this update sneaked up on me XD especially with my new little toy ^_^

anyways~ I think Raina and Hana decided on the name of the gerIta story, so hopefully I can finish that one up realy quick and start uploading! I warn you now, though, a lot of what you're about to read will also be in that story under another POV

Kismet

Chapter Forty-Nine: Reunited

"Ve~?"

Lovino choked on a sob and couldn't believe the sight before him.

"Feli?"

"Lovi!" the Illonian rushed forward and set Tristán down before enveloping his brother in a tight, spine crushing hug, "I missed you!" he spoke in Illonian.

Lovino hugged his brother back as well and let the tears fall. His little brother … Feliciano … he was alive … he was alive!

"Ve~! The pretty bird led me here when the little guy called me mama and grabbed my leg~!" Lovino shook his head, breaking from his thoughts and looked down to the confused almost two year old. He smiled and picked him up, letting the little arms lock around his neck, "His name is Tristán."

Feliciano tilted his head, "Ve … so … he's your baby?"

Lovino nodded and bounced Tristán, "Say hi to your uncle Feli …" the toddler buried his face and smiled shyly. The queen laughed and motioned to the bed, "Sit. We need to talk."

The Illonian squeaked and jumped onto the bed, "Ve~! So soft! You must be royalty here! Look! You're even wearing jewels and a pretty necklace~!"

The queen's hand flew to his choker and he blushed, "It's a wedding symbol in Sverran!" he growled defensively. Feliciano smiled brightly, "You're married?"

Lovino nodded, "How else would I have had children?"

Feliciano nodded, "That's right … I kind of hoped I'd be married before you, but I'm so happy for you brother … but … I thought you were up north … ve … big sister Elizaveta said you were …"

The older man froze, remembering being sold to a man up north, "I ran away. The very same day he took me. We stopped in Sverran and I took the first chance I could and ran."

The younger pouted lightly, tears welling up, "You didn't write me!"

Lovino felt slightly guilty and looked down at Tristán, "I couldn't. At first I thought I was going to die, but then I was saved. The bastard who saved me made me his personal servant and by the time he was able to send a message out to you, Illonia had been overrun … I thought you were dead …"

Feli smiled, "Almost was! But Luddy saved me and then he saved the whole village! He led us up around a semi safe path and we managed to find our way here~! When we're done here, me and Luddy and maybe Ellie and Roddy are going to the capital to meet with Luddy's brother and Roddy wants to meet with the king and queen. You know your little hat reminds me of a princess crown from those fairy tale books Ellie used to read us! Remember?"

Lovino blinked and laughed, "You're going to meet with the king and queen, huh?" Feliciano nodded happily.

The queen just shook his head and smiled. Feliciano recounted his entire journey to every detail, including when 'Luddy' and Feliciano were forced to share a cave, which Lovino didn't take to kindly to.

Soon, the tent's 'doors' opened and Antonio came running in, tears running down his face. The first thing he apparently noticed was that Tristán was happily playing with his mother's crown.

Lovino shot the man a glare, "This is that bastard I told you about. The one who made me his personal servant."

Feliciano looked up and met shocked green eyes, "Ve~! You saved my brother?"

Antonio looked at Lovino and then back to Feliciano before looking at Lovino, "This is your brother? You found him?" Lovino smiled lightly and nodded. The king grinned hugely, forgetting his tear stained face and previous worry and set Romana on the bed, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Feliciano. Lovi had told me so much about you~!"

Lovino hit Antonio in the shoulder, which caused the older man to wince and whine, "Lovi~! What was that for?" Lovino blushed and turned away, trying not to show how jealous he was already getting of Antonio paying attention to his brother.

The older man smiled and leaned forward, capturing Lovino's lips with his own. Feliciano blushed and turned away.

Lovino shoved Antonio off and blushed grabbing Romana, "Bastard! You lost Tristán!"

Antonio blushed, "I'm sorry, Lovi! I set him down to shift Romana better, but when I turned to grab him, he was gone. I searched everywhere … but couldn't find him …"

"Ve … Lovi … who is this man … you said he was the one who saved you but …" he blushed.

Antonio laughed and held Lovino tightly against him, "I'm his husband~!"

Feliciano ve'd again and jumped up happily, "So nice to meet you, big brother … uh …"

"Antonio, but you can call me Toni~"

"Big brother Tonio~!"

Tristán began to fuss and Lovino jumped up to take the twins to a spot where he could feed them. He grabbed a fork and began feeding them some of the leftover pasta he'd made the day before.

"Ve~! Lovi is such a good mama!"

Lovino blushed and glared and Feliciano, "Shut up." he growled, putting more of the food into Romana's mouth, then Tristán's.

