Roderich and Antonio walked around Washington D.C. feeling hopelessly lost. Neither of them was familiar with the city, but they were still glad to be away from whatever Maria and Francis had planned for them.


"I guess they must have left mon ami," Francis shrugged.

"Well then…um…," Maria handed the microphone back to Arthur. "Sorry you two! We just wanted to do something special for our friend and his new boyfriend. Congrats! Keseses~"

"Dude! Specs and Toni are dating?" Alfred asked (loudly) into the mic.

Ludwig visibly face palmed and knew Roderich would not be happy about this when he found out. Elizabeta smiled gently at Ludwig and giggled a little. Feliciano managed to get him in a similar outfit to Holy Rome and a hat. She had to admit, he did look a lot like his old self. His amnesia also reminded her of Antonio's…only she was fairly sure Antonio's wasn't caused by some battle.

"Ja," Maria said offhandedly trying to blend back into the crowd.

"That's awesome!" Alfred exclaimed taking the mic from Arthur. Arthur seemed a bit deflated…it was obvious he didn't want to proposal to go like this. "Thanks dudes for coming! I had no idea Arthur was going to, he just told me to have a party!"

Arthur smiled; glad he wasn't going to comment on it anymore. He didn't like the fact that Alfred was flirting with Roderich on Monday, but Alfred was naturally flirty. And most of the time, Arthur could stand it. But he'd be damned to hell if he ever lost his future husband to some bloody German musician.


"I'm thinking maybe we should just go to a bar," Antonio said still wandering around with Roderich. He looked over at him.

"I don't think that will be necessary," Roderich was standing in front of a movie theater. They looked at what movies were available at around 8 at night. Just a bunch of horror movies (No wonder Alfred was so freaked out all the time), and action movies.

"We should see this one," Antonio said pointing to the 'scariest' horror movie. "Maria said it was a laugh fest."

"You just want so see me jump, don't you?" Roderich laughed.

"No, she said it was so bad it was funny."

"Well I see nothing else here. Let's do it."

Antonio paid for their tickets and they went in.

"You know what would be funny?" Antonio asked Roderich as they walked to their seats.

"Was?"

"We should act like tourists that would be funny, que no?"

"We're already wearing crazy costumes. Look," Roderich said pointed at some girls who were giggling at them. "…Or they're just laughing at us."

Antonio waved at them and they waved back, blushing. Then he remembered what he was wearing.

"They think I'm sexy," Antonio chuckled.

"I don't blame them. You're practically shirtless," Roderich chuckled too. Antonio blushed at this.

Roderich started to flush a little. It was too hot for all of these layers of clothing in late June in this city. He started to wiggle out of some of his outer layers. Mostly the jacket. It felt nice to have it off. He put it on the seat to his right. He even took his cravat off.

Antonio watched Roderich undress himself layer by layer. He thought it was kind of sexy, and cute at the same time. He had to admit as well, it was getting hot for him too. He put the jacket among the layers Roderich was taking off.

"Did you think you should wear all those layers? It's June…," Antonio said watching Roderich peeling down to his last layer, which was a loose shirt like his own, only cut higher up, and wasn't as poofy in the sleeves.

"Ja, I did. It didn't look right without them all, and I didn't know we'd be wandering around half of the city."

"Si, I know. I'm sorry."

"You didn't do anything wrong. I should have known Maria would have done something like that when she found out."

"Was she not supposed to find out?" Antonio asked nervously.

"No, she already knew that I…you…," Roderich fumbled his words a little.

"We what?"

"She knew that you liked me, and well…she came to talk to me…about my feelings for…you." Roderich said haltingly.

"And you said something about me taking your money?"

"Ja, well not exactly like that…"

"Roderich, I may not be the richest country in the world, but I am the country of passion. It's a drag when someone goes on a date just for your money, or for the sake of money. That's what putas* are for. That's why I want to pay you back, I don't want to be a drag on y—"

The movie began to play before Antonio could finish. The movie was called Priest. It had this comic book like intro to it, and was pretty much a classical vampire vs. human war. Antonio knew it was going to be boring. Maria was right…it was kind of ridiculous and it was obviously something Feliciano dragged her and Ludwig to for some reason. He smiled to himself and looked over at Roderich. He was just as unimpressed as he was.

It really wasn't a horror movie either. It was more like an action movie, but some of the scares weren't even jump worthy. Roderich got out his normal blue jacket and folded it so it would be a pillow.

"It's sad because if it wasn't a horror movie it would be fine," Antonio whispered to Roderich.

"I don't think it is, I think it just looked like a horror movie from the poster."

"Well, then…I guess I lied. It's still not good."

"The effects are though."

"Yeah, but it doesn't take a lot for that. It needs better plot."

They were shushed by someone behind them. Roderich pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. He should be quiet, but he liked talking to Antonio. Even if was about something as trivial as the CGI in a movie.

Antonio yawned. The movie really wasn't going anywhere. He glanced behind him to see who had shushed him before. His eyes widened.

"Found you~!Honhonhon~" Francis said gently.

Roderich looked behind him and his eyes widened as well. Francis was sitting behind them.

"What are you doing here?" Antonio asked in a harsh whisper.

"Well, our cheri Maria was dancing with Vash and I was bored."

"You're Francis! You're not supposed to be bored! You're supposed to try to get into someone's pants!"

"I am."

Antonio looked at Roderich and he looked back.

"French colony~!" Francis said reaching out toward Roderich.

Antonio grabbed Roderich's collar as Roderich was getting his layers of clothing. Rderich and Antonio stood up quickly and ran out of the theater practically dragging Roderich. Leave it to Francis to find them in a movie theater that was….only three blocks away from the party. They must have gone in a huge circle

"What was that about flirting with Francis?" Roderich laughed.

"I take it back." Antonio seemed very angry about that.

"It was probably a j—"

"It's Francis. You know how he gets sometimes. I wish I had Elizabeta's frying pan right now."

Roderich placed a hand on his shoulder. "Let's just go back to the party."

The party was dying down, people were still dancing. Roderich had to admit that seeing Maria and Vash dance together made him smile. It made them both happy, and he guessed he could be happy about one of his friends and mortal enemy in a relationship together. Especially since she was the best friend of his boyfriend. And she wasn't constantly annoying him anymore or invading his vital regions with the rest of the Bad Touch Trio. Roderich carefully folded all of the layers of clothes he wasn't wearing and put them in a high space. They wouldn't get dirty at least.

"Would you like to dance?" Antonio asked offering his hand.

"You're leading?"

"Si."

"Fine."

"But I w-Fine?"

"Did I stammer?" Roderich laughed a little while saying it. "I'm not as predictable as you think."

Antonio blushed and nodded. He took Roderich in his hands and they started dancing slowly to a high pace song. It seemed fitting to him. Roderich was still hard core old school to him, and to some extent, Antonio was too. He still had all his history…that hadn't been destroyed after the past century in the civil war.** Though, unlike Roderich, he seemed more liable to change. Maybe it was just his stereotype of him being a little master. He certainly didn't seem like one now, leaning into Antonio and swaying gently to the beat.


Whores*

Reference to Spanish civil war (1936-1939)**

A/N: First week down! Lots more to come!