When Ludwig woke up in the morning he found that he had his arms wrapped around the angel, who was curled up against his chest. A blush crossed his face and he was going to let go of Feliciano and get up to start his day, but he made the mistake of looking down at him. He was sure that even if Feliciano wasn't an angel he would still be this beautiful. He hadn't even meant to think the word, but it had happened before he could stop it. He couldn't keep thinking like this, the angel wasn't supposed to start meaning something to him other than being someone to use for cleaning. He carefully let go of Feliciano and got out of bed. He grabbed some clothes and went to take a shower to get ready. By the time Ludwig was finished and came back into the room, Feliciano was sitting up in the bed looking like he had just woken up.
"Hi Luddy. Did you sleep well?" Feliciano asked, yawning a little and rubbing the sleep from his eyes before looking at the demon. "I slept really well here."
Ludwig blushed lightly again. "I slept well. Go get some new clothes on and-." He was cut off by his phone buzzing. He glanced down at it, then looked at it when he saw it was from his boss. He sighed and sent a quick reply before he looked back to the angel. "It looks like I'll be staying here today. There was some kind of accident and even though it's not that abnormal usually, this time the whole place was set on fire. You'd think that wouldn't be a problem in Hell of all places, but apparently it is. So just get dressed and I'll get some breakfast together. I can start teaching you to read and write after we eat."
Feliciano was a little confused as to why this was an issue, but he wasn't about to question it. Not now anyway since Ludwig seemed annoyed by it. "OK," he said with a nod before Ludwig left. He didn't really have any clothes, so he supposed he could wear some of Ludwig's. He had said he could wear his old clothes anyway. Sure, he had said it while they were in the spare room and about the clothes in there, but Feliciano was sure that wearing some newer clothes would be fine as well. So he searched through the dresser and picked out some clothes. He saw the shirts weren't going to really give access to his wings. When Feliciano decided on a shirt, he cut some holes in the back and when he put it on, his wings were able to get through them with a little struggling.
"Luddy, I found some clothes, but I had to make some holes in them for my wings, is that OK? I already did it, so I hope it is," Feliciano said as he entered the kitchen. He saw Ludwig look over and it seemed like he wasn't any less annoyed from earlier. Maybe he was a little more irritated.
"You ripped holes in my favorite shirt," he simply said. His voice was rather even as he spoke. Maybe he was keeping his anger in check because he liked Feliciano in his shirt that was too big for the slender angel.
"I didn't know it was your favorite. I'm sorry. It just...it looked like all your other shirts in that drawer, honestly." Feliciano got some plates out and set them down on the table. "I don't like my wings restricted. It doesn't feel good."
"I supposed I can understand that," Ludwig said. He, of course, did not have any wings of his own, but he could understand not wanting some part of a person restricted like that. "Start some coffee, this will be finished soon."
"OK," Feliciano said, smiling. It didn't seem like Ludwig was really mad at him for ripping his shirt. If he had known it was the other's favorite, he would have picked another shirt to wear instead. He saw the coffee maker and got it going, making some for both of them. He didn't know how many cups Ludwig drank, but he knew he would only have one. He may not even have any. He could never get used to the taste when he was introduced to it in Heaven.
When Ludwig was finished making breakfast, he got it on their plates and Feliciano got them each a cup of coffee. They ate and Feliciano chatted with Ludwig, or tried to. He did most of the talking, but he didn't mind and Ludwig didn't seem to mind either. He seemed to actually be calming down as he listened to the other. After they finished, the both of them did the dishes and then Feliciano followed Ludwig into the living room.
"Sit and I'll be back with some paper and a pen," Ludwig said before he left to get those things. Feliciano sat down on the sofa as he waited for Ludwig to come back. It didn't take long for him to and when he did, Ludwig sat next to Feliciano and put the paper and pen down in front of them on the coffee table.
"Alright, first things first. Do you know how to read or write anything at all?" Ludwig asked, looking to Feliciano.
