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Romano and Bella followed Arthur after all the commotion. Feliciano sniffled, still rubbing his jaw where his brother had hit him, watching them.
"Hey Feli, let's get inside, okay? It's getting dark already." Mathias suggested.
"Y-yes, ok."
"Are you okay?" the Dane asked.
Feliciano did not know what to reply on that. He shook his head, but said "Yes."
Mathias blinked. "Riiiiiiiight. That guy looked a lot like you. Is he your brother or something?"
The Italian nodded. "I think so…I do not remember him clearly, but I know that he is my brother…" he mumbled, thoughtful.
"Why did he punch you?"
"He has always been like that, if I remember right." He sniffled again.
Mathias suddenly patted him on the back with one heavy hand. Hard. It made the Italian stumble on his feet. "Agh! Ve! What did you do that for, Mathias?" he whined, startled out of his thoughts.
Said Dane began to laugh. "That's more like it! Don't sulk, Feli! You'll soon start remembering again. And now your brother will tell you more stuff, right? So cheer up!"
Feliciano smiled. "Ve! You're right! I really want to remember."
"Godt! Now let's hurry up and get to the dining cave. I'm starving!"
"Eh, Mathias, the sun is just setting…we won't be eating before a couple of hours or more!"
"Hvaaaaaad?! You've got to be kidding me!" the Dane exclaimed.
Feliciano giggled, cheerful again. Yes, he would talk soon to his brother.
"I heard the thief has been caught." Kiku said, kneeling on his pillow near the table. Tino and Feliciano were working together to make dinner, not so far away.
Ludwig nodded, leaning back on his chair, arms crossed behind his head. "Ja, Feliciano found them. He talked to them, and apparently they'll join us here at the Rock…"
"W'it, them?" Berwald just came in and sat on his chair.
"Ja, there are two of them. From what I understood, only one of them stole the stuff. The other one wanted to talk to us from the start."
"Oh, and she has gorgeous eyes!" The Dane cut in. He threw an arm over the Swede's shoulder. "Berwald, I think I might be falling in love again!"
"Ah d'n't think so, M'thias. She pr'bably h's someone else 'n m'nd." Berwald answered drily, removing the arm from his shoulders.
"What? No! Do you really think so?"
Kiku sighed. "I think Berwald-san is right, Mathias-san. They both were together and survived together, so I think maybe she's already…what is the word I'm looking for…taken."
Mathias pouted and started complaining, gesturing wildly with his hands, and Ludwig facepalmed.
Meanwhile, in the 'kitchen' Feliciano and Tino were cheerfully blabbering about nothing in particular. They were making stuffed potatoes, with a sauce that the Italian had brewed together earlier.
Suddenly something dawned on the Fin. He turned to face the chestnut haired man.
"So, Feli, I heard from Mathias the thief was your brother… is that true?"
Feliciano stopped briefly from cutting the potatoes. He quickly resumed, though, and smiled. "Yes, you're right!"
Tino furrowed his eyebrows. "I bet that must be hard, with your memory and all…"
Feliciano put the knife down and began filling the potatoes, and Tino resumed helping him.
"It's true, but…I know everything will be alright!" he chirped. He wasn't going to sulk about that anymore.
The Fin smiled, "I'm happy for you, then. Now, let's get these cute potatoes in the oven!"
"Hm-hmm!"
They finished the potatoes and put them in the oven (which consisted in two holes: the lower one was for the fire, and the upper one for the food) and shifted a flat stone in front of it, so the heat wouldn't escape, even if they left a little opening.
They heard the commotion coming from not so far away. Apparently Ludwig was holding Mathias in a headlock because he said something, as Berwald was grumbling in that exact moment, 'stoopid'. Kiku was watching it all with a slightly amused expression on his face, as if it was his own personal comic show.
Tino and Feliciano glanced at each other and started snickering. When Mathias freed himself from the German's grasp, he shouted 'VICTORY!' on the table, but then was stricken by Berwald's elbow in the stomach. The idiotic fight continued for some time, and it got even stupider when Mathias ran off with Berwald's glasses.
