While They Were Gone. A Nekotalia fic -part 5

-Still at Germany's-
It had been a couple days, but Prussia finally managed to rally some people together to search for his brother and Feliciana. All during this time the cats had been on edge.
'Ve~meow... Shouldn't he have sent somebody out to look for Luddy and Feli by now?' Itabby was really scared for her caregiver's well being. Germouser licked her cheek.
'I'm sure Gilbert knows vhat he's doing, leibe.' Germouser wasn't even completely sure of what he said himself. Itabby meowed sadly and nuzzled against Germouser's neck.
'I really miss Feli. She takes really good care of me! She sits there reading her books, and she'll rub my belly at the same time.' Itabby felt like crying. Germouser rested his head against hers. The gray cat really didn't know what to say to make her feel better, but he was going to try anyway. He thought about how much time Feli had spent around him as well. She was always trying to get him to play with her, or she would just scratch behind his ears. Germouser then thought about Ludwig and how the blond man would let the cat sit in his lap while he was filling out papers. Ludwig would also scratch the cat behind the ears while he was reading.
Germouser let out a light sigh. 'I know how you feel leibe. I miss Ludvig too. He would often do nice things for me, like let me sit in his lap vhile he vas, or sometimes he vould just scratch behind my ears...' Germouser nuzzled against Itabby. 'Don't vorry. They'll be home soon, leibe. I'm sure of it.'
Itabby nodded. The tan cat thought for a minute. How long had Germouser been calling her 'leibe'? 'Ve~meow. Germouser... What does 'leibe' mean?' She tilted her head up to look at the gray cat.
The cat responded with a cat's version of a blush.
'V-vell... Vhy do you ask?' the cat continued to blush and looked away from her.
'Ve~meow. You've been calling me that for a couple days... And I just thought to ask about it now...' The tan cat continued to look at the gray one.
Germouser mentally cursed himself for calling her that so absentmindedly. 'Vell, it's a term of affection. It means 'love'...' the cat blushed again.
Itabby let out a happy meow. 'That means Germouser loves me? That makes me happy.' She purred and rubbed her head against his neck lightly.
Germouser continued to blush. 'Ja. Ich leibe dich, Itabby.' He gently licked the top of her head. Itabby leaned up and lightly licked Germouser's cheek.
'That means 'I love you', si?' She said with a soft smile. He nodded. 'Well, then ti amo troppo, Germouser.' She purred against him.
The two cats sat there purring for a while, then they eventually curled up and fell asleep together on the floor.