VII. Cosplaying

[GilbertxMatthew]

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Matthew asked, not coming out of the bathroom in fear of being ridiculed. He hugged his exposed arms sulkily, even though no one was there to see him.

From the other side of the door, Prussia called back, "Of course!" Because he knew it was very easy to make Matthew guilty, he added, "You wouldn't want to make Kiku feel bad, would you?"

"Not that he'd probably notice me if I came," Matthew muttered, pouting. He turned to the mirror and examined the Death Note cosplay that Gilbert had bought for him. Apparently, he was dressed up as a character named Mello. "Weird name, weird clothes," Matthew continued mumbling to himself as he set about tying the laces on the leather pants.

Honestly. What kind of man would wear this?

He was in all black, save for a maroon rosary that dangled from his neck. His top was a sleeveless leather vest, zippered up so tightly he could barely breathe(oh, and it cut off right above his belly button). The black belt around his waist made the leather pants feel impossibly tighter, and as if that weren't enough, there were matching combat boots and gloves.

Gilbert had tried to convince him to straighten his hair, because apparently this Mello person had straight blonde hair, but Matthew drew the line at that one. "I'm going to be wearing leather pants," he'd said. "I don't need any more shit."

Gilbert himself was dressing up as Dante, from a game called Devil May Cry or something. Matthew didn't care; at least Gilbert didn't have to wear this getup!

"Birdie, let me see!" Gilbert pounded on the door impatiently.

Matthew sighed and cursed some more in French, before opening the door and staring crossly at his lover. "Happy?" he asked snappishly.

Gilbert had a hard time replying coherently, "E-Ecastatic."

"Stupid anime convention," Matthew muttered to himself, brushing past the albino. "Stupid Gil. Stupid leather pants."

"Hey, Mattie, I just thought of something," Gilbert said quickly, catching up to his boyfriend.

"What? More ridiculously tight-" Matthew's angry reply was cut off when Gilbert suddenly kissed him.

Needless to say, they ended up an hour late to the convention.


A/N: Mello is a character from an anime series called Death Note. Dante is from Devil May Cry. Google them and find their images for a better reading experience. XD Kudos to anyone who knew them already!

BTW, the poll results are up on my profile. The top five pairings are going to be the ones that I'll write regularly, with some of the other ones thrown in sometimes.