A/N: Okay so i have a new chapter! wohoo! sorry it took so long (again) but you should all know that life is a pain in the behind and that so is writer's block also sorry that it is short i still am getting out of the writer's block and so yeah.
Disclaimer: Don't own
The bus driver was a bit suspicious when we climbed on but after a generous tip he kept his mouth shut. The bus back to the old orphanage will take a few hours because of the bus schedule. So in the mean time we take out Makayla who is sleeping and give her some fresh air hoping that she won't make any noise that would alert the other passengers even though they are few and far between.
I take out my sketchbook sketching the bus that we are on making sure to add all the details and not miss a single thing. I wanted to catalogue this journey in pictures making sure that I remembered where we were and what we did.
"…You're very good." Ludwig whispers next to me and I look up at him giving him a bright smile.
"Thanks." I say thankfully. Most people don't see my drawings and it's always nice to have somebody appreciate them. And especially somebody like Ludwig who wasn't particularly close to me.
"…What was your brother like?" I hear Ludwig ask and my pencil stops, midway in process of drawing of the outrageous hat of the women a few seats in front of us.
"He was very angry all time. And he would always pick on me. But my papa told me that he used all his anger to keep up a shield around his emotions. And that he really loved me but didn't want to put his feeling's out there just in case they got crushed. I didn't really believe him until after the crash." I said wiping away the small teardrop that had landed on the hat that I had been drawing smudging the pencil lines.
"..My older brother was like that to." I heard Ludwig say and I turn to him shocked
"You had an older brother!?" I whisper astonished looking around the bus where Camilla was cooing over Makayla and Arthur was leaning against the window fast asleep.
"Yeah, his name was Gilbert. He was adopted a bit before you guys showed up." Ludwig said not looking at me but staring at the worn patterned blue seat in front of us.
"…I'm sorry." I said with sincerity unlike some people I could actually sympathize with him. "What was he like?" I ask after a pause.
"He was kind of like your brother, but less angry he was very happy and outgoing and the bane of all of his teacher's but once you got past he arrogant exterior he was very loyal and brave." Ludwig said and I could almost smile. I could see them becoming friends, well at least Frenemies.
"He told me that he would come back for me but he still hasn't. I still wonder if something had happened to him." Ludwig said trailing off and I gave him a small hug surprising him and he was about to push me away before deciding to relax in to the hug.
"I'm sorry." I said and he nods as I begin to rework the lines that the water had smudged and continue on the funny hat women a more comfortable silence between us as the street lights make streaks of light through the windows as we pass them.