So here's the final tally for the lemon pie: 9 said yes, 2 said no, and one said "yes, but only if…"
…OK?
Because I had dragged a lot of you by the leash A LOT, I decided to make twice as much! Bear in mind that this is the first time that I…made lemon pie, so it might suck a little…like bad.
For those of you who didn't want lemon pie and for those of you who are reading it after the "COMPLETED" status and didn't want the lemon (or if you read it and decided that you might as well never read it again), I still got enough sweetness just for you and a warning. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION IF YOU DON'T WANT LEMON PIE! When the time comes, you're going to see the words "Lemon Pie being distributed". Once there, use Ctrl + F and find "Lemon Pie has been consumed". You'll skip right over it like it wasn't even there ;D
Now that everyone's been settled…let's see who's in that pie!
/=LOADING…=/
/="Dareka no Negai Ga Kanau Koro" by Utada Hikaru=/
(find the translation and see how fitting this song is :D)
/=THREE YEARS AFTER THE DAY…=/
"So it's the third anniversary since that day…"
"Yeah…three whole years."
Everyone stared at each other as they gathered at the ocean. The city already had their major celebration, but the guild wanted to celebrate it by themselves. Húdié Mei and Yïngguó Shi was the first to arrive at the ocean as the others slowly walked on the sand, seeing the small sliver of the sun over the horizon.
"The view really is beautiful." Kiku said. "It's nice to know that even after all this time, there are things that never change…"
"Yeah…the sun never changes…" Lukas folded his arms. "So who has the flowers?"
"I have them." Matthew walked forward, holding a bouquet. "Seyel and I picked them just this morning."
They watched as Matthew approached the shore holding the round bouquet toward the ocean. He smiled as he felt his knees be submerged by the ocean water before dropping the bouquet in the sea. He stood there in silence and watched as the ocean took their third bouquet out into the depths of the sea. He heard footsteps echoing behind him, and he turned around to see that Seyel had joined him with a sad smile on her face.
"I wonder if Feliciano sees these bouquets?" She asked.
"I want to believe that, Seyel. He's part of Veneziano, isn't he?" Matthew smiled. "He's watching over us…don't worry about him…he wouldn't want us to be worried."
She nodded as they both turned around and walked back toward the ocean shore, seeing the sad smiles on the guild's faces. It was only then that he realized that someone was missing. Matthew looked around and tried to count everyone down, concluding what he had concluded.
"Where's Ludwig?"
"He wanted to be alone today." Kiku said. "You know how this day affects him…"
"We shouldn't bother him." Arthur repeated. "He deserves his isolation. He is the one most affected by this."
"Oui, it is always the hardest on lovers than family isn't it?" Francis sighed. "Even when they never said the truth out loud…it's like everything was for naught."
"Love is never a waste of time." Elizabeta snapped. "Even when it's only one-sided. It's a feeling that everyone has but most never get in return. In Feliciano's case, it was returned to him…"
"I wonder if they knew before he died…? If they knew how they felt for each other…" Húdié Mei asked. "It would be better than for them to stay forever in the darkness about each other…"
"Feliciano knew. So did Ludwig. They're both fairly intelligent men and most likely found out on their own. Don't worry about that." Magnus grinned. "Hey, how about we have a small party? It'll help the mood a little bit, and besides Feliciano doesn't want us to be depressed at a time like this!"
"As long as it doesn't include drinking, mon cher…"
"Says the guy who'll be chugging the first bottle once we get it open."
/=+=/
Ludwig found himself wandering back on the hill overlooking the city. The lights were still flashing over the buildings in celebration for what he had done to save everyone and the mood was mainly happy, but for some reason he felt no joy in this simple day. This was the day that three days ago he had lost him forever. He closed his eyes and sighed.
"Ludwig…?"
His eyes darted open. It was his voice again. It had to be today. It had to be today that he hears his voice…
"…are you crying…?"
He forced himself to be strong. He couldn't cry here…not today. Not anymore.
"What can I do, Ludwig…? What can I do to help you…?"
"Feliciano…there's nothing you can do." He found himself saying out loud. "This is me…this is my problem, not yours…"
"L-Ludwig?"
"It's been three years since you've left, Feliciano…and here I am mourning as if it was just three hours ago…" He found himself trying to stay strong. "I'm dishonoring your image being like this…I have to move on…"
"Ludwig…what are you…?"
"I'm never going to forget you, Feliciano…but I can't keep destroying myself like this." He held the silver cross hidden in his uniform. "Whatever you are…an apparition or a ghost…you can move on now…I don't want you to stay for my sake…"
"…I…I-I understand…Ludwig…I…"
He heard the voice lightly sobbing, making Ludwig's heart pain itself even more. He knew that there was one more thing that he had to do, the one thing that was going to end everything and make this all come full circle. He turned around slowly, knowing that once he was fully around the voice was going to vanish forever…
Instead, he saw a sobbing figure a few feet in front of him.
