Chapter One
When Feliciano Vargas wakes up every morning, he is happily reminded he shares a bedroom with his Elder brother (currently in College as well), Lovino Vargas. Normally from a broken home, the two were luckily able to find shelter in the home of Lovino's current lover, Antonio Carriedo, a young professor at Lovino's college. The brothers share a bedroom at the end of the hallway at the west end of the house. They share the same desk, but each brother has their own small bed at each end of the medium-sized room.
Feliciano proceeds to dress alone in his room; Romano gets up earlier to head to the college with Antonio. He quickly dresses, grabs his bags, and leaves without eating so he has time to catch the bus.
Feliciano rides the bus with his friend and neighborhood aquaintance, Kiku. Although from a foreign country, Feli loves the chance to talk to Kiku, unlike most others. He's not necessarily perfect in school, but really enjoys showing Feli customs from his home land. Feli loves to hear everything Kiku has to say pertaining to his love for culture and dream to travel across the sea.
Once they reach school, Feli wanders the school until he reached his locker, where he then retrieves his books for the day. From then on, the school day passes by rather quickly. He found none of his classes particularily interesting, and although he's never had any signifigant grades, he's never had a failing grade either, so he kept doing things the exact same way for as long as he could.
Feli does not see Kiku after school; Kiku secretly practices music long after school has ended. Instead of riding a bus, Feliciano walks home after school, finding that riding the bus home is not as giving since Kiku is not there to exchange stories.
Feliciano enjoys walking home, expecially when the weather is just right, and the sun is out, and just about everything is beautiful. He usually runs into a cat or two as well, which he does not mind. He, of course, would never ask for a cat, but he has long wanted one. Feli finds everything about cats completely irresistible.
Once he arrives home, Antonio is there to greet him. Lovino is not home yet - he has after school soccer practice. However, it is not long after that Lovino returns, and leaves shortly with Antonio. While they are away, Feliciano prepares dinner. He enjoys preparing pastas, but he mizes it up every now and again; he knows Lovino would start to complain after a few days of eating nothing but pasta with tomato sauce. Feli can't get enough of the stuff, but he is also aware that not everyone is like that.
Lovino and Antonio usually arrive right as, if not at most half an hour after dinner is ready. After eating and putting everyone's dishes in the sink, he heads down the hall to his shared bedroom and studies shortly. Sometimes afterwards he likes to read a bit, but usually right after studying he goes straight to bed, falling asleep almost instantly.
Feliciano Vargas lived this kind of life for as long as he could remember. Wake up, go to school, go home, eat, study, sleep, repeat. Over and over and over and over again. The say day set to repeat. Nothing new or special. Same old, same old.
And then, he met a man named Ludwig Beilschmidt.s