A/N: I woke up to like five emails concerning this story and it just made my day, thank you so much :). I'd like to make a quick little warning right here. First off, this chapter contains teenage boy's playing Call of Duty (The WW2 one), so there will be intense language. Because of this, there will also be some OOC-ness from both Sweden and Japan. Humor the way I set up the game, I haven't played in a loooong time and when I did it was the Cold War one (I helped my dad with the plane and sub part :D), not multiplayer so even though I googled the rules and watched like a half hour of rage videos for research, it still is probably a lot off. Oh! And this is from Germanys POV, it goes over some of the parts from the last two chapters. Heh, funny how the first official warning is on the chapter with Luddys' POV… Anywho, enjoy! :)
(*Le Monday Flashback* Ludwig's POV)
After lunch I had woodshop with my neighbor Berwald. He's not that bad once you get to know him as I learned during that class.
"Hey Ludwig. Why don't you sit here?" Berwald gestured me to the table closest to the window.
"Uh sure." I walked over to him and sat down. After I had done so a loud boy (the same one drinking a shake earlier in math) had run in causing a commotion by dropping some papers on the floor. Berwald got up and walked over to help him.
"Thanks dude!" The boy said, completely calm even with Berwald's death glare, "Hey what's your name anyway?" He asked earnestly.
"Name's Berwald." Berwald grunted.
"Cool! My name is Alfred! You mind if I sit with you?"
Again Berwald grunted and gestured for the other to follow him.
When he put his stuff down at our table he noticed me and gave me a hearty greeting.
"Yo dude what's up? Names Alfred! You?" He asked taking my hand and shaking it vigorously.
"Ah- Hallo. My name is Ludwig. Nice to meet you." I replied shakily from the tight clutch that was shaking my body with its fast motion.
He (thankfully) let go of my hand and sat down as the teacher came in. He was a tall Russian man who carried a creepy, child-like aura about him. He wore a tan trench coat and had a pink scarf around his neck.
"Hello class! I am Mr. Braginski! I will be your new wood shop teacher, da! Some of you will miss Mr. Peacock, but Drew is now relaxing on his well-earned retirement." Mr. Braginski moved to his desk and sat down, and picked up his brief case, placing it on the table.
"Okay everyone, I'm going to pass out a sheet of paper stating the curriculum for this year, da. We'll go over this together, and we should finish this all with ten to fifteen minutes left over to talk to your classmates." He walked over to each work place and placed a pile of papers on all of them.
"Okay now who would like to start us off?" Alfred's hand shot right up.
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"Yes that includes the hammer. Any other questions? No? Okay then, go ahead and socialize with your neighbors, just don't walk around the room stay seated, da."
After the class had finished reading the handout, Alfred decided to strike up a conversation.
"So you fags play COD?" Honestly that's not the most traditional sense of which I was addressed, but I went along with it.
"Hell yeah!" I told him.
"Me too." Berwald added.
"What system?" Alfred asked while pushing his glasses back into place like a nerd would.
"X Box." Berwald and I said in unison.
"Sweet! Alright, my friend Kiku and I are having a scary movie marathon on Friday and we're gonna stay up all night playing COD on live. You bitches wanna join our game around ten? I'll need your gamer tags."
"My account isn't working right now." Berwald interjected.
"If you want you can come over my house, you could bring Tino too." I offered.
Berwald's scowl lessened slightly.
"Fuck yes." We high fived to it as the bell rang.
"See you tomorrow bros! Better practice this week before Kiku and I kick your asses!" Alfred shouted as he ran out of the room.
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Oh zats right. I reminded myself when I got the text from Berwald:
Berwald O: We'll be over in ten min. I'm bringing some snacks
Damn my competitiveness, making me be unintentionally social. Well I always stick to my word and today will be no exception. I went to go tell Gilbert I was going to have people over, knowing him he would either be in his room or the kitchen. I tried the latter first seeing I was closest to it.
