Note:

There will be a lot of mentioning of blood (what else did we expect after reading that there is a starving vampire on the loose) but no gore.

Also, slight Germacest (if you really squint), so no need to point it out or argue that part 2 is Germacest when it is GerIta.

Narrator's POV

'So thirsty... It burns so much.'  Ludwig thought to himself as he sat by a small waterfall in the woods.  The soothing sounds of water running and the lack of humans really helped calm down his senses, but the thirst was still strong.

'At least my eyes turned blue again.'  Ludwig thought as he peered at his reflection in the water.

'... Though my fangs are still out... guess I'll have to have something's blood if I want to relieve this problem.'  He thought with a shiver.

He took a whiff of the air, trying to see if he could find something like a deer, or a wolf, something with enough blood to calm him down so that if he finds a person he doesn't kill them by accident.

After a few moments, he caught the scent of a deer, and not too far from him.  Quickly, he took off in that direction, dodging the trees as he sought out the deer.

He soon came upon a clearing where he spotted the deer.  With eyes now glowing red he plunged forward, fangs bared as the deer stood still, not knowing its death was approaching.

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"Is everything ready?"  Francis asked.  The others nodded.  With a nod of his own, Francis turned to Feliciano.  "Alright Feliciano, just prick your finger and stay still."

"Si,"  Feliciano said as he held a small knife.  The others took their positions, wearing cloaks that disguised their scent as they watched as Feliciano took the knife and pricked his finger, wincing a bit from pain.  Feliciano then pulled up his hood, so as not to give away his identity and sat by the fire.

Now all that was left to do was wait.

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Ludwig gave a small prayer as he stood over the freshly moved mound of dirt where he had buried the deer.

'Deer, danke for helping me, and please forgive me.'  Ludwig thought as he placed a seed into the dirt.  'May you now become a tree to help guard zhis forest.'  With a sigh, Ludwig moved back over towards the stream and washed the blood of the deer off his face.

'Good, now my pain has lessened but I still need more, and not zhis substitute of animal blood.'  Ludwig thought somberly as he tried to pinpoint the location of a person, if any were nearby.  Otherwise he'd have to venture towards town where there might end up being multiple victims, instead of one.

'... Nothing so far - vait... a scent... and though it is faint, it is heavenly.'  Ludwig thought as he quietly and carefully headed towards the hypnotic scent.

As he moved through the forest and closer to the scent, he failed to notice a camouflaged figure hiding a few yards away.  This figure, Antonio, grabbed his phone and texted to the others that he had seen Ludwig, his clothes covered in blood.

'Please be the blood of an animal.'  Antonio thought along with the others who had gotten this startling description.

Ludwig moved on till he reached the edge of a clearing, seeing a cloaked figure hunched over, sitting by a fire, holding out their bleeding finger.

'Probably cut themselves on a branch or something.'  Ludwig thought, paying no mind to the camouflaged figures moving closer to the him and the clearing.

Ludwig closed his eyes and erased his presence as he prepared himself.  With a deep breath, he opened his brilliant red eyes as he moved into a lunging position.  And then he attacked, only to feel a huge jot of pain hit him like a brick wall.

Ludwig fell to the ground, his energy leaving his body as he felt as though he were being held down.  Ludwig's eyes started to droop as he saw his prey heading towards him, crying something that Ludwig didn't catch as all faded into dark silence.

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Feliciano held out his bleeding finger, hoping that Ludwig would appear soon and that this plan would work.  Just as he was praying, he heard a cry and turned around as he saw Ludwig caught in the protective barrier, shocking Ludwig with it's holy energy.

Ludwig then fell to the ground, his eyes drooping as he fought to keep awake and move.

"Ludwig!"  Feliciano yelled as he ran over and watched as Ludwig's eyes sealed shut and his breathing even out.  The others hurried from their hiding spots.

Lovino quickly brought out the rope and tied it around Ludwig with Antonio's help, sealing Ludwig's arms to his sides and his legs together.  Francis then took out the second rope, the one that was blessed, and tied it around the other ropes, effectively sealing Ludwig's in.  With part of their work done, they looked down at the unconscious Ludwig.

