I'm pretty sure a lot of you hate us for stopping the chapter there. And for stopping it here~.
HOLY SHIT GUYS. I GOT ASKED TO HOMECOMING. BY A GUY. WHO I MAY, OR MAY NOT HAVE A TINY, ITTY BITTY CRUSH ON.
The news was met with a stunned silence, the only sound being Feliciano's cries.
"Scheiße..." Gilbert murmured, running a hand through his silver hair.
"We… We have to come up with some plan... A-And we can't stay in or anywhere near the house either…. T-The smell of humans will make us worse and we'll tear everything to shreds…." Lovino mumbled and tightened his grip on Feliciano. "A-And we'll be hungry too… A-Almost starving because we won't be able to eat during the day because of being sick…. Y-You bastards should probably have some silver on hand too…."
Antonio clenched his fists be his sides. Who ever had done this was going to pay dearly. No one should ever have to face this. To know that something so horrible would happen to you and not be able to do anything to prevent it.
Feliciano took a shuddering breath as he tried to calm down and stop crying. "I-I don't wanna do that... I h-hate this..." he hiccuped. "I hate n-not remembering anything the n-next day..."
"Ja…. I know Feliciano… We'll do all we can to keep you BOTH safe," Ludwig calmly told him, although on the inside he was just as worried as the others. "Here is what we'll do. Us four vampires will make sure to drink plenty of blood today and tomorrow so we're at full strength. Kiku and Alfred? You two make sure you're at full strength as well. Then well all stay at Romulus's house tomorrow. Before the moon comes up, we'll move the brothers to the woods. I believe that there is a lake there, so Alfred? You'll stay in there the entire time." Then he glanced at Francis, Gilbert, and Kiku. "You three will stay in the trees. And make sure you stay upwind. Antonio and I will stay with Feliciano and Lovino since for some reason they don't attack us."
"U-Um… What should I do…?" Matthew spoke up.
"… You'll be fine dammit… You don't have a scent… Just make sure we can't see you," Lovino said. Then he glanced at Antonio. "But… There's one damn thing I want to add for you two bastards…. Especially since you're going to be around us…"
"What is it, Lovi?" Antonio asked.
"I… I don't know about Feliciano…" Lovino started while looking down. "But... I'm STILL the alpha…. And... That means I'll be expected to be obeyed… By Feliciano AND you bastards too… S-So… Just go play along with it unless I'm about to do something dangerous… I-If you try to question my 'authority' otherwise… It'll just piss me off and make me attack so I can stay on top and be the boss…."
The Spanish vampire nodded. "We will."
Feliciano sniffed and wiped his face. "T-This sucks..."
Everyone gathered looked at the younger Italian in shock. Since when did he say words like that?
"You mean it sucks balls…" Lovino corrected and tried to keep his face emotionless but was steadily failing. "B-But… None of you bastards trust us either dammit… I-It's not like how it normally is… W-We WON'T understand you this time…. W-We WILL be animals…."
Feliciano bit down hard on his lip to keep from bursting into tears again.
"Don't worry, guys," Gilbert said. "We'll keep you safe and make sure nothing bad happens."
"… G-Grazie, dammit…" Lovino mumbled.
"I… I don't know why the hell you bastards are putting up with this shit…." Lovino mumbled in a slightly delirious state due to his sickness, his face completely flushed from his fever and his eyes hazy. "Just dump us in a damn cage like an animal…. We already are one… Lower than one… Scum of the whole fucking earth…."
"Don't say that Lovi," Antonio said, placing a cool cloth over the sick boy's forehead. "You aren't."
"Yeah… You're right…" Lovino slurred and stared off to the side. "I'm not an animal… I'm a fucking monster in human skin…. So just shoot me and get it over with..."
"Lovino!" Antonio cried. "Don't say such horrible, untrue things!"
Then there was a knock at the door and Matthew peeked his head in through it a second after. "Is there anything I can bring you? Francis and Kiku are trying to see if they can make something light enough for Lovino and Feliciano to be able to eat and hold down."
"Could you bring me another cool cloth?" Antonio requested.
"What… What time is it…?" Lovino asked as the bite on his shoulder gave a sharp twinge of a burn, causing him to reach up and start rubbing it to try to numb the pain. "W-We have to be out of here before we start changing… We might accidentally bite you without realizing it…."
