Hello loves of my life!
How are you doing? Are you eating well? Sleeping? How's school?
Oh my God, do you know how much I missed posting here? It was like torture having to wait.
But I'm here now and with my favourite chapter of all. Really. I love it. I can't even believe i was the one who wrote this thing. It's so fucking cute!
So, I'll leave you alone to read this chapter. But read the note at the bottom. I think I owe you an explanation to why this chapter took so long to be here, and it is at the end.
Enjoy your reading!
* Unbeta-ed so if you find a mistake (or lots of them) let me know please.
The 657º look happened right after the first kiss. And, really, it couldn't be more perfect.
It was 23rd April, which meant Arthur's eighteenth birthday. In spite of that, it was also a Tuesday, so they had to go to classes and couldn't go out to celebrate. Or that was what Arthur thought.
He woke up to the sound of the alarm and, like always, with his eyes still closed he hit the bloody machine to turn it off. Five minutes later, he got courage enough to open his eyes and realize he was alone in the room. And that left him surprised.
In general, Arthur would wake up, take a shower, get dressed and then Alfred would wake up. It seems that this time it was going to be different… So, trying to keep up to his routine, Arthur went to the shower and spent at least fifteen minutes enjoying the hot water until he got out and put the uniform – the whole uniform, not that hideous thing with the open shirt and loose tie that some people used.
Looking around to see if he didn't forget anything, Arthur saw for the first time the white rose lying beside a note on his study table.
This became a habit. The roses, I mean. Since Valentine's Day, Alfred every once in a while would show up with one of these flowers and give I to Arthur, with no reason at all. It was a little bit weird, but he liked it anyway.
He walked to the table and took the rose carefully, putting it in the vase with the others and then started to read the note, where Alfred's rushed letter said:
"Good Morning, Sunshine.
And Happy Birthday, Artie!
Sorry for not being there and talk to you face to face,
but I had to wake up early to prepare your surprise.
But I also wanted to be the first one to talk to you, so I
decided the note was a good solution.
You are always saying how much you like this kind of things, right?
Well, anyway, I hope you have a good morning.
Now, go have your coffee-hun, tea.
They are waiting for you.
XOXO
Al."
Well, it seems that Alfred was really putting some effort in it, huh?
Even though it was weird, Arthur decided to obey the note (? ) and go have his breakfast. Well, if he thought this was going to end with just one note, he was pretty much wrong.
Seeing as HHS was a boarding school, all the food was served in the cafeteria. In general, they had the option to choose between two kinds of bread, two kinds of cake, two options of fruit, milk, coffee or juice.
So we can say that Arthur was really surprised when he was in the line – hearing some "Happy Birthday's" in the way – the cook herself handed him a tray with something different from what the other people had. After getting a smile from said cook, the blond went to sit at his table, where some of his friends were already.
After sitting and hearing a chorus of "Happy Birthday Arthur!", he paid attention in what would he eat. Two toasts with honey, a scone, one chocolate cookie, some strawberries and a cup of… was that Earl Grey? Yes, it was. But, how?
On the tray, was also another note and a rose, yellow this time. Opening the paper, he read:
"Artie,
I hope you breakfast please you.
It took a little time to convince the right people to
let me break the rules, but since it was only this time…
Enjoy your meal.
XOXO
Al."
And this wasn't the last one. Throughout the day, some people would approach him just to give him a note and a rose.
In the first period, it was professor Annelise, with a pink rose and a note saying just:
"Have a nice day.
XOXO
Al."
In the break between second and third period was a freshman girl, with a purple rose and the note.
"Have I ever said how much I like to hear you accent? I'm missing it now…
XOXO
Al."
During lunch – which was also different from what other people had – Kiku gave him a hybrid tea rose.
"Your surprise is almost ready, Artie!
XOXO
Al."
And in PE, it was Feliciano that gave him the bluish rose and the note saying:
"You know, I've never realized before but…
Your legs are pretty hot.
XD
Al."
Which made him blush for at least ten minutes, of shame or anger we don't know.
But what made Arthur intrigued was the fact that he didn't see Alfred the whole day. They had in common three or four periods, so this meant he was missing classes too. What the bloody hell was he planning?
Arthur finally came back to his room a changed the uniform for a more casual clothing. So he sat on his bed and kept reading the book he left under his pillow last night. And that way, he ended up in his particular world.
That is, more or less 1h30min later, when someone knocked on his door. He got up and opened it, seeing himself in an empty hallway. Then he looked down and saw another rose, a dark pink color this time. And, of course, a note with it.
"Guess by now you're probably tired of game, huh?
Don't worry. This is the last one.
Meet me at the rooftop. Your surprise is there.
I'm waiting for you.
Alfred."
Curious to know what was the surprise, Arthur left the room, remembering to lock the door, and continued until the end of the corridor, where was a door to the stairs, which he didn't think twice to come up.
Finally he arrived at the door to the top and opened it with no noise. It was already night time up there. The spring wind was refreshing after so much time inside his room. And standing there was Alfred, holding a bouquet of red roses.
In the end, the surprise was a night picnic, with bunches of foods that the school wasn't supposed to have, but were Arthur's favorite.
They stayed there for hours and hours and when were almost midnight, Alfred put a candle in one of the cupcakes and started to sing happy birthday to a blushing Arthur.
-Make a wish, Artie…
Closing his eyes, he wished from the bottom of his heart and blew the candle, hoping, praying for his wish to come true.
Before he could open his eyes again, he felt something warm and soft against his mouth, and was with a little shock that he realized it were Alfred's lips.
It wasn't a long kiss. I wasn't even a kiss per se. It was a caress with the lips, but it was important for them. Because was the first of the many to follow.
Opening their eyes, they stared at each other for a couple of minutes, until Arthur said:
-It seems like wished come true pretty quickly, nowadays.
They were there together for some time, until it was hard to stay awake. The whole way to the room, they were holding hands.
Sooooo, what do you think? Wasn't it just adorable? Hell yeah!
I really hope you enjoyed it, 'cause sure as hell I did.
And about that explanation:
As all of you know, school is a bitch and college is the Bitch Queen. Before, I had the intention to post the chapter on time (the two weeks), study to my exams (eight of them) and be free to translate another chapter and post today (it would be the fifth).
But my professors think I have nothing better to do than study, so I had to do two seminars beside the exams, four points each. Yeah. So, I'm really sorry for being late, but the importat thing is that now I'm free... ish. i still have some things to do, but this I can manage.
And in an almost not related but still related topic, I have an advice for you: If ever, in your life someone tell you to read a book called "Os Sertões" ( Rebellion in the Backlands in english) by Euclides da Cunha... DON'T. I'm serious. The book is really boring, and I like to read almost anything. If they force you to read it, run screaming like a mad person and you may be successful in running away from it. If you have no choice but to read it, like me... May God have mercy on you soul..
