"Okay Ludwig, so you have a crush now," Ludwig said to himself. "And this isn't a bad thing."

Ludwig smiled. Something about admitting that he had one made him feel much happier. Even still he felt a bit of unease. A few questions running through his head. Like, does/would Feliciano like him back? When would be the right moment to tell him? How would he even tell him? It had to be at the right moment and the right time. Most important, he had to be for sure Feliciano liked him back. The awkwardness of the situation if Feliciano said not. But for the moment it was going to be hard to figure out. Without thinking he started to reach for his phone.

"What am I doing? I can't tell him over a text!" Ludwig slapped himself on the forehead. He looked down and saw the last time they texted each other. "But I can't just ignore him."

Feliciano remained lying on his bed. Holding back any and all tears. He wrapped the blanket across him tighter and curled more under it. After a few seconds, he heard his phone buzz. He wrapped himself tighter and growled a little. He let it buzz. But as he let it sit he started to feel uneasy. There was something that was telling him to look at it. Slowly he reached for it. Turning it on he let out a small gasp. There was a text. From Ludwig.

Hi Feliciano, just want to see how you were doing.

Feliciano's heart skipped a beat. His breathing sped up a little and his face heated up. He stared at the message for longer than he should. He looked away for a second before replying.

Hi Ludwig I'm doing well.

Feliciano looked away. He felt bad for lying to Ludwig but he didn't want to tell Ludwig all of his problems. Especially personal ones.

That's good to hear these past few days have been stressful for me

Feliciano couldn't help but laugh. He didn't know why but it happened. He curled up under his blanket some more. But this time he is smiling. Not caring about anything else in the world.

"You know we could hang out around your campus sometime," Feliciano said as he and Ludwig walked around the town square.

"There's not that much around," Ludwig admitted rubbing the back of his head. He could feel his face heat up a bit.

"I do have to admit the atmosphere of the place is what inspired me to chose here," Feliciano turned his head around and mumbled the next part. "And the fact this one of the farthest placed my parents would let me go."

"What was that?"

"Oh nothing," Felicano turned to face Ludwig and flashed him a smile.

Ludwig didn't say anything. He turned to face forward. He took this moment to admire the town a little more. This time there were fewer people walking around. Leaving more room to admire the scenery. It had this cozy small-town feel to it, despite not all being like a small town. There were a lot of small and family-owned businesses. Unlike in his own small town that had like seven different pizza places and a bunch of corporate-owned coffee shops. Whenever his parents walked to take him and Gilbert out for dinner they had to drive at least twenty minutes to get to a good place.

"Want to get a coffee or something?" Feliciano asked after a few minutes. He gestured to a small cafe nearby.

"Sure," he said after about a minute.

The two walked into the shop together. For some reason, Ludwig kept a slight distance from Feliciano. The two ordered separately but decided to sit at one of the small tables in it. Ludwig got his normal drink of a medium coffee with some cream in it. While Feliciano got a cappuccino.

"I love being a rebel," he said with a laugh.

"A lot of people drink cappuccinos Feliciano," Ludwig said confused as he took a sip of his coffee. "I don't think that makes you a rebel."

"Oh, I said that out loud," Feliciano sulked in his seat a little and Ludwig noticed he was blushing. "It's a small inside joke between me and my friends. My parents are pure Italian and they love espresso drinks but refuse to drink them especially cappuccinos after 11 am. This rule also applied to me and brothers. If we tried to order those drinks they'd yell at us. So now that I'm in college I occasionally get one as a small rebellion."

"A strange form of rebelling but alright."

Feliciano smiled and took another sip of it. The two of them spent about half an hour in the small cafe. Just chatting with each other and occasionally laughing. Their conversation was mostly about classes. Sometimes one of them would start venting for a few minutes while the others just listened. When they were done they left the cafe. As they started walking again Ludwig felt his hand slowly move towards to Feliciano's. He quickly grabbed it hand. After a few more minutes of walking, Feliciano gasped and walked towards a rather large fountain.

"Isn't it beautiful?" Feliciano asked staring at it. His eyes lighting up.

Ludwig looked at the fountain. It was pure white and made of stone. Ludwig couldn't tell which kind. There small statues of mermaids and fish. Ludwig assumed when the weather was warmer the water would be running through it.

"It is rather nice."

Feliciano sighed and sit on the edge of the fountain. Careful not to fall in. Ludwig sat down next to him. Once again he noticed his hand moving towards Feliciano's. He quickly moved it away. Feliciano didn't seem to notice. He was sitting there. Kicking his legs a little. Completely listening to the sounds around him.

"You really like this fountain don't you," Ludwig said awkwardly.

"Yeah, it's a personal thing," Feliciano looked down but was still smiling. Ludwig decided not to press any further.

After sitting there for a few minutes, Feliciano stood up. He dusted himself off a bit. Ludwig followed suite. They walked around for a bit more. A few minutes later a cold breeze blew by. Feliciano shivered a little. Ludwig started to reach for his jacket.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah just a little cold," Feliciano said adjusting his scarf a little.

"Do you want to go back to your place to warm up?"

"It's alright."

"You sure. I don't mind. It would nice to warm up a little."

Slowly Feliciano nodded a little. The two started towards his house. Feliciano started to speed up a little. Getting ahead of Ludwig for a few moments. Ludwig could see Feliciano hug himself trying to warm up. After a bit, Ludwig started to rub his hands together. When they got to the house Feliciano gave a sigh of relief.

"Hey guys I'm back," Feliciano said as he walked in. "Ludwig's here, we'll be in my room."

"Hello," Ludwig said as he walked in. Feliciano gestured to the coat rack where he hung it up. The two then started to walk upstairs.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do," one of Feliciano's roommates yelled as they did.

"Ignore them," Feliciano said sounding very annoyed.

Ludwig shrugged it off and went to Feliciano's room. Feliciano pulled out the chairs from the two desks in the room and sat in one. Ludwig took it as a cue to sit in the other one. He sat down and the two remained silent for a moment.

"So want do you want to do?" Feliciano asked after a few moments.

"I dunno," Ludwig said. Looking at Feliciano who sitting there with his hands together and moving his feet a little. He just looked so cute like that.

"You okay?" Feliciano asked tilting his head a little.

"Of course," Ludwig said quickly and straightened himself up. "Why'd you ask?"

"You were staring at my desk." Feliciano gestured to it.

"Oh, I was wondering," Ludwig remained quiet for a second, though it felt like longer. "of what we should do."

"What to watch a movie?" Feliciano asked. "I have a few different streaming services on my computer."

"Sure that sounds good."

Feliciano smiled and pulled out his laptop. He placed it on his desk and started to unlock it. Ludwig moved his chair closer. Remaining a little bit away from it. Feliciano opened his streaming services up and let Ludwig look through them. We got up for a few minutes and came back with a bag of popcorn. He opened it and after a bit of debate, they decided on one. Then they relaxed and enjoyed the movie. Both being happy to be with each other.