Feliciano just kept on crying and Mama was starting to worry. She had invited over Ludwig, hoping that the Alpha could calm down the Omega, but Ludwig just seemed out in the deep end and extremely awkward with his pats and gentle kisses to the forehead.
Mama didn't know where Papa went, she saw him in the morning, but he just seemed to disappear after the morning and he wasn't back for a day. After breaking the news to Feliciano, she thought that the Omega was going to start a party and dance on the grave, but he broke down crying.
"Feliciano," Mama called in a soft voice, "look what I got. I even made it with Lovino's pasta paste."
Mama held up a plate of pasta knowing her son always felt better after he ate a nice large plate of her world famous pasta, to add on the happiness she used a jar of tomato paste that Lovino made with his tomato plants he had the summer.
She sat down the plate of pasta in front of Feliciano. The young Omega gave it a simple sniff and looked down at it taking the fork from Ludwig.
To Ludwig and Mama's surprise Feliciano ate the food while sobbing. It was the oddest noise they heard, but at least he was letting his emotions out while eating.
"Why are you crying Feliciano, don't you like it?" Ludwig asked putting his arm around Feliciano.
"It's so good!" Feliciano sobbed as he continued eating it.
Mama laughed. "Don't worry dear," she chimed lifting Feliciano's chin and wiped away his tears, "Papa will back home soon. He probably went to clear his head like usual."
Papa wouldn't be back for more than fifteen days. Ludwig had tried his best to take Feliciano out everyday for simple things. They took walks in the park, rode the horses down to the lake, even Ludwig came with Feliciano to buy new dresses. Feliciano just always had a doleful look on his face. He was starting to blame the disappearance of his father on himself, because he was just so mean to everyone. Mama told Feliciano one night that he had all right to be angry about the fact of being wedded to Benjamin and that she would have done the same thing.
After that, Feliciano just carried a smile that hid his true feelings. He turned to baking to sooth his emotional wounds, which is why he was in the kitchen. Feliciano wore a checkered pattern dress with a black cardigan over it with bell sleeves. A jeweled barrette held back his hair as he pulled out a sheet of German style cookies.
Ludwig had taught him one day after working at the shop how to make the sweet treat, he called them cookies, but they were the craziest cookies Feliciano ever saw. They looked just like flat crackers, but they were sweet and delicious dipped in tea.
"Do you need help?" A voice asked from the kitchen that made Feliciano freeze up and numbly set down the tray.
He turned around to see his brother in the doorway. Feliciano face broke into bliss as tears poured down his face running over and engulfed Lovino into a tight hug. Feliciano noticed how Lovino just smelled so mature and laced inside his comforting scent was another's.
"Lovino you mated!" Feliciano whispered and Lovino gave him a calm smile kissing the top of his head.
"You smell like a potato." Lovino's nose crinkled and Feliciano just giggled burying his face in the fabric of Lovino's dress.
"Wait! Lovino!" Feliciano jumped back and held his hands out, "If you are here that Papa found you. Where is Antonio?"
"My dear brother, you are so thoughtless." Lovino shook his head.
"What do you mean?"
"Papa did find me, but he came with peace in his eyes and a mouth that spoke of truth. He has seen the errors of his ways." Lovino walked over and touched his brother's face, the young Omega had more tears coming out his eyes. "You're such a crybaby." He noted wiping the tears away.
"Then, where is Papa?" Feliciano asked.
"I'm right here little Feli." Papa's gruff voice scared both Omegas as they turned and looked. Papa was busy taking off his coat and put into the closet while Antonio stood next to him with his dopey smile. "Feliciano, I know you have all rights to be mad-"
Before the Alpha could go on he was engulfed by a tight hug and Feliciano just kept wailing.
"Never leave again! Please! I'll be good!"
Papa couldn't comprehend the love he felt. He thought Feliciano hated him, he thought he was dead to his young Omega, but he was completely wrong. Feliciano was just scared, Benjamin wasn't a nice man and he was so much in love with Ludwig. He should have just saw through the water that even if society thought it was wrong, Feliciano wasn't society nor was Lovino, they were their own beings. Lovino was Lovino and Feliciano was Feliciano and they could love anyone they wanted.
"I wish I could have came to your wedding Lovi." Feliciano muttered as he wouldn't let go of Papa's arm.
"It wasn't that much. It was shit." Lovino snapped as he glared at Antonio.
Antonio put up his hands, "I'm sorry my rose, I'll do better next time."
