Alice woke up to the sound of a silver spoon, hitting against a mug. Stretching a bit, she opened one eye and rolled in place, on her bed. She was too tired to stand up. Waiting for Alfred last night was hell enough. Again, the sound of some silver spoon, being hit against a mug, alerted her. After rolling down the bed with no effort, probably wanting more sleep—Alice stood up, her left ankle, resting on the caramel foot railing. The sound alerted her again, now, with a voice, saying, "Ms. Alice, I am here to wake you up."
It was the jovial voice of Bella, the maid of the household.
With Alice's vision, still a little fuzzy, she tried to reach for her glasses, on the wooden coffee table beside the dresser, scratching herself on the tip end part of the table in the process. Swiftly, she wore her lenses and went straight to the door, where she heard Bella's voice, humming a love-struck song. Opening the door, a blooming maid greeted her 'guten morgen', warmly, mixing a brown colored liquid substance that gave out smoke in a said mug, with a tiny teaspoon.
"Here is your coffee, milady," she handed the mug to Alice, with both hands, letting her hold the handle. "Ve are actually running late. Lady Clary notified me about young master—Alfred's—plans for today. He cannot join you this morning."
"Oh, its fine I guess. Thank you for telling me sooner. Hmm..I actually wanted to talk to him about—"
Before, Alice could finish, Bella screamed and jerked her right arm up, her cat-like mouth, showing a big smile, and her cheeks, flushed red as wine-colored like Gilbert's eyes.
"Madame! Are you referring to young master LUDWIG?!"
Ludwig? That is a nice name. Alice thought, sensing tingling sensations of familiarity with the name.
"Who?"
"The other young master~ Young master Alfred and Gilbert's brother." Bella's eyes were sparkling, it was like she was under some love spell, when he she was talking about their brother, her heart was ready to jump out of her well-endowed chest. She was now avoiding saying his name—she might as well faint in front of Alice if she did not.
"Ack, Miss Alice, look at zhe time! Mein! It is time for you to go to work."
Documents, payments, slips and reports…
All those mentioned above are the new companions of Alice in the room where she was placed in. Of course Ivan's trusted accountant was just a few tables away from her, and some employees that were in the finance department were there, calculating future profit and turning the tables of the charts, she felt rather alone. The thought of being unworthy was bothering her too. It is a fact that Alice Kirkland graduated from the most prestigious college in England. She took up literature and was awarded with multiple titles though she was not contented and was feeling that she was not qualified now. I took up marketing too…but…
"Hey, take a break first, Alice."
Th-that blonde guy. Ooh, Mr. accountant guy right? Bloody hell, I forgot his name. How humiliating…and he remembered mine.
"U-uh, sure," Alice nodded. "I hope this does not offend you but…"
"Vhat ist it?"
"I cannot recall your name…really…"
The accountant chuckled.
"What is so funny?"
He wiped his tears, with handkerchief that he got from his pocket which had lots of embroidery patterns of butterflies on it and tried to regain his seriousness.
"It ist just zhat, my name ist Ludwig. It ist quite a common name here in Germany." He exhaled noisily.
"Eh? What a coincidence—er—Ludwig. I have an in-law named Ludwig too." Alice recalled, what Bella said that morning. If she was to stick to the plan, she would have to bring the same "married life story" even to work.
"Ist zhat so? Psh. You are joking, ja?"
"No, no I'm telling the truth." Alice laughed along with him.
With a little smirk, Ludwig laughed again. "I knew it. You are not single. And I zhought zhat you had a relationship with Mr. Braginsky zhat ist vhy you vere hired right away…"
"Yeah. Wait. What!"
"I said nothing. I actually envy you for having such a life, you know. I've been through lots of relationships but zhey all end up in a filthy mess." Ludwig sighed.
"Hm? I am so sorry," Yeah, right. You are not in my position. "You'll find the right someone soon."
"Ja. I vish."
=Timeskip to later after noon, after work=
Alice had a great time with Ludwig that day. Too bad she needs to go back to the Beilschmidt's estate.
"A-ALICE! Finally, you're back." Alfred said, putting both of his hands around her, giving hr a cuddly bear hug.
"Alfred… Gilbert told me that your parents went to the province for a while. You don't need to be all lovey-dovey." Alice said, annoyed.
Alfred pulled her into another big hug, now the space between their bodies disappearing. No matter what kind of struggling Alice would do, he was still stronger.
Then, came out from the kitchen, was a well-built blonde, with striking azure eyes which matched his plain white polo shirt. The folded sleeves were folded until his pointed elbow and he was just wearing olive trousers. Alice's eyes kept staring at the man's figure, with a criticizer's eye. His physical features are most likely to be the ideal main male protagonist in my new novel…
Soon, she realized that this man who was standing in front of her was no other than Ivan's accountant Ludwig! At that moment, she can see the evident resemblance. He had the same time-stopping eyes and skin complexion as Alfred. A-are they…
Alfred wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"Alice, meet my bro-ham, Ludwig—heh, Luddy. Luddy, meet Alice, my wife."
."—Brother?!"
"—Wife?!"
The two stared at each other.
"It seems that you two know each other?"
8: 54
Hey,
Who the fucking hell you think you are?! I don't know who the puta are you, but when I see you, motherfucker, I will throw a tomato at you! You deserve it British Bitch! That is for stealing fuckin my potential boyfriend, slut!
-Sincrely,
Lovino Vargas
Your worst nightmare
A/N: Didn't see that coming, did ya~?! Hah, so some of you guys wre asking is there will be GerIta. It is still a secret that is yet to be reveled.. hohoho... Anyways, now you know that a certain tomato-lovin, potty-mouth Lud XD. Till nxt time ^^
P.S. This is rated T for language...
