Here's the second chapter!
This is a chibi/child Denmark story, with big brother Norway and middle child Iceland. It's a cute family story. Human!AU, human names used.
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Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HETALIA
WARNING: child Denmark, big brother Norway, possible relationships in other chapters, spoiled Iceland, cuteness, autism, special needs, etc.
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Matthias bounced up and down as he walked through the store with Lukas and Emil. His eyes were big and wide and he hopped happily. Of course he was wearing his special germ boots, he didn't touch anything either because they had germs too. He hadn't wanted to go to the store at first, because of the germs, but Lukas put a magic spell on his clothing to make them germ proof! He hadn't known his big brother was magical! He was still worried though…
Lukas had assured him he'd put the germ spell on his and Emil' clothing too, and on the cart; basically everything that they put into the cart was going to be germ free. Matthias went over to Emil happily; in return the boy simply looked at him nervously. He smiled big and took Emil's hand, laughing a little. He returned the smile with a small one, and let Matthias continue holding his hand. Matthias was ecstatic. He was happy that over the time he'd been living with his brothers that they'd accepted him. Of course he didn't know how exactly it came to be, or exactly how he did it; hell he didn't even know if he did do it. He just knew they were nicer now.
Matthias scanned the area around them, before his eyes fell on a boy with spikey blonde hair and olive colored eyes. He stared blankly at him before the boy's face became very bright red with anger. Matthias narrowed his eyes at the boy and stopped walking completely. Emil looked down confused, but it was too late. Matthias had let go and charged at the other boy angrily. The boy, did the same to Emil's surprise.
Emil immediately grabbed Lukas' attention as the two boys began to try tearing each other apart. Lukas quickly dropped the items into the cart and ran over to the two fighting boys, trying to pull them apart, but to no use. He ended up getting bitten and felt his own anger rising. As quickly as him, a woman came over, blonde hair and green eyes like the little boy. She picked up the boy, who was a relative somehow, with ease. When she did Matthias went up too, but eventually gravity got the better of him and he fell to the floor.
Lukas picked Matthias up and motioned for Emil to come over to them with the cart, he did obediently. He brought his attention to the woman who was at the moment punishing the child. Lukas put Matthias in the back of the cart they had and when Matthias opened his mouth Lukas quickly shushed him. He was worried for him though, the obvious split lip and bite marks in every visible place with skin. Lukas knew he would break down when he came down from him anger high because of the unsanitary marks.
Lukas turned around to the woman who by now had put the boy in a harness and also placed him in the back of her own cart. The little boy glared daggers at the lady, but his attention went back to Matthias ten times worse. Lukas knew Matthias was glaring back just as much. He was glad it wasn't Matthias who was the biter of the small brawl. He also was disappointed because the other boy was obviously hurt less than Matthias, but then again Matthias wasn't fond of physical contact. Why in the world had he attacked this boy then? What had set him off? He was positive Matthias would have been hesitant to even engage in a fight like that.
"My greatest apologizes for my nephew…" the woman suddenly said, looking very nervous, "He doesn't mean it-"
"How does he not mean it? He attacked my brother…"
"He's schizophrenic… I trusted him to take his medicine this morning but," she looked over her shoulder at the boy, "he didn't…"at this the boy looked away quickly, "Again… I am very sorry… W-wait a moment, that's Matthias from the school?"
"Hm?" Lukas raised his eyebrows in questioning. The woman looked as if relieved, which was odd to Lukas.
"I understand what's going on… Uhm a few days ago when I enrolled Tim, him and your… brother? Yeah, they both got into a verbal fight… I was thankful nothing happened physically at the time…"
"That's the boy?" Lukas blinked, then looked at Matthias. The boy's glare was unfaltering. He remembered Matthias mentioning something about a boy at his school picking on him.
"Again, I am… I'm very sorry. He has had a hard time sense his mother was arrested, so he's acting up more than usual."
