Tis my first time writing and posting on FF so (hopely) be kind! :)

Disclaimer: I, ever so unfortunately just like the hundreds of earnest fangirls out there do not own Hetalia. If I did, the awkward PruHun scenes in episodes 90-91 would have never existed. The ever so revered Hidekaz Himaruya owns Hetalia.

(Sorry for Fail!Title)

Intro!

Matthew Williams had always been a shy kid, never one to stand up for anyone else, nor did he need anyone to stand up for him (apart from a certain blue-eyed blond who always proclaimed that he was the hero in many inappropriate situations). His parents became divorced when he was 3 and he and his twin brother, Alfred despite their young age were pulled apart as well when his mother gained custody of Alfred and his father, him.

After the divorce, Alfred and their mother continued living in America. But his father, being French decided that he and Matthew would move to France to live for a while to get over the recent divorce.

They lived in France for a year, which then after his father decided that they would move to Canada, as there were many French speaking communities there and so that Matthew could be closer to his brother as well. After Matthew had received a scholarship to study in the prestigious Hetalia (World Series) Academy., they had then moved back to America.

Currently Alfred was living with them as well since their mum was now a successful businesswoman whom ran numerous fashion boutiques around the world, which meant that she was regularly if not nearly always jetting back and forth across the globe. Plus Alfred was also offered a spot at the Academy (why they selected him in the first place was a mystery).

Chapter I

"MATTIEEEEE!"

A loud and familiar voice rang out. Matthew was currently sitting on his bed sketching, a pastime he was rather fond of with Aiden's Moment blaring out of his headphones. He loved drawing and music; both transported him to another world, nothing to worry about, no school, nothing that could be out of-

"CAN YA HEAR ME?" Matthew was rudely awakened from his own little world by a deafening shout and a blast of ketchup flavoured breath in his face.

"God, Alfred! Will you leave me in peace for at least 10 mins?" Matthew shouted (or rather talked by average standards), pulling his headphones off hurriedly and sending a glare at his brother.

"How would you like it if I barged into your room like that, huh?" Matthew said.

Alfred gave him a pout and jumped on his bed, causing his brother to fall sideways.

"But Mattie, we all know you'll never do that!" Alfred fake-whined.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Matthew said half-heartedly.

"Anyways, Dad says that dinner's ready and told me to tell you to come down!" Alfred shouted, acting his usual self once again.

Alfred then flashed one of his mega-watt "I'm the Hero!" smiles at Matthew, he skipped/ran down the stairs for his usual ritual of engorging himself with their dad's cooking.

After a fairly peaceful dinner by the Jones/Williams household standards which consisted of Alfred complaining about Fish and Chips being English and that his impression of the English were awfully uptight snobs. Which then led on to him saying "Would you like a cup of tea?" many times in a posh English accent and countless other random English-y things and their father demanding that Alfred would shut up this moment, which led to Alfred replying him with a couple of English swear words. Followed by Alfred playing innocent as he glomped down the food noisily, all whilst Matthew sat quietly at the table absentmindedly poking at his food.

Matthew sighed inwardly, why couldn't he have a normal family and a normal brother?

It wasn't like he hated Alfred, but sometimes he was just too brash and loud, always attracting both the wrong and right kind of attention, and then Matthew was always almost nearly the one that got the consequences, people always mistaking him for Matthew. He loved Alfred, they had always been quite close, but recently as they both grew older, they started to have different tastes. Alfred always had been the one to stand out, it was a good thing for Alfred Matthew thought, but he was always cast in Alfred's shadow. He would get an A+ for all his subjects, but Alfred would score the winning goal in the finals. And who would gain the most attention from both their peers and parents? Alfred.

Matthew had grown accustomed to it after a while. He excelled in things vastly different from Alfred.

His drawings had been given as gifts to prestigious guests visiting their school and he had a fairly large fan base of his music online. But the point was that he was shy, he daren't attract attention to himself. He didn't get into any trouble, he wasn't good at public speaking, and the way he excelled in things was through anonymity. He put up his works, he needn't show his face. He put up his compositions online; he could choose whether he wanted the online community to know who he was.

Matthew put his headphones back on, now playing The Mortician's Daughter. He felt even more alone and sad when he heard it. Then with his heart on his sleeve, he begun drawing.

AN: Eh, sorry if I butchered you with my grammar ;_; and my writing style. I wouldn't be surprised if people thought it was weird since I've lived in Singapore until the previous year when I moved to Australia...so yea. :3 And it's in British English :)

So Canada's feeling angsty about life and stuff. And no one else has yet to appear apart from America. And the Gakuen bit of the story is yet to appear as well.

Should I continue writing this? It is intended to be a multi-chapter though. We'll see how this goes! (if anyone actually reads this...)

Reviews are appreciated!

edit- I just realised that the 1st chapter (which is this) sounds really boring... Anyway Gilbert appears soon!