"We have time," Antonio assured him. "We want to wait to move you two until we can't any longer so that you can be comfortable as long as possible. I promise you'll both be out of here in plenty of time."
"N-No... W-We should get out of here! N-Now!" Lovino stuttered as he started to pry himself off the bed only to fall back on it and let out a small gasp of pain from the action.
Gently, Antonio brushed Lovino's hair. "Shh... Querido, it's okay. I promise everything will be fine," he soothed.
Lovino winced again as his burn became more intense, enough to feel like a fire on his shoulder. "A-Are you sure we have plenty of time bastard…? T-The only damn time my scar f-feels like this is when I'm about…" Then he froze and asked. "W-Which clock did you look at for the time…? The one in the hallway is always breaking so we can't use it…."
"I don't know. Someone else told me the time. I don't know which clock they used," Antonio said worriedly.
Lovino forced himself up and grabbed Antonio's shirt with pointed fingernails while staring fearfully at him with glowing gold eyes. "G-Get us out… R-Right now… We're going to change any damn second now!"
Antonio scooped Lovino into his arms and sprinted from the room. "Ludwig!" he yelled. "Let's go!"
"Veh..." Feliciano murmured, his head rolling towards the German next to him, red-faced and his eyes unfocused.
"Feliciano. Hold your head still, I need to put this cloth on," Ludwig sternly but gently said to the Italian.
"Don't want it..." Feliciano pouted, moving out of the way again. His leg was starting to feel warmer and his stomach clenched. Groaning in pain, he rolled away from the vampire and curled up on his side, one hand over his hurting abdomen and the other rubbing at the old bite scar.
"Feliciano. You have a fever. You need this," Ludwig answered and gently placed the cloth on Feliciano's head. "You can move around but just try to keep your head still."
Feliciano whimpered softly. "M-My tummy hurts..."
"Ja… I know…." Ludwig gently said. "Is there anything I can get you that might help? Kiku might have brought some of Yao's herbal medicines with him."
Wincing in pain, Feliciano pushed himself onto his knees and crawled towards Ludwig, tears forming in his hazy eyes. "M-make it better," he begged, resting his fevered forehead on the vampires shoulder.
"I will. Soon enough. I promise," Ludwig whispered as he brushed Feliciano's sweat coated hair away from his face and wished he really COULD do something more for the Italian.
Feliciano cried out when the scar flared, falling back away from the German. He whimpered and cried at the burning sensation, wanting nothing more than for it to stop.
Sensing something was very wrong, Ludwig leaned over and set his hand on Feliciano's shoulder. "Feliciano...? What is it? What's wrong?!"
Feliciano looked up at Ludwig, his eyes glowing. "G-Get us out of here..." he demanded, his nails and teeth beginning to sharpen. The words were barely out of his mouth before Antonio's yell was hear from Lovino's room.
Ludwig nodded as he scooped up the Italian and ran for the front door while calling out, "Everyone! Outside now! Remember your positions!" Then he ran all the way into the woods before setting Feliciano down on the ground, soon followed by Antonio right after him.
Lovino tore away from the Spanish vampire and fell to the ground in the middle of the clearing as he started trembling and making small growling sounds in the back of his throat as he gripped the ground with his newly forming claws with his face elongating into a muzzle while fur grew all over him and his teeth sharpened.
Feliciano only managed to escape Ludwig's arms before collapsing in front of him. "L-Look away!" he forced out before his voice was lost to growls and whimpers as he began to change.
Both vampires quickly looked away from the changing werewolves.
Seconds later, Lovino finished changing then stood back up and shook his fur out. Twitching his nose when a scent hit it, he turned and walked over to Antonio then started smelling him all over before stopping to smell the vampire's jacket pocket. Using his sharp teeth, he dug into the fabric and yanked backwards, breaking the pocket and causing the tomatoes inside to come spilling out, which the wolf picked up in his mouth and walked over with a second later.
Feliciano stood up next and stretched, then shook out his own fur, looking over at his brother. He growled questioningly at him upon seeing the red fruit.
Lovino laid down on the ground and set the tomatoes in front of him. Turning his head, he looked over and growling something at Feliciano while gesturing to Antonio with his nose. Then he bit into one and started eating it.
"Antonio…? Why did you have tomatoes in your pocket…?" Ludwig asked with a sigh.
