Sorry for not posting in a long time... Life's been a bitch, but here's an update! Finally!
Alfred busted through his front door.
"Mom! Dad!" Alfred called out. "I have something I need to tell you! And no, it can't wait till dinner!"
Arthur came from the other room, curious as to what the yelling was about and Francine followed him.
"What seems to be the problem, Alfred?" Francine asked. At that moment, Matthew ran in.
"Al, don't!" He grabbed his brothers arm. "That's not for you to tell them about!"
"Tell us about what?" Arthur asked, raising a bushy eyebrow and crossing his arms. Francine nodded.
"What's wrong, Mathieu?" She asked, concern crossed her face and leaked into her voice. Matt shot a glare at his brother.
"Mom... Dad..." He hesitated. "I-I'm... I'm gay... A-at least I think that's what I am..." The young boy looked down. "I-I have a boyfriend and he's really sweet and-" Alfred cut him off.
"And, he's my best friend!" He shouted. "He's dating my best friend!"
"Alfred, calm yourself," Arthur commanded. "Honestly, being gay isn't the worst thing in the world. I honestly wouldn't care if you came home dressed up like a girl. You should be happy with who you are."
Matthew smiled a little at his father's words. Alfred butt interrupted again.
"That's not what I'm saying," Alfred tried to explain. "I don't care if he's gay either, dad, but... He's dating my best friend! What happened to bros before hoes?!" Matthew sighed.
"I'm not a hoe, Al," he informed his brother. "And, he asked me. Not the other way around."
That was part of what upset Alfred. Wasn't there some sort of three month rule for these situations? Like, the guy had to wait three months before making his move on his friends sibling? And Gilbert should've at least asked. Or said something. But, there was something else that bothered him. Alfred saw how Gilbert was to other people. He knew that he could be a bit of a player, too... He just didn't want Mattie to get hurt. He didn't know how serious Gilbert was taking this, especially with that comment earlier...
"Honestly, Alfred," Francine spoke, interrupting his thoughts. "I'm proud that Matthew told us he's gay!" She smiled softly to the small boy. "How about you and Alfred go out for a while, and your father and I will have a surprise for you when you get home."
Alfred sighed as he walked, they were out in a mall not too far away from their house. Arthur gave them money, plus the money from their summer jobs, and Francine gave some... Just in case. They were set to go. Alfred wanted to go into sporting stores, but he let Matthew pick the first two and he was taking forever! The first store they went to was Hot Topic. When they walked in, Alfred was a little... weirded out.
"Uh... Mattie?" Alfred asked, nervously as he looked around. "Why are we here?" Matthew just hummed to the dark music that was playing as he looked through the over priced clothing.
"Gil took me here, once," he explained. "I thought it was scary, too, but they have nice band merch. And some cool things from Supernatural." Alfred nodded as he looked around.
"I wonder if they have anything from Cage the Elephant," he thought out-loud. Matt glanced over to him.
"They don't," he answered. "Gil asked the same thing, and he almost was banned when they said that they didn't." Alfred sighed, he didn't want to hear about what his brother was doing with his friend anyways.
"Alright," he nodded and continued to look through the merchandise. He was actually adjusting himself to his surroundings when he heard familiar voices.
"Birdie!" Gilbert called out, smiling as he approached his boyfriend.
"Birdie?" Mathias asked, following. "Why birdie?" Gilbert grinned.
"He's small, cute, and soft like a little birdie," Gilbert explained. "It fits."
"Hey!" Alfred smiled, walking over. "What are you guys doing here?" Mathias smiled at seeing his friend.
"I could ask you the same," Gilbert replied with a smirk. He had an arm around Matthew that Alfred tried to ignore.
"We're just on a guys day out," Mathias told him. "We tried to ask you with us, but you didn't answer."
"Huh?" Alfred pulled his phone out and checked it. Sure enough there were plenty of messages from both of them. "I guess I didn't hear my phone buzz."
"It's 'hear your phone ring', Al," Matt corrected him. "You can't hear your phone buzz... Unless it's a Nokia or something." Alfred rolled his eyes.
"Yes, dad," he mumbled, a bit condescendingly. He looked to his friends. "Anyways, look how sweet I am in this." He said, holding up a random tshirt just to hold his friends attention.
"I dunno..." Gilbert said, turning to Matthew. "I see a perfectly good item I wanna take home with me right here~" Alfred sighed.
"Hands off, Gil. That's my brother," Alfred warned.
"And my boyfriend," Gilbert countered. Alfred glared and stepped closer.
"I'm the one who grew up with him, I know more about him than you ever will. Back off, Bucko," he growled. He looked to the side when he felt a hand on his chest, pushing him away from the German.
"He's right, Gil," Matthew spoke up as he pushed the two apart. "We shouldn't be touchy-feely. Not in public, at least."
"Okay," Gilbert sighed. "I'm still gonna hold your hand."
"Alright!" Alfred smiled, ignoring Gilbert. "Lets go!" He pointed to the direction he was about to walk in and followed his finger.
As they sat in the cafe for lunch, Alfred went through the texts on his phone so the notification can go away. He read each of them, to make sure nothing important was in them, when he came across something.
Answer your phone! -Gil
What are you doing? -Mathais
You're forcing me to do something you don't want -Gil
You owe me - 555-6104
Oh, Alfred~ Fuck me~~ -Gil
Alfred shook his head at Gilbert's texts, grateful that his parents couldn't get a copy of the messages. But that one new number was... Weird. And the message didn't make it any better. Alfred texted back.
"Who is this?" He sent. Whoever it was was apparently waiting for a reply, because one came back almost immediately.
Buzz
"It's someone from school." Was the reply.
"How the hell did you get my number, jackass?! And who the hell are you?!" He sent.
Buzz
"You give your number out to too many people." Buzz "Also, Mathias is a bad person to trust. He trusts everyone"
Alfred sighed. He told himself he needed new friends, although he never meant it. He loved his friends he had now.
"What do you want?" he sent
Buzz
"I was invited to my cousins wedding. Just me. And I have to bring a "date". You owe me for saving you. So, you will come with me."
"What the actual fuck," Alfred whispered aloud. He was louder than he meant to be, and his friends heard him. They looked over.
"Something wrong, Al?" Matthew asked. He was sipping a smoothie and was curled up under Gilbert's arm, which was oh-so casually wrapped around his shoulder with one hand slipping just into his shirt against Matthews bare chest. Alfred shook his head.
"Nah," he sat up and took a drink of his Coca-Cola. "I'll tell you later"
Gilbert raised an eyebrow.
"Wait, it's something you can't tell even your two best friends?" Gil asked. "How bad is it?"
Alfred rolled his eyes.
"You'll find out later," he answered. "I don't even know everything that's going on." When he looked to his phone, he found another message.
"It's tomorrow, black tie. I'll see you a block away from our houses"
So, there we go! Alfred is going to a wedding with someone, I wonder who(le gasp), and Matthew came out of the closet! As someone who is part of the LGBT+ community, I can definitely tell you, coming out to your parents is one of the hardest things you can do. I'll try to update more often and I already have the wedding chapter under way!
