"Wake up." Ludwig whispered. Feliciano just moaned and shifted in his bed. "Are you going to wake up or do you want me to do it forcefully?"
"Wah-ah!" Feliciano shouted and fell off the bed. "What was that for?"
"I got you something else to wear. I was thinking that you'd want other things to wear, and you'd get cold with what you're wearing. Don't take this the wrong way." He tossed a bag to Feliciano.
Feliciano was initially upset when Ludwig woke up so suddenly, but when he kindly offered him new clothes, he let it slide. Maybe Ludwig didn't actually hate him. "Thank you!" He placed the bag on the bed.
"Hey, what are these?" Ludwig picked up the metallic box and the sphere, holding them out to Feliciano.
"Oh. Oh! Those are just", He snatched them from Ludwig, "Those are just a few things of mine." He attempted a smile, but Ludwig didn't look convinced.
"Hmm. They look strange." He stood up and walked towards the door.
"W–Wait! Actually, I have to explain something to you! I need your help!" Ludwig turned around.
"Why should I help you?"
"Because... Because I need your help. You're the only one I know! Please!"
"Why do you sound so desperate..?"
"I am! All I want to do is go home, but I don't know how. I'm stuck on this planet without any ideas on how I should leave!"
"Enough of that different planet talk. You should know I don't believe you."
"But it's true!"
"I... don't", Ludwig shook his head and walked out of the room.
"I have proof!"
"Proof? How could you possibly have proof?" Ludwig was still facing away from him.
"Here, let me show you!" Feliciano pressed the button on the sphere and the holographs popped up again. When Ludwig finally turned around and saw the holographic images, he nearly fell over.
"W-What is that?" His eyes focused on the screen.
"It's a map. Isn't that obvious?"
"A map... A map. I can't believe..."
"Believe what?"
"You weren't lying to me were you..."
"Lying to you about what?"
"That... That you're an alien?" He was glaring at Feliciano now.
"I told you I was serious about not being from this planet! I've been saying that the whole time!" Ludwig stood up and stared at him menacingly.
"You better not be planning an invasion."
"An invasion? Ludwig, I would do no such thing! Out people do not fight unless provoked, and you have done nothing wrong to have the people of Roma attack you and your planet."
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Yes, I am! I promise that your Earth will not be harmed if you return me safely."
"Very well. Just let me think about this. Today has been a stressful day." Ludwig's face returned to that harmless scowl that he usually had. He left the room and slowly shut the door.
"Hopefully he'll say yes... I don't know who else I can trust. He's very scary at times. It looked like he was almost going to kill me! Oh Grandpa, please hurry and find me. I just want to go back home!" Homesick tears threatened Feliciano's troubled eyes, and in the end, he couldn't resist. He broke down on the bed and began to sob. He was terrified.
Back in his room, Ludwig just sat on the floor. He was terribly confused. This strange man just suddenly appeared out of nowhere and made everything extremely troublesome. Ludwig was surprised he didn't already kick him out. But Feliciano hadn't really done anything wrong, yet he still caused a lot of trouble. Well, to him at least. But had he really done anything wrong to Ludwig? No. Not really. Feliciano was actually pretty nice to him, even though he always looked terrified while near Ludwig. Perhaps he was being too hard on Feliciano. He did appear to be very sincere too. Ludwig decided that he should at least try to help him. Ludwig sighed and left his room. He knocked on Feliciano's door. When he didn't answer, he just opened it. He saw Feliciano struggling to put on the shirt that Ludwig.
"Ah! Hey Ludwig!" Feliciano was surprised and attempted to cover himself with the partially worn shirt. He had buttoned it incorrectly, and was having trouble with the sleeves. Ludwig stared at Feliciano's face until he realized that his cheeks and eyes were more orange than usual. Had he been crying?
"Hey, do you need help?" Ludwig walked up to Feliciano, but he flinched. Ludwig stopped.
"I–I'm fine. I can do it myself." Feliciano quickly figured out how to put the shirt on correctly.
"Listen Feliciano, I'm sorry if I frightened you. I've decided that I'll help you, so please don't cry."
"Cry? You can see that I was..." He rubbed his cheeks. "Oh why am I so– Wait! You'll help me?"
"I guess–" He was silenced when Feliciano jumped on him.
"Oh thank you! Thank you so much! I don't know what to say! Thank you!" He let go when he saw that Ludwig was looking rather embarrassed. "Sorry."
"Oh. No, it's fine. I just– well, I just... I want to help you. I don't know how helpful I'll be, but you seem to think I am. I'm sorry that I didn't believe you earlier. I really didn't believe you until... until those strange screens popped up. I've never seen anything like it. May I have a look?"
"Sure!" Feliciano joyfully tossed the sphere to Ludwig.
"Hmm... I'm assuming you press this button." The holograms appeared once again. Strange symbols moved across the screen "What's this? Some type of strange language? I'm not familiar with it. Feliciano, do you know what these mean?"