"It's ok, I suppose." Lukas sighed, he snapped his fingers at Matthias, "stop now Matthias." He said darkly, the boy hesitantly brought his gaze away from Tim.
"I'm so embarrassed, if there is anything I can do please tell me…"
"Try to make sure he gets his medicine…" Lukas said, turning away from the woman with a deep sigh. He patted Matthias' head, "Let's try to make sure this doesn't happen again." Then the woman nodded and walked away quickly. Lukas narrowed his eyes at Matthias. The boy now finally calming down, "Matthias look at me," hesitantly the boy looked up at him, "violence is never ever good, do you understand?"
Matthias nodded as he began to shake, looking at his marked up arms. He started to breathe in quickly and tremble. Lukas took a deep breath and shushed Matthias, gently picking him up from the cart and holding him close. He rubbed circles on the child's back. He was surprised when Emil came over and hugged as much of Matthias as he could. He probably didn't want Matthias to be upset and have a break down.
Over the past month Matthias has only had two break downs. The first was from when Lukas had yelled at him, and the other happened while Emil was home alone with Matthias. They had been playing outside and Matthias had fallen in the mud. His poor baby Emil had to take care of the screaming child until Lukas had gotten home. Quickly Lukas had explained what to do so that if it happened again Emil understood what to do. Lukas petted Emil's head and also hugged him, before slowly placing Matthias down in the cart again…
"Hey, hey, we will get something yummy if you can calm down Matthias. Can you take deep breaths? In, and out…" Lukas smiled when Matthias sat very still and began doing that.
From what he'd gathered over the month, his little brother always tried to be braver than he actually was. He wanted to be brave. He'd even told Lukas that he was the king of something or another. Probably some world he'd made up. He also found that Matthias without his meds was something he never wanted to deal with again. He was a hyperactive squealing mess of anxiety and loud noises. It'd taken hours to get him to finally go to sleep; he'd even had to wrestle the child. He was much stronger than he looked too…
Lukas gently dumped water over Matthias' head. The little boy reached for some soap and handed it to Lukas happily. Lukas smiled and gently dumped another cup on the kid's head, before looking over to Emil, who stood in the doorway of the bathroom. He laughed at his little brothers pouting face before sighing and putting some soap on his hands.
"Emil, if you really want to, you can get in the bath." He smirked and turned his head back to Matthias.
"No way," was Emil's immediate answer, "I'm too old for that."
"You're never to old for me! You're still a little baby-"
"LALALALALALA! I can't hear you!" Emil yelled covering his ears and quickly leaving the doorway. Lukas smirked when he hear his door close. He turned back to see Matthias scrubbing his arms really hard. Immediately he grabbed his wrists and shook his head.
"Not so hard, trust me, that doesn't help anything…" He sighed, "It actually hurts you and you can get an infection more easily. Wash like this…" Lukas gently scrubbed his back and arms. Matthias looked down and pouted slightly before smiling wide at Lukas.
"J-job day!"
"Hm?"
"A-at sch-ool. We ge-t to bring our p-parents to tell their jo-ob!"
"Oh you mean career day?" Lukas blinked, he hadn't even thought his school would have days like those.
"Y-yeah…" Matthias said a bit upset he'd gotten it wrong, "U-uhm the paper i-is in my bag! C-can you go?"
"We'll see…" Lukas said nodding, "I'll look at the papers when we get downstairs…"
"O-ok!" Matthias said beaming happily.
"Alright I think we are done here! Let's get you dried off and put some ice on your arms…"
Lukas sighed, reading over the few bills and papers he needed to go over. It was sort of difficult due to the two boys who had squished themselves up against both of his sides. Of course was wasn't going to wake them, in a way it was quite comfortable; in this strange way of knowing he was the only person they had in life, and he was willing to let them squish him. Lukas would let them. He would let them cuddle so much his lungs collapsed.
