"And so that's what happened." Matthew opened the door to the house.
"So that's how you got a boyfriend." Alfred walked in. "Everybody's getting a date, and I'm here like, pizza is good."
Alfred drooled, thinking about food.
"And hamburgers. And ice cream. And-"
Arthur cut Alfred off. "Can you please stop talking about food."
"Right right." Alfred shook his head. "We need to focus on getting ready for Christmas!"
"Christmas!" Matthew exclaimed. "We just got back from the Halloween Dance. It is October 31st. Why do we need to focus on Christmas?"
Alfred looked at Matthew strangely. "Everybody knows that Christmas is America starts in like, August."
Arthur rolled his eyes. "Christmas in America is just a commercial holiday to make money."
Alfred pouted. "You didn't seem so against Christmas last year when I got you a Hogwarts Train to go around the tree."
Arthur gave a small laugh. "Yes, yes I know. It isn't that bad, I guess I wish more people would remember the true meaning of Christmas."
Matthew nodded. "Spending time with your family."
"The birth of Levi!" Alfred yelled.
"...Sure."
"I think this calls for me to make some celebratory scones!" Arthur said.
"No!" Alfred yelled. "Um, it's been a long day for you, and we are going trick or treating later, and um, we don't want you to overwork yourself."
There was a beat of silence.
"You should probably take a nap." Matthew added.
Arthur nodded. "Your right."
As he walked away Alfred and Matthew could hear him talking to himself. "I swear it's like they don't want me to cook."
"Whew." Alfred slumped against the chair. "That was a close one."
"Yes, I thought you were going to say something about how awful his cooking is," Matthew said.
"No way." Alfred shuddered. "That would make him mad, and then he wouldn't take us out that late."
They sat in silence.
"Now what do we do?" Alfred asked.
"Why don't we watch the Captain America movie you've been trying to get me to watch," Matthew offered.
They spent the next couple of hours binge watching the Captain America trilogy. When Arthur woke up again, they went to a nice restaurant and then trick or treating.
"Are you ready boys?" Arthur asked.
"Aye aye Captain!" Alfred screeched.
"Really?" Matthew pursed his lips. "You had to bring up Spongebob Alfred. Really?"
"Of course," Alfred said, "I'm not that big of a Spongebob fan, but it's still hilarious."
"Oh, I've never seen Spomgebob, so I can't say." Matthew shrugged.
"Oh that's too bad." Alfred waved a hand in dismissal. "What shows do you like?"
"Um." Matthew looked down and shifted his feet. "I don't really watch television. Francis had to get rid of the télé because it cost too much. I just read at the library. Francis always got me the books I loved the most."
Alfred's mouth dropped.
"You poor thing," he said, "I need to introduce you to shows. I need to find a couple fandoms to get you obsessed with."
Arthur shook his head. "You don't need to watch any TV if you don't want to Matthew. I think it is great that you love to read. If you want to watch some shows that's fine, but keep in mind you don't have to."
Matthew shifted a bit more. "I would like to see a few."
"Woohoo!" Alfred yelled. "I'm gonna show you the best! Trust me you'll love them."
Alfred started to ramble.
"Anyways, why don't you start that afterwards." Arthur opened the door. "It's time to Trick or Treat."
"Yes!" Alfred yelled as he sprinted out the door. "Free candy!"
The twins knocked on the oak door of the first house. "Trick or treat!" They yelled.
The door creaked open; on the other side was a frail old lady. "Oh look at you two cuties. What are you dressed up as?"
"We're Fred and George Weasley from the Harry Potter series," Alfred said.
"How cute." She pinched Alfred's cheek. "I thought I was seeing double." She poured some candy into both of their bags.
"Thank you!" They chimed in union.
They took hours going from house to house getting free candy from neighbors. Eventually, they trekked over to some of their friend's neighborhoods for even more candy. Alfred challenged Matthew to a mock duel in the middle of the street. They knew it was time to head home when they knocked on a door and were greeted with a scowl and a shotgun.
Matthew shuddered. "That was scary. Why did they have a gun?"
Alfred shrugged and opened another candy bar. "What do you expect? Welcome to America. Pew pew pew!" He made finger guns.
"Oh."
"Yes it does take a while to get used to the American culture." Arthur grabbed one of the candy bags Alfred was holding. "Unfortunately, guns seem to be a big part of that culture. The bag is starting to rip. Let me help."
"Y'all just aren't used to America." Alfred shook his head.
"...Did you say y'all?" Matthew asked.
Arthur started to laugh and soon Matthew joined in. They were cut off when they saw a figure standing on the porch. He had shoulder length blond hair and tired, sparkling blue eyes.
"Papa!" Matthew ran to Francis. "I missed you so much!"
"I missed up too Matthieu," Francis murmured into Matthew's hair.
Arthur coughed. "I hate to break up this lovely moment, but why are you here?"
"I have enough money now, I can take Matthew back."
Hello Hetafan is finally back! I wanted to update this before Christmas for me, and as a Hanukkah present for some of my friends, and a present for the rest of you for you for whatever holidays you celebrate or don't celebrate. I started watching Voltron and I am on season 2 episode 3. I'm probably going to write a Voltron Harry Potter crossover. I'm having a bit of trouble coming up with the paladins houses. They all would be good canadates for Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, but I think Pidge would be Ravenclaw, not just because she's smart, but because she seems like the type of person who would fail a potions exam because she was too busy learning more about computers. I have fallen in love with the Galra Keith Theory, so I'll probably incorporate that in. If you haven't read the latest author's note on Nations Revealed I'm planning a fantasy au Hetalia and Harry Potter crossover. It will be Nordic centered and will have Romania as a dragon, because we all need more dragon!Romania. Right now I have Sweden as a gargoyle, but I am open to suggestions. So please Pm me if you have any ideas, reviews are fine thought. I won't start either of those stories before I finish this one, so maybe that will give me some motivation to finish this soon.