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"Would you like to go have dinner with me?" Ludwig asked already regretting asking.

Louise glanced up at him, a mild show of surprise clear in her eyes.

"Why?" she asked.

Ludwig swallowed the lump in his throat. "I…I wish to have dinner with you. No other reason."

Louise's eyes searched Ludwig's for a reason for his sudden asking.

"Alright." she finally said surprising him.

Ludwig smiled as the both of them walked out the building and towards his car. "Do you wish to eat anything in particular?"

Louise shook her head. "Whatever it is that you want."

With that being said they found themselves hours later still talking about mindless and unimportant things over dinner and then later dessert and coffee.

Louise raised an eyebrow. "Surely Feliciano didn't actually do that."

Ludwig shook his head. "He actually went up straight to the person and asked to his face if they were a man or a woman. Felicia looked like she wanted to smack him."

Louise shook her head in amusement. "So nothing has changed with either one of them."

"Absolutely nothing." Ludwig said sipping from his coffee. For the first time since they had sat down he looked around the nearly empty restaurant. "What time is it?"

Louise glanced at her watch once before looking at it closer.

"According to my watch it is nearly midnight." Louise said. "We've been here for more than six hours."

"At least it's Friday." Ludwig pointed out. "We don't have to worry about work tomorrow."

"True." Louise said signaling to a waiter. In unison the siblings reached for their wallets.

"I am paying." Louise said.

"I asked you out." Ludwig countered. "I should pay."

"I had more than you did."

"This wasn't a competition. I want to pay."

"Last time we went out you paid."

"The last time we went out was in 1899."

"Still counts."

Siblings locked gazes trying to stare the other one down. The waiter was standing next to them awkwardly holding the check trying to decide who to put it down in front of.

"I am."

"No, I am."

The gaze intensified.

"I. Am."

"No. I. Am."

Moving quickly Ludwig took the check from the waiter and slid his credit card into the holster. "I am."

Louise reached for the check while Ludwig dodged her attempts. "Give it to me."

"Nein." Ludwig said. He started to hand it back to waiter.

Taking the opportunity Louise bent towards him and kissed him on the lips causing him to freeze before kissing her back. Louise quickly slipped the checkout of Ludwig's hands and pulled his credit card to replace it with her own and quickly handing it to the waiter who ran off.

Louise broke the kiss. "I am."

There was a blush on Ludwig's lips and his eyes were closed. When they parted he opened them again, they had a faraway look in them.

Louise raised an eyebrow. "Are you alright?"

Ludwig nodded as he cleared his throat. His eyes dropped to his credit card on the table and looked almost surprised to see it.

The waiter returned with the receipt which Louise quickly sighed before putting the copy and her card into her bag.

"Drive me back to work?" Louise asked. "My car is still there."

Ludwig nodded as he pocketed his credit card once more. "I wish you had let me pay. I asked you out."

"Times have changed." Louise said. "Women do pay for dinner sometimes."

The car ride back to the office was silent for a few minutes before Louise broke it.

"How…how are Gilbert and Maria?" she asked.

"Both are good." Ludwig said. "Gilbert still refuses to try and date at least one nation and Maria and Daniel are starting to get a little more serious."

"What does Elizaveta have to say about that?" Louise asked staring out the window.

Ludwig smiled. "She said that she was happy that Daniel was happy."

He wasn't sure but glancing at the corner of his eye he was sure that Louise's reflection in the window was smiling slightly.

He pulled into the parking lot of their work next to her car.

"Do you want to come to my house?" Louise asked. "For some drinks?"

Ludwig smirked at her question. "Do you mean drinks or drinks?"

Louise raised an eyebrow. "What do you think I mean?"

Ludwig shrugged. "I don't know. The question is coming from a girl that had all but demanded we have sex in a movie theater once."

"Said coming from the man that had initiated it." Louise countered.

"We just started to talk again." Ludwig said. "I think that's rushing it slightly."

Louise shrugged. "It's just a physical need to be satisfied."

"With you and me it is never just a physical need."

Louise smiled. She actually smiled. Ludwig was sure that his heart skipped a beat when he saw it.

"True." Louise said softly. She unclipped her seatbelt and reached for the door handle.

"If you change your mind." Louise said sliding out of the car. "You know where I live."

It hadn't been a question. She knew that he knew where she lived despite not being in contact and never telling him.

Ludwig nodded. "Good night."

Another smile, another missed beat. "Good night Ludwig."

Ludwig waited until the lights from her car disappeared into the darkness before putting the car back into drive from park and driving back home.

The lights from the television were clear through the curtains as he pulled into his parking way. However Ludwig didn't move from his seat for a good ten minutes. He saw Maria pull back the curtain and glance out at him questioningly.

He didn't even glance up at her. He just continued to stare at his hands that were still on the wheel. He tightened his grip slightly so that his knuckles turned white.

Making up his mind he quickly turned the car back on and backed the car out of the driveway and made his way to an address he knew by heart even though he had never physically been there.

It took an hour to get there and the moment he did he shut off the car and left it quickly stuffing the keys back into his pocket.

Jogging slightly to the front door he immediately knocked on it counting the seconds before it opened.

Louise looked surprised to see him there. "Hey there." she said leaning on the doorway slightly.

"Hey." Ludwig breathed. "Is that drink offer still open?"

"It is." Louise said nodding.

"Good." Ludwig whispered before taking her head in his hands and kissing her.

Louise immediately pulled her arms around him to bring them closer as she deepened the kiss. Ludwig used one hand to still hold her face and the other one to glide over her neck, pressing his thumb into her throat just slightly.

He groaned into the kiss as she brought one leg around his waist pushing their bodies closer together.

Once they broke the kiss to breathe he picked her up bridal style, and after a quick glance around to locate where the bedroom is, carried her there and placed her gently on the bed.

Sliding his jacket off as he climbed in after her he slid a hand under her shirt to glide over her skin.

They kissed again as his own hands started to pull her shirt off and she began to unbutton his.

Ludwig groaned slightly as he opened his eyes, they were immediately assaulted with the sunlight coming in from the window causing him to close them again.

He tightened his grip that he had around Louise and brought them closer. She smiled in her sleep and moved herself closer to his own body.

Ludwig smiled before he glanced at the vibrating phone he could hear coming from his jacket. He glanced mournfully at Louise before withdrawing himself from the bed.

Sliding on his boxers once more he took the phone out of his jacket and stepped out on to the porch. Glancing at the screen he shook his head in amusement. Thirty missed calls and all from either Maria or Gilbert.

He pressed the call button and brought the phone to his ear.

"Where the hell are you?" Marias voice said after ringing for less than one ring.

"I'm alright sister." Ludwig said.

"You're not going to be alright once I get my hands on you for making us worry so much." Maria nearly snarled.

"I'm sorry for making you worry." Ludwig said. No matter what he did he couldn't keep the happy tone from his voice.

"Who did you have sex with?" Maria asked.

"What are you talking about?"

"You only sound like that when you have sex." Maria said. "Now as your older sister I demand to know who it was."

"Sister." Ludwig sighed. "I will talk to you when I come home. Tell Gilbert I said hi."

"You are in big trouble when you come home." Maria said.

"Very well mother." Ludwig said before hanging up. He might pay for that later.

However he couldn't really bring himself to care once he went back inside and found Louise in the kitchen wearing his oversized shirt and her underwear.

She glanced at him. "Eggs or pancakes?"

I think that's a lame ending but I kinda like it.

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