His eyes widened with shock as he quickly threw himself into a standing position. The figure was familiar-looking, with his brown hair that seemed to be longer than last time and his white uniform, but it was the familiar curl off the top of his head that caught his heart still. He slowly approached him, the poor boy too busy sobbing in his hands to notice any difference.
"I-I was too busy thinking about myself this whole time…I completely forgot how hard…this was for you…" His voice was breaking through all the sobs. "I'm sorry…I-I'm not…going to make the same mistake again…I'll leave you alone now. But…I just want to say one thing before I go…"
"I love you…"
He froze as the boy in front of him sobbed harder into his hands, muttering those three words in as many languages as he could remember. After a while, he stopped muttering and stopped crying, dropping his arms. It was then that he saw familiar dead eyes looking away.
"I'm…sorry…"
Something just snapped in Ludwig's mind. Whatever it was, it made him throw his arms open and squeeze every single living drop of tears out of the poor boy's body. He yelped in shock and couldn't make a move to reject him (his hands were thoroughly pinned against Ludwig's chest), hearing the sobbing that came from the blond.
"Feliciano…" He sobbed. "Feliciano…"
"No…no Ludwig, don't cry…y-you're going to make me cry too…" Feliciano sobbed on his chest. "Don't cry, Ludwig…please…don't cry…"
Ludwig tried his best to comply, loosening his grip so that he could see the sparkling golden eyes that were filling up with tears. Slowly he approached his lips, feeling Feliciano squirm towards his, before he finally felt contact. Before he knew it, his tongue was digging itself deeper into the smaller boy's mouth, causing him to shake and gasp for air and hold him even tighter. This occurred for a few minutes before they were forced to separate for air. He looked up and saw the light blush that covered his face, allowing him to touch foreheads.
"…you're still here…" He smiled. "Thank god…"
"Ludwig…w-what about…everything you said before…?" Feliciano's eyes started darting around. "About you moving on…?"
"Feliciano…it's hard to try moving on when you're still alive, right…?" He rubbed his cheek. "How did you…?"
"…I don't know…I just remember feeling like I was floating on air and then…I was sleeping." Feliciano seemed to refuse making eye contact. "Every now and then I would wake up and see you…and I found myself calling you so many times…but you would never reply…"
"? T-that was you…?"
"E-eh?" Feliciano froze. "Y-you heard me…?"
"How would I not hear the sadness in your voice? It's one of many things that I remember about you…" Ludwig smiled. "But now…I'm just happy that I don't have to force myself to remember you anymore…"
He saw the blush on his face get even darker before a small smile crept on his face, his eyes finally able to make contact with his other eyes. Ludwig held his face in his hands, feeling the warmth in his fingertips, before leaning in for another kiss…a softer one this time.
/=[Lemon pie being distributed]=/
/=[WARNING! TOO MUCH LEMON PIE might end up choking out all the blood from your veins! Proceed with caution!]=/
/="Reala" by Tales of Destiny 2=/
No one was home when Ludwig tried leading Feliciano home, so he was forced to take him to his small apartment. He led him to the bathroom for a shower (god knows what three years without existing does to your hygiene) before going into his bedroom to change into his PJs. The shower still echoed from the other side of the hallway as he slowly took of his jacket and shirt, seeing the silver cross that he still wore around his neck.
I should give this back to Feliciano…this is something I made him…
He heard the showerhead turn off, and he turned around to see Feliciano walk through the door wearing nothing but a bathrobe. Ludwig turned his head and realized that he had carefully folded his clothes before going into the bathroom (how he left his underwear in the room while Ludwig was CHANGING, he'll never know), and that he was going to retrieve them now.
"Um…" Ludwig blushed, trying not to see the innocent look on Feliciano's face. "D-do you want to go back to your house? I'm sure Lovino is home at this-"
"Is that my cross…?" Feliciano walked up to him and held it. "You kept it this entire time…how sweet. O-oh…"
Feliciano was staring at him, making Ludwig look down. He was staring at the scar that he had given him all those years ago, probably wondering if it still hurt. Without a second thought, he lifted up the string from his cross and transferred it around Feliciano's neck. Halfway through the transfer, he saw him tense and start shaking.
"O-oh!" The curl had gotten caught in the string. "I'm sorry, I wasn't-"
Ludwig lifted up the string from his curl and lowered it, seeing the half-opened eyes of the boy in front of him. He was still holding onto his neck, blushing at the simple touch of the blond. It was then that he remembered how he was this close to him before a long time ago, and how he wanted to do this for a long time…but knew how shameless it was.
