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1 Month Later
"Fratello," shouted Lovino impatiently. "Damn it, Feli!" Beside him Antonio chuckled in amusement, while tending to his tomato garden. "Don't laugh at me, bastardo. That idiot brother of mine is late and we really need to get back to the Court of Miracles."
"Leave him be, Lovi, he's probably still busy with Ludwig. Or rather, Ludwig isn't done with him yet if you know what I mean," Antonio wiggled his eyes brows at his fiancé only to be smacked across the head.
"Don't say such vulgar things! If that potato loving bastard knows what's good for him he better not even lay a finger on hi-"
"Lay a finger who, Fratello?" The gypsy king looked over Antonio's shoulder and saw his brother standing next to Ludwig. "Ve~ What are you talking about?"
Lovi flushed red and dragged his brother by the ear towards home, "Never mind you, come on. We're late to our own meeting with everyone."
"Can't Luddy come too?"
"No!"
Ludwig and Antonio watched with amusement as their lovers bickered away while walking back to their home. Antonio turned back to his tomatoes, "If there is something you want to ask me, you don't have to be shy about it." Ludwig looked at his companion in surprise and blushed. "Let me guess. It has to do with, Gilbert?"
"Nien."
"Ooh! Feli then, if you're going back to your native tongue it must be about Feli." Ludwig blushed again, cursing to himself for the slip up. "Ok, let's see. Hmm," Antonio clipped at some dry leaves from his tomato garden before adding fresh water, "Does it have to do with the fact they're leaving for Rome?"
"That hasn't been decided yet though, right? I mean sure Lovino is king of the gypsies but he has to get permission from the others before they change their capital… Right?"
Antonio smiled softly to himself. "You must really love him if you're getting this upset over the possibility of him leaving. Lovi seems pretty confident in his abilities to persuade the others though. And he has been wanting to go back to his home city." He glanced up and sputtered to himself, "B-b-but yeah, there is a chance that the council will say no." Ludwig sighed to himself and nodded half-heartedly. He hoped so.
The Court of Miracles stood proudly once again; its inhabitants bartering with one another especially with for new incoming goods from the gypsies across the world. Natalia inspected the cloths that were hand woven by Feliks himself while Toris tried his best not to be too freaked out by her brother. The latter was inspecting him, rather than paying attention to whatever his sister was showing him.
"Wouldn't this look good on me, brother?" Natalia held out a pretty lilac scarf stitched with golden flowers at the edges.
"Da," Ivan muttered waving her off. Toris took a step back as the Russian took a step forward.
"I'll take it!" Natalia shoved a bag full of coins in Felik's hands before dragging her brother away. Well tried too anyway seeing as the giant wouldn't budge.
"You become one with Sister's commune, da?" Ivan smiled pleasantly to Toris, who by now was shaking visibly.
Feliks frowned at this and stood in front of his quivering boyfriend, "Like, that's not cool. Feli and Lovi won't be too happy about you trying to steal one of their friends. Not to mention that Tor-Tor is, like, totally mine."
Ivan frowned and thought this over before smiling again, "Maybe. But I know that they won't be even more happy if big-sister and I vote against moving the Court of Miracles to Rome." Toris clung to the back of his boyfriend and whined pitifully. That was true. Natalya huffed in annoyance and tried to pull her brother back out to the market. He still didn't budge. Ivan watched as Felix patted his lover reassuringly on the hands that were wrapped around his waist. "Perhaps, maybe we make deal. You give me some of that pretty red fabric with gold stitching, and you keep your boyfriend."
Felix's eyes widened in realization before smirking, "I'll give you the whole bolt if you promise never to bother us again."
"Deal!"
Walking out with a huge bolt of cloth over his shoulder and his sister clinging to his arm, Ivan happily mumbled 'sucker' under his breath. They walked by an Grecian woman in her late forties and her son, both looking at some silver pieces with sleepy expressions, well the son was sleepy. "This is quite beautiful," murmured Athena, "Will you perhaps be willing to part with it in exchange for some of our lovely pottery?" Lars inspected the pot the sleepy man carried and nodded in approval.
