"Watcha even gonna do in gym if your arm is busted?" Alfred asked his little brother as they walked to school. It was only their second day at the posh new British school but already the boys were settling in well. Matthew had already made two friends which was a first for the little blond. Alfred had a swarm of people wanting to know who he was and why he had come to the school in the first place but that was nothing new. Alfred always got the attention he wanted.

"I don't know. I guess I'll just sit out," Matthew replied, casually kicking a few stones in his path.

"That'll be so boring!"

"Yeah, I know Al."

An uncomfortable silence over came them as they trudged on. The brothers had a good relationship but they were still two very different people.

Once they reached the school gates, Alfred left Mattie to go find his group. That left Matthew feeling annoyed and alone. With nothing else to he headed to form. As he was walking down a corridor he passed an unhappy looking Carlos. He ducked his head down and tried not to be noticed.

"Hey! Where do you think you're going?" The only time when he tries not to be noticed, he is noticed! Go figure!

"W-well, y-you know... form," Matthew stuttered.

Carlos stomped up the Matthew and grabbed his throat, shoving him into the nearest wall. Matthew was so scared now but he wasn't the strongest of people so couldn't exactly push the Cuban away.

"So Alfred, whatcha gonna do this time?" Dammit! Matthew had forgotten to talk to Alfred about sorting this whole thing out.

"Actually I'm Matthew, his brother." Carlos looked taken aback and took some pressure of off Matthew's neck.

Suddenly, Carlos was flung back against the opposite wall. Matthew didn't know what to do so he just sort of stood their and looked confused.

"Leave Mattie alone you jerk!" Gilbert was stood there, hands on hips, looking proud of himself. The dark-skinned boy was dragging himself off the floor while snarling at the awesome 'Prussian' who had floored him.

"Piss off Gilbert," was all Carlos managed to say before his hasty exit.

"You okay?" Matthew nodded and picked up his bag which had been flung off his shoulder on initial impact of the wall. "Good. It's too early to go to form, come with me." Gilbert grabbed his wrist (His good wrist) and pulled him down the corridor. The little blond didn't know what to do so he just followed.

They had only know each other for two days, why was Gilbert being so nice to him? This didn't make any sense. For years he had been ignored and forgotten, made to feel like no one cares and then as soon as he moved to a knew country people start to pay attention to him. Maybe it was just England, he didn't know but what he did know was that he certainly liked his knew home now he had a couple of friends.

Once they reached their destination Matthew recognised the blond-haired French boy, Francis, and the curly-haired boy he didn't yet know the name of. He later found out that curly-haired boy was called Antonio and that he was a huge fan of hugging, something that Matthew was not used to.

Weirdly enough the four boys became the best of friends. You would never of thought it but Matthew slotted right into the open stop of 'innocent one' in their group. He blushed at all their perverse jokes and was happy not to know about half the things they discussed.

Gilbert was by far the boldest in the group, he was not afraid to say or do anything he wanted to. Francis was the most... experienced. He gave the best 'relationship' advice and often enjoyed speaking in French with Matthew so the other two couldn't understand them. Antonio was the cutest, he loved his hugs and was so affectionate everyone got cavities when they were around him.

Matthew settled down perfectly into his new school and so had Alfred (But Alfred was bound to though so he didn't count). Although not everybody noticed him, he didn't care. He had his self-proclaimed awesome friends and that was all he needed. The Carlos issue was cleared up soon after their second incident.

And then a year passed and no one knew where it went... But Matthew was certain of one thing: It was probably the best year of his life.

So a whole year had passed since Matthew and Alfred first walked through those school gates and so much had changed. Alfred had a girlfriend! An actual real-life girlfriend! Her name was Alice and she was very pretty but also rather deadly. Her temper was short and almost everything Alfred did annoyed her but, some how, they were perfect for each other. Matthew was still without a relationship though he did have feelings for a certain someone- no he didn't! He did not have feelings for anyone.

Antonio had also revealed some truths about himself. Matthew wasn't completely surprised to find out about the Spaniard being gay but he was surprised when he met his boyfriend. His boyfriend was a fiery Italian boy called Lovino, Matthew had seen him about school before and would never pair those two together, not in a million years. But the main thing was the two were in love and that's all that really matters.

Gilbert had become Matthews best friend and the two were amazing hard to separate. Francis often cooed about how cute the two looked together which provoked blushing from them both. That then lead to Antonio claiming his impeccable gaydar was going to explode with rainbows.

