Hi everyone! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, favouriated and followed! It means a lot to me that people are enjoying this story and I want to make some progress in the story! Hopefully the characters aren't OOC too much and it's not too unrealistic. We're finally gonna see Gilbert and Elizaveta together!
Gilbert
Gilbert huffed to himself as he shoved his hands in his coat pockets while he climbed up the stairs to his beloved girlfriend's apartment which had also been his own before all of this mess. He clenched his fists to fight down the guilty feeling that sprouted up at the thought of Matthew, he didn't know why he behaved the way he did earlier. Usually he would never treat someone that way unless they had earned it.
Gilbert scoffed, he shouldn't be worried about the pathetic man, he was going to see Elizaveta like a good boyfriend should. They had been together for years and he would not let something like this come between them, he had practically fought Roderick for her. Before the uptight man had realised his feelings for Lars he had been crazy about Elizaveta. But of course the awesome Gilbert prevailed he thought to himself and chuckled happily. Roderick had been sore about it for a while but then Lars had been there for him to find comfort although it was a mystery to Gilbert how the serious man could comfort anyone yet his little sister and Roderick adored him. He took out the apartment key and quickly unlocked the door, not bothering to knock.
"Elizaveta! The awesome me has returned to your awaiting arms!" he shouted out as he locked the door behind him and shed his outdoor gear, frowning when Elizaveta didn't come running to greet him like she usually did. "Elizaveta? You in?" he asked loudly, making his way into the living room. He was shocked to see his girlfriend leaning on the far wall, a glare on her face that was strangely directed at him.
"What's wrong babe?" Gilbert asked, blinking in surprise when he saw Lars sitting on the sofa with a similar look on his face. What was Lars doing here? He felt anxiousness churn his stomach. "Lars? Why are you here? And why are you both glaring at me like I've done something?" Gilbert asked, slightly put off by the lack of answer.
Roderick appeared from the kitchen with two cups of tea in his hands. He sighed when he saw Gilbert, feeling awkward in the situation as he sat down beside his boyfriend who took the tea thankfully but never once stopped glaring at Gilbert. "We need to talk, Gilbert" Roderick finally answered the Prussian man.
Gilbert blinked at that "Huh? You want to talk to the awesome me? About what?" he asked, narrowing his eyes in suspicion at Roderick's slightly guilty expression. Why were they all here and he couldn't get over the looks his girlfriend was sending him.
"You know very well what he's talking about Gilbert so stop lying!" Elizaveta snapped angrily, glaring at him. Now Gilbert can be slow but he wasn't that oblivious and he felt his stomach drop in horror as he turned wide eyes onto Roderick who was sipping his tea while avoiding his eyes. Did Roderick… tell her?
"Roderick… did you…" Gilbert slowly asked, feeling betrayed by his friend if he had told the love of his life what was happening before he did. That would be totally un awesome and from the way Lars glared at him and Roderick looked away awkwardly then he must be right in his thinking.
He looked to Elizaveta who had come closer to him while he had been looking at Roderick, she looked both angry and upset with her eyes full of unshed tears. Only Gilbert and her very close friends had seen her cry and Gilbert would do anything to stop that from happening again. "I know you can be an idiot sometimes but this… this is downright moronic! How dare you keep a secret like this from me!" she snapped.
He gulped and reached for her, making a note in the back of his mind to beat Roderick to a pulp even with Lars being his bodyguard. "I was going too babe but I just found out and I've had to deal with it so…" Gilbert trailed off as it did nothing to calm her down.
"You had two days to tell me! How could you come back to me… knowing another is carrying your child…" she trailed off, tears began sliding down her cheeks which near broke Gilbert's heart "Did you just use me? Is that it? Were you planning on having some last fun with me then leaving me?!" she half sobbed half screamed at him.
