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Chapter Twenty-Eight: All of Me
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Kiku had been knocking on Arthur's door for about fifteen minutes now. Remembering that the Englishman had entrusted to Kiku a key to the old Victorian house, Kiku sighed, feeling stupid. Looking through the backpack he was carrying, he found his keys and looked for one that would fit the old lock on the old door. Upon finding it, he unlocked the door and slipped in.
Arthur was in the living room, in plain sight, but he looked like he was despairing over something. Kiku knocked softly on the doorway to the living room, and Arthur seemed to snap out of his trance.
"Oh, Kiku, hi…" Arthur said, a blush creeping over his mouth and nose as he dropped whatever-it-was back into a box.
"What's wrong, Arthur-kun?" Kiku asked, moving so that he was right next to Englishman. He looked into the box and saw that was a gift.
"It's… it's a joke. My brother… he sent me this as a thank you for attending his wedding last spring…" Arthur said, picking up the woolen gift with a look of pure disgust.
Kiku looked at it. It was a blue and white striped golfing hat. He laughed slightly to himself as he looked at it. Arthur looked at him, "What?"
"Your brother… is a golfing buff?" Kiku asked politely.
"Ah, no. But he married a Scotswoman much to my chagrin," Arthur replied, picking up the gift-and-box and moving to the kitchen. Kiku followed silently. Arthur went to the trash and was about to drop the gift into it, but Kiku put out his hand quickly.
"Arthur-kun, that's not a nice thing to do…" Kiku said, "It may be a joke, but it's your brother."
Arthur looked into the box and then back at Kiku. After a few minutes, he set the box onto the counter and took the hat out. He then carefully put the hat onto the Japanese man's head and crooked his head to one side, stepping back to see if the hat fit the Japanese man's look. Kiku stood there, shocked that Arthur had been so brash with him before he shook his head and felt the woolen hat on his head.
"Don't take it off, Kiku… it looks… it looks… cute," Arthur replied, the blush deepening across his face. Kiku's face matched Arthur's in a few moments as the compliment registered.
"Thank… thank you," Kiku replied a few moments later.
There was an awkward silence that followed, but it was soon filled with Arthur putting the empty box in the recycling bin and walking back to the couch in the living room. Kiku followed a few minutes later, his hand still on the woolen hat, and a light blush across his face. Arthur sat on the couch with a soft sigh, and Kiku sat down a few minutes later. Arthur studied the Japanese man for a brief minute.
"You really look nice in that hat, Kiku," he said, startling the both of them.
"And again, I thank you," Kiku replied.
The silence returned, though this time, it was filled with Arthur staring at Kiku, and Kiku fidgeting slightly under the Englishman's watchful gaze. A few moments of this passed, and finally, Arthur leaned in to mess with the tassel at the top of the hat. Kiku's blush deepened under the Englishman as he noticed how close Arthur was. Kiku placed his hands on the Englishman's collarbone, and Arthur paused, looking down at the Japanese man.
Arthur finally leaned down, pausing briefly before kissing Kiku on his mouth. Kiku's blush deepened, but he at once pressed their lips together a little tighter. Arthur pulled back, looking into Kiku's eyes.
Kiku was disappointed at the shortness of the kiss, "I… I love you, Arthur-kun…" he said quickly.
Arthur's blush deepened, but he smiled, "I… I love you, too, Kiku…" he replied, grabbing Kiku's hand gently and lacing their fingers together.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner…" Kiku added.
Arthur was taken aback, "What do you mean?"
"Ever since you kissed me in the café… I've been, at least, crushing on you. But I should have told you sooner. I'm sorry," Kiku said.
Arthur crooked his head to the side, "You… Don't apologize, Kiku. You did nothing wrong…"
"But… I could have lost you…" Kiku replied painfully.
Arthur blinked as Kiku continued, "With Francis-san and Ivan-san trying to take Mattie-chan away from Alfred-kun… and then them trying to take Feli-chan away from Ludwig-kun… I got to thinking that… maybe their someone out there trying to drive us apart…"
Arthur smiled as leaned in again, "Well… no need to think that anymore… you now have all of me…"
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Aww~ I really will never stop saynig that... as this is the homestretch for this fic. Don't worry... all the couples will find each other.
Oh: and here's the info for the newest fic that I've planned out for you.
NAME: Chanson d'Hiver (Winter's Song)
RATING: T… will be M later, perhaps.
FANDOM: Axis Powers Hetalia
CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: eventual Canada/America & France/UK, others nations mentioned/featured.
FEEDBACK: S'il vous plait, mon petit chatons~
SUMMARY: When a certain American and Brit find a certain frozen Canadian with amnesia out in the snow, their worlds are flipped upside-down. AU.
WARNINGS: French swearing, British swearing, some innuendo (sexual and otherwise), use of human names, crack!pairings and France (of course!).
Tell me what you think, as well as review for this chapter~
Ciao!
~Anastasie~