"They are really having fun, ve!" the Italian whispered, not wanting to get their attention.
Tino giggled. "Kyllä! But you still haven't seen anything! Heheh, I remember some times when Lukas still was around-" he abruptly clasped a hand over his mouth, eyes wide.
"…Tino?" Feliciano asked, suddenly worried.
The Fin lowered his hand and stared into nothingness, before snapping out of it. "Oh, nothing." He shook his head, and then glanced at him. He sighed. "I guess I could tell you, right? After all, it seems only fair. Do you know what REDs are?"
Feliciano nodded. Was this about the friend Ludwig told him about?
Tino stared at the fire under the oven, the orange flames reflecting in his blue-lilac eyes. "Lukas Bondevik was Mathias' best friend. Well, Mathias considered himself his best friend, while Lukas mostly tried to ignore him. Eventually though, they became really close. Then during the Third Phase, the Nightmares attacked the city we were all trying to live in. With 'we' I mean me, Berwald, Mathias and Lukas. It was a disaster, the whole city crumbled." The Fin closed his eyes for a while, as if he was reliving the moment. Then reopened them. "We were in a building when it started to collapse, and we got separated by rubble. I was with Berwald, while Mathias and Lukas were on the other side of a wall of debris. When the building finally crumbled, we all fell. We woke up some time later, and Berwald and I started looking for the others. We both noticed the battle had ended, and that wasn't a good sign. Then we finally found them, but we saw this…thing." Tino hissed the last word. "It was a Sentient Nightmare. I didn't really know it back then, but nonetheless I was really scared. Mostly because Mathias was lying unconscious not far away, blood on his head, and because of Lukas…accepting the thing's outstretched hand."
Feliciano nodded gravely, understanding. Ludwig had told almost the same story about his brother…
Tino sighed, glancing up from the flames. "Lukas became a RED right in front of our eyes. The thing then disappeared, leaving Lukas behind with an order. To…" he gulped. "…to kill us."
The Italian grasped the Fin's hand and squeezed it. Tino smiled a little. "Lukas gained the ability to create ice out of nowhere." he chuckled. "Guess it makes sense. He came from Norway, after all. Anyway, when Mathias woke up, he was devastated. He couldn't fight him, he just stood there, dumbstruck. And that was his worst mistake. He got hit all across his chest, and he still has a scar to remind him of that. Berwald and I tried to fight him, and after some time we finally succeeded in almost beating him. Not before Lukas had a chance to freeze Berwald's eyes, though. After that, I don't know the reason, he fled, and we didn't see him again."
Feliciano didn't know what to do, so he just hugged the Fin tightly. "I'm so sorry, ve!"
Tino smiled. "Don't worry, Feli. That happened more than a year ago, it's past."
"But it's such a sad story!"
Tino nodded at Mathias, after releasing himself from Feliciano's hug. "Look at him, does he look sad?"
The Italian looked at the Dane, who was laughing like a maniac while being chased by an angry Ludwig and Berwald. "Nope."
"Exactly." The Fin smiled, but the expression soon transformed into horror when Mathias started heading towards them. "TIINOOOOOOOOOO!" The Dane was grinning wickedly, holding the Swede's glasses and one of Ludwig's shoes (how the hell did he even manage to get that?!) in his hands. He threw the glasses to Tino and the shoe to Feliciano, who just managed to catch it before the Dane crashed into him, knocking him down.
"Waaaah!" Mathias cried out.
"Ve!" Feliciano yelped.
"Mathiaaas!" Ludwig shouted.
Tino just started laughing, as he gave back the glasses to the Swede. "Th'nks, T'no."
"No problem!"
"Ghiaaah! Feli, protect mee!" Mathias scrambled behind the Italian, after they had sit up a bit. Ludwig was glaring, red from the running, but it looked like he was slightly amused of scaring the Dane. Feli smiled and stood up, giving the German his shoe back. "Here, Ludwig!"
"Thanks, Feliciano." He put on his shoe again and started tying the laces.
"What? Feli, you weren't supposed to give it back! And Tino, you too! You traitors." He sniffled, acting as if he was hurt.
