It's time for the first meeting and I am nervous as hell... I am sitting with the crowd and a sudden silence falls on the crowd. A man that appears to be the leader steps up a podium.

"Ladies and gentleman, our way of living has been threatened... There is no good way of going about this without going back to the days of the cold war so this will be tough. If anybody is to buy any types of metal do background checks on them before handing it over, I don't care if you know them it is not worth the risk. All of you people here are the most likely to go out of business if these people succeed."

He walks away and the people start to disband. All of a sudden a loud noise is heard, a scream then silence. I turn around and see the leader on the floor bleeding while behind me the shooter tries to run away but is tackled and taken away. Another man kneels next to the leader, he appears to be checking for a pulse.

"... He's dead... We're going to need a new leader." A feel a something nudge me.

"Hey, you should be the new leader. I've heard a lot about you and you sound fit." I couldn't really believe that someone knew about me, then I remembered that I sort of am a semi-famous artist so why not? I step up to the podium.

"I don't mind being leader, will anyone else step up?" Absolute silence. "I guess I'll be leader until if and when someone else wants to be."

This was very strange and happening so fast... It's fairly suspicious actually... Almost like it was planned... But no one else will be the leader and without this group I'm doomed either way! I'm stuck in this position then...

As I make my way home I notice a man starts to walk behind me. I ignore him and keep on walking. Slowly the man gets closer and closer until the point I start to get uncomfortable. I turn around, "Can I help you?" Upon closer inspection I notice it's the man who told me I should be the leader and I do not get a good feeling about the outcome of this equation.

"I just vanted to talk to you." The man had blonde hair that's slicked back. His eyes are are a lovely shade of blue, clearly German.

"Oh, um... Well we are almost to my shop, we can talk in there." I tell the man whose name I've yet to learn. I realize that I just invited a suspicious unknown character into my house and I have no idea why! Slowly I unlock the front door and walk inside with the man behind my. "I need to use the restroom real quick, ok?" He gives me a nod and I go the the bathroom. Once I lock the door I pull out my phone and text my brother.

'Lovi, if you don't hear from me in half an hour tell the cops to come to my house. I let this guy in who may be out to hurt me.' A few moments later my phone vibrates.

'What?! I'm coming over!'

'No! Don't! Please, I don't know if I'm in danger but I need you to do this for me!'

I wait for the response but nothing comes in. "Damn it..." I exit the bathroom and return to the room where the mysterious German man is looking at the different pieces of art I have.

"You made all of these?" He asks.

"Uh, yeah, I did~"

"... You're really good." A smile creeps across my face.

"Thank you~" Gino comes strolling in at my feet.

"Meow!" The mans attention falls on my cat.

"Vat's his name?"

"Gino." Gino walks over to the German and he picks it up. "What's your name?"

"Oh Ludvig, sorry I forgot to tell you."

"It's alright, in case you didn't know I'm Feliciano Vargas." Ludwig sets down my cat and he scurries away to the door. I follow him to the door as the bell rings. I open the door and find an angry Italian behind it.

He pushes me to the side and marches toward Ludwig, the first person he sees.

"You! Get out of my brothers house right now!" Luudwig look startled like someone had just slapped him in the face.

"Vhy?" This was going to end badly, no body talks back to Lovino without him exploding on them!

"Why? Because you're going to hurt him because he's a fucking dumb ass who let a complete stranger into his house!"

"Um, this is also a shop... He lets random strangers into his home all day every day..." Ludwig says. Lovi looks as if he's about to explode at this point.

"You know what I mean you potato bastard!"

"Catholics..." Ludwig states shaking his head. That was the icing on the cake.

Lovi punches Ludwig dead center in the face.

"F-fratello!" I yell. I don't know much about this man but he looks like the person who wouldn't put up with this. Ludwig raises his fist and is ready to strike. I panicked and pushed Lovi out of the way and a surge of pain soon following.

"Look what you did! I knew you'd hurt him!" Lovi started yelling while i was still on top.

"Really, I'm fine..."

"It's your fault I hit him!" They said ignoring me.

"It is not my fault I hit him!"

"Ja it is."

