Happy Monday, guys~! :D
Ugh. School starts for me today. I've decided to try and update before school starts. With luck, new chapters should be up by 7 am. If it's not, I apologize. It'll be up the moment I get home from school sometime around 3:20 to 3:40.
Dogsrule and I both want to thank everyone who has read this story so far. You guys make us so happy~! We love reading the views you leave.
To say parts again: Dogsrule: Lovino, Ludwig, Matthew, Francis, and Kiku. Me: Feliciano, Antonio, Gilbert, Alfred, and Kaoru.
I know this AN is getting long, but one more thing. I know some people are probably curious as to why Arthur changed Toni and Luddy into children. I will say this: FEAR NOT! We have explained it in a later chapter. You will know eventually. Promise ;)
A few days later, Feliciano had finished the design for his brother's costume. He was currently waiting outside the school before the first bell for Ludwig. He was bouncing with excitement. Tonight was the night of the party. He could hardly wait! He had invited the vampires, the twins, Alfred and Matthew, and his new friend, Kiku. The party would be so much fun~!
"Feliciano…..? What are you doing still out here…? Shouldn't you be in the classroom by now?" Ludwig asked as he walked up to the Italian.
"Veh~! I was waiting for Luddy~! Now we can walk together~!" Feliciano chirped, taking the German boy's hand and starting into the school.
"O-Oh….. Ja…. I see…." Ludwig muttered as his face turned a slight pink. "Y-You didn't need to do that…"
Feliciano turned to glance over his shoulder at then vampire, looking ready to cry as he stopped right in the middle of the hallway. "D-Does Luddy not want to hold my hand...?" he sniffed.
"A-Ah! N-Nein!" Ludwig quickly said in a nervous tone. "W-What I meant was that you didn't need to wait for me here! Y-You could have just went to class!"
Instantly, the Italian brightened. "Hee hee~! I don't mind waiting for you~! We're going to the same place anyway~!" Feliciano giggled, moving forward once more.
"Er…. Ja…." Ludwig muttered and glanced away from the Italian. "But you might have gotten in trouble. You shouldn't do that…"
Feliciano winked at him and giggled again. "I wouldn't have gotten in trouble~. Trust me~."
"…. Er… Was….?" Ludwig asked confused.
"Here~! I'll show you~!" Feliciano halted again and held Ludwig in place so he couldn't get to class.
A few minutes later, the bell rang, signaling for all the children to be in class. With an innocent smile, Feliciano bounced down the hall and to his classroom, Ludwig in tow. The two entered the room and their teacher turned to reprimand them. She froze however, upon seeing Feliciano's face.
The Italian was smiling brilliantly at her, his eyes open and filled with good-will and kindness as well as sincere regret. He had stopped in a patch of sunlight shinning in the window. The light brought out the red highlight to his hair and made his eyes sparkle. "Veh~. I'm very sorry for being late," he said, his accent getting slightly thicker as he spoke. "I was just so excited to see my friend, Ludwig. I was worried he wouldn't be here so I was waiting for him~."
"I-It's quiet alright M-Mister Vargas. Please s-sit down boys," their teacher stuttered, her face turning red. Feliciano turned his smile onto the class and every girl, along with a couple of boys, gasped at how innocent and adorable he looked.
Ludwig blinked in reply. "Oh… Now I see…." he muttered.
Feliciano giggles and sat down at his desk as he began to wait for the day to be over so the party could begin.
Later that night, about 20 minutes before the party, Lovino ended up getting pulled back upstairs by his overly-happy twin all the way to his room. "Dammit Feliciano! What the hell is….?" He started to ask before he saw the outfit lying on his bed. "Feliciano… What the hell happened to the damn costume being just fangs….?" He asked and glared at his twin.
"Veh~! I was to excited for just that! So I made you a costume as well~!" Feliciano said, smiling brightly.
Lovino glared down at the costume again then back at Feliciano. "I'm NOT wearing that damn thing. Forget it."
"Oh please fratello!" Feliciano begged, throwing himself on the elder boy. "I-I worked so hard to make it special just for you!" He began to sniffle as his eyes teared up. "I-I wanted you to like it..."
Lovino went to retort back but stopped himself and said, "Ugh… Fine, dammit…. I'll put the damn thing on… Get out of here so I can change."
Cheering, Feliciano rushed from the room. "I'm going to go get changed to~! I'll see you downstairs~!" he called over his shoulder before closing the door behind him.
Lovino quickly got changed, grumbling the whole time while he fought to get the fake fangs on, until, finally, he succeeded and went back into the hallway just as the front doorbell started ringing. "Ugh… Those damn bastards are too fucking early…" he snapped and stomped down the stairs all the way to the door. "Did any of you assholes bother to check the damn time before you came here?!" Lovino snapped as he threw the door open and moonlight reflected off the fake fangs in his mouth.
