Germany x Reader - Ten Steps - Part 6

Make her laugh.

"How does one make a person laugh, apart from making a fool of themself?" Ludwig wondered, as he supposedly "read" the newspaper – not much of what he was reading was actually registering in his mind, but well...it was a fair pretext to think about what he had to, and no one would interrupt him, like his dear brother, because everyone knew he was reading the paper.

How do I make her lau-.

"Ciao, Ludwig!"
...well, almost everyone knew that he wasn't to be interrupted when he was reading the newspaper.
Slowly lowering said paper, he saw his overtly-cheerful Italian friend's face smiling back at his.
"I'm reading the paper, Feliciano." Ludwig murmured, half-absently, half-seriously.
"Sì, sì, I know, but I have something for you, and for [Name]!"
"Something for...me and her? But we aren't-" Ludwig was cut off as Feliciano stuck two tickets right under his nose.

"...what are these?" Ludwig asked, after spending about five minutes (or so they seemed) of trying to read something that was right under his nose, and anyone who has been in the same situation would understand his difficulty.
"Tickets!" Feliciano replied enthusiastically.
"Well...I've understood that much, but what are these tickets for?"
"The circus!"
"The...what?" Did Feliciano really expect him to take name to a circus?
"Gilbert told me that you were up to Step Six, on the list, so I thought that if you took [Name] to a circus, then she would laugh!"
"Yes, but that's not the same as-...never mind, Feliciano. Thank you, all the same." Ludwig thought of telling Feliciano 'What if [Name] had been afraid of clowns?'...but considering that she was friends with Feliciano, crazy antics must've been right up her path.
"Not a problem! I've already told [Name] that you're going to pick her up for the circus tonight at 5:30 in the evening! I know how much of importance you give to time!"
"Yes, yes, Feliciano, now you can g- what?!?"

~x~

"I'll admit – I never expected you to be the type of person to keep track of which circuses pass through town!" [Name] laughed, as she buckled her seatbelt – it was the first thing she had said since she entered the car.
"Well...it was a friend's suggestion, you can say." It wasn't a lie – it was Feliciano's idea to buy tickets for himself and [Name] and practically send them on a date!
"I can't lie, Ludwig – I'm kind of excited for this," [Name] was still smiling. "It's been so long since I've been to a circus! It's just like when I was little!"
O-Oh...is it?" Ludwig let out a sigh. He'd secretly been dreading the idea that [Name] actually hated circuses. What if she despised them? Then, maybe she would never want to speak to him again, and then what if she actually never-
"Thanks, Ludwig. You won't believe had actually happened when Feliciano called me."
Ludwig wanted to ask her what had actually happened, but the words got stuck in his throat, as she had placed her hand on his upper right arm. Thankfully, though, [Name] just continued to speak.

"I was so happy, that I just sat there, and laughed for what seemed like ages. I don't know why – maybe it was the idea of going to the circus after so long, maybe it was the idea of going there with you – I really don't know, but it made me so happy, and I couldn't stop laughing. Thanks so much, Ludwig."