Hi!
Holy crap I wrote a lot. Sorry if you get bored. I know I didn't post when I promised I would, but I'm going to try to keep up with it more. And I'm just going to say this: I FUCKING HATE TEACHERS. Two projects, two tests, a completely knew subject to learn in physics and government, and ALL in the same week! And all the day after I took that stupid ass PSAT test. Which actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but STILL!
Ok, rambling over. Yet again, sorry for not posting for a while. This chapter is pretty much catching up what happened while I was away being a bad girl and not writing. And sorry about hose of you who wanted me to write the Dark!Japan fanfic, I started it, but I don't have nearly enough for a chapter to post it yet.
BTW, cliffhanger again at the end! Mwuahahahaha! I'm so evil. But don't worry, it will all be explained later.
Enjoy the chapter! I'll try to post more either tomorrow or on monday. :3
"Take my word for it" Arthur opened the door to Feliciano's office. "He'll be happy to see you."
Arthur left the office, a smirk on his face. Feliciano sighed, fingering the new cross around his neck. This was going to be a long day.
Feliciano decided to take a nap before leaving to see Ludwig again. It was late, and he hadn't slept for a few days. Although, it wasn't all that bad. Feliciano smiled as he lied down for a quick nap. He kept thinking over and over again the same thing. Ludwig. His eyes closed slowly.
Let me recap. It's been a while.
The other day, Feliciano had the best day of his life.
It started off with a few good-byes as Ludwig got prepared to head back into town. Ludwig had been in the house for at least a week, and Feliciano knew that that wasn't a good thing. Feliciano was a bit upset, but he didn't show it. After all, he was the one who suggested that Ludwig went back to town to get his apartment and find a job. And stay as far away from the mafia's crimes as possible. Feliciano didn't want Ludwig to get involved in this stuff. They had a quick kiss good-bye.
"Can't you stay with me a little longer? Why in such a hurry?" Feliciano whispered in Ludwig's ear. They were standing at the gate, the others waiting in the doorway. Ludwig laughed, Feliciano feeling Ludwig's smile pressed on his cheek.
"Remember why the day we got captured was so special?"
Feliciano looked up confused. Obviously he didn't remember at all.
"Um... you wanted to do something fun with me, right?"
Ludwig laughed. Feliciano was so cute. "Almost. I have something I want to give you. Nothing too big, but why don't you visit me later and come see what it is?"
Feliciano was excited, and at the same time really anxious to see what it was. "When should I come?"
"Surprise me" Ludwig whispered, tickling Feliciano's ear. Feliciano shuddered. The thoughts running through his head at that moment were delightfully obscene.* With one more passionate kiss, Ludwig set off back to town. Being, of course, driven by Honda Kiku, who was watching the whole thing. His smile at Feliciano was terribly wicked, as if Kiku was already planning on writing something about this. And Feliciano knew exactly what Kiku would write about. He had been in his room before. Feliciano took one look at what Kiku had called "yaoi" and "hentai" and never went into Kiku's room again.**
Feliciano couldn't stand the wait. He couldn't sleep at all. He couldn't stop thinking about it. Even through a mundane day of normal chores, making sure everything was in order, and making plans for whatever the next attack was going to be. Feliciano never payed any attention to it, though. His mind kept wandering. Wondering what was going to happen whenever he broke down and visited Ludwig. Wondering about what Ludwig had planned. Something at the back of his mind kept nagging "don't see him. It's dangerous. You'll both be killed. Things will just turn out worse than they did last time." But Feliciano ignored these thoughts and continued fantasizing about Ludwig.
The next day came, and at around twelve o clock, Feliciano couldn't take it anymore. He took the car (a very dangerous thing to do) and drove to the address where Ludwig was now staying at.***
It was a pretty nice apartment complex. The building was in fact an old mansion, where every room was big enough to house like ten people at one time. And it had at least 100 rooms. Feliciano hadn't thought of it before, but now that he added everything up he realized how obvious it was. Ludwig was filthy rich. That's why he reacted so calmly at every fancy restaurant, every mansion they visited and drove by. Feliciano wondered while he walked up the steps if they had any nice fancy buildings and beautiful landmarks like they did in Italy. Probably. Feliciano always pictured Germany to be a really nice place.
