hello! this is my first english fanfic ever! :D
I apologize for every grammatical mistakes I made, 'cause I know I have many. (English is my third language.) So yeah, feel free to write your own option on this chapter in a review! If I get too many negative comments, I'll just delete this story and pretend like I've never written it :) enjoy~
*~* Normal POV *~*
Matthew was sitting in his room. It was only 10 minutes until the new year, 2012. His family didn't celerbrate with him, like all the other years. His parents went to their company and were now probably having fun with their friends. And his twinbrother, Alfred? Matthew thought that he was most likely at someones party and drank alcohol like there was no tomorrow. Alfred actually asked him if he wanted to come along, but Matthew didn't want to, because he hated alcohol and crowded places.
But of course the fact that his family wasn't spending time with him, like any other normal family, made him sad and kinda dissapointed. But Matthew was too nice to be selfish, he was happy that at least his other family members were having a good time. For his family, he tried to smile and enjoy his time alone.
He sighed, sat up from his bed and made his way to the balcony to watch the beautiful fireworks. It was 5 minutes to midnight, the people should spare the fireworks for exactly 00:00, but maybe they were full of happines and wanted to start with the explosions as soon as possible.
Matthew was lucky that his house was facing the center of the city, so he could see very clearly how the fireworks exploded. 'I wish I could share this moment with someone...'
He looked back at the clock in his room (luckily the door to the balcony was transparent). 00:00. "Happy new year.." he wispered to himself.
Now the people in the city let all the fireworks explode. The whole sky was filled with colorfull pictures and explosions.
'I wonder if Alfred is already heading home? ... Stupid question, I'm sure he is going to stay at the party 'til morning comes...'
Matthew watched the fireworks and never got tired of them. They were really a pretty eyesight. But his wish to share this moment with someone grew, and he became sad again. His family was never really spending time together. The parents had work to do, and Alfred was always out with friends and enjoyed his life without him...
Sadly, the sixteen year old Boy had hardly any friends at all. Matthew was always ignored in his school and nobody really noticed him. Maybe everyone didn't even know he existed? Even some teachers didn't take notice of him in classes. Why did he go to school, even though he was being treated like a ghost there? The answer is simple. Matthew's biggest wish was to become old with a good paid job, beautiful wife and two kids at his side. He needed school for fulfiling this wish.
But because nobody knew he existed, his wish would most likely not come true. His life was up to this moment really (if you would have to explain it with only one word) dull.
Yeah, dull is the perfect word. Matthews life is just boring. Nothing more. Even though the blonde haired boy was rich, and he had very good grades in school. But his life was dull and boring, and nothing exiting happened. He really wished just a little bit more action in his life.
After a couple of minutes, the fireworks stopped, and many stars shined in the clear sky.
"Thats really pretty..." Suddendly, the teenie saw something. Just to make sure, he cleaned his glasses with his T-shirt and looked back at the sky again.
It was a shootingstar.
"Hey, I can make a wish!" he said again to himself with a little smile on his lips. He already knew what he should wish for. "Wow, I'm such a kid for doing this.." he chuckled a little.
Matthew closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "I wish... That this year becomes the best year in my life. I want to meet new friends and spend my time with them, have fun with them, enjoy life.. And finally fall in love..."
He sighed again and looked at the ground. "I think I wished for too much...it'll never come true... I hate my life..." Matthew went back to his room and closed the balcony door. Wait. What was that? He rushed out of his room again. He could have sworn there was something red there... Maybe it was just his imagination. He returned to his room and closed the door for the night. Matthew only slept in his boxers, so he quickly stripped and lay down on his comfortable bed.
Before he was fully asleep, he could feel warm breath on his neck. It was rather relaxing, so he fell fast asleep.
