Hello, my darling readers! It's Char! I'm sorry, please please please don't kill me for not updating. I don't update if you don't reveiw though, you see how it works? Sorry. Anyways, my lovely Kaito-kun wrote a new chapter for me, and I decided to update. I like this story an awful lot, so, yeah. Also, just a little bait to get you to review, if there's any pairings you want to see in this story, review the pairing and I'll work it in somewhere! So long as it isn't a pairing with Hungary or Canada, obviously.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, CHAPTER FOUR!

"Mattie!" I was crushed in America's hug the minute I stepped in the door. He tends to be very affectionate towards me (in a brotherly way, yaoi fangirls!) when he can actually see me.

"H-hi, Al…" I greet him softly. America pulls away.

"Like, dude, where were you? I was looking for you!" America exclaimed.

"America, I told you I was going to be hanging out with Hungary today." I reminded America, who looked momentarily confused, but then seemed to remember.

"Oh. Right! Well, whatever!" America grinned again. "Wanna play Call of Duty?"

I shook my head, "No, not right now, because, you see, I went to see England-"

"Why'd you go see Iggy?" America interrupted. I shot him a glare and snapped, "I was just about to tell you that."

"Oh. Sorry. Continue." He waved for me to continue, and with an irritated sigh I did.

"As I was saying, Hungary and I went to see England to see if he could make me a potion that would make me less timid, and more noticeable." I held the bottle of elixir up for America to see. He took the bottle to examine it further.

"It looks like Dr. Pepper." Alfred noted. "I wouldn't trust it, though, I mean, if Iggy's magic is anything like his cooking… who knows what could happen?" he stared at the bottle suspiciously, as though it may attack at any second.

"But Al, I'd be noticed more if it did work. And I'd really like to be seen." I say softly.

"I notice you…" America pointed out quietly, matching my tone for once.

"Yes, I know, and I'm very glad that you do, but it'd be really nice to be known as more than the country above you… or to be known at all, really." I replied, smiling at him lightly. He still seemed unconvinced.

"If that's what you really want… but, well, I think you're awesome the way you are." America told me, and the sincerity in his voice made me feel bad about every time I'd insulted him. I wanted to do this though, I wanted to be seen. And, well, maybe it had a little bit to do with wanting to be seen by a specific country. Just a little. I hugged America.

"Thank you, Al." I said, smiling at him. Alfred smiled back, but I could tell he was still kind of worried. "Of course! You're my bro, I just don't want you to change too much. Also, I don't exactly trust Iggy's magic, especially after that one time he somehow accidentally made me fall in love with Russia…" America and I shuddered at the same time at the memory.

"Well, I do trust him. I just wanted to make sure you were okay with it before I did anything." I said. America nodded.

"Well, the hero will be here in case anything goes wrong!" America assured me with a smile and a heroic pose. I laughed. Then America's expression turned into a smirk, a, "I know something important!" smirk. "And good luck with that Hungary chick. I have a feeling Austria and Prussia won't be too happy about your little crush." America said in a quieter voice. How did he know about that?! My face turned bright red and I managed to stammer, "W-what?!" but America refused to say anything more on the matter and simply laughed and asked, "So, you gonna drink that potion or what?"

Hope you liked it! I mainly ship America and Canada as bros, just sayin'.

In America, we have a song: Ding dong, llama wanny, jumpin' with an ice pick, she thinks I'm going in.

YOU GET A COOKIE IF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S FROM.

BYE