"I thought Lovi might want one. And I was right~!" Antonio said, smiling.
Ludwig only sighed again in response.
Feliciano turned to look at the vampire, tilting his head slightly.
Lovino finished off all of the tomatoes and walked back over to the Spanish vampire and stared up into his face.
"You want more?" Antonio asked. "I don't have any. If you wait a moment, I can get you some."
Suddenly, Feliciano whipped his head towards the trees, growling lowly upon hearing noises coming from the branches.
Lovino's ear twitched and he whipped his head around to stare at the same tree Feliciano was. With his fur bristling and growling lowly, he stalked over to the tree before jumping up at it and snapping at whatever was inside the branches.
Something rustled and moved further up into the foliage. Antonio glanced at Ludwig worriedly. "That's the tree Gil, Kiku, and Fran are in," he whispered nervously. "What do we do?"
Feliciano had circled around to the other side and was glaring up into the tree, his sharp eyes looking for any sign of movement.
Lovino stopped trying to jump up but instead started pacing back and forth on his side of the tree, also trying to search for movement.
Ludwig thought for a minute before saying, "…. Lovino said that he and Feliciano should be very hungry right about now…. Maybe we can find a deer to lead near them and distract them with that. Then Gilbert, Kiku, and Francis can move into a different tree."
However, as soon as the words were out of Ludwig's mouth, there was a small splash in the nearby lake, causing Lovino to perk up his ears more and run to the water side and stare down into it.
Antonio froze for a moment. "And that was Alfred... Oh mierda... What now!? We won't find something fast enough to distract them!" he hissed.
Feliciano had keep post by the tree, although he was now watching the lake with interest. Gilbert took the chance to get Kiku and Fran into the next tree before the Italian looked back up again.
Ludwig looked between the wolves as he started trying to think of a new plan. Thinking of something quickly, he quietly hissed, "Matthew! Where are you?"
"R-Right here…." Matthew said as he materialized in front of the two vampires. "What is it…?"
"You're a ghost, ja? Can you possess people and animals?" Ludwig quickly asked.
Matthew blinked in surprise and slowly nodded. "Uh…. Yes…. Why….?"
Ludwig pointed over at Lovino who was still staring into the water. "Go. Possess Lovino. Then tell Feliciano to follow you. Take him… er... to Lovino's garden. That should occupy them for a while."
Matthew nodded again and disappeared. Then, a second later, Lovino jumped back with a startled howl and started shaking his head wildly and trembling violently.
Feliciano instantly lost interest in the tree and ran to his twin, whimpering and growling in concern.
Lovino continued to thrash around and howl until he stopped short and collapsed to the ground.
Feliciano began to whine and he nuzzled his brother's face, whimpering softly.
Slowly, Lovino got back to his feet and shook himself off, then glanced at the two vampires as his eyes flashed purple for a second. Growling to reassure Feliciano, he nuzzled the other then started to walk off in the direction of the garden.
The younger wolf silently padded after him, concerns for the moment put to rest. The vampires followed the wolves and Antonio looked back long enough to wave at his silver haired friend before facing the front again.
Matthew led Feliciano all the way to the garden before leaving Lovino and appearing in front of the two vampires. "I'm sorry... I can't stay in him more that than… He would have started fighting me again and might have gotten hurt…"
Lovino shook his head and growled as he got his bearings again. Then he went to turn and go back to the lake, at least until the smell of fresh ripe tomatoes caught his nose, making him walk over to the plants and smell one before ripping one of the fruits off it with his teeth.
Feliciano watched him curiously for a moment, then growled softly as he looked at another of the plants.
Lovino stopped and growled back at Feliciano, then went back to pulling off tomatoes and eating them.
Feliciano sniffed at the fruit nearest him before pulling it off and starting to eat it.
"... We really should try to find a deer now. Those tomatoes won't last them forever," Ludwig muttered as he watched the two wolves.
"Yeah. Let's go. We'll stay close enough to hear them," Antonio said, turning partially towards the forest.
Ludwig nodded and walked off with them. "Hopefully, it won't take too long to find one..."
However, Lovino heard the two leaving and quickly swallowed the last bit of tomato he had before getting up and curiously following after the two, his paws barely making a sound in the grass.
Feliciano started to follow as well, but at a growl from his brother, he sat back down and waited obediently.
Ludwig continued walking but let out a sigh. "Antonio… We're being followed."
