Final part.

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Ludwig liked this 'new relationship' thing, it was like they had skipped the first few awkward days and had gone straight to the nice part.

"This is my house," Ludwig announced as they found themselves at the top of the short garden path, "Well, mine and my brother's."

"What about your parents?" Feliciano asked.

Ludwig bit his lip, "Uh, they don't live here… I'd rather not talk about it," he mumbled. He exhaled gently and forced a smile, "Would you like to see our birds?"

Feliciano sighed gently and smiled widely, "Si I would love to." He kept the smile on his face as Ludwig led him around the back of the house, his smile widened as he set his eyes on the large aviary, "Oh mio, Ludwig, e enorme!"

"-That's the only time you're going to hear that, Ludwig," came a voice from inside the aviary, where Gilbert sat.

"What?" Ludwig questioned, frowning.

"It means 'massive' or something doesn't it?" he replied, aiming the question at Feliciano.

Feliciano nodded, "S-Si, it does," he said, slightly confused by the meaning of Gilbert's words. "May… May I see the birds, please?"

Gilbert walked to the door of the wood-mesh structure, "Of course," he said, eyes clamped on their entwined bodies, "But none of that in here please," he said with a gesture to them, "My birds are too young to witness such things."

Feliciano let out a small 'aw' of disappointment as he felt Ludwig's arm slacken and fall from his waist. After a short pause he smiled again, "Which one is your bird, Ludwig?"

Ludwig looked over the faux branches and perches that were scattered over the 13x13 box, "He is there," he said, pointing to the green parrot that sat at eye-height across the enclosure.

Feliciano cooed and slowly began to approach, he giggled at it's appearance, "It looks like it's wearing a collar," he pointed out.

"Ja," Ludwig said, also walking towards the bird, outstretching his hand and clicking his tongue to call the parrot to him, "So we call him Kragen."

Feliciano looked around at the other birds, "Why's he different to the others?" he asked, noticing that the others were all bright yellow, and considerably smaller.

"Because my birds," Gilbert started, "Are parrotlets. They're much more awesome than Ludwig's ring-necked thing."

"Do they all live outside?" Feliciano chirruped, ignoring the snide in Gilbert's tone, disabling it completely.

"No," Ludwig replied, "There is a window," he pointed to a window on the wall of the house, "So they can go in the bird-room if they want."

Feliciano made his way to the window and peered through, seeing a small maze of wooden planks, "You really love your birds don't you?" he said, looking in awe at the effort put into the enclosure.

Gilbert nodded, "I do," he confirmed, "I have since I got my Gilbird, when I was 5…" he located the bird and pointed to it, "He is almost 13 now, I'm afraid he might not have much time left."

Feliciano frowned sadly, "Oh, I'm sorry…" he perked up again, "But at least you have 4 others? So you won't be left all alone."

Gilbert nodded, "Yes, but it won't be the same when he goes."

There was a second of silence, neither Feliciano or Ludwig knowing what to say in response. Gilbert forced a smile, "I'm going to make our dinner… Would you like any, Feliciano?"

Feliciano smiled, "Si… well I would but my brother will be picking me up soon, so I will have no time."

Ludwig made his way to Feliciano's side, letting the boy take his hand, "We'll stay out here, Gilbert," he said with a smile.

Gilbert frowned, making his way to the door of the aviary, "Fine, don't let the birds out, and don't do anything… inappropriate."

"Inappropriate?" Feliciano asked, turning his head to Ludwig as Gilbert left them, "What does he mean?"

Ludwig let out an odd 'Uh' noise, "…Something that we shouldn't be doing. Like… making out or something."

Feliciano frowned, "What is that? 'Making out?'"

Ludwig paused again, "Kissing, but… intense kissing."

"We can't kiss in here? Why not?" Feliciano said with a squeak, frowning sadly and tugging gently on Ludwig's sleeve.

Ludwig huffed lightly, "We can, but, not too much."

Feliciano frowned and exhaled, "I don't understand. I would like to kiss you, and no one is here, so why can we not?"