"You will." Papa looked over at Antonio who just wouldn't wipe that smile off his face.
"I'm going to have another wedding for my two flowers," He exclaimed and Feliciano clapped excitedly and Lovino just huffed crossing his arms.
"You aren't going to make me marry that asshole, Vince was it?" Lovino asked putting his hand on his hip raising his eyebrow.
"No! I promise!" Papa grabbed Lovino and brought him into a hug smothering his two sons. "Just one big wedding where my babies will be marrying their Alphas."
"Yay!" Feliciano cried as he hugged Papa tighter.
"I guess my Alpha is back bearing gifts?" Papa looked up making eye contact with Mama who was coming down the steps. She had a warm smile on her face as she crossed her arms.
"Coming in for a hug?" He asked putting out his arms motioning her over.
Mama looked over at Antonio who smiled giving her a simple shrug. With more encouragement she came down to the bottom and to the hug with her sons and husband.
"Get in here, my boy, you're in the family!" Papa grasped Antonio around the neck pulling him into the tight hug.
"Sorry Bastard, you signed the form." Lovino quirked his eyebrow and Antonio bellowed with intoxicating laughter and hugged Lovino around the waist giving him a gentle kiss on the back of the neck.
They seemed to patch everything up at home, but they still had to go to Francis and Arthur's wedding. Papa hadn't heard from Francis after their fight, even after he had given his apology to Arthur who was completely oblivious of the insults he threw at him.
That was the reason why Papa was so anxious to get into the building. Lovino was next to him wearing his formal outfit which was a black dress with a high white collar and a thin black bow tied on the top and there were silk black bows holding up parts of the dress's bottom showing the white underskirt. Papa had to give it to Antonio who had cleaned up nicely for the occasion with his black suit, and an expensive looking top hat, Lovino had given the Alpha a red carnation to put in the pocket of his coat deeming him presentable.
Ludwig and Feliciano were like the models Papa saw in the magazines Mama bought and read like the Bible. Feliciano wore a light blue dress shirt with a high collar with frills going down the button line and the sleeves had a bell shape to them. On the bottom he had a white skirt with a ring of blue fabric around the bottom which he held up showing off the high white shoes. He was connected by the arm with Ludwig who was wearing a grey suit with a high top hat and polished black shoes.
He still had to hand it to his wife for still looking beautiful for her age. She covered up her face in light makeup to hide the few wrinkles, but she still had a head of full auburn curls that she put up in a tight bun. Her dress was a light purple with a high collar that fell into a v-neck. The accents of white just made the dress look so much expensive.
Ludwig, being the most gentleman of the group held the door open for everyone to get into the church while the men discarded their hats on the hooks.
"I must hand it to Arthur, he has such a decorative eye." Mama flaunted to Feliciano as they stared down the aisle with beautiful blooming red roses and white see-through fabric created bows across the pews.
"An expensive wedding if you ask me." Lovino sneered as he walked next to his family with his lip pulled back in a growl.
"Ve, like my wedding." Feliciano let out a dreamy sigh making Mama giggle slightly turning to Lovino.
"Mine is going to be simple." He huffed.
"You just like the end of the wedding when Antonio puts-" Feliciano was cut off by Lovino blushing madly and clamping his hand over his twin's mouth giving him a glare as Mama just continued laughing over their antics.
"Uncle Gino, Aunt Vivian." Came a quiet voice as they turned seeing Francis.
Mama almost broke down crying seeing her little nephew look so handsome in his clean suit. Francis even cut his long hair to reach his chin rather than it reaching his back.
"You look so handsome Francis." She walked over touching his cheek making him smile and touch her hand.
"Everyone is cleaning up nicely." Papa noted as he flicked his eyes over to Antonio who sent nice smiles over.
"You should have seen him when he was younger," Francis put his arm around Antonio giving him a friendly shake, "He'd play in the mud and would come to his mother who washed him every night. She must have thought you'd never get a high-strung clean freak mate, but look at you."
"I'm not that clean freak!" Lovino growled as he dusted off his shoulder with a look of disdain.
After a couple of minutes of chatting Francis excused himself taking Antonio with him and a bridesmaid from the Kirkland family announced the wedding should be starting soon. The Vargas family plus the one Beilschmidt found their seat in the pew and Mama was soon joined by her older sister Marina, Francis's mother.
"Ludwig?" Feliciano asked as his downcasted eyes watched his hand play with Ludwig's intertwined fingers with his.
"Yes Feli?" Ludwig leant down so they could chat in private.