"... Gilbert, you said zhere are no 'umans besides us out 'ere, right?"  Francis asked as he eyed the blood on Ludwig's clothing.  Gilbert nodded.

"Ja, zhere should be none unless some unawezome person was unawezomely trespassing."  Gilbert replied.  He then bent down and dabbed a piece of cloth on the blood, standing back up and taking a tentative lick of it.

"Gah!"  Lovino cried.  "What-a do you-a think-"

"It's not human,"  Gilbert said in a relieved voice, cutting Lovino off.  "It is zhe unawezome blood of an animal, probably an unawezome deer or elk."  Lovino raised an eyebrow.

"You-a mean vampires can-a drink animal blood?"  He asked.  Gilbert nodded.

"Ja, but it isn't as awezomely tasty or awezomely filling as awezome human blood, at least zhat is vhat Vest says."  Gilbert replied.

"Then why would he drink animal's blood when he's starving mi amigo?"  Antonio asked.  Gilbert shrugged.

"Vell, vhen jou are unawezomely desperate, jou vill take anything zhat awezomely comes jour vay, but if zhe awezome me had to awezomely guess, zhen I vould say he did it to lessen either zhe unawezome pain of thirst, or to lessen zhe number of victims and risks taken later vhen he vould..."  Gilbert trailed off as the others got the picture and shivered.

The thought of a hungry vampire going down the streets of a town or city searching for victims was not a pretty thought.

"Let's not think about that."  Antonio said, shaking his head.  The others quickly agreed.

"We-a should get Luddy back-a home."  Feliciano suggested.  The others nodded as Francis and Gilbert heaved Ludwig up and carried him back towards home.

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'... Vhere am I?'  Ludwig thought as his head felt fuzzy and he felt himself sitting on what seemed to be a chair.  '... Let's see; I vas hunting vhen I vas shocked by some sort of protective barrier - Scheiße!  Zhat vas a holy barrier!  Zhen zhat mean some vampire hunter must've come for me!'  Ludwig mentally slapped himself for his idiocy.

'I can't believe I vasn't careful enough!  Usually I go to such lengths - no, Ludvig, remember you veren't thinking straight due to hunger.'  He berated himself.  With a sigh, he stopped and tried to move, realizing he was restrained by something like rope with some protective charm wrapped around it, preventing him from breaking through.

'Vell zhis is certainly a mess I've found myself in.'  Ludwig thought as he mentally rolled his eyes.  '... Hmm... jou know, zhis might not be a bad thing.  Ja, like zhis I can't hurt anyone!'  Ludwig thought cheerfully.  He was about to open his eyes when he heard noise.

'Someone is coming!'  Ludwig mentally yelled as he tried to be as limp and lifeless as possible.

'Hunters always kill vampires so zhis one vill probably try to kill me, but... vhy haven't zhey done it yet?'  Ludwig thought with suspicion as the footsteps drew closer, bringing muddled voices with it.

Before Ludwig had time to process the words, he felt himself being surrounded and his head being tipped back, his mouth being opened to reveal his fangs.

'Vhat in zhe-'  Ludwig couldn't even finish his thought as he felt a warm liquid being carefully poured down his throat, one he was unfortunately familiar with; blood, and fresh at that.  Ludwig drank it, still feigning unconsciousness.

When they were done with what felt like a pint of blood, Ludwig heard muffled talking, followed by at least one, perhaps two, leaving the group to go off somewhere else.  That left Ludwig with at least two others, perhaps three, one standing beside him and one standing behind him, keeping Ludwig's head tilted, but closing Ludwig's mouth.  The last person felt as though they were standing near the entrance of the room.

Ludwig remained limp as he felt the one beside him move, pushing back Ludwig's hair and using a finger to trace Ludwig's jawline.

'Zhat feels nice, just like vhen Feli vould do zhat...'  Ludwig thought contently till he felt sadness wash over him.  'Zhere's no vay I'll ever have mein sweet Italian do zhat again though... he probably thinks I left him...'  Ludwig thought sadly as he involuntarily let a tear fall.  He felt the the person beside him wipe the tear away.

Soon Ludwig heard the other people returning and felt himself being circled again, with the one behind him keeping Ludwig's head tilted back and parting Ludwig's lips.

