...or...

"Mattie! Wait up!"

Canada slowed his half-run to a fast walk on hearing Gilbert's voice. After what happened inside, no one expected him to stay and face the others anyway. And it wasn't like anyone would notice. With the possible exception of Gilbert, everyone forgot about him. Even Cuba amd Ivan, despite having been beaten senseless by Mattie and his hockey-stick after a match.(1) The fact that Mattie was stone-drunk and eight of his players assisted him made no difference.

"Gilbert." He acknowledged in a voice that was supposed to be brisk and curt, but came out hurt and in his usual whisper.

"Are you alright?" Gilbert squinted at his best – and one of the only- friends.

"Yeah..well.." Of Course he wasn't! How could anyone be after that?

"I really thought you'd married Russia." Gilbert said abruptly, breaking the awkward silence.

Canada stopped so suddenly that Gilbert smashed against his back. "You what?"

"Eh..?" Gilbert's cocky attitude vanished. "Er..no..I meant that.."

"Leave it, Gilbert, you're a lousy liar anyway." Mattie said, sighing.

"You sound like my Mom." Gilbert complained.

"What you really mean is I sound like your Brother." Canada said, smiling.

":My younger brother." Gilbert retorted, cocky grin making a comeback, before they both felt their mouths split into grins.

"So..then its Cuba?" Gilbert teased, making their way outside.

Canada made a face at him "Please Gilbert, you know you're much more my type than either of them."

"So that was what Russia was talking about..." Gilbert mused.

"What?" Canada hadn't really heard him, because Kumahito was asking for food – again. Kumamiru and Gilbert shared more similarities than Gilbert would like mentioned. In public, anyway.

"Kumajito, you know I don't have any food right now. And you ate just before the Meeting." Mattie reprimanded the white ball of fluff.

"Aww~ Mattie, why don't we go over to your place and get some pancakes and maple syrup? I'm hungry~~"

" Gilbert, you're as bad as Kumamito." Mattie said, sighing.

"Stop acting like West and lets go." Gilbert practically dragged Matthew after him.

Really, Matthewthought, its bad enough nobody can see me, now I have to be dragged into my own home as if I'm the guest here.

And the strangest part of it was, he didn't mind. At all. It actually...felt rather good...to have Gilbert drag him into his home like he owned the place...

Well, that's how friends behaved right? And Gilbert was his best friend. But he couldn't stop blushing just a little when he thought of Russia's words.

Sometimes being obnoxious and superficial was so convenient. Nobody could really even guess at what you were feeling underneath that loud and insensitive facade. Prussia had seen empires rise and fall, he had been a witness to the fall of Eastern Roman Empire(2), the birth and disappearence of the Holy Roman Empire and nurtured Germany through World Wars and Thrid Reich.(3). Like no one could tell that he was tearing up inside. An – entity that had once been one of the mightiest nations on Earth...he was now reduced to nothing but a huge ego. Like no one could tell that he'd trade in another Prussian Empire any day for the simple pleasures of being able to talk with Mattie – that is, to be able to eat Mattie's heavenly pancales and oh-how-he-loved-Maple...alright. Being able to see his cute Mattie tumble around the house was an added bonus. But it wasn't like it sounded, honestly. He hadn't grinned at the way Mattie blushed when Russia said...well, that. And his heart hadn't felt like someone had danced the Waltz wearing size 11 Military Boots over it when America had said Mattie was married. Definitely not.

A/N: School startedTT_TT So my updates will be quite hectic. I'll update the First Monday/ Wednesday of every month, that is if my parents don't make plans for me and just forget to tell me about it, or my friends don't drag me somewhere straight from the school(I can't say no and I hate myself for that). Saturdays we have stupid stupid moronic Practicals(eergh) and I take Home Ec which means four freakin practicals! And then we go hang out from school and I'll get major killed if I say I can't. Not that I don't want to^^") And I'm so sorry this got fluffy. I can't seem to write fluff well. But I 3 fluff! 'cos they're cute and c'mon, I'm a schoolgirl. I'm sorry for all the rambling. I have one more chappie to go for this, so I hope I'll be able to do that by tomorrow and post it. And I'm so sorry for the lines. I tried to edit something after putting in the line and it got a lil downhill from there. Don't shoot me, please ? (1)I got this information from a ficcie and I had to put it there. The Canadian players beat the shit out of Russian players and I was like "Mattie beat Ivan O.o? The heck is that?" Somehow that is so hi-fuckin-larious... (2) I'm not sure if this is true. Did Prussia exist at that time? Please forgive me for my Wo. Hist. Sucks. And if you could tell me, you get ten fairy, goblin and unicorn flavoured cyber cookies for free! (3) The Third Reich. 'Kay, maybe you already know, but it wasn't mentioned in our textbook, so I thought to be safe – this was basically Hitler's concept of an Aryan Empire with Germany at the centre of it. If I'm wrong please tell me, 'cos I gathered all these information from too many books about wars and revolutions(Hell yeah, I 3 Revolutions and Struggles for Independence. Don't ask me why. I was born weird. For eg: In my mind, Feli totally tops Luddy. Deal with it.)

And thanks to Anon(anonymous review so I can't reply to him/her) 3 for pointing out that I messed my time-frame(so what's new) and Prussia couldn't have seen the Roman Empire fall but maybe the Eastern Roman Empire. And I loved your review. As I said I'm weird and I actually like History. And as far as I think Prussia was dissolved around 1944-45 with the end of the World War. Maybe.