Ludwig leaned in to give Feliciano a gentle kiss, putting his hand to the boy's hip and gripping him softly, letting out a gentle hum and smiling as he pulled away, "We can kiss, but only like that."

The younger boy giggled gently, "Oh," he said happily, raising himself onto his toes to gift Ludwig with an equally soft kiss, lasting slightly longer than Ludwig's one.

Ludwig let out another hum as their kiss broke, and Feliciano smiled widely at the noise, "I like that you do that…"

"Do what?"

"The noise you do," Feliciano answered, "When we kiss, you make noise."

Ludwig cocked his head minutely, "I do?"

Feliciano nodded, lifting himself into another kiss and listening for the older boy's hum again. Giggling a little when he heard it, "It is very cute and makes me want to kiss you more."

"We can't just stand here and kiss," Ludwig said with a slight growl, his grip on the smaller boy unfaltering. He lifted his head to look around the aviary, "We should sit and talk," he suggested, manoeuvring Feliciano towards an empty and generally clean space, sitting down and pulling the boy down with him.

Feliciano glanced around, watching the birds play overhead, before settling his eyes finally on Ludwig's own.

"We should talk?" he asked, repeating the end of Ludwig's sentence as if reminding him he'd said it.

"Yes," Ludwig nodded, "Uh," he bit his lip, trying to think of something to say, he opened his mouth to speak, but the younger boy interrupted him.

"Why did you get that parrot?" he asked happily.

Ludwig let out a small hum in thinking, "I was given money for my birthday, and I saw how happy Gilbert was with his birds, so I decided to get one."

"Why that one? Why not a giallo one?" Feliciano asked immediately.

Ludwig took a moment again to think of his reasons, "I didn't want Gilbert to claim it as one of his, and…" his smile softened slightly, and his voice quietened a little as he talked, "I like the idea of a bird with a collar."

"Why?" Feliciano asked immediately again, cocking his head slightly.

Ludwig shrugged, seeming to fold in on himself slightly, "I don't know."

Feliciano smiled widely, laughing to himself, "Si, you do! Tell me."

Ludwig shifted where he sat, "I like that he can fly, and go anywhere, but he still has a collar on… I don't know."

Feliciano smiled softly and nodded, "It's like he's not free even though he is, because natura has given him a collar."

Ludwig smiled widely, "Kinda, yeah, I like it…"

Feliciano's smile widened to match Ludwig's, "I like it too," he chimed, "And the collar is molto pretty."

Ludwig nodded, and again silence fell between them, until once again Feliciano filled it, "Where are you from?" he asked, "Your accent isn't from here."

Ludwig shook his head, "No," he confirmed, "It is German. …Ludwig is a German name."

"Oh," Feliciano squeaked, "All names that aren't Italian sound weird to me… I wasn't sure."

"You don't need to apologise, it's not your fault you didn't know. How long have you ben in this country?" Ludwig decided to ask, it was something he'd been wondering most of the day.

Feliciano chewed his lip a little as he thought, "About… uh. Two months and one half."

"That's not long," Ludwig observed, "How much English did you know before you came?"

Feliciano shook his head, "Very little at all, almost none. My brother is teaching it to me though, he is very good at English and I also have my Grandpa and he has spoken English all his life."

Ludwig nodded, "You said your Grandfather moved you here for work, do you live with him? Not your parents?"

The smaller boy seemed to shrink a little at the sentence, "Si, that's right."

Ludwig gave a small exhale, his eyes darting to his own hands, "You don't want to talk about it?" he asked quietly.

He looked up to see Feliciano shake his head and reply "No, just as you would not."

Ludwig nodded and bit his lip, "Ja, ok." He swallowed hard, he recognised the boy's tone, that look, and he knew not to pursue it.

The other boy, again, was the one to break the silence, letting out a tiny huff to clear the air before smiling widely, "What is your favourite food?" he squeaked.

"That is a pointless question," Ludwig smirked, "…I like wurst. You don't find it much over here though."

"That's unfair," Feliciano chimed, "My favourite food is pasta, but it's easy to find, and I can make it myself. I do like making food, my Grandpa says he would like for me to be a chef. If you were to come to my house I could try to make you wurst."

