Feliciano sat on his bed. The words in front of him jumbled in his head. After a few more seconds he slouched down and started hitting his forehead with it. He tossed the book down and rolled on his side. Suddenly, his phone buzzed. Immediately he sat up and pull his phone from the side pocket. Slowly he turned it on and stared at it for a few seconds. On the screen were the words; Hello Feliciano, this is Ludwig I hope I typed your number correctly and apologize if this someone else.
After a few seconds of staring, Feliciano grabbed one of his pillows and screamed into it. He hugged it tightly and bounced on his bed a little. Quickly he added Ludwig to his contacts and replied with; Hi Ludwig, don't worry it's Feliciano.
"He actually responded!" Feliciano collapsed on his bed with the widest smile he could. He hugged his pillow tightly, smile ceasing to fade.
I'm glad, I typed it correctly. Ludwig replied and Feliciano laughed a little. So how are you?
I'm doing good Taking a break from homework. How are you?
I am well, also taking a break from my work.
Ludwig stared at the screen, with each message he felt himself typing faster. Every time he saw Feliciano was responding he felt his breathing increasing in speed and his smile growing wider. He laid down on his bed and just let himself stare at his phone. The time between Feliciano's responses felt like an entirety. He could see Feliciano's smile and hear his voice as he read each one, taking in each word.
"How can someone be this perfect?" He asked himself just staring at the messages.
"Are you serious, he gave you his number?" Emma asked. Ludwig nodded a little and she laid back on the chair. "Wow, he must really like you."
"It's nothing serious," Ludwig explained. He glanced down at his phone again. "We just talked for a bit last night and that was it."
"Well Tezera has mentioned him a few times and he seems like a nice guy." Emma smiled and held back a laugh. "And you want I could ask her about him."
"No, you don't have to."
"Are you sure?" Emma leaned a little closer. "You seem to really like him. Didn't know he was your type."
"I've known him for one day! Even if I did like him like I'm going to date, someone I've only know for one day."
"Emma does sort of have a point," Arthur added. "Like you said you've only known for a day and very little about. Tezera could give you some help when talking to him."
"If I want to know something about him, I can just ask."
"And what if there's something he's not comfortable saying?" Emma raised an eyebrow.
"If he doesn't want me to know, I'm sure Tezera wouldn't tell you." Emma kept looking at him. "If he's not comfortable with the question I asked him I won't bring it up again unless he does."
Emma nodded and leaned back. Ludwig placed his phone in his backpack and pulled out his computer. The three of them sat in quiet and just worked for a few minutes. Still, Ludwig couldn't get his mind off of Feliciano. It wasn't debilitating just something in the back of his mind. Could they actually work as a couple? And if they did would they last? But those were questions for a different time.
Feliciano walked to class. The entire way his mouth was in a smile and his head held up high. He let the sunshine on his face and the breeze surround him. Before he knew he was at the main campus. He checked the time on his phone and saw that he arrived about two minutes before he normally did. This didn't bother him stuff like this was normal but he didn't think the streets were less crowded than normal. He shrugged it off and just headed to his first class.
As he sat in class, Feliciano started sketching in between taking notes. Basics of Anatomy was not the worst class, just not the most interesting. He kept sketching basic figures as the professor went on. Every time he saw something important he quickly jotted it down before going right back to sketching. When class was done Feliciano walked out as quickly as he could. He made his way to the courtyard and found an empty bench. He pulled out his sketchbook and worked on some more drawings.
"I wish every day could be like this one," he thought to himself. He laid back and let himself relax more. Slowly he drew whatever came to his mind, letting his hand do all the work.
"Oh, hey Feliciano." Feliciano looked up and saw a young woman in front of him.
"Oh, Clara I'm sorry I didn't you there." Feliciano closed his sketchbook. "I hope you weren't waiting too long."
"Not at all." Clara opened up a folder and pulled out a flier. She handed it to him. "I just wanted to give you the flyer for the LGBT+ art showcase. Figured you might want to enter a piece like last year."
"Thank you." Feliciano took the flier in his hand. Clara smiled and waved goodbye. Gently Feliciano held it in his hands and looked it over. Smiling he placed it in his bag.
Feliciano went through the rest of the day with ease. Once all of his classes were done, he walked back to his home. He leaned back on his bed and pulled out the flier. He moved his finger across the wording on top. Hoping, praying an idea would come to him. He placed it down and started to stare at it. His mind was blank. He sighed before climbing down from his bed and walking downstairs. Slowly he grabbed a can of soda and started before walking back up. But then he stopped. He looked up at banner of flags that were hanging up on the wall.
"Oh, I just didn't take those down." Feliciano turned to see Tezera walking through the door. She walked up to him. "Figured they looked nice up there, so I kept them up."
"Don't worry about it." Feliciano looked back up at them. "Just got lost in thought, again."
Tezera laughed a little before walking into the kitchen. Feliciano smiled before running back upstairs.
"Guys you'll never what happened," Emma said as she ran up to the guys.
"It's chicken finger and french fry day!" Alfred smiled and started to get excited.
"Not that I know of," Emma said quietly looking away.
"Dang it."
"So what happened?" Arthur asked.
"My folks surprised me and are coming to take me home this weekend!" Emma jumped a little as she said that.
"That's awesome, any reason?"
"My little brother has a debate with his model UN and they want me and my older brother to surprise him there."
"Cool, I'll be off campus for football, so if I don't see you have fun."
"What about you two?" Emma turned towards Arthur and Ludwig. "Do you guys have any plans?"
"Same as every weekend," Arthur said with a small sigh. "Having to run campus tours and events."
"I have to work on Friday night but that's it," Ludwig admitted as he adjusted his backpack a bit.
"Let me guess you're going spend all your free time studying," Alfred said with a small laugh.
Ludwig remained silent. The group reached the dining hall and were able to find a four-person table. After placing their stuff down, they made their way to get food. As normal Ludwig was the first one back at the table. He sat there for a bit in silence until everyone came back. Quickly everyone started talking about their weekend plans. He remained silent.
"Honestly I would get so bored on the weekends without sports." Alfred sulked in his chair. Ludwig glared at him a little but Alfred didn't notice.
"Perhaps you could, I dunno read a book or something."
"Dude don't joke like that." Alfred took a bite of his burger before looking away.
"I wasn't joking."
"I'm not boring like you." Arthur slapped Alfred on the back of his head lightly. Before Alfred could protest, Arthur just shook his head at him.
Ludwig decided to go back to being in the background. Quietly he pulled out his phone and stared at it for a moment. He quickly typed; Hello Feliciano would you like to hang out this weekend?
A few minutes later Feliciano responded. Sure I loved too! Friday night?
I cannot on Friday. Does Saturday work? Ludwig held his breath a little. Was Friday the only day Felciano was available? He couldn't get off work, but still hoped for a chance to hang out with him.
As everyone started walking back to the dorms, Ludwig kept holding on to his phone. Every few minutes he held on to it tighter. Once he was in his dorm he opened his laptop and carefully placed his phone next to it. He worked on his assignments for a bit before he got a reply
I'm free on Saturday after 3!
Ludwig smiled a bit. Would you like to come to my dorm this time? It will be just me if you're worried about my roommate being there.
The city bus goes there right?
Ludwig opened another tab on his computer and quickly looked it up. There's a bus stop on my campus you should be fine. I can meet you there.
Sure, I'll see you on Saturday then
See you on Saturday
