Happy Monday guys~! It's getting close to the holidays~! I'm super pumped~!
And you know what's awesome? Waking up early to find out you have a 2 hour delay and can sleep longer~! Yay~!
A few days later, the day of the full moon came. However, this time, both twins had to share the same bed due to only Antonio being able to watch them at the moment since the others had to work on getting blood to last for all of them for a bit longer than usual that night.
"What… the hell... do we have to be... in the same damn bed for….?" Lovino slurred as he glanced over at his twin and tried to focus on him. "It's too... fucking annoying and- dammit, Gio! Get the hell... off my head! It's already... fucking dizzy enough... without you there!"
The kitten let out a soft huff and jumped off the bed, meowing for Gino to follow him before stalking out of the room. The other kitten, who had been comfortingly licking Feliciano's cheek, quickly followed his brother, causing Feliciano to whine softly. "No... Gino come back..." he pleaded, sitting up slightly only to fall back down as his only good arm gave out under him.
"Because I need to make sure you're both safe," Antonio said gently, laying cool wash cloths on the twins' foreheads. "I can only be in one room at a time. This is the best solution to watching you both."
"W-Well… That's all of the... other bastards faults for... fucking leaving…." Lovino grumbled. Then, as he pointedly ignored Antonio, he said to his twin, "Feli…? I'm going to have to... take the damn cats to the... Chinese bastard alone. You'll have... to stay here. And no bitching about it... either."
Feliciano murmured a response that didn't really have words so much as noises and curled up tightly on his side, rubbing his burning leg. He felt like he was going to throw up and the dizziness was only making it worse. He just wanted Ludwig to come and hold him and tell him everything would be okay.
Lovino winced and rubbed his now burning shoulder. "Cazzo… To... Tomato bastard….? What fucking time is it...? The whole damn room is... spinning too much for me to see…"
The Spaniard checked his watch. "It's almost nine thirty. Do you want me to wait outside for a few minutes?" he asked.
Lovino went to reply, but before he could, moonlight streamed into the room and covered both twins. When he was hit, Lovino immediately curled in on himself and started trembling while his eyes glowed and whimpered in pain.
Feliciano gasped for breath, whimpering and squirming in pain.
The vampire quickly left, knowing that the brothers hated being seen during this time.
A short while later, the door opened and Lovino looked out. Antonio, who had been sitting across the hall watching the door, stood up. "You alright, querido?" he asked, moving to his Italian's side and gently petting his head.
Lovino growled a little and moved his head out of the way so he could walk out of the room. Then he looked up at Antonio and jerked his head back into the room towards Feliciano.
Suddenly, Feliciano began to howl in pain. Startled, Antonio rushed into the room, Lovino right behind him. The werewolf was curled up tightly around his left front leg, trembling. Antonio couldn't see anything wrong, but as he got closer, he could smell it. Blood.
Feliciano howled and whimpered, licking at his bleeding shoulder as the crimson liquid matted into his fur and spotted the blanket he laid on. They had forgotten about the stitches and when Feliciano had changed, the black threads had torn through his skin, trying to stay together, only to snap apart after they caused damage.
Lovino whined and whimpered as he nudged at his twin's good shoulder then looked up at Antonio with a look on his face demanding he do something about it.
Antonio moved to Feliciano's side and gently turned his head away from the wound. "I'm going to fix it now, Feli, okay? You can't lick it," he said. He went into the bathroom, got disinfectant and gauze, then came back out and sat beside the wolf. He noticed that the wound was already bleeding significantly less than before and also that the wounds seemed smaller.
Shrugging it off, he cleaned them, causing Feliciano to whimper at the stinging, and then bandaged them. "There you go. All better," he said, smiling.
Lovino jumped up onto the bed and started smelling the wound then pulled back while staring at it, confused, before looking over at Antonio with the same look on his face.
The Spaniard shrugged again.
Feliciano whimpered and limped off the bed, almost crashing to the floor in his attempt.
Lovino growled as he jumped down and gently started moving Feliciano back up onto the bed with his own shoulder.
The Italian whined, not wanting to get back onto the bed. Antonio quickly grabbed the bloodied blanket from the bed and went to go wash it before it could stain, leaving the brothers alone.
Lovino growled and lightly nipped at his twin then jerked his head towards the direction of the bed.
Downstairs, loud voices suddenly rang through the house as the front door opened and closed. "Nein! Both of you stop that right now! You're lucky we were able to make it back here now! It's your own fault for wanting to buy drinks too!"