All that mattered right now was that they were happy, and Lukas was bound to keep them happy. He wasn't sure if he could make Matthias' career day, but he would definitely try to make it. For the next week his schedule was tight because of the new articles he had to write about something that had been affecting the public. He had no idea what he should write about though! He'd probably write about the huge gap in the American Economy. The inequality of income really was upsetting for some people in this country.
Of course this wasn't a problem for him, but there are some people out there who it did affect; he couldn't ignore that. He actually felt sort of bad for those people, he'd been one of them when he was younger. It was difficult to watch his mother struggle with income and money. They'd moved to America when he was around 9 or 10, before Emil was born. The school systems were decent and so on, but the economy was still a gasping mess of thrown away dollars.
He hoped Emil would never have to take care of money like that, he hope he could just have the money and take care of it. That's why Lukas had made sure to put him in a good school, he was proud of Emil too because his grades were already very nice for an elementary student. Lukas didn't exactly know how Matthias' school worked, but if he made it to the child's career day he might learn a bit.
"Economy gap it is then," Lukas said, writing down his article idea on a spare piece of paper. He placed the rest of the papers on the coffee table when he was done reading them.
He looked at each boy for a while, gently petting their heads before smiling to himself. Emil slowly opened his eyes from the slumber he'd been in. He yawned sleepily and stretched out on the couch like little kitten. Lukas couldn't help but squeal to himself, his baby was just SO cute sometimes. Of course he didn't show these feelings outwardly; it'd be against his pride. Emil sat up slowly and scooted closer to him, then sighed.
"Big brother," yup Lukas knew Emil wanted something now, "can you take me upstairs?" There it was. Lukas sighed and petted him.
"Alright…" he said, slowly getting up from the couch. Matthias whined lightly at the loss of his side cushion. Lukas smiled and lifted Emil up, then did the same for Matthias. He realized it wasn't going to be as easy as he thought, and quickly took careful steps when he walked up the stairs. He was thankful Emil had left his bedroom door open and he opened it the rest of the way with his foot.
In the room he gently put Emil on his bed. Emil yawned again and crawled under his blankets. He watched as the little boy snuggled up close to his blankets. The sight was just too adorable for Lukas and he let out a small chuckles. He knew Emil was putting on a show but he still couldn't help himself from leaning down and snuggling him lightly. Emil whined and batted him away.
"Good night Emil," Lukas said.
"Good night…" was muttered softly back.
Lukas closed his laptop quickly and packed it up, looking at the time. He had ten minutes, only ten minutes until he had to be at the school for Matthias' career day. He'd told his boss and gotten concent, now it was only a matter of getting there now. He would only be there long enough to explain his job, and eat lunch with him. He'd made sure to squish it into his schedule, but it was like putting a puzzle piece in the wrong place for him.
He opened his car door and quickly drove down the road, feeling irritated because during lunch break there was a lot of people. He looked at the time and drummed on his steering wheel nervously. Finally when traffic began to move he hurriedly drove the short way to the small school where Matthias was waiting for him.
Once he was there he quickly jumped out of the car and walked into the unfamiliar building. The walls were friendly and colorful and it sort of made Lukas uncomfortable. He slowly walked into the office area after a woman stared at him long and hard while he gained his composure. Once in there he gave a small smile to the lady.
"Hello, my name is Lukas... I'm here for Matthias..." he said quietly. The woman smiled at him and nodded.
"The only Matthias here is Matthias Køhler. I assume you are his older brother Lukas?" Lukas nodded, "Alright, you're just in time, please follow me to the classroom he is in."
Lukas followed the lady silently through the brightly colored building. It was quiet, nut not in a disturbing way. It was quiet in a comforting way, one that let minds and thoughts think freely. Lukas smiled to himself when the woman stopped in front of a room. Outside the door were a few other parents, who regarded him kindly.