The angel only smiled and laughed before shaking his head no. "Nope, nothing!" he happily declared.
"Of course you don't," Ludwig said with a sigh. "Well, how about we start with your name then and we can work from there. Does that sound alright?"
Feliciano nodded. "That sounds good!" He realized that Ludwig could teach him to read and write in either English or German. He hoped he would do it in English, but he knew there was nothing stopping him from doing it in German. He supposed they would cross that bridge when they got there.
He watched as Ludwig neatly wrote down a bunch of letters, being told that was the alphabet and all the letters they were going to use would come from there. He wrote out the other's name and was patient with him as Feliciano learned to write and read his own name. They moved onto some simple words and Ludwig let Feliciano take his time learning each new one, how to write it, how to read it. He was teaching the other in English since he didn't appear to know German. Maybe later he would do that. Feliciano's handwriting was sloppy and very disorganized at first. It was a little better by the end of the day.
By the time Ludwig was able to go back to work, Feliciano had improved greatly. His handwriting was a lot neater and Ludwig kept the papers in a drawer in his office, even after they were finished with the papers and wouldn't be getting back to them. He had told himself it was because he was going to show Feliciano how much he had improved, but he just liked how Feliciano's handwriting had improved and how nice it looked. Even though it had been a little over a week, Feliciano would now be able to read what Ludwig had written for him to do and he would be able to write notes back to him.
"I'm going to be going back to work tomorrow," Ludwig said as they ate dinner. He had decided to cook today and he had tried to make something Feliciano would really like. He hadn't really done the best job, but it was good enough and Feliciano seemed to be enjoying it. "You think you'll be alright here on your own?"
Feliciano shrugged. "I think I will be," he told him. "I'm just a little nervous about it. It feels like it's been a long while since I was here alone. I don't think I've really ever been alone here since Gilbert came in that first day." He laughed at remembering it, thinking it felt like it had been so long ago.
"You'll be fine. I'll come back from lunch just to make sure." He stood up and took their plates as they finished eating. "I know the last time you watched a movie here, it...wasn't the best. But I have other movies if you maybe want to watch one before heading to bed?" Ludwig made sure he wasn't facing Feliciano if he asked because he was nervous about it. He knew he had no reason to be, it was just asking...Feliciano. He didn't know if he was a friend or something else. He hadn't had many friends when he had been alive and he only hung around with his brother now so he wasn't sure if this was friendship.
"You do? What other kinds? I would love to watch a movie before bed," Feliciano happily said as he got up with Ludwig. He helped him with the dishes, putting them away after they were cleaned. "Do you have any real comedies or maybe a romance movie?"
"I have a few romance movies," Ludwig said. He knew he had them because he had never been in a relationship before and he had longed for one and felt it was a personal failure that he had never gotten one in life, so he had them so he could be reminded of it.
"That sounds great! Oh, wait, are they all in German?"
"Ja, but a lot of them can be subbed in English, I think. I'll check and we can watch one of those." They finished washing and putting away the dishes and Ludwig checked the movies while they were in the living room. He found one they could watch in English and he put it in as Feliciano sat on the sofa. He sat down with him, blushing lightly again as the angle automatically snuggled up to him. "This one says it has good reviews, so it should be good," he told the other before he hit play.
The movie seemed like any other rom-com in the world. Feliciano seemed to be enjoying it, so Ludwig didn't mind. He allowed himself to enjoy watching it at as well and he continued to watch it even after Feliciano fell asleep with his head leaning on Ludwig's shoulder. When the movie was over, Feliciano was still sleeping and Ludwig didn't want to disturb him, so he stayed where he was. He was hoping that Feliciano would wake up so they could just go back to his room to sleep, he had let Feliciano continue to sleep in his bed with him even though he had swore he would do it just the one night, but the angel kept sleeping. Ludwig changed the television so it was on the regular television and was able to change it to the news that was happening where he had grown up. A lot had changed from when he was alive and not all of it was for the better. He fell asleep after about an hour of watching it, his own head resting against Feliciano's.