After the incident with Natalia, Elizaveta suggested they all go have a cup of tea to calm the nerves. Matthew who was still shaking like a leaf, silently agreed. The trio then made their way over to the Tea house across the street. Yao, the owner, greeted them and then had Im Yong Soo seat them and get their orders: Elizaveta had a small cup of orange spice, Matthew had a cup of soothing jasmine, and Francis simply ordered a glass of water with lemon. Yong Soo nodded and went to fetch the order, all while grinning at Matthew, and this made the Canadian uneasy. Matthew shook it off and listened half-heartedly to the conversation between Francis and Elizaveta, Francis offering some unusual advice to the girl on how to get Roderich 'in the mood'. The green eyed woman then tried to reach across the table and smack him saying she had to first even find out if he liked her in that way. The Frenchman responded by muttering that if she didn't know by now it would be hardly worth knowing. Ever. Matthew wanted to butt in and tell them to stop before they caused a scene. Luckily he didn't have to, as Yong Soo appeared just in time. He handed the drinks to everybody before backing a way from the table still smiling at Matthew. The Canadian finally looked at the Korean and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Yong Soo shook his head no and replied instead, "Oh, no, nothings wrong, and I was just wondering, how was the sex? Was it good? Bad? Tell me please, everyone's curious about the whole thing and while I'm being perfectly honest, I had no idea Ivan was even your type and-" the rest was pretty much a long run on sentence that Matthew couldn't even bring himself to listen to. His face was a bright red, and next to him Francis choked back a hearty laugh. Elizaveta even had to turn away in order to hide her small smile and blush. Matthew tensed as Yong Soo took his hand and pressed,
"Tell me, tell me every little detail!" he smiled and Matthew could only stutter incoherent words.
"Aiyah! What have I told you about harassing customers, aru?" Yao scolded from the back of the shop.
"But I'm not touching Matthew's breasts!" Yong Soo protested. This time Francis let the laugh out and Elizaveta was the one choking back a giggle. "Besides you were just as desperate to know as I was this morning!"
Yao's face turned pink before he shouted, "I was not, aru! If anything I find this horrible gossip to be wrong and-"
"Liar! You were the one who told me about what was going between Matthew and Ivan! You even made peace with Kiku for five minutes to tell him about it!" Yong Soo cut Yao off and the Chinese man was at this point completely red in the face. The Korean then turned his attention back to Matthew, as if there wasn't anything wrong with what he had just said in front of the Canadian.
"Yao will never admit it but he's such a gossip! Anyway, where were we?" The Korean grinned and Matthew finally pulled his hand away and stood up saying,
"Maybe some other time, I have to go…" 'And kill Alfred,' the Canadian added mentally. If Alfred didn't have such a loud mouth then most, if not all of this, would've never happened. After all according to Francis and his various sources this all got out of hand when Feliciano overheard Alfred talking to Arthur on the phone.
Matthew then left the shop all together going off to murder Alfred, as well as effectively leaving Francis and Elizaveta with the bill. The Canadian headed straight for Arthur's house knowing the American would be there.
Back at the tea shop, once the Frenchman and Hungarian composed themselves from their laughing fits, Yong Soo turned to them and asked, "So what do you guys know?"
Yao let out an agitated yell.
- - -
Arthur hadn't realized he too had dozed off on his couch until he heard the front doorbell. He yawned, feeling a little drowsy, and looked to his right, where a sleeping Alfred laid against his shoulder snoring softly, mouth slightly open with a bit of drool rolling down his chin. Arthur scowled and stood up letting the American fall onto his side on the couch. Alfred, being the heavy sleeper that he is, didn't even stir from his spot.
The Englishman wasted no time and went over to his front door and opened it, revealing a very disturbed Matthew. Arthur wasn't sure whether or not to ask what was wrong in fear of upsetting the younger male further.
"Is Alfred here?" the Canadian asked in a low monotone voice. Arthur nodded and stepped aside, allowing Matthew to enter his home, all without saying a word. "Thank you," was all Matthew said as he walked past the Englishman.
The Canadian walked into the living room to find Alfred asleep on the couch. Had he been in a better mood he would have never even considered doing what he was about to do, but then again - payback's a real bitch. He ran his fingers through Alfred's hair in a soft gesture before smacking the American as hard as he could at the back of his head. Alfred yelped in pain as he abruptly awoke and fell off the couch. The American stood up just as quickly and snapped,
"Jeez, what the hell was that for?!"
Matthew simply stared at him. "What was that for? What was that for?! That was for you not learning to shut your fucking mouth! I mean it's bad enough that you told Arthur about what happened, but you could have at least keep your voice low enough to make sure no one had overheard you bitching to him on the fucking phone! Thanks to you being your obnoxious, loud-mouthed, stupid self, everyone in town thinks that I got fucked last night! Do you have any idea of what kind of situation you put me in? Do you?!"
Arthur who had been watching from the entryway could only watch mouth slightly agape, he could not believe what Matthew had just said. He never even knew the kind male could swear, let alone pull the stunt he just did. Alfred on the other hand seemed to shrink under the Canadian's fierce glare.
Matthew, still fuming, snarled once more, "Well?! Don't you have anything to say? I highly doubt you don't, considering I normally can't ever get you to shut up…"
Alfred for once flinched, "I'm sorry Matty. I-I never would want for this to get out of hand."
The Canadian seemed to calm down a bit before slumping over into the couch burying his face in his hands.
"I know, I know, it's just…. This is all so frustrating."
Alfred went over to Matthew and placed a hand on his shoulder and muttered, "It'll be all right… I think…"
Arthur walked up and gave the American a soft slap to the back of the head. Alfred winced as the Englishman hit the exact spot as Matthew.
