Ludwig

She was wearing the necklace I gave her, and that surprised me. I thought she'd never wear it since her brother didn't want us together but she did and it made me glad. It made me feel like I had another chance, but then Sadik Adnan started hanging around her at school even though he was an upperclassman. I watched, at school, as he made her blush by touching her skin unexpectedly and laugh when he cracked a joke.

I felt jealous, all right, but I didn't want to hurt her as I did before…

"Ludwig, can you take your dogs out of the house?" Gilbert asked, interrupting my thoughts as he poked his head out of the kitchen. "I'm trying to talk on the phone and they keep looking at me."

I looked at the three dogs as they stared up longingly at Gilbert. "Blackie, Aster, Berlitz, we're going for a walk," I called out to my dogs. I grabbed their leashes, clipped them on to their collars, and headed out the door with the dogs.

"Hey, wait!" Gilbert shouted.

I turned around to see Gilbert running towards me.

"I'll come with you," he said once he caught up to me. "I'm just going to meet Francis and Antonio at the park, anyway."

"What are the Bad Touch Trio up to this time?" I asked.

Gilbert flashed me a grin. "Nothing."

"You are up to something. You're just not telling me."
"Oh, Ludwig. When am I ever up to something?"

"I know you and your schemes, brother," I said, "and I know when you're up to something and when you're not."

"Is that supposed to mean something?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No, but as long as it doesn't include me, then I'm fine."

"Ludwig, Ludwig, Ludwig. Why can I not include you in my schemes? You need a little more variety in your life, little brother, such as now for instance." He waved Francis and Antonio over. "Are they here?" Gilbert asked the two.

"Definitely," Antonio said. "They just arrived so we're set to go!"

"Ah, finally, something is about to be done!" Francis said, grinning at me. "You should be very lucky you have us as your friends, otherwise your romance would be as bland as Arthur's cooking."

"All right!" Gilbert shouted. "Operation Take Hikaru from Sadik is on its way! Ludwig, are you coming or what?" He turned around with Francis and Antonio also looking at me.

"You do not want to miss this, mon ami," Francis said. "You're about to get your girl back."

"Come on, Ludwig," Antonio said. "Do you want to be with Hikaru or what?"

"I do but I don't want to hurt her," I muttered.

Francis rolled his eyes and made me look at them. "Ludwig, you're my best friend's little brother even though you're not so little anymore. All my life, since I've known you and Gilbert, I have never seen you so happy with someone. Not even when you first became friends with Feliciano, who might've been your only friend if it weren't for us, but you were so happy with Hikaru."

"Francis is right, Ludwig," Antonio said. "Everyone deserves a chance at happiness, and I know Hikaru does, too. You should've heard her in music when you two were dating. She loves you a lot, Ludwig. I can tell."

"And I can't stand to think that my brother won't get his chance in life to be happy with someone he loves," Gilbert said. "I only want the best for you and this is only a part of the best that I want for you."

I looked at my brother and his friends, who were grinning at me. I reached up for my necklace and said, "You can do that for me, can you?"

"Oh, we can do more than that for you, brother," Gilbert said. "So, boys, what are we waiting for? We got a girl to take back! Operation Hang Sadik by his Toes and Get Hikaru to Date Ludwig Again is a go!"

"I thought it was Operation Cupid!" Francis shouted.

"Stop changing the names. You're confusing me," Antonio said, sighing.

"I'm the awesome me so I can change the name whenever I want to!" Gilbert said. "So, if you'll follow me, boys, we shall begin the operation!" He led behind a bench where Hikaru was sitting on a bench with her book in her lap but she just stared into the distance as if she were a million miles away.

My dogs instantly broke out of my grip and ran to Hikaru and jumped on her. I completely forgot that they knew her because of all the times she came over to my house.

"Scheisse, Ludwig," Gilbert growled, glaring at me. "Your dogs just gave us away…Ack, never mind. Hey, Hikaru! What a coincidence, huh? The dogs and I were just out for a walk and—"

"What do you want, Gilbert?" Hikaru interrupted as he sat down next to her.

"Why does everyone think I want something?"

"Don't think I don't know when you want something. I may have only lived here for several months now but I've learned things about you from Elizabeta."

"Yikes. I just want to ask you a question so listen up, Hikaru. Do you or do you not love Ludwig?"

Hikaru stared at him. Under the dimming light, she blushed a crimson color as she turned away. "That…is out of line," she said, standing up. "It's not any of your business."
Gilbert stood up with her and gestured to Antonio and Francis behind her back. "But," he said, trying to step in front of her, "do you love him? Ludwig, I mean?"

"Answer the question, Hikaru," Francis said as he put an arm around her shoulders, pulling her back into the middle of the Bad Touch Trio. "You know you want to."

"I don't want to, Francis," Hikaru retorted, shrugging his arm off her.

"Just admit that you do," Gilbert said, stepping in her way once again.

"Come on, Hikaru," Antonio said, holding her shoulders. "Relationships might end but feelings don't. We just want to know what your feelings are for Ludwig."

"I can't answer that," Hikaru said. She turned in the opposite direction and started walking away from them.

"Dammit, Hikaru!" Gilbert shouted at her back. "Get back here right now or—"

"Gilbert, just leave it," I said, shaking my head. "I don't want this anymore." Then, I whistled for my dogs and when they came to me, I headed back home with my hands in my pockets.

A Note from your Author:

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