I am honestly surprised at how many people seem to like this story XD Well, for everyone who is interested, here is the second chapter! This is focused more on PruCan : )
"Papa?" Matthew asked, knocking lightly on the office door as he opened it.
Francis looked up a bit in surprise, "Matthieu, I thought you were watching a movie with Alfred?"
"We are, but he asked if he could have the college pamphlets I had collected," his son said, a little confused about what his father was doing. "Have you seen them?"
"Non, mon petit," Francis said. "Have you looked in the den?"
Matthew shook his head, "No, not yet. Merci papa."
"Vous êtes les bienvenus, fils," Francis replied, going back to the paperwork on his desk.
Matthew left his father to his work and walked down the hall to the den. He, Alfred, Arthur and Francis were at his and his father's home. Ludwig and Glibert had tagged along, eventually joined by Ludwig's boyfriend Feliciano, and Francis's other friend Antonio. Antonio, Gilbert, Alfred, Ludwig, Feli and himself were watching movies and hanging out, while Arthur was in the den reading and Francis was in his office sorting paperwork for the restaurant.
Arthur looked up at him as he entered, "Hello, Matthew. Is Alfred behaving?"
Matthew smiled, "He's fine. I'm just looking for the pamphlets for him."
"These?" he asked, indicating some on the coffee table.
"Oui," Matthew said, walking over to pick them up.
"Where's the frog?" Arthur asked. He found it odd that he hadn't been interrupted yet.
"He's in his office," Matthew replied before walking back out towards the living room where Alfred was hanging over the arm of the couch, flipping through their Netflix. Ludwig sat in their armchair with Feli in his lap, the little brunette bantering a bit with Alfred over not watching a horror movie. Antonio was in the kitchen making popcorn and Gilbert was sprawled out on the floor in front of the couch.
"Hm," Arthur hummed to himself. No, he was not worried about the frog. He was worried about what could happen to Mattie if something happened. That was it. He did not care an ounce about the French man.
He stood and walked down the hall to Francis's office and walked in. Francis jumped and looked up, quickly covering what he'd been looking at. Arthur gave him a look, "Something I can do for you, mon amour?"
"What the bloody hell are you hiding, frog?" Arthur asked, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Whatever do you mean, Angleterre?" Francis asked, smiling lightly.
"You know damn well what I mean."
"Aw," Francis said, standing. "If you were lonely, you only had to say so." He walked to him with his arms open.
"Stay away from me! That's not what I. . . Damn it!" Arthur ran away from Francis's hug attempt.
"Honhonhon," the larger blonde laughed, running after him.
The others saw them run by. Antonio, Gilbert and Alfred busted up laughing. Matthew sighed to himself, trying to steal the remote from Alfred.
"No way, Mattie," Alfred said, stopping laughing abruptly. "We are watching Wrong Turn."
"Nuuuu!" Feli cried.
"Non, Alfred," Matthew said. "Please, can we watch something else?"
"You two are wimps," Alfred stated. He turned the lights off and started the movie. Feli and Matthew exchanged fearful looks. Feli cuddled further in his boyfriend's lap. Ludwig shot a glare at Alfred, who was happily munching on popcorn.
Matthew picked a pillow up and hugged it to his chest. Glibert looked at him and moved to sit on the couch next to him. "Don't worry, Birdie. The awesome me is here."
Matthew smiled and laughed a little. Gilbert settled beside him, his arm on the back of the couch behind his head. Matthew subconsciously leaned towards and against him as the movie started.
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Part of the way through the movie, Ludwig stood with Feli and left the room. The brunette was nearly bawling in fear. Matthew felt like following. His head was buried in the pillow and he was shaking.
He jumped nearly to the ceiling when he felt an arm come around his shoulder. It was Gilbert. "Come on, Birdie," he said, offering a hand.
Matthew went to take the hand when something happened on screen that sent him tackling the albino and hiding his face against his chest. Gilbert wrapped his arms around him and picked him up. He walked out of the room, following his brother into the den. Ludwig was sitting on the couch in there with Feli in his lap. Gilbert sat on the floor across the coffee table, setting Matthew in his lap.
It didn't take the blonde to realize how he was seated and how close he was to the albino. Blushing furiously, he stammered, "I-I'm al-alright now, G-Gilbert. Merci."
Gilbert let Matthew move off his lap to sit next to him on the floor, "You sure you're alright, Birdie?"
Matthew nodded his head, "I'll be fine."
Ludwig said something in harsh German. Matthew didn't know what he said, but Gilbert laughed and replied. He looked around and randomly said, "Who's up for some cards?"
The others looked at him in confusion. Gilbert stood and picked up a box of cards from the bookshelf in the corner. He turned back to them, "It'll take your minds off the movie." He grinned.
They ended up playing anything from poker (which Mattie and Feli had a hard time with) to go fish. Alfred eventually joined them when he 'got bored' of the movie. Ludwig did smack him hard upside the head as he sat down.
Antonio had to go home, and passed Francis and Arthur in the kitchen. Arthur was sitting at the table with a cup of tea while Francis leaned against the counter with a cup of coffee. "The ninos are asleep in the den. Feli's going home with Ludwig tonight, and Gilbert said they'd be leaving shortly."
"Merci, mon ami," Francis said. "Drive safe." Antonio waved and walked out.
Arthur and Francis walked to the den and stood in the doorway. Alfred was sprawled with his legs still cris crossed under the table. Ludwig was leaning back against the couch with Feli asleep on his chest. Francis smiled softly as he saw Matthew. He had fallen asleep on his side, his head in Gilbert's lap. Gilbert, being the only one awake, hadn't noticed either of the men and was stroking Matthew's hair, a soft smile on his face.
"That's actually kind of cute," Arthur commented quietly.
Francis chuckled, catching his friend's attention. Cutting the albino off from what would have been an excuse as to why he was so touchy with his son, he said, "Thank you for keeping them out of trouble, Gilbert. Mind helping us get Matthieu and Alfred upstairs?"
Gilbert blinked but nodded his head, "J-Ja." He moved to carefully pick Matthew up, holding him bridal style.
"Last door on the right," Francis told him, moving to lift Alfred.
Gilbert walked up the stairs and found the boy's room. It was decorated in reds and whites, and was kept neat and simple. The German smiled at the worn-out looking stuffed polar bear sitting on the made bed. Carefully balancing Matthew on one arm, he pulled the covers down and lay the boy in bed.
He smiled a bit when the boy muttered something uncatchable and hugged his polar bear to his chest. Gilbert leaned over and placed a light kiss on his head, "Gute Nacht, mein Vögelchen."
I have a lot of fun in looking up phrases in other languages XD I really want to learn French and German, and one of these days, I swear I will!
A/N: Ludwig was saying that he was going to kill Alfred for making them watch that movie. I've never seen it myself, but my friend said that it was really scary.
Review please! It lets me know people are actually interested in what I'm writing and makes me want to continue writing it : )
Merci – thank you
Vous êtes les bienvenus, fils – You're welcome, son
Mon ami – my friend
Ja – yes (German)
Gute Nacht, mein Vögelchen – Goodnight, my little Birdie (German)