'Here we go again I guess,'  Ludwig thought with a sad sigh.  He soon felt blood, this time cold, like it had been stored in a fridge, being poured down his throat.

'Hmm... tastes like beer and vurst... Vait!  Blood zhat tastes like beer and vurst!'  Ludwig thought with alarm as he coughed, causing blood to dribble down his chin.  He soon felt the person pouring it stop as Ludwig felt more tears falling.

'Bruder... bruder must hate me!  I just went and - gah!'  Ludwig thought as he continued to hear muffled voices and felt a person wiping his tears away, but Ludwig just moved his head to the side, letting himself sob quietly as he felt the people around him closing in.

'I'm scared bruder, I'm scared.'  Ludwig thought as his body trembled.

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"Alright,"  Francis said.  "It has been a few hours now since we all gave blood and since we caught Ludwig."  Francis turned to Gilbert.  "'as 'e woken up yet?"

"Nein,"  Gilbert answered.  "But we should still give him some awezome blood, it might help vake him up."

"Si,"  Antonio said.  "That holy barrier he ran into combined with the ones keeping his trapped might have seriously weakened him."

"Oui, let's take mine over to him and give him it."  Francis said, getting nods and murmurs of agreement.

Francis grabbed his blood bag, which was still warm, and began walking with the others to the spare room where they had kept Ludwig in.

"He-a won't choke will-a he?"  Feliciano asked worriedly as they walked.  Gilbert shook his head.

"Nein, I awezomely did something similar once before."  Gilbert said.  Lovino glanced at him.

"Why the-a hell did you-a do it before?"  Lovino asked.

"Vell,"  Gilbert said.  "Back vhen he first unawezomely turned, he couldn't stand zhe idea of unawezomely drinking blood so he unawezomely starved himself and unawezomely passed out.  Anyway, zhe awezome me took some of mein awezome blood and awezomely gave it to him."  As they slowly approached, Francis asked,

"Oui, but why was he turned?"  Gilbert sighed.

"It's an unawezomely long story, but zhe awezomely simple version is zhis; years ago, vhen Ludvig vas about 18 or so, a stem vampire, aka an unawezome vampire zhat can turn anyone into unawezome vampires, vanted to have Vest be a new lover of hers, but vanted to make sure zhat Ludvig couldn't awezomely get out of being vith zhe unawezome her."  Gilbert explained.

"So-a then what-a happened next?"  Feliciano asked.

"Vell,"  Gilbert started.  "Ludvig awezomely refused, even after she forcibly turned him, and so she unawezomely locked him up.  So vhen Ludvig unawezomely disappeared, I awezomely tracked him down and awezomely found out vhat happened vhen some of her unawezome servants told me."

"So what did you do then, mi amigo?"  Antonio asked.

"I did zhe only awezome thing zhe awezome me could do; contact some awezome vampire hunters.  Zhe Kirkland family vas zheir name.  Zhe oldest, Allistor, awezomely stormed zhe castle vith his siblings and awezomely took out zhe stem vampire and any unawezome vampire servant zhat got in zheir vay.  After zhat zhey awezomely freed some of zhe other vampires kept zhere vhile some others just..."  Gilbert trailed off.  Francis gave him a pat on the back.

"At least zhey wouldn't be suffering anymore, no?"  Francis said.  Gilbert nodded.

"Ja, anyways, we awezomely freed Ludvig but it vas too late, he had become an unawezome vampire, but zhe Kirklands let him be so long as he awezomely promised not to do any unawezome harm and vould awezomely remain in mein awezome care.  And zhat is vhy we awezomely moved out here to zhe awezome voods vhere zhere are few humans."  Gilbert concluded as they reached the door.

"Do you-a still keep in-a touch with the-a Kirklands?"  Feliciano asked.

"Ja, we do,"  Gilbert answered as they entered the room.  "Zhey awezomely come over once a year to see how awezome Vest is doing."

With that the conversation stopped as all eyes were now on the unconscious Ludwig who was still in the exact same position they had left him in.

"Let's get to work,"  Francis said.  The others nodded and walked over, circling Ludwig.  Gilbert went behind Ludwig and carefully moved Ludwig's head back, and then parting Ludwig's mouth, revealing his pearly fangs to everyone.