I found Gilbert with his Canadian friend what's-his-face, eating pancakes and making a mess of the room.
"'Sup West? We're you drawn in here by the awesome scents of this awesome food?" Gilbert continued to eat his food, and the other guy (what the hell was his name again?) who was getting syrup out of the fridge turned around to greet me.
"Oh, hey Ludwig!" He called to me, "Do you want some late-night pancakes?"
"Er, no thanks, but thank you." I tuned my attention to my brother who was eating like he never saw food in his whole life. "Gilbert, just to let you know I have guests coming over."
He nearly choked on his food.
"Holy Scheiße! You're having guests over?!" He blinked a few times before continuing, his look of shock moving to one of more suspicion. "Wait, who is it and what are you doing?" He inquired.
I sighed, annoyed. "It's just Berwald and Tino; we're going to play Call of Duty on the X box with this kid Alfred and Kiku."
He stared blankly at me for a moment before standing up and rushing to me in a bone crushing embrace.
"Oh West~! I'm so proud of you! Look at you making friends~!" Gilbird chirped on his perch from my brother head from the commotion. I struggled to push him off, but eventually succeeded.
"Get off Gilbert!" I scolded, when he tried to hold me again.
"Alright, alright. Don't get your panties in a bunch!" He turned towards the other kid, "Hey Mattie, isn't your brother named Alfred?" Oh right, his name ist Mathew! Mentally check zat.
"Yeah, Blond hair, cow-lick, glasses, blue eyes, giant hero complex." He described.
"That's the one." I agreed.
"Well, be prepared for a well worthy opponent! Alfred practically lives on COD." Matthew warned.
"Kesesese! No worries Birdie, West here learned from the best! AKA the awesome me!" Gilbert proclaimed. Although I had to hand it to him, he did help teach me many English curses if not all this way. "I'm going to take Mattie home okay? Opa was called out for a business trip so he won't be back till Monday." As he spoke he grabbed the car keys off the hook by the kitchen door and walked back over to me. "See ya brohas!"
As if on cue, when Gilbert was walking out the door, Berwald and Tino were coming up our front steps.
After some hi/byes, I welcomed the duo in my house and started to get everything set up in the basement.
"So, how's this going to work?" I asked. "Only two of us can play at a time."
"Oh, I'm not going to be playing, Ludwig. I just want to watch and be hanging out with you guys." Tino said with an earnest smile, Gott this guy is just bursting with sunshine.
"Okay then." I picked up two controllers and handed one to Berwald. "Let's kick some ass."
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"'Sup fuckers!" Alfred called over as the game began.
"Hello Ludwig, and…"
"Berwald, and there's that that Tino guy too." Alfred reminded Kiku.
"Hey Kiku, Alfred." I greeted, moving my character through an abandoned building.
"Mmm." Berwald grunted, following suit.
"So what is going on?" Tino asked.
"We're trying to find the oth-"
"Son of a bitch!" Kiku shouted, after Berwald shot him from the top of the abandoned building, totally catching me off guard.
"Hell yeah." Berwald taunted. He turned his attention back to Tino, "We're trying to do that, over and over again. 'Till one of our teams get 100 points. Fuck!"
"Pay back fucker!" Kiku shouted, again not really his persona, shook me up.
"Alright enough with this tea party! Kiku get your Allied ass over here and back me up!" Alfred commanded.
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Soon the game started to kick into place and we were just killing nonstop with endless strings of profanities.
"Fuck your mother! How the hell did that count!" Alfred shouted.
"My ass! Like that would happen in real life!" I complained loudly.
"ShitShitShitShitShit!" Tino chanted while watching Berwald's screen with much intensity.
"FUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK!" Kiku raged loudly while I pwned his ass.
"Cock-sucking, Goddamn lag!" Berwald shouted while Alfred got him from behind.
Gilbert had long since come home, and he too was cheering from the sidelines.