"Do you think, Kiku will like that one," asked Heracles, pointing to an elegant lotus flower pendent. "I think he will. It's not a kitty but I do remember him telling me he likes those kinds of flowers. But then again," he looked at over to Lars, "You don't have something shaped like a cat do you?"
Lars rubbed his neck in thought before shaking his head no, "But I do believe Rodrich might. But if he doesn't maybe if you give him a stone he can cut one up for you. He's really good at cutting crystals. Or if you want something carved out of wood so to survive travel, you should talk to Prince Feli. His brother in law is great at wood carving."
Athena raised an eyebrow, "Brother in law? I wasn't aware that the young prince was married."
Upon hearing that Emma giggled and playfully smacked her brother on the arm, "He's not, ma'am. But I do believe that he has his sights set on marrying soon. What with the baby and all." This time it was Lars who poked his sister's side. "I mean, please forgive me. I spoke out of term. Um, should I wrap this up for you, ma'am?"
The brunette fixed her sleeve and nodded with a smile, "Please do, dear."
"Oh my, are you for certain," asked Elizabeta looking into her palm.
Natasha nodded happily, "Da, it's clear as day! You are expecting, Hun."
"Oh, Rodrich will be so happy to hear that!" Elizabeta's smile faltered, "But what will the children say?"
"Children?"
"Vash and Lilly, you see we've adopted them as our own. We never thought that I could get pregnant; after so many years of trying, we just gave up."
"I'm sure they won't mind having a little brother or sister."
"I hope you're right. Though that does make two of us."
"Two?"
Elizabeta smiled again and shook her head, "Never mind, dear. Let's go see if our king has arrived yet. The meeting is about to start."
"Da, let's go."
"Ve! I said I was sorry, fratello. Ludwig was really eager to spend time with me today and I didn't have the heart to tell him no. Besides it's not like it was just us, Gilbert was there too," whined Feliciano. He rubbed his ear while pouting.
"Pouting will get you nowhere." Lovino blushed as his brother's eyes widened pitifully and he stuck out his lip more. "Now you just look ridiculous. Actually," he stopped and mushed his brothers face more, "There, make that face to anyone who opposes and I'm sure we'll get them to say yes like that." He snapped his fingers and skipped along the catacombs to the entrance of the Court of Miracles, his brother following, albeit, less enthusiastically.
Finally, after exploring the capital and bartering for goods the Patriarchs and Matriarchs lounged comfortably around Lovi's tent for the meeting. Lovi had to pull out his leaflet crown before situating himself at the head of the circle, Feli sitting to his right. Next to him were Elizabeta and Rodrich who, as their most trusted friends and advisors, were there for moral support. Lovi cleared his throat tearing his guest's attention away from the snacks before them. "Thank you all for coming in such a short notice. I do hope that you all had a pleasant journey and are finding your stay satisfying."
Athena, as oldest of them all, nodded warmly to the man before her, "Indeed, your majesty. All was well in our travel."
Natasha nodded in agreement next to Elizabeta, "Da, though I must say, the city looks a little different since last year. The guards were pleasant for once." Berwald shifted in his seat to hold Tino closer to him and away from Ivan, who had been staring at the Finnish man hungrily. Natasha placed a gentle hand over his, making her brother cast his gaze on her. "Please behave you-self brother," she whispered so that only he could hear. Ivan nodded and focused his attention on her hand on his.
"I am wondering, where is Yao and Kiku," asked Heracles sleepily. "Surely we can't start without our friends from the east." He held tightly to the lotus pendant he ended up purchasing for Kiku. Perhaps later he would find, Feli's brother in law but for now this necklace would have to do.
"Forgive us, Lovino-sama. Feli-kun, but we ran into some trouble on our way here." Everyone turned to see a two flustered Asians bowing down in embarrassment.
Lovino waved away their apologies, "Don't worry, you're actually just in time. We're going to start now."
