Happy Monday guys~! :D Hope everyone had a good week (or as good as possible with school and all). Anyway~! New character in this chapter~! Instead of saying which of us does everyone again, I'll just say that the new character is written by me :) Hope you all like the new update~!
"Where the hell ARE those bastards….?" Lovino grumbled as he checked his watch for the sixth time in a row. "They're fucking late! I want to get in there now, dammit! Not just stand out in front of the damn place like a couple of idioti!" Then he paused and glanced up at the store. "Fuck this. I'm just heading anyway. Damn vampire bastards," He declared and went to go open the store's door and walk in.
"Lovi!" Antonio called, sprinting towards the werewolf twins. "Don't leave me alone! I'm sorry I was late!"
"Tonio~! Where's everyone else?" Feliciano asked, managing to look around inconspicuously for the German vampire.
"Gilbert and Francis won't be coming today," Ludwig said as he walked up behind Antonio. "It seems that they… uh... earned a Saturday detention because of… inappropriate behavior…"
"Figures. Stupido bastards," Lovino grumbled. "Well?! What the hell are you waiting for?! Let's head in already!"
The group entered the small shop and were instantly overwhelmed by the sent of flowers and herbs. Feliciano covered his nose and sneezed.
"Ugh… My fucking nose…." Lovino complained as he covered his own nose and tried to block out the smells with Antonio's shirt. "I forgot that this damn place would smell this much…."
"Oh, hello. It was nice of you to come here today," Kiku said as he walked over to the group. He blinked when he saw the twins. "Oh... Is the smell too much for you, Feliciano-kun and Lovino-kun?"
"S-Si. Mi dispiace, Kiku," Feliciano said, pressing his face to Ludwig's shirt, his eyes watering from the perfumes of the shop.
"Ah. I am very sorry about that," Kiku answered then motioned for them to follow him through a door in the back of the room. "But do come into the back room now. Yao has just finished up filling a customer's order so he has some free time until someone else calls or comes in."
"N-No shit…" Lovino mumbled, his voice muffled due to Antonio's shirt. "Try to air out this damn place once in a while will you…"
"It's making my head hurt..." Feliciano murmured to the German whose clothes he was using as a filter.
"Well, Yao does have a filter in his office to keep the air clean for himself. I'm sure he won't mind it if I go get it for you," Kiku said then gently ushered the group to behind the door. "Just wait for a moment and I'll be back with Yao," He said with a bow then walked off.
Feliciano made the mistake of trying to clear his stuffed sinuses by sniffing. He began to cough and sneeze, as though he was having a bad allergic reaction.
Ludwig gently started rubbing Feliciano's back. "Just work on breathing… The air in here should help…"
Lovino pulled away from Antonio only to cough and let out a sneeze of his own. "Dammit… Now I see why nonno insisted on always being the damn one to buy this shit…"
"C-Can't... breath!" Feliciano gasped between coughs and sneezes. He looked like he was crying from the amount of liquid pouring from his eyes. "I-It's awful... in h-here!"
Antonio took off his jacket and wrapped it around the bottom of Lovino's face. "Here, Lovi. Use this," he said.
"D-Don't fucking need it dammit…" Lovino said in a muffled voice and went to push the jacket away.
The Spaniard chuckled and held it in place. "Your eyes are watering just as badly."
"N-No they're not, dammit…" Lovino retorted and quickly wiped at his eyes.
"I see….." Ludwig muttered then took off his own jacket off. "Here. Use this to cover your nose and mouth."
Gratefully, Feliciano took the jacket and bundled in up then held it to his face. It smelled like the German... Blushing slightly, Feliciano mumbled a thank you and stared at the ground.
Ludwig blinked, confused at the action. "Er… Is something wrong….?"
"No..." Feliciano said slowly. In his mind, he yelled, 'Kikuuuuuu! Come back already! Please!'
Soon enough, Kiku came walking back with an slightly older Chinese man behind him. "Ah! I am so sorry! I thought the fan was on!" Kiku gasped then ran over to switch on the wall and turned on the large ceiling fan that started turning and after a few minutes completely cleared the air free of the smells.
"Ugh… Finally dammit…" Lovino grumbled as he removed the jacket and tossed it back at Antonio.
"Air~! I love it~!" Feliciano cried, bouncing up and down happily as he handed the jacket back to Ludwig.
"Hello there. Are you all Lovino, Feliciano, Ludwig, and Antonio, aru?" the man who could only be Yao asked, sliding his arms comfortably into the opposite sleeves of his shirt as he waited for their answer.
"Sì…" Lovino answered as he warily watched the man and waited to see what he would do next. "Um… Did Kiku…. tell you… about us…?"