"Cut the crap, Mathias." Suddenly a voice said.
"Artie! Welcome back!" Mathias jumped up, running to the Brit. "But stay away from the kitchen, understand?"
Arthur held out a hand to stop the Dane at arm-length from his body. "Yes, yes, whatever. Anyway, they both passed."
"Really? Oh, boy!" The Dane cheered. Everyone smiled, as things returned a bit normal (ergo: everyone sitting down on their places, Tino and Feliciano returning their attention to the potatoes and Berwald leaving to find two chairs). Bella entered, greeted by a grinning Dane, and soon followed by Romano.
"Hello! Bella, Romano, now I can officially state it: Welcome to the Rock family!" Mathias cheered.
"Again, thank you, Mathias" Bella smiled. Romano growled, glaring at Arthur. "Stupid tea bastard." He muttered.
"Ve! Fratellone!" Feliciano chirped, leaping to hug his brother.
Romano swiftly dodged him by sidestepping, and the small Italian crashed into the wall. "Oooow! That hurt, Romano!"
Romano grinned. "Serves you right, jackass."
Mathias gestured for them to sit. Feliciano glanced towards Tino, who nodded. He could take over the potatoes.
They all sat down around the table. By chance or on purpose, Berwald had positioned the two chairs in strategical places: Bella's chair was the farthest from Mathias', and Romano's was beside Feliciano's.
Silence fell. And it was an uncomfortable one.
"So, ehm," Bella coughed, sitting down. "Hello everyone! My name is Bella Jansen."
Everyone greeted her, and then turned to face Romano, who had a scowl on his face. He rolled his eyes. "Whatever. I'm Romano Vargas."
"…Wait, Vargas?" Ludwig raised one eyebrow. But isn't that Feliciano's last name? He looked back and forth the two, and he noticed they looked very alike. "Wait…are you two related?"
"Yes, he's my fratello!" Feliciano smiled. Romano looked in another direction.
"That's great news, Feliciano-kun!" Kiku smiled, even though inside his head thoughts were ragingabout.
"Ve, I'm really happy!"
Romano scoffed. "Keh. Moron."
"Awww, don't be mean!"
"Dinner, everybody!" Tino declared, with the cooked potatoes.
Everyone started eating, and the tension soon lifted. They started chatting.
"So, what is your story? How did you even end up at the Rock?" Mathias asked Bella, mouth full of munched potato. Berwald gave him another back-head slap to close his mouth.
Bella giggled. "Well, we've been travelling for a long time. We went from city to city, without bumping into anyone. Well, anyone human, at least. Until last month we came to the city here nearby, and we found some fresh jeep tracks. We followed them, and so we found out about this place." She ate a piece of her meal, and then continued. "I must say, this is one very good hiding place."
They all nodded. Arthur cut in. "But why didn't you come and talk to us? I mean, why steal?"
Bella glanced towards Romano, before answering. "Well, I wanted to, but Romano didn't trust you. He thought you would just throw us out."
"Re'lly?" Berwald wondered, looking at Romano. Said Italian ignored the stares he got and concentrated on his meal.
"Anyway," Bella continued, "we found this hiding place on the flank of the mountain, and we found a way to get in and get something to eat: with a rope in the cave with a hole in the ceiling. That's pretty much it!"
The conversation went on and on about many things, but Feliciano wasn't listening. He was side-glancing Romano all the time, who plainly ignored him. What should he do? Talk? Ask something? Another hug maybe? They all sounded wrong in his head. Maybe he should just wait until they had their time alone.
But he would have to wait longer than expected. In fact, after eating, they all started playing cards. And Feliciano, frankly, forgot a little about his brother. He was too caught up in the game to remain concerned about him, or his memory! As they neared the end of the games, he started cheating again, just to mess it all up.
"What should I set down, Bella? I really don't know!" He asked innocently, with begging eyes.
"Don't let him fool you! He's the real master of the game here!" Mathias hissed in Bella's direction.
Bella was slightly surprised. "What? Really?" he looked in Feliciano's brown orbs. "I don't think so." She smiled.
