Feli was still at their house for two weeks after their visit to the animal exhibits. None of the three had wanted him to leave. Even though he was in the clear of being okay for a few days now, Ludwig still made sure he was well enough by sleeping with him by the pool. Gilbert had joked about bringing in a bed so that way they could do whatever they wanted down there. Feli had been confused about it at the time and wondered why Ludwig was blushing so much.

"Luddy, what are you thinking about?" An angelic voice charmed the blonde German out of his thoughts.

Ludwig smiled as he kicked the water with his feet. To be honest, Ludwig was thinking about how beautiful his crush was in the water. The moonlight was shining through the windows near the pool. It was dancing on the water surface and, more importantly, Feliciano's scales and fins. The delicate white mixing with the cool blue and black made it seem like everything was going to be okay. The gently hair curl was enough to curl Ludwig's emotions when it bounced after he surfaced. Everything, literally everything, was just so damn cute.

He used to think romance was stupid and that nobody actually experienced it, but really, he enjoyed this nice dream of eternal happiness.

"Just how uh...nice you look." Ludwig awkwardly smiled.

Feli giggled and shook his head. "You say that a lot. You look pretty nice yourself, you know? Chicks must dig you all the time." He added the last part a bit upset, but managed to hide it from the attention of the most important human to Feli. He didn't want to make him upset in anyway. Not after how he was treated in the past few days.

Ludwig shrugged his massive shoulders and sighed in thought. "I don't think anything of that. I already have my eyes on somebody."

Feli's heart was wrapped in an ice cold grip and crumbled piece by piece at that. Luddy liked somebody else? His human? What about his feelings towards him? He already put so much into this, risked so much, was that all for nothing? He could feel the tears forming already.

His brother was right. He shouldn't have ever gone back to see this stupid human.

Ludwig noticed his reaction and wondered briefly if he was hurt by this. He thought that Feli would be excited about it. What if Feli share the feelings? Could they actually be in a relationship together? They lived such different lives. Ludwig's heart began to beat faster at te thought of the two of them actually being in a relationship.

"Is it okay if I come in the water with you? I want to talk to you about something." He asked with a stone face, despite his chest about to explode.

Feli nodded and pushed back from the edge of the pool.

Ludwig frowned a bit and delicately stepped into the pool. Usually Feli would comment on how he needed to start swimming or something because he looked like a merman trying to walk. But instead he simply avoided looking at Ludwig altogether.

"Feliciano, is everything okay?"

Feli merely nodded and tried to hold back all tears that threatened to escape. This was torture for him. Was he actually going to talk about this horrible person that stole his heart away?

"What are we going to do? You're okay and everything," The German trailed off. "Do you want to go home?"

"A little bit." His voice cracked a bit and Feli turned away to shed some tears that had betrayed him.

"Feli, is everything okay?" Ludwig asked more delicately. He knew that Feli was already upset, but what about? Ludwig was never good with feelings, especially when it came to somebody else's.

Feli furiously nodded with his back still to Ludwig. The last thing he wanted was to make him upset, especially when he's done all of this for some stupid fish. Ludwig Beilschmidt deserved to be happy with whoever this girl, or boy, was. Besides, they were human. Species should stay with species, right? The thought alone made him wrack another sob deeply.

Ludwig hesitated before placing a hand on his shoulder. It was a simple touch, but it was quickly shrugged off and more distance was put between them when Feli swam a few feet further from his grasp. Ludwig scrunched his eyebrows together tighter in furious concern. "Feli?"

"I'm fine!" Feliciano cried out and sobbed loudly, shocking both of them. "I'm okay, really." More tears fell down his face when he turned to face him and Ludwig saw them like it was the most horrible thing in the world.

Ludwig immediately stepped forward with concern carved in his eyes. "What's wrong?"

Feli shook his head and sobbed louder. "Niente, I'm fine."

Ludwig shook his head again and blinked, sighing in his head. "Please, tell me." His heart wouldn't be able to take much more of the torture the sobs wracked through the air. It hurt him physically to see his love like this. He wanted to find the cause of this horrible thing and make it feel what it made Feli was feeling. Along with some bruises, of course. He needed to protect Feli and his feelings no matter if it were a simple cut or a whale. He would protect him with his life.

"I, I don't want to get between you and your girlfriend," Feli weeped. "She's just really lucky, you know?"

What?

Ludwig stood in the lukewarm water with shock written on his face. Was Feli upset because...?

Oh.

Oh, yes!

His heart skipped a beat and it felt like joy had been injected into his veins. Ludwig dared to believe that somebody so perfect could be in love with him. If it were true, then he felt a bit bad because he was the one who was causing his love harm, but at the same time he couldn't care. Feli loved him. Feliciano Vargas was in love with him. Nothing could have made him happier even if he had the choice of anything in the world.

