In Ludwig's dreams, he is walking down a small path, feeling the wind on his form. He looks down and sees unusual clothing. He has a dark navy blue, almost black outfit on, that reminds him of something from the history channel. On top of his head is a hat that seems all too familiar.
Ahead of him is a small girl in a maid's outfit. She sweeps with a smile and a soft song. Ludwig calls out to her, and she stops, running to him. "There you are~ I was worried you wouldn't show..." her soft voice feels familiar, as Ludwig follows her, or rather, she grabs his hand, dropping the broom, and drags him out to a field.
"Aren't they pretty~ I love spring" she smiles while picking up a giant bouquet of flowers. She looks up at him with a smile, "Come on silly, come closer~ you're missing all of the fun" she giggles as she takes some of the flowers and makes a little crown placing it on his head, then she makes herself one. "There~" she giggles more and kisses his cheek. "Perfect~ Now we'll always be together..promise?"
He nods, even though he wasn't sure of it, unaware that in dreams he can't control what he giggles more and plays with the flowers. "Let's always be together~"
Ludwig wakes up with a gasp. He looks around, and he's back in the room. With a small pant, he tries to calm down, but the dream...oh how it felt so real. He gets out the journal again, and goes to the back section, noticing that is pressed into one of the pages is a flower that looks exactly like the one in his dream. He lets out a small groan, and puts the book back into the side table, before going into an uneasy, but uneventful slumber.
Irina sits in the living room, drinking a hot chocolate. Whenever she's upset, she's comforted by the warmth. She sits on the couch, not noticing Matthew sit down next to her, until he finally speaks up in a soft, but gentle tone.
"I-Irina?" he looks at her, his blue-violet eyes filled with concern. He holds his polar bear plush close to him, almost like it's a shield. "What's wrong..."
"J-just w-work..." Irina sniffles. "I-I...I do my best, but...they don't see that...t-they see...y-you know..." she sighs and places the mug down onto the table."I-I'm sorry Matvey...it's not fair to you...it's not your fault some men as jerks..." She isn't surprised when he embraces her, being as comforting as possible. He always was, and always has been there for her when she needs comfort most. They stay in the embrace for a little while, until Matthew moves back, and looks at her with a shy smile.
"Irina...ignore them...they're wrong for judging you like that..." he starts to blush, and get nervous with his word. "I-I mean...y-you're beautiful, b-but, they are b-blind to the part of you that matters...y-your heart..." his blush starts to darken, as her light blue eyes widen in surprise. The only one to be this nice to her is her sister. "I-I...I'm sorry Irina...I just get really nervous around you...I-I...I really like you, and I-I'm afraid my brother's stupidity rubs off on me an-" Irina cuts him off with a kiss. It's one of those nervous kisses, but nonetheless it's sweet, and loving.
They stay like this for a moment or two, or maybe longer? Time seems to slow down for the two of them in this perfect moment. Matthew moves back and smiles at her. "T-that's a kiss...r-right?"
"Yes Matvey..." Irina giggles, remembering how he used to be a cat. "It was a kiss...but it's also my way of saying I like you too~" she blushes and holds his hand, giving a comforting squeeze, which he returns. With him, she doesn't feel alone anymore, and it's like he was the one she waited for.
"About time..." Anya casually walks in, while drinking something. She smiles at the two. "Matvey...if you hurt my older sistra, don't think I won't cut off your most precious parts." She gives a cold eerie smile as she says this, causing Matthew the tense up. With Nikita following her, she goes back to her room and closes the door.
"Come on Matvey...I'm tired" Irina yawns as she stands up and brings the empty mug into the kitchen. She goes with him into her room, and they lay down. He cuddles up against her, and she in return smiles. "Matvey...thank you...so much for everything..."
The next mourning in Gilbert's room, he's trying to sleep out a hell of a hangover. The night prior, he went out with Francis and Antonio and it would be an understatement to say they raised rolls over in his bed, expecting to feel Elizakitty lying down, but instead feels what feels like another person. His red eyes shoot open, and in front of him now is a young woman, with long brown hair, and soft green eyes.
"Gilbert..." she frowns at him. "What's wrong with you...?" She seems confused as to why he is staring at her as if she has a million eyes. "Don't you remember me?" she leans closer to him, and strokes his cheek. "I was your cat..."
"Elizakitty?" Now he's surprised. "Wait...how do I know that's not a trick?" Yes,he knows that lately the cats were being turned into humans, but how could he not know that she wasn't part of an elaborate prank.
"To start...I think you're in love with that former king of Prussia. Not that I don't mind~" she lets out a small giggle. "It's kind of cute that you have so many books of his~"
"Woah...stop there Frau, first off, I'm not in love with Fritz, I just know he's the greatest gift to the world, ever~" he grins.
