Hey guys~! Happy Monday~! It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so no school for me. Yay~!
I had exams last week. They sucked. I'm positive I failed my Latin test... I suck T^T But I think I did well on math, surprisingly. I am horrible at math. But I guess I'll have to see.
"Ja. I promise," Ludwig answered back with a nod and held Feliciano close. "You'll get your sight back and I won't let anything happen to you in the mean time."
Feliciano buried his head in his boyfriend's chest and nodded, sniffling.
"…. Come on… I should take you home."
"I'LL fucking do it…." Lovino growled.
Feliciano trembled. "L-Luddy too," he insisted.
"Fuck no!"
Before Feliciano could argue, he heard something. Footsteps. They were familiar. And they were heading towards them. He tilted his head to listen better. He sniffed the air but couldn't get the scent yet. "Veh... What's that...?" he asked.
"Nonno…." Lovino answered as he peeked out the door.
"Nonno..." Feliciano stumbled away from the German vampire towards the door, feeling his way along the wall to the opening.
Lovino quickly darted over and held Feliciano up. "B-Be careful, dammit!"
One hand gripping his brother tightly and the other pressed against the wall, Feliciano made it to the doorway and stepped out into the hall, turning his head from side to side to better pick up the sound of footsteps coming closer.
"N-Nonno….?" Lovino called out to the elder Italian.
The footsteps became faster and Romulus appeared at the end of the hall, barreling towards the two. "Lovino! Feliciano!"
Feliciano squeaked in fright, not expecting their grandfather to be so close already.
Lovino held Feliciano close as he glared at Romulus. "W-Watch it, dammit!"
"Feli, Feli," Romulus cooed gently to his grandson, letting the teen know where he was before gently wrapping his arms around him.
"N-Nonno," Feliciano whimpered, grabbing tightly onto his grandfather.
Lovino glanced up at Romulus. "W-We're taking him home now, nonno….?"
"Si. But I need you to take the Feli out to the car. I need to have a... conversation, with the principal and a certain member of the staff," Romulus said, his voice level and even, a slight tremble in his tone.
Lovino nodded and started to lead Feliciano down the hall, knowing full well what his grandfather was going to do.
"A-Aspetta," Feliciano said, planting his feet and turning his head back towards where he assumed was the nurse's office but was actually a wall three feet away. "L-Luddy. I want Luddy t-to come to."
"The HELL he fucking will….."
"I-I need him," the younger twin whimpered.
"That asshole hasn't done SHIT! Isn't your damn family enough?!"
"H-He's part of my family..." Feliciano whispered, flinching slightly from his brother's tone.
Lovino growled lowly as his eyes turned gold and his nails and teeth started to lengthen. Handing Feliciano over to Romulus, he spat, "FINE! Have fun with your fucking potato!" Then he ran out before he could be caught changing more.
"W-Wha...?" Feliciano was put off from the sudden change on persons. "F-Fratello?" Upon receiving no answer, his breath began to grew heavy and quick in fear. "F-Fratello, where are you? Fratello? Fratello?! Fratello where are you!?" he cried, terror building in his gut.
Ludwig walked over and set his hand on Feliciano's shoulder. "Feliciano…?"
The werewolf jerked in surprised fright, not knowing Ludwig had approached, a shriek escaping him.
"S-Sorry…." Ludwig quickly said. "I didn't mean to startle you…"
Feliciano whimpered, sniffing. "I-I made fratello upset," he murmured, staring over Ludwig's shoulder.
"It's not your fault…"
"Y-Yes it is. He didn't l-leave until I s-said you were my family to!" The little werewolf reached out and cling to his boyfriend, hiding his face in the other's chest. Romulus patted his back then left to find the office. "T-This is all my fault..."
"Nein. It's his problem. Not yours."
"Luddy, I-I don't like no seeing!" Feliciano sobbed. "I wanna see! I wanna see fratello and nonno and Gino! I wanna see Luddy!"
"I know… You should get your sight back soon."
"No! I want it now!"
"I know…. I know… but we can't do anything about it right now…."
"F-Fix it, Luddy! Fix it fix it!" Feliciano cried.
"Feliciano… I CAN'T…. We have to wait…."
"FIX IT!" the Italian wolf shrieked, pounding on Ludwig's chest harshly as his breathing once more grew erratic and his teeth and nails began to sharpen again. "FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT!"
"Feliciano!" Ludwig sternly ordered as he grabbed Feliciano's shoulders. "Stop this RIGHT now!"