Heracles pushed out another pillow and scooted closer to his mother, "Kiku, sit next to me." Kiku blushed and nodded slowly. Ivan did the same for Yao.
"Very well, now that every-one is here, let us start. As you know the location of our capital was compromised a month ago, and despite that the person who knew its location is no longer with the living, I feel that it was a sign that we must relocate. My mother often spoke of having the Court of Miracles relocated to Rome and I second her desires." Lovi paused to gage everyone's reactions. So far so good. He nodded slowly, "There is also another request I wish to run by you all. My brother, Feliciano, who despite the smile he wears, is against moving the commune to Rome." Feli's smile wavered and he looked down sadly. Had he really made it that obvious? "So, then really want I would like to say is that even though the capital will technically be in Rome, Italy, I wish for this commune to remain in place with Feliciano as its Patriarch." Lovi sat down and reached over for a tomato to munch on while everyone else pondered his words.
"Really, Fratello," gasped Feli. He reached over and hugged his brother tightly making his twin choke on his fruit. "Thank you, thank you. Thank you!"
Lovi pushed him off and coughed, "Feli, control yourself! We still need to see if this approved before you start celebrating."
Ivan stared at Yao to see what his reaction was. Berwald and Tino exchanged knowing smiles, they knew why their king was had decided this. It wasn't last minute either; he had been talking to the Nordic couple about it over that past few weeks. Before anyone could voice their approval Athena spoke up, "Why? Why leave the prince here in Paris when the king is in Rome?" She frowned slightly, "It was my belief that he was the only one, apart from my herbal infusion recipe, that could control your…change in temperament." Everyone waited to see how their king would respond to that. Really, Lovi's borderline bi-polarness was no secret to everyone present. Judging by how Lovi had been playing with Chibi-Romano during his speech, he was still far from recovery.
Feli saw this and placed a hand on his brother's knee. "My brother has been getting better in controlling his…mood swings without me. As a matter of a fact he's had little to no episodes. I believe that it is due to his fiancé's presence." Feli cast a side glance to his brother's reddening cheeks and smirked, "Antonio has a calming effect on him. Most of the time."
Athena nodded slowly, accepting this response. "And you, my prince? Why do you not wish to leave to Rome?"
"I have someone here that I love here and I don't' want to force him to leave his home after just coming back." Elizabeta smiled at this. She exchanged glances with Kiku who gave her a 'why-wasn't-I-told-of this-'look. She mouthed 'I'll tell you later, which seemed to placid him for the moment.
"I see. Is this person your fiancé, then?"
"Well, I havn't asked him yet…"
"So you have no ties with this man."
"I do, I just, we, that's not up for discussion yet," grumbled Feli.
"It is when the relocation of our capital and our king and prince is the main focus of today's meeting," snapped Athena.
Feli took a deep breath and looked to his elder, "His name is Ludwig Beilshemet. He is captain of the guard here in Paris and I love him. I wish to marry him. That is why I want to stay here, though I will miss my bother terribly."
"And the baby?"
Lovino looked at his brother in surprise, "Baby?"
The gypsy prince flushed darkly, "Must we discuss that as well?"
"What the hell were you two doing? How is that even possible, you're a guy! Oh no, he will take responsibility for this as soon as possible or so help me-"
"Fratello! Stop, its not like that. Someone has left a child at the Palace of Justice, he found him. It's only a few days old but we, we decided that perhaps it would be best if…if we took him in as our own."
Everyone was silent. Minutes passed and still no one said a word. Elizabeta finally broke it with a girly squeal hugging Feli to her. Athena herself smiled and nodded in approval, "There, that's really all I wanted to hear. You know, dear, I think of you and your brother as grandchildren and I hate that no one ever tells me these things." She pouted. "Are you trying to kill me by heart break?" Her son rolled his eyes at his mother's attempt to Greek guilt the royal brothers. He himself wasn't always immune to it but still.