The lady walked off and Lukas leaned silently against the wall beside a tall american man. He looked that same age as him, only with a younger air about him. He smiled at lukas, azure colored eyes sad yet happy. Lukas nodded to him before looking ahead in a patient fashion.
"Who's your kid?" Lukas heard the man ask him. Lukas looked up again to see the other was looking up at the ceiling.
"Oh," Lukas said, "Matthias..."
"Really? That kiddo's yours? He's quite friendly you know, Allistor talks about him a lot."
"Oh, well I'm his elder brother not his parent... uhm Allistor? Yes I believe he has mentioned him as well... But says Allisore..."
"Oh, haha yea he's got a speech problem right?" Lukas nodded at him, "Allistor told me about it a bit, but he goes on rants all the time so i wasn't really listening."
"Rants?"
"Yea," the man sighed, "He gets frustrated very easily because of his anger... and he'll be talking or well babbling happily one moment then go off on this long ridiculous rant about how much he loves and hates trains..."
"Really?" Lukas said raising his eyebrows, he wasn't really one for talking to strangers but he supposed this guy was alright.
"He's major bipolar... Sucks that this week is his last here, he's gotta say goodbye to all his friends and stuff..."
"Why's that?"
"Well..." The man looked away, looking ashamed, "I just don't have a good enough job to keep him and his brothers in the school... When their mom died I used her funds to put them in this school and now..." he sighed, "I just, my job doesn't pay enough... it doesn't help that I'm in college either. I'll probably have to quite college too..."
"Oh," Lukas said suddenly feeling awkward, "uhm... I'm sorry for the loss of their mom... at least he and his brothers have you..."
"She died a while ago," the man said, "I'm not their dad, they all have different dads actually... Uhm she was my best friend... my family hosted her as a foreign exchange student when we were younger. I kept up our friendship afterwards... Then she passed away and I was the one she said in her will. I'd been their godfather for a while so they were sent over to me."
"It's very kind of you to have taken them in..."
"No one else would take them... and you can't just put them in foster care... they'd all be separated..."
"I see... my name is Lukas by the way..."
"I'm Alfred," he said, smiling slightly at the change in conversation, "So what is your job exactly?"
"I'm a journalist... I guess you could say. I write about big and small things, sometimes other companies by my articles and such. What about you?"
"I have a few jobs right now actually... None are full time... I only came here so that Allistor could have someone to eat with afterwards."
"I see... What were you in college for?"
"I wanted to be a doctor, I'm pretty good too... but the time you have to give for that job is ridiculous... and I have kids to worry about..."
"Wanted to be a hero?"
"Yeah... basically..."
"Well, you took in unwanted children... thats a pretty big thing you know..." Alfred smiled at him amused. He nodded.
"I guess you're right..."
"You know... I'm doing an article right now about the gap in income and economy... you wouldn't mind an interview would you? I'd pay you..."
"Really? That'd be great!" he laughed happily, his face lighting up. Lukas smiled back slightly and nodded. He looked over when the door opened and a woman motioned them inside.
Once Lukas was in the room Matthias darted over happily and took Lukas' hand. Behind him was a red haired boy who was a little taller. he had an angry look on his face but it melted a little when he saw Alfred. Lukas supposed this was Allistor, and his assumption was proven when he went over to the American. Lukas noticed the other children herd over to their adults, well the ones who had parents there anyways.
He noticed the boy who'd been at the store with them too, with the woman. He seemed a bit more dull, almost zombie like though. Lukas assumed his medicine did that to him. Lukas felt Matthias tug at his hand, so he looked down at the giddy child. He was almost blinded by his smile and wide hopeful eyes.
"Yes Matthias?"
"Can Awiso-re c-come pl-ay after shool?" He asked. Lukas blinked then looked over to Alfred who'd somehow gotten near the door again. The boy hug off of him and was asking questions. Alfred looked up and stared at him too.
"Sure," Lukas said, looking back at Matthias, "but only is Allistor's parents say its ok..."