Yao smiled kindly at the Italian. "Yes he did. You don't need to worry, aru. I won't tell. It would be rude and rather hypocritical of me after all, seeing as how I'm not human either."
"Wow! Really?!" Feliciano asked, forgetting Kiku had told him as much the other day.
"Dui (Correct). I am an over 4000 year old nature spirit," the Chinese man said.
"What the hell does being a damn nature spirit mean anyway bastard…?" Lovino asked while accidentally sounding a bit rude although he was only being curious. "I never heard of any, dammit…"
Having already been warned by Kiku of the boy's sharp tongue, Yao took no offense and answered. "As far as I know, I'm the only one left in the human world. The others fled for different worlds when the human took over. Being a nature spirit simply means that I am close to nature, aru. I can speak to the plants and animals, and grow anything I desire, no matter what time of the year or where I am. And I will never look older than this, aru," he explained.
"Hmm… That makes sense why you have this shop…" Ludwig muttered to himself.
"Well…." Lovino mumbled and glanced away. "We have some shit we need to buy from you… and something to ask too…"
Yao nodded and smiled. "Feel free. I cleared the smell from the front so you may go and get your items."
"... Grazie," Lovino said as he grabbed Feliciano by the arm then dragged him out of the room.
After making their purchases, and getting a major discount for being Kiku's friends, Yao led them all into the yard in the back of his shop. "It'll be nicer to sit out here, aru," he said, sitting under the shade of a tree.
"Well…. Who the hell starts talking first…..?" Lovino asked as he glanced at his twin before slowly sitting down on the ground.
"I can if you want," Feliciano offered, sinking down beside his brother.
Lovino nodded in reply and motioned for Feliciano to start speaking. "Knock yourself out dammit."
"Veh, okay~. So, you know what we are," Feliciano started, looking over at Yao. "And how our changes work right? Kiku explained?"
Yao nodded.
"You see, when we change and it's not the full moon and we've had the potion or the day after, then we kinda lose it and attack everything that's not us. But a little while ago, stuff happened that made it so that both Lovi and I changed with Luddy and Toni nearby. But we didn't attack them like we should have. We sniffed them and something told us not to hurt them. We don't know why though. We were hoping you could help us figure out what happened," the Italian said.
Yao smiled. "Could you three wait here, please?" he requested, standing and looking at the vampires and Kiku. "I need to speak to Lovino and Feliciano in private. Come here, boys. The shop is aired out now so we can go in for a moment." The nature spirit led the twins back into the store.
"What the hell is this about bastard?" Lovino asked after they all walked in and Yao closed the door. "You have a weird ass look on your face…. And why the hell didn't you just say it in front of those bastards..?"
Yao laughed. "After you hear what the problem is, you'll be glad we came in here."
"So you know? What was wrong? Why didn't we attack them?" Feliciano asked.
"It's simple. You are in love this those two," Yao answered. This declaration was met with a stunned silence.
Feliciano spoke first. "A-Actually... I'm not to surprised... I knew I really liked Luddy... Since the first day I saw him..." he murmured.
Lovino, however, had a very different reaction to the news. "C-Che cazzo?! N-No, dammit, no! T-There is no fucking way! Y-You! Y-You're making this shit up, aren't you?!" He exclaimed and pointed an accusing finger at Yao. "I-I just know it! Y-You won't trick me, dammit!"
The spirit shook his head. "I am not. You didn't attack Antonio because you love him and don't want him to be hurt," he said calmly.
Lovino started to calm down a little but kept the glare on his face. "W-Well... IF that shit is true… then why didn't we do anything…? We never have any damn control when we change like that. Ever. We should've attacked the bastards anyway…."
"You subconsciously suppress the instinct to attack when you see Antonio, Lovino. You force the part of you that is a wolf to submit to your will. It's incredible, really. Exceedingly few people who have been bitten manage to have this much control. I think that, in time, you boys will stop needing the potion and will be able to control yourselves at all times," Yao said.
Lovino paused and turned away. "I… I don't know how it is for you damn nature spirits or whatever….. but…. we NEED to keep taking that potion….. There's too much of a damn risk to not take it…."
"I didn't mean stop right now. I mean eventually you won't have to," Yao said. "Or if you still want to, just a smaller dosage."
"O-Oh… I see…" Lovino mumbled and grabbed Feliciano's arm. "Grazie... but we need to get back now... Nonno's probably worried as hell about us."
Nodding, the nature spirit smiled. "Of course. Feel free to come here whenever you like, boys. I hope to see you soon."
"Ciao, Signore Yao~! Thank you for your help~!" Feliciano called as he was dragged from the shop by his twin.