"What is this slap Alfred upside the head day?!"
Meanwhile, across town, Katyusha was having problems of her own: having to try to separate fact from fiction about what was going on. At first she had tried to figure out if her younger brother really did have a one-night stand. All Ivan said/admitted was that he had in fact spent the night over at Matthew's. That didn't give her much reassurance - of anything. As if that wasn't stressing her out enough, this afternoon she found out about her youngest sibling had gone over to "confront" Matthew. So now she was stuck having to scold (though she was failing to do so) her little sister while her brother sat nonchalantly in the kitchen pouring himself something to drink.
"You did what?!" She yelped as Natalia finished telling her what happened over at Matthew's apartment.
The younger blonde stared at her and simply replied, "What? All I did was give him a small warning, that's all."
Katyusha's mouth dropped. She knew what Natalia's 'warnings' were like, and having met Matthew once before, she felt positively sorry for the shy Canadian. "That poor boy! What did you really do to him?!" she screeched.
Natalia snapped her gaze over to her elder sister and shot back, "Nothing compared to what people are saying Ivan did to him."
Katyusha quickly covered her ears and shook her head from side to side. "Don't tell me that! I don't want to think about that!" She really was not interested in her brother's sex life and she really did not want to think about what her sister was implying. Natalia shrugged, laid across the couch, propped her feet up and closed her eyes, ready to take a nice afternoon nap.
Katyusha looked at her sister and then looked over to the kitchen area, barely able to make out the slight form of her brother as he leaned against the side of the counter taking a long swig from his favorite vodka bottle. 'Both of these two are going to give me a heart attack…' she thought.
"Why can't I get a straight answer from either of you two?!" she wailed, frustrated tears prickling at her eyes.
"Хочешь водки?" Her brother offered holding out a glass in his sister's general direction. "It eases nerves, da?"
Thanks to all those who set an Alert/Favorite on the previous chapter: Dethfck, EnglandsFariy, Fence Walker, HellsAngel101, IdiotWithNoEmailAddress, Kirazu Haruka, Kirazu Haruka, Kwaiichan-Chan, Lady SYNdrome, Mas-kun the Chibi Foxmonkey, Myde the Turk, Nisha Tsukino, Rae1112, Schoolgirl-Cheesculpture, Taroschain.
Many thanks and much love to my reviewers!:
Ninjafox369: Aw! Don't be scared! *hug* Well it's not the last time she'll pop up in the fic… just a friendly warning so that way you can be prepared. Yep, Alfred has poor timing, lol, I'm pretty sure everyone is glad that Matthew is forgiving; it's one of his endearing qualities. Thank you for reviewing!
MOCKING- - society: lol, your review made me giggle, your not lame, if anything that was funny! And I bet I van did have fun, hell anyone would've. Thanks for reading and reviewing!
FortunesRevolver: A cookie does sound nice…. Yum. Unfortunately this is one of those few times even Prussia's awesomeness can't solve a thing. It's okay everyone's a little Prussia obsessed, even if you hate him you're technically still thinking about him, lol. I'll put in some USUK soon enough so don't worry! Thank you for the review!
CrypticButterfly: T-Thank you! Actually I try very hard to make Francis be able to do that… (I fail when it comes to writing humor) Yeah I also feel bad about putting Matthew through all that. Glad you enjoyed and thank you for the review.
xDullxBluex: Wow, that's a tiny school. XD Yep, just a tiny hint of FranCan, lol, love you too! Thanks again for the review! : )
Cutepiku: I'm happy that the story made you happy, don't worry there will be a lot of fluffy boy love ahead! : )
IdiotWithNoEmailAddress: First of all, great username, love it. (don't know why… but I do) lol, thanks its nice to know that I'm not alone in thinking this is a bit funny, thank you for the review and hope you continue to like my fic.
His Little LabRat: Aw, but having Francis being a pedophile makes him so much fun! Lol, I know I'm weird. And she scares me too, poor Matty! I feel so freakin bad for doing all these horrible things to him! T.T
Mahou Inu Alex: Oh yes she has a hit list, and poor little Matty just got bumped up to the top of it. Ha-ha, everyone loves the psychotic characters. Thanks for the review!
Hentai-Otaku: It's not only scary it's terrifying! I might do that, wait never mind, I wouldn't do that… lol. Thanks for reviewing!
Candy Bird: Thank you! : ) More fluff will come soon, thank you for reviewing! Hope you continue to enjoy the fic.
Myde the Turk: E-Epic? T-T-Thank you! *Embarrassed* thanks for the review and hope you liked the chap.
KwaiiChan-Chan: Yes both Ivan and Matt need more love, as does the pairing Thank you for the lovely review and hope you continue to enjoy the fic.
Lady SYNdrome: lol, he amuses me too, thank you for reading and hope you continue to enjoy!
Yushimayushi: Yeah, I'm sorry Matthew! T.T I'll try my best! Thanks for reviewing!
And big thank you to my Beta, His little LabRat! I love you! *Glomps* Well thanks again for reading and hope you all enjoyed, sorry if this chap isn't as funny or as good as the previous chaps, and I'm sorry if I don't update very quickly, school has started and oh my god, taking all advanced courses was probably not the greatest thing to do… anyway wow, thank you all for the reviews for the last chap, 14, just for chapter 3…. Oh god I hope I meet all of you guys expectations! And thank you all so much for the many favorites and alerts too! *Going under pressure* Also who the else saw what Kanye West did at the VMAs? What a douchebag! And I lol'd at what President Obama said. Anyway just ignore me freaking out and again thank you for reading and please review/favorite/set and alert! ~ Sandshinobi00