AN: This is my first drabble. It started as a headcanon and then grew into something more. I write these things as I go so I'm sorry if it sucks!
Youthfulness Returned - Kiku finds that being around Alfred makes him feel young again. On reflection he finds this strangely amazing, because of the fact that he is so ancient. Yet this young nation is some how, able to turn him into a foolish kitten and have him all caught up with his childish schemes every time.
The logical, analytical part of Kiku muses on what exactly it is about Alfred that could have this effect on him? Is it: his sunny smiles? His large hands that are too skilled at finding the perfect places to tickle him; that will have him in helpless fits of laughter in no time? Or perhaps it is the excited timber of his voice when he tells yet another crazy story or plan of his? Maybe it his golden hair, with that one lock that bobs around with a mind of its own? Or his strong arms that like to lift him into the air and twirl about with him, and such (which he should not do. It is undignified. However Kiku enjoys it anyway.) Or is it his ocean blue eyes,…..
"Kiku," Alfred pokes Kiku on the nose. "Earth to Kiku are you listening?" Alfred pouts and gives him puppy eyes. "I was telling you my EPIC story about all the amazing heroic things I had to do to get your Birthday cake through customs. I mean being a nation-tan helps I just give my folks the suggestion that the cake is a lie but it wouldn't work on your customs officials so I had to bring all of Hollywood and all my secret agent skills to bear!" Alfred waves a impressive cake with Kiku's flag in bright icing under Kiku's nose enthusiastically a few times then sets it on the table. Alfred then spins around waves his arms around a few times like a lanky crane trying to take flight saying,"what am I forgetting…oh yeah forks and knives!"
Then he dives down and is going through the lower kitchen cabinets with a gusto. Kiku distracted from his previous train of thoughts once again but this time not by Alfred's words but by his fit rear waving back and forth as his rummages through Kiku's kitchen supplies, reaping untold destruction on their previous orderly world, no doubt about it. With that, he decides that he likes that type of blue jeans on Alfred-kun but he'd like removing them even more. Kiku doubts, that nice though it is, that this particular feature is what is responsible for bring out his inner child. In fact it seems to summon a completely different side of him. So, with new activities and ideas in mind, he for once, listens to his spiritual side and decides perhaps, some things just can't be explained by logic or science.
"Kiku you didn't through out all the forks, spoons , and knives again?"
"Eeek! Kiku don't sneak up behind me like that! I thought you were a ghost again! How do you walk so quietly? I try walking on these bamboo floors and it sounds like a family of elephants or a herd of mustangs even when I take my shoes off! ….Kiku dips his fingers into the cakes icing and gently scoops up a small dollop of icing.
"Kiku! you're not supposed to eat cake with your hands!" Alfred exclaims.
Kiku puts his icing covered fingers in his mouth and artfully, with the slow skill of an experienced master, removes the icing from his fingers.
"Gomen'nasai Alfred-kun I forgot" Kiku says this and then with small but strong hands grabs Alfred by his tie and pulls Alfred down into a deep passionate kiss. Suddenly Alfred is tongue has found much more interesting tasks to perform and Kiku muses briefly, before abandoning his in monolog all together, that yes, some things are best left unexplained.