"Waah! It wasn't my attention mama Athena," cried Feli, leaving the embrace of his older sister to hug the older woman. "It's just that so much has happened over the past month that it didn't cross my mind to tell you what's been going on with us. I promise to write to you more though."
Athena patted the young man's back and nodded. "Yes, very well. I'll grant you my vote for your request in the relocation of the gypsy capital to Rome and in naming Prince Feliciano patriarch of the Paris commune."
"Da, we do as well," Natasha voiced her vote.
"We do too," said Tino happily.
"Hai, nissan and I do too," murmured Kiku. Lovino's eyes widened in surprise. Well that was easy enough.
Gilbert came back to his tower after running a few errands for Father Romulus. He had picked up some more wood to create some little figurines as well as some polish to clean the bells. The albino found his brother playing with his miniature city when he climbed up to his dormitory. Grinning to himself at the chance to scare him, he placed his goods on a table and crept up behind him. However, before he got the chance to pounce, Gilbird released a chirp. "Oh, Gilbird," he groaned in disappointment when Ludwig turned in his seat. "Whatcha doing, big brother?"
"I-I um, was admiring your craftsmanship." Gilbert looked down to see that Ludwig held the new figurine he carved of Feli in his hand.
"I don't think he's really going to leave."
"What makes you so sure?"
Gilbert grinned again, memory of him asking the same thing to his ghostly friends resurfacing. "Cause he loves you. Also you didn't hear it from me but Tonio actually told me some good news."
"Really? What good news?" Ludwig looked up with bright eyes; hopefully this news was in his favor.
The albino opened his mouth to speak but then he closed it frowning. "I-heh-don't think I'm supposed to say cause Lovi might get mad if I ruin the surprise."
"There you are guys! Come on, we need to get to the Court of Miracles. Lovino told me to take you there around three," Antonio walked in leading three dogs on leashes handing one to each brother. "I'm sure that their meetings concluded by now." Ludwig stood on shaky legs and took Berlitz.
The walk to the Court of Miracles was pretty uneventful. Gilbert walked with his parasol over him, Pongo stopping every now and again to sniff at something only to be gently tugged to continue walking. Some of the civilians still stared at him but he ignored them, albeit, with a blush on his face. He still wasn't use to walking around in public so freely but he kept chanting internally to himself that he was awesome and it usually helped him get by. Usually.
Ludwig walked through the catacombs wearily, the memory of his estranged brother in law singing about their impending death still fresh in his mind. Berlitz had refused to walk through the sewage, never mind the new walk way that had been installed so technically they weren't actually wading through filth, so he had to put his dog over his shoulders. 'Everything is going to be fine, Ludwig.' He kept repeating that to himself to keep his stomach from churning in nerves. Antonio seemed the only one who was undisturbed by his surroundings seeing as he was skipping down the paved platform towards the entrance of the Court of Miracles.
"Luddy!" Feliciano jumped into his lover's arms knocking him over and onto his brother. "Guess what? The council approved Lovi's request and the capital is going to be moved to Rome!" Ludwig felt his stomach sink. Feli was happy about this? What about their son? What about him? "But that's not the best part, the best part is that I was named Patriarch! Cool, huh?"
"Please get off me," groaned Gilbert.
"Ah sorry, Angelo."
Gilbert grinned and leaned in to receive his kisses on the cheek before heading out to the market. He wanted to go bug Rodrich about carving techniques.
"I don't understand what any of that means, Feli," Ludwig accepted his lover's hand to help himself up.
"It means, you idiot, that my brother is staying in Paris with you." Lovino stood next to them with his arms crossed. "Don't worry you aren't rid of me yet. I will still be here during every major festivals, holidays, and for some of the annual meetings. So don't get any ideas." Antonio hugged Lovi tightly and dragged him away, much to the king's embarrassment.
Feli tugged Ludwig towards the market within the Court of Miracles walking at a liesurly pace, "I'm sorry if I made you worry. I didn't know that my brother was planning that."
