Chapter six - Found out?
Arthur and Alfred wake up to the sound of their alarm playing 'Angel with a Shotgun' and make their way to the kitchen like they have done for the past few mornings now. After they have finished the breakfast Arthur washes the dishes while Alfred dires and puts them away. As they walk up the stairs, Alfred heads into the bathroom for a quick shower, brush his teeth while Arthur picks out his usual green suit for the meeting, when they are both done they change round talking about anything and everything except the meeting until...
"Artie?" Alfred says when his lover walks back into their bedroom.
"Yes Love, what is is?" Arthur walks over to the desk and tries to tame his hair which he soons gives up on. "Ummmm what if the other countries find out? I mean what if I slip up and they find out? Alfred looks up with a panicked expression, for a country who is so obnoxiously loud he can be pretty self conscious. "You won't slip up Love, but if they do find out then we will deal with it together okay? but remember that no matter what I still love you." Arthur walked over to his boyfriend and took hold of his hands, pulling him gently towards the front door. "Okay but... does that mean I can't call you Artie?" He squeezed Arthur's hand and followed him towards the door, holding it open for Arthur when they get there. "No, I think we should stick to our country names... Just in case." They got into the car, after a short nod from Alfred and drive to the meeting in silence, comfortable and content with the ways things have been going for them so far.
-Time skip-
When they arrive at the meeting hall, they were on time, meaning that a few other countries would allready be there. Walking through the corridors holding hands until they were stood outside the door to the conference room. "Alright Love... I mean America we need to do this properly, please behave and listen to what the others have to say." Arthur looked down at their conjoined hands as if studying them. "Okay England. but what if the others make fun of me again?" Arthur looks up into America's blue eyes, smiling slightly. "Don't worry America I will support you no matter what they say, try not to react though okay?" Arthur lets go of Alfred reluctantly and looks behind them as if searching for something before turning back to face Alfred again. "Okay England... Are we ready?" He reaches over to take the door handle and pulls it down slowly, preparing them for what might happen through the next few hours "As ready as I will ever be, lets go America." With that America pushes open the heavy wooden door to the conference room and walks in with England walking close behind; Germany, Italy, Japan, China, Russia, France, Spain and Romano were all seated around the table with their names all written on name plates in front of them, all watching the two countries who had just walked in and were silently taking their seats; which were conveniently situated next to each other. "America? Did something happen between you and England? You do not have a huge pile of food, did he scold you again?" Japan was the first to speak as he looked between the two, "Yea we are perfectly fine dude, I was at Iggy's house last night so I had a big breakfast." He looked at the said country to see him give a quick nod of agreement. "How many times do I have to tell you not to destroy my language you bloody wanker and stop with the nicknames." Even though Arthur was annoyed by the grammatical errors, he did not mind the nicknames at all and had a small smile playing on his lips. "Oh I bet... I think it is starting to show America..." America looked up at England to find him glaring at the one who had spoken, France, of course it would be him. "Alright, zhis meeting iz in action... The usual 8 minutes for speeches and no going over the time limit." Germany always knows how to get the meetings started on time.
-Time Skip-
The meeting went on for an hour and a half, when Germany; noticing how half of the countries were falling asleep and the other half had stopped listening and were carrying on with other tasks. "Awwww America, are you notgoing to the food court now?" France had made his way over to the American as soon as Germany had called the break. "No way dude, m'not hungry, I already told you I had a filling breakfast." England was packing away his handouts into his briefcase but his head was cocked to the side - he was listening to what the frog had to say. "Ah Mon Cher. That was almost two hours ago... and it was made by England non? How are you still standing?" With that England straightened up and glared at the Frenchman, "My cooking is not bloody awful you complete tosser, it is lovely and I think I can make an ENGLISH breakfast better then anyone!" England was mad and America knew that it could be a matter of minutes of the Frenchman pushing him, for him to start chanting those creepy summonings at France. "Ohonhonhon Mon Cher. Your cooking is terrible and everyone knows it... You Black Sheep of Europe!" England ran out of the room before America could even process what had been said, but he punched France in the face ('Bastard, he so deserved that!') and ran after his England.
