"Huh?" said Sakura, her attention turning towards the bedroom door.
"I think your brother is here." She said to Feliciana, at that moment Lovino barged in through the door seemingly out of breath and a tad bit sweaty.
He locked eyes with his sister and darted towards her smothering the loaf of bread into her mouth.
"Eat damn it!" he ordered.
Sakura squealed "Stop you'll choke her!"
Lovino sighed and stopped forced feeding her but did not cease glaring until he watched her swallow. He sighed.
He turned to Sakura "So, why isn't she talking or eating?" he asked.
"I'm really not sure; I sense that she is depressed though. She seems to be in emotional pain."
Lovino looked confused, and turned to his sister "What's the matter?" he asked her sternly but then his eyes caught sight of her paintings.
A painting, that was of Feliciana, Sakura, and Ludwig.
Lovino's hand clenched into a fist "He lives." He stated recognizing Ludwig immediately.
Feliciana let a few tears fall from her face.
Sakura watched carefully analyzing what could have happened.
"Did West have something to do with this?" she asked Feliciana seriously.
Feliciana's heart felt like it was about to burst with pain, she cried harder and hugged Sakura.
"That damn potato eater, how dare he hurt my little sister he'll pay, I don't want another Beilschmidt hurting my family!" He yelled angrily and dashing towards the door.
Feliciana's eyes widened, grabbed his arm and shook her head violently begging with her eyes for her brother to not do anything.
He just stared down at her and sighed, he couldn't bring himself to say anything so he just hugged her.
"Okay" he mumbled defeated, looking her in the eyes while slightly squishing her cheeks "I'm sorry you're going through this. I love you, I hope you know that."
Feliciana looked at him in this disbelief, and then proceeded to cry on his chest.
"My brother…" she thought while sniffling and sobbing. "He really does love me"
"Hey…stop that you're getting my shirt all wet" he muttered while blushing.
Sakura smiled sweetly at the beautiful moment the two siblings were sharing, and then she gasped.
"Summimasen!" she said incredibly fast while running out the door. "I'm late for school! Feliciana-chan I'll visit you again later"
Lovino sighed and looked at his sister "I'll go make you some pasta" he told her while petting her head.
Sakura ran as fast as her short legs could take her, which sadly wasn't much but she didn't want to be late.
"Did you over sleep too?"
She turned to see Alfred running beside her "G-Good morning!" she exclaimed nervously while blushing.
"You're not a very good runner are you?" he asked while keeping her pace.
Sakura shook her head.
Alfred stopped on his tracks, making Sakura stop as well, though she really didn't mind since she was pretty much out of breath.
Alfred stared at her "You're really small." He told her.
Sakura blushed "Y-yeah…I know…" she mumbled.
"Perfect!" exclaimed Alfred and knelt down in front of her.
"Here! Get on my back I'll carry you the rest of the way!" he said happily.
Sakura's entire face was the shade of red "Wh-What?" she said nervously.
"Hurry" urged Alfred "Or we are going to be late!"
"O-Ok!" said Sakura getting on to his back.
Alfred then stood up and dashed forward towards school.
Sakura's heart was beating so fast, she loved having her arms around Alfred's neck.
Hoping that he wouldn't notice how she very lightly pressed her cheek on his hair, which smelled really nice.
She sighed completely charmed by him.
"Alright we are here!" she heard him say.
"Thank you A-Alfred…" she said his name nervously knowing that he preferred being called by his first name only.
Alfred smiled at her, captivated by her cuteness. He reached into his backpack and pulled out the bento box.
"Here, it was really good. Thank you." He told her.
"I'll make you another one if you'd like" she smiled "etooo…as a thank you for carrying me" she added shyly.
They heard the bell ring.
"Oh no!" she said worried "Good bye" and dashed in the direction of her classroom.
Alfred stared at her as she ran off.
"She's really cute." And headed towards his own classroom.
Sakura entered her class room while they the teacher was taking role.
"Ah Honda" said the teacher "So you are here"
"Yes" she gasped out of breath once more "Sorry I'm late" she added.
"It's alright. So Vargas and Beilschmidt are the only ones missing. Do you happen to know why Miss Honda?"
"Oh…" said Sakura sadly "I do actually. Feliciana-san reached a point of sadness that she managed to lose the will to speak…"
The whole classroom broke into whispers.
"At the moment her brother is watching over her."
"I see" said the teacher "What about Beilschmidt?"
"Oh I don't know." Said Sakura taking her seat. "But I'm sure there is a good reason."
As she sat down, she noticed everyone seemed legitimately worried about Feliciana.
"How odd." she thought.
Then Francis nudged her from behind, when she turned to look at him he asked "Will she be okay?" People around her were also waiting for an answer.
"I believe so." Said Sakura, having no desire to really speak to him.
"Well is she eating alright?" asked another student.
Sakura shook her head "Barely"
Everyone gasped.
Sakura raised an eye brow at the audience she was…mad.
"Why do you guys suddenly care about Feliciana-chan!?" she yelled.
The class averted eye contact with Sakura.
"Well I always thought she was really nice and pretty." Someone spoke up, the rest of the classroom made noises of agreement.
Sakura was still mad, then the Bulgarian girl spoke up.
"Don't worry" she told Sakura while grinning "I still hate her"
Before Sakura could say anything another girl spoke up.
"That's because you were always jealous of her" again the whole class agreed.
"You're right Sakura, it's not right for us to start being nice to her…but do you think it's too late?" someone asked.
"Yeah…I don't want her to starve…" someone mumbled.
