Me: Hello everyone! Welcome to my USUK Family Drabbles! For those of you who have read my fan fiction called "Claire" you'll understand what is happening. Of course, if you haven't you may be lost so I suggest going and reading "Claire" so you can better understand what is happening. So, after reading it and you have a request, feel free to ask your request in a review. I will try to write them as fast as I can. But please check to make sure your request hasn't already been done. Without further a due, here is our first request!

Littlecosma001: Can you write me a short little drabble about Claire and Dante's first play date?

Chapter 1: The Play Date

Arthur sat in his study reading one of his first edition Sherlock Holmes books and sipping black tea. For once, everything was quiet in the house. Alfred wasn't yelling and going on about a video game Japan had sent him, their daughter Claire was taking a nap, and their cat's Hero and Crumpet were asleep and not knocking over items on his book shelves.

The peace was absolutely magnificent. Leaning back further into his favorite chair, he was tempted to put the book down and nap. But, all good things come to an end at some point…

Crash! A loud noise came from the kitchen.

Groaning and rolling his eyes, Arthur reluctantly rose from his comfortable chair to investigate what had happened. And he wasn't surprised at what he had found.

Their four year old daughter Claire was on top of a chair, looking over a now shattered porcelain cookie jar where Alfred had tried to hide his sweets from Claire. She gazed up at Arthur with her baby blue eyes and smiled like an Imp.

"Just like your father." Arthur sighed "Dove, what are you doing up there?"

Arthur walked over and grabbed his daughter off the chair and sat her on the top of the kitchen counter to check and see if she had any scrapes or bruises on her legs or arms. Lately, he had been searching his daughter for cuts and scrapes way too often for his own liking.

"But Rosie wanted sweets mummy!" Claire pointed to an empty spot beside her.

Though Arthur could see creatures that everyone else claimed not to be able to see, Arthur could not see Rosie. Rosie was Claire's imaginary mermaid friend who she had constantly blamed for everything bad that happened.

"Dude, I heard something crash is everyone-." Alfred's eyes widened when he walked downstairs and seen his beloved jar and candy shattered into pieces on the floor "Claire, c'mon pumpkin you can't be getting into things like this."

"But Rosie told me to!" Claire yelled, trying to defend herself.

"Do not raise your voice at your father, Dove." Arthur spoke softly and put her down "Go get washed up, lunch will be served soon."

Claire did as she was told and ran off to her room to get ready for lunch. Arthur sighed and grabbed the broom and Alfred held the dustpan and tried to find any bits of remaining candy that had not been crushed from the fall.

"Alright, I have to ask." Alfred looked up at Arthur "Can you see Rosie like all you're other imaginary friends?"

"They are real, git!" Arthur gave a sharp glare then sighed "But, no…I can't see her. She made up an imaginary friend."

"Well, Rosie has been starting to wear out her welcome." Alfred threw the debris away "I've lost count on how many of my figurines she has broke."

"As well as my antiques." Arthur added "…Do you think we are not giving her enough attention and that's why she made a friend?"

Alfred had thought about that. But the more he thought about it, the less sense it made. Claire was used to having them both around almost twenty four seven unless one had a meeting or some other crisis came about. And lately, they haven't had many meetings. Besides, she has always had equal bonding time with both of her parents. The other day their family was just at an amusement park for the first time as a family.

"No, that's not it." Alfred said "…But what about friends?"

"Come to think of it." Arthur thought "She has just started pre-school…and the teacher did tell us she was a bit shy on her first day."

Well that would explain things. Claire was having a hard time bonding with other children. That made perfect sense that she would make up a friend to talk to and keep her company to replace real kids.

"How about…" Arthur began "We arrange a play date with one of the other nations children?"

"Alright, but who is close to Claire's age?" Alfred asked

"Well let's see…there is Feliciano and Ludwig's son Aiden." Arthur thought aloud.

"Isn't that kid constantly trying to learn how to use the stove so he can make pasta?" Alfred raised an eyebrow.

"…Good point." Arthur sighed "…Well, what about Italy's brother Lovino? He and Antonio have a son."

"Alright, I'll give them a call." Alfred said walking towards the phone.

~USUK~

The next day, Arthur had Claire on his lap and was brushing her long wavy blond hair while humming songs from phantom of the opera.

Today, she would be meeting a new friend. At least, that was what her daddy had told her. But she wasn't too sure about that. She had seen how other kids looked at her differently at school, and even at a young age she knew that wasn't normal. She had heard one of the children's mothers telling their child to stay away from the "Devil Spawn". she didn't know what that meant, but ever since then that child never went near her again. Soon, it wasn't just that child. While everyone else gathered around the sandbox, she'd run off and go play with Rosie instead. At least Rosie didn't look at her differently and always wanted to play with her.

"Are you excited?" Arthur asked braiding her hair

"No." Claire answered "I want to play with Rosie not a yucky boy!"

"Well your daddy and mummy are both boys, and we aren't 'yucky' are we?" Arthur smirked and started to tickle her.

"No! mummy stop it!" She laughed "No mummy isn't yucky!"

