No Regrets. Just Love//romerica

ch 16

It was morning time, after Ludwig had finally heard about his older brother, he went straight bed. On the other hand, after his phone call with Mathieu, Alfred stayed up all night thinking about his family.

Alfred was so afraid of what his dad might say to him, what his sister was going to say, what his brother might say. He couldn't sleep knowing that, in just a few weeks, American Thanksgiving was coming and his whole family was going to be there. But, he was most worried about was his dad's new boyfriend.

He wondered what he would be like. He wanted the guy to like him, he was his dad's boyfriend after all.

In the middle of Alfred's mental arguments and battles, Lovino walked into the living room.

"Bastard, you look awful! How long have you been up?" Lovi had gone up to him and started running his finger through Al's hair.

"Not too long, I don't think anyways.. What time is it?" Alfred's voice was manipulated by the lack of sleep and it wasn't even a sexy morning voice.

"Oh my god it's 8:15.. Have you been up all night?"

"Well.. It didn't seem that long to me."

"I don't care, just go take a nap, idiot."

Alfred agreed and sleepily walked to the guest bedroom where Lovi had spent the night at. Soon after he had fallen asleep, Feliciano came out of his bedroom alone.

"Good morning, Fratello. Did you sleep well?"

"Why do you care, Feli? What do you want from me?"

"Nothing.. You and Alfred have been here for a few weeks, do you have any plans to move out anytime soon?"

"I don't know about Alfred, but I don't have anywhere to go, I need to stay here for a while!"

"Alright, just wondering."

At around noon, Alfred slowly raised from the bed, rubbed his eyes, and stretched. He looked at the clock surprised at how late he slept. He got out of bed, took long sips of the water on the nightstand, and put his glasses on.

He exited the room and went to the living room where Ludwig, Feli, and Lovino all sat. Alfred shuffled over to the couch where Lovi was and sat next to him. He wrapped an arm around him out of habit and was unsurprisingly rejected.

"Oh.. Sorry Lovino, it's a habit.." Alfred apologized to him quietly and turned to the other two, "So, what's up?"

Feli smiled nervously and let out a weak laugh. "Well, I was wondering, since you've been here for a while, when you're going to.. when you're no longer going to be staying with us..? Not that I don't like you around! I just don't have the money to be taking care of both of you.."

Alfred thought about what Feli was saying and completely understood. "I get it, I'll be out of your hair by tomorrow."

Feli nodded and returned to cuddling next to Ludwig, and Lovi sat next to him shocked.

After he figured out how he was feeling, Lovi dragged Al into the guest bedroom. He sat the American on the bed and stood above him.

"You're leaving by tomorrow?!" Lovino was both sad and angry.

"Dude, I don't live too far away, you can always come and visit. And anyways, we're going on a date tonight; it's not like just up and leaving you." Alfred grabbed Lovino's hand and pulled him on top of himself.

"You're not leaving me?"

"Nope."

"And I can come whenever I want?"

"Yep."

"And we're going on a date tonight?"

"Of course."

"The one you promised a few days ago?"

"..That's the one."

Lovi just smiled and brushed the hair from Alfred's forehead. He slowly leaned in and kissed him gently.

"I swore I'd never leave you.., I promised I'd be here for you..," He looked at Alfred pleadingly, "will you do the same..?"

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