His Name

Masquerade (Headcannon 2)

Feliciano was very excited for Francis' masquerade and for some reason so was Ludwig. He was hiding it well, but Feliciano could tell. The theme for the masquerade was 1000 C.E. the countries who were around then were instructed to wear the outfit they had worn during that time, if they hadn't (*cough - America - cough*) they were to wear what their mentor country had been wearing when they first saw them, in addition to the customary mask. Feliciano was excited to see what Ludwig would be wearing as no one seemed to know what Germany was wearing that year. In fact no one could remember if Germany had even been a country at that time. 

Feliciano was frustrated. Ludwig wouldn't show him what he was wearing and was going to arrive separately so Feliciano wouldn't immediately know it was him. He was also a little sad as he was going to be wearing the green servant's dress that had fooled the Holy Roman Empire into thinking he was a girl. He really missed Holy Rome, but at least now he had Germany. He wondered if there would even be anyone dressed as Holy Rome. 

"Fericiano-san, prease hurry. I need your help wif my kimono," Kiku said from the door. 

"Ve ~ Alright, I'll be right there!" Feliciano said distracted from his musing. 

Feliciano and Kiku arrived at the party right on time. They were greeted at the door by Norway, who was wearing a tunic and hoes with a fur-lined cloak pinned at his right shoulder. Or at least Feliciano thought it was Norway, but what with the helmet he was wearing it could also have been Finland.

Feliciano and Kiku mingled in the party. Some of the countries were easy to distinguish, such as Kiku himself, because their clothing was so unique to them. Others, such as Feliciano and Lovino were indistinguishable unless you happened to know what color they were fond of that year. 

It was not long until the party was stirred by a new guest arriving. There was muted gasping and hushed explanation to those who were either too young or to far out of touch to remember the outfit the new comer was wearing. Feliciano couldn't speak for a good minute because standing in the doorway... standing in the doorway was the Holy Roman Empire. 

"Holy Rome?" Feliciano asked. Holy Rome smiled from under his half mask and held out a hand in a clear invitation to dance. Feliciano took the proffered hand and danced with his long lost love. The whispering intensified as more people asked questions of the nations who had known Italy and Holy Rome well during that time. Feliciano was def to everything but his dance partner's breath. He was blind to everything but that man's masked face. Suddenly he couldn't wait until the unmasking at the end of the night. 

Finally that hoped for time came. France had asked Holy Rome to wait until everyone else had unmasked to remove his own so that no one would miss it. Feliciano was impatient to say the least. Finally the hall quieted and all eyes turned to the man dressed as the Holy Roman Empire. He reached up to his mask and removed it slowly. Germany revealed his face to the world much to their astonishment. 

"So Germany, was Holy Rome your mentor or....?" Sweden  asked into the shocked silence. 

"Nein, I vas ze Holy Roman Empire. I only recently remembered ozervise I vould have told jou, but ja I vas Holy Rome," Ludwig said. 

"Oh Ludwig," Feliciano said.

"Ich liebe dich Feliciano, I have since I first saw jou," Ludwig said smiling softly at Italy.

"Oh Ludwig ti ho amato per sempre credo," Feliciano replied. Ludwig smiled and kissed Feliciano softly. The room exploded with applause. The happy couple were both startled out of the kiss by the sound. Ludwig started blushing but let Feliciano kiss him again.