The Spaniard glanced back and stopped. "You go ahead. I'll stay back with Lovi," he said.
Ludwig nodded and walked on.
Lovino stopped too and stared up at the vampire then tilted his head to the side, trying to figure Antonio out.
Antonio smiled, careful to not show his teeth at the wolf. "Whatcha' up to, Lovi?" he asked.
Lovino blinked then crouched down before jumping up on Antonio and knocking him to the ground. Then he sat down right on Antonio's chest and stared down at him, right in the eyes.
Confused, Antonio raised an eyebrow and returned the gaze. "Can I help you, Lovi..?" he asked.
Lovino only continued to sit there and stare at the vampire.
After a few moments, Antonio shifted and gently scooted the wolf off of him.
Lovino growled a little and bared his teeth in reply before climbing back onto Antonio but this time laying down on him with a glare in his eyes.
The vampire sighed. "Please let me up, Lovi?" he asked.
Lovino only stared back before checking the rest of Antonio's pockets for tomatoes, then slowly got up off the vampire while still staring at him.
"Gracias," Antonio said, getting to his feet.
Lovino blinked then tilted his head to the side.
The Spanish boy fell silent and the sounds of the woods filled the air.
The wolf stared at Antonio for a few more seconds before sticking his nose into the vampire's pocket and smelling the inside for tomatoes.
"I don't have any more, Lovi. Lo siento," Antonio said. 'Ludwig, what's taking so long?!' he yelled in his head.
As if on cue, Lovino snapped his head up and stared into the darkness ahead of them, then growled back at Feliciano to come join him.
After a minute, the lighter colored wolf appeared beside the other. His ears flicked as he caught the sounds of the animal running through the forest and he growled.
Lovino softly growled again at Feliciano then crouched down before breaking into a full on sprint and racing into the darkness. A second later, there followed a loud, scared cry from a deer.
Feliciano bolted after his brother and Antonio quickly followed the twins.
Lovino was still hold the deer down when Feliciano arrived. Actually, the deer wasn't that much bigger than the wolf biting down on it. Lovino growled as he bit down deeper and used his paws to pin the deer too.
The younger wolf stopped a respectful distance away and waited to be given permission to approach.
Lovino glanced over at his brother out of the corner of his eye and growled to signal Feliciano to go in for the kill.
The wolf did as he was told and the trapped animal finally stopped moving.
Lovino let go of where he was holding the deer, then walked over closer to where Feliciano was and bit down and ripped off a large piece of meat.
From the shadows, Ludwig walked out and over to Antonio. "Sorry about taking so long. There weren't that many deer here tonight."
Antonio smiled. "It's alright. I was starting to worry about you though."
"Well, at least I was able to find one…" Ludwig answered. "Was everything alright when you were watching him?"
"Si. Lovi just kinda stared at me the entire time," Antonio said with a small laugh.
Feliciano carefully took a smaller piece of meat and moved away from the carcass to eat.
Lovino quickly ate the piece he grabbed and went to get another. At least, until he glanced back at the vampires and noticed them just standing and talking instead. Growling a little, he padded over to Antonio and gently head-butted the back of the vampire's legs to get him moving to the deer.
"Hmm? What is it, Lovi?" Antonio asked as he was pushed towards the animal.
Lovino pushed the vampire all the way to the carcass then moved away and stared up at the vampire.
Slowly, Antonio bent and took some of the meat. "Is this what you wanted me to do?" he asked.
Lovino snorted in reply then went back to eating.
"I guess so..." Antonio mumbled as he moved away from the deer. He wasn't hungry at all. The vampires had gone hunting earlier and he was still quite full. However, he knew he had to drink this piece dry as to not upset the wolf so he did.
Lovino finally finished eating what he could off the deer then turned and stared at Antonio, then the drained meat in his hand. Walking over to the vampire, Lovino smelled what was left of the meat before staring up at Antonio's face.
Antonio looked a little sick. His stomach was a bit to full for comfort and he set the dry meat onto the ground and forced a smile. "Thanks, Lovi~."
Lovino blinked and stared down at the dry meat and nudged it with his nose then he glanced back up at Antonio and tilted his head to the side.
"What is it, Lovi?" Antonio asked.
Lovino stared down at the meat then back up at Antonio.
Antonio shook his head. "Lo siento, Lovi. I don't know what you want," he apologized.