Matthias was shining brighter than his computer screen at night. As quickly as he came over he left and darted over to Allistor and Alfred. He joined the battle of trying to talk Alfred into agreeing to the play date. Alfred looked nervous before looking back at Lukas. Lukas sighed and made his way over. He picked Matthias up before smiling at Allistor.
"I can take him home with Matthias and he can even stay the night," Lukas said, "It's up to you though..."
"Oh," Alfred looked at Allistor's hopeful eyes.
"Peas Awfred! Dun say I cannae go! Peas?" Allistor begged, lukas noted that his green eyes were very expressive.
"Accent..." Lukas said quietly, where was this kid from?
"Oh uhm he's from the UK... and i suppose you can go... just don't get in trouble ok, you won't be allowed to again if you do..."
"Ok Awfred... Thank yah!" Allistor smiled brightly, and Lukas put Matthias down when he began to wiggle.
The two boys looked giddy, and quickly went over to their spots when the teacher called for them to sit down. The career day was going very well, and Lukas knew already that the teacher was friendly with Alfred. The way they shared a few glances here and there, it kind of made him want to move away from Alfred. Well, being in a room with a lot of people was making him nervous. Lukas didn't really like groups of people…
"Matthias, you and your… brother can come up now!" The teacher said excitedly, making Lukas cringe a little bit. Matthias quickly shot up and went over to Lukas, dragging him to the front of the room.
Lukas knew he shouldn't be shy in front of a group of little kids and their parents, but he found his cheeks slowly becoming red. To any other person he looked like he was just standing there with no emotion, but to Lukas he looked like a deer in headlights. Finally though he was able to speak up a little, only when Matthias pulled his hand down thought.
"J-journalist," he said nervously, "I'm a Journalist. I write articles about various things, then businesses by them from me. I work for a company that has me write articles about big news, but sometimes I write about small things for other companies…"
A few of the kids looked bored; there isn't a reason they wouldn't be. Writing about news sounded pretty boring. Lukas had thought the same when he was younger, why would you want to write stories about news? Lukas found he had a talent for writing while he was in school. He never joined speech, that'd have been too scary for him. He did enjoy writing though, telling stories and even trying to make novels but he never finished those. Short stories were simple and he could make a living by it…
"Basically I write short stories for people to read, not all of them are about news… sometimes I write about an experience or interview people like a detective…" that seemed to get their attention, "I even write stories about cool restaurants and food. That's about it though," Lukas scratched the back of his head lightly.
"Do you write about Matthias?" He heard the teacher say quietly, Lukas smiled slightly.
"I have… but not anything I'll sell." Lukas said quietly. He smiled at the woman before he went and sat down again beside Alfred.
"I know, I know, I'm late," Lukas sighed as he waved off his boss, Tino. The small Finnish man sighed and followed him.
"Yeah, I know it was important," he sighed and stared at him as he sat back down at his desk. "How far are you on that article?"
"Pretty good, it's the only big one for this month though… you know my policy. Writing about economy isn't my thing…"
"I don't think anyone enjoys that…" Tino said, sitting down, "I'm thinking you should write for a parenting magazine. I got an offer… I know you recently got your other little brother…"
"Word travels fast as always…" he said glancing up at his boss, raising his eyebrows slightly.
"Haha," Tino scratched the back of his head nervously. Lukas knew he intimidated the small man, but he guessed he was sort of used to being intimidated. He saw him talking to the janitor a lot; he was a pretty scary guy.
"Sure," Lukas said as he turned his attention back to unpacking his laptop, "I think I can do that… I need to leave early today… I'll stay in late tomorrow."
"Sure," Tino said smiling wide because he'd agreed to the parenting magazine, "uhm just get your work done ok?"
"Yeah," Lukas nodded with a sigh, "I have to work Tino…"
"Yes, right," he then stood up and left.
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