Ludwig curled his fingers around his Italian's and allowed himself to be dragged about. "It's fine. I'm glad things worked out."
Just then Kiku stepped out of a tent in front of the couple a sketch book and pencil in hand as he furiously worked at whatever he was drawing. His eyes darted between them, down at their joined hands. "There. Forgive the intrusion Feli-kun but Elizabeta-chan only just informed me of your relationship." Feli's eyes softened at the sight of his friend. Though he may not be as dramatic as the Grecian matriarch in her distress of not knowing how her surrogate grandchildren was doing, he could tell that the Japanese man before him felt just as hurt for finding out about his relationship with Ludwig through other means.
"I'm sorry!" Feli launched himself and hugged the shorter man to himself, much to Kiku's embarrassment. "I should have told you but, like I said there was a lot of stuff going on."
"Like him nearly being burned at the stake," muttered Ludwig, pouting mentally in slight jealousy. Must Feli be so affectionate with everyone but him today. Hell he didn't get a kiss and his brother got two. Two!
"Nani?!" This alarmed Kiku and he started to speak in rapid Japanese.
Feli cast a disapproving look over his shoulder to Ludwig and sighed. He looped an arm around his friend and another through Ludwig's. "Come on then. I guess I'll tell you everything from the beginning. Oh by the way, this is Ludwig. He's my boyfriend!"
Gilbert looked mighty pleased with himself. He had managed to make Rodrich turned red and purple in just a few hours, much to Vash's amusement. Heracles had requested two cats, a crystal from Rodrich and a wooden one from Gilbert. The two began to work on them, trying to outdo each other. Gilbert had managed to create two figurines, one like a puzzle and the other a just a simple carved statue of a kitten, in the amount of time it took the Austrian to make his one. It was worth it though. He enjoyed observing the man work, cutting a facet into the crystal making it glitter beautifully in the light. "C-could you show me how to do that someday?" Rodrich looked at him through his magnified eyes, making Lilly and Gilbert giggle at how ridiculous he looked. He nodded carefully once and continued to work. Pookie poked at Heracles's sleeping form before crawling on him to take a nap herself.
A week passed and two thirds of the commune that lived in the Court of Miracles was getting ready to leave. Lovino checked to make sure everything was in his carriage purposefully to prolong his goodbyes. The Patriarchs and Matriarchs had left earlier, Ivan gave the bolt of cloth to a blushing Yao, 'To make you pretty robes, da?' he had told him much to his younger sister's dismay. Heracles and Kiku decided to stay in Paris with Feli to guide him as his new advisors while Rodrich and Elizabeta stepped down in order to take care of things for their new baby on the way. Lilly and Vash were actually pretty excited at the prospect of a new sibling, though Vash wasn't as vocal about it as his sister. Where was Vash anyway? Oh. Rodrich sighed and tried to pry the lock open from the stock his son had inadvertently gotten himself stuck in. Again.
Tino was hugging Feli, crying sadly at their departure. He reassured him though that they would be back to visit soon. Berwald grunted in agreement while trying to pry his son of Gilbert. Peter didn't want to leave his new friend yet and clung tightly to the blushing albino. Emil shyly gave Lilly a necklace he had worked with Lars in creating, and much to her brother and father's dismay she rewarded him with an equally shy kiss on the cheek. Mathias was too busy pestering his other brother, Lukas, to notice that Emma was trying to get his attention. She eventually gave up and stood sadly next to her brother. Feliks and Toris decided that they too were going to stay in Paris with their prince. Feliks glared at Ivan's retreating back, while holding onto his lover. Toris's brothers, Eduard and Latvia had decided that they were going to leave with Lovi to Rome, though they promised to come back with their king to visit.
"Well then, I guess this is good bye for now. Try not to screw anything up," said Lovino awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Wah! My little baby grandson is leaving his old grandfather," wailed Romulus hugging Lovi tightly. "Be sure to write to me and Feli. Be nice and don't be too hard on your Antonio. He's very fragile you know!"