A screamed ripped from the boy's throat.
Lovino ran as fast as he could and ducked into the bathroom, shivering and growling as he hunched over and continued to change.
Suddenly, Antonio burst into the bathroom. "Lovi!" he cried, rushing to his boyfriend's side.
Lovino glared and bared his teeth as he scooted back away.
"Querido," Antonio said gently, kneeling down and moving closer. "It's okay. It's just me."
Lovino growled lowly and snapped at Antonio with his teeth.
The vampire ignored this and gathered Lovino into his arms, pulling the boy onto his lap and holding him close to his body. "Lovi, what's matter?" he asked gently. "You can tell me. I'm here for you, tomate."
However, Lovino's answer was to try to squirm away and bite at Antonio again.
"Lovi, please," Antonio begged. "What's wrong?"
Lovino growled and glared.
"Lovino, tell me what's wrong," the Spaniard said a bit more forcefully. "I can't help you unless you tell me what the problem is. I just want to help you, querido. Did something happen with Feli or your grandfather?"
However, due to being unable to speak at the moment because of being stuck partway into transform, all Lovino could do was growl back more.
Antonio gently stroked Lovino's hair in a soothing fashion, trying to help the wolf calm down and return to normal.
After a bit more of this, Lovino slowly started to turn back to human form.
The vampire continued his ministrations until Lovino was completely back.
"Let me go," were the first words out of the werewolf's mouth.
Slowly, Antonio did as Lovino said.
As soon as he was able to, Lovino jumped away and started to walk off.
Suddenly, the echos of a scream reached the two.
Lovino jumped at the sound. "S-Shit!" he exclaimed as he started racing towards it.
Antonio quickly followed after, worried what was happening.
Lovino ran into the room just in time to see Ludwig trying to restrain a transforming Feliciano. "W-What the fuck is going on?!"
Feliciano screamed again, his cloudy, dull eyes wide as fur started to grow all over his body and his limbs began to become longer as he teeth and nails sharpened further. He thrashed violently in Ludwig's hold.
Lovino growled and yanked Feliciano out of Ludwig's hold. "Feliciano! Calm the FUCK down right now!" He ordered in the alpha tone, his own eyes blazing gold.
The boys now discovered something. The alpha's authority was not nearly as affective if the one it was being used on could not make eye contact with the one using it. The alpha's voice was only strong enough on it's own to calm Feliciano's movements, though the rest of him remained unchanged as he screamed for a third time.
"Go get the Chinese bastard!" Lovino snapped at them. "Get him to find something to knock Feliciano out!"
Antonio and Ludwig ran off to find Yao, leaving the twins alone as Feliciano regained control over his limbs and began to thrash again.
Lovino held on, not trying to keep himself from transforming as well. "Dammit, Feliciano! Calm the fuck down will you?!"
Another scream. More thrashing. Lovino couldn't help but wonder why no one was reacting to the noises. No one was running towards the nurse's office. No one had opened a door. No one had called out what was wrong. It seemed this part of the school was, for whatever reason, utterly empty.
Lovino's frown grew deeper and deeper as he continued to wait. Why was everything so quiet? "….. the hell's going on….?"
Footsteps sounded in the hall and, moments later, Antonio, along with Ludwig and Yao, appeared. "Lovi, we have to get out of here quickly!" the Spaniard said hurriedly, rushing to Lovino's side and scooping the werewolf into his arms as Ludwig managed to do the same with Feliciano while Yao stood beside the younger Italian and whispered to him softly.
"W-Why?! What the hell is going on?!" Lovino hissed into Antonio's ear as he tried to pull himself free.
The group ran out of the room and down the hall, Antonio not allowing Lovino his freedom. "Yao sensed it. Something is about to attack us. They just tried to corner you and Feli alone in that wing of the school. They cut the sound and alarm systems in that section and called everyone away so it was only you two. They set fire to the floor above us," he explained as they rushed through the empty building. "Everyone else is already outside. We're going out the back to meet up with everyone else."
"W-What?! H-Hell no! Me and Feliciano would have fucking smelled it!" Lovino exclaimed and increased his struggling. "N-Now tell me the damn truth!"
The boys made it outside and Antonio turned back to show Lovino the school. "I wasn't lying," he said softly.
The school was, indeed, on fire. Huge flames billowed up into the sky, the smoke black and thick. The twins' eyes watered heavily as the heat and smell bit at them. It succeeded in stilling Feliciano's spastic movement, shock over the fact that they had come so close to a fiery death and not even know it taking hold of him.
