Chapter Seven

A few weeks later...

Blackbird yawned sipping his coffee and reading the paper. He hummed happily feeling the sun on his skin. He was sitting outside on the porch. Gilbert was next to him under an umbrella. He didn't want to get sunburnt.

Matthew had visited Ash and the other ghouls last week. It had taken him a week to finally get around to it. He had had a lot of meetings. Once he had finally had time to, the others were excited to hear the story. They were surprised to hear the full thing and how he got out. He mentioned the one-eyed ghouls, but didn't ask Ash to look into them yet.

Prussia had to fly out later in the day for a meeting with his brother. Matthew couldn't go, he had some of his own meetings he had to go to. France always said it was good to spend some time apart; that absence makes the heart grow fonder. He hated it though, he missed the loud enthusiastic albino so much.

"I guess I better get packing." Gilbert grumbled standing up. He offered Canada a hand and he took it pulling him up. "Coming to help Birdie?"

"Of course." Matthew said with a small smile. The couple walked up stairs to their room. The Canadian grabbed their suitcase while Prussia started to decide what clothes to take. He went to the bathroom grabbing the albino's toiletries and packed them away. "Did I forget anything?"

"No, looks good." Prussia said looking over the stuff he grabbed. He set a pile of clothes on the bed. He grabbed a suit, casual clothes and a couple of Matthew's hoodies. "I'm stealing these for now."

"I need to go shopping again. I'm running out of clothes." Canada said and Gilbert laughed. He had to buy a lot of shirts and sweaters. His kagune ripped through the back of them every time he used it.

"I vouldn't mind if jou ran out of clothes." Prussia purred arms snaking around his waist. His hands slipped under his sweater tracing along his abs.

"You might not mind, but others probably will." Blackbird said interlacing his fingers behind the albino's neck. Gilbert smiled hands coming to rest on his hips.

"Ich liebe dich." The Prussian said lightly rubbing circles with his thumbs into his hips.

"Je t'aime." Matthew hummed at the touch. He pulled Prussia in for a kiss. He grabbed the Canadian's belt loops pulling and pressing their hips together. "What time do we have to leave?"

"Mind in the gutter already, Liebe?" Gilbert asked kissing along his jaw. He lightly bit Matthew's earlobe making him gasp. "Not until eight. Ve've got hours."

"Good." Canada said picking the albino up and throwing him onto the bed. Prussia laughed as the Canadian crawled on top of him. His hands tugged at the hem of the albino's jeans. "I want you, Gil."

AN: If I do end up doing smut later, who would you like to see top? (editing me~ I did both ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Went from never doing smut to doing two chaps in one fic)

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"Ready?" Matthew asked and Gilbert nodded. He grabbed his suitcase and put it in the truck. He already had his rifle in the back tucked under the seat. He had picked up a hit later in the night. Blackbird opened the truck door for Prussia.

"Such a gentleman." Gilbert smirked kissing his cheek and climbing in. Canada smiled closing the door behind him and getting in the driver's side. He started the truck. "Vhat are jou planning on doing while I'm gone?"

"Probably nothing." Matthew shrugged as they drove. "Hopefully work on the ghoul stuff."

"Remember to sleep Birdie." Prussia warned.

"I know." Blackbird smiled. "Don't drink too much."

"No promises on that." Gilbert said and Matthew rolled his eyes. "I'll be 'responsible' though."

"Did you pack Tylenol?" Canada asked raising an eyebrow.

"West definitely has some." The albino smiled. "Although, it's unawesome that jou vont be there to nurse me back to health."

"Awww Pooh Bear." Matthew said. He would have pinched his cheek if he wasn't focused on driving. "I'm sure you'll survive."

"I know, but I'll miss jou." Prussia sighed.

"I will too." Canada said biting his lip. "It's only a few days."

The rest of the drive was pretty quiet. Traffic was light and they made it to the airport quickly. Matthew hopped out and grabbed the Prussian's suitcase from the back. He walked around and set it in front of him. Gilbert pulled him into a hug. He hated goodbyes as well, even if it was only for a few days.

"I'll call jou as soon as I land." Prussia said pulling him in for a kiss. Matthew nodded with a sad smile. "Ich liebe dich, Vogel."

"Je t'aime aussi." Canada sighed giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Have a good flight Gilly."

"Bye Liebling." Gilbert said sadly waving as he walked off. Blackbird sighed and waved as well watching him go. He turned and climbed back into his truck checking his watch. It was just starting to get dark out. He drove towards the city again.

Matthew went to a secret parking spot that was hidden in an alley. His target was supposed to be in a late meeting and get out in just under an hour. He climbed up onto the roof settling with his rifle laying on his stomach in the gravel. He peered through his scope watching for his target.

Blackbird's phone rang. He jumped at the sound and pulled it out to see the contact. "Hey, Shayne. What's up?" He asked answering the phone.

"Yo, Matt." Shayne greeted. "Just letting you know, one of the ghouls we've been keeping an eye on is moving back down towards the cities."

"Is she?" Matthew hummed absentmindedly spotting his target through a window. "I'll call you back in about an hour to get the info."

"Okay!" Shayne said. "Talk to you in a bit."

"Yeah, bye." Canada said hanging up. He refocused on the man. He was still sitting at the head of the table surrounded by other business people. He sat comfortably watching them talk and discuss something. He didn't really care what.

Matthew had been watching this man for quite a while. He was happy someone had finally sent him a contract for him. The man ran a charity for the church, but none of the money ever made it to them. He kept it for himself and spent it on fancy cars and clothes.

Blackbird watched as the other business people left the room. His target stood closing his books and laptop heading for the door. He took a breath steadying his shot and firing. The man immediately collapsed in a heap with a bullet in the back of his head. Canada dropped one of his cards and climbed down off the building. He walked back to his truck and put his rifle in the back before climbing in.

"Hey Matt." Shayne greeted. "That wasn't an hour."

"Went quicker that I thought." Matthew sighed running a hand through his hair. "Anyways, about that ghoul?"

"Oh right, she's a bikaku. We think she came over from the UK, but has Australian citizenship." Shayne started. "She's good, really good. She's known as the Scorpion and tends to hunt other ghouls, not humans. She does occasionally hunt them though."

"A kakuja then?" Matthew asked biting his lip. He didn't like dealing with kakujas. They were very strong and unpredictable and she was a bikaku. He was at a bit of a disadvantage.

"Most likely yes, but she hasn't seemed to display the typical behaviour of one. She could just kill them and move on." Shayne explained. He changed to a more serious tone. "I'll send you the tracker. Be careful Matthew."