A/N and Disclaimer at bottom.

Matthew woke to the familiar banging of his door. Well at least it was an acceptable hour; 6am was practically a lie-in compared with the usual 3am break-down of his door.

After Gilbert had practically busted his hand on Matthew's door it finally opened. He was greeted with the adorable sight of Matthew wearing polar bear pyjamas and unkempt bed-hair.

"Hey Birdie, got pancakes?" Gilbert greeted him with his usual grin accompanied by a wave. Matthew just nodded tiredly at the expected request and slumped off to the kitchen. Just because it was an 'acceptable' hour for Gilbert didn't mean that it applied for normal people like Matthew.

Gilbert sat on the sofa and relished in the beautiful smell of pancakes and the fact that he got to see his favourite Canadian looking so cute, not that he wasn't cute normally but something about bed-hair just looks so extremely adorable on Matthew.

Soon the pancakes were finished and it wasn't long until Gilbert had finished as well. Matthew couldn't understand how he could be so energetic and eat so quickly in the morning, oh yeah, time differences. Matthew was too busy cursing time differences and debating whether he should go back to sleep to notice that he had maple syrup coating his lips.

Gilbert however, definitely noticed. It was hard not to notice since he was oh-so-discreetly staring at Matthew. Of course, his reasons could be justified right? It's not like he had a thing for the blonde or anything. While Gilbert was busy battling with his brain the blonde in question had finished and had noticed the intense gawking look on the Prussian's face.

"Eh, Gilbert are you okay?" Matthew waved his hand in front of Gilbert's face. 'Damn, why does he have to be so cute?' Unfortunately for Gilbert Matthew blushed at the lack of response and the open stare. This caused Gilbert's brain to crash and burn, and he didn't really plan for what happened next.

"Yeah Mattie you got something on your face here," Gilbert said quietly. Matthew panicked slightly, since when did Gilbert sound so serious? Gosh, and he had something on his face the whole time, this was so embarrassing!

"Lemme get it for you," Gilbert gently took his chin, and for some reason Matthew felt tingly at the touch. All too quickly Gilbert's face appeared close to his Matthew's own. He didn't feel uncomfortable: he even welcomed it, but since when did he like his best friend that way? Since forever, maybe? His somewhat unhelpful brain usefully supplied. There was no time to further contemplate that because said best friend's lips were on his own.

Both felt completely relaxed and practically melted into the kiss with Gilbert gently sucking the syrup off Matthew's mouth. When the need for air came they pulled apart and Matthew asked the nagging question that was at the back of his mind throughout the whole thing:

"What was that for?" Gilbert just grinned, and replied with:

"Well I said you had something on your face didn't I? I just couldn't resist the syrup!" Matthew didn't know whether to feel hurt or angry that his first non-accidental kiss (he refused to think about that drunken time when Alfred-) had been for maple syrup.

"So what about me, eh?" Matthew was unusually outspoken just then, since his first kiss was rather important, he silently cursed his verbal tic slipping out during his assertive moment.

Gilbert was confused until he realised that his words were rather confusing so opted to take action instead, so he kissed Matthew again before he could react.

When they broke apart for the second time within five minutes that day Matthew felt more confused than before.

"That," Gilbert started, "was for being so damn cute when you're angry." Matthew blushed hard, and suddenly felt so shy again now that his outspoken moment was over. Who knew Gilbert's post-kiss voice would have such an effect on him?

Gilbert hugged him to his chest and they were both content to just enjoy the other's company and contemplate what to do next until Gilbert broke the silence.

"You know, we should have pancakes more often!"

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own any of these characters!

Hope you liked this, if all goes well I shall be adding more chapters (from prompts) later on, but... Well reviews = motivation! ^_^;

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~ CBE