Chapter 3

Hello everyone! Sorry for the long wait but had a chaotic Christmas, my laptop decided to kick the bucket then on top of all that I got sick but I'm back now. Here is the next chapter, I hope you like it.

Just want to give a special thanks to by beta Lady Histoire for being so patient!

Now on to the story ~

It had been three days since Feliciano had met Ludwig; he desperately wanted to see him again. His brother Lovino had found out that he had been in the forest until dark, when he realized he was gone he'd been so worried. Ever since then Lovino refuse to let him out of his sight but he wanted to go see that man again, there was just something about him that he felt so drawn to and even though he had only known him for such a short amount of time, he felt a deep connection with him.

Feliciano was currently walking around the fields with Lovino right next to him. "You know, I can do this on my own!"

Lovino look at him. "Nope, you are staying next to me even if I have to handcuff us together." Feliciano pouted and felt a slight urge to hit his brother. Now he will have to wait until Lovino went to use the restroom. Then he will try to make a brake for it but for now he would wait and bide his time.

As the day progressed, Feliciano began to get a little impatient. "Fratello, why don't you drink some water? I know you're thirsty and we can't have you fainting in the fields!" He smiled, letting his brother know that he was teasing, all though he wanted him out of his way, and he didn't want to hurt his brother's feelings.

Lovino looked up from checking the roots of one of the grape vines. "I don't want anything to drink Feli, now stop asking me! I know what you're planning; you talk in your sleep!" Feliciano was shocked that he knew. He didn't want him to be mad but knew that there was going to be another argument. He just hates it when Lovino chews him out.

The older Italian looked up "I'll make you sit on the tub while I take a piss, I swear it! I am going to keep you safe, you idiot" Feliciano was now getting a little angry; he wanted to see Ludwig, right now! He sees a rock and can't believe what he was planning to do to his brother. He picks it up and puts it into his pocket; he would wait until they got to the house. At least if he's going to knock him out that he will be safe in the house, he didn't want to truly hurt him nor leave him out in the scorching heat.

Lovino look at Feliciano as they go to walk into the house. "I don't know what's so important in that forest that you are willing to ignore the rules. If nonno found out his favorite grandson was in there he would yell at me then check you for broken bones." Feliciano takes out the rock, with only the force needed to knock him out, he strikes Lovino over the head. As he falls to the floor, Feliciano moves to grab him and lower him to the floor. He checks that his brother is breathing and there isn't any damage to his skull. He smiles knowing that there is nothing stopping him from going in the woods. As for Lovino, he will pray that he won't be to mad at him when he wakes up. He takes his chance and starts running out the door and down their yard which is in front of the house. There was a dirt road which separates the house from the vineyard. Hearing his brother waking up and screaming bloody murder, he runs faster; knowing that he just needs to get into the woods as Lovino would never follow him into there.

"Feliciano! Get your ass back here! Right now! I'll tie you to your goddamn bed until this urge to go into the forest is out of your system, you asshole! Fuck, my head hurt so much!" Feliciano start to run even faster, he was slightly scared as he had never seen his brother this upset, though he couldn't really blame him. As he passes the last vines he sees the next road, the main road which was made out of tar, he feel the wind get knocked out of him as Lovino tackles him, just before he was about to step onto it. He was so close! He didn't know what got into him but he found himself fight his brother.

Feliciano start to get upset "Fratello get off me. You're hurting me!" He started to kick at Lovino, he knows if he doesn't try to run now he was fucked.

Lovino was pissed. "I'm hurting you? Good! You hit me on the fucking head. I have half a mind to drag you back by your curls!" he was about to start drag him back when he was kick hard in the balls. Lovino gasped and cups himself as he rolls off Feliciano. He lies on the ground next to him struggling to breath.

Feliciano bolts across the tar road and into the forest. As he runs, he screams "I am sorry Lovino but I need to go now. I need to see him again!" Feliciano just keeps running as fast as he can. He lets the twigs from the trees scratch at his skin, still refusing to ease up even though he knew that his brother would not be following him. As he got to the clearing, he didn't seeing Ludwig waiting for him, he was sitting on the ground and Feliciano ran straight into him causing them both to sprawl over the forest floor. Feliciano releases a yelp as he sees Ludwig under him, lying on his back growling.

Ludwig releases a growling, "What the hell Feliciano! What are you running from? Oh please don't cry!" Feliciano jumps on Ludwig hugging him whilst crying. He tries to speak but with how fast he is trying to talk it is almost impossible to understand him.