"Fine...you worship him..." she sighs, rolling her eyes. "I've napped through several of the specials on him...even the ones you special ordered online." Now he's in shock. Yes, his friends know of the borderline obsession, but he never told them that he orders a lot o books online from German sites. She sighs again. "I do remember some of the specials...like how his father abused him. I would have beaten the bastard with a frying pan for hurting one of his kittens..." she frowns. "Wait...I mean...child? That's a human kitten, right?"
"You're really weird Frau..." he pauses now noticing the flowers in her hair that look like the ones on his cat. "Wait...you really are Elizakitty...holy shit...this is so awesome~" he grins. "I'll go get you some of my roomate's clothing, and then I'm gonna rub this in prissy' face."
Elizakitty frowns. "Hell would sooner freeze over before I dressed in...her clothing" she has a very strong hate for Gilbert's roommate, due to how she treats Elizakitty as if she were a pest. "I'd rather go nude..."
"That can be arranged~" Gilbert starts to laugh, until he is hit over the head with a book. "Ow...I was kidding..." he rubs his head, before standing up and getting a water and aspirin for his headache. He takes the medicine, and then gets his cell phone out, dialing a familiar number. "Hey Francis?...yes I know how early it is...yes I know Antonio passed out in the living room...tell him to not drink because he's depressed over one un-awesome succubus...yes Lovina" he frowns. "Look...Elizakitty is human now, and I need some help...no it's not a hallucination, she's really here, and she's really h-" Elizakitty hits him on the top of the head with the book, causing him to stumble backwards. "Yes...still here...she hit me with a book..." he sighs feeling his headache return. "Just hurry up, alright?
He hangs up and looks at Elizakitty, who is sitting on his bed. He sits down next to her. "Elizakitty...why did you do this?"
She frowns at him more. "I was tired...of those stupid girls you kept bringing back...interrupting my rest with those stupid whores, one of them wouldn't let me sleep on the bed, and you let the stupid whore throw me..."
"Elizakitty...were you jeal-" he gets hit in the head again. "Will you stop doing that?" he's getting tired of her.
"Jealous of some whore?...No." She rolls her eyes in annoyance. Yes, she kind of has a crush on him, but she would never tell him that.
A very loud knocking interrupts the moment, followed by a very familiar voice. "Gilbert, open this door. We need to talk about last night." It's Roderich who sounds pissed off. "You drunk dialed me last night, and were spouting nonsense about thinking the KGB was after you...it was annoying to say the least."
Gilbert tells Elizakitty to sit, and he answers the door, letting the Austrian in. "Sit down Prissy, we'll settle this..." he sighs and gets a refill of 's drinking it, until he sees Elizakitty behind Roderich, and does a spit take. He mouths out the words 'go back' to Elizakitty, who stubbornly refuses his orders.
"What are you doing?" Roderich frowns before turning around and seeing the former cat. "Excuse me miss, but have the decency to get dressed, or at least cover up." he frowns at her, before taking his coat off, and handing it to her. She nods and puts it on, or tries to put it on, causing him to sigh. He stands up and helps her, getting more red by the minute. "D-danke..." he goes back to sit down, but is stopped by Gilbert. "What is it now?"
"Did you bring it?" Gilbert has this twinkle in his red eyes. Roderich sighs and takes out an envelope. "you're the best~" he chuckles and opens the envelope. "Wait...two tickets? Prissy, I only need one~"
Roderich sighs, his palm making a friendly aqcuintence with his face. "It's the only way they would sell it, I had to buy both, along with the plane ticket, and the room...feel lucky you're getting to go at all."
"I'm still your favorite cousin~" Gilbert gives a teasing smile, but is quickly shot down. "But anyway, since you're going for some concert, then who'll go with me to see the best show ever~" he looks over at Elizakitty. "You~ you need to see this to know how awesome Fritz always is, and always will be~"
Elizakitty frowns at him. "Are you sure?...I used to be a cat...and it could cause problems..." She starts to blush. She was expecting Gilbert to invite Francis, or Antonio, or find some elaborate plan to bring them both, but sneak them in one at a time. She sighs at how many misadventures the trio has had. She blushes more when Gilbert goes on about how they're going together, while Roderich takes her aside.
"Look...sorry he's such an uncouth slob. If you need anything while on the trip, since once he decides something, he won't give up, then feel free to ask." He politely smiles at her. "Elizakitty, right?" she nods. "Roderich. Roderich Edelstein" He shakes her hand, still being polite.