However, the only thing that Ludwig did to this unofficial confession was stand there with a dumbfounded look on his face. His cheeks and ears slowly made their way to a nice red color with some stuttering coming from his lips. He averted his eyes to the floor, the walls, anywhere that was not the merperson in question. Yes, on the inside he was screaming but on the outside it looked as though somebody had just publically humiliated him.

Feli soon caught on to what his reactions were and tears began to make their way down his face at a faster pace than before. At a faster speed, he began to shake slightly and speak at an impossible rate; "I'm sorry, Ludwig. I'm sorry, it's just I love you so much and I knew that you couldn't love me back and you got a girlfriend and she must be the best person in the world because you could only love the best and I'm just so so sorry, you can take me home-"

Without thinking, Ludwig stepped forward and reached his hands forward to cradle the merman's face. The beautiful brown eyes seemed to begin to panic a bit, but after seeing Ludwig's calm face and felt the tears being wiped away, they calmed down. The baby blue eyes of the German softened in return and a small smile took place on the blonde. This felt so natural, like the curves of his face were meant for the human's hand. "You have no idea what you're talking about."

"Of course I do! Don't tell me that you aren't in love with-" Feli began to pant with his heart just so recent, the pain was the displayed item in his voice, but was cut off sharply when Ludwig leaned forward quickly and pressed his lips to his own.

Ludwig was kissing him.

His human? Was, was kissing...him?! He had no idea that his heart could beat this fast. Was it healthy? What was going on? Feli was scared, he never ever been in a situation like this and didn't know what to do. He was always warned to stay away from humans, but here he was in one's house, kissing him. This wasn't right, no species should do this. He knew this this was so, so wrong, but..

Feli simply pushed back into the kiss and wrapped his arms around Ludwig's neck. The two of them continued to push against each other, only breaking contact for a brief pause of air. They both could feel the other's smile through their lips. They closed their eyes tightly and simply kissed in the moonlit water.

Feli had stopped crying and began grinning as wide as his lips would allow. His heart was feeling like it grew wings and was flying with excitement. All fear was gone and he was in love with the most perfect human. Nothing could ever break that feeling, and he knew that they couldn't break this feeling now. This was real, this was true. Fuck the no species interbreeding rule, this was the best love example he could think of.

After a full minute of kissing, they broke and rested each other's head on the other's. Their eyes were still closed and both were too shy to open them quite yet. When the wet and dry noses rubbed against each other and Feli giggled lightly like bells again. His happiness was too infectious and Ludwig beamed. This was much easier than hiding his feelings.

"Ich liebe dich, Feliciano." He said roughly in German and kissed Feli's forehead gently.

Feli didn't respond, only jumped out of the water onto his human to hug him tighter. He needed to be closer to his love. He rubbed his head into the crook of Ludwig's neck gently so he wouldn't totally choke him altogether. "Ti amo, Ludwig!"

Ludwig gently fell into the surface of the water and rubbed Feli's small back fins. The two of them sighed happily in content. Feli watched his finger make tiny waves around in the water while listening to the strong heartbeat of his new mate. That thought alone surprised him over and he smiled a bit more. "Luddy, can I ask you something?"

"Anything." His deep voice rumbled in response.

"I want you to meet my family. I already met yours, do you think you could meet mine?" He lifted his head to put it on his chest. "I promise that they'll be nice!"

Ludwig had to paused to take in that he was serious."Feli, you're forgetting that I can't breathe or swim underwater." He gently began. "I don't think that it such a wise idea."

Feli seemed to deflate a bit then perked up at another idea hitting him. "Then I'll teach you how to swim!"

"You aren't already?" Ludwig smiled.

"Luddy, please! I'll teach you how to swim and then you'll go underwater and see my world!" Feli brightened up and went on before Ludwig had the chance to speak. "I got to see yours, almost all of it, the other day! I want you to see what mine is like." At Ludwig's hesitating look, he got up and grabbed his hand. "Please, please, please, promise me that you'll see my world someday." Feliciano said with his best guppy eyes.

Ludwig thought for a moment. Honestly, this man was changing him for the better. Already he would go into water with only somewhat hesitation. If Feli was there, there wouldn't be any in the first place. Now he'd be learning to swim and would probably be scuba-diving. If nothing else, he'd be able to spend more time with Feli than he already did.

"Please, Luddy?" Feli nudged him again to get an answer.

Ludwig smiled and kissed the hand holding his. "I promise."

It was the next morning when Ludwig woke up in the pool floatie with Feli still asleep in his arms. The floatie was meant for only one person, so they decided to share and maybe sleep on top of each other at one point. Not that either party minded too much.

