Author's Note: Here is the first chapter of Broken Puzzle. Just thought you should at least have a taste of how this fanfic/crackfic/whatever is going to be. Enjoy!

Warings: Arthur's cooking and Lovino and Natalia's potty mouths.

Disclaimer: Hetalia and its lovely characters belong to Hidekaz Himaruya. I own nothing but the idea of the plot.

A New Day

The alarm sounded in the early morning as I tossed around in bed. I groaned at the thought of getting up early and pressed the snooze button on the alarm, hoping that it would just shut up. I turned towards the wall and pulled the blanket up over my head, hoping it would shield me from the annoying rays of the rising sun. Just as I was about to drift back to sleep, my door opened.

"Lovino," Mom said as he entered my room. "Get up, right now."

I shifted a bit, pulling the blanket tighter over my head. "It's still early." I said.

"Early?" He asked. "Lovino, it's seven in the morning." I heard his footsteps come closer. "Get up right now, or you'll be late."

I shifted around to face him, staring straight into his green eyes. "Fuck school." I turned back around again.

"Lovino," He growled as he pulled on the blanket, my grip tightened on it. "Get up now. And don't say things like that! A proper education is good for you!" He successfully pulled the blanket off me.

"Go away." I mumbled as I swatted him away, my hand hitting what I assume was a laundry basket.

He gave up with a sigh as he stepped away from me. "Fine," He walked towards the open doorway. "Natalia, would you be so kind to wake up your brother?" He called out as he exited my room. "He won't get up."

"You wouldn't dare." I said more to myself than anyone. Sure enough, I heard the swift and soft footsteps in the hallway, drawing ever closer to my door. "Damn it!" I yelled as I got up hurriedly off the bed, staring at my mother figure. "Fine, I'll get up." I brushed past him as I headed towards the bathroom.

"Never mind, Natalia," Mom said to my sister. "It looks like I won't be in need of your services." He smiled as I rolled my eyes and Natalia just stared at him. "How about some breakfast, you two?"

Natalia and I glanced at each other briefly. "As long as you're not making it." I said as I closed the bathroom door.

"Lovino!"

After a quick shower and a change into my uniform, I walked down the staircase. As soon as I came closer to the kitchen, I could smell Mom's wonderful cooking. I scrunched up my nose as the burning smell wafted past me.

"Geez, Mom," I said as I entered, noticing Natalia playing with the cat and pretending that Mom wasn't doing anything. "It's smells… 'nice'." I said sarcastically.

"You mean 'delicious'." He smiled at me as he placed two plates before Natalia and me. "Eat up! You both need a good breakfast." He picked up a nearby cup, and drank its tea contents.

I stared at my plate then glanced over to Natalia. She was picking at the inedible food with her fork, unusually focused on trying to kill the already dead egg. I stared intently at the burnt pancake, wishing that I had gotten up earlier to make breakfast for the three of us.

Peter, our cat, walked up to me and purred a bit. I glanced over to make sure Mom wasn't looking. Damn it. He's looking at us.

Just as I was about to say something, a loud crash sounded from our neighbors' house. It was soon joined by shouts of anger from the same house.

"What are those two gits doing this early in the morning?" Mom put down his cup of tea hastily and marched over to the window.

"Hey, you two!" He shouted as soon as he opened the window. In this moment, both Natalia and I gave Peter a bit of our breakfast. He ate it quickly and walked off the table. "Will you shut up? Some people are trying to have a nice quiet morning."

I had to keep myself from rolling my eyes as I heard a "Good morning, Artie!" from our noisy neighbor. Natalia seemed somewhat amused by Mom's reaction.

"Don't call me that!" He growled, as Peter jumped onto the counter near him.

"Good morning, Arthur." A softer voice replied. "Sorry, did we wake you?"

"Good morning, Matthew." Mom said calmly, as Peter brushed against his arm. "No, but I'm sure that your brother woke up the neighborhood." He started to pet Peter, who in turn started to scratch at his hand.

"Why are you so nice to Matt?" I heard Alfred shout back.

"He is a gentleman, unlike you." Mom spat back. I decided to lay my head on the table, since I might be there for awhile.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Natalia turn her head to look at the clock.

"Mom?" She asked, successfully gaining his attention. "Aren't you going to be late for work?"

He glanced up at the clock as he picked up Peter and closed the window. "No, the last time I checked I had about half an hour." Mom or maybe I should say Arthur, glanced up at the clock. "Oh, rats! I am late!" He exclaimed as Peter was dropped to the ground in a sense of panic. Arthur ran out of the kitchen and straight to the entrance closet, where his coat was. He hastily put it on as he headed out the door. "Have a good first day, kids!" He waved and shut the door behind him.

Natalia and I both listened in silence as our mother figure's car drove off down the suburb road. Peter meowed as he walked off in the living, possible retreating to his cat tree. We stayed sitting at the table for a few minutes, Natalia staring off into her own twisted world and myself scribbling a few notes on a piece of paper before I got up and put my plate in the sink.

I scraped the left over bits of breakfast off into the garbage disposal. Natalia stood up and handed her plate to me, her ever present and somewhat creepy glare scaring me into cleaning it for her.

"Could we perhaps stop by the Corner Café on the way to school?" She asked me and I shoveled the generous amount of burnt breakfast down the disposal, flipping the switch to turn it on.

Once everything was demolished, I shut the annoying appliance off. "I guess, if you're still hungry." A growl from my stomach echoed the room, emphasizing that there was no other option than stopping by the little café.

"Thank you," I said hastily as I handed the money to the café owner.

"You're welcome," He replied in a somewhat stuffy manner. He handed me the latte, muffins, and the correct change. "Please do come again." He smiled as Natalia and I walked out of the ornate Austrian café and onto the main street.

I mumble incoherently as I handed a blueberry muffin to Natalia, who bowed her head in "thanks". I stashed the other muffin in my pocket and we walked up the street to school. I shivered a bit as I took a sip of my latte. It was surprisingly cold for a late summer day, but hell, if that meant my latte tasted better I could care less.

Natalia nibbled at her muffin as we continued walking. After walking past the antique store and various clothing shops, the school came into view, along with other students. We dodged the odd and awkward glances and stares in our direction. Damn it, didn't people know it's impolite to stare? I gritted my teeth, trying to keep myself from having an outburst again.

"Is that muffin good?" I heard some idiot say in a sarcastic tone.

I looked over at Natalia who glared straight at the asshole trying to mock her. She then took a giant bite of the muffin, finishing it off while baring her teeth. I saw him gulp in fear as I sent a death glare towards him too. The idiot had the guts to glare back.

"Fuck off," Natalia said to him. "Don't you have anything better to do than mock a girl, you sissy?" And with that, Natalia had won the battle as the asshole stormed off, waddling.

"Fucking penguin walker," I said as I finished my latte.