"Huh! You can't read? I thought humans were supposed to the most advanced on this planet!"
"Are you calling me dumb? Of course I can read! I just can't read this. It's not a language I know."
"That... doesn't make sense."
"Here, let me see." Ludwig disappeared to his room and returned with a book in his hand. "Can you read this?"
"Why of course I can!" Feliciano turned the pages and began to read to him.
"How do you know it?"
"Well it's not that hard..."
"Strange.. Have you studied the languages of this planet?"
"No. How do I explain this... I guess you could say that I know every language? They all feel the same to me. Does that make sense?"
"Not really... Just tell me what they say."
"Okay, let's see what else this thing can do! Oh wait! You should press this button!" He pressed the life form identifier key. Instantly, the lasers scanned Ludwig. He froze. "Don't worry. They don't hurt!" He then relaxed.
"Ludwig Beilschmidt. Human from Earth." spoke the machine.
"Well these aren't very specific details." chuckled Ludwig.
"So that's what your last name is! I was wondering. Got any siblings?" asked Feliciano.
"Well actually–"
"Gilbert Beilschmidt. Older sibling of Ludwig Beilschmidt." interrupted the machine.
"So you've got a big brother. Me too!" Feliciano smiled at Ludwig.
"Now, how can this help us find your way home?"
"Well, about that... I have something to ask. This is a map, and with this, I can easily get home! I am just wondering about the transportation. Do you humans have any spaceships capable of going extremely long distances in short periods of time?"
"How long?"
"Let me show you. Display the path from Earth to Roma." A diagram stretched over all of the screens. It showed a minuscule version of the solar system, and a long line leading to Roma.
"Feliciano... That is very far. No spaceship of ours could possibly ever reach that within anyone's lifetime. We have never gotten anyone past our own solar system!"
"So the information was true... I should have known. I guess I'll be stuck here forever." Feliciano turned the map off again, lowering his head. He wanted to cry, but he was tired of that. He was the grandson of the great and powerful Roma! Why did he have to be so weak? His eyes watered, but before he could start crying, Ludwig spoke up.
"Don't worry about it right now. You must be worn out from all this worry. You should just relax for now. I promise that somehow I'll help you. Let's go eat dinner." His face was as serious as ever, but Feliciano understood that he was trying to help. He may appear scary, but Feliciano knew that Ludwig was truly a nice guy.
"Okay." That was all Feliciano could say. Ludwig prepared to cook. Feliciano only watched from the table, wondering what he would make. He wanted to help, but anything could make Feliciano cry at this point. It was ridiculous. Ludwig was right. He'd go home one day. He shouldn't be so sad. Time passed as Ludwig cooked, and Feliciano felt himself grow tired. Ludwig finally finished cooking, and served Feliciano.
"This is wurst. It is German sausage. I don't think you've ever had it before, but I think you should try it. It's my favorite food, and it cheers me up."
"Wurst. What an interesting name." Feliciano took a bite. "Wow, this is pretty good! I've never had something like this before." He was back to his usually cheerful self. Ludwig's strange food had cheered him up! Maybe he was just hungry. Feliciano's face turned a darker shade of orange as he chewed. How embarrassing.
"I'm glad you like it. Hey, are you okay?"
"I'm fine! I'm perfectly fine." Feliciano felt himself smile and blush even more. He wanted to laugh at himself. He was being strange.
"Okay then." Ludwig sat down and also began to eat.
"So Ludwig, I have many things to learn about this planet. Could you try and explain them to me?"
"There are many things to explain. Where should I start?"
"First, you should explain to me what this is." Feliciano pointed at refrigerator. "When I was trying to make something to eat this morning, I didn't easily find the food. I looked in this cold box and found what I hoped would be food. I may be a good cook on my home planet, but I had no idea what any of these things. It was quite the experiment."
"That's a refrigerator. We use it to keep our food cold so that it can last for a while. But that's pretty amazing. Being able to cook without knowing what anything is sounds difficult. I would have been too worried about poisoning myself. And what you made even tasted good."
"You think so? Thank you! I just hoped that everything would turn out okay, and I guess it did!" Feliciano smiled cheekily at Ludwig. Ludwig slightly smiled back. For the rest of the evening, he explained several things to Feliciano that he had never known. Maybe they didn't have rockets that could get Feliciano home, but humans sure had interesting stories to tell. They chatted for what seemed to be hours until Feliciano could barely keep his eyes open. Ludwig was also very tired like him. He said good night to Feliciano and went to sleep in his room.
I'm sorry that I brushed off the part where Feliciano understood several languages. I thought it would be better to explain here. The people from Feliciano's planet have the ability to understand all languages. It's just a skill of their... species. I guess that's what you'd call it. When Feliciano first met Ludwig in the crash, he was silent for a few seconds before answering Ludwig. He was processing the language that he had never heard before, and was able to understand it very quickly. You could call it an adaptation of Feliciano's kind. Hee hee! I'll be uploading more soon!