Gilbert Beilschmidt held up a pair of matching silver rings, "They're awesomely perfect." He slipped one on to see if it really was as perfect as he first expected, and of course it was- the awesome one's intuition never fails. He took it off so he could pay for it before-

Then a meek voice broke through his thoughts, "Um, Prussia?" He turned around to see an adorable boy with soft, violet eyes and wavy, golden hair. He was tall, and had a fragile air to him, but Gilbert knew just how scary Canada could really be.

"Ja, Matthew?" He responded. He cursed himself inwardly, "Scheiße!"

"Which one do you prefer?" He asked holding up two ties. That was the real reason the pair of them went to the mall. Matthew required a new tie for the next World Meeting, but dress clothes had never interested the Germanic state (Jewellery doesn't either, he just coincidentally found them).

"Go with the red one," He replied uninterestedly. This was indeed a shame, because if Gilbert had been paying attention, he'd realize that while the red tie was the same colour as Canada's flag and Prussia's eyes, the other one would have suited Matthew better.

Matthew nodded and put the other one back on the rack then he turned to the albino, "So where were you headed, Gil?"

"I found something I wanted to buy." He replied with the same lack of interest as previously.

"Really, what'd you get?" Canada raised an eyebrow although he had seen what the older nation had found, he decided to play dumb for a while.

"Hm, let's see. Do you have a barcode on you Mattie?" He jokingly lifted the other's arm as if to check.

"Really, Gil," he jerked his arm away. A blush rudely invaded the Canadian's face, "What're you getting?"

This made the former nation laugh, "It's a secret."

"Why?"

"Trust me Mattie," he said, "there's always a method to my awesomeness."

"Don't you mean madness?" he muttered silently. The other just laughed again and playfully hit him. They goofed off for some time before the two realised they ought to check out. That day they both left the mall with two things: Gilbert had the two rings, and Matthew had the tie and hope that Prussia would be popping the question to him some time soon. He hadn't been able to see well enough to know that the other ring was not the right size for him, and the awesome doesn't make mistakes like that -never.