"Aww, West! You're being un-awesome! Those drinks were super cheap!" Gilbert's voice protested.
At the sounds, Feliciano perked up and he began to howl loudly and hit the ground, hard, with his back leg, making as much noise as he could.
Lovino howled himself then nipped at Feliciano in warning as footsteps echoed up the stairs towards the room.
The smaller wolf whined a little, but finally accepted Lovino's help back onto the bed.
As soon as they had managed to get Feliciano back up onto the bed, all of the vampires came running into the room.
"F-Feliciano?! Are you alright?!" Ludwig demanded as he started over but was forced to stop short by Lovino crouching down and baring his teeth with a low growl.
Feliciano whined at his twin and moved to get off the bed once more and go to Ludwig.
However, Lovino was faster and pushed Feliciano back with a growl in his throat.
"Lovi," Antonio said gently from the doorway. "We need to find Gio and Gino and take them to Yao's."
Lovino glared over at the vampire and snorted, but slowly got off the bed and walked out of the door while still managing to give Ludwig one last threatening look.
As soon as his brother and the vampire where gone, Feliciano laid his head down on the mattress and gave Ludwig the most pitiful look any of the three remaining vampires had ever seen, accompanied by a soft whimper.
"Ludwig," Gilbert said. "If you don't do something for him right now, Francis is going to go cuddle him. Even the Awesome Me is tempted. So hurry up." While he really did feel like he wanted to go comfort the wolf, and he was indeed holding onto Francis, just in case. Gilbert knew he wouldn't have to do anything.
Ludwig shot his older brother a glare and sat down next to the wolf and gently started petting his head. "It's alright… I'll stay here with you."
Feliciano whimpered, licked at his newly re-bandaged shoulder, then laid his head on the German boy's lap.
Ludwig continued petting the wolf but sternly said, "You shouldn't lick that, Feliciano. It's not sanitary."
The werewolf's ears flattened and he whimpered again.
Ludwig sighed in response. "You're not in trouble. I just don't want anything to happen to you."
Whimpering for a third time, much softer than the last, Feliciano nuzzled his head against Ludwig's stomach.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure I stay right here with you the entire night. Is that alright with you?"
Feliciano nodded and curled up against the German vampire's leg.
Downstairs, the two kittens were nestled together on the couch. Gino was partially asleep and Gio was gently grooming him, his sandpaper tongue sliding over his brother's fur soothingly.
Finally seeing them, Lovino slowly and quietly started padding up to the couch, not sure how the two kittens would react to seeing him like this for the first time.
Gio's ears twitched and looked up, his amber eyes locking with Lovino's golden ones. He gave Gino's ear one more lick then stood up and jumped lightly onto the wolf's back. There, he curled up and made himself comfortable in the soft fur.
Lovino growled in surprise then started trying to turn and twist his head enough to look back at the kitten.
Gio mewed and gave a lick to Lovino's fur, then curled back up and fell asleep.
Lovino blinked then started nudging the kitten with his nose while softly growling.
"Do you want me to take him, Lovi?" Antonio asked when the tiny animal didn't make any moves to get off of the wolf.
Lovino nodded and growled then started gently nudging the kitten with his nose again.
The Spaniard stepped forward and gently scooped Gio into his arms, then turned to the couch and picked up Gino. "Alright. I got them, Lovi. Ready to go?" he asked, looking back at the wolf.
Lovino looked around the room before going over and grabbing the cat carrier in his teeth then brought it back to the vampire and held it up.
"Ah~. Gracias, Lovi~!" Antonio thanked him, taking the carrier and sliding the kittens into it gently. They both began to mew in protest but quieted after a few seconds, deciding it wasn't worth arguing.
Lovino snorted then growled a little in warning to the kittens before reaching up and taking the carrier away from Antonio and started walking to the door.
The vampire went after him, smiling. He held the door for the Italian then followed him out, heading for Yao's store.
As promised, the nature spirit had left the back door to his shop open, allowing the two boys to enter the store from the forest without being spotted.
Lovino padded into the store then set down the carrier as he glanced up at Yao and growled questioningly.
The Chinese man smiled. "I'll take care of them, Lovino. Don't worry. And they'll be back at your home tomorrow morning," he promised.
Lovino snorted back in reply then leaned down and stuck his nose against the carrier.
Antonio opened the latch and let the kittens out. The tiny creatures exited, Gio looking rather put out and Gino just looking a bit dizzy from the ride.
Lovino slowly laid down then nudged Gio with his nose.