His eyes widened in horror at this and he began shaking his head violently "No! I love you Elizaveta!" he grabbed her upper arms in desperation but made sure not to harm her "You have to believe me! That… man shouldn't be having my child! It should be you… it was supposed to be you and now I'm stuck with that… that freak of nature! It should just d-" he was cut off his panicked words by his head whipping to the side, his cheek stinging and warm liquid oozing from his lip. He looked up in shock at his beloved as she stood with a frightening look on her face and her bloody fist held up.
"Its not enough you didn't tell me you are having a child with someone else but you dare to call it a freak?! I may have forgiven you for not telling me but… I will not stand by you as you wish an innocent being death!" she spat at him, glaring at him before turning her back to him and began walking from the room. "Its over Gilbert. You have a week to pack up your crap and take responsibility for your child." she told him and slammed the kitchen door behind her. All that Gilbert could hear were the repressed sobs from his beloved Elizaveta.
Lars jumped up and rushed after the woman, leaving Roderick and Gilbert to sit in silence as the now devastated man fell to his knees and gripped his stinging cheek, wishing the last time she'd touched him could have been loving but now it was too late. "Gilbert… I-I seriously thought you'd told her. I wanted to see if she wanted to meet Matthew…" Roderick looked genuinely upset and guilty as his friend sat distraught on the floor but he got no answer.
Gilbert only reply was to stand up and flee from the apartment leaving the sound of a slamming door and crying behind him.
Time skiiiip one week~
Alfred and Arthur
Arthur stood looking in the mirror at his growing stomach, already a baby bump although he was certain it was a bit early for him to be showing so much, though he was glad he wasn't waddling yet. Alfred had told him already that he was looking forward to that, he was so strange. Both him and Matthew were showing much more than the other to be 'mothers' which they found quite strange, was their children larger or something? Were they developing quicker for them? He jumped and yanked his shirt back over his bump as Alfred entered the room happily.
"Artie!" he shouted before glomping the man happily "Its date day again and we totally need to make it the best date ever!" he gushed, giggling happily at the thought of some alone time with his new crush who he'd fallen hard for but wasn't sure about how Arthur felt back. With all of the confidence he emitted you would think he would be able to ask the Brit out but no such luck, he was too scared Arthur would reject him and would never talk to him unless it was about their unborn child.
Speaking of unborn child… over the last week the foetus in all of the males had grown incredibly quickly considering it took 5 weeks for them to even realise they were pregnant and would take a normal female pregnancy much longer beforea baby bump appeared. Alfred was worried about this abnormal development and he knew most of the fathers were as well, if the growth was stressing both the 'mothers' and feotus, they need to know immediately and that was why Alfred had arranged before the dates they all go to the lab.
Arthur struggled in Alfred's hands as said man laughed his obnoxious laugh seemingly to himself "Unhand me! This date better be better than last time!" he managed to get out of Alfred's arms and fled downstairs to the car. He felt something warm in his chest at the thought of how Alfred was so worried about him and the child as well as his friends and their children, it made him proud and also happy at his crush. Yes the bitter Brit could get crushes, in fact had had quite a few in his time.
"Wait for me Artie~" he heard the American man call and smiled bitterly to himself, Alfred probably didn't even like him back. No one ever did.
Matthew
Matthew finished pulling the shirt over his baby bump and looked nervously at the door, he had not seen Gilbert since last week but he knew he came to the room while he sleeps if the bags dumped around the floor and missing clothes were any indicator and it saddened him that he would be the only one who wouldn't have his 'Father' of his child with him to see the growth of the unborn foetus The whole point of this was for Gilbert and the others to monitor their progress which Gilbert most certainly wasn't doing.
He sighed as he glanced around the room and smiled at his stuffed polar bear on the bed before frowning. What if Gilbert came back while he was at the lab and ruined his precious animal? He made a quick decision and scooped up the bear then left the room, heading downstairs to where he could hear the noise of all the others already downstairs. Today should be fun.
Matthew at the labs
Matthew sat on the examining table beside the ultra-sound as Roderick used the equipment to look at the progress of his baby. Matthew bit his lip nervously as he watched the screen, his stomach fluttering happily at the thought of seeing his child but was saddened as well that Gilbert was going to miss this. "Roderick? Do you know where Gilbert is? I'm starting to get worried now... What's wrong?" He looked at the older mans face which was now pale in shock and horror.