Francis took a deep breath and opened the bag, placing it close to Ludwig's lips and pouring it carefully.  The others watched nervously as the Ludwig swallowed but stayed unconscious, not even a twitch of the eye.

When it was all gone, they stared at Ludwig, waiting for something, anything, that would alert them that he was going to wake up.  And yet, nothing happened.

"Maybe he needs more,"  Antonio suggested.

"Oui, you and Lovino go, we'll stay here."  Francis said.  Antonio and Lovino nodded and left the room.  Francis went towards the door, picking up a book and flipping through it as Feliciano and Gilbert stayed close to Ludwig.

Feliciano stood by Ludwig's side as he pushed Ludwig's hair back, trying to get it to look slicked back.  With great care, Feliciano began to trace Ludwig's jawline as he had many times before.

'I-a missed you so-a much Luddy.'  Feliciano thought.  He was a bit startled to see a tear slide down Ludwig's face.

'You-a must've suffered so-a much Luddy,'  Feliciano thought.  'But don't-a worry, once you-a get better, we'll-a be happy again, I-a swear.'

Soon Feliciano was pulled from his thoughts as Antonio and Lovino returned with the packet of Gilbert's blood.  Francis nodded and took it from Antonio as they all circled around once more and began giving it to Ludwig.

But then something odd happened.  Ludwig coughed, making some blood dribble down.  Francis pulled the packet away, placing it on a nearby table, as the others watched as Ludwig's eyebrows furrowed and tears poured heavily out of his eyes.  Feliciano tried to wipe them away but to no avail, Ludwig jerked his head away and held it to the side as his body trembled.

"Oi, what's-a wrong with the-a potato bastardo?"  Lovino asked.  Gilbert shook his head.

"Not sure,"  He said.  He moved so that he was now looking Ludwig in the face and caught Ludwig whimpering in fear.

"Bruder, I'm scared... I'm scared... Bruder..."  Ludwig whimpered quietly and fearfully.  Gilbert's eyes widened.  He turned back to the others.

"Jou all need to awezomely leave, now!"  Gilbert said.  The others nodded and hurried out, shutting the door and locking it from the outside.

Gilbert nodded and knelled down, bringing Ludwig into his embrace.

"Shh, Vest, jou're okay."  Gilbert said as he continued to coo words of comfort to his brother.  Soon Ludwig's whimpers stopped as his trembling became more mild.  Slowly, Ludwig opened his teary eyes.

"... Bruder?"  Ludwig questioned.  Gilbert nodded and pulled back.

"Ja, zhe awezome me is right here."  Gilbert said.  Ludwig nodded and reburied his face in Gilbert's chest as Gilbert hugged him close, running his fingers through Ludwig's hair.

"... East, vhat happened?  I remember being out in zhe voods and-"

"We awezomely lured jou into a trap and used a holy barrier to catch jou."  Gilbert said.  Ludwig looked down and nodded.

"Bruder... I didn't hurt anybody did I?"  Ludwig asked.  Gilbert shook his head.

"Nein, an unawezome animal but not a person."  Gilbert said.  Ludwig nodded.

"Ja, I remember a deer, but after zhat things get a little fuzzy,"  Ludwig admitted.  Gilbert nodded.

"Ja, zhat is bound to unawezomely happen vhen jou run into a holy barrier."  Gilbert said.  Gilbert shifted a bit and asked, "Do jou vant more of mein awezome blood?"  Ludwig thought for a moment as he remembered the burning sensation.

"... Ja, but... vere zhe others here too?"  Ludwig asked, feeling a tad bit uncomfortable.  Gilbert nodded.

"Ja, zhey vere but if jou don't vant zhem in here vhile jou drink, zhen zhey don't need to be here."  Gilbert said reassuringly.  Ludwig nodded, feeling relieved.  Gilbert went over and picked up the partially finished packet, giving it to Ludwig to drink.

"...Umm East, mein hands are tied."  Ludwig said.  Gilbert nodded.

"Ja, sorry, here,"  Gilbert said, untying the ropes and giving Ludwig the packet.  Ludwig took it and began to slowly drink, feeling the burning subsiding.

