I think there will be one more chapter left, I don't wanna end it though! As if I really would know how to... It makes me sad knowing it's going to end soon!
Over the next few days Lud and I keep talking to each other through text, sooner or later I end up telling him my life and him. We want to meet up one night but it'd be really hard for me to sneak out and if I get caught I'd be in so much trouble. In the middle of the night I quietly walk downstairs and out the front door.
We walk to our normal place, I didn't put anything on this time to make myself look different. We agreed that I would be myself around him.
"Hello Feli." I smile and hug Ludwig tightly.
"Hey Luddy~"
"I've been doing some thinking and I've come to a conclusion..." I take a step back and stare at him, my head cocked slightly.
"What is it?" I can see his awkwardness, he's tense and flustered. It's fairly cute.
"I've thought a lot about us and I've decided that-" Something deep inside me just forced something out of me, as if it knew what he was going to say.
"We knew each other when we were younger." He stares at me semi-shocked.
"Vat are you talking about?" He finally said.
"I couldn't get it off of my mind, I know I knew you from somewhere. I couldn't stop thinking about it and I just realized you were a friend of mine when we were both little, before I was famous, before my parents gave me away... We would play together in the park..." I look up at Ludwig, I can tell the memories are flooding back into his head as well.
"Feli..." My heart races.
"I've decided..." My palms are sweaty.
"That..." The suspense is killing me, I made or break the relationship.
"Ve should..." I'm afraid of what he's going to say.
"..." The second of silence feels like years. He takes a deep breath in and out. "Go out again..." He smiles at me. My face lights up, I feel like I had just one a million dollars but I probably just did in memories.
"Really!?" He nods at me.
"I accept the fact I vas vrong about you, you are a great person and I should have realized that earlier." He leans down, our lips touching. My heart flutters in my chest and my whole body tingles. This is the best moment about my life. My life hasn't been so bad, so far every dream that I've had has come true and for most people their first dream isn't even accomplished so I am a truly lucky person and I thank god for that.
My face burns and I can soon feel the good air rush against my lips, his lips were really soft...
"I love you Luddy~" We embrace each other, the warmth makes me tired, making me feel sorta like a cat...
"I love you too Feli, now go home. You need your sleep and I don't vant you getting in trouble." I nod, he's so nice~
"Alright, I'll see ya later Luddy~!" I run back towards my house, turning back and waving at him. I can see him waving back, detecting a small smile on his face.
Today was the best day of my life, but tomorrow was going to be the worst.
The next day at about 2 Lovi and I were reading something, we had found an interesting little thing about shootings, when he marches into our room.
"FELICIANO!" I jump in my seat, he scared the living shit out of me.
"Wh-what!?" He slams a magazine in front of my face, I grab it and read the front cover. My eyes widen at what I see and I know that now I am fucked.
It's a tabloid and on the front cover the words "Feliciano Vargas' Gay Shocker!" A picture of Ludwig and I kissing on the front of it. Somehow during our time last night someone had found us and taken pictures.
"You had sneaked out last night and now look at this? What the hell am I supposed to do!? No one's going to want your gay ass anymore! If you ruined this I'm going to work you like a dog! I will get money out of you, one way or the other!" Lovi stands up and gets into his face.
"You won't talk to Feli like that! He done nothing wrong, it's your fault that he snuck out because if you would have just let us live out our lives we wouldn't have to sneak out! Feli can't help with loving another man and if you do anything bad to him I will inform somebody and get the social services involved!"
He slaps Lovi, hard. I can feel the tears burning my eyes.
"You will do nothing! I own you and you will do as I say! If anybody comes to the door asking about you Feli I am sending them to your room and you'll deal with them." He storms out of the room. I sit there shaking, Lovi walks over to me and caresses me in his arms.
"It's okay Feli, he's gone now... I promise I won't let him hurt you, if any people come by I'll get rid of them. I promise I'll protect you..." I notice a big red mark on his face, all of this is my fault. If I had stayed home none of this would have happened.
"I'm so sorry Lovi, this is my fault... Please, just let me handle it, you've done to much for me."
"You're so stupid! It's not your fault, it's just you being yourself! Yeah, you do stupid things sometimes and you shouldn't have been walking around in public without a disguise because you're just a dumb ass but I'm your older brother! I need to protect you! And... It's my fault that we are in this mess so I will do this... Stupid S.O.B..."
I hug Lovi tightly, like I said he always tries to act so mean to me but is so caring... You know he's really bad at acting mean.
Over the time people do come around and try asking me a bunch of questions but Lovi chases them away. Later that day I get a text for Ludwig.
'Did you see the tabloid!?'
'Yes, he got really mad at me.'
'Did he do anything bad to you?'
'No, he just screamed and ranted. Fratello stood up for me but he slapped him, hard. I felt really bad...'
'It's not your fault.'
'I know... But what are we going to do?'
'I don't know... Just go with what happens.'
'Right.'
