"So how was your day?"
Alfred and Matthew were sitting across from Arthur at the kitchen table while Francis was standing at the stove, finishing off the dinner.
"Pretty cool!" Alfred grinned, "There's a new kid in my form group. His name's Kiku. It's kind of weird that he's moved now though. I mean the exams start in like, three weeks. I mean he's cool and all but it's weird. And his eyes are kind of spooky, like he's looking into you not properly at you."
Matthew nodded, "He's cool though. And smart. He's in a few of my classes and he knows loads. He writes pages of notes in super tiny handwriting." He smiled, his long curl bobbling as he talked animatedly.
Arthur laughed, "Matt, you're starting to sound like your brother," he leaned over and ruffled his hair.
Pouting playfully, Matthew stood up and went over to help Francis plate and serve the food.
"So..." Francis smiled at them as they ate, "Was there anything else exciting at school?"
"No. All the lessons are just revision now which is boring. I mean we've already leaned all the stuff so why do we have to spend lessons with the same teachers telling us all the same stuff again. Oh!" Alfred accidentally sprayed potato across the table in his excitement. "They're announcing who's going to captain the sports teams for next year. I really hope I get rugby. I mean I AM the best at it. And Matt's pretty much definitely going to get hockey captain, aren't you Mattie?"
Alfred turned to his brother who nodded quietly, "O-Oui... I hope so..." he murmured softly, his violet gaze staying trained on his plate as he worked his way through his meal.
The others lapsed into silence to finish eating, listening to Alfred ramble about anything he could think of between – and during – mouthfuls.
Once they were done the four of them moved into the living room, taking up their usual places on the sofa and watching the television until Matthew's yawning caused Arthur to sent both boys to bed.
They sighed softly, quickly getting ready for bed and settling down to sleep. Neither of them wanted to admit how tired they were after their first day back at school after the break. Both boys were asleep almost as soon as the lights were out.
Author's Note: Sorry this is late and there's not an awful lot going on. This is pretty much just a filler chapter because I felt like writing some random FACE and just some more general character home life stuff. There will be more going on in the next chapter!