I'm sorry this is such a short chapter, the next will be longer I promise ^^
Ludwig read through their past conversations, he'd already read through the required chapters and was now sitting there bored.
Re-reading conversations was nice, it made him smile.
It had been almost three months since he'd last seen Feliciano, and they'd been talking constantly. They'd come so far, grown so close, it was amazing. He loved Feliciano so much, he'd not told him that yet, but he planned to when they next met up.
It was growing closer by the day, Feliciano had told him they could meet up on the 18th, only three days away now.
He couldn't stop smiling.
He looked up as the bell rang, and the teacher said they could leave.
Ludwig turned to Kiku, smiling softly at him, "Do you need to buy food today or did you bring lunch?"
"I brought lunch," Kiku said coldly.
He'd been acting strange since Ludwig had told him that he and Feliciano were going out. He'd stopped contacting Ludwig outside of school and seemed to be trying to distance himself inside of school.
Ludwig was sure that the only reason he still sat with him at lunch was because he had no one else to talk to.
Honestly Ludwig felt almost insulted by how he was acting, the fact that Ludwig wasn't interested in him shouldn't affect their friendship this much, it was ridiculous.
"Do you want to go to the hall or sit out on the grass?" Ludwig asked politely, swinging his bag over his shoulder and beginning to walk towards the door.
Kiku looked out the window as he finished putting his books in his bag, "It's a nice day, I think I'd like to sit out on the grass."
Ludwig nodded, waiting for the smaller man to catch up and beginning to walk with him down the hall.
"I saw you on your phone," Kiku said absentmindedly, "Were you talking to Feliciano? I thought you didn't talk to him while you were at school?"
Ludwig shook his head, "I don't, but I have conversations saved on my phone, I read them when I'm bored."
Kiku let out a small huff, nodding and walking out onto the green, "I thought you would have broken up by now. I never thought you'd be interested in a long distance relationship."
Ludwig shrugged as they picked a spot of ground to sit on, crossing his legs and pulling his bag too him. "No, we're going very strongly, in my opinion."
"How do you know," Kiku said, pulling out his own lunch, "He's famous, he might do this with lots of people and you wouldn't know."
Ludwig grit his teeth, "Kiku, I'm not getting into this again. I told you, Feliciano wouldn't do that, he's sweet and kind," he let out a small breath, "And I think I love him, Kiku."
Kiku frowned, his breath hitching slightly, "You love him?" He shook his head, "Ludwig you've only met him once. You are rushing into this. I wasn't happy about it in the first place I-I," he huffed again, "You're not in a real relationship, Ludwig, he's not really your boyfriend all you do is text him."
Ludwig glared at him, his fist clenching, he'd known to expect this sort of reaction from him.
"We don't only text, he's my boyfriend, I love him Kiku."
Kiku stared at him, almost glaring. "I don't believe you," he said softly, "…I don't think this is going to go well Ludwig, but I can't exactly stop you. He's going to break your heart."
Ludwig huffed angrily, shaking his head and gaining speed, "I said I'm not talking about it. You're wrong Kiku."
He broke away from the smaller boy, his frown hardening as he walked out into the school grounds, he looked back towards the grey double doors to make sure Kiku hadn't followed him, letting out a soft and shuddering exhale as he walked down to the sports field, finding a bench to sit on.
It was so difficult to talk to Kiku now, Kiku who had once been Ludwig's best friend, willing to support him through anything, he was so cold towards him now, Ludwig had almost expected it but still it had come as a shock.
The boy simply didn't seem to understand that it was possible to hold a long distance relationship without the other person betraying you. Or maybe he did know it was possible and was trying to plant seeds of doubt in Ludwig's mind.
It wouldn't work, Ludwig wouldn't let the hollow words get to him, they had no basis in fact.
Ludwig laid back on the bench, pulling his dark coloured lunchbox out of his similarly coloured bag and beginning to eat. He looked over the field, watching some of the younger boys as they played football.
As he finished eating he pulled his phone out again, looking around to make sure no one could see him as he held the object limply in his hand.
He swallowed hard as he selected Feliciano's number and dialled, hoping that he would pick up.
He felt his heart skip at the sound of his ever-cheery voice.
"Ludwig!" Feliciano said happily, his smile reverberating down the phone and immediately infecting Ludwig.
"Hi Feliciano," Ludwig almost cooed in reply, leaning forward in his seat and resting his elbow on his knee, "I just," he shrugged to himself, absentmindedly playing with the hem of his shirt, "Wanted to say hello."
He heard a small giggle down the phone and the sound of the boy shifting in his seat, "Ludwig," Feliciano said softly, "You never call in school unless something has upset you," he paused for a moment, "What's wrong..?"
Ludwig sighed softly, "…I miss you, that's all," he said after a short pause, that was in truth correct; he missed him whenever anyone brought him up, so much so that he became almost angry.
"Well what happened to make you miss me?"
Ludwig sighed softly, "Kiku," he almost groaned, "He's just," he huffed softly, "He's getting on my nerves, he keeps saying that you're not really my boyfriend, and that we're probably going to break up soon… I can't wait to see you Feliciano, it's been too long."
"Ludwig," Feliciano cooed, his voice soft and forgiving, "I'll see you in three days, that's not long."
Ludwig frowned, shaking his head, "But it's three days of /that/, of dealing with comments like that. It's not just Kiku, it's… everyone, no one believes what I tell them. At first I didn't care but it's getting to me now."
Feliciano sighed down the phone as he thought, running the information round in his head, "I can't get to you sooner." He let out a small whine, "I'm sorry Ludwig, I don't want you to be upset."
Ludwig mimicked his sigh, closing his eyes and letting himself float on Feliciano's voice for a moment, not really caring what he said, just revelling in the compassionate and otherwise happy tone.
"Feliciano," he said, cutting Feliciano's sentence.
"Si?" Feliciano yipped, knowing Ludwig must want to say something important if he'd interrupted.
Ludwig let out a soft hum, smiling, his eyes still closed, "…I think I love you."
He became uneasy at the silence down the phone, opening his eyes and swallowing hard, straightening himself up, "I-I wanted to tell you in person, but I can't wait three days, I felt I needed to tell you."
Feliciano let out a small happy squeak down the phone, and began nattering as if a floodgate had just opened inside him.
"Ludwig I love you too, I've never felt this way about anyone I never felt so happy talking to someone as I do when I talk to you-"
He let Feliciano speak, giving small grunts of recognition and agreement, every now and then saying he felt the same.
He couldn't keep the smile from his face, nothing else mattered now, he felt as if all the nagging from everyone else suddenly meant nothing, because Feliciano loved him back. Almost nothing could ruin his day now, nothing could ruin his mood.
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