"Finally home," Feliciano said as he collapsed on his bed. He sighed joyfully before setting up his bed. Afterward, he placed his duffle bag on his bed and started to unpack his clothes. As per normal he sorted the clothes into two piles. He took the first pile and buried them in one of his drawers. Then he took the other clothes and hung them up or put them in his other drawers.
After a few seconds, Feliciano walked up to the window. The bright red, orange, and yellow leaves blew gently in the breeze. He leaned against it a little. Slowly he placed his hand on the window and sighed. He looked at his phone for a moment. There were no signs of any messages. He started to stroke his hair a little. It was starting to get a little long. He stared at his face in the mirror. Focusing on his face. He pulled out his phone and opened his schedule. His next appoint wasn't for another week.
Immediately he ran over to his desk and opened the bottom door. He dug around for a bit before he found a small pouch. Quickly he opened it up and dumped the contents out. He looked it over before finding a small container of foundation. Holding his breath he opened it. When he saw it was about half full he sighed in relief. He placed every back in its place and put the foundation and sponge on top. Shortly after heard his phone buzz.
Hello, Feliciano. I'm sorry I haven't said anything in a few days but I came out to my parents on Thursday. They handled it well.
Feliciano stared at the message for a long time. He didn't know how to feel. His brain was going a mix of happiness and jealousy. This should be a good thing but these negative emotions were ruining it. He wanted to scream and bang his hand against the wall. It took everything in him not to. He leaned on his bedpost and sighed.
Congrats I happy for you! He typed quickly and turned his phone on silent. Placing it on the ground he pushed as far away from him as he could. He remained kneeling on the floor in silence. After some time had past he heard a knock at the door.
"Hi, Feli," Mei said after she opened the door. "There's pizza in the oven if you want any."
"Sure." He stood up and dusted his pants off a little.
"Everything alright?" she asked as they started to walk downstairs.
"It's fine," Feliciano said quietly and looking down.
"And your folks?"
"Were fine." Feliciano kept looking down as they walked.
The two kept walking down in silent. Feliciano kept staring at the wall the entire time. Downstairs everyone was sitting around the couch. It looked like Victoria and Kiku had no arrived back yet. Feliciano took a seat, leaning on the couch a bit.
"Hey everyone the pizza will be ready in ten minutes," Tolyis said poking his head in the living room.
Feliciano smiled and nodded. He remained silent for a few minutes. He quietly watched everyone reminisce about their break. They were laughing, groaning, all the sort. From what he could tell everyone had a good time.
"Are you thinking of wearing that?" Feliciano shook his head a little.
"I just bought you some nice tops. Why don't you wear one of those instead?" He looked down at his shirt and pulled it out. Slowly he pulled his arms around his chest. He felt a few tears forming in his eyes. Quickly he wiped them away. Looking up he saw that no one was looking over. They were all in their own little world, not even noticing him at all.
"You the worst part about break has to be the day after when you come back." Alfred sighed collapsing on the bed. Emma grabbed a pillow next to her and threw at him. Alfred stared at it for a moment before picking it up. "What was that for?"
"I don't want you breaking anything," Emma said as she caught it. She proceeded to look at Alfred with an annoyed expression. "Like I said don't break anything."
"Here we go again," Arthur sighed and closed his notebook.
"At this point, I'm not surprised," Ludwig said looking over at the two.
"I should have taken that night class, at that would have been productive."
"Alright how about we take a study break." Ludwig closed his notebook with a small bang. Emma and Alfred stopped in their track.
"Good I need one." Alfred tossed his stuff off the bed.
Emma walked over to her fridge and pulled out a soda. She sat on her chair sideways. "Well, your brain certainly needs one."
"Why do we even have this study group anyway?" Alfred complained.
"At this point, I would ask why we wouldn't have it." Emma took a long sip of her soda.
The friends stayed in silence for a few minutes. Ludwig pulled out his phone and checked his messages. He saw one from his mother, asking how his first day back was. He quickly replied before opening up some game. Looking up from his phone for a second he saw everyone else was on their phones. He straightened himself up a little and leaned against the wall.
"Oh, Ludwig did you take my advice?" Alfred asked after a few minutes.
"About what?" Ludwig asked not looking from his phone.
"Finding signs about how your parents react to coming out. Duh." Alfred said before Emma stood up and hit him on the head. "What was that for?"
"Because it's a personal decision."
Ludwig looked down for a second before placing his phone down. "Actually I came out to them over break."
Everyone stared at him for a few seconds. Alfred stood up and walked over to the window. He moved the blind over and kept looking out it.
"What are you doing?" Arthur asked in an annoyed tone.
"Checking to see if there are any pigs flying outside," Alfred said as he closed the blind. "Because unless I'm hearing something you actually told your parents that you're gay."
"I did," Ludwig said firmly.
"And how did they react?" Emma asked sheepishly
"They were, believe it or not, they were very accepting of it," Ludwig said after a few seconds.
"That's awesome!"
The rest of the night was rathered quiet. While the group was able to get some studying done there wasn't really much they could do. Once back in his dorm Ludwig couldn't but think about the events from the past Thursday. He felt so much lighter. So far everything was going well. Better than he ever thought it would be. Hopefully, it would last.