I had forgotten that Antonio was going to be a problem. He can't keep his mouth shut to save his life. It sorta, would've gotten in the way of the whole thing. If he said even the tiniest thing to you, you would've found out who we were without a doubt!"
Antonio called Gilbert up. He waited for the dial.
"Sup?"
"Ah! Gilbert it's me Antonio. I was wondering if you wanted to hang until Francis party started." Antonio made his way towards the door expecting a 'yeah' or a 'sure'. Gilbert's reply was a little hesitant.
"…well I guess you could come hang, oh, wait, let's hang two hours before the party starts. I have something really important to do.
Antonio gave a sad look over the phone. "Okay, I'll see you then."
They both hung up the phone and Antonio just fell asleep on the second bed they had.
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"I knew that we had only four hours until Antonio came to hang and eight until the party started. I tried my best getting everyone who was in on this together. Matthew was A lot of help but we didn't meet him until two hours after we had discussed the detailed plan.
"We have two hours and we need someone to be a distraction." Gilbert said as they walk towards an un destined area.
"We could use Feliciano as one." Ludwig smiled.
"No, see…if we use Feliciano; Lovino is immune to his stupidity! He would probably just walk past him da?" Ivan gestured to Feliciano.
"Wait a minute….Ludwig you think im'a stupido." Feliciano made a puppy dog face.
"Oh…no…Feli you're not stupid." Ludwig patted Feli's head and sighed.
"Anyway…we need a distra-AH!" Gilbert fell on the floor.
"Who was that?" Gilbert looked around and noticed someone on the ground with him.
"OH! I am so sorry!" A blond boy who looked very familiar carrying a bear had helped Gilbert up and brushed him off. He gave his sincere apology.
"You look familiar. Do I know you?" Gilbert asked in question.
"What are you talking about, he's Alfred. Alfred…what are you doing with a polar bear?" Ludwig questioned.
"No you see….I'm…Matthew. I'm Alfred's twin brother."
"I didn't know Alfred had a twin," stated Feliciano as he moved closer to Matthew.
"Well you see…Alfred is so self centered, he'd never bother to mention me while he's stuffing his face with burgers and being an obnoxious little twit who doesn't pay Attention. Only when he's being totally annoying making sure he comes out on top due to no knowing he's being a real pain considering the fact he's being a huge jackass, making himself look bad in front of almost everyone who meets him. I mean he couldn't possibly notice the immature position he gives off when he states his name in a loud informal manner while being-
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"While Matthew was going on and on about his brother, I decided to think for a minute in order to put Matthew into good use. I decided, he would be one of the distractions towards you. He had blond hair, but if the light hit it just right, it could illuminate an illusion of nice white. Then you would question him which would make it longer for you to guess who the 'Masked Stranger' was. Giving us enough time to set up other things like the scene where I'd finally get to kiss you after hearing all those romantic languages."
"-kissing peoples asses. So as you can see he doesn't mention me much." Matthew smiled nervously.
"You're brilliant!" Gilbert hugged Matthew and told him about the plan. Matthew nodded and agreed. Matthew actually felt a part of something. Now they just needed to wait for the nit to start.
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"Finally after spending time with Antonio and getting ready for the night, I knew what you and Antonio would be easy to see. Considering the fact that Antonio would be completely noticeable; I told Francis of the plan; since he never really showed up at the café anyway, and I arrived early to put the plan in action! The dance had started and I put on the costume. Ivan and I were trying hard not to be seen by anyone. He wore sorta silver like costume and I, was wearing the outfit of the masked stranger. I told Ivan to sit next to my friends while I made my entrance. After we had danced and I had made my apperence with you in the balcony. Ivan and I ran like hell to change outfits, but Ivan took the wrong one and we had to switch. I put on his black costume and he put on the masked stranger costume. He put on my white mask in order to try to throw you off a little. I guess it worked since you seem to not question my appearance when we were standing out in the Columns."
"While that was going on, me and Feliciano were purposely trying to catch you in our…acts of embrace. We knew if you saw us…you'd remember the embrace of the 'stranger'. We didn't want to overdo it but we tried our best not to show too much affection."
"While you were scurrying to find out clues, we talked to Honda about the fireworks, and how to arrange them. Ivan was following you so he could be our messenger."
"Messenger?"
"You remember the message you received on your bed? Anyway we sent it so you could finally figure out who we are."
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"W-wait up"! Lovino yelled and followed him up the stairs as the masked stranger was almost disappearing from sight. Lovino jogged and almost made himself trip a couple of times, but it was dark. Finally the masked stranger had turned a corner. Lovino turned as fast as he could, running into the masked stranger at the end of a hall with a giant window. The stranger pulled out a red rose along with his yellow flower.
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"The yellow flowers were also to throw you off guard. As I spoke to you in the many different languages, without you knowing; whispers were coming off the side of my ear, telling me what to say next. As you know, my French sucked. I was too nervous to speak fluently like I had planned. While I disappeared into the darkness, I took off my outfit and ran my ass all the way to the kitchen and started setting up clues. You followed them just as planned and we even encouraged Antonio to speak with you. Well….Ludwig did. Antonio was looking all over for me. I don't know why but I was pleased when he stalled you so I could make my finally appearance."
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Lovino reached the dance floor. The lights were turned on and you could see the garden from where he was standing. Lovino walked to the middle of the floor slowly.
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"I was now waiting for you to give us all an answer."
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"Hello? Stranger! Come out, I know who you are!" Lovino took a deep breath.
"You do?" The stranger appeared. His cape was still flowing, making him look as masculine as ever. He took a bow and took a step back.
"I do!"
"Then who am I?"
"You're… Francis, aren't you?"
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"I didn't expect you to get the wrong person but I had a feeling you knew it was more than one person. It was either him or me. When I kissed you, you seemed just fine."
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"There! That's the story and here we are now. The only thing that is left is the final question. Lovino-do you…love me?"
Lovino sat there. He looked at how he gathered all these people just to make one night, a night he could never forget. He planned this all. He could have easily confessed like any other, but of course, he was Gilbert. He had to make this an AWESOME night.
"Y-yeah-I guess."
"…" Gilbert paused.
"Yes! Alright Dammit! I love you too!" Lovino hugged Gilbert and hid his face in his chest."
"That's more like it!" and with a happy ending Lovino silently gave his last rejoice of happiness.
"Thank you."
And thank you all for enjoying this wonderful story of THE MASKED STRANGER~
