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Chapter Twenty: The Good Slash Forever Fangirl Alliance
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"HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!"
Lovino jumped back from the kiss fast as lightening. "I… uhh…" he said, his cheeks reddening.
Feliciano was confused as well, and he dropped his arms and scooted away as fast as he could. "I… yeah…" he replied incoherantly.
People were laughing and some were already leaving the house to go home, while others were just milling around, telling each other stories of the past year, or congratulating each other. Katyusha and Natalia were gracious and pulled away from each other to say goodbye to people who were leaving. Matthew said goodbye to Feliciano quickly, leaving Alfred behind. Lovino watched the exchange, and then bolted towards the door as soon as Matthew closed it to go home.
Feliciano said goodnight to Kiku before leaving the party, touching his hand to his lips shyly. Had that just happened?
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"And so you kissed him?" Little Heidi asked.
Lovino had run home that night and went to bed. In the morning, Vash had called in for his rent, and he said he had it, but he wasn't coming over to give it to him. Heidi, being the sweet girl she was, went over to Lovi's apartment to check on him. They wound up talking, with Lovino spilling his guts to his landlord's sister.
"Yes, I did, okay?" he yelled.
His head was in her lap, and she was stroking his hair to calm him down. The 20-year-old girl was in college now, taking night classes to become a photographer. She was being taught, incidentally, by one Elizabeta Hedervary. They were working on a book of photography as a 'day' project in the meantime. Because it was New Year's nobody in the town of Monde was working.
"What's wrong with that? You love him, don't you?" Heidi asked.
Lovino blanched, "He's my brother!"
"He's… you're adopted brother. Feelings like the ones you're harboring for Feli aren't wrong. If you guys were brothers by blood it would be worse. But since you're adopted… surely it's not that bad, right?" Heidi asked.
Something slightly shojo-sounding went off and Heidi excused herself.
"Hello?" she asked as she closed the door to the bathroom, leaving Lovino to brood.
"SESEL JUST CALLED ABOUT FRANCIS AND ARTHUR!" cried a flustered Hungarian, aka Elizabeta.
Heidi sighed, "Yes? And Lovino's whining about kissing Feliciano…"
"Sesel told Natalia and Katyusha about Francis and Arthur, as well…" Eliza said, calmer this time.
"New recruits?" Heidi asked, calm as ever.
Eliza seemed to think about it. "Call Sesel and Bella, we're having a meeting. I'll arrange a way to get Kat and Nat in on our schemes. Good Slash will reign supreme!" and with that, Heidi heard a click on the other end. She smiled and shook her head, opening the bathroom door and excusing herself before saying her goodbyes.
"If you need anything, Lovino, please don't hesitate to call us. Big brother is really very sweet when he's not terrorizing you for money," the cute little college girl said, and with that, she left the Sicilian's apartment.
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"Why did Eliza wish to meet us here." Kat asked, opening the door to the Monde University theatre.
"Beats me. I always knew she was a little weirdo…" Natalia replied, shrugging.
It was unbelievably dark in the theatre, and both girls wondered what the hell was going on. Suddenly, someone grabbed their arms and pulled them onstage, where a spotlight turned on them. They weren't quite used to the light, and so they shielded their eyes.
"What the fuck?" Natalia asked, trying to see through the brightness.
"Natalia Arlovskaya and Katyusha Lizinski!" Elizabeta's harsh voice said (from the technical booth, probably).
Three cloaked figures appeared from offstage and loomed over the two awkwardly as Eliza continued, "How did you guys feel when Sesel told that Arthur had slept over at Francis's?" she asked.
Katyusha and Natalia glanced at each other, by now totally pissed off and used the blinding light in their faces.
"I thought it was about time!" Natalia shouted. "Those two have been dancing around each other since who knows how long!"
"And Feliciano and Lovino?" Heidi's little voice piped up from one of the cloaks.
"They kissed each other at the party?" Sesel.
"Good for them. They deserve each other. Who cares if they were brothers. It's not by blood, right?" Natalia replied, still angry at these silly, silly girls.
"How about your very own Matthew. With Alfred? Hm? And Kiku with Ludwig?" Bella. Francis's cousin, as it were.