"Are you excited for our wedding?" He asked quietly, "Because I am excited. Since birth I have always been excited to walk down the aisle and stand up at the altar with you and then we can have children and live into a tiny cottage. . . Do you like my ideas?" Feliciano looked up hopefully and Ludwig just gave a silent chuckle kissing his soon-to-be mate on the forehead.
"You have a such broad mind that I wonder why you aren't a writer."
Feliciano smile was bliss and Ludwig loved it. Now that Feliciano was out of his own dark ages it opened up into a renaissance. He learned so much of Feliciano, his favorite food, favorite hobby, even the instrument he played. In return Ludwig taught Feliciano about his life and welcomed him into the family letting the young Omega come to parties that Gilbert hosted at random times and meet their grandfather who had taken a liking towards Feliciano, he had told Ludwig privately that Feliciano reminded him of an old friend of his.
Ludwig even knew that Feliciano thought over everything. He even had down the flowers that he'd plant outside of their house down, by the way, they were lilies. Feliciano even was starting names for the children he'd be bearing.
"Ludwig, the wedding is starting." Feliciano jerked Ludwig out of thought as the music filled in through the room. Francis had sauntered down the aisle first with Gilbert and Antonio on either side of him. They looked so proud of their friend and Marine was starting to cry with Mama. They were just so soft when it came to weddings.
The music changed into a light filling kind and the doors open. Feliciano felt his own eyes start to tear up as he saw Arthur dressed in all white with a beautiful train that his bridesmaid were carrying. He was latched at both arms by his parents, his mother having long wheat colored locks pulled back to the side of shoulder with a flower pin wearing a long green gown with bell sleeves while Arthur's father had bright red hair and he looked to be a strong farmer with a smiling face.
They walked down the flowered aisle and at the altar Arthur's father gave Francis his son's hand and they shared a few quiet words.
Feliciano felt Ludwig poke his shoulder and he looked over with teary eyes to see him holding out his hankie for him. Feliciano laughed giving him a gentle thank-you kiss and took the hankie dabbing the edges of his eyes as he watched. Feliciano even noticed that Lovino was starting to get emotional.
When they finished the church service and the vows were being exchange Marine looked to be quite a mess as Francis told of the first time he met Arthur and how he felt so much attraction towards him and how Arthur was the first person to ever move him in such an emotional way.
Arthur had a similar story, but to the surprise of the Vargas family he wasn't very rich and he lived on a farm most of his life doing simple housework and Francis had taken him away and shown him the world he missed out on.
When the service was finished and they exchanged rings the large reception broke into polite clapping and Francis was patted on the back by his close friends. Antonio looked to be shedding tears while Gilbert was trying to stay strong to look cool in front of all the Omegas.
To Feliciano, Francis looked so strong. He'd remembered the man of his childhood who would take him out in the woods and they would play in the pond, but those times, Feliciano saw Francis as his playmate, a child just like him, but with him being married to such a beautiful Omega and taking pride and love set the stakes higher and made Feliciano look up to him in a new, stronger way.
Francis and Arthur exited the chapel with the sound of clapper in their ears with love blooming from each other. Such an amazing day in mid spring for an Omega and Alpha to join hands in marriage.
"The reception is in the ballroom, my brother's mansion." Ludwig reminded the family as he stood up holding out his arm for Feliciano to take.
"Of course, and how much did they pay Gilbert?" Lovino smirked, giving Ludwig a perplexed look as he took Antonio's arm and walked into the aisle.
Ludwig couldn't figure out if Lovino didn't like him or not. He would say such mean things to him and then the next moment he'd give a sarcastic joke. Feliciano had assured him that Lovino was just a hard person to befriend and that he didn't need to worry.
A carriage came to the building and the Vargas family, plus two, went inside chatting away to Gilbert's mansion. Ludwig didn't want to move in with his brother, because he didn't like people thinking he was freeloader and he wanted to start something he could finish, but he still had to hand it to Gilbert for having a beautiful white home with a large landscape of beautiful flowers.
From the ushers they were escorted to the ballroom where guests were already over flowing from. Mama had made it her mission to scout out her little nephew. It was rather embarrassing how she practically dragged Lovino and Feliciano to find Francis who was just at his U shape table.
"Please, have a seat, my family." Francis offered them with a bright smile taking their seats.
Mama turned to Arthur who was the definition of a blushing bride, "I love your dress, did you get it done by Feliks downtown. His work is magnificent."
"Oh no," Arthur smiled slightly, "my mother made it for me."