There it was. Apartment b15. Feliciano gulped. He was surprised to find how nervous he was. After all, it was just Ludwig. He's been with Ludwig for a while now, and they've been through the worst already. Why was simply knocking a door to greet a friend so difficult? Was it the piercing blue eyes? The way his smile and laugh made Feliciano's face warm and heart pound, even though Feliciano had no idea why? Feliciano shook his head of these thoughts and was about to knock on the door when it flew open.
Feliciano stammered. "L-Ludwig! I w-was just about to-"
"Y-yeah, me too. This place is nice, but I hate it because I don't get to see you."
Feliciano laughed. "I was thinking the same thing! It's so boring around the house without you there now. We do nothing all day!"
"I know how you feel. It's like when I don't have anything to do, I end up doing everything. I once even cleaned my whole house twice, and it wasn't exactly a small house, either."
Feliciano laughed, his smile bright and his eyes screwed tight from laughing. "I do the same thing! If I don't have anything to do, then I end up doing the strangest things! I once cleaned out my whole office, found a gun, and nearly shot Lovino in the head when he came in and scared me!"
"No way!"
"I didn't mean to, it was an accident. He took the gun away from me, though. It was pretty funny."
"I can actually imagine that happening. But anyways, so I'm guessing you came here for your gift?"
"Not really." Feliciano smiled, his big eyes looking up at Ludwig. "I just couldn't wait to see you again." Ludwig laughed and planted a kiss on Feliciano's cheek.
"Well good, 'cause you're going to have to wait for it a little longer!"
"Aw!" Feliciano groaned. "I wanted it now."
"I knew that was the only reason you came to see me." Ludwig walked out of the room and walked past a confused Feliciano.
"W-wait! I was just joking, Ludwig! Come on!" Ludwig was already making his way down the stairs, Feliciano running to catch up. "Ludwig! Come on, it was a joke!"
Ludwig opened the front door and stepped through it, Feliciano following right behind.
"You really aren't going to say anything? I said I was joking." Feliciano pouted. Ludwig turned and kissed Feliciano on the lips, catching him off guard. Ludwig pulled back to see a bright red Feliciano.
"I didn't say anything because there was nothing to be said. Of course I knew you were joking. That's why I joked with you too."
Feliciano smiled, his cheeks warm. He leaned into Ludwig for another kiss. It was long and passionate, sloppy and wet. Perfect. Feliciano couldn't stop thinking about how great Ludwig felt. How soft, how warm, how strong. Feliciano loved him. And Ludwig was right. There was nothing more to be said.
After what seemed like forever, they broke, trying to catch their breath.
"So," Ludwig asked after a few seconds. "Do you want to drive? I can just tell you where to go."
"Two things you need to know about Italians, Ludwig. We're the most dangerous and flirtatious, and you never let an Italian drive unless it's an emergency. I realized this after I nearly broke Kiku the last time I drove him into town. In fact, he almost killed me with his sword afterwards."
Ludwig laughed. "So I guess I'm driving."
"That would probably be wise." Ludwig took the driver's seat, and Feliciano took shot gun. With a small smile at each other, they took off.
The day really was a treat. Going from place to place, going everywhere but not really doing anything but talking. They got ice cream, and, of course, Feliciano got it all over his face. They kissed and hugged and snuggled everywhere they went, not paying attention to everyone staring at them.
And it was around five in the afternoon when it all went south. Well, sort of.
"You see, that actress actually used to-"
"Hey!" a voice shouted, interrupting Feliciano's story.
Feliciano looked around, then face palmed.
"What is it?" Ludwig asked.
"You know how we were talking this morning about what you need to know about Italians?"
"Yeah...?"
"Give me the wheel." Ludwig looked at Feliciano confused. Ludwig was about to get into the driver's seat, and Feliciano was about to get into the seat next to him.
"But I was about to-"
"Ludwig, this is an emergency! Give me the wheel!" Ludwig hesitantly threw Feliciano the keys, who then jumped over the hood of the car and whirled into the driver's seat. "Either go in the back, or ride shotgun, but you're going to need to hang on to something." Ludwig ran to the other side of the car, sitting in the seat next to Feliciano. Sirens wailed just as Feliciano turned on the car and shifted the gear.
"Sorry in advance" Feliciano apologized.
"Sorry for what?" Feliciano slammed on the gas, Ludwig slamming back against the seat roughly.
Ludwig was holding on for dear life as Feliciano sped down the street, the police in hot pursuit. He somehow managed to avoid every obstacle and car in his way, jerking the car at the last second every time.
