"So how was last night?" Mei asked as everyone sat around eating breakfast.

"Oh right you had a date with one of Emma's friends," Tezera said with a sly smile.

"I wouldn't call it a date." Feliciano poured some milk into his glass. "I was just over his place and we hung out for a bit."

"And it was just you two, right?" Mei asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yes." Feliciano looked down as he said that. Quickly he straightened himself out and waved his hand. "But we didn't do anything romantic."

"If you say so."

Felicano poked at his eggs. He leaned on his hand for a moment and sat there. Looking around he saw Mei and Kiku laughing quietly with each other and Tezera, Toyls, and Victoria talking to each other. He slowly ate his breakfast lost in thought. He thought about last night and the most romantic things he could think were time eating together and sharing the blanket. Eating dinner alone couldn't be avoided and Feliciano thought it would be nice to share the blanket with Ludwig.

"Feliciano, you've had a boyfriend before, right?" Victoria asked

"Yeah, Jason the jerk." Feliciano stabbed his breakfast and gripped his fork tighter.

"Oh bad break up?"

"That's a very large understatement." Feliciano took a bite of his food. He took a few deep breaths before continuing. "I really don't want to talk about it. It was that bad."

"Oh sorry for bringing it up," Victoria said quietly.

Feliciano gave Victoria a small smile and nod. He looked away and the topic of the conversation quickly changed. Feliciano decided to remain quiet. The conversation started to become a blur. The voices mixed together and words made less sense. If someone was calling his name he wouldn't have noticed.

"I'm sorry but I don't date people like you." Feliciano jolted a little, as the voice of Jason played in his memory. He looked around and no one seemed to notice.

"Sweetheart this, weird, phase of your's needs to end. It's not right." His mother said in his mind as Feliciano slowly got up.

"I have to go to the bathroom," Feliciano said as he started to leave the room. Quickly and as quietly as he could he ran back up to his room. He locked his door and caught his reflection in the mirror. Slowly he rubbed his hand against his face. He backed away from the mirror and covered his eyes as he did.

"This needs to stop now! What your doing in, unnatural."

"Your father is right. You need to stop lying to yourself, you won't be happy like this."

Feliciano started to breathe heavily. He felt a few teardrops starting to fall. Immeadtly he covered himself with his blanket. He let himself cry out but holding back making any sounds. Before he knew it he felt his arms around his chest. Slowly he rubbed his hands against his sides. As he did he proceeded to lay down on his bed. Every once and awhile he would hear a small creak or what sounded like a footstep. With each one he held his breath for a few seconds before continuing to cry. He grabbed the closest pillow and embraced it. He buried his face in it and let it all out. The voices of his parents remained echoing in his brain. He adjusted his blanket a bit and returned having his arms wrapped around his chest. He just laid there crying until he could no more.

A few hours later Feliciano slowly removed the blanket from his head. He kept it around his chest and sighed. Noticing something out of the corner of his eye he looked over to his side. There sat a chocolate chip muffin with a small note next to it.

Hi we noticed you were upset, so we left you a chocolate-chip muffin!

Feliciano picked up the muffin and smiled. He leaned back a bit, avoiding his reflection in the mirror and smiled.

"I'm happy," he whispered to himself smiling sadly. "And nothing can change that."

"So is it true?" Alfred asked the group as they sat outside. Ludwig leaned on the back of his seat. He held his book up and kept on reading. "Hello did you hear me?"

"Sorry, what did you say?" Ludwig said placing his book on the table.

"Is it true you had a guy over the weekend?" Alfred leaned on the table.

"What do you mean?"

"I heard from Bradon that you had another guy with you on Saturday."

"It was Feliciano wasn't it?" Emma asked leaning closer to him. Arthur was quick to pull her back.

"Does it matter if someone was here?" Ludwig turned to Emma. "And so what if Feliciano was here?"

"It means you have a chance at a relationship." Emma smiled widely.

"I don't know Feliciano that well. We've only seen each other in person twice. I do not have any sort of romantic feeling for him and even if I did I would not want to rush into a romantic relationship with."

"I'm not saying to ask him out right now!" Emma said defensively as she crossed her arms. "I'm saying that you two could be an item in the future."

"I agree with Emma," Arthur said calmly. "Having a more, romantic relationship with him could be a good thing."

"I don't think he likes me in that manner." Ludwig paused for a moment as everyone stared at him. "What I mean is I'm probably not his type."

"His type?" Alfred leaned on the table and raised an eyebrow.

"Well, uh were complete opposites. He's much more upbeat and outgoing than I am. Feliciano is the happiest person in the world, he could never love some who's more of a, pessimist like me."

"They say opposites attract." Arthur shrugged a bit. "Perhaps that is true for you and Feliciano."

"There is still something missing from this. Neither of us has feelings for the other."

"How do you know Feliciano doesn't like you?" Emma asked. She picked up her smoothie and took a sip. "Afterall he did give you his number."

"That was just him being nice."

"But he gave it to you and no one else." Alfred interrupted.

"Did he talk to any of you?" Ludwig asked. Everyone remained silent for a few minutes. "See then he was just being nice."

"Or he didn't talk to any of us because he interested in you!" Emma jumped in and pointed at him. Ludwig stared at them for a second.

"You have no proof of that."

Ludwig stood up and gathered his stuff. He said goodbye and started to walk away. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted one of the nature paths throughout the school. He looked around and headed down in it. After some time he found a nice area and sat there. Slowly he opened his book and continued reading. As he read on he started hearing Feliciano's voice. After a little bit, he looked around but saw that he was alone. Just as he thought.

"I don't have any feelings for Feliciano," Ludwig said as he laid down on the grass. He watched the sky for a moment. "Sure he's a nice guy, very friendly, has the most infectious positive attitude and everything I can say. But just because I like him doesn't mean I have feelings for him. Those are two completely different things. I value his friendship and that's it."

He sat there in the grass taking in the scenery. Once or twice he tried to go back to his book but the words jumbled in his mind. Ludwig sighed and looked around. He heard a small tweet and saw two small songbirds fly overhead. The two sang to each other as they flew by.

After a little bit, he pulled out his phone. He opened up his photo gallery and looked at a photo of him and his family. Ludwig was in the center in his graduation cap and gown. On one side of him was his brother with his arm wrapped around him. Their mother was on the other side of Ludwig laughing a little. His father was standing next to Gilbert with arms behind his back and in the serious posture, he normally had.

"Even if I did love Feliciano, could I risk losing them?"