"S-Shit…." Lovino stuttered as he stared wide eyed at the building. "W-What…? H-HOW?!"
"We don't know. Gilbert is checking it out with Matthew right now," Antonio said, holding Lovino close to his chest, his panic from earlier when he realized the fire was growing and his lover had yet to come out of the building.
"…. It's arson. I smell gas…"
"Yes, I do to. But why we couldn't smell it inside is what's worrying me. You and Feli should have been able to smell it way before it go to this point... Everyone should have... But we couldn't..."
"B-But how the hell-?!"
"I don't know."
"I…. I don't like this… s-something's wrong…."
Antonio nodded. "Si. But we don't know what," he said.
"W-We should get out of here… NOW…"
"Yes," Yao said, his eyes scanning the building suspiciously. "I agree. Ludwig and Antonio, take them away from here. I'm going to look around."
Antonio nodded.
Feliciano whimpered.
"By yourself?" Ludwig asked with a frown on his face. "Isn't that dangerous?"
Yao smiled. "Don't worry, Ludwig. I am capable of taking care of myself. And I can't die. I'll be perfectly fine. Just please get them away before something else happens. I don't want them to be attacked." After a moment of silence, he added," And tell Romulus he might want to either start looking for a new house or a place to build a new one. I don't think you can stay here any longer."
"W-What?!" Lovino butted in. "What the hell is that shit supposed to mean?!"
"This attack was for you two," Yao said. "This means they know who you are, what you are, and where you are. This town is no longer a safe place for you to live in."
Lovino's eyes widened. "N-No! W-We're not fucking moving again! F-Forget it!"
"Querido, what's wrong?" Antonio asked gently, holding his lover closer, startled and worried by his reaction.
"I'm NOT leaving! You hear me?!" Lovino insisted. "I'm not!"
"Alright, alright," Antonio quickly soothed. "Okay, you won't. We won't leave. We're going back to your house where we're going to stay alright?" He spoke gently as he slowly moved away from the burning school, down the street that would take him to the Vargas home.
"Luddy," Feliciano whispered. "I-I can smell them. T-Those people... From before..."
Ludwig nodded as he held Feliciano close. "Ja…. I can smell them too... We have to be careful.
The Italian nodded, clinging to the vampire tightly. "I-I don't like them," he whimpered. "I don't w-wanna be taken again..."
"Don't worry. I won't let them. Ever."
Feliciano sniffed. "I want to go home..."
Ludwig nodded as he held Feliciano close. "I know. We're headed there now. Just be patient."
"Ludwig... H-How bad is the fire? I can smell it but..."
"Pretty bad. They just contained it now, but I doubt we'll be going back for a while…."
"... Do you think we should leave this place?" the Italian asked softly.
Ludwig bit his lip in reply. "I… I think that you should do what you believe is right."
"Would everyone come with us? Luddy, Toni, Gil, Francis, Arthur, Al, Kiku, Matt, and everyone else?"
"We'll…. We'll have to ask and see. But I promise that I will stay with you if your grandfather allows it."
Fear gripped the Italian and he clung to his vampire. "W-What if he won't allow it? Luddy, I-I can't live without you! You can go! You can't!" He face quickly became drenched in panicked tears. "Don't leave me! Please don't leave me!" he cried.
"I won't leave you. Don't worry."
Feliciano released Ludwig's shirt as his hands reached out and felt for Ludwig's face. Finding it, he placed his hands on either side of his head and whispered, "D-Do you you promise? Promise me."
Ludwig nodded as he gently wrapped Feliciano's pinky finger with his own. "Ja. I promise."
The werewolf leaned up and softly pressed his lips to the German boy's. "Thank you," he murmured, relief and gratitude in his voice.
"You're welcome," Ludwig said softly. "But come on. We need to go."
"W-Wait! Our damn cars!" Lovino spoke up. "We can use those to leave! The damn things are fast enough! AND we didn't park that close to the school!"
"Oh, yeah. I forgot about those," Antonio said, starting towards where he knew the twins' cars were parked. "Ludwig, you'll have to drive Feli. You okay to drive, querido?"
Lovino nodded as he went to get out of Antonio's arms again. "Just put me down though, bastard."
Antonio did as he was told and soon the four where loaded into the two cars and heading out towards the Vargas' home. Antonio happened to glance in the mirror and spotted something behind them. "Lovi," he said. "Is it just me, or is that car chasing us...?"
Lovino scowled as he glanced back at it through his mirror. "… Looks like it… Hold on." Then he made a sharp right turn onto another street.
