Canada x Finland: Thank You for Noticing Me…

I do not own Hetalia.

Also, one instance of mild language.

Author's Note: Apologies for the late update, I ran into a bit of writer's block. I'd additionally like to say thank you to the people who followed, reviewed or favorited this story. So, thank you! And on to the show...

Tino's P.O.V.

"Hey, Su-san, do you know if Alfred has a twin?"

He looked at me. "No."

"Because there's someone else who looks like him at his table. I thought that was Alfred, but he's much quieter than him and plus, the real Alfred is on the other side arguing with Francis! Funny, huh? I think he's new. Should we say hi to him?"

He tilted his head to one side and non-committally shrugged before leaving. He's probably checking on Lukas and Emil, they had to stay in because of something about a puffin...and, I wonder where Mathias is?

I noticed the new-boy-who-looked-an-awful-lot-like-Alfred glancing over at my table. Really, he does look a little uncomfortable, and I don't blame him! The people Alfred hang out with are weird...and so is the American kid at times.

I think I will introduce myself at least. So I waved to the new boy. He smiled, grabbed his lunch and headed over. Cool!

"Hi! I haven't seen you here before, at least to what i can remember. You look like Alfred, are you brothers or something?"

He smiled shyly and mumbled something.

"Sorry, what's that?"

"I'm Matthew…Alfred is, yeah, um, my brother…"

Matthew sat down next to me. Come to think of it, he doesn't look all that much like his brother closer up...his eyes are purple instead of blue, and his hair is longer and darker at the ends.

"Are you new, then?"

"Yes...I moved in with Alfred but only for a month."

"Aww, pity. A month isn't really a lot of time to enjoy a school. Do you like your old school? What about this one so far? Oh - hey, Emil! Hi Lukas! What was that about you staying in?"

Lukas rolled his eyes. "Emil's puffin turned out to be hiding in his backpack and flew out at lunchtime. It made a shitload of noise and stole some Swiss kid's food. Naturally, it was that trigger-happy guy and he tried to shoot it! Of course, he and Emil had to do detention."

"Just them? Then why were you late?"

He reddened. (Ooh, is there something going on between him and Emil?) "Never you mind," he snapped irritably. Yep. I'm prepared to bet he wasn't only keeping him company…

"Anyway, who's this kid?" interrupted Emil, who was also blushing slightly.

"I'm Matthew," he whispered.

"Yeah! This is Matthew, he's new. But he's only staying for a month, which is too bad." Emil squinted at him. "Have I seen you before?"

"I sit next to you in Mrs. Davis' class…" "Probably just déja vu," he dismissed, completely disregarding him.

"Oww! Hey, gentle on the earsss! Ow ow ow ow- look, okay, I was only having fun! Come on, you don't need to do this!" Several onlookers laughed as Su-san dragged Mathias into the cafeteria by the ear, then forced him into a seat. What did he do now?

"He was spray-painting the school walls again," Su-san announced in his normal monotone. I pouted. "C'mon, Mathias, you can't keep doing this! You're gonna get in trouble!"

"What's to stop me?"

"For one, Berwald," pointed out Emil.

"And for another, we'd report you." added Lukas.

"You wouldn't!"

"Care to test that out?"

"Excuse me," interjected Matthew.

Everyone looked at him. Wow, I'd forgotten he was there. Like...he turned invisible or disappeared. "Sorry, but do you mind introducing yourselves?"

Oh. Right. "Well, I suppose you already knew Emil, Lukas is the one with a cross barrette (Mathias snickered and he looked at him pointedly), he's Mathias, you know me, and that's Su-san!"

"Berwald."

"Sorry. Berwald." The bell rang, and students scrambled to pack up their stuff. "Hey, Matthew, what period do you have next?"

"Gym."

"Sweet! I have gym next too...say, do you like hockey?"

"Hockey's awesome! But...why do you ask?"

I grinned. "You'll see!"