Titanic: Love Will Always Find A Way

Chapter Xlll: 1 Oclock Madness

Chapter Xlll: 1 Oclock Madness

Ludwig

"Italy..." I vhisper into his hair as I hold in mien embrace; his small, beautiful body shaking in fear from zhe violent actions he just did. His intoxicating smell capturing my heart, I kiss him softly, trying to comfort him zhe best vay I can.

Zhe list of zhe majestic ship grows quicker, steeper, more dangerous as zhe minutes pass. From above, ve could hear zhe panic of helpless people; men, children, and women alike, trying to reach the safety of zhe little boats... Explosions ring throughout zhe middle of night like zhe uneven beat of a drum, loud and strong. 

People pass us ever so often, scared and flushed; all looking to find a resolution zhat vould never come. Titanic is doomed, ve all know it. Zhoughs whom are lucky vill survive and zhose whom are not, vill perish. But at least I can say, I vent down vith zhe terrific man zhat I love. 

"Ludwig..." 

"Ja, mien liebe?" I reply to zhe soft, beautiful voice. He is scared; he's afraid to die. Vill it hurt? Vill in be quick? Vill it be long? Truth be told, under my calm complexion, zhe same fears travel back and forth. But most of all, it is zhe fear zhat 'Vhat if I live, and he dies?' or vise versa. How vill ve go on vithout each other? I know I said to him ve vill alvays be together... but, ve just met. So many zhings I vould vant to do vith him, say to him, zhat I never vould.

"Ludwig, are~a... Are~a we gonna die?" He asks, trying to hold back tears, or at least it sounds like he is. I sigh as one, single, crystal blue tear slides down my cheek as I squeeze him in my arms and place my chin on his forehead. My throat begins dry as I try to think of vords to comfort him... but none come to mind, instead, all I can zhink of doing is holding him; trying to make our last hours on Earth, not of fear, but love and hope... Hope to see zhe next sunrise.

"Feliciano... Let's go. Maybe,,, just maybe, ve'll make it out alive." I say vith a sigh vhile grabbing his arm gently, pulling him along gently from zhe calmness of fantasy to zhe chaos of reality. People screaming and fighting to get to zhe remanding life boats. Zhe offcers are yelling 'Women and children only!', holding back every man in sight.

"Ludwig! I'm~a scared!" He cries out softly vhile hanging onto my arm like a lost child trying to find there mother. I pull him close as ve valk through zhe crowd. 

"Don't be, I'll protect; Forever and alvays." I say vith a kiss on his soft head, not caring if anyone sees. And of coarse, being that this is the 20th century, everyone noticed... looking at us like ve are... aliens; like ve have somezhing on our faces, but worse. People start screaming at us as ve flee to zhe ever rising stern. I guess it made them feel better about themselves, knoving zhey are about to die. Ve probably are just a distracting to zhem... 

"Don't listen to zhem Italia, vhat zhey say doesn't mean anyzhing." I vhisper into his cold ears, he shivers under zhe black, night sky. 

"But it~a hurts..." He cries out softly as he vraps his hands around my arms. 

"I... I know." I say vith a sigh, before looking at my watch. 1:24 am... Zhe remaining boats began to dwindle as zhe night continues to pass. White lights explode in zhe air, illuminating zhe air, vater, faces of zhe horrified; everyzhing in zhe area, shining. At zhe stern, you could seem everyzhing for miles; small chucks of almost invisible ice, zhe crowds of large people stalking zhe few remaining boats down as you go forward, tovards zhe bow. 

Zhe sound of men saying goodbye, women replying and children crying fuse with the gentle and upbeat music of zhe sting quartet zhat alvays played during dinner as zhey try zhere best to comfort zhose whom are afraid. Panic zhough out veighs zhe attempts of zhe civilized; scream errupt from down zhe deck, tovards zhe advancing sea before a gunshot rings in zhe cold, summer evening. Everyzhing is starting to fall apart, and zhat is vhen society falls.

Feliciano's breath heightens as zhe loud sounds scare him into submission; he turns and hides his innocence into mien chest, trying to escape from zhe vorld in mien varm breath. Varm, salty tears trickle down my shirt slowly as I pull him closer to me. I rest my head on his soft, beautiful hair and coo his name softly. God, he's so beautiful and pure... Someone so good shouldn't have to go through all zhis evil and pain; no one should to begin vith.

"It's okay Italia... it's okay. I'm here, forever and alvays..." I whisper into his ear before leaning down to kiss his soft, pink lips gently. I cupped his hand to have him look up to me before and continued after zhis kiss so I could stare into zhose beautiful eyes of his...

"Ludwig... I~a-"

"Well, well, well... Look what we have hear. Who knew the bitch had a whore as well!" Mien eyes jolt up to meet zhe glare of Him. I zhought Italy knocked him out! He shouldn't be here; not know, not ever! Zhe ship is sinking for god sakes and all he can zhink of is prying Italy avay from me, I don't zhink so. Being on edge from seeing him crying and trying to find a vay out of zhis, I snap. And gods knows, vhen I snap, you vill begging to go to hell by zhe time I'm through vith you.

Vith one quick step, I punch him so hard in zhe face zhat immediately, he falls back unconscious as a tooth flies out of his mouth vith a small fountain of blood spewing out. People gasp at zhis and it takes about 4 men to stop me from killing Him, who is know in zhe process of being picked up by his goons. I scream bloody murder as zhey drag him avay, untill slowly, I remember vhere I vas... and zhat Italy saw everyzhing.

My heart begins to break as zhose gorgeous eyes look at me zhe vay zhey did; full of disgust, horror, sadness, fear... all zhing I never meant for him to see. All zhing I knew he helped hide avay from zhe vorld. I call out his name softly, unable to project my voice any louder zhan a vhisper, but all he does is back avay slowly. He looks to me, as if I'm... a beast, a monster. Zhe uncontrollable feeling of sadness, fear of him leaving, pain, hurt, rush into my brain, pushing out all zhoughts of death and zhe surroundings. Heavy tears begin to surfaced as I take a step forvard, and he back. I reach out my hand to him, but he just backs avay more.

"Italia..." I vhisper to him as a fat tear slides down my cheek. All he does is back up more, and turn avay from me. Zhat my friends, is zhe ultimate betrayal... zhat is vhen my heart shattered into a million pieces. I try to race after him, but zhe time it took for me to get to vhere he vas standing, he had disappeared from my sight and from my vorld... "Italy!!!!"

A/N: Don't worry, the grand finale is comng up!!! And ps. don't hate me for this, I have the perfect idea so it will all be revealed next time so stay tuned!!!😉