Matthew immediately jumped to the worst conclusion, had something happened to his baby? He wouldn't be able to manage if that happened. "R-Roderick? What's wrong? Y-You're scaring me. Is the baby okay?" He asked worriedly which snapped the brunette from shock and instead he looked at him.
"I think you mean babies" he mused, going back to looking at the screen before showing the pregnant man the screen "you're having twins."
Everyone (excluding Gilbert and Ivan)
Tino sat smiling happily beside an equally happy Feliciano as they awaited the results of the scan and tests they'd been through. The pregnant men sat waiting in a meeting room as the fathers were off looking at the results and ready to break the news. Although all of the men were glad the babies were healthy some were still worried what the fathers would think. Though Arthur knew that Alfred was ecstatic but he was still reeling after that ultra-sound… so was Matthew who was numb with shock.
He'd not only have one other person in his life but two? It was almost too good to ask for! Although he knew this would send Gilbert off the edge at the thought of not one but two children and Matthew didn't want to think of how he'd act. He looked up with the others when the men walked in with files in their hands, Gilbert and Ivan were missing but Roderick was in their place.
Alfred was positively glowing as he clutched the file to his chest in excitement and beamed his toothy grin at them all but particularly Arthur and equally Antonio looked like he was going to burst from happiness. Lovino hid behind Yao and Kiku in fear of being crushed to death via bear hug. "Hey guys! I have news! Me and Artie are having not one but TWO babies! They are perfectly healthy and so is all the other babies too! It's so awesome!" Alfred announced happily and bluntly before he ran to Arthur, glomping him surprisingly gently for him and a genuine happy smile on his face as he looked into Arthur's eyes. Arthur couldn't describe the look as anything else but love and happiness. Arthur's breath hitched and his heart fluttered as an emotion gripped his chest.
He returned the smile happily "Yeah, it's awesome" he repeated which caused Alfred to giggle.
"It sounds weird when you say it Artie! Like an old man trying to get in with the crowd!" Alfred teased playfully as the feeling of love for the man and their unborn babies in front of him almost became too much. He had a family now.
Arthur spluttered and blushed at the statement "Y-You wanker! I am not an old man!" he snapped but rolled his eyes playfully and hugged the man tightly. Maybe he could be happy with Alfred and their children.
As this went on Antonio had swept through the two Asian men to his week long boyfriend and engulfed him in the largest hug imaginable, cooing in the squawking Italian mans ear. It would be a cute scene if Lovino wasn't screaming bloody murder as Antonio tried to drag him out the room, declaring they were off to get married and consummate their wedding. "Let go of me you tomato bastard!" Lovino cried, a blush on his cheeks at the thought of sleeping with the Spanish man.
Antonio chuckled huskily in his ear so only he could hear "But Lovi, don't you love me? Surely you should love everything about me but… you haven't even seen me naked yet" Antonio told him, smiling slyly. Lovino doubled his struggles and reached out towards his brother in hope to escape his face.
"Feliciano! Help me!" he called but his brother just waved at him happily from his position beside Ludwig who looked ready to just walk out the room and never look back at the acts going on.
"Ve~ have fun Lovi! Have a good first time!" he called which caused Kiku to blush heavily at the casual revealing of a private secret and also because Heracles had slid up behind him and had wrapped his arms around his waist, leaning his head on the Japanese man's shoulder. Lovino screamed out many words best not repeated as he was obviously dragged down the hall while Antonio's echoing laugh became even louder. The pregnant men were suddenly very worried for their friend although they still giggled in amusement.
Yao looked over at Kiku and smiled happily for the man but frowned at the thought of Ivan who had hardly talked to him since the whole Mongol thing but unlike Gilbert he had still come to the house and visit his friends but would always disappear when Yao got anywhere near him. Yao couldn't help the feeling that Ivan was avoiding him and placed a hand on his stomach that was slightly raised, he stopped himself from crying. Would he really have to do this all alone? Sure Ivan was scary but he was sure the man was hiding something and he wanted to help.
