The group sat and ate together, and as usual, they all left, leaving Kiku and Arthur alone. The two finished their meal and cleaned off the table before deciding to take a walk through the garden again. They both enjoyed spending time in the garden. It gave them a chance to get outside and gain some fresh air, but the garden was always empty. Everyone already had better things to do than sit around and look at plants Kiku assumed.
The duo chose one of the benches nearby and sat down to take a break. They talked for a while, helping Kiku a little more with his English and discussing the events over the past day.
"I'm glad Feliciano and his brother made up. Now things can go back to normal, minus Feli's black eye that is." Arthur smiled, putting his hands behind his head.
"I knew it would all work out. Lovino means well, he just lets his anger get the best of him far too often." Kiku replied, looking up as well.
"Ah, well, things happen sometimes. It's good to see Feliciano back to his old self." Arthur smirked a little. "It's also good to see you smiling again too. You got so serious after the fight."
Kiku felt his face get warm. "W-well, Feliciano gets upset easily, I wanted to help him. He was my only friend for so long." Kiku frowned slightly, "Come to think of it, he was my only friend until you rolled around. I don't know why I said yes at the time to your lesson idea, but now I'm really glad that I did."
Arthur smiled, "I'm glad you did too. You've opened up so much. I'm proud of you."
Kiku smiled, "Look at yourself. You've made a lot of new friends since getting to know me and Feliciano."
Arthur scooted a little closer, hoping Kiku hadn't noticed. "It's great getting to spend with you and it's really great getting to know you."
Kiku could swear he had seen Arthur blush. "It's really great getting to know you as well. I've never really had friends besides Feliciano, so it's nice actually having more than one person to eat with. Even if they do leave us a mess to clean up."
Arthur nodded, gently taking Kiku's hand without realizing it. Kiku on the other hand, did notice and started blushing rather brightly. "Um Arthur?"
"Yeah?" He asked curiously, tilting his head.
Kiku gulped. He had to admit, Arthur looked rather cute like that. Kiku felt his face heat up, blushing a bright shade of pink.
"Kiku? Are you feeling alright?" Arthur asked, hoping he would answer this time.
Kiku swallowed once more. "You, you're holding my hand..." Kiku answered, looking down at their hands.
Arthur's face quickly went bright red, moving his hand away. "Oh my goodness! I-I'm so sorry I didn't know what came over me!"
Kiku quickly shook his head, "No! No! It's alright." Kiku smiled a bit, "It was nice, really nice."
Arthur recoiled slightly, "Really? I thought you would yell at me or hate me."
"What?" Kiku asked for clarification, Arthur simply laughed.
"You really have no idea why I asked you if you wanted help with your English, do you?" Arthur asked, still laughing.
"Um, no?" Kiku answered in the form of a question, rather confused about his friends behavior.
Arthur took a deep breath, it was now or never. "I've had a small crush on you. For a while actually. I could never get the confidence to tell you though."
Kiku blinked for a moment. Arthur liked him, no Arthur loved him! And Kiku returned his feelings! But how would Feliciano and Alfred react? How would the rest of the school react? Kiku took a deep breath so he could give his friend an answer.
"That is a relief. I have developed a bit of a crush on you as well since having started the lessons." He couldn't help but smile. Arthur always made it so much easier to smile.
Arthur's face lit up, he wasn't sure his smile could get any wider. He hugged Kiku a bit tightly. Kiku waited a moment before returning the hug gladly. Kiku inhaled slowly, taking in Arthur's scent. He smelt like tea and old books. It was nice. They remained like that for a few minutes before breaking the embrace. They smiled at each other before standing up and finishing their walk, hand-in-hand.
As they finished the walk through the plants and foliage, not realizing how long they had actually been there. There were no afternoon classes today so they had been there for over two hours sitting together.
They walked back to the dorm building and up to Kiku's door. They smiled at each other and agreed to meet each other for supper in a while and Arthur gently kissed Kiku's cheek before waving good-bye and heading back to his own dorm. Kiku gently touched his cheek where Arthur had kissed him, a smile and blush creeping onto his face. The smile stayed on his face as he walked into his own dorm room. Feliciano and Lovino were already inside. The Italian duo looked up at him as he entered the room.
"Ciao, Kiku!" Feliciano smiled. "How was your walk with Arthur?"
Kiku smiled wide, collapsing onto his bed. "It was nice. We're meeting up for supper again if you would like to join us if you would like."
Feliciano clapped happily. "That sounds like fun! Come on Lovino! You and Antonio can come too!"
Lovino nodded. "I'm sure the fucking tomato lover will just love that."
Kiku nodded, "We're going shortly. Do we need to go get Antonio?" He asked, sitting up.
Lovino shook his head. "I asked him to come over to make sure Feliciano's eye was okay since we weren't sure when you were coming back."
Kiku nodded. "Alright. We can leave after he checks Feliciano's eye."
The brothers nodded and only minutes later Antonio walked into the room. He quickly checked Feliciano's eye and then they were all heading to the dining hall. They met up with Arthur and Alfred and headed upstairs together. They all got the meals they wanted and headed for their table. They talked and laughed as normal. After they finished eating they decided to just spend time in the common area together.
They talked and played games together. Kiku and Arthur mainly just sat together and talking to the others, holding each others hand happily.