Innocents Ch. 23
Notes: Cuteness overload of GERITA-ness, and the kiss we've been waiting FOR! YEAH! Oh, and some new worries.
WTF FACT: Chainsaws were originally created as a tool to help deliver babies.
Reviewers:
SocietyMember: Yes, but Antonio's scary because he loves Lovina, and it's cute!
Masaki-Hanabusa: Thank you, and yes he does! I wish I had an army of cats!
Kunikohime Madoka Tanuki: Yeah, Lovina would kick ass, so don't worry! No, sorry, in this chapter, they have le kiss!
HiyaCodey: Well, I hope you'll like the ending I have planned!
Begin:
Okay, running in a fire-filled forest with a few supplies: stupid idea. Going to find a moron in a forest set on fire by a bomb maniac: horrible idea. She ran into the forest away from the fire, hoping Antonio was far away from the fire. Knowing that moron, he'd to the exact opposite of what she'd hope for.
The smoke filled the forest, making it hard to breath, so she knelt close to the ground, getting oxygen. God, she hoped to find him soon.
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"We have to go after them!" Amelia said as she grabbed her gun.
"No Amelia, we have to wait!" Arthur said, blocking her path. His green eyes held a certain determination.
"But Arthur! Lovina is out there, and so is Antonio, with a killer, in the forest! We have to go after them!"
"No buts! The forest is on fire, there's smoke everywhere, and if you breath in so much smoke, you'll die!" Arthur shook his head.
"He's right, Amy," Madeline said softly. Amelia looked at Madeline, eyes wide. Her sister looked serious.
"Look, both fire departments are on their way, it'll be okay. Soon as the fire is out, we'll look for them." Madeline finished, putting a hand on her sister's shoulder.
"Promise?" Some tears fell down her cheeks. Madeline and Arthur nodded as Arthur sighed and hugged her.
Amelia wasn't the only one freaked out by it, Feliciana was sitting down, staring into nothing, eyes wide. Ludwig sat right beside her.
"Feli," He said softly. She didn't look at him, her eyes cast downward.
"Sorella's in there, all alone, what if she doesn't find Antonio? What i-if, she doesn't get enough oxygen?"
Ludwig was shocked, to say at least. Feliciana never cried, it seemed. Now she was going to have a break down because her sister was gone. Great, he didn't know much about being a comfort, but this was Feliciana. She of all people needed him the most.
He mustered up his courage as he wrapped her small frame into his arms. The girl was a little shocked at first, then her muscles relaxed.
"You know, vhen I vas a small boy, I liked a certain book," He started, bringing up a new subject.
"Ve, what was it?" She asked. Brown eyes met blue, and Ludwig couldn't help but blush at how pretty she is. What in the hell was he thinking, bullying the new 'boy'? He shrugged it off and began talking again.
"It was a special book, und it vas read to me a lot. It had more than two hundred chapters of different stories, und each night, vattie or Gilbert vould read to me. It was called 'Grimm's Märchen für Jung und Alt', or as people who speak Englsh, 'Grimm's Tales for young and old." He smiled at the memories. Feli smiled also.
"Ve, nonno had the same book, except it was in Italian. We still have it in the attic! I guess we were the same, yet having the same stories told to us in different languages."
"Ja." Ludwig nodded, glad that he gotten Feli's mind off her sister for a while. The fire departments have had already came and were fighting the fire.
"I remember a certain tail, of zay princess letting down her golden hair for ze prince. Vhen I was younger," Ludwig blushed.
"I imagined myself as the prince..." Feli chuckled at his blushing cheeks.
"Anyvay, I now know zat mein fairytale is completed, do you know vhy, Feli?" Great, could his face get any more red?
"No, why?" She started to blush.
"I vasn't a prince, I vas the lone wolf. Sure I had vattie und Gilbert, but I vas always a farmer, and zen a prisoner. It took a real princess to see past me, get through mein barrier, und stick vith me. Even though ve're just friends, I vould be more zan glad if you're vith me, at least a friend."
"V-ve, I got a question, Ludwig," She said, stuttering and blushing adorably.