A week later he agreed to do a TV special, it's about me being gay. I do not want to go on that stage because he is going to be up there with me...
We are at the set and are taken onto stage, we sit into two of three empty chairs.
"So, Feliciano, is it really true that you're gay?" The host asks us first, I look over at him.
"Well, I do find girl really pretty but I don't know if that means I'm bisexual. My personal feelings though, it doesn't really matter who you love as long as the person treats you well and you really love each other. I don't think it matters what gender you love, it could be either but it doesn't change who you are."
"I see, personally I agree with you. Even though I am a straight person, loving a certain gender doesn't change who you are." He interrupts.
"Sadly though not everyone thinks that way, I'm just worried Feli will lose work opportunities Thinking that people are judging him for who he loves is really hard, it's really unfair for him." I want to vomit.
"That is very true as well. Well, Feli, we have a surprise for you." I look at him oddly, "Come on in."
I look over and see Ludwig walk in, my eyes widen.
"L-Ludwig?" He sits in the empty chair next to me and nods.
"Hey." The host smiles and decides to talk.
"We brought Ludwig here so we can really have a talk." I look over at him, I can tell he's pissed off at this. I think right now Ludwig is his worse enemy.
"I don't really see what there is to talk about..." I tell them.
"Well, how will you two be handling your relationship and how do you feel about it?"
"I don't know... I'm just..." I feel so awkward right now, I can feel so many eyes on us. My heart begins to race, I don't like this anymore. I've never liked it but I hate it now, I'm scared and I can't do this anymore.
"I..." I feel the tears trying to fight through my eyes. "I'm just going to try to keep finding jobs and the relationship depends on what Ludwig feels..." I try forcing a smile on my face. Ludwig suddenly stands up.
"I can't stand this anymore." He pulls me to my feet, clearly able to tell my real feelings. "Look at him. He's about to start breaking out in tears. He doesn't vant this, he vants a normal life vere people aren't vatching him and judging him all the time! I can't sit by and vatch him be sad, I can't let him suffer..."
The host and every body else in the room stairs in shook.
"Well... Feliciano, is this true? Do you not like being famous?" I look at him, out to the crowed, at Ludwig, to him then back to Ludwig, I then give a nod.
"I don't like being famous, I don't want people to see me anymore. I just want a normal life were I can make my own decisions that no one can judges me for them. I want to live with my parents and I want to stay with Ludwig. And I want my fratello by my side because without him I wouldn't be who I am today and I just love him so much." Ludwig hugs me tightly as the tears break through, the crowd cheers and aws at us.
"That's very sweet, I think that you should get what you want. If you'd like I'd like to find your parents and reunite you and your brother with your parents." I run over towards him and hug him tightly.
"Thank you so much! You're a really kind person!" He laughs and hugs.
"You're welcome~" I never felt so happy, I was going to live the life I always wanted. Yet another dream was going to be coming true. But whenever a dream comes true, something bad always happens.
BAM!
An echo through the room, I turn around to find a red, sparkly, splatted mess.
"YOU ASS, IT'S YOUR FAULT THAT MY MONEY BAGS ARE GONE!"
My eyes widen, people scream and gasp.
"Someone call 911!" The host screams, the crowd glows with the light of phones.
"Ludwig!" I run over to him, trying to lift up his body. I see the shot hole, quickly I rip off my shirt and tie it around the wound to help stop the bleeding.
"Feli?" I gently touch his cheek.
"Luddy, please stay awake. Do that for me, please? An ambulance is almost here, please, just stay awake." I can barely see past the tears in my eyes. The security had tackled him and are trying to get him away from the public so he can't hurt anybody else.
"Feli... I'm sorry, I just vanted to make sure you could live happy."
"I know, but I'd be happier with you ve~" A smile creeps across my face, "You're going to be fine, you're so strong and amazing! Everything always turns out fine!"
"I love you Feliciano." He smiles at me, his eyes close. I stare shocked.
"Ludwig?" I try shaking him. "Ludwig please, open your eyes!" I can hear the sirens outside. "Ludwig open your eyes!" I keep shaking him harder and harder but no reaction. The paramedics come in and pry me off of him.
I sit there crying. Whenever something good in my life happens the worst has to come around and take it from me. Ludwig has to be fine, he will be fine. He's not the one to just give in, he's stubborn, he'll stay alive.
A few hours I get a call on my phone, I answer it. I was still crying, they had taken me into a room to let me cool down, I had a bunch of tissues and someone standing by in case I asked for anything that wasn't near me.
"H-hello?"
"Hello, is this Feliciano Vargas?"
"Yes."
"We have some news about Ludwig." My heart races.
"While in the car his heart stopped."
No...
"We were able to revive him, but it stopped again."
No no no...
"It kept on trying to stop, even when we got to the hospital."
Oh please god no.
"We've done all we can, gave him blood, set up a breathing machine, everything."
It can't be true.
"He made it."