Lovino waited until he was past the vampires and didn't stop until they were a few feet away from the store. "Listen here you little bastard…" He said in a VERY commanding tone. "You don't say a SINGLE damn thing to any one of those bastards. EVER. Got that? It stays between us and JUST us."
Feliciano pouted but nodded. "Fine."
A full month past by and, much to Lovino's pleasure, neither vampire had figured it out yet, although Feliciano had come close to telling them quite a number of times.
"Ugh… Do we have to do this shit in gym…? I fucking hate team sports…" Lovino grumbled to himself as he quickly changed into his uniform and stuck the sports bottle carrying the potion into his gym locker. "Not like it'll do us any good anyway… At least we won't have to put up with these bastards tomorrow... Even IF we're puking our damn guts out..."
Feliciano giggled and closed his own locker. "At least it's football~!" he chirped, yanking his shirt over his head and sliding his shoes back on. Rather than shorts, the Italian wore sweatpants in gym, unless the class was outside and to hot, then he wore either leggings with shorts over them, or long socks.
"That's the only GOOD damn thing about it..." Lovino retorted then stopped and facepalmed. "Wait… Ugh... I forgot... The whole fucking 'group' all has gym together…. Knowing burger bastard, he's going to stick us all on one team together….." Then he glanced over at his twin. "And dammit you. Get your damn vitamin in the locker before it falls out and spills or some shit like that. We need to start drinking it right after class."
"Oh! Right! I thought it was already in my locker!" Feliciano said, opening the locker again and setting the bottle inside. "There we go~! Safe~! Andiamo fratello~!" He jumped up and skipped from the locker room, excited to start playing.
"Ugh… dumbass…" Lovino muttered as he facepalmed again and followed after his twin. But... why did he have a bad feeling just now…?"
As the door closed and the latch clicked, a tall, masked figure exited his hiding spot, a smirk appearing on his face. He moved the the twins' lockers and opened them slowly so they wouldn't squeak, took out the bottles, then closed the doors again. Sliding the bottles into his bag, Sadiq chucked to himself as he left for his science class.
Half an hour later, Lovino stomped back through the doors with Feliciano trailing behind him. "That damn albino bastard! He fucking cut me off! I HAD that damn goal and the asshole just HAD to get in the way to prove his 'awesome' and then you have all those other damn bastards causing a shit-load of problems too!" Lovino ranted as he made his way to his locker and started to open it. "I can't fucking see how you even en-!" He started to say but froze as he reached into the locker to grab the sports bottle only to have his hand meet an empty spot.
Feliciano, who had been about to open his own locker, turned to him, surprised that he had suddenly cut off. "Fratello? What's wrong?" he asked worriedly.
"It's gone," was all Lovino said, then wrenched his locker door all the way open and started searching through it. "I can't fucking find it! I KNOW I put it in here! Where is it?!" he demanded, his voice starting to raise in panic.
Feeling fear beginning to gnaw on his stomach as he thought of what was missing, Feliciano desperately hoped he was wrong as he softly asked, "W-What's gone fratello?"
"…. The vitamin…." Lovino said as he stopped searching and only stood there, gripping the locker door as he stared into the locker.
Slowly, Feliciano turned and, holding his breath, he opened his locker. His bottle was gone to.
"Feliciano…?" Lovino asked as he noticed his twin's expression. "What is it…?"
Feliciano was trembling, his fingers gripping his locker so tightly his knuckles where completely white. "G-Gone..." he whispered.
"S-Shit…." Lovino stuttered and pulled away from the locker to start searching the room. "H-How much time do we have left to be able to drink it…? I wasn't able to see the damn clock when we were in class…"
"Less than an hour," Feliciano murmured. Since they had begun taking the potion, the younger Italian was always acutely aware of time and how long they had to get the potion drunk so it could work by the night.
"Cazzo…." Lovino cursed and slammed his locker door shut with a loud bang. "The damn thing has to be somewhere so we HAVE to look all over this damn school! It was in our lockers so some bastard must have gotten in them and took the damn things!"
"F-Fratello... W-What if w-we don't find it?" Feliciano asked.
"I…. I don't want to find out…" Lovino mumbled as he clenched his fists. Then he said, "But we can't stand here worrying about that shit! We HAVE to go find it!" With that, he immediately ran for the door to the locker room, not even bothering to change back out of his gym uniform, only to run into someone's chest. "OW!"
"HA HA HA HA! What's the rush, Lovino? Hey Feli! What's goin' on?" Alfred laughed, reaching down and helping the Italian back onto his feet.
Feliciano said nothing and darted around the loud American and ran off down the hall.
"What's up with Feli?" Alfred asked.
