Alfred P.O.V.

I woke up to see daylight peeping through the gap in the curtain. Yawning, I got up and stretched. "Huh- Huh? Can I smell barbecue?!" I thought and nervously went downstairs in just my boxers, forgetting I had a guest. The smell led me to the kitchen, where I found an anxious Iggy looking at his scones, which were uber chargrilled, like, what the heck?

"Um... Iggy?" I held back a laugh when he turned to me in shock, before frowning.

"I made you breakfast, git. And don't call me that insufferable nickname; my name is Arthur, Are-U-Ther."

"Yes I am!" I laughed, at the un-intended joke Artie had just made.

"W-what? Anyway... Eat your scones!" He said, as he placed the plate of 98% rock and 2% ash onto the table.

I could feel my stomach churning, but I knew objecting would just get us into a hassle, so I sighed sadly and sat down, hoping my teeth would stay intact through this.

Arthur just sat there eating his scones, smiling.

Later on, at the shopping mall:

"Okay Iggy, let's go get you some clothes and some trunks! Yippee!" I grinned and twirled around to see Artie's annoyed face. "Cheer up Mr. Grumpy-Gills, where would you like to start?!"

"Let's just get some normal white shirts and-"

"No-no Artie!" I exclaimed loudly; I would make use of this opportunity, "let's get you something more cool!"

"Oh... No, I don't think I could quite pull that off Alfred..."

"Yes, you so could!" So I pulled him into a shop that looked promising. I may not be Francis, but I know what looks good on a person, and what doesn't!

After a lot of hours at the mall, we finally got Arthur some outfits... And a pair of swimming trunks! I haven't seen them yet though, he said he was to embarrassed. It was so cute, I've never seen him do something that cute before. Wait, what? I found Artie cute? Ahaha... Friends can think that too, right?

We got in the car and I started to drive us back to my home. It was really quiet, was it awkward? Did I do something wrong? Thoughts whizzed around my head until I felt some weight on my shoulder, trying not to take my eyes off the road, I threw a quick glance to my side. That was a mistake; I was now beet-red blushing. Artie had fallen asleep and was now resting his head against my shoulder and did I see a little bit of drool? Ahh... Too many cute things at once, I thought I was going to go into overload!

Until we hit a speed-bump.

Arthur's P.O.V.

Suddenly I woke up, and made a strange "Hngh" noise as I felt the car going over a speed-bump. Blinking, I realised I was resting my head on something. Looking up slowly I saw Alfred's shoulder... Alfred's shoulder?!

I shot up from my position quickly, I could feel myself blushing and I was blushing hard. Carefully, I snuck a peep at Alfred. Huh, He was blushing too! No wonder, I probably made him feel uncomfortable. Poor lad.

"S-sorry." I mumbled.

"I-it's okay!" He replied, hurriedly.

Ugh, I had made it awkward, hadn't I? Looking down at my hands, face still heated I gathered my courage to speak.

"So.."

"I-"

Oh, we just had to speak at the same time... No matter, we were now pulling up at Alfred's drive.

Slowly, we got out of the car and started towards the door.

Hurriedly, Alfred unlocked his door; the key missing the slot about 10 times.

It had been 2 hours when I finally gathered the courage to talk to him, we had both been blushing for a while now and we hadn't spoke since the car incident...

"Shall we watch a movie?"

Alfred obviously perked up at that, since his blush seemed to dissipate and a wide grin with pearly whites stretched to his ears.

"A horror movie?!"

Oh no, could I endure 1-2 hours with Alfred damaging my ear-drums with his screaming and crushing my body with his hugs? Mind you, it will pass some time and make this less awkward.

"Sure, but let it be one of my ones."

Alfred ran out of the room to go collect a DVD, and I repositioned myself on the sofa.

'The woman in black' is the film he chose apparently it was the only English horror film he had and because it had 'Harry Potter' in it.

He turned the film on and instantaneously Alfred clutched to my arm!Honestly.. It had only just started, it wasn't even that scary yet- Oh, the girls just jumped from the window. Looking at Alfred pale, I decided that it wasn't the film I'd be watching, but Alfred's cute little expressions of shock and despair... Anyone would think me a sadist at this moment, but he looked adorable!

Alfred P.O.V.

Finally, the film had finished! I let out a sigh of exhaustion as I looked over at Iggy... Was he crying?

"Hey Iggy, you okay? Boy, that film was freaky."

Arthur quickly rubbed his tears and blushed.

"N-no, I'm alright."

Shaking my head, I replied "you are obviously not fine, tell your problems to the hero!"

Iggy looked down, his pink lips quivering.

"I just imagined, that you were the boy in front of the train and that I went in to save you and just like the movie, I was too late." I softened at this and imagined it too. Scooting over to hug him, I whispered into his pale golden locks,

"At least we would be together in death, right?"

At this, Artie burst into more tears and said something we both didn't expect to come out of his mouth... At least not at this moment.

"I think we should talk about that night."

Wow, cliff-hanger. Not for long though I hope. So, you finally get to hear about what actually happened that resulted in Iggy drowning. Your questions will be answered! Still haven't got to the part of Alfred teaching Artie how to swim, but that will most likely come in either the next or after that chapter. Please bear with me, I sometimes get stuck what to write next. I had my friend help me continue after 'The car incident', because I wasn't sure what to write next. Crappy chapter is crappy I know and I don't think this will be a long series, but we will see. I mean, it'll probably end 1 chapter after Arthur can swim. But I have an amazing idea for the final chapters, so you have that to look forward to! Please review, it helps me a lot. Especially since I don't check my works or get someone to check for me. I'm hoping you guys will catch me out on my mistakes and help me change things.