"Lovi~!" Antonio greeted. He froze, however, upon spotting the fangs poking from Lovino's mouth. This also gave Lovino a chance to look over what the other was wearing. Antonio had chosen to dress as a pirate captain. He had a long red coat and a white shirt with frills. Black pants that went down to his knees were met with knee high dark brown boots. A red sash tied around his waist also acted as a kind of belt. On his back was slung a huge battle axe that looked very real and very dangerous. On his head was a typical pirate hat, complete with feathers.
"Lovi... Why are you a vampire...?" the Spaniard asked nervously, a little bit of worry creeping into his voice.
"Because Feliciano's a little bastard who can't fucking take no for an answer," Lovino grumbled (while missing Antonio's expression and tone of voice) and crossed his arms while smacking the cape of the elaborate Gothic vampire outfit away. "Now get your ass in here before I slam the damn door in your face."
The vampires hurried into the house before Lovino could close the door. Gilbert, who was dressed as a punk rocker in torn-skinny jeans and a band shirt with earrings lining his ears and studs in his lips and nose, spoke up. "Where Feli?" he asked, adjusting the guitar he had on his back.
"The dumbass is upstairs getting his damn costume on," Lovino said as he closed the door and glared at the costume-less Ludwig but didn't say anything to him.
"Ooh~! I bet he'll look so cute~!" Francis chirped in his pure white toga with a halo and angel wings.
"Shut up, you damn pervert!" Lovino snapped, then he turned and stared at Antonio confused. "Why the hell do you look so nervous for bastard….?"
Antonio suddenly reached out and pulled Lovino's lip up. He smiled brightly when he discovered the fangs were fake. "I was worried you had really become a vampire!"
"Luddy~! Come up here and get your costume!" Feliciano's voice yelled down the stairs.
Ludwig sighed and headed up the stairs.
Lovino stared back at Antonio in disbelief before swatting the vampire's hand away and facepalming. "You are so fucking stupid… How the hell could you think that?! It's obvious these damn things are fake!"
"You're a very convincing vampire, Lovi~!" Antonio complemented, smiling.
Lovino still continued to stare at Antonio, annoyed. "Says the REAL fucking vampire…. Who apparently can't even tell the fucking difference between a real and fake one. And is that supposed to be complement or something bastard?"
"Si~!" Antonio said, nodding and smiling even brighter than before.
"Dumbass," Lovino scoffed then turned and headed for the front door when the doorbell starting ringing. "But be quiet will you, bastard? Feliciano invited people OTHER than you vampire bastards."
"He did? Who?" Antonio asked.
Upstairs, Feliciano had disappeared back into his room. A small pile of clothes lay neatly and lovingly folded inside a box just outside his door. Ludwig could hear the Italian giggling. "I'll be out in a minute~!" Feliciano called.
"Ja... Alright," Ludwig answered then glanced down at the box. "This set of clothes out here is mine, right?"
"Si~! You can use the bathroom to change~! I hope you like it~! It took forever to make~!"
"Er… Alright… I'll go do that now…." Ludwig said. Then he picked up the pile and headed for the bathroom.
Feliciano giggled again and peeked out the crack in his door. He couldn't wait to show everyone what he had decided to be~!
"Well….. You vampire bastards…." Lovino said as he thought it out while walking to the door. "That one weird Japanese bastard Feliciano starting to talk to more… I think he's in one of our classes… and that other set of twins. The one that's annoying as hell and the other who's so damn quiet you can barely hear him." Then he glanced at Antonio. "Why the hell do you ask?"
Antonio shrugged. "Just curious~!" he said.
"Whatever, bastard," Lovino retorted with an eye-roll. "Move out of the way so I can get the damn door open," he said as he sidestepped Antonio and threw the door open.
"HA HA HA HA~! Hiyah, Lovino~!" Alfred greeted, striking his 'Hero Pose'. He was dressed as Captain America, a shield securely fitted on his arm.
"A-Ah… Hello, Lovino. Thanks for inviting us again," his much quieter twin, Matthew, said from behind his brother. However, unlike Alfred, he was dressed as a hockey player.
Lovino nodded at Matthew but then glared at Alfred. "Can you fucking talk normal bastard? Ugh... Whatever. Get your ass in here already."
Smiling broadly, Alfred dragged his shy brother into the house. "Wow~! This house is even prettier on the inside~!" he remarked, looking around.
"Well that's what fucking happens when your damn nonno's an architect," Lovino said and causally blocked the door handle from view as he yelled up to Feliciano. "Feliciano! Get your damn ass down here already! You have guests here!"
"Veh~! Is Kiku here~?" the younger twin called back.
"No!" Lovino yelled back up. "It's burger bastard and Matthew! But get your ass down here so I don't have to deal with this idiot!"
"Luddy, you go downstairs! I'm not ready yet!" Feliciano pleaded through his bedroom door to the vampire.
"E-Er…. Nein… Not yet…." Was the German's answer.
Lovino facepalmed and groaned. "Great… Leaving me with all the damn work…"
Before the elder Italian could say anything more to the new set of twins, Gilbert came over and started to talk to the both of them excitedly. The conversation switched from rock bands, to maple syrup, to heroes, to anything they could think of. As they moved away into the living room, the doorbell rang again.