"Just give him a chance." Arthur hugged her and kissed the top of her head "I'm sure you two will become good friends."

"Hey, Artie!" Alfred shouted up "They're here!"

"Well, lets go down and meet them, shall we?" Arthur said picking her up into his arms.

Not wishing to hurt Arthur, Claire just nodded and let Arthur carry her downstairs to meet this new friend.

Once downstairs, Claire had recognized Romano and Spain immediately. But the child that was with them she had never seen before. He was a little bit taller than she was with dark brown hair, emerald green eyes, tanned skin, and a large smile on his face. He looked almost like a smaller version of the Spaniard to Claire.

"Claire, this is Dante." Arthur introduced "Dante, this is our daughter Claire."

"Hello…" Claire said trying to hide behind Arthur

"Hello!" Dante smiled even brighter

"Why don't you two go and play in the playroom." Arthur suggested pushing them towards Claire's old nursery that had been redecorated into a playroom "Give the adults some time adult time."

Once inside the room, Arthur made sure to close the door so Claire wouldn't leave the play room. He knew how his daughter was because she was just like Alfred when he was young. If he didn't like something he would often try to get out of it by leaving.

Claire really had no idea what to do. The only people she had really ever played with before were her cousins who were girls. They would play tea party, dress up, and dolls. But Dante was a boy and wouldn't like those things. He'd probably want to go play out in the dirt…though sometimes she did that two, she loved playing outside.

"What do you want to play?" Claire asked, trying to be polite like her mummy.

"I'll play anything." Dante said "Though, me and Aiden sometimes play house."

Well, that wasn't a terrible idea. Claire actually enjoyed playing house as well. She would play it with Rosie all the time, but she was always the mummy. Smiling slightly, Claire ran to her play box and grabbed out an apron and Alfred's old suit and handed it to Dante.

"Alright, I'm going to be the mummy." Claire said "So you are going to be the daddy."

"Okay." Dante smiled putting on the huge suit "But aren't we supposed to have a baby to?"

"Hmm…"

~USUK~

So far, things seemed to be going good. Claire hadn't been trying to sneak out of the room and there wasn't any sounds of fighting of any sort which comforted Arthur.

"It's hard to believe your Hija has such a hard time making friends." Spain said sipping his glass of wine Arthur had offered him "She's so cute and adorable like a little doll."

"Thanks." Alfred smiled "Your Dante seems to be quite the charmer as well."

"He thinks he is." Lovino sighed "He's already starting to act like this bastardo over here…but I can't get mad at him as much as I can with Antonio."

"Well-."

The door of the play room creaked open, making Arthur sigh. And here he thought those two were finally getting along. He rose from his seat and walked over to the door.

"Dove, what's wrong-."

Instead of finding a grumpy Claire, he found both his daughter and Dante dressed up like little adults and pushing a baby carriage with both Hero and Dante dressed up in doll clothing. Hero was fighting his way out of clothing while Crumpet appeared to care less and sat quietly watching the other cat claw and bite the material. The sight was…adorably hilarious.

Arthur had to cover his mouth and stifle a small chuckle before asking the question.

"What are you two doing?" He asked

"We're playing house!" Dante answered

"Yeah, Dante's the daddy, I'm the mommy, and Hero and Crumpet are babies!" Claire smiled brightly.

"Why don't you go show Daddy." Arthur slightly chuckling.

They did exactly that, and Alfred couldn't help but feel horrible for his cat. Out of all the doll clothes, Claire had to pick a pink dress with frills on it.

"Why don't you just go and fix him." Alfred frowned

"What was that daddy?" Claire asked covering them up with a blanket.

"Oh nothing, nothing."

~USUK~

The day rolled by fast for the two children who were having a blast playing with each other and keeping one another company. All of Claire's worries and doubts were long gone, and she had realized she now had a real friend. A friend who was a lot of fun, didn't look at her strangely, and accepted her for who she was. It was a nice feeling, having a friend you could hug and help build things with building blocks.

"Dante?" Claire asked

"Yes Claire?"

"We're…" Claire was almost afraid to say it "Friends…right?"

"Best friends." Dante smiled brightly

"Will you always be my best friend?" Claire asked

"Forever and ever amiga!" Dante smiled holding out his pinkie finger "I pinkie swear it!"

Arthur and Lovino walked in minutes later to check and see how the two new friends were doing. They would have to be leaving soon because it was getting dark out. What they expected to find was Claire and Dante still playing, but instead found them sleeping on the play matt floor curled up under Claire's light blue blanket.

Both men looked at each other and smiled and gently picked their children up, trying their hardest not to make any noise to disturb them. The sight was too precious to disturb. Their fathers acted the same way, smiling at their sleeping children.

"Thanks for coming over." Arthur whispered

"Thanks for having us over." Antonio whispered back.

"Ngh…by buddy…" Claire muttered before finally passing out.

Me: Well, there you have it! I hope you enjoyed your request Littlecosma001! Please remember to favorite and review with a request! It's very much appreciated! And if you haven't, please read "Claire" to better understand these drabbles. Thank you!