Lovino stared more then walked around behind the vampire and jumped onto his back, knocking him to the ground then he started smelling Antonio all over.
Feliciano, who had finished his own piece, licked the blood from his lips and walked over to Ludwig. He stared up at the German vampire curiously.
Ludwig blinked and looked down at the wolf. "Er... Is something wrong Feliciano…?"
Narrowing his golden eyes, Feliciano grabbed the bottom of Ludwig's shirt with his teeth and yanked at it.
Ludwig started looking even more confused. "I… don't understand what you want…"
Feliciano growled lowly and gave the shirt a harsh yank, ripping a good sized section partially away so the fabric hung from the shirt, attached only by threads.
"Feliciano… I really can't understand you…." Ludwig sighed.
Feliciano growled again, then lept on the vampire, slamming him into the ground forcefully.
"H-Hey!" Antonio protested, squirming under the wolf.
Lovino still continued smelling Antonio, at least until his gold eyes noticed the sun starting to peek out and rise, causing him to jump off the vampire and back away from the ball while his fur bristled and his teeth bared and growled lowly.
Feliciano's ears twitched at Lovino's growls and he looked up and whimpered, jumping away from Ludwig and cowering beside his brother away from light.
Ludwig pulled himself back up and brushed himself off as he watched the sun. "Antonio….? Do you know what's going on with them…?"
Lovino backed away while still growling at the sun, until it hit the two wolves causing them to tremble then howl at the top of their lungs.
"Here. I grabbed some robes for Feliciano-kun and Lovino-kun while we were still inside the house," Kiku said as he dropped down out of the tree while holding the said robes.
"Gracias, Kiku~!" Antonio said, taking the robes. He handed one to Ludwig and quickly approached Lovino. "Lovi, Lovi," he said gently as he knelt down beside him. "It's okay. I promise it'll be over soon."
Feliciano howled and let out a yelp of pain as his bones began to shrink back down.
Ludwig grabbed the robe as he stayed close to the wolf. "Don't worry, Feliciano. Just stay calm. Make sure to keep breathing."
Lovino let out his own yelp of pain and pressed himself against Antonio in an attempt to keep the sun from hitting him, but even that didn't stop him from changing back to human form.
Antonio wrapped the Italian in the robe and held him close. "It's going to be fine, Lovi," he whispered gently.
Feliciano clawed at the ground in agony, his fur being forced back into his skin as his teeth grew dull.
Ludwig quickly covered up the Italian and held him close. "Don't worry Feliciano… It will all be over soon."
Lovino pressed himself even closer while still changing. Then he growled until he managed to get out words. "H-Hurts… d-dammit…."
"I know. I know," Antonio said soothingly. "I promise this will be over soon." The vampire shifted his position so the wolf-boy was sitting in his lap rather than on the ground. "You'll be perfectly fine. I promise."
Feliciano whimpered once more before be managed to make a human sounding sob. "L-Luddy... h-help..." he cried.
"I can't do anything right now, Feliciano…" Ludwig said, wishing he COULD do something. "We have to wait for it to pass…."
Finally, after what seemed like forever, Lovino stopped changing and collapsed, exhausted, against Antonio's chest, fully human once more and barely able to keep his eyes open.
The Spaniard held him close and made sure the robe was wrapped securely around him. He got to his feet, carrying the elder twin.
A few moments later, Feliciano was also back to his human form, laying tiredly against Ludwig.
Ludwig secured the robe and gently carried Feliciano back into the house, all the way to his room and set him down on his bed.
"Luddy..." Feliciano mumbled, holding onto the German boy's shirt tightly, half asleep.
"What… What the hell happened last night….?" Lovino slurred as he stared up at Antonio with sleepy eyes.
"Nothing bad," Antonio assured him. "You get some rest and we can talk when you wake up okay?"
"Just… Just tell me dammit…" Lovino slurred again, but as soon as the words left his lips, he ended up falling into a deep sleep.
Antonio chuckled and laid him in his bed. "When you wake up, querido," he said softly.
"Luddy..." Feliciano murmured again, his voice sounding more distant and a little urgent. "I-I need to tell you something."
Ludwig blinked and glanced down at the Italian. "What is it?"
"I-I l.. T-Ti a-" Feliciano cut off as he fell asleep before he could finish his sentence.