Antonio was barely able to keep himself upright and not go flying into Lovino. He glanced into the mirror just in time to see Ludwig seem to realize something was wrong and dart the other way, going left into downtown as opposed to staying right into the main town after Lovino.
Lovino cursed more as he hit the accelerator and made another sharp turn. "Shit…. They ARE fucking chasing us…."
The vampire was thrown into his door and he was glad he had remembered to put his seat belt on, knowing he would have gone through the windshield at some point. "Should I call them and give them a place to meet up at once we get rid of the guys tailing us?" he asked.
"…. Did the damn phone ever leave your sight at all? It might be bugged."
"It's been in my pocket all day and I know that Ludwig's phone is always with him, unless he is doing something like this, driving I mean, he puts it in that little tray thing," Antonio said, pointing to the spot just under the shifter.
"Fine. Then call them, bastard."
Antonio took out his phone and called Ludwig. After only one ring, it was answered.
"Pronto?" Feliciano's voice asked.
"Feli! It's Antonio. Lovi and I are being followed and you and Ludwig are to. We're going to go around until we loose them. Where should we meet up together, Lovi?" the Spaniard asked, holding the phone to Lovino's ear.
"W-What the hell, Antonio?! You talk to him! I'm trying to fucking drive here!" Lovino snapped then made another turn.
"Sorry, Lovi! But you didn't say a place to meet up and I don't have any ideas!"
On the other end of the line, Feliciano winced and pulled the phone away from his ear a little.
"Well then ask Feliciano! I'm fucking driving!"
"Okay~! Sorry, Feli~! Where should we meet up?"
"V-Veh, near the pool...?"
"Alright! See you guys there!" Hanging up, he turned to Lovino. "You hear the destination?"
Lovino nodded as he kept his eyes on the road. "Of course I did! Ugh, dammit! This bastard's still managing to keep behind me!"
Antonio watched for a moment then reached into his backpack and took out five sewing needles, he rolled down his window and got ready. Faster than a human could track, Antonio whipped around and leaned out the window, shooting the needles at the car's front right tire. He was turned around with the window rolled back up when the tire blew out, the car shrieking as it swerved and halted, letting the two streak away.
"The hell was that?!" Lovino breathed out in complete awe.
"I need some new needles," the Spaniard commented lightly.
"Well, get the damn things later!"
Antonio chuckled. "I think I'll need to buy them. No way they just survived that."
"… Weird ass bastard…"
"Love you too~."
"…. That WASN'T a damn compliment…."
"Fusososo~."
"Stop that!"
"Aww. Sorry, Lovi. Shall we head to the pool then?" Antonio asked, checking behind them. "I don't see anyone else."
Lovino sighed and nodded. "Let's go….."
When the duo arrived, the parking lot was empty. Ludwig and Feliciano were no where to be seen.
"Alright. Where the hell are they?" Lovino asked as he slowed the car down and scanned the parking lot.
"I guess they haven't been able to get away from their follower yet," Antonio answered, turning in his seat to look behind them at the empty road. "Should I call and see what's going on? Maybe Ludwig can't shake them..."
Lovino waved him off. "Do it if you want to, bastard."
Antonio picked up his phone and called. It was a few more rings this time before the answer.
"Toni, Luddy said you can't keep calling. It's distracting, he said. We can't get whoever is following us to go away," Feliciano said the moment he answered.
"Where are you?" the Spaniard asked.
"I don't know. Luddy isn't talking to me very much because he's concentrating."
"W-What's going on dammit?!" Lovino butted in as he poked Antonio's arm. "W-Well?!"
"Here, you talk to him," Antonio said, handling over the phone.
"Fratello?" Feliciano asked.
Lovino groaned and gritted his teeth. "I'm here, Feliciano… What the hell is going on?"
"I don't know. I keep feeling the car accelerate and slow down. I can hear the tires squeaking... On my car and the one behind us and I keep getting jerked around, but I have no idea where we are," the younger twin admitted.
"Ugh…. Dammit…."
"Fratello, what should I do?" Feliciano asked.
"Just… deal with it for now. If the bastard gets you hurt in anyway, then I'm beating the shit out of him."
"I'll see you soon, fratello~! Ciao~!" The line was cut off as Feliciano hung up.
Lovino sighed as he handed the phone back to Antonio. "Now what bastard?"
"I don't know. What do you want to do?" Antonio asked, sliding his phone back into his pocket.
"Figure out what the hell's going on now…."