They were happy.

ooOoo

"Wow, it's kinda scary how long we've been here," Alfred said cheerily, swinging the hand that was linked with his girlfriend's backward and forward slowly.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. It feels like we were just getting on the plane to England yesterday," Matthew sighed and looked up at the cloudy sky as he walked.

It was Saturday and Alfred had the genius idea of going to the park with Alice and Matthew. He even went to the trouble of inviting Gilbert, Francis and Antonio so Matthew didn't feel like a third wheel around the couple. The cheery blond boy didn't though realise that Alice hated Francis with a vengeance. 'Ah well,' Alfred had said when Alice informed him of her hatred for the French boy, 'It can't be that bad ahahaha.' He really didn't know what he was in for.

"I'm so glad we came here though," Alfred went on to say.

"It's not like you had a choice. Your father got a job here, you weren't just off on an adventure," Alice pointed out. The comment made Alfred pout.

"Haha, don't ruin his fun," Matthew laughed. The trio had almost at the park gates and at the gates were the fabulous Bad Touch Trio, plus an annoyed looking Lovino (He had probably been dragged here by Antonio), waiting for them.

Antonio waved and put his arm around Lovino's waist only to pushed away for probably the 1000th time. Francis smiled as he noticed Alice glowering at him, oh how he loved to wind her up!

"Mon cher, how wonderful it is to see you again," Francis cooed. Matthew almost whimpered when he saw the fire ignite in Alice's eyes and darted away to go see Gilbert. When he looked back, Alfred shot him a silent plea for help but he was far more interested in Gilbert- not in that way though!

"Hi Gil, " Matthew greeted calmly. Gilbert, however was less calm and pulled Matthew into a big hug. Antonio took his chance and joined in because he's Antonio and hugs are what he lives for. After they pulled back a jealous Lovino dragged Antonio over to him and latched onto his arm. Toni just smirked like it had been his plan all along.,

"How is my awesome Mattie today?" The 'Prussian' asked.

"F-fine," Matthew replied, stuttering as his brain processed the 'my awesome Mattie' over and over.

Almost everyone knew about the crushes but no one wanted to say anything because Gilbert is scary is scary when he wants to be.

"And yourself?"

"Good." There was an awkward silence slowly filled by Antonio cooing over Lovi somewhere in the background.

"Hey guys," Alfred momenterilly saved them from anymore awkwardness, "Me, Alice, Francis, Toni and that weird Italian kid-"

"I HAVE A NAME JACK-ASS!"

"-are gonna go talk and junk. You two just wander around or summin." With that Alfred trotted away.

"Al!" Matthew tried to yell after his brother but he just ignored him and grabbed his girlfriend's hand, leaving with the rest of the group.

"So..." Gilbert tried.

"Err... Wanna go throw things at the ducks?" Matthew suggested weakly.

"Sure."

-Meanwhile-

"We should call it something cool like Operation Love Struck or something."

"That's ridiculous and besides, we're just trying to get them together, not make it into some weird spy game," Alice pointed out. She always had to shoot her boyfriend down, didn't she? Oh well. Alfred sprung back up straight away regardless.

"Alice is right but how are we even meant to get them together. First we have to get at least one of them to admit their love," Toni added.

"Have you met either of them? They're both bone-heads. I say we lock them in a room and let them get on with it," Lovi joined in with the conversation because they weren't going to sort it out themselves. He still earned some strange looks from Alfred and Alice.

"You are all correct... Well sort of but I think it is best if we make them realise their passionate l'amour for each other on their own. They just need a little help from us," Francis said.

They weren't getting anywhere.

-Back to Mattie and Gil-

They soon got bored with throwing sticks at the ducks and decided to take a break. Mattie sat beside Gilbert, looking out at the lake and trying not to notice the delicious smell of the boy next to him. Little did he know that Gilbert was having the exact same problem. It was so awkward! Gilbert felt the butterflies in his belly. He had never felt this way about anyone before was certain he wasn't gay but every time he was near Mattie he felt so happy. What was he meant to do?

"Mattie I have something to tell you."

ooOoo

That was a nice cliff hanger!

Sorry about the time skip, I just wanted to get things moving and sorry about the genderbending (I think I'm only going to genderbend England but I haven't really planned this). I always find with so many guys in Hetalia you can't really ship all your pairings because with that many gay guys in one school it become very unrealistic. That and I really like genderbeing!