Antonio also joined Feliciano at cooing about how cute Lovino was feeding the twins. Lovino growled again and put the babies in their bed to play before sleeping. He turned to the two who continuously mocked him and growled angrily.

Feliciano threw up his hands, "Ve~! Don't hurt me!" the queen tackled Feliciano, but rather than hurt him, he held onto him. It had been ten or so years since he'd heard his brother say that. Antonio awed and he earned a kick from his husband. "Ouch, Lovi … that hurt!" the older man shouted.

The queen glared and held onto his little brother for dear life, afraid he'd wake up and find this was just a dream.

After very little persuading, Lovino convinced Feliciano to sleep in their bed, with Lovino in the middle of course. He held onto Feliciano and the other two held onto him.

When he awoke the next morning, Antonio was up, feeding the twins. Feliciano was still completely out. Lovino sat up and smiled, glad it hadn't been a dream, "I finally have my brother back …"

Antonio smiled, "Yeah. He does look a lot like you~"

"Nah, he looks like grandpa." Lovino brushed some hair out of his brother's face, "He's changed so little since then, but he's so big now …"

Romana and Tristán were left to play on the floor as Antonio wrapped his arms tightly around Lovino, "You've changed too in the last few years …" Antonio smiled, kissing Lovino's cheek. Lovino nodded and pulled himself out of bed to get dressed. Then he marched to the bed and pulled the blanket from Feliciano, "Wake up!"

Feliciano grumbled and rolled over. Antonio just watched in amusement. Lovino thought for a second and an evil smirk came over his face. He leaned down and yelled, "Snake! There's a snake in the bed!"

The younger brother leaped from the bed, and flopped onto the floor and began crying about how he didn't want to be eaten by the snake, "There's no snake, Feliciano."

Lovino knelt down beside his crying brother, who's tears stopped, "Ve~? Lovi?" his eyes brightened up and he hugged Lovino down. Lovino made a strangled noise and pushed up, "Just wake up and get dressed. I have work to do and I want you to accompany me."

Feliciano nodded and got up. Antonio watched as Feliciano happily gathered up the clothing he'd thrown to the ground and re dressed himself, all with the same huge grin, "Wow, Lovi … you two are complete opposites …" Lovino glared and hugged Antonio, jealous that he would want his brother.

Antonio smiled and leaned down to kiss his Lovino, "Don't worry, my love, I will always love you for who you are. Nothing will change that." the queen rolled his eyes and blushed, but held onto Antonio none the less.

When his husband left to do his own duties, mostly wrapping up around the camp before he took his family home with him, Lovino picked up Tristán and Romana, "Aright, Feli, first thing's first: I have to go to the mess hall like tent thing and get us some breakfast."

Feliciano smiled big at the mention of food. Lovino shook his head, partially glad that hadn't changed about his little brother.

They walked to the tent, Ariana deciding to perch on Lovino's shoulder for a change. Feliciano watched her carefully, "What is that?"

Lovino looked at her, "A phoenix. I named her Ariana. Antonio got her for me for my … seventeenth … birthday, I think …" he shrugged and smiled softly as the creature allowed Romana to pat at her leg.

"Ve~! A phoenix! So pretty!" Feliciano smiled, reaching out to touch her.

"I wouldn't if I were you. She's very territorial. Just … go slowly … I'm surprised she allowed anyone to pick up Tristán that wasn't me." Feliciano nodded and went slower and Ariana watched him closely, but let him touch the feathers softly, "Ve~!"

They sat down to eat something and Lovino looked over his schedule one last time while Romana stole food from his plate. He was going to have to break this new habit of hers.

He pulled her farther away from the plate and she began kicking and fussing. Lovino sighed and held her tight, whispering 'no' to her. He then grabbed a smaller dish and scraped some fruit onto it for the twins, "You eat off of your plate." he told her. She happily went on eating her own plate with her brother.

"They're so adorable~!" Feliciano cooed.

Lovino nodded, "Yup and they're all mine," he smiled tickling Tristán, causing the little boy to laugh and squirm. He smiled and rubbed his head lightly, "I love them so much … thank you …" he blushed lightly.

Feliciano tilted his head in confusion, "For what?"

"For dropping the necklace that day. If you hadn't done that, none of this would have happened."

His little brother was still confused until the memories of that day came back to him. Dropping the necklace, getting kidnapped, being bought by Roderich and Elizaveta. He smiled, "I didn't do anything …"

Lovino rolled his eyes and stood up. He wanted to get everything done as soon as possible. The two walked together through the camp, Lovino holding Tristán, while Feliciano managed to talk him into letting him hold his niece.