"West! Yeah fucking kill him! He's right there damnit!" He instructed me, while jumping up and down, pushing off the back of the couch.
"I know what the fuck I'm doing!" I snapped back, although I wouldn't normally talk like that all of us we're in too deep a rage mode to care.
"Fuck my fucking ass!" Berwald shouted as Alfred scored the 100 points for his team, again.
"AHAHAHAHHA! Hero time fags! But seriously I need to sleep so peace out yo's!" Alfred disconnected and I turned off the T.V.
"Well I guess we should get going," Berwald yawned.
"Nope, you guys are staying over!" Gilbert informed him coming from upstairs with blankets, which he disappeared to moments ago.
"But-" Tino interjected before he was cut-off.
"It's cool bros! I know how game nights like this can be so I stopped by your house after dropping off Mattie, and told your mom you would be staying with us. Besides if I didn't and you would be coming back now, she would kill you." He dumped the blanket on the floor and ran upstairs to his room, not before yelling good night.
I glanced at the clock. Shit. It was late; three in the morning to be exact. It was then that I realized how tired I was.
Turning back to the duo with me I meant to try to find some order for where we were to sleep, only to find them knocked out on the floor. Berwald had the mind to take off his glasses and they were sitting on a nearby coffee table. He laid on his side facing Tino while Tino was on his back. They both looked peaceful.
I tried to crawl around them to find the best place to sleep but ended up passing out only a few feet away from Tino. My dog had come down stairs and slept by me instead of in my room where we normally do.
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I woke up the earliest and Berwald was only a few minutes after that, Tino was next. I offered for them to have breakfast, but they politely declined and left, thanking me for having them over. They left the house and I found myself alone in the kitchen, fixing something to eat. I poured a bowl of cereal and gave Blackie his food as well.
After finishing, I let Blackie go outside the backyard and when I came back I had a text on my phone.
Feliciano V: Heyyy Ludwig are you busy?
Well I wasn't so I was about to respond when I received another one.
Feliciano V: Lol jk I know youre not busy, come ova here!
Rude.
Me: Why
Feliciano V: Were going out! Oh and bring Berwald and Tino I don't have their number
Me: No
I had kept them up all night, I was sure they would be tired…
Feliciano V: Please :(
I could just picture those puppy dog eyes… Maybe I could ask them…
Feliciano V: Please?
… For him…
I called up Berwald.
"Hello." He grunted, he didn't sound too tired.
"Eh, hallo Berwald. I know you were just over but would you mind coming with me and Feliciano somewhere?"
"Where?" He asked.
"Erm, I don't know, actually. I'm sure it's nothing too important." I confessed.
"Ok." And with that, he hung up.
Feliciano V: C'mon! D:
Ding-Dong! The doorbell rang and I went out side, locking up after myself and we were off.
Me: we're on our way calm down
Feliciano V: :D
I smiled at that.
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I enjoyed the ride to the mall that I found out we were going to. I had gone there a few times with Gilbert to get small things here and there. Berwald offered to drive so I sat in the front seat talking to him while Tino and Feliciano were chatting mindlessly in the back seat. I couldn't help but notice Feliciano try to stifle a giggle when Tino's accent leaked out on occasion.
It was nice to talk to Berwald about things other than COD or woodshop. Right now he was explaining to me about this show called the Moomins. He said they were white trolls that lived in Moomin Valley, having adventures and what not. I took the liberty of googling them while driving and they look more like hippos then a traditional troll.
We parked on the second floor outside and walked in together.
"Hey Berwald! What do you want to be going to first?" Tino asked Berwald who was walking very close to him.
"Mm'm." He shrugged. "We're here with Feliciano so…" he trailed off quiet awkwardly.
"Ve~ any things okay with me. Uh, but maybe we can get pretzels?" Feliciano suggested. I honestly didn't care; as long as he was happy.
"Pretzels?" Tino asked confused.