"Why does that police man recognize you?" Ludwig shouted over the noise. "We've passed several cops, and none of them looked at you twice!"
"A few years back I got in a gun fight with his partner. The partner ended up dying. This guy ran away instead of manning up and facing me. I guess he has a good memory though."
"I always forget that you kill people."
"Ready to dump me yet?"
"Never." They smiled at each other. More wailing sirens pursued them. All of a sudden a bag flew out of Ludwig's hands and onto the sidewalk.
"No! Feliciano, please go back!"
"What, are you insane?!"
"Please, it's important!"
Feliciano growled, but gave in. "I hope you know I'm not stopping. So you better be prepared." In response Ludwig undid his seatbelt and unlocked the door. Feliciano, without stopping, threw the gear in reverse. The wheels squeaked in protest but gave in and after a long, tense second of stopping completely, the car jumped in reverse, surpassing all the confused police cars. Feliciano didn't bother going back forward, but instead continued in reverse as Ludwig opened the door, getting ready to catch whatever he had been holding.
They were getting close to it. "Hang on!" Feliciano threw the car in drive and turned onto the sidewalk, Ludwig grabbing the bag. "Put it in the glove compartment!" Ludwig followed his instructions as Feliciano cut through traffic and went to the right side of the road. The police tried to catch up, but by now Feliciano had caused too many accidents so even they were stuck in traffic and had to stop their pursuit. Feliciano didn't stop driving till they were safely back to the apartment. Ludwig had to sneak Feliciano past the lobby because every TV was showing his face as he did all his crazy stunts. They both shut and locked the door, falling behind it laughing.
"That was amazing! How did we get away with that?" Ludwig laughed.
"I told you. You only let Italians drive when it's an emergency. And that kind of was. At least I didn't kill anybody this time."
"No, you didn't. I'm proud of you." They smiled at one another for a few seconds, until the silence got a little uncomfortable. Feliciano was getting hotter by the second, and he had to do something to distract himself.
"So... what was in that bag you were so desperate to save?"
"Oh! I nearly forgot!" Ludwig gingerly took a rectangle box out of the bag. Feliciano stared at it curiously. "It's not a big deal. The gift was supposed to be the places I took you, then at the end of the day I gave you this on the docks, but it didn't really turned out the way I wanted it to. So, uh, here you go." Ludwig handed Feliciano the box and Feliciano carefully undid the wrapping and took off the lid. Inside was a necklace with a black cross hanging from the chain.
"It's not much," Ludwig said sheepishly, pulling a similar necklace out of his pocket, walking close to Feliciano. "But I thought you'd like it."
Feliciano smiled, his cheeks red and his eyes burning. "I love it. No one has ever given something like this to me before."
"Really? Not even in your family?"
Feliciano shook his head. "No. The most I've gotten from them is a bottle of wine and a night out raiding the town. I mean it's fun and all, but not at all special like this." Feliciano wrapped his arms around the other, squeezing him in a hug and wishing that he never had to let go. "Grazie. Grazie mille."****
Ludwig leaned down and kissed Feliciano on the lips. "No need to say thank you. You've already done so much for me." Ludwig continued to kiss Feliciano, slowly moving from his lips, down his neck. Feliciano dug his fingers into Ludwig's arms, trying not to get too aroused. Ludwig began unbuttoning Feliciano's shirt, Feliciano getting hotter, despite his efforts to keep himself under control. Ludwig continued to kiss and lick the Italian's chest, going lower and lower the more he unbuttoned.
"L-Ludwig..." Feliciano panted. Ludwig began unbuckling Feliciano's pants, the latter squeezing the former even harder, his fingernails accidentally digging into his friend's shoulders. "L-Ludwig, s-stop."
Ludwig pulled Feliciano's pants down, then stood up to face the other. "If you wanted me to stop, then surely you would have stopped me by now."
Feliciano laughed weakly. "I guess you're right." They shared a kiss and Feliciano decided to give in. He began unbuttoning Ludwig's jacket, and taking off his shirt. Before he could do any more, Ludwig picked him up and carried him to the bedroom. They fell on the bed, their lips never parting. Ludwig was on top, and began yet again to move down Feliciano's body. This time Feliciano didn't protest, and instead enjoyed every kiss, every lick, every moment. They both played with each other, panting, laughing, and loving.