"No it's not!"

"Ja."

"No!"

"Ja."

"STOP!" I finally yelled. Both of them stared at me, "I am fine! Lovi, go home..."

"Grr... Fine, but make him leave too!" I let out a sigh and nod.

"Fine, I will." I get off of him and Lovi exits the store. "I'm so sorry about that, he has anger issues..." Embarrassment took over my body, I could feel my face burning... But then again that could be from the punch...

"Vell, I better get going then..." Ludwig head for the front door but I didn't want him to leave yet, there's something about him that I just can't resist.

"Wait!" He turns and looks at me. "Um... I know I promised Lovi that I'd make you leave, but I didn't say I wouldn't leave with you... Would you like to grab something to eat and get to know each other better?"

I saw a smile on his face. "Ja, I vould like that very much." I felt as giddy as a school girl and quickly ran to grab some things then rejoined with Ludwig.

"I know a nice little cafe that we can go to~" I said grinning happily.

"That sounds like a nice place, lead the vay." By instinct I grab his hand and happily march forward along. Ludwig quickly pulls his hand away from mine and I look back to see why. Ludwig's face was a bright scarlet colour and then it hit me that I had grabbed his hand.

"Oh, I'm sorry ve! I usually hold my friends hands when I lead them places, it was a force of habit..." My face was once again burning, bringing a pounding back to my cheek.

"Um, it's fine. It just surprised me, that's all." I nod and once again lead the way to the cafe. Upon arrival our faces turned back to our normal shade.

I walk inside and take a seat with Ludwig following still. A waitress comes over with her pad and pencil.

"What can I get for ya?" I smiled at her.

"I'd like a hot chocolate and a piece of creme pie please~!" The lady smiled at me sweetly, as if I was a small child, and looked over at Ludwig.

"And you sugar?"

"Black coffee and baked brie." His voice is low and slightly monotone. The lady's smile went away clearly because of the change of attitudes.

"Sure thing, I'll have them right out.." She walks away from us and disappears into the kitchen.

"Why are you so angry?" I can't help but ask him.

"I'm not angry..."

"You seem angry..."

"I'm just not a very cheery person... Anyvay, vat do you like?"

"Well, art of course~ And my cat Gino! I like making other people happy and pasta~!" My big grin was plastered on my face again, "What do you like ve~?"

"Vell, I like vorking out and training..." I sit there waiting for him to continue.

"And?" He looks at me oddly.

"That's pretty much it..." I feel sad knowing that's all there is. There has to be more that he likes and I am going to find out what they are!

"I also like soccer... Do you like soccer?" The lady comes back with our stuff and walks away.

"Ja, I like soccer." I smiled again.

"Maybe we can play sometime~?" A small smile appears on his face but covers it up by taking a sip of his coffee. "What about animals? Do you have any pets?"

"Ja, three dogs." I take a big bite out of the pie and sip my cocoa.

"I'm sure you like more things than that!" ... A question pops in my head and I blurt it without much thought. "Do you have a girlfriend?" When I asked that Ludwig almost choked on his coffee.

"N-nein... I do not... vat about you?" Ludwig's face was bright red.

"Oh, uh... I don't really swing that way..." I looked down embarrassed. There was silence for what seemed like forever.

"I see... Vell, there is nothing vrong vith that... You vere born that vay." I look up at him smiling and very happy that he understands. Not many people are that understanding with something like that and not that many people know about that actually, not even my own brother. "So, do you have a boyfriend then?"

"Oh uh no, I don't ve~" I said smiling yet once again. Luddy finishes eating his brie and drinking his coffee and soon I finish my stuff as well.

"Well that was nice~ Do you think we could do something like this again some time?" My heart is pounding, I really hope he says yes and I have no idea why.

"I... I vould like that." He says smiling gentle at me and my heart almost bursts in my chest. He looked and acted so cold towards other people and his sweet and gentle face looks really amazing even with hard, rough features.

He gets up and walks away and out the front door. I sit there smiling, staring as he walks by the window. I feel safe around him, like I can trust him with every fiber of my being. At this moment there is no doubt in my mind. I'm in love.