Romana seemed to be okay with it so Lovino shrugged it off and let him, "But if you drop her, I'll kick your ass."

Feliciano nervously agreed and held onto her tightly. He finished settling out disputes here and there and made sure everything else was running smoothly.

"Ve~ it's weird …"

"What's weird, dumb-dumb?" Lovino snapped, annoyed, because he was in the middle of deciding who should get what out of a small fight gone wrong.

Feliciano shrugged, "That you're the one doing all this. Ve … isn't that a royal's job? And some of these people call you majesty … why?"

Lovino stared at him. He just stared. "A-are you really that stupid?"

Feliciano pouted, "What? I'm not stupid!" he crossed his arms.

"Is this your brother, you majesty?" one of the men asked. Lovino nodded, "Yeah. Feliciano, why would someone call another 'your majesty'?"

The Illonian looked confused for a second, "Because they are a king or a queen or a prince or a princess?"

Lovino nodded, "Yes. That's right, now why would they call me 'your majesty'?"

He thought for a second before a huge grin spread across his face, "Because you're a king or a queen or a prince or a princess!"

"That's right, Feli."

Feliciano tilted his head, "Wait … you're …"

"Queen. Of Sverran. Antonio, my husband, is the king." he explained, quickly, turning back to the men and telling them exactly where the stuff they were fighting over was going, "The extra blankets over here. They have more children and elderly, however, they have more need for the coats. Hunting men, right?" they nodded, "They'll need the lighter easier to move clothing to gather food anyways."

They nodded and divided up the stuff per Lovino's instruction.

"You're a queen~?" Feliciano smiled and jumped, "I've never met a queen or a king before! Does that mean these two are royalty, too?" he looked at the prince and princess. Lovino nodded, "Yeah, Tristán will take the throne when Antonio passes it to him."

Feliciano smiled brightly, "That's so cool! Does that make me a prince, too?" Lovino raised his brow and shrugged, "I don't know that you'd be a prince, but you'd definitely be important to me and through me, Antonio. Maybe he'd give you a title like lord or something. I don't really know how that works."

The younger brother smiled happily, "Luddy is a knight. People call him lord or sir all the time. It's really amazing!"

"Okay, really, who the hell is 'Luddy' and why does that name make me want to punch the person?"

Feliciano tilted his head, "Oh! Ludwig is the knight who saved us! I was almost tricked into becoming dinner when he showed up and killed the naga. Of course, when a dragon attacked he fought it, too and decided that it was too dangerous around~! He led us all to safety! He's supposed to be meeting his brother here! I told you that earlier, remember? Anyways, he's my new best friend!"

"His brother?" Lovino frowned.

"Yeah~! Gilbert Beilschmidt!"

Lovino cringed, "This Ludwig person is his brother? I hate him already. Stupid potato bastards!"

"Ve~! You know Gilbert?"

"Unfortunately, the jerk came around a month or so ago and pestered me and Antonio. Won't leave us alone for a few fucking minutes to save his life. Those two and King Francis of Fayldyr were best friends a really long time ago." Lovino sighed, sitting down for a bit of lunch, "I can't stand them where two of them are together … but Francis is coming to visit and it's going to only worsen."

"Ve~?"

Lovino fed a bite off of his plate to Tristán, "Did you know that bastard we met a long time ago, Francis, was a prince? That's the guy coming to visit."

Feliciano's eyes widened with joy, "Big brother Francis? Ve~! I haven't seen him since I was a little kid!"

"He's just a perverted bastard." Lovino shrugged giving Romana a bite as well, not really eating any himself. He kissed her head and smiled. It was almost nap time for the little ones.

After the twins were well fed, he and Feliciano carried them back to the tent to put the sleepy twins down for a nap. They slept almost the second their little heads laid down. Feliciano smiled down at his niece and nephew.

"They are so cute! You're so lucky, Lovi~!" Lovino blushed. Feliciano was … jealous? no. Lovino shook his head. That wasn't possible!

"So whatever happened with your Horoem or whatever his name was?" Lovino asked gently, not wanting to upset his brother or bring up anything painful.

Feliciano's smiled faltered slightly, "I don't really know …" his voice cracked lightly, "He never came back …" the younger brother touched his chest where Lovino knew the iron cross was under his brother's shirt, "I keep waiting … but he never comes … not that he'll find me now that I was forced to leave home … ve …"

Lovino sighed and hugged his brother, "Don't worry. You'll see him again … so … um … yeah … don't get all depressed on me, now …" he patted his brother's back and offered a small, awkward smile.

Feliciano smiled brightly, "Okay, Lovi~!" Lovino sighed in relief at his brother's bouncing back to normal.

TBC

~Lady Pyrien