Lovino started to just tell the merman off and run past him as well until an idea popped into his head. "We… Some bastard stole our vitamin." Then he facepalmed at Alfred's expression and pulled him close enough to hiss in his ear. "Some bastard stole the damn POTION we have to take for the full moon so we don't fucking lose it and attack everything in sight! And we have less than a fucking hour to be able to drink it so it works!"
Alfred's eyes widened and he yelled, "Oh shit! Dude, I'll totally help you look for it! Give me a description!"
"It's in a sports bottle," Lovino started and also glanced around the room for any sign of it. "Mine's red and black while Feliciano's is white and green. Both of the damn things also have a clip on the side too." Then he pulled away and started running down the hallway, glancing back he yelled, "And tell the other bastards about this too! I'm going to catch up to Feliciano!"
"I will!" Alfred called. Then he turned and sprinted the other direction, going to find his brother and friends for help.
Feliciano ran into a classroom and began to search. The only problem was that it was full and in-use currently, and the teacher and students were watching him in confusion. He ignored them and didn't answer when the teacher demanded to know what he was doing and continued to pull open the cabinets and drawers in the room, pull everything out, then move on the next. When he had checked everything to no avail, he grabbed the closed backpack and dumped it's contents on the ground, it's owner to shocked to do anything.
Lovino at the time was racing through the halls on his way to catch up with Feliciano. A quick glance at the clock on the wall told him that they had less then fifteen minutes now, causing him to curse more and speed up.
In the classroom, Feliciano had taken another bag and was again pulling everything from it haphazardly. "Hey!" the girl protested, only to be ignored as her bag was emptied then tossed aside in favor of another.
Then Lovino burst into the room and ran up to Feliciano. "You find them yet?!" He demanded and looked around the room to see if the bottles were left out in it.
"No," Feliciano answered flatly, yanking items from the bag he currently held.
"Shit…" Lovino growled and then started looking through bags himself. "When I find the bastard who did this I'll make SURE to kick his ass…"
"Excuse me, what do you think you boys are doing?!" the teacher asked angrily. "You are disrupting my class and illegally searching through my students and my own belongings!"
"This is more important than privacy," Feliciano said, dropping the book bag and moving up a row to take another.
"What?!" the teacher cried.
"So back the fuck off, bitch!" Lovino snarled and went back to searching. At least, until he glanced up at the clock again, causing him to pale. Slowly he reached out and grabbed Feliciano's arm and dragged him out of the room. "We're sorry for doing this shit…. We won't do it again," Lovino said in an emotionless tone, then pulled Feliciano out into the hallway and shut the door behind him.
Right before the door shut, movement caught Feliciano's attention and he looked up just in time to see Sadiq smirking at him, holding up a green and white bottle. Then the door was closed and Feliciano screamed in a mixture of fury and terror as he threw himself at the door, determined to get the bottles back, even though he knew it was pointless now.
Lovino moved in front of him and blocked the door from view. "FELICIANO! Stop this shit right now! There. Is. No. Fucking. Point! We drink it right now and it won't do a SINGLE damn thing! We need to go find those other bastards and make a plan for tomorrow!"
Feliciano grabbed tightly onto Lovino's arms and dropped his head onto the other's shoulder as he began to sob.
"I-I know dammit… I-I know…." Lovino stuttered and tried to keep his voice even as he held Feliciano close. "W-We'll just go meet up with those bastards…. M-make a damn plan… T-They'll watch us… T-They won't let us do anything…. Y-You know that…"
After a few more minutes, Feliciano took Lovino's hand and the two stumbled away from the classroom to find their friends and explain the situation.
The two wandered their way through the halls until they came up to Alfred searching through a garbage can for some reason. Whistling to get his attention Lovino called over, "Burger bastard! Forget looking for the damn things anymore! Just tell us where the other bastards are!"
The merman straightened and turned to them. "Whoa. You guys don't look very good," he commented. "I think the others our outside by that huge maple tree."
"No shit we don't look good bastard," Lovino snapped then started leading Feliciano outside. "But come on bastard... We need you out there too…"
When the three of them arrived, Ludwig was the first to look up and notice them, or more specifically the twins' expressions. "... What happened? Is everything alright now….?"
Feliciano began to sob again, turning and pressing his face for a second time into his brother's shoulder. Startled, the rest of the group quickly came over and gathered around them.
"Lovi, what happened?" Antonio asked.
"It's what's GOING to happen that's the damn problem!" Lovino snapped as he held Feliciano close.
"Going to…? What do you mean Lovino-kun…?" Kiku asked this time.
Taking a deep breath to steel himself, Lovino said, "We lost our damn potion this morning because some bastard stole it out of our gym lockers. We only have a certain amount of time to be able to drink the shit for it to work... But… We just missed it… S-So tomorrow…" He took a shaky breath then. "We'll be a pair of wild, feral wolves when the full moon comes up…"