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Ludwig made sure that the others went to class before he began heading towards the main office with Gilbert. At the last minute, Ludwig grabbed Gilbert by the collar of his shirt and yanked him into an empty class room. He went over to a nearby chair and took a seat before he ran his hand through his hair-- a classic sign that Ludwig was stressed up or displeased (but not enough to want to hurt someone). He looked up to his older brother and motioned for him to take a seat as well.

"Gilbert... You know I don't like yelling at you und your friends. I hate zhat I alvays come off as a bad guy... But Opa Germania asked if I vould be head of the Disciplinary Committee, so zhat is vhy I am being a hard a** on you. You know hat, right?" He rubbed the back of his neck with a bit of a frown. "Will you please promise to get you und your Freunde to behave?"

((Freunde= Friends))

Ludwig knew what his brother was up to and frowned. The bell rang to release students to lunch, so the German knew he needed to work fast to get his brother's attention. "Lunch sounds great. Now, I hate doing zhis sort of thing, but let's make a deal. For every week that you und your friends do not get in trouble, I vill take you to the bar und pay for all of the drinks you can handle in one night. However, you don't tell Francis and Antonio about the deal, und if I get a single complaint from the teachers, our deal end und I drag your a** to the front office to serve vhatever punishment Opa gives you." It did feel incredibly shady to have to bribe his own brother to not skipping class or harassing other students while in class with beer, one of the few weaknesses a German has, but it was the only thing he could think of. Gilbert loved his beer just as much as Ludwig did, so it might at least appeal to his older brother. Still, he knew he would probably have to sweeten the deal some. "Und, for every month you go wizhout trouble, I vill owe you one favor of any kind that you ask for." There. That ought be to be tempting enough for the Prussian to consider. Ludwig had grown up with Gilbert, so he knew full well that his brother liked having people be indebted to him for whatever reason. Having the ability to get Ludwig to do whatever Gilbert wanted once a month would at least get him to behave for two months.... Maybe.

Ludwig didn't exactly like having just Gilbert being involved n this deal, but.... Francis was easy enough to scare into being good. (Well, maybe not "being good" so much as doing less bad things such as sexually harassing other students...) And Antonio seemed to just be involved in whatever mischief the other two got into rather than actually being a ringleader in any of the trouble the three got into unless it just so happened the the Spaniard got into some sort of trouble and the other two were attempting to help him out. "....Alright. I suppose I can deal vith that." Ludwig shook his brother's hand before he clapped him on the back. "Come on, let's go get lunch. Und remember, don't tell Francis and Antonio about our deal. Also, if they asked, you were punished brutally. I won't punish them, but I know that favor of ours is sure to make them think twice before letting you take all the blame." Ludwig smiled, almost like he had somewhat planned this. Hey, he had to deal with those three almost all Summer. You think he wouldn't have learned a thing or two in manipulation from any of them?

No... That couldn't be... But it was. The bell rang, announcing lunch was over. "Ugh, another day where I missed lunch because of Disciplinary Committee Duties. I swear, this club is going to end up being the death of me this year..." What's worse was the fact that Ludwig didn't even have time to eat breakfast this morning. He was actually starving, but he couldn't skip class to go eat, and eating in the classrooms was against the rules. 'I will just have to bare with my hunger until after school...' Ludwig picked up his things before looking to his brother. "Go to class. I'll see you later."

With that, Ludwig left the empty room he and his brother had been talking in and headed to class, his stomach growling at him the whole way...