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Feliciano forced a smile as he opened the door, pushing away the anxiousness inside him to bask in what would probably be the best thing he'd ever done.

For a moment no one looked at him, they were too engrossed in their conversation to notice that the door had opened. They didn't turn their heads until Ludwig, with his heavier and therefore louder gait, entered the room.

The look on Elizabeth's face changed from happy to surprised and confused hilariously fast, it was just as Feliciano had imagined. It took a lot to stop himself from laughing: now wasn't a time to laugh, he and Lud were making a serious point.

Asking Feliciano to wear a dress was no different to asking Ludwig to wear one. If she was shocked at the sight of Ludwig wearing she should be shocked at the sight of Feliciano wearing one too.

Ludwig looked over the three sitting at the table. Gilbert was grinning up at him, but it wasn't his usual smile, it seemed to have a hint of pride to it, like he'd realised this was going to happen. Elizabeth stared between them wordlessly, her face going red though Ludwig wasn't sure if it was from embarrassment or anger. Roderick simply looked confused, the expression amplified by his drunken state.

"You decided to come and join us," Gilbert said happily, kicking out the chair opposite and pulling out the one next to him, "We figured it would only be a matter of time."

Ludwig smirked, "Yes, sorry it took us a while to change."

He made his way round the table to sit next to Roderick, letting Feliciano take the chair next to Gilbert, figuring that he'd be more comfortable there, it was closer to the door and out of Elizabeth's direct eye line.

The room was silent as Ludwig and Feliciano sat down, Feli cold feel his face turning red, he looked down at his food, picking up his fork and beginning to eat, to hungry to care that his two housemates were staring at him.

Elizabeth stared between Feliciano and Ludwig, placing her cutlery back on her plate. She cleared her throat, "Feli, may I talk to you in private please?" she said stiffly.

Gilbert frowned, responding before Feliciano could open his mouth. "Anything you want to say to him you can say in front of us Elizabeth, we're an accepting bunch of people right?"

Elizabeth tensed slightly, glaring at Gil before speaking, "Feli, I bought you that dress, it cost $80…" she glanced at Ludwig, "He's going to stretch it out."

"I was never going to wear it again anyway," Feliciano said, repeating what Ludwig had said to him a few minutes ago. "And it wouldn't suit you," he added.

"So is Ludwig going to keep it?" Elizabeth asked. She turned her head to Gil, "Are you going to let him do this?"

Gilbert shrugged, "I don't see why not, he's an adult, he can wear what he wants, it's not the only dress he would own." He frowned slightly as Ludwig, "It looks kind of tight on you though."

Ludwig nodded, "It is, I'm almost afraid to breathe."

Gilbert chuckled softly, turning his head to Elizabeth again, "Where did you get it? I might buy him one that fits better," he looked back at Ludwig, "Consider it your birthday present. I always thought pink was a nice colour on you."

"What?!" Elizabeth snapped, "You're going to encourage this?"

Gilbert shrugged, "Sure, why not."

"Why not?" Roderick sneered, "Look I've tried to be respectful but this is just too weird."

Feliciano felt his temper rise, his face becoming hot, "Respectful?" he heard himself snap, "You've hardly talked to me since I told you about this, that's not respectful."

"Don't talk to him like that," Elizabeth said, forcing herself to calm down, "Feli, it's just-"

"My name is Feliciano," he said loudly. He'd had enough of holding in his anger.

"Feliciano," Elizabeth said forcedly, "This is a difficult change for us."

"You're not even trying!" Feliciano shouted, "You won't call me by my proper name, you're trying to get me to wear dresses, it's gross!"

Gilbert and Ludwig looked between Elizabeth and Roderick, silently agreeing with Feliciano.

No one replied to him, and he felt himself calm down a little. He returned to his food and began to eat as fast as he could. He wanted to go back upstairs, he wanted to lay on his bed with Ludwig and hug him and sleep.

Ludwig however, seemed to be eating slowly, slower than Feliciano would like.

"Be careful Feliciano," Ludwig said after a moment, "You're going to choke on your food."

Feliciano frowned at him, slowing down a little.

"Feliciano…" Elizabeth said after a moment. Feliciano had hoped that he's be able to leave before she started talking again. "I'm sorry."

Feliciano looked up at her, wiping his mouth and frowning, waiting for her to continue.

"This is something that you want Feliciano, I accept that, but you didn't talk to us about it at all other than to tell us you had decided you were a man. I," Elizabeth frowned softly, looking to Roderick as if for confirmation, "I wish you had talked to us about it, I used to think of you like my sister, and now I find you were hiding all this."

"I wasn't hiding anything," Feliciano said weakly, "I've only just figured it out."

Gilbert cleared his throat, "Liz, this sort of thing can be very confusing, when you discover something like this it makes you doubt everything, everyone you know could suddenly become your enemy. Maybe Feliciano didn't want to discuss it with you because he thought you'd react… well, like you have done."

"What's that meant to mean? You think I reacted badly?" she snapped.

Gil smirked and shrugged, "Well, yeah? Don't you? I mean, you tried to make him wear a dress today, you talked me into wearing a suit so you could get Feliciano to wear a dress." He raised his voice a little, "If we were dating, I'd break up with you for doing this."

Elizabeth grit her teeth, going quiet as what she'd done actually sank in.

Ludwig lifted himself to his feet, having silently finished his food. He reached over to take Feliciano's empty plate. "Shall we go back upstairs Feliciano?" he asked quietly. Feliciano nodded in return, getting to his feet, Elizabeth and Gilbert had entered a debate he didn't want to be part of. He'd eaten and now he just wanted to go back upstairs and sleep.

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