Two pairs of eyes.

Blue and purple

Together Canada and America stared at each other. The brothers where for a few moments strangers. Desperate to reach out but afraid to make the first move. Finally, the more brash one spoke up.

"So you want a soda or something?" America gestured toward the table.

Canada sighed and sat down. "Sure".

Alfred ordered their drinks and came back to settle in the booth they had gotten.

"So they follow you?" Canada asked

"Norway follow you?" America shot back.

Canada sighed. "Al can we just talk."

"That's why I am here duh." Alfred crossed his arms and inwardly Matthew cringed. His brother was trying to act like this wasn't effecting him, but Canada was smart enough to realize that it probably was really messing with Alfred.

"Alfred look at me please." Canada asked.

"What?" Alfred looked scared of what Canada was about to say.

"Hey. We just realized that we aren't actually related." Canada started. He noticed that Alfred seemed about to cry. "But that doesn't mean we...that you and I aren't brothers okay. We are always going to be brothers. And I know things have been distant but your still that same Alfred that always tried to protect me when we where kids and..." Canada's throat tightened goodness of course he would be the one to cry first. "Just because I don't want talk to England anymore or France for that manner doesn't mean I don't want to hangout with you." Canada held his breath wondering how in the world America was gonna react.

"Hahaahaha".

What? Canada looked at his brother curiously.

"Hahaha..I just.." Alfred stopped laughing. "Sorry it's just that what you just said. Remember when I left remember that one time."

Canada nodded slowly. The revolution wasn't something he could forget.

"Well before I left I wanted to write you this letter. You know to explain..but I never sent it but I said practically the same thing to you that you just said to me." Alfred reached across the table grabbing his brother's hand. "I just don't want to lose you."

Canada sniffed and noticed Alfred was crying too. "Well what do we do?"

"You tell me how you found all this out and I tell you what England told me and then well.. then everything will be okay." Alfreds answered smiling a little sadly.

"Okay."

So Canada told him how he had become close with the Nordics and how he found out about Norway how he had never felt so safe before. Alfred had slid into the booth Canada was sitting in and side hugged him. He told Canada the England had just angry yelled about how Matthew wasn't really his brother and how he was betraying the family. Canada could feel Alfred shaking when he said that.

"You know he is full of shit right?" Canada said. "We still brothers related or not."

"Yeah I know still hurt though." Alfred rubbed his face. "They didn't follow me by the way. I made sure."

"You can come to Norway's house with me. I mean I know it will make England mad but when you have not made England mad." Matthew said.

Alfred laughed again at that.

"Yeah I would but...he can't handle losing both of us at the same time and besides we made up only just recently." Alfred hugged Matthew tighter.

Canada huffed he had seen the "make up". All he remembered was that England only begrudgingly recognized America as a real country.

"Who cares he is a literal kidnapper and I know for a fact he still is a jerk to you and you handling both of them alone scares me." Matthew twisted a straw wrapper in his lap.

"Hey, you did it when I left" Alfred dismisses Mathew's worries. "And he only be a kidnapper if we were human. It is awful what he did but he was just being a nation you know." He finished.

Canada sighed. After Alfred said that, he realized that he never was going to come with him. "Okay but if anything happens call me."

"Sure Mattie. But nothing is going to happen with the hero around." Alfreds joyously stood and they began to say their goodbyes.

———

With Alfred's silhouette disappearing before him, Canada turned around to run to the back of the restaurant where the Nordic where waiting. He literally ran right into Norway's arms.

"Why couldn't we just be normal?" Matthew words rang through the chilly air. Norway hugged him and brushed his fingers through the curly boy's hair.

"I don't know." Norway whispered softly. "I don't know."

"If we were, Arthur would be in jail for ever and Alfred wouldn't go back and then then.." Matthew allowed Norway to lead him to a nearby bench with the other Nordics trailing behind.

"I know it hurts I know." Norway quietly conjured a tissue and let Matthew cry it out. Others encircled them. As Finland watched the little nation before him he cursed the part they were meant to play in this world. There would be no justice for Canada just a lifetime of pain he would have to live with. Seeing how tightly Norway was clinching his jaw, Finland knew he agreed. They were never leaving Canada's side.

Hope everyone is safe with this awful virus