The whole night was a dream, Ludwig's head spinning the whole time. He had no idea what he was doing when he unbuttoned Feliciano's shirt. In fact he didn't even realize that he was doing it until Feliciano dug his nails into Ludwig's arms. He wasn't thinking it through. But he enjoyed it. They both fell asleep at around three in the morning, arms around each other, bodies and fingers all entangled. But when Ludwig woke up the next morning, Feliciano wasn't there. He quickly put some pants on, and followed his nose into the kitchen. In the kitchen, Feliciano was humming happily, making something that smelled delicious. Ludwig snuck up behind him, grabbing his waist. Feliciano shot almost a foot in the air, nearly dropping all the food he was cooking.
"L-Luddy! You surprised me!"
"I didn't know you could be surprised, Feli. " Ludwig laughed. He breathed in deeply. "That smells good. What are you cooking?"
"It's a surprise!" Feliciano said, butting Ludwig away. Feliciano turned and pointed at the table with the spatula he was holding. "You can wait there until I'm done making it." Feliciano turned back to his task.
"I didn't know you were a chef."
"Of course I am. You learn to fend for yourself. And to me, food is the most important part of that. You need to be able to cook a five star meal if you want to live luxuriously. And besides..."
Feliciano brought two plates with an omelet on each, setting one down in front of Ludwig, the other across the table. He poured a couple of glasses of wine, and set the table. Ludwig was amazed at the meal he was looking at. "The best part of cooking is that you get to share the food with others and see their faces when they eat your food." Feliciano sat down. "Go on, try it. Tell me if you like it."
Ludwig cut into the omelet and took a bite. He was shocked at how delicious it was. "What's in it?"
"Some Italian herbs, Italian dressing, German wurst, and that weird cheese that you got from the store the other day. The wine is a traditional dessert wine, although I always love to drink it in the morning when I have eggs to eat. Do you like it?"
"I love it. It's the most delicious thing I've ever had."
Feliciano smiled. Ludwig thought he looked so cute with the food on his cheek and his bed head. "Grazie! I'm glad you like it. And I'm glad I get to share this meal with you."
Ludwig smiled and picked up his glass of wine. "To a delectable meal and, well, to us!"
Feliciano laughed and followed suit. "To us!" They clinked glasses and divulged in the food.
The whole day neither of them left the apartment. Instead they watched TV, played around, talked, and laughed. They couldn't stop touching each other, hugging, kissing, snuggling, sometimes even nibbling. At the end of the day, Feliciano got a call from his brother, saying that he had to go home. They both grabbed what they needed to, and got in the car, Ludwig in the driver's seat. After about 15 minutes of driving, Feliciano was fast asleep.
"We're here." Ludwig declared after parking outside the gate of the house. When he didn't hear a reply, he looked over to see Feliciano sleeping. "Sleeping must be a pretty rare thing for Feli" Ludwig thought. "With everything that goes on in his life, who can blame him? I'll let him rest."
Ludwig went to the other side of the car and unbuckled Feliciano's seat belt, putting the Italian's arms around his neck. "Alright, Ludwig," Ludwig said out loud to no one. "Now what? I can't hold his arms and legs at the same time. Maybe I should change-"
Feliciano, still sleeping, wrapped his arms tighter around the other's neck. "Mm... Ludwig..." Feliciano murmured in his sleep. Ludwig smiled.
"Danke, Feli. Not only do you dream of me, but you just made this a lot easier." Ludwig carried Feliciano on his back through the gate and all the way to the front door. Not letting go of Feliciano, he knocked on the door until someone answered.
"I heard you the first ten times." a very annoyed Lovino answered, not looking up. "What do you want?"
"I have a very sleepy little Italian here." Ludwig answered. Lovino looked up surprised at the two before him. "Can I come in?"
"Hm? Oh! Right this way." Lovino led the two to the living room, where Ludwig deposited Feliciano on the couch. Only then did Feliciano wake up. He stared up at Ludwig and smiled sleepily.
"Ciao, il mio amore. Are we there yet?"*****
Ludwig laughed at the sleepy Feli. "Yes, we just got here. Lovino, Kiku, and Antonio are here."
Feliciano shot up to a sitting position, suddenly alert. "What?! Why didn't you wake me up?!"
"You looked so cute sleeping, I didn't want to ruin it."
Feliciano slumped his shoulders and hung his head. "ugh, thanks for that Ludwig." Feliciano rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. "Ciao, Lovino, Kiku, and whoever else is here. Sorry for us coming so late."