"I would like that."

Feliciano let out a happy sigh, leaning back on his hands and looking up through the faux trees, focusing on the parrots and their soft calls. Without speaking he shifted slightly, turning to rest his head on Ludwig's shoulder.

Ludwig let out a soft exhale, his own eyes following Feliciano's up towards the parrots, watching them interact.

"I like parrots," Feliciano observed, "They always look… I don't know the word, like royalty."

"Regal?" Ludwig offered in answer, wrapping his arm around Feliciano's waist and giving the boy a soft squeeze.

Feliciano nodded gently, "They look like they should have crowns on."

Ludwig let out a small chuckle, thinking to himself as he watched his parrot play with the smaller yellow ones. "You can get ones with crowns," he said after a few seconds, "Not proper crowns, of course, but that is what they're called."

Feliciano giggled, leaning into Ludwig's body, "I would like one of them, they sound bello."

Ludwig smiled widely and looked at the smaller man, "When is your birthday?" he asked, "I may get you one for next year."

"My birthday was five days ago," Feliciano smiled, he paused and nodded exuberantly, "If we are still together, or still friends next year, it would be nice to get one for my birthday."

Ludwig turned his head to give Feliciano a soft kiss, as if sealing the deal with it. Feliciano smiled at the contact and looked up at the taller boy, giving him an equally soft kiss.

"You are very nice to me," Feliciano mused quietly, playing with the faux grass flooring, smiling gently.

Ludwig nodded, watching Feliciano's actions, "Well, you are nice to me, I should be nice too."

"You don't have to be."

Ludwig smiled and huffed slightly; that was the point of it, wasn't it? He didn't have to be nice, they didn't have to act like this, but they did, it seemed so natural.

"My brother will be here soon," Feliciano said in the same quiet tone, "I don't really want to go."

"I know," Ludwig replied, able to tell from the man's tone how true that was, "But we have school again tomorrow, I can meet you before, and we can spend lunch together, and we have English Language again tomorrow so we will sit together during that."

A bright smile returned to Feliciano's face, "You make me wish for tomorrow."

Ludwig looked towards the nearby road, slightly dreading each car that went past, thinking that it might be Feliciano's brother.

"That is him…" Feliciano said sadly as he saw a deep green car approach, "I have to go."

He got to his feet, and turned to see Ludwig follow the action, they walked together towards the entrance to the aviary. Ludwig opened it and smiled at the smaller man as he exited.

Ludwig locked the door and looked up to see that Feliciano was already half way across the lawn, he sped to catch up with him. "Feliciano, there is no rush," he said as he reached the boy's side.

Feliciano frowned as he walked, "Yes there is, Romano will be annoyed if I am late after I made plans at such short notice."

The boy flinched slightly as his brother beeped the horn on his car, Ludwig frowned and stopped, pulling the boy to him and leaning over to place a long and soft kiss on his lips.

Feliciano let out a tiny squeak as the taller boy pulled away, "Ludwig," he said, blushing, his eyes flicked towards his brothers car, the horn now honking viciously. "Romano saw that…"

"Then he will have something to shout about," Ludwig smirked, swaying slightly as he gripped Feliciano's hip.

Feliciano giggled and pulled away, "I do have to go. I'll see you tomorrow ok?"

Ludwig nodded, and smiled as he watched the boy walk to the car, opening the door to a shrill of loud music and yelling. He exhaled as the car drove off, and turned back towards his own house, still smiling as he opened the door and walked to the kitchen, where Gilbert stood, making their tea.

"Your friend is gone?" Gilbert asked, not turning his eyes from their current focus of the potatoes he was slicing.

"Yes," Ludwig replied shortly, hoping that his older brother would not jibe at him for this new 'friendship' now that the other boy was gone.

"You like him?" Gilbert inquired again, his voice still calm, though Ludwig couldn't see any expression on him.

"Yes," Ludwig replied, feeling his throat become dry, he was sure he wouldn't feel as bad if he could see Gilbert's face.

"Good," Gilbert replied, "I hope he will make you happy."

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