The baby cat sat down, wrapped his tail around his paws, and turned his head away from the wolf, huffing slightly.
Lovino sighed then glanced up at Yao and growled, then sadly walked out the door.
A yowl stopped him before he could get very far. When Lovino turned around, he saw that Gino had jumped on his brother, pinning him to the ground, mewing loudly at him, nipping at his ears. Gio struggled to get up and finally succeeded in knocking the younger cat off then ran to Lovino and hid behind his front legs, glaring at his brother.
Blinking in confusion, Lovino stared between the two kittens before finally looking up at Antonio with the same confused look on his face.
The vampire shrugged.
Yao laughed. "That little one," he said, pointing to Gino, "wanted the other to apologize to you Lovino for 'being mean by not giving him the loving good-bye he deserved'."
Lovino snorted then softly growled and nudged both kittens with his nose.
Gino mewed and nuzzled his tiny head under Lovino's chin. Gio gave the wolf's cheek a quick lick then turned away, seeming embarrassed.
Lovino stuck his own tongue out and ended up catching both kittens with it. Then he turned and walked out after growling at Antonio to follow him.
Once outside, Antonio spoke. "So what do you want to do, Lovi?" he asked.
Lovino only growled and shrugged as he continued walking.
Back at the house, Feliciano began to whine and squirm around.
Ludwig sighed then gently held the wolf down on the bed. "Nein. You shouldn't move around so much. You're hurt."
Feliciano growled softly and nipped at Ludwig's hands. He was bored and wanted to do something. Not lay on this bed all night.
Ludwig paused for a minute and thought. "Would you like to play checkers or something? You can just use your mouth for that."
The wolf starred at the vampire, then huffed a bit, giving a nod.
"Alright," Ludwig said as he got up off the bed. "I'll be right back. You stay there."
The Italian made an irritated noise accompanied by a growl before rolling onto his back.
Ludwig sighed and rolled the wolf back over. "Don't do that." Then he left the room.
Feliciano growled. As soon as Ludwig was gone, he rolled back into the position he had chosen.
Outside, Lovino continued walking until he stopped short and snapped his head up while looking very tense.
Antonio stopped. "Lovi?" he asked.
Lovino ignored him as he ran off into a thickset of trees and was soon followed by a loud scream then silence.
"Oh. A rabbit," Antonio muttered, following after his lover.
Lovino came padding back up to the vampire with a dead rabbit hanging out of his mouth and without a second glance headed back to the house.
Curious, Antonio followed after him silently.
When they reached the house, Lovino dropped the rabbit to open the door then picked it back up again as he nervously peeked in and looked all around inside for signs of his grandfather.
Romulus was in the kitchen, making himself a cup of tea, having just gotten back from a late night at his office. The two boys could hear him moving around.
Lovino glanced between the stairs and the kitchen before quickly and quietly running up the steps to Feliciano's room and shutting the door with his paw after Antonio has followed him in there, all the while making sure the rabbit was securely held in his mouth.
Feliciano watched his brother, upside down, still on his back. He growled questioningly at his twin.
Lovino walked over and set the rabbit down next to the bed then jumped up beside to his twin and rolled him back over while growling back in reply.
However, before they could do anything else, footsteps started coming up the stairs and towards the door. Acting quickly, Lovino jumped down and grabbed the rabbit then started trying to stuff it underneath the bed.
The door opened and Romulus entered, having come to check on his grandsons before going to sleep. He stopped when he spotted part of the rabbit poking out from under the bed. "Lovino," he said, crossing his arms and tapping his foot. "What did I say about bringing dead animals into the house?
Lovino whimpered as he crouched down and cowered against the wall then jerked his head towards Feliciano.
Romulus sighed and moved to his eldest grandson's side. He knelt down and gently petted his head. "Alright, Lovi. Just this once okay?" he said kindly.
Lovino blinked then nodded and growled before walking over to the bed and picking up the rabbit again then setting it down next to Feliciano.
The wolf nosed at the dead animal and looked at his elder brother, still confused.
Lovino growled and nudged the rabbit closer.
Slowly, Feliciano took the rabbit in his teeth and pulled it closer. He glanced at Lovino once more, to make sure he was understanding correctly what Lovino was saying.
Lovino growled again and nodded then sent a quick nervous look up at Romulus.
Romulus just turned and started to the door. "Just try to keep the sheets as clean as you can," he said before leaving and heading down the hall to his office.
Feliciano began to nibble at the meat, making a soft noise of happiness in the back of his throat.