"It's no problem." Kiku answered. "We knew where you were so we didn't worry. And we've been thinking about something... Would you like to tell it, Lovino?"
Feliciano looked up at Lovino, wondering what it was he wanted to tell him. Lovino for some reason couldn't look into Feliciano's big, caramel colored eyes. "Well... I've been thinking about it, and you know how I'm good at imagining how situations will turn out... I was thinking that Ludwig might be safer... if he was an honorary member of our family. You two are obviously fond of each other, so I figured he could stay here and go to town whenever he pleased. We could all teach him the rules of our family and anything else he needs to know. So... yeah."
Feliciano didn't know how to react. On one hand he was really happy to be able to see Ludwig all the time, but at the same time he was terrified. Feliciano was the leader, so he was the one who had to make the final decision whether to let Ludwig in or not. Meaning if Ludwig got hurt, or worse, killed, it would be all Feliciano's fault.
Ludwig, on the other hand, was ecstatic. He thought it was perfect.
"Well, Feliciano?" Antonio asked. "What do you say?"
Feliciano looked around at all the faces of all the people who had milled around. Everyone was obviously aware of this decision, and completely on board for it. And he saw, looking at everyone, that if Ludwig was in any danger, they would defend and protect him in a heartbeat as if he was any other member of the family.
Feliciano smiled. "I think it's a great idea." Ludwig jumped up and cheered, running over Feliciano and hugging him. Feliciano hugged him back and laughed, but stopped a little short. He could feel that, even though Ludwig was acting excited, he was also a little tense. Feliciano laughed it off though, figuring it was just because Ludwig was happy but nervous about being in the mafia. It was new to him, and Feliciano understood the feeling.
That was two days ago. Now Feliciano woke up from his nap, smiling to himself. Ludwig was so perfect. He had gone back into town to move half the things from his apartment to the house, and to retrieve the rest of his stuff that just finished being shipped from Germany. Feliciano was overjoyed at everything that was happening. Ludwig was so amazing, so perfect. Feliciano's whole family approved of him, too, which rarely happened. And Ludwig made Feliciano feel so... normal. Something he hadn't felt his whole life. And now Arthur, as Feliciano sleepily recalled, was telling Feliciano to go see Ludwig. Just as a surprise visit. Feliciano, after a while of thinking, decided he would go the next morning. It was now ten at night, so Feliciano went back to sleep, dreaming happily of Ludwig.
The dark, sinister room gave off a cold feeling as footsteps circled Ludwig.
"So you'll do it?" the albino German hissed in Ludwig's ear. Gilbert had asked Ludwig that question so many times, that Ludwig had lost count.
Ludwig could feel tears stinging his eyes, and running down his cheeks. His shoulders slumped in defeat.
"Yes," Ludwig whispered, his throat sore from trying not to cry. "I'll do it."
"Kesesesese! I knew you'd come around, Luddy! This is surely going to be fun. Don't you all think so?" Laughter and cheers rang around the Braginskys.
Ludwig felt that he was about to be consumed by the darkness surrounding him. "Please." Ludwig silently pleaded. "Whatever you do, don't visit me Feliciano! I don't want you to be hurt..."
Feliciano entered his office, deep in thought. Thinking about whether it was a good idea it not to let Ludwig be part of the mafia. Ludwig watched in shame and dejection as Gilbert and the other Braginskys left the apartment room, gingerly touching the bruise that was forming on his stomach.
Both prayed silently, hoping the other would hear. "Be safe... please, be safe.."
No matter what, just don't get hurt...
I'm not going back and forth to check what I'm doing, so if I get this in the wrong order then I apologize. I'm just trying to get to the point, cause I rambled a lot last time.
*Feliciano thinking obscene thoughts: sexual tension rizing.
**Kiku's collection of yaoi and hentai: a refference to an episode of APH when Italy is looking through Japan's collection of art, then he comes across a book labelled "porn"
***don't let Italians drive. Yet again a refference to the show, I think the world series, when Italy drives Japan, and Japan is horrified and firghtened because it was so fast and wreckless.
****"Grazie. Grazie mille.": "Thank you. Thank you so much." in Italian.
*****"Ciao, il mio amore.": "Hello, my love." in Italian
Lol, I know half of you are probably yelling at your screen right now at Ludwig. Well I'm sorry! But whatever. I hope you realize Ludwig and I can't hear you.
See you next time! (I'm so evil :3)