"Veh~ Kiku! Wait up!"
Kiku stopped and turned around to face his red headed friend. "Hello Feliciano." He greeted politely.
"Where have you been Kiku? I thought you died!" The Italian wailed as he latched himself to the other's chest. "Veh, I was so worried something happened!"
Feeling highly uncomfortable with all the touching, the brunette pushed the crying Feliciano off of him and straighten his slightly wrinkled clothing. "My personal space Feliciano!"
"Veh, sorry. I was really scared!" He apologized through his already vanished tears. Standing up, he wiped all the remaining tears from his closed eyes and broke into a smile. "So where have you been?"
"I have been with Alfred most of the time. We were working on the project for science class." He answered simply.
"Alfred! Oh, have anything else happened since that almost kiss?" He asked bluntly.
Blushing slightly, he shook his head. "Nothing really. He does seem to be avoiding me a lot lately. But today, he wanted us to have lunch."
". . . You like him Kiku! You're going to make a great couple!" The energetic red head exploded happily pulling the other into a hug.
After pushing the other off of him again, Kiku took another step back, which gave him time to move if the Italian tried to touch him again. "Y-Yes, I do like him. And to answer the next question, no I haven't told him."
"You can admit it now too! I missed so much! Fill me in Kiku!"
"You do remember Gilbert-kun?"
"Of course! He's Ludwig's brother."
"Well, it turns out that he genuinely likes Alfred too, and isn't making it easy for me to tell the blonde." The raven haired teen said sullenly.
"I knew that and I'm pretty sure the whole school knows too. He's rather protective."
"Of people that aren't his." Kiku added inaudibly as he shifted his weight on the other leg.
"So your pretty much fighting over Alfred! That is so romantic!" He cried happily but remained at a comfortable space as he minded his friend's weird need to for personal space which Kiku was grateful for.
". . . I guess you can say that." Kiku began slowly, mauling over how he wanted to word his next sentence. "But, he thinks since he has been friends with Alfred for so long that I would back off or something of the sort."
"Veh, but didn't Alfred already tell if not showed you how he feels? What does it matter what Gilbert do or tries?" Feliciano tilted his head as he thought about it a little more.
"Because I—" Kiku stopped himself. Why did it matter what the albino thought? Alfred already likes him and he likes him back so. . .
What does he really have to worry about?
"Oh! Maybe because he's best friends with Alfred, he has some kind of control or something. He could influence him or something?" The quirky Italian stated in a questioning manner.
". . . True, but I don't think it would do much. I now from tutoring him when he's determined nothing can change his mind." The blonde had proven more than once how stubborn he could be, which often led to late nights stuck on the same question for hours. It was sort of enduring how focus he could be. Even if the raven haired teen missed a few hours of sleep. It was always worth it to see the raw delight and gratification in the other's eyes when he got his test or quiz back with a passing grade. It even brought a small blush from him just thinking that smile.
"Hmmm. . . Then I don't know~!" He exclaimed happily with a goofy smile.
"It's okay. It just means I have nothing to worry about."
"Veh, okay! I have to get going now. Bye Kiku~!" Feliciano called and waved as he started to run down the hall.
Waving back, Kiku reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a little trinket. Really thinking about it, Gilbert truthfully didn't have a chance. Alfred still sees him as a friend and not a boyfriend, so he really didn't need to worry about him.
Or so he thought.
A/N:
Sorry for the shortness. I just wanted to separate this from the next part.
Ciao~!