~|~ The Next Morning ~|~
The bedsheets around Matthew felt really comfortable. So warm and fluffy.. He could stay in bed for more hours. But the sun didn't let him. A bright light hit his face as he groaned and tried to hide under his sheets. He tugged at his sheets, but they didn't move. Matthew was confused, but he didn't give up and tugged stronger at the sheets. Still no moving. As he felt around his bed, with closed eyes, his hand got hold of something warm.
"H-huh?" Matthew finally slowly opened his eyes. He looked at his left side, and what did he find? Thats right. A sleeping body. He did the only thing that seemed right in this moment. He shrieked loudly and shoved the other body from the bed.
"Shit! Geez, whats your problem?" the guy said. He got up from the floor and glared at Matthew. The blonde observed the other guy a little. He had gray- no, white hair and his eyes were brown? As Matthew looked more closely, he noticed that they were actually red. But that wasn't what shoked him the most. He was shocked at what the guy was wearing. There, in front of him, was a guy standing, with no shirt, but only a little clothing that covered his ... Ehhh.. Rather personal part of his body. "Heh, like what you see?" the guy smirked.
"What the- who are you and what are you doing in my room?" Matthew really wasn't in the mood to be polite or kind.
"Whoa dude, you're shaking. Relax. I'm not going to hurt you or anything." the other guy replied and reached out to Matthew.
"D-Don't touch me!" he said and smacked the hand away and backed up a little from the other male. "If you aren't here to hurt me, then leave me alone! Thats my room and my house! And put some clothes on, dammit!" he blushed a little at the last part.
"No. Here I am, trying to help someone, but noo, they just reject the awesome me. At least let me take a nap, I was flying here for, like, 5 hours!" the 'awesome him' said and lay back beside Matthew.
"Get out of my bed, you - you freak!" Matthew tried his best to glare at him. But he wasn't used at being so angry, so he only pouted cutely.
"Look, birdie." he said. "Be a good boy and let me sleep a while longer. I'll explain everything to you later... Oh , and by the way. My name is Gilbert." he closed his eyes.
"Hey wait! Thats my bed! You can't sleep here!"
"Fine. You want to sleep too, don't you?" Gilbert reached out to Matthew and laid his head on the blondes chest. "You're a nice pillow. Now do what pillows do, halt die Klappe, and let me sleep." he said as he snuggled his head on Matthews chest. Matthew couldn't say anything and just blushed madly and jumped out of the bed.
Matthew hoped that his family was at home, because there was a stranger in his room! Should he call the police? Well, Gilbert didn't hurt him, so it wasn't necessary, but still! He ran to his parents' bedroom and opened the door.
"Mom! There is a stranger in my-" as he looked at the bed, he saw that his parents still weren't at home. He groaned. Luckily, Matthew had a brother, maybe he was there?
He rushed to his brothers room and almost ripped the door out. "Alfred! There is a- ... Stranger... In my room?"
Matthews jaw hung open and then hit the floor. You wonder why? Simple. It's a normal reaction on seeing your 'straight' twinbrother pinning some other dude to the wall and kissing him. The boys quited their making-out seassion and looked at Matthew.
The boy, who was pinned against the wall with his wrists, blushed like mad and yelled at Alfred.
"Y-You bloody git! Let go of m-me this instant!" but Alfred just ignored him and kept eye contact with Matthew.
"What's up Matthew?" he said casually and finally let go of the other boy. "Something wrong?"
Matthew shaked his head and said to himself, that his brother's girl- I mean, boyfriends shouldn't bother him. He had a bigger problem. "Alfred! There is some strange guy in my room!"
"Ahaha, Mattie, are you sure you didn't have a nightmare or something?"
"N-No! I'm sure! He is sleeping in my bed now, you can go look if you want a proof!"
"No need to." the other boy said. He had a really thick british accent and as Matthew took a closer look of him, he had huge eyebrows and blonde hair. "Alfred, thats probably Gilbert.."
"Oh, the dude you told me about?"
"Yes. It's nothing to be worried about." Matthew looked to Alfred, and then to the other guy.
"How do you know him?" he asked.
