As soon as Ludwig got home after work, he went into his room to change his clothes and have a quick shower. He was pretty nervous for this was his first real date with Francis. Too bad his mother had decided that he wasn't allowed to stay at someone else's place anymore since he apparently never called when he did.
Being able to stay at Francis' again would be great. They would have the dinner Francis had cooked together, talk a lot and then cuddle in his bed or on the couch until they were too tired.
Only too bad that they couldn't thanks to Ludwig's mother and her stupid rules. And even worse that Ludwig didn't dare to break this one for he was sure that he'd be grounded for some long time if he did.
Cursing a little bit under his breath – and as lowly as he could so his mother wouldn't hear it – he checked his appearance in the mirror for at least the hundredth time when he heard the doorbell ring. Ludwig was a bit puzzled at this for he hadn't heard a car pull up. Then he remembered that Lovino had just recently bought one of those new cars with an electric engine – just because he wanted to see how they felt like when he was driving it not because he liked it for it looked hideous according to him.
Ludwig was just at time at the door to push his father aside before said one could say anything. The last thing he wanted right now was one of those smug remarks his father had so many of. Even though Ludwig was in fact in a very good – yet nervous – mood.
"Hurry up", Lovino snarled when he saw his friend. "We wanna go!"
He got hold of Ludwig's wrist and almost dragged him away. Ludwig didn't struggle for he knew his friend good enough that this was just his way of greeting – and at the same moment telling him how much he wanted to get back to his lover Antonio.
Ludwig could only tell his father good night and that he'd be back at around two in the morning so they didn't have to stay up before they reached his friend's car. He just hoped that his father had understood that.
As soon as they reached the car, the door to the backseat opened and Ludwig was pulled in to find himself in the arms of his lover. Lovino sneered behind him and slammed the door shut before he got into the driver's seat.
"Good evening, my dear", Francis purred. He placed short kisses on each of Ludwig's cheeks and then a lot longer one on his lips which was eagerly responded to. Feeling Francis's arms around him once again, Ludwig cuddled happily into them. What ever his mother might do to him if she found out, it was worth it, he was sure right now.
Lovino's voice, as angry as ever, bought him back to reality however. "Would you stop this at once?" he cried. "That's so gross! If you don't stop that right now, I'll kick you out of my car, damn it!"
"Aww~ Lovilovi~ You're just so cute when you're angry like this~" Antonio interrupted the rant by throwing his arms around Lovino and kissing his cheeks happily.
This, however, did calm down the Italian at least that much that he started driving, though he was still grumbling about something under his breath. Ludwig leaned against Francis, closing his eyes. Though he was pretty much used to Lovino's outbursts, they still gave him headaches. Francis, being as caring as always, said nothing but placed his arms around Ludwig to pull him a bit closer.
Ludwig smiled at him for this, being thankful and thinking about how much he had come to like him in this short amount of time. No, that wasn't entirely true, he didn't like him, he loved Francis from the bottom of his heart.
And suddenly, he didn't really care about who might know that. Antonio and Lovino didn't act like they needed to cover anything. So why would he? He knew that his mother would be opposed to this sort of relationship but on the other hand, his mother was opposed to pretty much everything.
"Francis," he whispered.
"Huh? What is it, my love?" said one whispered back. He kept his voice low, too, for if Lovino and Antonio were not to hear their conversation.
"Uhm … I … I was thinking," Ludwig mumbled. He had started to overthink what he was about to be doing and now he wasn't as sure about this as he had been before.
"So?" Francis chuckled. He was always amused about Ludwig when he was cute like this. It was a mystery to him how a brawny guy like him could be this shy and cuddly and simply cute. But he really, really liked this about his lover best.
"About what I promised to you," Ludwig eventually sighed. How difficult could it be to ask a simple question? It was not like he hadn't been asking this before. He was able to ask Feliciana this question so why not Francis?
"What did you promise to me?" It wasn't like Francis didn't know but he wanted Ludwig to say it for himself. It seemed like this was just important to him.
Again, Ludwig sighed. "I promised you to tell my parents about … us, remember?"
Oh, yes, Francis remembered just too well. He wouldn't say so but he'd never expected Ludwig to talk about this so soon again. Instead of answering to that, he waited for Ludwig to go on. He feared a bit that Ludwig might never finish what he was going to say if he was interrupted just know.
Too bad, Lovino didn't know that. Francis was sure, even if Lovino did, he would ignore that fact to piss him off. He had the very lively impression that this kid felt a very strong dislike towards him and had absolute no idea, why this might be the case. Anyway, the car stopped in the exact moment when Ludwig opened his mouth to speak again and Lovino announced, louder that he had had to, that they had arrived at the cinema and that everyone was to get out of his car right now, damn it!
In that moment, Francis was ready to kill that boy no matter how much his best friend adored him. Who knew when Ludwig would bring this up again if not now? But he did as Lovino told them anyway, got out, even held the door open to Ludwig and then hooked his arms in Ludwig's.
"Francis," Ludwig whispered again as they followed Lovino and Antonio to the entrance. "Are you free next Saturday evening? I want you to meet my parents."