"Really!" Mama gasped taking his hands. "Your mother work is like a professional. Since she is family I shall ask her to make a dress for my sons' wedding. You know Feliciano and Lovino?" She pointed to Feliciano who was dreamily staring into Ludwig's eyes and Lovino was scolding Antonio for trying to stab Francis's hand with the fork.
"They are darling boys and beauts, you have outdone yourself with the womb." Arthur praised kindly and Mama was already liking this boy.
"Hey!" Came a shout from one of the stables. Francis cringed from Gilbert's loud voice and how Antonio got so close to finally hitting him with the fork. "We are going to start the wedding dinner and then cake, but first we will have some messages from family members." Gilbert jumped down the table as he held out his arm for an unnamed Omega who seemed to be one of his girlfriends.
"Messages? What do you mean?" Francis asked giving an airy sigh as Gilbert sent him a thumbs up.
"It's alright Love, let it slide." Arthur soothed Francis who sent him a very strained look. Usually it was Arthur stressing over every detail, but today he seemed to step back and Francis do all the stressing.
First, Marine said a few words about how proud she was of Francis and how proud his deceased father would be and then the attention was turned to Arthur's mother, father, and his four brothers who were sharing some embarrassing stories that Arthur seemed to burn in the background as the crowd gave a hearty laugh over.
Then they passed the attention to both twins. Feliciano tried to think of everything he had to say, but he noticed there were so much.
Feliciano just took a deep breath and let his mind take control of his words, "Hello, I'm Omega Feliciano and this my older brother Omega Lovino, we are Francis's cousin. Though, over the years I sometimes I forget that Francis is even my cousin since he turned into one of my best friends. He taught me so much and was always there for me when I needed to chat privately. He even yelled at the poor Alpha that I had crush on for not asking me out sooner! I. . . . I'm just so proud of you Francis. You'd use to the family example of what not to do, but now I truly believe that I am probably the person taking that over. I love you and don't lose this Omega, he's really nice and perfect for you. Happy days!"
Feliciano sat down with blushing cheeks as the crowd clapped widely over his words.
"Don't fuck this one up!" Lovino yelled and Francis patted his heart with a bright smile as people laughed.
"Aye! It's my turn!" Antonio gasped and that was Francis's turn to look in horror as the Spaniard stood up and ran over to beside Francis with Gilbert on the other side.
"We're proud of you!" Gilbert chimed with his signature smile as Antonio leaned on the chair.
"Truly, we are the Bad Touch Trio all through childhood and we'd cause so much trouble, but now the only trouble you're causing is my heart!" Antonio smiled sadly as Francis looked mostly surprise.
"We love you bro, getting married is something awesome and we wish for the best marriage with happy children on the way." Gilbert nodded his head and gave Antonio a high-five.
The reception was actually Feliciano's favorite part of the wedding. Everyone came up to him with teary eyes saying how much they loved his speech and who Ludwig was and after mutual talking they would leave and Feliciano would give Ludwig a kiss under the jaw.
The orchestra had started playing the waltz and Feliciano wanted to dance so he dragged Ludwig to the dance floor. After perfecting their hand poistion Ludwig started leading the Omega across the floor.
"Remember the first day we met. You danced just like this, but at that time you were so shy." Feliciano giggled.
"I'm glad I could get to know you better." Ludwig leant down kissing the Omega on the lips in a gentle display of affection.
Feliciano was in mid dance with his Alpha when he heard a scream and then he was pulled close to Ludwig's chest knowing the Alpha's intentions.
Feliciano looked over Ludwig's arm seeing the last person in the world he wanted to see.
There was Alpha Benjamin, he looked crazed with a creased suit and rips in his pants like he ran through the woods. In his hand was a long hunting rifle while the hunting rifle's bad deed laid in front of Alpha which was a bleeding Omega. She sobbed as she had a hand on her side, blood pooled around her.
To both Alpha and Omega horror the gun was pointed at both of them.
"What are you doing with my Omega?" Benjamin asked in a perplex voice as he started forward. Ludwig did all he could to protect him and Papa was trying to sprint over, but the gun went off and only one person took the bullet.
That being the lovely Omega, Feliciano Vargas.
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I can't believe this story is coming to a close. Next chapter will be the last and then we have a proluge.
SORRY NOT SORRY, MAYBE FELICIANO WON'T RECOVER AHAHAHA
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QUESTION ANSWER: I actually was planning to write a branch off story about Francis and Arthur since they quite an adorable couple. One of my OTPs