Buy Me || North Italy

You were dragged away from the hotel you were currently staying in by your friend. You always dreamed of visiting Italy and finally your dream came true. But you were too afraid to go there alone so you asked your best friend, Bella, to go with you. You were really nervous before and after your trip by the plane so you hoped for a moment of relax. Sadly, Bella thought differently- she didn’t want to waste any minute. It involved a few seconds for taking a breath too. You blushed when you saw few persons looking at you and smiling. You thought that you must have looked weird.

Suddenly, she stopped. You looked at her and raised your eyebrows. She slowly turned around to face you. She was smiling nervously.

“You know, _____-chan… I think we are kind of lost…” she said letting go of your hand.

Your face turned red. You hated being lost and the thought that you were in a country you didn’t know anything about didn’t help. You looked as if you were going to cry, so Bella started nervously thinking about what to do. She looked around and saw a few little stores.

“Don’t move from this spot and I will be back soon” with that she quickly ran to one of the stores to look for some map. You tried to stop her and say that you can always asked the passers-by but she was too fast. After that you wanted to go after her but you lost her in the sea of people. You didn’t know what to do so you went to one of the shops with a hope that eventually you will find her somewhere.

You walked in to the old looking shop. It was small and there weren’t any people inside. The old man sitting behind the counter smiled to you and then got back to reading his book. You slowly wandered around looking at all cute things that were inside. Nothing seemed much interesting for you but you didn’t have something else to do beside from looking at souvenirs.

Suddenly you heard the store doors open. You looked up in hope that maybe it was Bella but in the moment you turned your sight there, your eyes met the gleaming brown orbs. When their owner saw your face he smiled warmly. Your cheeks turned pink and you tried to hide yourself behind the shelves.

He titled his head to the side and after a moment he poked his blond haired friend in the arm.

“Ludwig, can we buy her, ve~?” he pointed at you. The taller man looked at you apologetically and told his friend that he should be pointing at other people and asking if he could buy them. The brown haired man only looked at him saying “ve” from time to time. Ludwig stopped his rant when the doors open again. You smiled as you saw familiar face walking into the store. You ran to her and hide behind.

She looked at you and then at the men.

“Who are you?” she asked smiling. You couldn’t believe she did that. From the face that Ludwig made you knew that he thought the same. But his smaller friend only looked at Belle and with a wide smile kissed her and yours cheeks.

“Hello, I’m Feliciano and this is Ludwig” he said pointing at the blond. Bella didn’t mind the kiss but your heart did. You put your hands over your cheeks and turned around so no one could see your face. You knew that this is how Italians greet other people but still it was embarrassing for you. You really wanted to get out from that place and return to the hotel. Well, your friend didn’t think the same.

After a small talk with men, Feliciano asked if you would like a small trip around the town. Before you could say or do anything you were dragged by them around. You didn’t even notice when you all walked out from the store. Your hand was taken in the larger one and you were pulled into the exciting sightseeing with the Italian. You tried to pull away from Feliciano’s hand but his grip was too tight. It didn’t hurt you but having other people eyes on you was very uncomfortable.

You sighed and looked at Bella. She only smiled at you and started taking photos of interesting things. You looked at Feliciano. You didn’t understand why he was so nice to you but you couldn’t do anything with that. You didn’t even listen to what he was saying- all you could pay attention for was his curl, but you didn’t have the courage to ask him anything about it.

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After a short while of walking you stopped thinking about embarrassment or anger. The beauty of the town took filled your entire mind. Before you could notice it was the end of a day. You were really tired after the hours of sightseeing but still you felt very happy. Feliciano showed you many amazing places and you were grateful to him for that. Bella proposed a small payment for them after what had they done, but they didn’t want to hear anything about that saying that it was a pure pleasure.

When you were parting you noticed that all your and Feliciano’s hands never parted. After thinking about that your face turned completely red. You felt Bella hand on your forehead. She asked you if you had a fever. You only shook your head and then quickly went inside the hotel building. Bella stood outside for a moment and then sighed lightly smiling to herself.

But it wasn’t the last time you met Feliciano and Ludwig. To tell the truth your ways crossed too often. Whenever you went you bumped on them- sometimes even literally. At first you and Bella only greeted them and then went in your own way. But after a week you started talking more and soon the fourth of you started to like each other. Well, maybe even more than you supposed to.