"Suolakeksit." Berwald replied (I assume in Finnish).
"Oh, yum! Ha, well that's not something we would be going over in the English classes! Let's go!" Tino skipped off in the wrong direction.
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We got our pretzels and started eating them silently right away.
"Ve~ do you guys like it?" Feliciano asked.
We all nodded though Tino was more enthusiastic about his response.
"Ha, good!" Feliciano smiled and I watched him wipe some crumbs off his face. "I'm going to throw this out, are you guys done?" He asked holding out a bag for trash. We handed our stuff to him and he skipped off to the nearest garbage.
Tino started talking to Berwald about something, but I wasn't listening due to the fact that I was watching some guy approach mein Italienisch friend. The guy was talking animatedly about something, but I don't think Feliciano was following; it didn't even look like he knew him. They did a little back and forth and the last time Feliciano went to say something, the other cut him off by dragging him into a kiss. Feliciano was obviously caught off guard by this and so was I. I felt angry at this for some reason and I wanted to react, to do something to that random kid but he ran off so fast I couldn't do anything
Feliciano just stood there, and it didn't seem like he was going to move any time soon.
"I'll be right back." I told the two next to me and got up.
I walked over to Feliciano and placed a hand on his shoulder, he flinched at the touch.
"Uh, Feliciano? Are you okay?" I asked tentatively.
"Y-yeah! I'm fine! I-I just would like to go home now!" He stuttered, straining to keep his voice calm, and failing, miserably if I might add.
I stared at him hard. Obviously he wasn't fine, but I noticed his uncomfortable look and stopped.
"Ok, I'll go tell Berwald." I told him.
I went back to Berwald and Tino.
"Hey guys, I'm sorry but Feliciano and I need to go. I'm really sorry for dragging you guys out here only to leave so soon."
Berwald's expression changed; to what the closest I could say it looked like was that he 'perked' up.
"S'okay." He said.
I smiled slightly and turned back to Feliciano.
"Let's go."
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"Would you mind telling me what's wrong?" I asked.
"Uh, there's nothing wrong! My-um- my Grandpa called and asked why I was gone because I didn't tell him I was leaving because he was sleeping! So y-yeah nothing's wrong!" He lied. But why the hell did he not want to be honest with me? I don't know why it mattered to me, but it did. Although knowing him, he probably didn't tell his grandpa he was leaving so…
"Mmm." I grunted in response as the bus pulled up to the stop to pick us up.
The bus was fairly open and quite.
"So who was that guy?" I word vomited. Feliciano was obviously trying to avoid that and most likely thought I hadn't seen that.
"Uh, what guy?" Yeah he was definitely avoiding this. Zats fine Ludwig, just stop talking.
"The one that talked to you by the trash and ran off." I thought I told you to shut the hell up damnit! Gott I'm starting to sound like Lovino.
"Oh- uh him! Yeah I don't know! He just talked to me and left. Ha-ha pretty strange ve?" I regarded him for a moment. Why was it so hard to tell me what happened? I wanted him to just tell me. To be his shoulder to lean on. I decided he must be either too shaken up or embarrassed and opted on rubbing his head to sooth him. This was nice, running my fingers through his hair. I could get used to this. But all too soon this wonderful moment was cut off.
"Well here we are!" He exclaimed catching me off guard.
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At home, Gilbert was finally awake and Blackie was barking at Gilbird, who was teasing him from Gilbert's hair.
"Hey West! Where were you?" Gilbert asked me when I walked in.
"Out." I told him. "Hey Blackie come here!" I called my dog over, and he came right away.
"Well Elizabeth is coming over so, yeah. Go try being as awesome as me somewhere else." He instructed me, although I wasn't trying to hang out with him right now. I wanted to be alone with my dog outside.
"Sure." I muttered walking out back, dog in tow.
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I laid outside looking at the sky next to my dog for a few hours. I just wanted to relax. I was about to go back inside when I heard the backdoor open. From hearing whoever had come close the door, Blackie got up barking and trotted happily to greet them.