"You seem a little sick, Mattie. The shock is too much for you. Come on, we'll sit in the kitchen, you'll make us your tasty pancakes and Artie will explain everything!"
"My name is Arthur!" the brit said and hit Alfred on his head.
~|~ In The Kitchen ~|~
"Mattie, Artie is 'o kul, hes a agl 'nd 'e can.. Ouch!" Arthur hit Alfred again.
"Don't speak with a full mouth! You behave like a child!" Arthur glared at him and then looked at Matthew. "I'll better explain. Well, first of, I'm an angel."
And there goes Matthews morning coffee.
"Mattie! You dirtied my favorite shirt!" Alfred whined. "I gotta change." He stood up and went to his room to get a new T-Shirt. Matthew was too shocked to speak, so he let Arthur explain everything.
"Well you see... I'm an angel, as I said. As Alfred saw the shootingstar last night, he had the luck that his wish would come true. He wished to find true love. And as I heard that wish, I decided to help him and flew to him. And as an angel, I have to make sure that Alfred's wish comes true." Matthew nodded.
"And.. The kissing was because..?" Arthur blushed and looked away.
"T-That was just a kind of a seal! We had to kiss so that all the other angels know that I'm already doing this job! I-It was nothing personal!" his blush only grew and soon he looked like a tomato.
"So Gilbert is an angel to?" Matthew asked and ate his first pancake. It shocked him a little that he didn't freak out. He was actually very exited! Finally something cool happened in his dull life!
Arthur nodded. "But.. don't angels have wings?"
"Well yes. That's the reason we do this. If we manage to fulfil our 'master's' wishes, we get real wings and then we become real angels. When that happenes, we can choose to become human, or stay real angels and help other people too. But actually, we do have wings." Arthur sat up and turned around. Matthew watched with big eyes as two beautiful, one meter big wings appeared on Arthur's back. "Thats how I came flying to Alfred. But the wings we get when our job is done are way more powerful and a lot bigger." Matthew nodded.
He thought about what his wish was. 'I wish this year becomes the best year of my life.' So he guessed Gilbert will have to fulfil his wish, huh? Matthew wondered how he is going to do that.
Matthew heard a chuckle. "What?" he asked innocently.
"Oh, it's nothing. I just thought of something funny. You should go to Gilbert now. "
"Ehh, okay.." he said shyly and went upstairs to his room again.
~|~ At Matthew's Room ~|~
Matthew felt silly for knocking on his own door. But maybe the angel was naked or something like that. So he did it anyways.
A few secounds passed and he heard a "Come in."
Matthew did that and saw Gilbert still laying on his bed. Gilbert yawned and looked at him. "Well, I guess now I have to explain myself and all this other shit... My name is Gilbert Beilschmidt and I'm an-"
"You're an angel. I know.. " Gilbert gave him a confused look.
"How did you know? Is it that obvious?" He smirked. "Well, only someone as awesome looking as me looks like an angel-"
"Sorry for crushing your dreams but actually someone told me about you... His name is Arthur."
"Arthur is here? Why?"
"Ehhh... I guess he is helping my brother?"
"Oh so you say he wished something too, like you?"
"Probably.." Gilbert nodded and sat up, but before he threw the sheets away, Matthew stopped him. "Wait! You have no clothing, sh-shouldn't you at least get dressed?"
Gilbert laughed a strange laugh and looked at him suspiciously. "Even though I'm an angel, I'm a male too, so no need to freak out like that. Or are you possibly...?" a smirk was back on his lips again.
"N-No I'm not gay!" Matthew shouted embarrased by the question.
"I was going to say 'are you a girl?' , but it's good to know that you swing that way. Not that I mind."
"I do not!"
"Yeah, yeah. Now get me some clothes, we'll have to talk about your wish." Matthew calmed down, nodded and left the room.
'Looks like I'm going to have lots of fun here.' Gilbert said smirking while looking out of the window.
~|~ Chapter End ~|~
Halt die Klappe - Shut up / German