"J-ja?" He was stuttering like a school girl in front of her crush! And blushing!
"How in the hell are we not together, ve?" She gave him the biggest smile ever, and if Ludwig wasn't a man, he'd pass out from the heat of his flaming cheeks.
"I-I don't know vhy, I guess I vanted you to be happy und not stuck to me." Suddenly he felt a hit on his head. Great, he was feeling like Matthias.
"Ow, vhat ze heck was zat for?" He asked, wincing. Feli looked at him slightly annoyed, then he realized that she hit him on the head with her fist. Damn she could hit a punch.
"Ve, we've been kicking ass together in the same prison, we slept next to each other, you helped me from lots of troubles, and how in the hell can I be happy if you're not there?" She demanded, a twinkle of amusement lit in her eyes.
Ludwig gaped at her. Then, he smiled, a huge smile. Feliciana's eyes widened as his normally 'too serious' eyes danced with light.
Then he blushed. He never been kissed before, and he knew that she hadn't neither. There's a first time for everything, right?
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She sighed, then started coughing. God, why would she do such a thing? At least she could have brought some masks! Antonio had this dark look in his eyes, and she had decided that this was the dark side of him. To say, she was amazed and scared at the same time. This was her Antonio? The one who would refuse to kill baby kittens? She then looked at the turban bastard, he looked smug with that gun in his hand. She seen it all, Antonio dodged to the left, the limb falling, and the blood.
Okay, it was one thing that he shot her, but now he shot Antonio? She was downright pissed.
"Looks like I didn't miss." Gupta sneered as he went to retrieve his empty gun. Antonio was clutching his side, holding his battle ax, glaring through those eyes.
Lovina pulled out her own gun, and walked towards them. Yes, the flames were high, and there was a bit of fire almost everywhere, but dammit, she came this far, and she could still see, although a little through her tears, damn smoke.
She said nothing as she raised her pistol, and fired.
"Gah!" Blood came through his mouth as he turned to look at her. "You bitch!" He screamed.
"Lovi?" Antonio asked, crimson was falling onto the ground from both men. Luckily she didn't miss her aimed target.
"Si. I didn't miss neither, you stupid son of a bitch." She hissed at the now falling man. Gupta laid down, blood soaking his clothes. He wasn't dead, he was gasping, blood coming out of his mouth, too.
"LovinAhh!" Antonio cried as he tried to stand and come near her, he fell again.
"Stop moving, moron! You're bleeding!" She said worriedly as she looked at him from the flames. Dammit, how was she going to reach him? She looked around and found her answer. It wasn't burning, but it was about to. She hurriedly grabbed it.
"Okay, you listen," She ordered. "When this falls down, you're going to cross it. Got it?"
"Lovina," He started. Lovina looked, blood was coming out too fast for her liking.
"Shit." She said. Well, she made it this far. Her eyes were watering because of the smoke, and she wasn't sure how long she'd last. She wasn't sure how long Antonio would last, neither.
Well, she had to rescue his sorry ass somehow. She threw down the large burning branch, and crossed over quickly. The flames engulfed the branch, leaving Lovina, Antonio, and Mr. Bad guy in the circle of flames.
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He. Kissed. Her. There, that wasn't that hard, wasn't it? They both closed their eyes, and after a few seconds, they pulled away, blushing. Little bit of blood came down Ludwig's nose, that was how innocent he was when it came to kissing a pretty girl, and Feliciana was blushing like mad, yet they were both grinning like a cat who just found an unlimited supply of catnip.
"Grazie, Ludwig." She smiled. He returned it.
"Ve should do this more often, ja?"
"SI!"
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Okay, I never wrote much kissing scenes, and I was all 'happy and giddy' while writing it. A huge 'Squeeee!' came from me! Yeah, what will happen to Lovina and Antonio? We don't care much for the bad guy, but he's still alive, and if you do care for the bad guy, please take no offense. I hope it wasn't too cheesy, just the thought of a girl rushing to save her loved one in danger makes me squeal at the adorableness.