He was snapped from his thoughts by a gentle hand on his shoulder which made his eyes look up into, surprisingly, Berwald's eyes who had a happy Tino at his side. "Don't w'rry, Ivan w'll c'me aro'nd" he muttered as Tino nodded his head so fast Yao thought it would fall off.
"Yeah! Like Su-san said, Mr. Scary will come around! I've heard him talk about the baby with the others and he always sounded excited, I bet he's buying baby clothes right now!" Tino told him with gentle eyes which made Yao smile at how sweet his friend was, feeling slightly better but then frowned.
"Wait what did you call Berwald and Ivan?" he asked, not entirely sure he wanted the answer. Tino looked like he'd just asked a really stupid question while Berwald looked stricken as he watched Tino take a deep breath in and launched into his explanation.
"Well! Kiku is always adding '-san' to peoples names and I've been meaning to give Berwald a nickname and I wanted to make it special and unique! So I added 'Su' for Sweden and put it together to make Su-San!" Tino looked proud of himself at his naming sense and Yao resisted face palming but he noticed that instead of looking annoyed, Berwald's eyes softened from their usual frightening look. It was obvious to anyone that Berwald was totally in love with the cute Finnish man who was still rambling on about why he called Ivan Mr. Scary. "Su-San says he doesn't mind and I think it suits him! But only I can call him that" Tino told his friend sternly.
Yao smiled tiredly and nodded once at his friend who looked so happy beside his new friend but the elder man could tell already that the next two in line to begin dating properly were these two.
Near this Ludwig stood beside Feliciano who was happily watching as Arthur and Alfred argued playfully and noticed that Matthew was stood off to one side, shaking and clutching his stuffed polar bear in what seemed like a need for comfort. This was the man who Gilbert was currently blaming for his life being ruined but looking at the man now… he looked too weak and frail to ever do anything like that. The poor man looked like the wind could blow him over.
Ludwig felt guilt and pity immediately as he remembered how he'd treat Feliciano… how he'd hit him… no! He wouldn't let himself remember that! He'd apologised and he was glad he had, now he'd gotten to known Feliciano and learned to be friends with him he found the Italian, dare he say cute? He glanced at Feliciano who was smiling so carefree and happily, his face seemed to be a permanent smile and the thought of Feliciano upset made Ludwig want to punch whoever responsible even if it was himself.
He walked over to the quiet Canadian who looked up at him with a flash of fear in his eyes that made Ludwig pause in slight horror, was Matthew scared he'd be angry at him? Was that because of Gilbert? "Its okay Matthew… the situation isn't the best but I've figured out that none of this is truly anyone's fault. I know Gilbert hasn't been back for the past week but I'm not mad at you" he soothed the man, feeling slightly awkward when he sensed Feliciano standing behind him and smiling sweetly at his friend and Ludwig.
Matthew blinked up at him and smiled hesitantly "U-Urm t-thank you L-Ludwig but… if you w-wouldn't mind… I'd like t-to know if Gilbert is okay" he asked quietly and Ludwig was shocked to see the amount of worry in the mans eyes for his brother "He may have b-been a bit… cruel to me b-but I don't think he's bad. H-He just loves his g-girlfriend like any boyfriend should" he admitted, smiling slightly and holding back a wince when he thought of Gilbert's girlfriend.
Ludwig bit his lip and thought about telling the man and glanced down at Feliciano who nudged his elbow and nodded slightly. Ludwig took a deep breath and scrubbed his face as the memory of comforting his sobbing older brother appeared in his mind. The man had been crushed at how he and Elizaveta had broken up "He and Elizaveta broke up, she told him she didn't want anything to do with him anymore and that he should take responsibility for his baby. He just needs time to cool his head" he promised though wasn't too sure himself.