"Matthew and Alfred? Perfect! Matthew kissed Alfred out in the snow, didn't he? Even he knew he would one day wind up with Al!" Katyusha called out, "And Kiku has been in love that German since day one! Let him have his fun!"
Elizabeta turned off the stage light and ran down the steps into the house. "Perfect! You will be grand recruits to the Good Slash Forever Fangirl Alliance!"
"Huh?" Katyusha asked as Natalia burst out laughing.
"What?" Bella asked, taking off her hood to stare at the white-blonde. "It's not funny!"
"Well… you must admit it is a little…" Katyusha replied, putting a hand on her girlfriend's back as she laughed harder, "I mean… what's your deal? Why did you form this little…" and the use of air-quotes "'Alliance?'"
"Because those men are stupid and they needed to find each other," Elizabeta replied, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Yes," Heidi said, taking off her hood. Sesel followed suit and smiled at Natalia and Katyusha. "I've known Lovino since he moved into my brother's apartment building. He's been a very sad soul save for the times when Feliciano's called or come over. And I've always seen Feliciano's eyes darken when he's had to leave Lovino…"
"So they're happiest when they're together," Elizabeta reasoned.
Bella stepped forward, ""I'm cousins with both Ludwig and Francis… well, Ludwig is kind of our second cousin or something. Long story short, we were over at each other's houses in the summertime, all three of us. Francis told me a story about how Arthur and him met. Arthur thought he was a girl, so that was how they forged a relationship. But once Francis was found out as a boy, things changed. Long story short, my French cousin has been pining for Arthur since they were kids. As for Ludwig… well, he's too low-maintenance for someone like Arthur… or any of his other boyfriends…"
"In other words, Arthur and Francis Forevaz, and Ludwig and Kiku should totally get together…" Elizabeta replied.
"And Matthew and Alfred?" Katyusha asked as Natalia stopped laughing at straightened herself out a little.
"Isn't it obvious?" Sesel piped up, "Fate had Alfred and Arthur find Matthew that day. Made him come into Alfred's life especially. They kissed, so that's got to be a sign of something…"
Katyusha thought about it, "And… you had nothing to do with that party last night, did you?" she asked, suspicious.
"Us? No. They found all that out on their own. Though Gilbert and I might have talked incessantly about Kiku up until then," Eliza replied wickedly.
"FATE—" Sesel said, kicking her leader in the shin and making her fall over onto the floor in very dramatic agony, "—made the events of last night happen. Some of it is good, some of it is bad, but now we're assembling our Alliance to keep awkward pairings from happening. Like, I'm sorry to say, when Alfred and Yao were together. I mean, seriously…"
The other girls grumbled a bit about that 'awkward pairing' as Eliza got up, peeved that none of her girls had tried to help her or punish Sesel for kicking her down. She dusted herself off, "We think you two would be worthy members of the Alliance, as you have a past with Matthew and live with Kiku…" she said, mentally forgiving Sesel.
Natalia thought about it for a minute. It would be nice if the boys weren't so stupid about each other…
"We'll do it," Katusha said, giving the brunette a thumbs up.
Eliza returned it, "Great!"
Then Bella spoke again, "I have a feeling we're forgetting about someone…"
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Feliciano.
Feliciano was in the dark in his room. He was so confused now, and he had no one to call. Matthew had looked flustered when he had left, and so Feliciano didn't want to talk to him just yet in case he was sorting through his own problems.
He looked at the clock. It was noon. Matthew had to be up now, right? And over himself? Feli sighed, grabbed his coat and his keys, and headed to his car to go to the French-Canadian's house pronto…
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Oh god. Elizabeta wasn't getting enough attention, so she kind of took over my brain. So that's how the Good Slash Forever Fangirl Alliance was born.
Oh, and Eliza was reminding a little of Renge from Ouran High School Host Club. And Heidi (Lictenstein) is Sakura from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle at this point. Bella is, again, Belgium. Sesel is still Seychelles. I'm their real master, by the way.
Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW OR ELSE THE GIRLS WILL PICK AND USE THEIR WEAPONS OF CHOICE!!!! I have a pen. Be afraid. Be very afraid. A review......
Adieu~