Ludwig sighed. "You'll soon realize it, trust me." He glanced over his cards to look at Feliciano.
"Ve! What if I put down…this?" he laid down his card, excited.
"Wait, an Ace of Spades? That can't be right… That card already passed!" Bella frowned.
"Exactly what we were trying to tell you. Watch out, he's just getting started." Arthur said.
In fact, shortly after that, Feliciano messed the whole deck up. Everyone started getting low numbers, two's, three's and so on, while the Italian just continued laying down Kings, Aces and Jokers.
Feliciano giggled as Kiku shuffled the cards, the Japanese man not taking his eyes off of him. As the new game began, something didn't add up to Feliciano. The others were playing good again, and the cards weren't double or whatever! Someone was cheating back, undoing the mess he made.
He looked around, trying to find the cheater. When it was his turn, he took his card (and added a double one to the deck) and looked carefully for who it might be.
He noticed it was Romano's turn. The boy hadn't spoken for the whole evening. But when he placed his hand over the deck, he glanced at Feliciano. Feliciano narrowed his eyes, and Romano smirked. But when he retracted his hand, the deck looked normal, so Feliciano didn't pay any attention to it. He continued searching for the other cheater, but didn't find one.
Turn after turn, something strange happened. Every time he drew a card, he got a Joker. Now that wasn't right.
Berwald suddenly put down his cards, revealing he had won. With three Jokers.
"Whaaaat? That can't be right, Berwald! I have two Jokers!" Mathias exclaimed.
"I got two too." Said Kiku, and then Ludwig.
"I got one!" Bella said, waving the card. "Me too!" Tino echoed.
Arthur set down his cards. "And I have three. Feliciano!"
"Ve! It wasn't me, I swear!" he squeaked. "I got four!"
Romano put down his cards. "One."
"Nineteen Jokers in one game, that can't be right. Feli, where did you even get all these Jokers?" Arthur said, picking up the deck.
"Ve! I repeat, it wasn't me!"
The Brit looked through the cards, and looked very surprised.
"Hey Eyebrows! What's wrong?" The Dane asked.
Arthur was too baffled to even notice the annoying nickname. "Half of the deck has been swapped with Jokers!"
"Wh't." Berwald mumbled.
The Englishman showed it to all of them by laying the cards down. Indeed, half of them were Jokers. "What the…? Feli, you sure got good with cheating!"
"Are you even listening? It wasn't me!" Feliciano complained. He suddenly turned to look at Romano, who was actually smiling.
"Fratellone?!"
When everyone turned to look at him, he started laughing. Bella smiled when she heard that. This was the first time he laughed in more than six months.
"Hahahahah! You should see the dumb looks on your stupid faces! Priceless!"
"You?" Ludwig said, incredulous. Everyone was staring, jaws dropped.
"Hahah! Heh, I admit, it was funny fucking stuff up. I guess I'm going to bed then, now. So long, suckers!" Romano stood up, and was about to leave, when he turned. "Shit. Where do I sleep, actually?"
They all cracked up, recovering from their astonishment.
"Ah, right, I think we should rearrange the rooms, since we are with two more people…" Tino suggested.
They all stood up as the arrangements were made. Berwald would sleep with Tino, giving his room to Bella, and Romano would sleep with Feliciano.
Feliciano gulped, suddenly remembering what he should be doing with Romano.
He stopped, while everyone got out of the dining-cave. Ludwig halted too for a second, noticing him. "Are you coming?" he asked. Feliciano nodded, so the German continued walking.
The moment of talking to his brother would come sooner than expected. He was scared, but determined to find out more about it all. He took a deep breath and then followed everyone to the rooms.
i hope you enjoyed it!
Feliciano is a good cheater, but Romano OWNS him on that! XD
and YES there will be finally some more explanations in the next chapter, dont worry! C:
(i will be uploading it this friday, i promise)
Godt : (danish) good
Hvaaaaaad?! : (danish) whaaaaaat?!
Kyllä : (finnish) yes
Fratellone : (italian) big brother