"That's enough, now stop screaming and crying!" Feliciano stop crying and tries to calm down. Ludwig takes a deep breath and trying to quell his prior anger. He speaks softly to the young boy. "Now tell me what is wrong."

Feliciano releases a hiccup. Now that he has stopped running and the adrenaline is out of his system he actually feels slightly sick but for Ludwig he slowly calms down. He looks at Ludwig with a soft expression, almost like a kicked puppy. "Well, I had to run fast to get away from my big brother. I hit him in the back of the head at first but he didn't go down. He got up and ran after me. He was the person that was keeping me from coming back. I'm sorry I broke my promising and not coming back on the day I said I would." He cuddles into Ludwig feeling safe and calm. Ludwig is just a little taken back that Feliciano would do that to his brother. Feliciano just smiles and stares at Ludwig, a slight blushing coloring his cheeks. "Can I stay on your lap?" Ludwig realizes at that moment the position they are both in; Ludwig sitting up with Feliciano straddling him, so close that there isn't even an inch between them. This realization causes him to blush a deep shade of red.

Ludwig was left stunned as Feliciano continues cuddling him. The current situation was very new to him and he doesn't know what to do. He slowly rubbing circles on his back hoping this will help him calm down. This only makes Feliciano cuddle him more. He stops crying completely and slowly smiles feeling at peace. He pulls back a little to look at Ludwig; his eyes are a little puffy. Feliciano takes a chance and move closer pressing his lips against Ludwig's. Ludwig stiffens as Feliciano kisses him softly but after a moment he slowly kisses back, closing his eyes from the feeling of Feliciano's soft lips. They slowly let their passion rise as they kiss softly and slowly. Feliciano feel so happy like his heart is going to burst through his chest, that Ludwig is actually returning his feeling. Feliciano doesn't want to stop not even for air but Ludwig slowly pulls himself away panting softly. He stares into Feliciano's eyes feeling calm and happy for once. He didn't regret giving his first kiss away. "Wow…Feli thank you. Um, well that was great…was I good? I mean it was my first kiss."

Truly happy, Feliciano feels his chest pounding harder but he felt like he couldn't breathe. The lack of air causes him to faint, his eyes slowly closing as he falls backwards onto the ground. Ludwig jumps back in shock. "Oh shit, Feliciano!… Wake up!… Wake up!" He realizes that the boy fainted also that it was starting to get dark. He picks up the boy and started to walk towards Feliciano's home. As the sun starts to sets he sees a large and somewhat medieval looking mansion. He makes himself move closer, he has never left the forest before and is shocked to see the vineyard which could feed many packs. He wouldn't even know what to do with all that food. He keeps walking to the mansion and puts Feliciano on the rocking chair under the porch. He knocks on the door and back towards the forest so that no one will see him. He moves through the vines watching as another man comes out. This man cocks his head to the side and gives Feliciano an odd look before smiling and taking him into the house.

Ludwig felt strange, like he has to be with Feliciano, that they are meant to be together. He really hopes he didn't bond to him with that kiss. He changes into a werewolf and slowly walk back home feeling a little lonely. He really wants to sneak into Feliciano's house to cuddle with the young boy, maybe then he would not feel so cold at night. As he walk to his pack, he can hear them laughing and talking to each other. The fun ends as Ludwig walk by them in wolf form. The others either give him a glare or ignore him altogether. Ludwig just zones out but keeps his head high as he walks into the den. He sees his big brother in the cave in human form cooking some meat. Gilbert smiles which soon turns to a frown as he inspects him more closely. "West, are you okay? Are you sick again? Is the Pack picking on you again?"

Ludwig looks up at his brother, noticing his worry. He could bring himself to be annoyed at him for it as Gilbert didn't get worried often and showed it even less. He can't help but smile softly at the nickname. When they were children he used to hate it as Gilbert would often keep calling him it instead of his name. Gilbert gave him this nickname because his was born on the west side of the den. Angered by how disrespectful it was, he one day asked his father what side Gilbert was born on. He found out that he was born at a different den just east of their current one. He then started calling him east, to show him how annoying it was and how angry it made him. In the end, they slowly started to love the little nicknames they gave each other. Now it actually scared them if they didn't use it.

Ludwig changes into his human form and sitting by the fire "It's nothing East. I just… I think I found someone but I don't know how this person would take it. " Ludwig looks into the fire whilst soaking in its warmth. He cannot help but wish that the little Italian was with him but he knows it will never happen. He should never have kissed him back. "East, have your ever fallen in love with someone?"

