"Okay that should be the last of it," Feliciano said as he placed a bag on his bed.

"You sure," Lovino asked cautiously looking over his brother's stuff.

"Yes," Feliciano said as he gently placed his tablet case on his bed.

Lovino looked at his phone and sighed as he put it away. "Well, I got to get going. I'm sorry I have to leave already."

"It's okay." Feliciano gave his brother a comforting smile. "I'll walk you out to the car."

Lovino smile backed before the two went outside. Once outside Feliciano gave his brother a quick hug. As Lovino walked into the car he gave Feliciano a quick wave. Feliciano remained outside until the car had completely driven away. Staying outside for a few extra seconds. A cold wind lew by causing him to shiver a little. Taking this as a sign he walked backed inside. Currently, he was one of the only people back at school. Aside from him, only Berwald and Victoria were back. Feliciano walked upstairs. He stood in his room and smiled. Taking advantage of the quiet Feliciano worked on unpacking his stuff. After a few minutes, the silence started to bug him. He dug through his backpack before pulling out his phone and headphones.

When he was done, Feliciano climbed on his bed. He laid down and closed his eyes. As he laid down, a lot of different imagines start flowing through his mind. He smiled. If his eyelid didn't feel so heavy, he would be drawing right now. The longer he laid down the calmer he felt.

When Feliciano woke up, he looked to his roommate's bed. there he saw a few bags next to it. He immediately smiled. Sitting up, he stretched a little. After that, he got off his bed, careful not to make a sound. He smiled as he quietly made his way downstairs.

"Feli!" Mei said excitingly running up to hug him. Feliciano hugged her back.

"We ordered pizza," Tezera told him, holding up a box. "Want a slice?"

"You know me," Feliciano said walking over and grabbing a slice. "I can't say no to pizza."

"We would have called you down," Mei started to explain as she and Feliciano sat down. "But we all thought you were still asleep."

"It's alright," Feliciano said before taking a bite of pizza.

Tezera leaned on the arm of the couch. She grinned widely and a bit slyly. "So Feliciano, how's your boyfriend doing?"

Feliciano coughed a little. "What do you mean? I don't have a boyfriend."

"Uh, Ludwig?" A few people gasped and everyone started at Feliciano. Tezera remained smiling slyly. Everyone else had eager looks on their faces.

"Ludwig?" Everyone kept staring at him. Mei moved a bit closer to him. Feliciano started to laugh nervously but started to feel his face warm up. "We're just friends."

"He's blushing!" Mei said loudly pointing to him.

Feliciano bolted up. "I getting thirsty. I'm going to see what drinks we have."

He walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. It was still rather empty but he did see an almost full box of cola. He took one out and stayed in there for about a minute. Taking a few quick, deep breaths before head out. He tightly held his soda and he walked out and sat down. Before anyone could say something, he took a sip of it.

"Come on Feli," Tezera leaned closer to him. "You have to admit there's a spark between you and Ludwig."

"There is not," Feliciano said quickly before taking another sip.

"Okay if you think there is something between Feliciano and Ludwig, raise your hand," Tezera asked turning to the rest of the group. Everyone raised their hands. With Kiku hand's practically bolting up.

"Really guys," Feliciano sighed and leaned back a little. "The two of us don't really know each other. We've hung out like twice. I don't think that's enough to form a relationship."

"You did draw him that picture of his dog for Christmas," Mei leaned on the table smirking.

"That was just a friendly gesture!" Feliciano straightened himself up.

"If you say so."

"Guys, can we please change the subject?" Tolyis asked. "It's clearly making Feliciano uncomfortable."

"Okay," Tezera sighed. "So what is the most exciting thing that happened during winter break?"

"Man does it feel good to be back," Alfred said collapsing on his bed. "How are things going at home?"

"Everything is going well," Ludwig said as he started organizing supplies for classes the next day.

"Even with you being gay?"

"Thankfully," Ludwig smiled a looked up for a minute. "It's been going better than I ever could imagine."

Ludwig looked over at the photo of his family. He reached over and grabbed it. As he looked at it he couldn't help but smile wider. With a few tears in his eyes, he embraced the picture.

"Uh I don't want to interrupt you picture bonding session," Alfred said awkwardly. Ludwig quickly put the picture back. "But Emma wants to know if you want to grab dinner."

Ludwig nodded and climbed off his bed. When Alfred turned around, Ludwig turned around looked at the picture one more time. He quickly smiled at it before heading outside. Despite having only been gone for a month, there was a sense of mystique about being back at college. It was hard to describe but there was something different about it. And as always it would be gone by tomorrow.

After a few seconds, Ludwig felt his phone buzz. As he brought it out, his mind went to Feliciano. Hoping that the message was from him. As he looked at his phone, his face fell a little. It was just an email from one of his professors, reminding them of the class tomorrow. Ludwig sighed before putting his phone away. Looking up he saw Alfred had gotten a few feet ahead of him. Briskly he caught up to him without saying anything.

"So how was your winter break?" Emma asked as everyone sat down.

"It was great!" Alfred said excitedly. "Matt and I had a Maveral movie marathon one weekend. It was awesome!"

"I didn't know Matt liked those movies," Arthur said turning to face Alfred.

"Well, he doesn't love them like I do," Alfred bragged a little as he gestured to himself. "But he is a decent fan. He just isn't vocal about it."

"And here I thought you dragged him to see Endgame," Ludwig said with a small smile.

"Nah we were both super excited about it," Alfred beamed before taking a bite of his burger.

"So Ludwig," Emma said after about a minute. "Tezera said you got a gift from Feliciano. Is that true?"

"Yes," Ludwig said quickly before taking a sip of his drink.

"Can we see it?" Alfred asked excitingly.

"Sure just give me a second," Ludwig pulled out his phone. He opened up the gallery and searched through it for a bit. He reached the drawing and couldn't help but smile again. Gently he placed his phone on the table. Immediately, the other three looked over at it.

"Hey is that your old dog?" Alfred asked looking at it.

"Yes," Ludwig said quietly.

"This is too cute," Emma said looking at it. She zoomed in on it to admire some of the details.

"He sure has some talent," Arthur said looking at it.

"He truly does," Ludwig thought to himself. Still looking at it in awe.

That night, Ludwig laid on his bed. Currently, he was taking up time playing a game. It was that awkward time when it was too late to do anything but too early to go to sleep. After a little bit, Ludwig got bored and exited out of the game. He pressed an app and saw it was messager. His eyes caught Feliciano. Their last conversation being about a week ago.

Hi Feliciano are you back at campus yet?

Yeah, I got back ealier this afternoon. What about you?

I got back here this morning.

Ludwig looked over at Alfred. He was currently occupied with something else. He sighed a little before typing. Do you want to get together to catch up at all?

Oh, there's an event next weekend called Winterfest! Do you want to come! I went last year and it's tons of fun

Sure, I'd love too.