He leaned forward and started to passionately kiss his neck, hearing the soft moans from the other man and the grip on his back. He knew that he should stop. He knew that this was something that he probably shouldn't be doing this soon, but…
"U-um…"
He paused, backing up a few inches to see the blushing look on Feliciano's face. However, he didn't look rushed or scared as he thought he would be. He looked…embarrassed?
"T-this is my…first time…" He mumbled.
Ludwig stared at the light blush on his face as it got darker from embarrassment. After a few minutes, he lightly kissed his forehead, making him shudder in startlement. It made him all the cuter, really.
"Don't worry…I'll be gentle…"
Feliciano blushed as Ludwig lightly kissed him deeply. Before they knew it they had collapsed on the bed, digging their tongues deeper into each other's mouth. Ludwig felt a strange rush through his body, something that led him to untie the bathrobe around Feliciano's waist. They parted to take deep breaths, seeing Feliciano's face now covered a deep scarlet, his face begging for more. Ludwig slowly unzipped and pushed down his pants as he kissed him deeper and deeper into the younger boy's mouth, feeling the warmth of his lips.
He slowly started kissing his body down, hearing Feliciano squirm and moan under his sensitive touch. Has he felt this? Touched this…loved this…gave him everything that Ludwig had kept deep inside just to keep himself from going insane? For three years he would've been blessed to hear his voice in the depths of the night. Now, for this one night, he could relish in everything that was Feliciano: his voice, his warmth, his smell, his touch…
"…are you ready, Feli…?" Ludwig looked deep into his golden eyes. "We can stop whenever you need to-"
Feliciano stopped him with a light kiss to his scar, his blush now sinking into his skin. He was more than ready, and it was showing on his face. Ludwig hesitated before his hands lightly skimmed his arched back, feeling his body tremble underneath his fingers. Hopefully, this won't hurt him…
The brunette cringed as he slowly pushed into his body, feeling the warmth and tightness around his member. Ludwig found himself squeezing his eyes shut, holding every single bit of restraint just to not pound in there. Feliciano took it with a yelp and a long moan, turning his head while squeezing the bed sheets for dear life. He could see the sweat dropping down his brow.
"Are you all right…? Does it hurt?"
Feliciano was still cringing, his breath ragged and yet soothing to his ears. Ludwig leaned in and started kissing his neck, trying his best not to move and possibly hurt him. Feliciano's grip on the sheets tightened as more ragged breaths escaped his lips. God dammit, he was getting harder…
"…Feliciano…?"
"…ah…Lud…" He took a deep breath, feeling Ludwig's stomach move with his chest. "D-don't worry…it doesn't hurt anymore…but thank you for worrying…"
"Feliciano…"
"Ah…god, I need you…s-stop stalling! Move…please!"
He didn't have to say that twice. Ludwig lightly kissed him as he started to move, feeling Feliciano shift underneath him. He gasped with each thrust, holding Ludwig's back and his legs started squeezing his hips. His mind had basically cleared at this point, filling up with nothing more than the sound of skin rubbing together and being completely cocooned by the man he loves.
The blond man's hips started moving faster, getting deeper and deeper into his body. There was even one thrust that made Feliciano's back arch and moan out his name. The sound of his pleasure was more than enough to send Ludwig over the edge. After he finished, he found himself in a panic. He wanted Feliciano to finish first. So he did the next best thing: he lowered his hand down and tried his best to give him the best hand job he could ever have.
Feliciano's body arched up yet again as he came with a cry, his back supported by Ludwig's arm. After a few minutes and a shudder, the both of them collapsed on the bed. The blond looked up from lying down on his chest and saw Feliciano look back down to him with a light smile on his face. He rolled onto his side and noticed that Feliciano was shivering.
"Feliciano…?" He blinked. "I-is something wrong?"
"…it's cold…"
He had to hold his breath not to laugh out loud as he lifted the covers over him to just below the shoulders. They spent the next few minutes staring at each other: Ludwig slowly caressing Feliciano's cheek and seeing those golden eyes sparkle with a smile that seemed to make everything feel better. Wasn't this the same Feliciano he met three years ago, the fragile boy who was scared about what was to come and yet allowed himself to die…?
"I can't believe you're alive…" Ludwig whispered. "You've been gone for so long…"
"I didn't want to leave, Ludwig…" Feliciano crawled closer to him. "I willed with every cell in my body to come back…"
"And it worked…"
"It worked…"
Feliciano looked up from Ludwig's light hug and couldn't help but push a light kiss on his lips. He quickly returned it, holding the back of his head with a small smile on his lips. Suddenly, Ludwig was taken aback when he stood up and pushed the blond on his back. He straddled him with his hips with that same smile.
"You showed me three years of love in one small act…" He smiled. "Let me show you mine."