"Ve~ ciao cagnolino~!"
Ah, I knew that voice. I smiled to myself as I got up to greet Feliciano myself.
Looking him over he still seemed shaken up. Crapcrapcrap word vomit warning again.
"Are you okay?" I asked him.
"Y-yeah, heh. Why else wouldn't I?" He countered; I of course, was not convinced.
"You've been acting… off, today. I don't like it." I admitted.
"Ve~ I'm fine really! I just wanted to play some football in the park with you if that's okay?" He changed the subject hastily.
"Yeah, sure. Just let me put Blackie in his create." I regarded him again for a moment before walking off towards the house, holding on to the chain around my dogs' neck to guide him.
I went inside and put Blackie in his cage. I needed to go into Gilbert's room to get the soccer ball, so I cautiously opened the door. As was expected, my bruder was making out with his girlfriend on his bed, trying to ease her on her back. I doubt they even noticed me as I snuck into his closet, retrieved the ball, and went back outside.
"Let's go." I called to him and he skipped behind me. We walked out the back gate to the front of the house. Tino and Berwald were sitting on the steps in the house next to mine reading.
"Ciao!" Feliciano greeted them and they looked up and waved back.
"Hello to you Feliciano!" Tino replied smiling genuinely. "Where are you two going?"
"Where gonna go play some football!" He answered happily.
"Have fun!" He went back to reading and Feliciano grabbed my hand to pull me to the park. I found myself grinning stupidly at this for some reason, probably just still tired from a lack of sleep.
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At the park I was hauling ass, as normal. But I was distracting myself on how to help him and it was stressing me out.
How do you help someone who is always happy? The kid always had a happy smile on his face and I wanted it back. A real one, not this fake one he was sporting. I kicked the ball back to him and in my frustration I kicked it a bit too roughly.
"OOOooowwww!" He whined loudly, as the ball hit him directly on the noggin.
"Feliciano! Oh, no, I'm really sorry!" I called as I ran up to him. . "Hahahaha! I'm sorry! But maybe if you weren't day dreaming you wouldn't have a soccer ball hit you on the head!" I know this wasn't the best way to make him feel better, but he looked so silly I couldn't help myself.
"Ve~ he-heh I guess you're right." He started to rub the side of his head.
"But seriously are you okay?" I asked. I wanted to calm him down and sooth him, to hold him. So… I hugged him. A little out of character, yes, but he's done things like this to me countless times and he was due for repayment. I wasn't expecting it to feel so…so good. It felt right to hold him like this, to comfort him. I felt my face heat up from the contact. However I still waited for him to answer me while continuing to keep him embraced in a protective manner.
"Ve~ yeah silly I'm fine!" He informed me. I let go of him and helped him back on his feet. "You know, I think I'm going to head home now. Okay?"
"Okay." I sighed, trying to will away the visible blush on my face. "Do you want me to take you back?" I asked him.
"No, but thank you! I'm going to make a pit stop along the way." He told me. I was a little disappointed at this, but I tried not to show it in my face. "I'll see you Monday Ludwig!" He said as he let me go. "Goodbye!" He told me when he hugged me before running off.
"Tschüß." I muttered, that redness coming back.
A/N: Yaaaaaay! Fluff-bucket Germany X)! I hope you guys liked it! So I have good news, and bad news: The good news is I named my nickel Philip :D! The bad news is it's girl nickel D:! No, but seriously, due to reasons I can't control I am not going to be able to use the internet for the rest of the week, which means I can't give you lovely people the rest of the chapters I promised :sadface:. But seeing how next week is X-Mas, I won't get them up by then either because I am a family person and my time will be occupied by them. But I has some good news too! I'm starting a side along story to this called 'In America' (giggity. jkjk) it's a Sufin story so if you like that type of thing I hope you check it out! Till next time :)