"G-get of me, old man!"
"Never! I think I'm going to take you back to Notre Dame and never let you out. Yes! I think I'll do that."
"Damn it let go!" Lovi blushed deeply in embarrassment at the amount of affection he was receiving from his grandfather.
Antonio giggled and hugged Feli and Ludwig goodbye, "We'll be back for the wedding. Ludwig, it was a pleasure being your roommate but remember my threat still stands. Only now it's better because I can actually see you." Ludwig nodded once before returning the embrace. He would probably need to find a home for himself and Feli now that he thought about it.
Feli cried as well and launched onto his brother. "Ciao, Fratello. Don't forget about me."
Lovi scoffed as he removed himself from his grandfather's grip and wrapped his own arms around his brother to return the embrace. "As if I could forget you, idiot. We're twins. Our bond goes deeper than that of normal siblings."
"Deeper than that of Natalya and Ivan?"
"Psh, I said normal." He turned to face Ludwig, "And you, you better not hurt him. I've got my eye on you potato eater." He stopped and grinned wickedly, "Though now that I think about it, if you two ever get married too, you're going to be a princess."
Ludwig paled at that, "I don't have to wear a dress, do I?"
Feli smiled happily, "Nope! Not unless you want to." Though Ludwig would always be his knight, he wouldn't tell him that out loud. At least not in front of others he wouldn't.
The remaining few waved as everyone departed. Gilbert escorted Romulus back to Notre Dame for evening mass and so that he could ring the bells. Elizabeta and her family went back to the Court of Miracles with Feliks, Toris, Lars and Emma, leaving behind Kiku Heracles and Feliciano and Ludwig to find a small restaurant to eat. Kiku looked up from his plate of fruits, "There is something I do not understand, Feli-kun."
"Hmm?"
"Elizabeta said that the commune was going to have two new babies but she was surprised when Athena-sama mentioned that you were going to have a child with Ludwig-san. If she didn't know about your plans to adopt a baby, then who was the other baby she was referring to?"
Feli took a moment to think while chewing on his ham before widening his eyes, "Mierda!"
"What?!" Lars choked on his wine, coughing up some and spilling all over his shirt. Emma looked miserable and cuddled a pillow over her belly.
"I-I'm pregnant, big brother," she said with tears in her eyes.
Lars narrowed his eyes while dabbing away at his lips. He stayed silent for a few minutes before finally speaking up. "Who?"
His sister blushed and she looked away, "It doesn't matter. He's long gone."
"Who?"
Emma gulped and blushed redder, "M-Mathias," she squeaked.
"That SON OF A B-" Lars didn't finish. He rolled over on his pillow fell asleep.
Over him was a frowning Elizabeta with her frying pan. She smiled sweetly to her young friend and gave her a pouch of herbal infusion, "It'll help with morning sickness. Don't worry, dear everything will be ok." Emma nodded weakly before running her fingers through her unconscious brother's hair.
Gilbert sat on his rail with his legs dangling over. Francis, Arthur and Alfred sat next to him. "I'm happy, guys. I finally have what I've always wanted. Friends, family, and love." He yawned sleepily and turned to call it a night. His bird was already asleep in its little nest next to his bed. He pulled the covers over himself and cast a look over to the door, just as his older brother wobbled sleepily to his own room. He smiled, "I'm happy."
Thank you to everyone who followed this story and left me reviews and favorited it. Originally I was just watching the movie with my sister and little cousin, trying to get some real classic Disney into his little mind, when I came up with this concept. Then listening to Hell fire, I thought to my self, wouldn't the song be even more epic if the guy was singing about another guy?! Talk about taboo! Plus my current obsession is Hetalia and of course those cuties have been on my mind. Anyway enough rambling. I hope the epilogue was nice. I left it so that if you wish for that to be the ending it will be but at the same time it did leave me with a hook for a sequel, which I've decided I will write in the near future. Like keep an eye out for it sometime this week or the next. I've planned most of it out already. Anyway thank you again. ^_^
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