You Belong With Me, CH 2

Warnings: Yaoi, fluff, slight angst, hurt/comfort, all the drama that comes with this stuff, yada yada yada, USUK, High School AU, Songfic.

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Hetalia belongs to Himaruya Hidekaz.

Chapter 2

-At School-

Arthur was exhausted. His entire weekend had been filled with horror films and emergency cramming for Alfred's test today. Naturally, the Brit had had no trouble with the exam, as it was fairly easy. It hadn't even covered half of what he and Al had studied for. Still, the American looked nervous when he handed the paper in.

Sighing, he signed another paper that had been left on his desk. Something about a 'siesta club' that Feliciano had created a few weeks back. Really, who would even join such a thing? Though, with one look at the sheet, it was obvious that half the class was ready to nap their afternoons away with the overly-happy Italian. Even Ludwig had signed up, though that wasn't too surprising, considering his relationship with Feli.

Arthur shook his head and buried his face in his hands.

Everyone else seemed to have such good luck when it came to relationships. Even Francis, the bastard, had hooked himself up with some shy kid in the class. What was his name again? He was Alfred's twin brother, yet for some reason the name still escaped Arthur's mind.

In any case, everyone else was able to get hooked up with the one they loved, so why was it so hard for him? Well, there was the fact that Alfred was currently in a relationship with an overbearing and controlling psycho-bitch, but that wasn't the point.

A knock at the door to the student council office cut him off from his thoughts. He straightened up in his chair and quickly shuffled his papers. Wouldn't do to look messy in front of a teacher, or even Principal Rome himself. "Come in.", he said calmly, clasping his hands before him and waiting.

However, the person who stepped through the door was not someone he had wanted to see.

"Allison", he said in a normal tone, though inside he was screaming in rage, "And for what reason do I have the...pleasure of seeing you in my office again?"

Okay, that last one had sarcasm, but he just couldn't help it! This was the girl who had stolen his Alfred, and Arthur was not about to show her any extra kindness, considering the way she treated him. He forced himself to keep an neutral expression though, as the girl explained her situation in the whiniest voice possible.

"That meeeaaanie teacher, Professor Germania, sent me here to your office because I might have spilt a liiiitle bit of water on some bi-, I mean reeeaaally pretty girl's shirt.", Allison droled on, stretching as many words as she could to try and avoid her punishment by dragging on the time, attempting to make adorable and possibly alluring faces as often as she could, "And so he just had to send me here, and now it's almost time to go for the day, so how about you just let me off with a teeny tiny warning?"

Unfortunately for her, she was currently in the presence of a very jealous and already annoyed British student, who also happened to hold the ultimate say in her punishment other than the principal himself.

Smirking slightly, Arthur pretended to take what she said into consideration, giving her a small sliver of hope for freedom. Then he let her have it. "Well...", he started slowly, "Since you put it that way, how about...I don't know..."

Then he pretended to think again as Allison sashayed up to the desk and winked, "So how about it Mr. President~"

He raised an eyebrow at the flirtatious gesture. Really, did this girl even consider the fact that she has a boyfriend? "Hmm...well, I'll go easy on you, but just this once", he said, smirk widening a bit, "Hows about after school detention for the next week? Do you think that sound's fair? I believe it sounds fair, now if you would excuse me. I am rather busy."

The girl's smile faded instantly and was replaced with a sneer, "Well aren't you an ass. I'm gonna tell my daddy, and he'll get me out of it!"

Without another word, she stomped out of the office in a flashy manner, clearly trying to show her displeasure with the president, but it wouldn't make any difference. Arthur had already made up his mind. He was sure that what she had said wasn't the real story of what had happened anyway. Something to talk to the Professor about later, obviously, so he could file the detention slip properly.

Sitting back in his chair, he let out a sigh and smiled, feeling as though he had just won a major award in putting arrogant brats in their place. Of course, dealing with her father later was going to be a pain, but with any luck, her parents would not want to come any more than Arthur did. Meetings like that were always such a pain.

Just then, the bell rang for the school day to end. Arthur didn't feel like moving though, his fatigue hitting him once again. Instead, he just leaned his head back against the chair and closed his eyes. It wouldn't hurt for him to at least attempt to relax for a while, right? Besides, school was over, nobody would dare bother him right now unless they had a damn good reason.

All was fine until Arthur heard the door open and shut as quietly as possible. Then he could see a pair of blue eyes that he loved so much stare right back down at him. "Hey Artie!", Alfred shouted happily, grinning as brightly as ever when the Brit below him jumped and nearly fell from his chair.

"D-dammit Alfred!", he yelled, a blush just lightly covering his face, "You do realize that it is polite to at least knock on a closed door before just barging in, right?"

Arthur stood up and brushed invisible dust from his uniform, trying to act like he hadn't just been frightened at all. He had to keep up appearances after all. Can't have anyone in the school thinking he scares easily, though if he had to argue, Alfred gets far more frightened than he himself ever would. Especially for something so trivial as a bad horror movie.

"Ha, Arthur, you shoulda seen your face!", Alfred said between fits of laughter, "I wish I had a camera for it!"

Glaring, Arthur shook his head. Sometimes this guy could be so childish. Not that it was a bad thing, of course, but it really could toy with ones nerves. Lucky for him, the president was in a good mood after giving Allison her punishment, and simply shrugged this off. "Oh shut it, you git.", he retorted, trying to hide a smile, "What did you come here for?"

Normally Alfred would be out with his friends, at practice, or with...her by now, so why would he come here? Pushing thoughts of hope aside, Arthur paid more attention to the American's answer.

"Okay, so I was gonna go out with the guys, but they all have to study to retake that Literature exam, which I got an A on, thanks to you.", he started, giving Arthur a wink that made the smaller boy's cheeks flush yet again, "Then I was going to go with Allison, but she looked like she was in a really pissy mood, and I did not wanna go there."

At that comment, Arthur had to hide a smirk from taking his face over yet again at the mention of his great triumph. Alfred would figure out what happened sooner or later, so he chose for it to be later.

"And so I just decided to come visit you! We can hang out and stuff like we always used to before...well, y'know...", he trailed off at the end, smile faltering a little.

Arthur knew what he had meant though. Before he was dating Allison, they would spend nearly every day together, just hanging out and talking or going out to eat. It had been so much better then, at least until the snooty little cheerleader stole him away. Just thinking about it made him want to head down to the schools basement and call a curse down on the girl. The only reason that he hadn't done that yet was because the fairies wouldn't let him. They said that all of his problems could work out on their own, without magic.

He sighed and looked up at Alfred, "You know I have work to do here, right? I can't just leave it all set."

At this, Al seemed to deflate a bit and his smile faded. Just seeing it made Arthur want to reach out and hug him. "Oh...uh...okay...", Alfred said slowly, "I'll just, go on home then..."

"W-wait!", Arthur called out before the other could leave, "You could just stay and we can talk. I don't have too much work to do, and I could use the company."

Seeing the taller blonde's eyes light up and his smile return just made Arthur's heart melt. Really, how could someone have such an affect on him? It was unlike anything else he had ever felt, just the pure warmth of that special smile that hardly anyone ever got to see. It wasn't like the usual smile, all big and cheerful. This one was softer, more caring, and far more endearing than anything the Brit had ever seen.

"Thanks Arthur.", Alfred said in a soft tone, smile never leaving his face, "I'd really like that."

Cheeks colouring, even brighter than before, Arthur turned around and mumbled half-heartedly, "Git."

Wow, I typed this up faster than I thought! Not all of my updates will be this fast, unfortunately, but I will at least try to get them out quickly!

~~Brianna