"Awezomely better?"  Gilbert asked.  Ludwig nodded, placing the empty packet down on the table beside him.

"Ja,"  Ludwig said, leaning back on the chair as his fangs withdrew.  Ludwig looked over to Gilbert.

"East?"

"Ja?"

"Jou... jou don't hate me do jou?"  Ludwig asked.  Gilbert wore a shocked look and went over to Ludwig, cupping his face.

"Nein, I could never unawezomely hate jou Vest."  Gilbert said firmly.  Ludwig gave a ghost of a smile.

"Danke bruder... it's just... I know zhat dealing vith me, like zhis, is hard and all."  Ludwig said.  Gilbert just shook his head and placed a hand on Ludwig's shoulder.

"Ja, it can be, but we are bruders, we take care of each other no matter vhat."  Gilbert said as Ludwig nodded.

"Ja, but vhat about Feliciano?"

"Vhat about him?"  Gilbert questioned.

"Vell... is he really going to be... alright vith me being like zhis."  Ludwig said, motioning to himself.  Gilbert sighed and slapped his forehead.

"Jeez Vest, he awezomely volunteered to be bait just to give us an awezome chance to lure jou back, of course he awezomely loves jou, jou dummkopf [idiot]!"  Gilbert said.  Ludwig's cheeks colored.  Ludwig then stood up and stretched.

"Tired?"  Gilbert asked.

"Ja... it has been a long month."  Ludwig replied.  Gilbert nodded and moved some marking off the ground, making a hole in the barrier.

"Ja, vhy don't jou awezomely go to bed."  Gilbert said, opening the window.  Ludwig nodded and yawned.

"Guten nacht bruder [goodnight brother]"  Ludwig said.  Gilbert smiled.

"Kesse, guten nacht Vest, dream awezome dreams about beer!"  Gilbert said cheerfully.  Ludwig muttered under his breathe and turned into a dark mist which left through the window and went over to Ludwig's room, opening the window and heading in.

Gilbert smiled and then remembered the others were waiting outside.  He hurried over to the door and knocked.

"Kesse, jou can awezomely unlock zhe unawezome door!"  Gilbert said happily.  The others outside were unnerved but opened the door, glad to see Gilbert was fine, but panicked to see Ludwig gone and the barrier broken.

"Mon dieu!  Where is Ludwig?!"  Francis asked.

"Ja, I let him go!"  Gilbert said proudly.  Everyone stared at Gilbert like he was a madman.  Lovino finally voiced what they were all thinking as he grabbed Gilbert by the collar.

"Are you-a f***ing insane you-a potato eating bastardo?!"  Lovino yelled as he began roughly shaking Gilbert.  Antonio and Feliciano ran over and had to forcibly drag Lovino away.

"Lovi, calm down!"  Antonio yelled.

"Si Fratello!"  Feliciano said as Francis went over to Gilbert and grabbed his arm.

"Gilbert mon ami, tell me zhat Ludwig is not going to go on a killing spree."  Francis said.  Gilbert brushed himself off and laughed.

"Kesse, zhe awezome me is certain Vest von't."  Gilbert stated.  Lovino, still being restrained, glared.

"And-a how can you-a be so damn-a sure?"  Lovino huffed.

"Because Ludvig awezomely vent to bed shortly before zhe awezome me awezomely let jou all in."  Gilbert said.  Silence filled the room before the others dashed off to Ludwig's bedroom, leaving Gilbert behind.  The ran over to the door and opened it, finding exactly what Gilbert said would be there; a peacefully sleeping Ludwig.

"Dios mio, I'm glad he really is here."  Antonio said as he breathed a sigh of relief.  Gilbert came up behind the group.

"Kesse, I awezomely told jou so."  He said in a whisper.  "Now let's let him awezomely rest."  The others nodded but Lovino still looked pissed.

"You-a sure he won't-a rampage when-a he wakes up?"  Lovino asked.  Gilbert nodded.

"Ja, he ate and retracted his unawezome fangs before zhe awezome me let him go."  Gilbert said, carefully closing the door, only to be stopped by Feliciano.

"Wait, Gilbert, can I-a stay with Luddy?"  Feliciano asked, giving Gilbert puppy dog eyes as Lovino grew red with fury.