-Short Time Skip-
Alfred found Arthur resting on the wall just outside the conference room, green eyes shining with unshead tears; he walked over and stood infront of hid upset lover intertwining their fingers together. "Hey Artie. Its okay. Ignore what that damn Frenchy has said, its not true." Arthur looked up and stared into Alfred's eyes before looking back at the ground. "Thanks Love, I know its just that for a second I thought it was but then..." Arthur blushed 10 shades of red and refused to look at Alfred who was curious with what the Brit was going to say. "But what Artie?" He pulled one of his hands up and pulled Arthur's face up until he was facing him "But then I remembered how happy you looked this morning when you were eating my food." Arthur kept his gaze locked with Alfred'sbut the tears escaped his eyes and were making tracks down his cheeks. Alfred brought his hand back up and gently brushed his tears away before pulling the smaller nation in for a hug. Alfred pulled the Englishman closer to him so he could whisper in his ear "How about when this meeting is over, we go home and I will cheer you up?" He pulled back and looked at Arthur with a mischievous glint in his eyes, Arthur opened his mouth to reply when a sudden flash of light caught their attention and when they looked round all of the other countries were staning behind them watching, Japan was at the front with his camera out. "Well, well, well, what do we have here then?" France was standing behind Japan with a smirk on his face and a lovely black eye; this made Ameirca smile to himself. However, Arthur was having trouble processing what was happening, his face bright red and his hands shaking... America sensing his partners discomfort, turned around just in time to see Arthur running towards the entrance and without another thought he punched France in the jaw (because why not?) and ran off after his lover again.
-Short Time Skip-
Alfred found Arthur sitting outside the building in a dark corner, crying to himself "Arthur?" The American walked closer to his lover but got no response, so he tried again. "Artie? Come on babe, its just me. What's wrong?" Alfred stopped when he reached his lover and watched him for a few seoconds before he spoke, "I'm sorry Love, after I said that it didn't matter if they found out... I ... I just panicked. I am sorry." He looked up at Alfred with tears staining his cheeks. Alfred walked to rest of the way and sat down next to Arthur, taking hold of his hand and wiping away the tears with the other. "Its okay, Artie. We will get through this together, okay? I love you and nothing is going to change that." Arthur leant his head on Alfred's shoulder who then placed his head on top of Arthur's. "Thank you Love. You are right as always. Can we stay down here for a bit though?" Alfred smiled to himslef thinking how lucky he was to have such an adorable person as his boyfriend "Sure Artie. Anything for you."
-Time Skip-
They walked back up to the conference room after 10 minutes, holding hands the entire way. They walked into the room and sta down all without letting go of the other once, it was a good thing that their seats were next to each other; and they started to listen to the presentations at the front of the room. After a few more minutes Japan got his camera out and tried to take another picture but recieved an evil glare from America but England just appeared to be facing the front of the room. Just as Japan was going to take the picture everyone in the room froze; except Russia, as a strange sound echoed through the room. Everyone looked around the room trying to find the source, England who had been still the whole time turned his attention to Japan as the noise got louder and louder, loud enough to make out the sound of someone muttering or should I say chanting. Japan was rooted to the spot as England locked eyes with him as he carried on chanting growing slightly louder until Japan finally put his camera away and sank in his seat, no one else said a word. After everyone had recovered from England's chanting, Italy carried on with his speech and Arthur tried to listen but Alfred had just got a brilliant idea and he was going to try it now. He moved his chair closer to Arthur's "Al? What's wrong? Are you okay?" Alfred just smiled at the confused look on his lover's face, and slowly reached over. He wrapped his arms around Arthur's waist and pulled him up onto his lap. "Alfred, what are you doing you bloody wanker? Let me go." Arthur whisper-shouted, trying not to disturb the meeting "Awwwwww but babe why not? No one has noticed yet. Shall we see how long it takes?" He tightened his arms around Arthur''s waist pulling him closer as Arthur finally relaxes against his shoulder listening to Italy talk about how pasta will save the world.
-Time Skip-
At the end of the meeting Italy dashed over to Arthur and Alfred who were still sat at the table (Arthur still on Alfred's lap) discussing things but went quite when the little country asked the question they both were waiting for. "Are you two dating?" He looked between the two countries in question, Arthur stood up off Alfred's lap and packed away his papers and America stood up as well, rubbing the back of his neck "Well... You see..." He looked over to Arthur who gave a slight nod, as if to say yes you can tell them. "Yea we are," America rushes out feeling the blush on his cheeks as Italy runs over to Germany. "Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa Germany, Germany, America is dating England!" Italy springs up when he is close enough to the bigger country and hugged him, bouncing up and down like an exceited child. England had a blush dusted across his face and hid behind America trying to escape from the questions and congratulations of all of the other countries who still had not left the conference room yet. Alfred, sensing his lovers distress said goodbye to the others, grabbed Arthur's hand and ran out of the meeting hall, not stopping until they were stood outside the car. Arthur squeezed Alfred's hand and looks up into his eyes before he hugged him tightly, "Artie, what's wrong?" He asked feeling concerned about how the nation felt about everything that had happended today "Nothing Love, I just wanted to hug you is all," America wrapped his arms around the Brit hugging him back, until he pulled away and kissed hime lightly on the lips "You really are Adorable". Alfred got into the car,lent out the window and smiled "I promised to cheer you up when we get home, Are you cwoming?" Arthur's smile widened and he climbed into the car before they drove home.