Hi guys! Sorry for taking so long, I have just entered Year 10 in high school so I've been getting a bit preoccupied. You would know ThosUK ;) Um, I mean... PINEAPPLES!
Anyway, this is a bit of a boring chapter as not much goes on except that Felix meets one of his dearest friends and the weekend has begun at the base! But still... pineapples.
Please please please please please pleeeeease review as I really want to know what you guys think, otherwise I'm putting up that target review thing again :D
So, enjoy the fic!
Felix wiped his nose on the tissue provided, holding back sobs as he sat once again in the Administrator's office.
"Are you alright, Felix?" She asked, kindness in her tone.
"Y-ya." The German boy replied, voice slightly shaky as he blew his nose loudly.
"Your father thought he could get away from what he did, but do not fret boy, as I have a special connection with military and will get them to deal with that scumbag."
"Thank you, ma'am." Felix said, giving a small smile of appreciation. The woman's facial features seemed to soften for the briefest of moments before she shook her head, cleared her throat and handed another tissue to the still sniffling boy in front of her.
"Now that we have that out of the way, we can move on to the good news."
"A negative and a positive." Felix said happily.
"I beg your pardon?" The Administrator asked, puzzled.
"It's how Ben described life here, forgive me for interrupting you." Felix apologized.
"No need for apologies, boy, I was merely curious. Anyway," She proceeded to tell him the news, "First part of news is that your father has had an object of great importance transported here."
Felix's face changed from one of curiosity to one that glowed pure happiness as the Administrator revealed a cage from which within was a snowy white dove that cooed, cocking it's head as it saw the boy.
"Archimedes!" Felix exclaimed, hugging the cage as it was passed to him. He then raised a hand in question.
"Wait, you said one part of the good news. What is the other half then?"
"That you get two days off of training as it technically Saturday."
Felix grinned, "I guess Ben was right when he stated that I am a good luck charm. Well, 50% of the time."
The German boy yawned, suddenly realised that he hadn't gotten any sleep at all.
"Ben will help carry your dove, and potentially you if you collapse out of exhaustion, to your dormitory. He's waiting outside." The woman nodded to the door. Felix said his goodbyes before grasping the cage as well as he could and hauling it out the door where, sure enough, Ben was waiting patiently, swaying on the balls of his heels and whistling to himself. He saw Felix and snapped out of his boredom, smiling and raising his hand so that Felix could high-five him.
"Ah, so glad you're back. Er, what's that bird doin' here?" He pointed to the cage where the door was nestled, it's chest going up and down slowly as it slept, head tucked underneath it's right wing.
"Oh, this is Archimedes, my friend." Felix lifted the cage so Ben could take a closer look at the bird. The German yawned once again, looking sleepily at his Brooklyn friend. Ben grinned, rubbing Felix's limp shoulder softly.
"I think you need some sleep." He chuckled, leading his half lidded friend up the stairs to his room.
"Ah, so babies have finally arrived." The Russian said sleepily. He had obviously been waiting patiently for them. "Are you OK now Felix?"
"Ya, I am fine now." Felix replied, giving another big yawn. He carefully placed Archimedes' cage on the desk and slumped down on the bed, Ben doing the same. Except Felix adjusted his position to one of more etiquette, a force of habit. Everything he did had to be perfect, because even though he hated his father as much as he hated himself, he couldn't help but love him at the same time, and always tried to impress him.
"Gudentag." He said, before he fell immediately to sleep .
The noise of a commentator screaming followed by a cheering crowd awoke Felix from his peaceful sleep. Slowly letting his eyes open to the blinding light that entered his vision, he turned to face the bunk bed only to see Ben sitting idly on the bottom bunk along with Keith, George, Patrice and Ivan. They were all watching baseball on the small television.
"Morning, mate." Keith waved happily as Felix sat up and wiped his eyes.
"Gutenmorgen." The German said, waving back. He got up, stretched, then went to check on his beloved Archimedes, who's cage he had carefully placed on the desk, along with his still unpacked suitcase, only to find him missing!
"Archimedes!" He cried in distress, looking frantically around, eyes darting in every direction, looking for his dove.
"No worries, mate, I thought I'd give him some space so I let him out. He's up there." Keith said, pointing up at the top bunk where the dove was perched, looking down at the TV, transfixed by this array of different colours flashing on the screen as the pitcher threw the ball at the batter. "I also fed him as from the sounds of it you were getting quite stressed last night."
Felix's face went red in embarrassment at how much of a racket he had caused, causing the team to chuckle.
"Don't ya worry, we're all big dopes here anyways." Ben grinned, causing Felix to give a smile back.
"So… is this baseball?" he asked after a while as he started to unpack his suitcase. Everything was carefully laid out on his makeshift bed: his shirts, sleeveless jumpers, trousers and a couple of pairs of leather shoes, just to name a few, were all laid neatly on the little space he had.
"Yep, this is baseball, the most awesome sport ever!" Ben exclaimed and Keith sighed.
"You need to get out and play some cricket, mate. Then you'll know what real sport is." The Australian said, rolling his eyes before looking over and seeing what Felix was doing.
"Bloody hell, mate, how much more neat can you get?"
"Felix, you don't need to be neat here. Take a look at me." Ben said, pointing to himself then at the untidy mess that surrounded him.
"What can I say, I've had to be neat and obedient." Was all the German said, earning a sympathetic smile from Ivan, before returning to tidying his clothes up and placing them into a neat little pile at the end of his bed.
"So what do you guys do on the weekend? Do you just stay in your rooms and watch baseball all day?" Felix asked in a slightly joking tone.
"Nah, only Ivan stays inside with Sasha. Seriously, try literally goin' out for once, ya dope." Ben replied, the last question directed toward the big Russian, who merely rolled his eyes in response before going back to stroking his precious gun. The team laughed, however with just a threatening raise of an eyebrow from Ivan they all silenced. They remained in awkward silence for some time, quietly watching the TV and hearing the occasional coo from Archimedes.
"Anyways, we're goin' down to breakfast now. Come on Felix." Ben said, stretching his legs and clicking his knuckles before turning off the television and bounding to the door. He was followed by Keith, George and Patrice, who was smoking yet another cigarette. Felix was about to shut the door when he heard a low pitched voice calling his name. It was Ivan. The German boy turned around to see the other, larger boy, who had a look of worry on his face.
"Are you alright?" He asked, kindness and concern in his tone.
"Ya, I am fine now. But I apologise for disturbing you and everyone else." Felix said, fiddling with his hands.
"Good, and no need to be sorry. I am sorry I asked question." He said, lifting a hand so it stayed in mid-air. Felix took the hand and felt the Russians rough skin and strong grip as they shook hands.
"Nein, I should be sorry. Enough said. Now I should go before Ben becomes concerned about why I haven't followed them." The nervous one said, then without another word disappeared into the hallway, shutting the door behind him.