Lovino softly growled then turned and walked out of the room.
Feliciano's tail swished back and forth, happily munching on the rabbit, the tiny creature's bones crunching nicely between his teeth. He licked a little blood from him muzzle, not noticing how... messy his meal had become. Bits of gore and splatters of blood were everywhere.
At that moment, the door slowly opened as Ludwig came back in with the checkers box. However, after taking one look at the Italian, he set the game down then turned and walked out of the room again.
The wolf tilted his head curiously, wondering what the vampire was doing.
Then Ludwig came back into the room with his arms filled with cleaning supplies. Grabbing a washcloth and some soap, he walked over and knelt down in front of the bed as he started to lather the cloth in the soap.
Feliciano leaned forward and licked the top of Ludwig's head in thanks.
Ludwig smiled a little then gently started cleaning Feliciano's muzzle. "Just hold still."
The werewolf closed his eyes and remained stationary as told until all the blood had been wiped from his fur.
When he finished with that, Ludwig gently moved Feliciano back and started cleaning up the spot on the bed. "I'll have to replace it, but this should work for a little while."
Feliciano just sighed, beginning to feel bored again.
"Er… So… Do you want to play that game now….?" Ludwig awkwardly asked as he pointed over at the box.
Feliciano nodded.
"Alright. Then I'll get it ready," Ludwig said then started setting up the game. "Which color do you want?"
Feliciano licked one of the black squares.
Ludwig nodded as he turned the half with the black pieces towards the wolf. "Alright. Black it is."
Once the game was set up and ready, they started. It quickly became apparent that Ludwig was bad at checkers. Very bad. A little ways into the game, the German made a bad move and, with eyes flashing, Feliciano picked up his black piece in his teeth, and triple jumped the other, landing the piece on Ludwig's side of the board.
Ludwig blinked rapidly as he stared at the board. "Er…. What was that…..?"
Feliciano snorted then took one of the two pieces Ludwig had managed to take from him and set it on top of the piece that was now resting comfortably on Ludwig's side of the board.
"I'll never understand checkers….." Ludwig sighed to himself as he watched.
Feliciano let out a wolfy laugh.
Ludwig sighed again. "I guess it's my turn now, ja?" He asked then moved his piece, but sadly made another bad move.
The wolf starred at the board, then at the German, then back at the board, his eyes seeming to say 'Really? You're going to go there?'
"Er… That was... the wrong move… wasn't it…?" The vampire stupidly asked.
Feliciano nodded sadly then double jumped Ludwig, getting another king.
Ludwig stared for a while then rubbed his forehead. "I can't believe….. I really think I'm not made for checkers…."
Feliciano gave him a look that said 'You think?'
"Er… Maybe we should find a new game…." Ludwig suggested. Then he pointed over at the stack at the side of the room. "I found a lot more games in the attic."
The wolf looked over at the stack. He could read the titles from the bed, but he was sick of laying there so he flopped off the bed, got up on his good three paws, and hobbled over to the pile, happy to finally be off the bed and stretching his limbs.
Ludwig stayed where he was and closely watched the wolf, wanting to have Feliciano rest but knowing that he had to walk around a little too.
After looking carefully over the pile, Feliciano leaned down and picked one up in his mouth, then turned walked shakily back to the vampire and setting it on his leg, looking up at him hopefully.
Ludwig blinked as he looked down at it. "Er…. Chutes and Ladders…..?"
Feliciano nodded, his tail swishing.
"Well… I'll start getting it set up then…"
Antonio followed his werewolf downstairs. "Anything you want to do, Lovi?" he asked.
Lovino glanced up at Antonio and shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, whatever you want to do, I'll be fine with~!" Antonio chirped.
Lovino snorted in reply then headed for the backdoor.
The Spaniard trotted happily after the wolf, curious of what Lovino had in mind.
Lovino opened the door then headed over to the tomato plants. Giving one a quick smell, he reached out and snatched one with his teeth and pulled it off, then started eating it.
Antonio looked around the garden. Since the night the wolves had torn it up, Lovino had worked hard on his garden and somehow managed to bring it back to it's former glory. "You did a really good job with your garden, Lovi~!" he praised. "It looks wonderful~!"
Lovino snorted and threw the tomato he just grabbed at Antonio's head.
Managing to catch the fruit, the Spanish vampire smiled. "Gracias for the tomate, mi tomate~!"
Lovino huffed and growled as he turned away and headed into the woods.
Munching on the red orb of deliciousness, Antonio went after Lovino.