Matthew looked down at his feet sadly and held the bear closer to his chest "I'm not too sure… once he finds out about the twins… I have a feeling he'll be even more upset" he admitted, touching his baby bump with a sad smile on his face before he looked up into Ludwig's eyes who gasped at the depth of sadness and guilt in his face "I'm the reason he and Elizaveta broke up" he said.
Ludwig blinked once in shock but then began shaking his head violently "No! He-" he was cut off by Matthew who couldn't handle anymore of this conversation, longing for his blade. He was ashamed that he was turning to it so easily but he was already falling down towards the dark pit he knew so well.
"I-I'll s-see you l-later!" he called before turning and fleeing the room, grabbing the attention of everyone in the room who stopped their conversation and watched in worry. Arthur stepped forward to follow but was stopped by a gentle hand on his shoulder, he turned to look at Alfred who pointed towards Ludwig who left Feliciano standing alone to follow the Canadian.
"Its okay Artie, Ludwig has this. He can be a very nice guy when the time calls for it!" Alfred told him but Arthur wasn't too sure and looked at the door the two had just went out of and bit his lip in nervousness. Alfred smiled understandingly and touched the Brits cheek, hoping that the man wouldn't freak out "Arthur, you can leave it to Ludwig. He can look after Mattie so just relax and lets go on our date!" Alfred told him, smiling gently.
Arthur felt his heart race and a blush go to his cheeks at the man "S-Stop being so… so cheesy!" he stuttered which made Alfred go back to his extremely happy self and he scooped up the Brit who spluttered and began making a large scene.
Meanwhile Ludwig had quickly caught up to Matthew and grabbed his arm, pulling him back and stopping him from running "Matthew" he said calmly, he wasn't the best at comforting and was starting to regret talking to the man at this outcome but he wasn't going to let the man run off upset. Matthew hid his face from his view but Ludwig could see the tears dripping off his face and paused, was he crying? "Matthew? Why are you so upset?" he asked, worried at how upset the man was.
"West? Is that you? What are you doing outside the room? Kesese! Waiting for the awesome me I suppose!" Ludwig felt Matthew freeze in his hands as he looked over his shoulder at his brother who was laughing obnoxiously with his hands on his hips… a big contrast to how he'd last seen him. The Prussian stopped his laughing as he noticed Ludwig holding onto Matthew's upper arms and said man had tears running down his face. Gilbert's face hardened at the scene in front of him "Hey West, I know I don't like him and all but you didn't have to make him cry" he told his younger brother.
Ludwig looked utterly offended but did not release his grip on Matthew in case he ran away but he could feel him trying to pull away. Ludwig was worried at how upset the man was and although he didn't know Matthew very well he kept seeing him as Feliciano which disturbed him. "The only reason he's crying is because of how you have been treating him! He has it in his head that he is somehow at fault for you and Elizaveta breaking up but we both know that's because you didn't tell her yourself" Ludwig snapped angrily.
Gilbert winced at that and looked at Matthew who looked panicky and was obviously trying to pull away and hide, Gilbert squinted though in suspicion when the man clutched his forearm and had a look of… longing on his face. Longing? For what? He shook the thought out of his head and looked at the man's face, he'd had had time to think about his actions towards the innocent man and he was regretting his actions. Sure the man was pregnant with that abomination but… the man himself had not done anything wrong and didn't deserve this. He would never dream of treating Elizaveta like that and here he'd treated someone just as innocent and sweet as she was this cruelly.
He narrowed his eyes and made a decision, he stomped forward and pulled Ludwig from Matthew and took his place. He ignored the look of shock on his brothers face and Matthew's pale face, instead he proceeded to drag Matthew off with his brother shouting after him. He'd make this right. He'd show Elizaveta just how responsible he could be. Then she'd take him back.
Thanks for reading! Please review and I'm sorry this chapter seems a bit rushed but I have been bus lately, hopefully their not too OOC and it'll be the dates next chappie! Please bare with me! Also I'm looking for a beta, if anyone is interested tell me!