Gilbert laughs softly even though he is not ready for his brother to mate yet. He is still young but he knows that lately the rest of the pack have been bulling Ludwig to do dirty things. He could almost kill any female that tries anything with his brother. "Not yet West. I haven't found a mate yet; I want one that would not back down from anything. All these whores submit too much. I know we want to keep our pack small but I don't want us to be wiped out before the younger ones grow up and become stronger. I've been thinking of fighting to become the alpha in another pack not that far from us. Then we can get some fresh faces and maybe then we will find somebody but for now I don't want you go too far away from the pack. I know you guys don't get along, but maybe you can loosen up a bit and try to make friends with them again. Please! Try for me?"

Ludwig didn't want to be friends with the pack members. His brother and Ivan had his back and they didn't ditch him either. They made sure to call him when it was time to go back for dinner. He hates his pack, he hates them so much but he doesn't want to cause problems for his brother so he nods and walks out in his human form. He tries to smile at the others but they ignore him. Ludwig looks to his brother, a silent request asking what he should do now. At this moment Ivan walks over "Hallo comrade, how are you feeling?" He laugh softly, he doesn't feel it's right for Ludwig to be ignore like this since he's second in command and becomes alpha if gilbert dies. It was always easy to talk to Ivan, he feels slightly better knowing that at least he has one friend.

Gilbert watched from a far at how they treat him. He has had enough of it. He walks out in his wolf form, showing his pack he has something to say, they all become quiet as they carefully watching him. "Listen up! If you have a problem with my brother then you better have the fucking balls to talk to me." Everyone looks at each other before put their heads down as they did not want to upset there leader. Ludwig didn't care though; he knows they don't like him, which is fine because he doesn't really like them either. Sometimes he wished that he was human though, that he belonged somewhere else. Like when he was with Feliciano, he feels like he belongs. He doesn't feel like an outcast. Feliciano would talk to him and give him love and attention. He tries to not burden his brother with this, so he keeps telling his brother that he doesn't have to scare the pack so that they would talk to him, that he was fine on his own.

Everyone went back to what they are doing after Gilbert left with Ivan to hunt some dear. They still ignore Ludwig though; he knows some of them are just scared of him, excluding Ivan, he was one of the biggest werewolves in the pack, and the others are all smaller than him. With his brother gone, Ludwig takes the opportunity to sneak away. He wanted to see Feliciano again; to be with someone who makes him feel like he belongs. He slowly walks way, when he is far enough he changes into his wolf form and starts running to Feliciano's house. Like always, no one has even realizes that he has left. As he draws closer he sniffs the air. He smells the types of foods that Feliciano usually eats and something else that he never smelled before. He creeps up to the house, he stays in his wolf form so that he can make a quick escape.

He sees Feliciano and another human that looks like him but from what he can hear this someone is a lot bitchier. He watches them talk a little as they eat dinner. He smiles softly as he see Feliciano laughing and like always talking too fast, making it impossible for Ludwig to read his lips. All he can seem to get from their conversation is the other human's name, Lovino. As they eat and talk, Ludwig watches them from his place by the window, he feels so happy just being able to see Feliciano like this. He doesn't know how long he stays there but they are now just sipping away at something with a sweet aroma. He makes a mental note to ask Feliciano what it is. As Lovino looks at Feliciano he says something about nonno coming over but all Ludwig noticed is that Feliciano looks happy on the outside but his eyes say a different story. As they talk more Feliciano's speech slows down more, which allows him to read his lips.

"Lovino, why is he coming over? He only comes when something's wrong. What did he tell you?" Feliciano look at him with fear. Ludwig can hear it in his voice, he tries to get closer so he can find out more about this man that is upsetting Feliciano, his love. Ludwig jumps back a bit, shocking himself with that thought "…do I really love him?" He was a little upset with himself; he was so willing to love this man even though he had only knowing him a few days.

Lovino looks towards the window where he thought he heard growling, he jumps out of his chair and grabs his gun "Fucking mutts, the wolves are in my field again!" He runs out of the house. Ludwig started to run though half way towards the woods he notices that Feliciano was trying to pull the gun away from the man whilst screaming at him. He feels his heart beat faster as he sees him throw the gun down on the ground, continually yelling at his brother. Ludwig can't help but watch for a few moments before he continues on his way. He runs faster, feeling so happy that Feliciano would protect a wolf. He knows he will have to tell Feliciano what he is and seeing how upset he got with his brother, breaking the new to him might be easier than he first thought. As he gets to the den he lays down, attempting to get some rest for the night. Before he drifts off his thought is that he will have to wait for the right time.