Hiiiiiiiii! I'm back with a new chapter! I would like to apologise in advance too because it's possible that I won't be updating for a while…. I BLAME YOU SCHOOL AND YOUR STUPID SEVEN EXAAAAMS! Anyway, that's not important XD Enjoy the chappie~!

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Chapter 4: A coffee and, is this a date?

Gilbert dragged me towards the café near school, holding my hand and intertwining his fingers with mine. Cue my blush. I was holding hands with an almost complete stranger.

A very handsome stranger.

Gilbird was settled on top of his head, chirping from time to time, and I must say, it was adorable. We were both silent the short way to the café, but we finally reached it.

The place wasn't very big, but it was definitely cosy and inviting. As soon as we stepped in the scent of coffee and vanilla reached my nose. Various tables were scattered around and behind the wooden counter stood a kind looking girl standing in front of a black board with all the prices and some drawings scribbled in it. One thing that got my attention was the number of indoor plants. There were pots filled with flowers, small bushes and some of those hanging ones attached to the ceiling.

As we approached the counter, Gilbert let go of my hand, leaving a warm and tingling sensation on my hand, making me miss the warmth it proportioned me…

'Now is not the time to think such things!'

''Hi! Welcome to Foreigner, what can I get you?'' The girl asked Gilbert.

''I vill have a dark cappuccino vith extra coffee please!''

She started writing his order down and Gilbert turned to me, ''And jou? Vhat do jou vant?''

The girl looked confused when he talked to me, but then she took notice of my presence behind the albino and her eyes widened, ''Oh! Sorry, I didn't see you there…''

I sighed, ''I-It's ok. I-I'll just have a coffee and, u-um, do you have maple syrup?''

She nodded and scribbled our order before handing the bill over. Gilbert paid and I panicked.

''W-wait! Let me pay for my drink!''

''It's ok Mattie, I invited jou after all,'' he grinned, ''Und besides, vhat kind of unawesome person vould I be if I made you pay? Take zhis as a 'Zhank Jou' for saving mein awesome friend!'' At the mention of himself, the little canary chirped happily.

I blushed at his nick-name and nodded, ''But next time I'll pay for us…'' I mumbled, slightly troubled, to myself quietly, though it didn't go unnoticed as I planned.

''Is zhat an invitation for a second date?'' He smirked teasingly, sending my face up in flames.

''L-let's just s-sit down!'' I said flustered as I passed him and his shit-eating grin while he did his weirdly cute laugh.

We sat down on a round table at the end of the nearly empty café. An awkward silence, for me at least, fell upon us, so I tried to make up some type of conversation.

''S-so… is Gilbird your pet?'' I said and immediately wanted to smack myself for asking such stupid question.

''Vhat?!'' he exclaimed in fake offense, ''He is not a 'pet'! He is mein awesome companion and friend, named after zhe awesome me!'' He finished with said bird flying around his head.

I giggled at his antics. That's when I noticed he was now staring at me.

''W-what?''

He grinned widely, ''Jour smile is very cute, jou should show it more often!''

I blushed and stuttered incoherent words. That's when the waitress came and handed us our drinks. After that we chatted a bit more, getting to know each other a bit better. He was born in Germany, though he claimed to be Prussian, and he was a year older than me. He had a younger brother named Ludwig and he said he had a 'stick up his ass' but that he still loved him. In exchange, I told him a bit about myself, talking about my Canadian heritage and twin, Alfred. To my surprise, he knew him and they got together as the 'Awesome Trio' from time to time along with that Dane whose name was Matthias.

''And, how did you lose Gilbird?'' I asked after a while.

''Vell, zhe little guy didn't vant to be left alone at home so I brough him vith me to school. It had all been going ok until Chemistry, vhere one of zhe students blew up some chemicals and ve had to evacuate zhe class. Gilbird was a little freaked out, so I let him inside my locker, vithout locking it of course, for the last hour of zhe day. I guess he flew avay and looked for me and somehow ended outside.''

I nodded and imagined little Gilbird here opening a locker with his tiny wings. Only Gilbert's voice snapped me back to reality.

''Und how did jou find him?''

''O-oh, I was going to the Art-room and I saw him outside through the window in the hall so I went and rescued him.''

''Zhe Art-room? Do jou paint or something?''

''No, no, I usually go there to draw in peace while no one is around,'' I said shyly.

''Jou draw? Zhat is awesome! Vhat kind of things do jou draw?''

''Uh, I mostly do flowers…''

''Could jou show me?''

I hesitated. I've never showed anyone else my drawings besides my family… so I don't really know. But something about the way Gilbert's eyes sparkled at the mention of my hobby made me think it was fine to show him, so I opened my bag and took out my sketch-pad, handing it to him. He received it with the utmost care and flipped through the pages, his eyes widening. I fidgeted with the end of my hoodie until he almost yelled,

''ZHESE ARE AWESOME MATTHEW!''

I blinked one, two, three times.

'Did he just… praise my work?'

Without being able to hold it back, I gave him the biggest smile I could muster, my cheeks as red as his eyes when I said with pure gratitude, ''Merci!''

He sat there staring at me, his face gaining a pink shade. I looked down bashfully and feeling very happy that someone liked my drawings and saw the hour on my watch, ''O-oh, I should probably get going…'' I said and stood up, picking my bag.

Gilbert snapped out of whatever trance he was on and handed me my sketch-pad back, ''Ja, I should probably go back too, do jou need me to drive you back?''

''N-no, that's alright, I can still catch the bus.''

We both exited the café and turned to each other, ''It vas nice having a coffee vith jou Mattie!'' He grinned.

''T-thank you… I enjoyed myself as well,'' I said and smiled slightly.

''Hey, could jou hand me your phone one moment?''

''I-I forgot it at home,'' He nodded and took a pen out of his bag, grabbed my hand and wrote a number with the name 'The Awesome Gilbert' next to it, ''Vell, see jou later Matthew! I'm looking forward to jour mentioned 'second date'! Kesesesese!''He started, ''Und jour smile really is cute, I'd love to see it more often!'' And with that, he left.

I blushed for the hundredth time today at his compliment and stood there watching as Gilbird jumped up and down on his snowy hair until they disappeared from my sight. I sighed and started heading home too, replaying the events of this day. And then I remembered.

'Wait… did he say, A DATE?! So, this was a date too?!'

I shook my head and speed walked to the bus stop, trying to get those silly thoughts out of my head.

But deep down I knew I was looking forward to our second 'date' too.

I FINISHEEEEEEEEEEED! WOO, this was actually hard to write! (Fruking writer's block…) so I'm sorry if I failed TwT But I hope you guys still liked it anyways! I would also like to ask you, my dear Readers, if you would like Gilbert's POVs! This is totally not my way of making you guys comment pffff, whaaaaaaat -w-'''

MOVING ON, thank you very much for the support and I hope to see you all next chapter!

P.S. Song Recommendation of the Day! (aka, the song I listened while writing this) 'Land Down Under' from 'Men at Work'!

UPDATE: Just corrected the phone thingie! Forgot Matt didn't have it xD Thank you Guest for pointing it out! :D

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