Feliciano leaned in and dug his tongue into the blond's mouth. Ludwig quickly got his mind back into the situation as he lightly held Feliciano's hips over his member and sat up, allowing more skin contact. He saw the brunette bite his lip as he slowly lowered himself on top of his, going deeper until the inside of his thighs touched his hips. He moaned and leaned upward, sweat dropping down his brow, allowing Ludwig to kiss his neck.
"…it's in…"
Feliciano clung onto his shoulders as he began to thrust, feeling his breath going down his back. He felt his hand lightly pull on his curl, sending more shivers down his spine. His grip tightened on him as he came yet again, mellowing out and collapsing on his shoulders. Ludwig held him close, feeling his breath on his neck.
"…are you all right…?"
"Ve~~~~~I'm tired…"
"That's what you get for doing it twice…" He lowered Feliciano on the bed. "You're staying the night here."
All Feliciano had to do was do one of his trademark smiles for Ludwig to realize something: THAT'S WHAT HE WAS PLANNING ON THIS ENTIRE TIME? Well, that was creative. Ludwig just shook his head as he lied down on the bed, feeling Feliciano crawl closer to him and fall asleep on his shoulder. All he had to do was smile back.
"…welcome home."
/=[Lemon pie has been consumed]=/
/=[Who's still alive?]=/
MEANWHILE… (rewind it a few hours back)
/="Skip" by Pandora Hearts=/
"This is a good party…"
"Yeah, I know!"
Matthew and Yïngguó Shi just sat there as they saw Antonio, Francis and Gilbert hanging out in the corner drunk off their minds and clearly having fun trying to get everyone else to drink as well. They spent their time hanging out with Toris making sure that they don't get into the brink of drunkenness.
"These people are creeping me out…" Matthew mumbled.
"Well, at least everyone isn't getting drunk." Yïngguó Shi looked around. "It's mostly everyone."
"That's the worst part…I mean, Magnus and Arthur already started stripping their clothes off…" Matthew sighed. "W-what could possibly get any worse…?"
"CHIGGIIIIIIII!"
Everyone turned their heads to see that Lovino had literally jumped up from his seat. He was screaming something and my god, his hair curl went STRAIGHT UP! After a few minutes, the curl receded back in on itself and he started panting as if he had done extraneous work. Alfred had summed up everyone's thought process quite well.
"The hell happened to you?"
"I DON'T KNOW, DON'T FREAKIN' ASK!"
"Awww…you're so cute when you're flustered, Lovi-kun!"
"It's LOVINO, you DRUNKEN BASTARD!"
"…this…is going to be a long night."
/=[OMAKE]=/
/="A Brighter Day" by Trauma Team=/
The next day had everyone having massive hangovers and yet trying to get into work. It was entertaining to the sober people nonetheless (especially Kiku), who ended up looking around and seeing Ludwig walking toward the building rubbing his eyes and staring at the hung-over people around him.
"Ludwig." He said. "How are you?"
"I'm fine, thank you." He answered. "What happened to you guys?"
"Well, Magnus decided that we should have a small party…" Kiku turned to them. "You can see what happened afterwards."
"Yeah…I can see that." Ludwig sighed. "I think I preferred staying away from all of you yesterday."
"Wish I was there with you."
Ludwig cleared his throat and sighed, obviously not thinking the same thing. It was then that they realized that someone was walking toward them. They all looked up (even the hung-over ones) and saw a young man walking toward them, in a familiar white outfit and semi-long hair. The wind started to blow as he got closer, familiar gold eyes shining toward them. Everyone stared in shock, the figure so familiar…
And then the wind blew too hard.
Which blew him over and landed on his side.
And then he started crying.
"Oi! Fratello, is that-?"
Lovino ran toward him in shock, staring at Feliciano as he straightened himself out and tried to clean himself off. They looked in each other's eyes, one surprised that the other one was standing right in front of him. Before they knew it, they started to tear up and hug each other.
"Hello, fratello…" Feliciano smiled. "It's nice to see you again…"
"Dammit, you bastard…for leaving us for three years!" Lovino screamed at him with tears in his eyes. "What the hell were you doing this entire time!"
"I…just wanted to come back. It took me three years to do so, but…" Feliciano chuckled. "I'm back now."
"Wait…if you're back…" Lovino blinked. "Hey, what about…?"
"Veneziano isn't with me, Lovino. He's alive, but he's back where he was before…"
"So it's just you now…"
"Yeah, it's just me…" He smiled. "And I'm back."
Lovino started crying even more as the other guild members started to hug him tightly and cheered of him coming back. After a few minutes, Feliciano looked over everyone's shoulders and saw a small smile on Ludwig's face. He smiled back at him with even more tears in his eyes.
I'm back…I'm back home.
/=THE END=/
Would you believe that this is the first time that I wrote lemon? So yeah, I'm not surprised if you people think it sucks.
So yeah, this is the real end. Hope you guys are happy, especially if you jumped the lemon pie! This is Mitsuki Horenake, and I'll see you next time!