Ch.7. Once Upon Your Dead Body
Prussia and Canada ended up going to Lens Crafters to see if they could find glasses similar to the ones Alfred owned. On they way something finally occurred to Canada.
"Oh my God, Gilbert I just remembered that Alfred's glasses aren't normal ones!"
"Hmm? What do ya mean not normal? His he like super blind or something?"
"No, his glasses are the state of Texas. I don't think we can just get him a new pair. We need to find Alfred and get those exact ones repaired."
Gilbert sighed. He really didn't want to see Alfred at the moment. He didn't want that awkward air between them so early in the morning. He settled for pouting and nodding.
They arrived at Alfred's apartment and Prussia reluctantly got out of the car. He followed Canada to the door, deciding to keep silent for the rest of the visit if possible.
Matthew meekly knocked on the door, and although the knock was soft, it was still answered day an opening door.
"Hey bro! What's up?" Alfred was beaming at his brother, but when his eyes fell on Prussia, his smile faltered a bit.
"Um Alfred do you think we could have your glasses? Gilbert wanted to get them fixed."
Alfred looked around and left the doorway, retrieving the broken glasses. Matthew and Gilbert were left waiting at the door. Fro inside they could hear Alfred shuffling around.
"Hey Artie, have you seen my glasses?"
There was a long pause and more shuffling sounds.
"Hey Artie-"
"Ya bloody git quit shouting. I'm trying to sleep here. In case you didn't remember I was on bottom. Now shut up and look for the damned things else where. You probably dropped them in the bathroom."
That was too much for the by standers at the door to hear. Canada stood there with a petrified look while Prussia began laughing, holding the wall for support.
"THE BLOODY HELL! ALFRED IS THERE SOMEONE AT THE DOOR?"
There was stomping now and an irate British man appeared in the door way.
"M-Matthew what are you doing here-"
He then saw the Prussian trying to stifle his laughs and then shot him a nasty look. Gilbert saw this an stopped laughing. Alfred then appeared in the door way this his smashed glasses in hand.
"Here. Take good care of these glasses."
He handed them to his brother, who was still looking like he had just swallowed a grenade, and shut the door. The two stood in the hallway for a few seconds before turning and leaving. Neither of them spoke a word until they got in the car.
"Oi, Vögelchen are you okay? You look a little pale."
Matthew turned to look at his companion and then looked down that the glasses he still had in his hand.
"Did I just hear and see what I think I saw?"
He then just stared for a long moment at the glasses.
"Uh, ja I think ya did. Maybe I should drive."
Gilbert was only joking until the keys to the car where thrown at him and Matthew got out of the car.
"Uh, you can't be serious. You want me to drive?"
"Yes I do. I don't think I should be driving right now."
They switched places and once Prussia got in the driver's seat he felt nervous. Canada saw this and gave him a questioning look.
"You can't drive?"
Gilbert then recomposed himself and gave a cocky grin.
"Like hell I can drive."
The car was then thrown into reverse and their trip, or rather adventure to repair the glasses began.
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Once the car came to a complete stop at last Canada pretty much threw himself out of the car before Gilbert could change his mind about the parking spot. Gilbert then looked at the blonde and felt a bit worried. Maybe his driving was really bad.
"You…can...not drive…ever...or at least until you learn…how to stay in a lane in a constant speed for more than 5 seconds."
It wasn't that Gilbert sped, oh that wouldn't have3 bothered the Canadian, it was that sometimes he drove too slow and it seemed the other was color blind for the lines on the road. Not only that but certainly sidewalks were not a safe place to drive. He sure hoped that the police where not searching for his car at the moment.
"Ah I told you I was bad at driving," Prussia said rubbing his head nervously.
"WHEN! WHEN DID OU EVEY SAY 'HEY MATTHEW I THINK I COULD POSSIABL KILL US BOTH IF YOU HAND ME THE KEYS.' I NEVER HEARED YOU MENTION 'I DON'T STOP AT RED LIGHTS AND I DON'T STOP FOR OLD PEOPLE."
"Hey I think that elderly couple has a chance. I just clipped them, see? Not even a scratch on the hood."
Canada stared at the Prussia, seeing that maybe his brother was right in saying that the other had long since lost his marbles. He then began to walk inside the building with a sorry looking albino behind him.
Inside, Matthew tried to act like he hadn't seen his life flash before his eyes 5 times in the past 20 minutes. A young girl walked up to him and asked, "Hello sir. How can I help you today?"
"Hello. I was wondering if I could get these glasses fixed for my brother."