"That reminds me...come on Elizakitty. We have to get your identity set up~" Elizakitty follows Gilbert, who gets her clothing, and they head out to Mr. Beilschmidt.
"Congrats bro~" Alfred smiles at Matthew who is holding hands with Irina. Irina and Matthew were slowly telling people that they are going out, something that Alfred was both surprised and happy to hear. "I knew you had it in ya~ Just the other day you were that scared ball of fluff that mom had to watch out for~" he chuckles but is hit on the top of the head. "Aww come on Mattie~ It's a joke" he pouts in that cute way.
Lovina blushes when she sees how happy Irina is. She has this soft gentle smile, and the way she and Matthew look at each other, was this loving the back of her mind she wonders if she and Antonio were ever like this.
"Lovina?..." Irina shyly asks, as she scares Lovina out of her thoughts. "Could I speak with you for a moment?..." Lovina nods and follows her into the other room. "You seem troubled?" Lovina shakes her head. "Lovina...my little sistra...you and her aren't so different...when she's upset, or when she used to be easily hurt...she had a look like that...did Antonio hurt you?"
Lovina takes a deep breath. "It's a very long story..." Her face starts to get a light pink dusting on the cheek area, as she begins to talk. She tells Irina about how Antonio hurt her, and how it kills her to see him with Julchen, and then talks about how she misses the way they used to be. Irina, being the nurturing type listens intently, while occasionally asking a question or two.
"Lovina...I...I'm so sorry." Irina slightly tears up, but she hugs Lovina like a mother would to her child. "As much as it hurts to say...maybe it's for the best? A-and...I think you might have s-something better..." she trails off as she thinks about how cute Alfred and Lovina look. "T-take Matvey and I...we found each other...when we least expected...the connection was there." she softly smiles. "Matvey always has been a sweetie to me. I-I guess s-sometimes you don't know when that person is there..." she blushes more, feeling a nice warm feeling.
"I think I get it now..." Lovina faintly smiles. "Thank you Irina." They walks back into the room right as Alfred's talking about catching the baseball. He abuses the word "heroic" as he imitates the scene. He sees Lovina and runs to her side. "There you are~" I was just telling everyone~" he smiles at her.
"That was the best~ We really need to do that more~" he smiles and holds her close. Lovina blushes as Irina lets out a small giggle. She whispers something in Matthew's ear, and then they quickly excuse themselves. "That was weird..." Alfred laughs. "Hey Lovina~ You got something..." he leans in and gently brushes something off of her cheek.
She looks up at him, with a soft gentle look, feeling her heart rate pick up. She opens her mouth to say something, but try as she might, no words come out. He brushes a lock of hair behind her ear, leaning in closer. Lovina in return leans up closer to him, until their lips are only millimeters apart. She feels his arm around her waist, as he pulls her into a gentle but sweet kiss.
Lovina's eyes widen in shock, but soon she relaxes into the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck and shoulders, deepening the kiss. She feels him smile into the kiss, which only makes her more nervous. After what feels like an eternity. They separate, and Lovina cuddles into him, feeling that familiar warm fluttery feeling, except better.
"Lovina...I really like you." Alfred smiles as he strokes her hair, while being careful of the curl. "Please be my mate?"
She looks up at him with a dark blush. "Alfred...I...let's start with girlfriend and boyfriend first..." she blushes more at how many cultural gaps they have. "But...could we take it slowly?...I do like you, I just don't want to get hurt again."
"I understand, and a hero is always patient~" he grins at her, before kissing her forehead. "Just know this: I'll always be there to protect you, and make sure you're happy. Your smile means a lot more than you can imagine."
"that was kind of cheesy..." Lovina blushes a million shades of reds and pinks. "But...it was sweet." she leans up and kisses his cheek. "Let's go back home now?" He laughs and scoops her up, carrying her back to the apartment. She's used to being treated like this, and only relaxes in his hold until they're lying down in her room. She cuddles up to him.
"Alfred?"
"Yes?"
"Could we hold off telling anyone this until things have settled down?..." She feels bad for asking Alfred to keep their relationship a secret, but after she and Antonio dramatically break up, she was a little worried about how bad it would look if they think she was jumping into another relationship.
Alfred softly chuckles. "Don't worry, it'll be our little secret~"
A.N. This chapter took so long...sorry guys D: I make it a personal challenge to do more words with each chapter. so far I am at the 3000 mark... Anyway, Alfred and Lovina are kind of together, but it's complicated, because of Lovina's past with Antonio, oh and I finally have a human name for Rome, just if you rp on deviantart, go watch the Rome rp account I got the name from, ok? The name of the account is CaelinusOrionVargas, which is a roleplaying account in the site deviantart, go bother him ok?