Antonio nodded. "Alright. So, Feliciano thinks it's the people from... a few months ago. Do you think so to?"
"… I thought you and the potato kicked their asses?"
"We did. But human memory is short, and these particular people are incredibly stupid."
"Ugh… isn't that fucking great…."
"So... I guess we'll just have to do it again. And make sure they'll remember it this time," Antonio said quietly, his eyes flashing.
Lovino happened to glance over at that moment and swallowed heavily. "Y-Yeah…."
A smirk crept onto the vampire's lips. "Yeah... We will need to have a little... talk~."
"… Y-You're creeping the hell out of me right now….."
Antonio looked over at his boyfriend, a harsh sounding chuckle escaping him. "Bueno," he said, his eyes seeming to darken for a moment.
Lovino's eyes widened as he started trembling, then he shut the car off and jumped out of it, beginning to backing away.
Just as quickly, Antonio's eyes returned to normal and his expression contorted from threatening and dangerous to confusion and worry. Getting out quickly, he called gently to the werewolf. "Lovi? Querido, what's wrong?"
Lovino didn't answer as he turned and bolted.
Startled and even more worried than before, Antonio followed after Lovino, managing to catch up quickly. "Lovi! Wait! Querido, what's the matter! Please tell me!" he cried as he raced along just behind the Italian.
"S-Stay the hell away from me!" Lovino yelled as his eyes turned gold.
Antonio slowed down, letting Lovino gain distance. "Querido... Please..." he begged. "Tell me what happened. What's wrong? What did I do?"
"I-I said stay the fuck away!"
"B-But, Lovi, why?" The Spaniard came to a full stop, his step petering out. "What did I do...? Please, tell me... What have I done to make you... afraid of me...?" he asked, his heart feeling like it was being crushed as Lovino rejected his very presence.
"Y-Your face…! A-And voice before!"
"What about them? What happened?"
"N-Nothing! G-Go away!"
"Lovi..." Antonio's eyes filled with tears.
"S-Sorry….."
"Please, let me try to fix whatever I messed up..."
"I-I…."
"I'm sorry. Lovi, I'm so sorry..." Antonio whispered, terribly upset that he had done something so horrible that his dear, sweet, Lovino didn't want him anywhere even close to him. "Please... I'm sorry..."
Lovino shifted uncomfortably and looked down.
Suddenly, the duo heard an engine rawer and turned just in time to see Ludwig and Feliciano pull into the parking lot. The doors opened and the two got out. "Fratello?" Feliciano called. "Are you here? Did you beat us or did we beat you? I think you're here because I can smell you, but I might be wrong! Hello?"
Lovino cursed then ran over and grabbed Feliciano's arm. "Quiet down, dumbass! You want someone to fucking hear us?!"
Feliciano jerked back and ripped his arm away from Lovino, falling backwards onto the ground as a frightened gasp was knocked from his lips.
"Feliciano! It's ME, dammit! Didn't you fucking smell me?!"
The younger's eyes watered and he sniffed. "N-No. W-Why is fratello y-yelling at me?" he whimpered.
Lovino sighed and pulled Feliciano into a hug. "Sorry for yelling at you, dammit…."
Hugging him back tightly, Feliciano blinked his tears away. "W-What do we do now?" he asked.
"No fucking clue…" Lovino muttered.
As the brother's talked, Antonio went to Ludwig, his face the picture of misery. "Ludwig, I don't know what I did, but whatever it was, I scared Lovi. Like, really bad. And now he doesn't want me anywhere even close to him. What should I do?" he asked helplessly, really needing the German teen to give him some kind of advice.
Ludwig thought about it, then asked, "Well... What was going on at the time…?"
"That's the thing, I don't know. I have no idea. One minute I was sitting in the car talking about how we'll have to do a better job of making sure these guys don't come after them again, then the next, Lovi was almost crying and trying to run away from me. He was so scared..." Antonio explained sadly.
"Er…. How exactly did you say it…? And… what did your expression look like?"
"I just said we'd have to make sure they remember this time..." Antonio said, a little confused. "I didn't say it weird. What do you mean my expression? I can't see my face, but I think it was a normal one... I don't know. I just know something... me... I scared Lovi..."
"Well…. You ARE extremely overprotective of him…. And sometimes you do have a temper when it concerns him... Maybe he misinterpreted?"
"I hope that's all it is," the vampire murmured, upset at himself for scaring his poor little tomate.
"Just give him time," Ludwig said. "He should come back to you on his own."
"God, I hope you're right."