The girl gave a questioning look to the demolished glasses but smiled back at him.
"Sure. It might take a few hours to fix them. Can I have your brother's name?"
The girl then stepped to a computer and began to search for the prescription of the lenses needed. Once she was done, she took the glasses and began walking to the back of the store.
"I think I can have these glasses back in about two hours. You can leave and come back for them later if you don't feel like waiting."
The girl began giggling and Matthew turned to see what she was laughing at when he saw Prussia walking towards them with red Kayane West shades on. Canada instantly face palmed and thanked the girl, who laughed all the way to the back.
"Can you believe people pay 30 bucks for these things? They don't even have a lens in them and they are made out of plastic."
Canada stared at Gilbert and laughed.
"Okay Gilbert put those back and lets go. We have two hours to kill."
He then stopped laughing as Prussia paid for the glasses and left the store wearing them. Oh yes he certainly did question the other's sanity at this point. He then gave himself a small smile as he found this was one of the qualities he liked about the other, the ability to be himself and not care what others thought of him. Canada then slowed down and let the other catch up to him. Gilbert felt a little better when the other allowed him to catch up with him.
"Hey Vögelchen, I'm sorry about the ride over here. I...I don't mean to scare you."
The other smiled and clung to his arm, making Gilbert's heart flutter.
"Its okay. I know you have your own, 'Awesome Way' of doing things."
Matthew then realized that he was holding the other's arm but he didn't pull away because he didn't want to make it look like the other repulsed him. Actually he quite liked being this close to the other and stayed like this the entire time they walked around the shopping center. Gilbert was glad the other didn't let go of him. He liked having the blonde next to him like this. Maybe if he didn't mess this up or kill them with the car, maybe he could always have the other around like this.
They killed an hour walking around the shopping center and then they came across the bookstore. Gilbert opened the door for Matthew and as they entered the smell of coffee and new books wafted into their senses. The two then browsed the shelves. As they did so, a bright colored book stuck out of the shelf and it catch Gilbert's eye. He pulled it off the shelf and immediately regretted what his decision. The Canadian looked over to see the bright colored book that the other had pulled and immediately felt his face blush over.
"Um Gilbert what made you grab the "Big Book of 101 Useful Positions"?"
"Uh…nothing."
The Prussian then stuck the book back into the shelf and tried to med the awkward vibe between them.
"Um do you want some coffee?"
The Canadian nodded and the other was more then willing to go retrieve it. Oh Gott what do I do now? That was epically fail for me. How the hell do I come back from that? He then bought the coffee and went to find the small blond.
He was walking and finally found him in the travel section. He was looking at a book titled "Graceful Scenes of Canadian Wilderness".
"Oh hey those mountains are cool. Its all snowy and white. I like them." Gilbert handed the other his coffee as he spoke, earning a smile of thanks from the other.
"I do miss home a lot. I can't wait for this week to be over so I can go home."
Gilbert knew that the world meetings were held over a series of days, as you can't solve the world's problems all in one day. He suddenly felt sad, knowing the other would leave him. The other sensed this as well, and a silence was shared between the two, knowing full well what it ment.
"Hey I think the glasses should be ready by now. Do you wanna go see?"
"I think that's a good idea Gilbert."
They left the store, this time it was Prussia who had held the other's hand all the way back to the store.
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Once they had the glasses back in their possession, Matthew called his brother to see where he was, as Alfred was never in one place too long.
"Hello, you have reached the 1 hero Alfred Jones, how can I help you?"
"Al you haven't changed the way you answered your phone since junior high. Maybe you should stop saying your full name. You'll get stalkers."
"Oh hey Matty. You got my glasses?"
"Yes I do, and quit trying to change the subject Al."
"Well with a hero like me I don't have to worry about stalkers, cuz heroes don't get stalkers. Anyways can you meet me at the park? I can't see anything and Arthur is saying something about someone following us. I don't see who he I talking about."
"That's because you don't have your glasses Al, and someone is following you?"
"I guess that's what Artie is saying."
"Alright we'll get there as fast as we can."
With that Matthew hung up the phone and drove to the park a little faster than usual.
So which character fit's the stalker profile? I don't think it that hard to guess who's stalking them. =^ ^= I can say that it will be exciting. And woot woot this chapter was like 300 words more than the last one. Danke for the Awesome reviews and who knows maybe your rewarded with a really gut chapter next time. Are my yaoi senses tingling! Why yes they are. =^ ^= The next chapter will definitely be fun~!
