A/N: To keep this short and to the point, this is going to be about three very different teenagers who have the exact same problem. Love. Main pairings are RusAme, SuFin, and Japan/Austria (I don't know a fancy pairing name for that, mainly because it's not really a pairing ever done!)
I awoke with a feeling of dread nagging away at the pit of my stomach, and tried to go back to sleep. I was stuck for a moment wondering why I was even up at this hour when I remembered. Oh yes, school.
Normally, I wouldn't be happy. But today was different. I had Alfred in my class. I would get to see him every day for five days, every week until June! I immediately sat up and grinned at that. How could I not be happy to see his adorable smiling face every day? I realized then that my movements were restricted, and I groaned.
Oh joy. That feeling of dread. Natalia was released from her private school (A/N *cough*Mental Asylum*cough*), so I was 'graced' with her presence.
"Sister, wake up, we have school today," I moaned, trying to push her off of me. She snapped her eyes opened and glared at me, only hugging me tighter.
"Nyet, big brother! I do not want to go!" She moved one of her hands from my waist to my cheek, stroking it gently. I hated this.
"You have to go, Natalia."
"But brother-" I cut her off with a hard shove and got up, hearing her muffled cry of anger. I ignored it for the moment and rifled through my clothes, picking up a few things before heading to the bathroom with a smile.
"Get ready, sister, Katyusha will not be happy if you miss your first day, da?" I asked, motioning to our older sister's room. Normally Natalia would stay in there, giving me privacy, but because of her sudden return, she had decided to 'cuddle' with me.
I turned and shut the bathroom door, rolling my eyes before undressing and showering in my usual routine. Today, though, I took more time with myself, brushing my hair and straightening my blue sweater with a satisfied grin. I wanted to look my best for Alfred, right?
I exited to see Natalia up and dressed, eerily staring at a blank wall. She tended to do that, so I shrugged it off and went downstairs to make breakfast for my sisters. Katyusha normally cooks for us, but she sleeps in on Mondays because her work wasn't until later, so I put aside some bread and tea in the fridge with a smile.
Natalia had joined me silently and was eating slowly, staring at me the entire time. I was so glad she was a freshman -I am a junior- so I wouldn't have to deal with her at school. At least, I hoped not. I was excited to see Alfred, now that the first semester was over. We hadn't had many classes together before, but I had been lucky in my class choices. Okay, not lucky, I had listened to what he was choosing and chose the same; but that's not wrong, is it?
After a brief moment of silence, Natalia spoke.
"Brother, what time do we leave?"
I glanced at the clock and sighed internally. "Now, sister. Get your things." I stood and cleared away our dishes, taking my own small stack of notebooks and shoving them into the large inside pocket of my usual beige coat. Natalia just grimaced as I carefully wrapped my scarf around my neck; Katyusha had given it to me when I was young, and Natalia was jealous.
With a sigh, I led her outside and began towards the school. She clung to my arm possessively and I internally cringed, again. I hoped that Alfred wouldn't see and think she was my girlfriend or anything, that would be bad! The fact that we both have white hair should be a giveaway that we are siblings, but Alfred is so… Sometimes he does not understand basic concepts.
As we approached the school, Natalia's grip on my arm had tightened considerably, and I sighed. I hoped that I would be able to get rid of her, I really did.
Thankfully, she left to her class without much of a fuss. I did have to promise her that I would give her a hug later, but I figured that a hug was much better than having her follow me around all day and scare off my friends. Okay, I don't have any friends. But maybe someone would actually want to talk to me today and she scared them off? That would be horrible.
"In Soviet Russia, hamburgers eat YOU!" I heard someone cackle, obviously intended to deride me in some way. With a sigh, I turned to face my accuser. But I smiled. It was Alfred. Charming, lovable Alfred.
He was staring at me with a cocky and smug grin, one eyebrow raised in question. I took few steps over and joined him, my head tilted to the side.
"I hope you know that it is physically impossible for a hamburger to consume anything, Fredka~" I murmured, taunting him slightly.
He rolled his eyes. "Lay off it, Commie, I got real people to talk to. And a hot chick to flirt with." Now, that had hurt. Not only had he insulted me, but he was brushing me aside for some girl? I followed his gaze to see Natalia angrily looking around -for me, obviously- and got worried. He didn't think that SHE was the 'hot chick', did he?
I took immediate action and grabbed his arm, pulling him into the safety of an empty classroom. Flicking my eyes to the clock on the wall, I sighed happily. Only 5 more minutes until class starts, and that means only five more minutes to hide from Natalia, right? But it also means only five more minutes to talk with my precious sweet sunflower.