He decided that it was fine if he simply slept for a few more minutes and closed his eyes again. Just as he did a camera clicking was heard and he snapped his eyes open. His brother was there, holding a camera and smirking like nothing else.

"Have a fun night, bro?"

Ludwig glared at him. "What do you want?"

Gilbert laughed. "We have to go to the store to stock up on more fish, come on."

"Why can't you handle it alone?" He growled and pulled Feli closer. Miraculously, he was still sleeping through all of this.

"Because I don't want to come home to see little fish babies swimming all around the pool." Gilbert made a face. "Now come on, the earlier we leave, the earlier you can go back to fucking your boyfriend."

Ludwig blushed deeply while getting up from the floatie. "We didn't do that. We just kissed." He tried not to meet his brothers ever watching eyes. "A lot."

"Well, then come on. I'm leaving with or without you and you won't want me to leave without you," he held up his phone and shook it tauntingly. "Do you?"

"You wouldn't put Feli in danger like that," Ludwig glared. "If you did I would kill you." He reached the end of the pool and climbed out with water soaked clothes clinging to his skin.

"Yeah, and the saddest part is I believe you." He went over to his brother and handed him a towel. "Oh and one thing?"

"What?" Ludwig nearly groaned.

"You'll want a different towel." Gilbert smirked at his confused face before pushing him back into the pool. "See ya at my awesome car, bro!"

Ludwig groaned, looked at Feli with an uneasy feeling one last time, then departed with his brother to the store. It wasn't too bad of a trip, in fact it was actually tolerable. The unease bothered him though and he pondered what it could be a thousand times over before trying to forget about it. Nothing could go wrong, he told himself. Even Gilbert had tried to console him by making off a list that usually set him off. None of the items were checked, so they both tried to get over it.

What really set off the feeling was the date that both brothers forgot. They had marked it on the calendar weeks ago when he called, but with all the recent events they didn't even notice. Usually they would have cleaned the house from top to bottom trying to get it ready for his arrival. Now with Feli there, they didn't usually use any of the usual rooms or do any of the usual chores. It was too late now. Today was the day that their grandfather was coming home announced, for once.

While the two young brothers were at the store, a sleek black car pulled into the driveway. A man with long blonde hair stepped out from the drivers seat and scanned the house for any usage of his grandsons. It was pretty early, so if nothing else they could still be asleep.

Still, he expected better from them. They were grown men and didn't have to work. The least they could do would be wake up early to meet him when he came home for the first time in almost a year.

He slammed the car door, now aggravated, and crossed the yard to enter the house. He opened the door and was hit by the stench of fish. What the hell have the boys been doing that made such a smell? The man scowled and was about to set down his things down when he heard a splash coming from the pool. Ludwig doesn't even drink water without flinching and Gilbert wouldn't get up this early even if the house was burning down.

What the hell was that in the pool?

He grabbed a knife from his bag and slowly moved forward. He was used to attacks, but in his own house? This wasn't acceptable. No, this was far from it. He would gut the crazies who dared to enter his house. Nobody got away from him. He made sure of that.

The elder German turned the corner and held the knife to his chest. He listened for more sounds carefully hiding his sounds. When he heard another splash, he quickly ran into the room and had the knife pointed out towards the water. What he saw made him stop.

A blue mermaid was swimming around in the water. A very young one, by the looks of it. Something the man had not seen in a very long time.

CONTEST!

Hey guys :D

So I want some fanart for my fics! Soooo, I decided to hold a contest. I'd like something from ANY of my fanfictions (new or old).

Here are the prizes:

*First place will get a fic that's over 5000-7000 word fic of any fandom that I'm aware of (i.e. I'm aware of Homestuck, but while I'm familiar with Free or Attack on Titan, I don't know enough to write something. You can talk to me about any specifics that you'd like.) You'll also get a drawing by me of something you'd like

*Second place will get a 3000-5000 word fic (Same rules applies)

*Third place will get a short 1000-2000 thousand word fic

And of course, I'll share all entries submitted! :D

Please submit to the TUMBLR made for this contest: tvafanartcontest (this is the url)

RULES:

*Must give me credit for my works. (Can be in the title, tags, description, etc.)

*Does not have to be SFW.

*Must have something to do with my fics(Example: don't just draw Ludwig in his normal uniform and normal setting. Draw him in the water or with mer!Feli on the beach together!)

Please send all entries to my inbox/submit box. If you have any questions, or any concerns, please send me an ask. I'll check this blog often and if you can't get in touch with me through here (for whatever reason) send me an ask through whatever site you found me on.

I'll set the deadline for November 20th- a little over a month from now.

Good luck guys :D