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Chapter Twenty-One: Rosebud
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"HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!"
Kiku pulled away from Ludwig's kiss quickly, blushing madly at him. Ludwig simply laughed. "I thought you would enjoy being kissed by me…"
"I… I liked it…" Kiku assured him, "But… this… this position is a little awkward…"
As he said this, he got up and looked around. Feliciano came up to him and said goodbye just as a whole plethora of people were leaving, either flustered or totally confused. Kiku looked back down at Ludwig, who was getting up.
"Thank you… Ludwig," Kiku said, looking at the floor in front of him.
Ludwig chuckled and put two fingers under Kiku's chin, making the Japanese man look him in the eyes. "I can be yours, you know," he said.
Kiku blushed deeper, "I'll… uh… think about it."
Ludwig nodded, the smile still apparent on his lips. "Call me when you have an answer…"
And with that, Ludwig went to go find his brother and leave the party.
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He kissed me… he wants to be mine… Kiku thought, staring at his cell phone. Would Ludwig be up now? It was almost eleven, and Katyusha and Natalia were milling around the house, cleaning up after the party last night, since they certainly weren't going to clean at 1 in the morning. Kiku was hardly paying attention to them as he stared at the phone.
Suddenly, someone's phone went off, and all three in the room lunged for their phones, all making a greeting into the phone as they did so. Turns out it was Katyusha's phone:
"Hello? Ah! Hello, 'Liza… What? What? Okay… slow down, please. Will Natalia and I meet you at the Monde University Theatre in an hour? Sure? Okay! All right! See you there soon!" Kat chirped.
After snapping her phone shut, she and Natalia had a few moment of staring at each other before they continued bustling around the house, cleaning and what-not. Kiku decided not to ask about it. It would probably come out on its own. Besides, Elizabeta was known for being an odd one. Kiku guessed that Gilbert liked strangeness in that case. He went back to staring at his phone.
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About an hour passed and he heard his girls bustling out of the house, shouting goodbyes as they did so. Had Kiku really been staring at his phone for an hour? Gosh, he was hung up on Ludwig and hard. He finally picked up the darn thing and went into his contacts to call Ludwig (no self-respecting stalker would be caught dead without their 'victim's' number in their phone…). He heard it ring and hoped to any higher spirits that Ludwig was at least awake. It was 12 now, so someone had to be up.
"Hello?"
It was Ludwig. Kiku held his breath for a moment.
"Hello? Kiku, I know this is you, I have caller ID, you know…" Ludwig said.
Kiku had forgotten how to speak for a brief moment, "Uuh… yeah. Hi."
"Hi, Kiku… do you have an answer for me?"
Kiku was a little light headed, and so, he was somewhat confused.
"Kiku?" Ludwig asked.
"Oh, right… my answer is…" Kiku's brain seemed to have just kicked into drive now, "My answer is yes."
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They talked for a long time. Kiku even had to plug in his phone in the middle of a sentence, and he was pretty sure he was going over his minutes. It was all right. Kat and Nat were still at the University Theatre with Eliza, and Ludwig and he had a lot of questions for each other.
"You haven't been with many people, have you?" Kiku suddenly asked, regretting it.
Ludwig laughed, "A few flings in high school, then nothing until Arthur…" he said, making the answer… well, less embarrassing, "You didn't know?"
"No… I'm… I'm not a real stalker…" Kiku announced, blushing.
"Oh. Well… yes. I was with Roderich, Feliciano and Bella for about a week each before I broke up with Roderich, Feliciano asked Roderich to the Prom instead of me, and Bella turned out to be a lesbian," Ludwig replied, then: "How about you?"
"Ummm… I've only been with Yao. On and off," the Japanese man replied warily.
"Oh… so you're somewhat of a virgin?" Ludwig teased, "I mean, you've only been with one man… so… was he your first?"
"First what?" Kiku asked, regretting it.
"Lover," Ludwig said slowly.
Kiku shivered at the thought, "No! Nononono! I never had s-ex with Yao! It was an innocent fling!"
Ludwig chuckled, "You're so cute, Kiku," he said.
Kiku blushed again, "N-No. I'm still a virgin. And I'd like to stay that way until I've found… the one…"
This seemed to put Ludwig off a little. Kiku would like to… stay a virgin? But he wanted this relationship to work, so he breathed in, composed himself, and said, "All right. We can stay abstinent. But don't make me get down on one knee just to make you change your mind about this…" he teased lightly.
Kiku blushed on the other end and was silent. Ludwig sighed and said, "All right… I think I hear Gilbert shuffling around upstairs. He's got a date with Elizabeta and I should go help him. I'll see you later?"
"Yes… later. And… thank you."
"No, thank you. You're the one with the answer…" Ludwig replied.
"Right. Goodbye, Ludwig."
"Goodbye, Kiku."
Kiku stared at his phone for about a minute until he noticed that Kayusha and Natalia had snuck in and were staring at him, arms crossed over their chests. "Well?"
"I said yes," was Kiku's short reply. He stood up and went to his room to take a much-deserved nap, as he had been awake all night and had hardly gotten to sleep.
And Kat and Nat couldn't help but turn to each other a squeal under their breath at each other before collapsing on the couch.
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Yay for my Spring Break. Not only do I get two glorious weeks to write somthing for the Entente Cordiale, but I als get a lot of time to relax and... oh, right. Work on CdH. So... here's the chapter of Kiku/Ludwig. Next chapter is gonna be mah fave, thanks.
Please, please, please review?
Adieu~