"What the fuck was that for, Commie?" He spat, pulling his arm out of my grip with a loud huff. I rolled my eyes in annoyance, but remembered that Alfred did not know about her.
"That 'hot chick' was my little sister, Alfred. My deranged little sister who would try to kill you just for breathing near me," I replied in a whisper, as if she could hear us. He gave me a blank stare before breaking into a silent laughter.
"Your accent sounded hilarious when you said 'hot chick'! Say something else funny!" I deadpanned and sighed. Why must he keep this idiot facade up when we are alone?
"Just avoid her, all right? I do not want you to get killed."
"Whatever, dude!" He laughed again. The bell rang and saved me the trouble of protecting him further from Natalia, so I followed him silently to out first class. He gave me a weird look and I only smiled. He didn't know I was in all of his classes yet! I was so happy to be able to look at him all day…
My wonderful thoughts were interrupted by our teacher, who was taking attendance.
"Braginski?"
"Here~" I called out sweetly, earning a few odd glances.
"Carriedo?"
"Presente!" Antonio, a Spanish kid replied.
"Honda?"
"H-hai, sensei," A nervous Japanese boy replied. Alfred laughed and handed him a slip of paper; a note. I was jealous! Why did Kiku get to be Alfred's friend and not me?
"Jones?"
"Here!"
She continued to call out names until she finished, ending with 'Vargas'- the twin Italians. A smile graced her face and she sighed dreamily.
"You're all here! I'm so happy! This semester is going to be great, you guys! You'll love CP History 11!" She ranted happily, passing out a guideline as she continued to talk about classroom rules and the like. I was not listening, though, my thoughts were on Alfred. I hoped that we were going to do a lot of partner work, because I wanted a lot of alone time with him…
Again, the teacher interrupted me.
"-so everyone pick a partner, got it? I want you all to get along! Pick someone you don't know a lot about and tell them about yourself, ask them what they like!" Finally! Our teacher was making sense! I stood quickly, a little too quickly, and turned to look at Alfred.
No.
He was already paired up! I glared at his partner, a short blonde boy with large brown eyes. I knew him from last year, 10th grade. He was a Finnish kid by the name of Tiny or Tony or something, it wasn't important enough to remember. It seemed that him and Alfred were getting along, though. What did he have that I did not? I groaned internally and scanned the room for potential partners.
With a sigh, I realized that the only other person who was partnerless was that kid's -Timmy? Tommy? What was his name?- best friend. His name I didn't know, he was tall and intimidating like me, and rarely ever spoke. Our teacher noticed and pulled him over, a huge grin on her face. I wonder how much she'd cry if I slapped her?
"Ivan, this is Berwald! Berwald, this is Ivan! You two, sit down, get to know each other!" She laughed, forcing the Swede to sit. His face did not change, and neither did mine. I took a seat as well. A smile and a frown, it must have been funny to see!
"Hej." He said in a deep, monotonous voice. I smiled even wider.
"Privet!~ You already know that my name is Ivan, I'm from Russia!" I tried to sound enthusiastic. He nodded.
"Tino t'lks 'bout ya. He t'lks 'bout e'ryone," He replied. Tino! That was it! What a stupid name.
" 'm from Sweden." He added, and I nodded.
We sat in silence for a few minutes, neither one of us really disturbed by it. I heard the little Finnish kid explain Berwald -or Su-San, as he called him- to Alfred and sighed. I wished that this would just end so I could resume staring -I mean looking- at Alfred.
But that changed quickly as the two blondes happily pranced up to us.
"Okei! This is Su-San! Er, I mean, Berwald! Su-San, this is Alfred!" Tino exclaimed happily, pointing at the American. Alfred flashed his trademark grin and I felt my heart flutter. If only he would grin like that to me!
"Hey dude, what's up?" Alfred asked, the Swede shrugged, but I saw his lip twitch and his eyes flick to Tino. What was that? (A/N: Read the most amazing SuFin fic called "No Such Thing As Coincidence" By Kuro-Riya! This is where a lot of my SuFin stuff will come from! Tee-hee!~) I saw Tino giggle and blush. I wish that Alfred and I could share looks like that! Seeing my little sunflower blush and smile like that would make everyday worthwhile, though I'd have to resist the urge to toss him over the desks and start ravishing him in the middle of class. Oh, but how much more fun that would be! Alfred blushing and stuttering, begging me to stop from embarrassment but crying out for more from the pleasure!
I noticed that the three were giving me an odd look, so I smiled innocently. It would be best if they didn't know what I was imagining.
"Anyways…" Tino said awkwardly. Berwald stood and ruffled the boy's hair, earning a cute grin and blush again. I almost did the same to Alfred, but I knew that he wouldn't take it well.