When he was far enough in, Lovino broke into a run.
After taking a moment to be sure it wasn't someone or something that had made Lovino run off, Antonio decided that Lovino had just felt like going on a run. He smiled and ran after him.
As he was running, Lovino glanced back at Antonio with a confused look on his face.
"What's that matter Lovi?" Antonio called.
Lovino snorted and shook his head. Then he tensed up as he stopped short and stared into the bushes.
Antonio nearly crashed into the werewolf from the sudden stop, but managed to skid to a halt just behind him.
Lovino continued staring as he crouched down, then a second later sprinted right into the brush.
There was another scream from an animal that was cut short. "Another rabbit? Geez. Those things are everywhere," Antonio commented.
A second later, Lovino came padding back with the dead rabbit hanging out of his mouth as he walked past Antonio and back towards the back-porch.
"You're such a good hunter, Lovi~!" Antonio said, following him.
Lovino paused and stared up at Antonio with a weird look on his face that said 'What kind of stupido comment is THAT…?'
"It's the truth~!" the vampire said cheerfully.
Lovino snorted then laid down on the ground and started chewing on the rabbit while holding it down with both paws as he bit into it.
Antonio sat down, leaning against a tree, watching Lovino eat. 'Even when he's eating tiny furry creatures he's adorable~!' he cooed in his mind.
Feeling the stare, Lovino slowly glanced up and over at the vampire. Curling his tail close, he folded his ears back and stared down at the particularly eaten rabbit then got up and started inching away.
"Lovi? What's wrong?" Antonio asked in concern.
Lovino shook his head as he kept his tail curled and ears back and headed back to the house.
"What about the rest of your rabbit?" the vampire called, rushing to catch up. "Don't you want to finish it?"
Lovino seemingly ignored him as he quickened his back and walked back into the house, going all the way into the living room and curling up on the couch with his muzzle covered by his paws.
Antonio followed him back, then knelt in front of his boyfriend and gently stroked the fur on top of his head. "Querido," he said gently. "What's the matter?"
Lovino didn't answer back and only turned his head away and buried it underneath the cover on the couch.
"Tesoro," Antonio said, carefully picking Lovino up and pulling him out from under the cover. He sat down and laid the wolf in his lap, petting him slowly with one hand while the other gently scratched behind his ear. "I bet I did something again. Lo siento, mi Lovi. Don't be sad."
Lovino quickly shook his head no then started trying to pull out of Antonio's lap.
"Nope~." Antonio wrapped an arm around Lovino's stomach and held him there, his other hand continuing to pet and scratch his ears. "I know it's my fault. Did I- Oh, wait. I know what I did. It's because I was starring at you, wasn't it? Lo siento, querido," the Spaniard apologized softly.
Lovino paused then slowly glanced back at the vampire as his ears flicked back.
Antonio gave him a gentle smile and leaned down, lightly kissing his forehead before going back to scratching and petting his ears. "I didn't mean to upset you," he said. "Please don't be sad, cariño."
Blinking, Lovino slowly pulled himself up into a sitting position so he and Antonio were face to face. Then he leaned closer and gave the vampire's cheek a quick small lick.
The Spaniard wrapped his arms around the Italian, hugging him. "Te amo, mi amor."
Then Lovino yawned and flopped his head down on Antonio's shoulder, his eyes blinking sleepily.
The vampire smiled and slowly stroked his fur. "It's late, querido. And we have school tomorrow. Get some sleep, si?" he said gently.
Lovino yawned again and growled slightly as he laid down across Antonio's lap and started closing his eyes.
Antonio smiled. "Buenas noches, Lovi," he murmured, slowly petting the soft fur.
Lovino gave one final yawn and curled up closer then drifted off into sleep.
Upstairs, Ludwig and Feliciano had just finished their game. Feliciano had won, again. Ludwig seemed not to understand how board games worked. He would have to fix that as soon as possible. However, for now, the wolf was tired. He yawned and curled up, laying his head in Ludwig's lap.
"Oh… Are you tired? Here. I'll get the game out of the way so you have more room," Ludwig said then moved the game onto the floor. "Better?"
Feliciano yawned again and shuffled himself further onto Ludwig's lap, growling softly in contentment.
Ludwig quietly watched for a few seconds then tentatively reached out and started gently rubbing the ear closest to him.
The werewolf's eyes sank shut and was lulled to sleep in moments by the German's administrations. His breaths became deeper and even as he relaxed on the vampire's lap.
Ludwig still continued even after he was sure the wolf was asleep.