"NO-"

"Ja,"  Gilbert said, slapping his hand over Lovino's mouth along with Antonio.  "Jou can, just be careful, Vest is vorried zhat jou might hate him."  Feliciano blinked but gave a smile and nodded, heading into the room and quietly closing the door.  He then scampered over to the bed and took a look at Ludwig.

Ludwig no longer looked so pale and sickly, his lips no longer looking blue and chapped, though the bags under his eyes were still noticeable.  But overall, he looked better.

Gently, Feliciano moved to lay beside Ludwig, cuddling into Ludwig's side.  Unconsciously, Ludwig hugged Feliciano close, making Feliciano very happy as he let his tired eyes close and fell into a peaceful slumber.

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'Mmm, zhe sun is so bright today.'  Ludwig thought as he rolled onto his back, lifting his arm up and using it to block the sun.  He was about to raise the other when he noticed that it was stuck.  Glancing down, Ludwig felt his cheeks warm up;

Feliciano was sleeping beside him, cuddled into Ludwig's side with a peaceful smile on his face.

'Just like all zhose other mornings after spending zhe night together.'  Ludwig thought with a content sigh as he reached his hand towards Feliciano, wanting to hold him closer when Ludwig froze.

'No, Ludvig, remember Feliciano is not... jou can't do zhese things anymore.'  Ludwig thought sadly.  Carefully, Ludwig moved Feliciano's head off his arm onto the pillow.  Ludwig then sat up and moved to get off the bed.

Ludwig moved over to his drawer and pulled out his normal outfit and put it on just as he heard a soft 've' come from Feliciano.  Fearing that Feliciano was going to wake up, Ludwig turned into mist and hid in the closet, staying in mist form so that if anyone looked in the closet, they'd only see darkness.

Ludwig watched through the crack as Feliciano shifted in the bed, before sitting up and rubbing his eyes.

"Luddy..."  Feliciano said in a yawn.  Feliciano looked down at where Ludwig had been sleeping when he noticed that Ludwig had disappeared.  Feliciano let out confused 've's as he looked around the room.

Ludwig held his breath as he saw Feliciano get up and look in the adjacent bath.  While there, Ludwig dashed out of the closet in mist form and out of the room.  Hurrying over to Gilbert's room where he promptly hid behind the door.

He listened as Feliciano moved down the hall calling Ludwig's name, waking Gilbert up.  Gilbert sat up and yawned.  He looked around the room and spotted Ludwig's dark mist and heard Feliciano's calls and put two-and-two together.

Gilbert carefully snuck up on Ludwig, who was more focused on the door in front of him, and brought out a sack that Lovino had blessed the night before.  Gilbert lunged and caught Ludwig's mist form in the sack.  Ludwig, still in mist form, began thrashing about as Gilbert closed the sack.

"Nein Vest, zhe awezome me vill not let jou out, jou need to awezomely talk to Feliciano and he needs to awezomely talk to jou, so stop being an unawezome coward."  Gilbert said firmly as he lugged a thrashing Ludwig out into the hall and downstairs where Feliciano had gathered the others.

"-And-a I just couldn't-a find him!"  Feliciano wailed.  Francis was about to say something but was interrupted by Gilbert.

"Don't vorry, zhe awezome me caught him!"  Gilbert said as he dropped the thrashing bag on the ground.

"Oi, potato bastardo #2, how can-a that huge potato bastardo fit-a in this-a small bag?"  Lovino asked, eyeing the bag suspiciously.

"Si mi amigo, are you sure that is not your cat or dog in there?"  Antonio asked.  Gilbert shook his head.

"Nein, zhe awezome me is right, it is Vest, just in his awezome mist form,"  Gilbert said.  He then looked down at the bag and held it down.  "Zhat he vas unawezomely using to unawezomely avoid his problems."  Gilbert said in a scolding tone, causing the bag to stop thrashing.

"Luddy?"  Feliciano asked.  Ludwig mentally sighed as he nodded from inside the bag.  Feliciano and the others gasped.

"Now bruder,"  Gilbert said.  "If I let jou out, jou promise to turn into jour normal form and finally deal vith jour problems."  Once more, Ludwig mentally sighed and nodded from inside the bag.  Gilbert smirked.

