"Are you sure you don't want me to go to your place?" Ludwig asked Feliciano over the phone.
"But I feel like we always hang out at my place," Feliciano whined a little. "We never hang out at yours."
"We have," Ludwig said annoyed.
"Yeah once." Ludwig could tell Feliciano was pouting on the other end. He remained silent. "Can we please mix it up just this once?"
"Alright," Ludwig sighed defeated.
"Yay I can't wait!" Feliciano cheered. "See you Saturday!"
"See you then," Ludwig said quietly. He sighed and leaned against his bed.
"Are you okay?" Alfred asked walking into the room.
"Feliciano's coming over on Saturday." Alfred's face immediately lit up. "It's not a date!"
"If you say so," Alfred teased sticking his tongue out at the end. "But I don't see why that would make you upset dude."
"I'm not nervous about that," Ludwig said firmly. "In fact, I'm not nervous about anything."
"You sure?" Alfred said leaning closer to Ludwig. He sighed and nodded. Alfred shrugged it off and walked to his laptop and logged on to play some game. Ludwig pulled out a book and started reading it. Hoping it would get his mind off the whole thing.
"So a friend is coming over tonight and worried what you're going to do," Matthew said as he and Ludwig sat at the checkout desk at the library. It was late Saturday morning, so the library was still rather empty. Both of them had been put on front desk duty for the morning. Which was rare for Ludwig, normally he was roaming duty. Fixing shelves and putting books away. It was active work and it kept him busy. He found sitting at the desk kind of boring. Especially on Saturday, nothing happened.
"Yeah, he came over before once but that was to help me with a project," Ludwig explained adjusting himself in his seat. "We've hung out at his place a few times, and we normally go out. There's isn't really anything to do here and he'll probably get bored."
"Maybe he just wants to hang out and not go anywhere," Matthew suggested.
"You got a point," Ludwig said turning to look at the computer. "I just hope he isn't bored."
"Don't worry I'm sure he won't be." Ludwig remained silent and kept staring at the screen. "And if not, I'm sure you'll guys find something."
Ludwig stood by the bus stop. Leaning slightly against the side of it. He had received a text from Feliciano a few minutes ago, saying he was on the bus. He wasn't sure how long the bus ride would be but he knew he should there when Feliciano got off the bus. Every few minutes a bus would pass on either stop, but none of them had Feliciano. Ludwig checked his phone each time and saw nothing from Feliciano. At least Ludwig knew Feliciano wasn't lost on campus. Then he saw a bus drive past from across the street. There was a single person that got off. As soon as they started to wave, Ludwig knew it was Feliciano. When traffic was cleared, he started running across the street.
"Hi Ludwig," Feliciano said happily when he got close enough.
"Hi Feliciano," Ludwig said, he felt his heart flutter a little. "Glad you were able to make it."
"I am too," Feliciano beamed. Ludwig took a small step back. Feliciano walked past him and stared at the campus for a moment. "Wow, your campus is larger than I remember."
"It's not that big," Ludwig said a bit quietly.
"Mine's smaller," Feliciano said. He gestured a little to the campus. Ludwig took the cue and started walking towards the campus. Feliciano followed him with a smile.
"So, I know you're excepting to go to my dorm," Ludwig said after a while of walking.
"Actually I don't care,"
"I figured we could start out by going to one of my favorite places on campus," Ludwig said, interrupting Feliciano.
"No offense but I don't want to go to the library." Feliciano rolled his eyes but laughed a little.
"What, no," Ludwig said turning back as Feliciano still giggled. "It's actually not a building."
Feliciano remained quiet. He followed Ludwig quickly. Past every building until they were near the back of campus. Walking behind one of the last buildings, he saw a small stone path. Before Ludwig even started walking towards it, Feliciano turned his body towards it. At the end of the path was a bustling river. Ludwig took a seat near it and followed sat down next to her.
"It's beautiful here," Feliciano said looking at some nearby flowers. "How did you find this place?"
"When my parents took me on a tour here," Ludwig leaned back a little. "Our tour guide told us about the stone path. We were unable to see it and I wasn't able to find it during orientation. So, once I was all moved in I spent my first free day searching out this place. It surprisingly didn't that long to find it."
"I'm surprised we're the only ones here." Feliciano looked around some more. Despite the peaceful aura the area gave off, Ludwig and Feliciano were the only there. At least that Feliciano could see. And while there could have people out of his line of sight, he couldn't hear anyone.
"Most people like to out and party. Especially when there is a football game." Ludwig said the last part in a small grumble. Feliciano leaned his head on Ludwig's shoulder. Ludwig tensed up for a bit but somehow Feliciano being there calmed him down.
"I get it," Feliciano said softly. "I'm not much of a sports person either. Though I do enjoy going to a party."
"I'm not really a party person," Ludwig looked away as he said that.
"Yeah you're more of a book person," Feliciano said nudging Ludwig with his elbow a little.
"Do we even have anything in common?" Ludwig thought to himself. "If so, how can we manage as a couple? We probably won't even last as friends."
Ludwig felt Feliciano's head lift off his shoulder. He leaned his head in his hands. Sighing a little. Luckily it seemed that Feliciano didn't hear or chose to ignore him. He could hear him moving across the grass. Freezing at some points before moving again. Turning around he saw Feliciano lying on his stomach. Ludwig stood up and walked closer. Then he saw Feliciano holding his phone close to a group of flowers. He didn't know what specific species they were kind of short and of pink color.
"Uh, Feliciano what are you doing?"
"Oh," Feliciano said kneeling up. Ludwig could see a small tint of red on cheeks. "I saw some of the flowers and really like them. So I've been taking pictures of them to draw them later."
"Are they interesting to draw?" Ludwig knelt draw next to them.
"Yes actually." Feliciano rubbed the back of his head for a few seconds. "I've never seen any like these before and the urge was too strong. Mei likes to poke fun of my constant picture taking. But I can't help it, that could be the only time I see it."
"I take it you do it a lot," Ludwig moved so he was sitting down.
"Yeah, nature is great for finding inspiration in. It's literally endless."
"And good for stress relief," Ludwig admitted moving closer to Feliciano.
"So is talking to you," Feliciano said with a warm smile.
"I doubt it," Ludwig brushed it off.
"I mean it," Feliciano leaned back on Ludwig. "I look forward to talking to you and hanging out with you."
"I look forward to this too."