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Summer, this is the time where tourists visit Rome reach its peak. Families going on vacations, couples having a date, solo travelers, and such. Of course restaurants would be packed by a lot of people, especially Grandpa Rome’s pizzeria, his pizzeria has been popular for a long time now mostly because of how good and mouthwatering the pizzas were made, causing the pizzeria to boom in popularity. His two grandsons also helps him run the place, Lovino and Feliciano.
After a long grueling day on the pizzeria, Feliciano had gone to the park to rest by under an old oak tree. He had always gone by to that same spot everyday after working with his grandma and brother in the pizzeria. The young man had rested against the old tree as he let out a sigh of relief.
As Feliciano was resting, his eyes had caught an unfamiliar silhouette who seems to be approaching him. He squinted his eyes as he tried to see who that is. As the unfamiliar silhouette approached closer, Feliciano had finally make out what the person looked like. It was a tall man, blue piercing eyes yet somehow captivating, a slick back blonde hair. He looked intimidating, or so what Feliciano thought. The man stood in front of Feliciano before he cleared his throat.
“Ah, excuse me I hope I’m not troubling you. But could you help me find this restaurant? I’m not quite familiar with the streets of Rome yet.” The man asked, it was clear he wasn’t around here, he could tell because of the rough accent this man had, probably a tourist. It was normal for tourists to approach Feliciano and ask for directions now, so he stood up, dusting some dust or dirt off himself from sitting on the ground before answering.
“Ve~ No problem just tell me the place, I’m quite an expert around this streets!” Feliciano answered “Don’t worry you weren’t bothering me at all!”
It seemed that the man was heading to a fancy restaurant, Feliciano had immediately known where it was. “Ve~! I know where this is, it’s not far from here, I can show you where it is!” He offered, the mysterious man nodded grateful for the offer. "Danke, mein phone died so I was not able to use mein phone to navigate.."
As they began walking, Feliciano couldn’t take the silence so he thought of a way to strike a conversation. “Ah.. what’s your name?” The young man asked, hoping he could get to know the man more.
”Ludwig Beilschmidt.. Just call me by my first name.” He answered stiffly. Feliciano smiles and nods before rembering he didn't introduce himself yet "Ah right! I'm Feliciano Vargas! Ve~ Just call me Feliciano or any name you want!" They both walked together silently, but it wasn't awkward not in a way Feliciano felt it anyway. "Ve~ what made you come in Italy, Ludwig?" Feliciano suddenly asks, Ludwig hummed slightly "I'm just here for vacation with my cousin and brother, they wanted to go travel in Italy this summer, and possibly find some cute girls according to my dumm bruder.." he answered. "Ah, they are cute girls around here I guess!" Feliciano looked at the man walking beside him. Ludwig nods "Ja, they are. They're waiting for me in the restaurant actually." Feliciano nods, he looked at Ludwig for a moment, he noticed that he had a german accent. He had recognized the way their accent sounded like thanks to the tourists that go to Grandpa Rome’s pizzeria "Are you from Germany?" he suddenly asks, Ludwig looked somewhat surprised before nodding "Ja.. I am, how did you know?" Feliciano smiled slightly "Ve~ It wasn't hard to tell because of your accent! I meet a lot of Germans around here." Ludwig nods.
They kept walking in silent, Feliciano hummed to himself as he walked he looked down on the ground, he already ran out of things to talk about, and he didn't really know much about this man so what could he even ask or talk about?After a little while they had finally arrived at that restaurant. Ludwig turns around and faces towards Feliciano "Thank you for helping me show my way here really, without you I would’ve been lost…” Feliciano smiles sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck "Ve~ it's no problem!”
As they parted ways Feliciano can't help but feel like he missed an opportunity to make a new friend, Ludwig seemed like a good and interesting person and he would've loved to know more about him. Maybe they had same interests? Same hobbies even? Who knows! Though he can't help but admire the way Ludwig looked, his slick back blonde hair, his deep blue eyes, even though his face looked stern Feliciano felt really calm staring at him, his stunning large physique.. He suddenly snaps back from reality realizing what he was thinking he blushed slightly before shaking his head, he held his cheeks as kept walking. He just met Ludwig! What was he even thinking?
Oh well, he just hoped that they both could meet again.