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Sometime later, after the boxes had been unpacked and Alfred had finally settled into his life, he began to start school. Like any child he protested and threw a temper tantrum or two, but no matter what he did Ms. Jones got him dressed Monday morning bright and early, fed him breakfast, and had him out waiting for the bus before Alfred was even really awake. Alfred had never been a morning person, and probably never would be. Right now though, standing on the corner with the chilly morning air seeping through his sweater, he wished that he was back in his bed with Liberty.

Alfred let out another jaw splitting yawn just as the bus turned the corner. Tears formed in the corners of his eyes, but the stretch of his muscles did nothing to alleviate the sleepiness that clouded his mind. When the bus came forward and came to a shuddering halt in front of Alfred he lurched forward the two steps between him and a nice place to sit. Alfred took the first seat that he found, which happened to be right next to Ivan.

"Hello Alfred, nice to know that you're starting school with us," Ivan said nicely with that grin that never left his face. Alfred nodded dumbly, slumping in his seat and closing his eyes.

"Mhhmmm nice to see you to Ivan," Alfred muttered.

The two said nothing more, mainly because Alfred fell asleep in his seat and Ivan was doing his best to make sure that his friend didn't fall off the seat.

That became a morning routine for the both of them. Alfred would practically crawl on the bus every morning, sit next to Ivan, then when they got to school meet up with their other friends who got rides from their parents. Together the six of them would eat lunch together, do group projects together, and play at recess together. It was the most fun that their ten year old minds had ever had.

It had taken many nights, plus countless chores and begging, but Alfred had finally managed to convince not only his own mom but his friends parents into letting everyone have a huge sleepover at his house. It took countless hours of cleaning to make sure that his house was spotless by his mom standards, but finally the weekend came and Alfred was eagerly awaiting his friends arrival at his house.

Matthew arrived first, followed by Feliciano and Lovino, then Kiku, and finally Ivan. Ivan always seemed to be the last one to arrive, but nevertheless they were all there and Alfred couldn't wait for them to play and stay up late and do all of those things that you're supposed to do at sleepovers.

"What should we do first guys?" Alfred asked excitedly. His mom told him that he should ask them before he suggested his own ideas, since they were the guests.

"We should tell scary stories, yes?" Ivan responded. Alfred grinned, but Lovino's scowl just deepened, if that was possible.

"No way. The last time Feli heard a scary story he didn't sleep for a week."

The six of them lapsed back into silence, trying to think of something that they could all do. None of them could agree on a movie, since all that Alfred had were scary movies and no one wanted to watch those. They couldn't go outside and play since the sun had set long ago and Ms. Jones was still wide awake upstairs and would notice if the downstairs suddenly got super quiet. Somehow they ended up deciding that they should play truth or dare for a while, and since Lovino was the grumpiest, he would have to go first.

"Alright Lovi, truth or dare?" Alfred asked, because it was his sleepover and he got to ask first.

"Don't call me that, stupid!" Lovino fumed. "Dare, cause truths are for pansies." Lovino eventually decided on.

Alfred thought of what he could make Lovino do, but after a couple of seconds he knew exactly what would make the little Italian shake in his boots.

"I dare you to give your brother and Ivan a hug," Alfred announced. The circle that they had formed had grown quiet.

"Chigi! I hate you so damn much!" Lovino screamed before he gave both his brother and Ivan a quick half hug that shouldn't really count but it was the best that everyone was going to get. Ivan looked really happy that he simply got a hug.

"My turn right? Matthew, truth or dare?" Lovino asked Matthew. Matthew looked shocked for a moment, but quickly recovered.

"Um..dare?" he asked after a moment's thought.

"I'm bored. Go and check if Alfred's mom is asleep so that we can actually do something," Lovino grumbled out. Matthew left and ventured upstairs, checking every room to see where Alfred's mom was. He eventually found her, asleep on her bed with a book in her hands and the lights on. Matthew couldn't just leave her there, so he grabbed the blanket that had been, luckily for him, sitting to the side. He threw it over her, taking the book out of her hands and placed it to the side. Just as quickly as he was there, Matthew was gone, leaving the room as if he hadn't been there in the first place.

"Your mom's asleep Alfie," Matthew said in his quiet voice when he finally got back downstairs. He couldn't remember when he had started calling Alfred Alfie, but he didn't really want to stop and Alfred didn't seem to mind in the least.

"Awesome! What do you guys want to do now?" Alfred asked excitedly. Now that his mom was asleep they could do anything and she wouldn't know.

"Have you explored the woods yet?" Feliciano didn't even hesitate in his question. He was almost jumping up and down in his seat with anticipation.

"No, my mom says that it's dangerous out there," Alfred answered.

"Well she's not here now, let's go exploring," Lovino said with a shrug of his shoulders. No one could think of anything better to do, so off they went, gathering warm clothes and food, lastly getting all the flashlights that Alfred had in his house.

"Let's go!" Alfred whispered as loudly as he could, walking out the back door. The six of them walked together in a line straight to the woods, hoping that they would find something cool.

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