"Okay! Everyone back to their seats!" The teacher called. I had missed most of our 'conversation' in my fantasy land, but that was all right. It's not like she was going to ask us to say something, right? Wrong.
"I want everyone to stand up and tell me one thing they learned about their partner that they did not know before. And no names only, I want something interesting!" She cheered. I groaned, but kept my smile in place. How was I going to get out of this? I didn't know a thing about Berwald!
I felt a tap on my shoulder and was about to menacingly grin and threaten the other, but it was Alfred. I felt my cheeks redden at the attention; he wanted to talk to me!
"Hey, Ivan, need a little help?" He asked in a hushed voice. My stomach fluttered.
"Y-you would help m-me?" I managed to stutter out. He wanted to help me? How sweet and thoughtful of him!
"Here." He handed me a folded up piece of paper and I smiled at him, gently unfolding it and reading it's contents.
Ivan,
I could tell that you were totally zoned out during our convo, I do that sometimes, too! I though that you might need some help, cos Berwald didn't even make a sound during the whole time, unless it was to Tino. But Tino talks enough to make up for it. He told me about him.
Him and 'Fin' have been best friends for like, ten years. Tino calls him Su-San and he calls Tino Fin.
Hope that helps.
The Epic Hero
I smirked as I read it, thankful for Alfred's cute little hero complex. It was so cute of him to write this note! I wonder why they call each other Fin and Su-san, though. I wonder if Alfred and I would ever have nicknames for each other. I call him Fredka, but he does not like that. And he calls me 'Commie'… but I do not like that at all. If he really wants to, he can, but I wish he would have an endearing term for me.
"Ivan? You're next!" The teacher interrupted, yet again. I was getting tired of this!
"Ah, da!~ I learned that Berwald's best friend is Tino, and that they have been friends for ten years! Is that not cute?" I cheerily said. I looked over at the said friends and saw that they were talking -well, Tino was talking, Berwald was just listening- and I felt another pang of envy. I would be happy with just one friend, but what did I get? A psychotic little sister who wants to marry me. Yay.
"Thank you, Ivan! That is cute!" She hastily agreed, asking the next person to go. I sighed and let my thoughts reclaim me for the remainder of class, only listening when it was Alfred's turn. I was curious to what Berwald was going to say, so I waited for him, too. I wondered if Alfred had told Tino about me, like Tino had done about Berwald.
" Iv'n's f'vorite color 's purple," He said, and I was shocked. How did he know that? How did anyone know? " 'n his f'vorite fl'wer 's a s'nfl'wer." Now that was a lot. I hastily took a piece of paper out of my notebook, not wanting to rip it. I quickly wrote a note and carefully placed it on Alfred's desk. He was startled but saw what it was and unfolded it. I saw his face redden, and my heart fluttered again. He is so cute!
Alfred
How did you know those things about me, when you claim to hate me?
I have never told anyone.
Ivan
I was honestly curious at how he did know! I didn't have any friends to tell these things to, and we have never really talked. Maybe he didn't hate me as much as he claimed he did? He wrote a reply and slid it onto my desk, and I resisted the urge to grab his hand as he did so.
Ivan
I'm observant. You wear a lot of purple and you always draw sunflowers on your notebook.
The Epic Hero
I blushed. Was it really obvious or did he watch me as much as I watched him? I was curious to know, but I couldn't ask him that over a note. He would lie, it would be too easy. I decided that I was going to talk to him after last block with a triumphant smile and let the rest of the day slide by.
Author's Note:
Privet!~ Look who's back? I have the next chapter to this almost done! This time from the point of view of Finny! And, so you know, yes! They are all going to be at the same time, if you know what I mean! ^^ I love Ivan so much, and I like portraying him more cute/shy and a lot less twisted/insane. That doesn't meant that he's not going to have his flaws, but he's not going to be crazy!
I mentioned Kuro-Riya and her awesome story earlier, but I wanted to mention it again! You should all check out No Such Thing As Coincidence! It's the best SuFin fic EVER! At least, I think so…. I would never have written this without reading that, because I never really looked twice at SuFin. I mean, I LOVED the episodes about it, but I never got into it. Until that.
Also a shout out to magicisasmagicdoes! Her story School Boys also inspired this!
Isn't Alfred funny? Acting like he doesn't care, when he really kind of does!
Also, how did I do on Berwald's accent? I sort of winged it and used Kuro's story as a reference. I kept a few things as whole words, because I read one story where I had no clue what he was saying. EVER. And it ruined the story.
So, be on the lookout for more chapters! Next one is in the POV of Tino!
