DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HETALIA ANY OF THE CHARACTERS ECT!
I know the last chapter was sad, but I promise this one is happier, telling the story of how they met. I changed age difference because it's AU and I can do that. ^^ Arthur is 13 and Alfred and Matthew are 12. Please review, thank you for reading. ^^
It was a cloudless summer night in the Kingdom of Spades. It was a celebration of the end of war against the Kingdom of Clubs. The thirteen year old Arthur Kirkland was tending the tea booth for the shop his family owned. He was very bored and watched with envy at the people in the street joyfully dancing to the music being played. Instead of being able to join them, he was stuck tending to the booth, with only his own cup of tea for any sort of comfort. The celebration was the most extravagant the kingdom had in centuries, and Arthur was missing out. Even the royal family was in attendence, who rarely presented themselves in public due to the fear of assassins. Arthur would have bragging rights to catch even a glimse of the widowed queen or her twin sons, for the oldest she was ruling for as a regent.
Business was slow for Arthur. People drink tea when they are calm, not excited and partying. He had brought that up before, but his family insisted that having a booth at the celebration would bring in a lot of money. So he sat there with his head down.
"Hi!" Arthur quickly lifted up his head in surprise to see two boys a bit younger than himself standing there. In the process of getting up Arthur had accidently spilled his tea getting a little on the shirt of the boy who had greeted him. With wide eyes he frantically apologized handing him a wet towel. The boy laughed taking the towel using it to wipe the spot on his shirt. "Thanks, but really, don't worry about it."
Arthur was still panicing, "Can I get you a cup of tea? Free of charge, of course."
The other shook his head, "No thanks, I don't like tea, but you have tea bisciuts, I'll have a few... and I guess a cup of tea for my brother," he said motioning towards the other boy holding a small white bear in his arms. Arthur served them and the two of them sat at the counter enjoying their refreshments. "So," the boy with the cowlick started, "You have a name?"
The blond looked back up at him, slightly confused, but answered, "Arthur, and you are?"
"Alfred," he smiled warmly.
The quiet boy tapped the boy now known as Alfred on the shoulder, "Brother, mother will be wondering where we went off to..."
Alfred nodded, dropping a coin into the tip box. Arthur was again confused, as the other seemed to notice, "Call it for being beautiful. See you around!" With that the two brothers disappeared into the crowd.