"Good boy."  He said.  He then had the others move back and opened the bag, allowing Ludwig to escape in his mist form.  The mist moved to an open space and settle before thinning out, leaving a solid Ludwig behind.  The others gasped as Ludwig stood there, feeling uncomfortable with all the attention.

"Luddy!"  Feliciano yelled joyously as he ran over and hugged Ludwig tightly.  Ludwig stiffened and remained still, not hugging back.  Feliciano looked up, confused.

"Luddy?"  Feliciano questioned.  Ludwig just looked away, still feeling guilty.  Gilbert let out a dramatic sigh.

"Come on Vest, awezomely talk already."  Gilbert said.

"... Alright East, alright."  Ludwig said.  Feliciano smiled.

"Ve~  Luddy I'm-a so happy to-a see you are-a better!"  Feliciano said.  Ludwig nodded.

"Ja,"  He said curtly, feeling awkward.  Feliciano just cuddled into his chest.

"Hey Luddy, I'm-a so sorry for-"

"Don't be,"  Ludwig said, cutting Feliciano off.  "It vas not jou fault, I should've told jou about me being like zhis from zhe beginning."  Feliciano shook his head.

"No, it-a is my fault."  Feliciano declared.  "I'm the-a one who didn't give you-a a chance to-a explain yourself but Gilbert and-a Francis explained it to-a me."  Ludwig wore a confused look.

"Explained vhat?"

"Explained that you-a drank Gilbert's blood so-a you didn't-a change me and-a about vampires dying from-a broken hearts."  Feliciano said.  He then added,  "Gilbert also told-a us how you-a became like-a this."  Ludwig wore a shocked look.

"... I... I..."  Ludwig was at a loss for words as he covered his mouth and averted his eyes.

"Luddy,"  Feliciano said, giving Ludwig a squeeze.  "It's-a okay.  Ti amo, Luddy.  I just-a hope you can-a forgive me for-a hurting you so-a much."  Feliciano said, looking up with teary eyes.  Ludwig looked down and tentatively placed a hand on Feliciano's cheek, using his thumb to wipe away the tears.

"Feli... Jou still don't fully carry zhe blame."  Ludwig said.  "I hurt jou too."  Feliciano leaned into Ludwig's hand and smiled.

"Okay, then how-a about this-a; if you-a forgive me, I'll-a forgive you."  Feliciano said happily.  A small smile appeared on Ludwig's face.

"Ja, I can agree to zhat."  Ludwig said happily.  He leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on Feliciano's face.  "Ich liebe dich Feliciano."

"Ti amo Luddy!"  Feliciano said as Ludwig picked him up bridal style, twirling him in a circle, both smiling, as Feliciano's laughter filled the room.

~Fin~

Extended Ending:

"You know, for a priest you still seem far more dangerous than a starving vampire."  Francis said as he looked over the bound and gagged form of a very red-faced and angry Lovino.

"Mmf!"  Lovino said as he tried to wiggle out of the ropes.  Antonio laughed.

"Fusoso, only when it comes to his brother being with someone else, mi amigo!"  Antonio said.  Gilbert laughed with him.

"Ja!  Besides, look at zhis awezome scene!"  Gilbert said, peeking through the crack in the door as they watched Ludwig and Feliciano getting cozy with each other on the couch.

"Ahh l'amour!"  Francis said.  Lovino kept squirming till he got the gag loose.

"LET-A ME AT HIM!"  Lovino yelled as he wormed his way to the door.  "I'LL-A F***ING MUR-"  Lovino was cut off by Antonio stuffing a tomato in his mouth.

"Come on Lovi, have a tomato and calm down."  Antonio said.  Lovino began eating the tomato but still squirmed.  Antonio just smiled.  "Come on Lovi, it's time for us to go home and cuddle~"  Lovino's eyes widened as he continued to squirm and protest as Antonio slung him over his shoulder.

"Well zhen,"  Francis said, turning to Gilbert.  "Shall we have a drink to celebrate?"  Gilbert threw his arms into the air.

"Ja!  Awezome beer for zhe awezome me!"  Gilbert said as he and Francis went off into the kitchen to get very, very drunk.