"Ugh... Again?! Dammit, Feliciano! I really AM having to do all the damn work!" Lovino grumbled and started cursing under his breath as he made his way to the door and opened it.
"Ah, good evening Lovino-kun," The quiet Japanese boy (who was currently dressed like a ninja) said as he did a quick bow. "Thank you very much for inviting us tonight."
"'Us'….?" Lovino asked, confused. Then he noticed the other boy standing behind Kiku. "Who the hell are you?"
"Hey. I'm Kaoru. I'm Kiku's adopted brother," the brown hair, dark eyed Hong-Kongian boy said, also bowing. "I'm sorry for coming uninvited. I'll leave soon. I wanted to make sure Kiku made it safely."
"Uh…. It's okay... Ciao….." Lovino said and closed the door behind the two when they walked in. "All of the other bastards are in the living room and Feliciano's upstairs doing who the hell knows what."
Kaoru nodded. "It's nice to met you, Lovino. Feliciano talks about you a lot," he said, holding out his hand to the Italian.
"He does….?" Lovino asked as he took the hand and shook it. "Huh... Didn't know that…"
"Yeah. He is very fond of you," Kaoru said, releasing the Italian's hand.
In the other room, Gilbert yelled up the stairs. "Come on, West! It can't be that bad! Get your arsch down here or I'll come up and get ya!"
After that, there were some scuffling noises then footsteps and Ludwig started coming down the stairs, causing all of the ones in the room to stare at him with wide eyes and open mouths.
Gilbert and Antonio fell over each other, they were laughing so hard. The German vampire had been dressed as a dog. A head band with floppy ears attached to it covered his normal ears and hung to his shoulders. A red collar with little spikes was round his neck. It even had a name tag on it, declaring his name to be 'Gerpuppy'. The pants were baggy like his usual camo pants but they were now a medium brown and a short tail was connected to the back. His shirt went only about half-way to elbows. The front part over his stomach was light brown with the back being a matching color to the pants but with a dark brown spot in the center. His shoes were also brown and the bottoms had been painted to resemble a dog's paw pads and on his hands were gloved shaped like paws.
"'Gerpuppy'?!" Gilbert cackled. "Oh man! Oh Gott! That's just!" He was unable to complete a sentence without laughing.
Lovino was in even worse shape than him, already having fallen on the floor and was rolling back and forth while holding his sides as he continued to laugh harder and harder.
"N-Nice costume… L-Ludwig-san…." Kiku politely said while trying to keep a smile from appearing on his own face.
"Er… Thanks…" Ludwig said then glared at Gilbert and Antonio. "STOP laughing."
Kaoru was taking deep breaths and rubbing his mouth as he tried not to laugh. Deciding now was the best time to go, he muttered a quick farewell and disappeared.
Neither boy listened and Alfred soon joined in, all three pounding each other's backs as they roared with laughter.
"I order you all to stop laughing!" Ludwig ordered, his face a bright red.
Kiku composed himself long enough to walk over to the still laughing Lovino and tap him on the shoulder. "Lovino-kun? If it is fine with you, there is something I wish to discuss with you and Feliciano-kun. If you don't mind of course."
Lovino blinked and tried to get his breath back. "U-Uh… Fine, dammit. Come on," He said then led the Japanese boy up the stairs to Feliciano's room. "Hey. Dumbass. Open the damn door."
There were a couple of thumps and then something slammed into the other side of the door. "Veh~! I'll be right here~! Go downstairs and wait for me, I'll be out in a moment~!" Feliciano chirped through the wood.
Lovino rolled his eyes then kicked at the door. "Like hell I'm doing that. Kiku's standing behind me and there's something the bastard said he wants to tell us. So open the damn door!"
"Veh! Go away! I promise I'll be right there! I have one more thing to get!" Feliciano said, shoving something against the door.
Lovino growled and his eyes flashed gold. "Get your ass out here right now before I BREAK that fucking door down!"
"A-Ah… Y-You don't need to do that, Lovino-kun…. I-I can wait!" Kiku quickly said, trying to calm the older Italian down.
"Aww~! Grazie, Kiku! I promise I won't be much longer!" the younger twin called.
"Well hurry your ass up!" Lovino snapped before Kiku had a chance to reply. "Or I WILL break the damn door down!"
"I will! Now go back downstairs, Lovi! You left your guests all alone!" Feliciano chided.
"What does that mat-? ... !" Lovino started to say but then remembered exactly who most of their guests were. "S-Shit!" He said and raced back downstairs as quickly as he could with Kiku following him.
Waiting to hear his brother and friend's footsteps fade, Feliciano giggled and smiled, tying a white cloth over his hair. "Lovi is going to be soooo angry with me," he murmured to himself softly before laughing once more. Then he slid the dresser back from in front of the door (he had used it as a barricade just in case Lovino had tried to force his way in anyway) to it's spot and left the room. He went down the hall and descended the stairs. "Veh~! Ciao guys~! I'm so happy you could come~!" he greeted, waving wildly to the group in the living room.