You found the bubbly Italian a really charming person. He often made a physical contact with you and you really didn’t like it but after a few days you get used to that. To tell the truth you even started to like it. Whenever he was near you felt safe and your heart was beating like a wild beast. You didn’t want to admit that you started to like him in a romantic way. You didn’t want to let your heart love someone. Why? Because you knew that you would have part. Your stay in the Italy wouldn’t last forever and because you were having so much fun days were going by too fast.

You tried so hard to deny it, to trick your mind and heart. But when he touched your hand, when he smiled to you or even said your name- you couldn’t stop this growing emotions.
And so, after three weeks you were sitting in your room, with a tissue, sobbing. The next day you had flight back to your country. Bella tried to comfort you, and you were grateful that she tried, but it didn’t help. Meeting Feliciano changed your life. He didn’t bother what people think of him and he wasn’t worried that he did something wrong. You liked that in him. You barely could say what’s on your mind.

You looked through the window glass at the dark night sky. You wanted to tell him what feelings you had toward him. Maybe it wasn’t love, but still it was a very deep affection. Sure, not once he told you that he loved you but you had never took it as a true confession. Maybe he didn’t tell something like that to Bella but sometimes he would compliment her and, even if that was bad, you felt jealous. You didn’t say anything but still you felt like that.

“Go” you heard her voice. You looked up at her and raised one of your eyebrows. She was smiling warmly at you.

“What?” you asked her not understanding.

“You need to tell him or you will never forgive yourself” she walked to the door of your shared hotel room and turned the door knob making the door open.

“But you know that it isn’t a movie, right?”

“Go or I will poke you until you can’t move anymore!” she crossed her arms on her chest and pouted. Slowly you stood up and walked to her. You knew that she wanted what’s best for you and even if you were scared you wanted to try. You embraced her tightly. After a while you pulled away from her and ran away searching for a certain Italian.

The problem was you couldn’t find him anywhere. You went to all of the places he said he liked and still he wasn’t there. You didn’t know where he lived so you couldn’t go straight to his house. You reached to the plaza and after wandering around there you stopped moving. You finally sat on the edge of the fountain and sighed. But when you lost all of your hope… Let’s say that lady Fate liked you very much.

“_____? What are you doing here, ve” you heard familiar voice. Feliciano crouched before you and looked at you worriedly “Were you crying?”

“Crying? Oh, no…” you answered him quickly. You didn’t want to tell him that you were crying since you part earlier that day.

“So what are you doing here, ve? Oh, I know, you like that fountain? Sorry I didn’t show you it before but I thought it wouldn’t interest you, ve” he smiled to you and you couldn’t help yourself but smile too.

“No, it’s alright thanks for everything”

“Every…” before he could finish his sentence off, you gathered all of your physical strength and embraced him. He looked at you but after a moment hugged you back.

“Feli, I-I-I…” you tried to say something, confess maybe, but nothing came out of your lips.

“I love you, ve” he said and you pulled away just to see his face. He was smiling in the same cute manner as always. Your face was red from the embarrassment.

“W-What?!” you almost yelled. He titled his head to the side at your sudden outburst.
“I said it to you many times, didn’t I? Ve”

You looked at him wide eyed. You wondered if he was serious. You didn’t understand how he could truly love you after only three weeks.

Suddenly you felt pair of soft lips touching yours. Your eyes widen. The world around you stopped existing. You heard nothing beside yours heartbeats. You close your eyes enjoying the kiss. It was soft and warm. Before you noticed it ended. You looked at Feliciano who was still smiling.

“You know, bella, you’re not only looking sweet but you taste like that too, ve”

That comment left you speechless even more than the kiss. Suddenly he pulled you to him. You took a notice that you were sitting on the ground but you concealed that.

“Stay”

“What?” you couldn’t believe what you just heard.

“Stay in Italy, ve. I can buy you if you want. I think that old man in the souvenir shop wouldn’t mind, ve”

You wondered about that for a while and then remembered the first day you met. You giggled lightly and then said the words that changed both of your lives.

“Sure, you can buy me”

Or maybe you didn’t say what you really wanted but the outcome was pleasing. Feliciano stood up with you still in his arms and spooned you around. You felt dumb because of you said but it didn’t matter in that moment. What matter the most was your feelings that were growing too fast for you to notice but you didn’t mind that.

Maybe you didn’t confess in the way you wanted to, and maybe you made your decision of staying too fast but you wanted to try. You were scared but your heart was ready.

But still you couldn’t bear the passers-by who were congratulating Feliciano because they thought that you just accepted a proposal. But Feliciano couldn’t care less. The only thing he could think in that moment was that he finally got his little, cute butterfly.