The teacher spoke up. "I have an idea, why don't we make her a card. Everyone can sign it and write something nice."
"She'd like that, it would make her feel better" said Sakura.
Everyone agreed with the teacher, who then proceeded to take out a large sheet of colored construction paper.
"Feliciana-chan will be so happy" thought Sakura.
Feliciana slept for most of the day, under careful surveillance by her brother of course. She had barely touched her food, which worried him greatly.
"I should've never left…" he thought as he watched her roll around in her sleep. "But…I needed to prove myself. I guess it's a good time to come back though…"
He heard a knock at the front door, which he made sure to lock for safety reasons.
He sighed annoyed as he seemingly forced himself to go open the door.
"What do you want!?" he yelled when he swung the door open.
"Sorry to bother you." Said Sakura honestly.
Again Lovino made an odd facial expression as he looked at the three people before him.
The small girl, Sakura was soaking wet and wearing a T-shirt that was much too large for her (it looked like a dress) clutching a rolled up piece of construction paper. He soon found out who the original owner of the shirt was as his eyes drifted to the tall shirtless tall blonde man with glasses.
Then he looked at the other blonde man, but this one he recognized.
"Francis." He said addressing the man sternly "What do you want?" he said.
"I came to visit your little patient" he smiled his face full of charm "I made her some pasta." He said
"I made her pasta" said Lovino angrily.
Francis laughed his famous French laugh "But mine is so much better" he added.
"We'll just let ourselves in." said Alfred getting a hold of Sakura of Sakura's hand and dragging her inside as the Lovino and Francis argued.
"Alfred-san….that was rude…" she said but couldn't help but smile.
"In the end it saves time, now which way?" he asked her.
Sakura led the way and let herself into Feliciana's room, she had just woken up.
"Wow." Exclaimed Alfred as he gazed at her paintings. "She's really talented." He said.
Feliciana looked at both Alfred and Sakura and made an expression that asked "What happened?"
Sakura understood and said "I'll explain later but I have something for you" she said unable to suppress her excitement as she handed Feliciana the construction paper.
Feliciana unraveled the paper and looked at it.
It read:
"Get Better Feliciana!"
"Sorry we were so mean to you please get better. We don't hate you."
"You're so pretty and positive don't be sad"
"Come to school I miss seeing your pretty face!"
And so on.
Feliciana's hands shook as she clutched the paper.
"Feli…" Sakura began placing her hand on her shoulder.
She was crying once again but smiling as she hugged the paper.
Sakura smiled sweetly at her.
"So why don't you say something now Feli!" said Alfred loudly.
Feliciana sniffled and then shook her head.
"At least she'd happier…" mumbled Sakura too Alfred.
Feliciana stood up and opened the drawers to her closet handing Sakura some of her clothes for wearing, with an expression that said she really wanted to know what happened to her.
Feliciana blushed and looked at Alfred. "I'll get changed, do you mind waiting a bit so I may give you your shirt back?" she asked.
Alfred laughed and nodded "Of course! It's not like I don't know what happened."
As the door closed Sakura began to change, normally she would have insisted on a bit more privacy but she had gotten used to changing in front of girls.
"Well, the Bulgarian girl Kalina sprayed me the hose hoping to destroy the construction paper."
Feliciana looked angry, how dare Kalina harm her dear friend!
Still Sakura smiled "It wasn't all bad" she continued as she finished getting dressed and began folding the T-shirt.
"Alfred came to my rescue." Sakura blushed remembering the awkwardness of him handing her his shirt.
Feliciana grinned and gave Sakura a thumbs up.
"Yes…I've really come to like him…" she added.
There was a knock on the door and then Francis burst through happily with Lovino tailing him.
"Feli dear!" he said happily as he glided over to her with a yummy looking bowl of pasta "I made you something that will make you feel loads better!"
"Hey Get out of my sisters room" yelled Lovino angrily behind him.
Sakura took the chance to disappear into the background and gave Alfred his shirt.
"Thank you" he said putting it on. "Do you want to get going I'll walk you home." He told her happily.
Sakura glanced at her friend who urged Sakura to say yes.
"Yes, thank you Alfred." She smiled and took her leave.
"I'll visit you again Feliciana-chan" said Sakura happily waving at her friend.
"Francis you are not welcomed in this house." Said Lovino firmly.
"Well I don't see Feli complaining." He said turning to Feliciana. "She'd ask me to leave herself if she didn't want me here-but no she hasn't said a word!" he told Lovino (who looked as if he were about to explode).
"She can't talk you bastard!" he said.
"Now, now…" cooed Francis "I am here on a friendly visit." He winked.
Despite his smile he was completely serious as he offered Feliciana the bowl of pasta he looked her in the eyes and said
"I truly am sorry for all the harm I've done you. I hope you come to forgive me." And he kissed her hand.
Feliciana stared for a second then smiled and nodded.
Ludwig took a big sigh as he walked along side his older brother.
"Relax Ludwig" said Gilbert "Dreading the inevitable isn't going to stop it from happening."
"Ja…" mumbled Ludwig. "I…can't help it I'm nervous…" he said.
"That's understandable West. Alright here we are" said Gilbert.
"Hope you're ready to see vati again." Said Gilbert a bit nervously himself.
"As ready as I'll ever be I suppose" he said as the gates to the mansion opened before him.
A/N: Hey :D bet you weren't expecting to hear from me until next week huh? Well I fooled you J This chapter was simple though and I had time to write it so I did. I hope liked it and will leave me nice reviews. Please review. Every time I get a review I'll smile J bye happy Friday and weekend. I wonder what will happen next chapter?