Note: PruCan suggested here, and hinting in a non subtle way towards smut. However, no USUK smut in this one~

The week passed quickly with little interruption whatsoever. Alfred was considered a part of the family by his boyfriend's mother and brothers after the first day, and the time together simply brought them closer together. There had been a minor argument about the arrangement of various things but it quickly patched up and they simply got over it. Before any of them knew it, it was New Year's Eve and everything was sorted for that night. As everything was being set up, naturally the couple discussed various things together.

"Kissing from 11:59 until 12:01 tonight?" the taller boy asked as he prepared the bowls of snacks. Arthur simply nodded with the slightest of smiles as he continued with gathering as many bottles of drinks, both alcoholic and soft, and carried them to the main room. Upon finishing his own task, he set to work with helping the American.

"Shower with me first. Completely chaste, mind you. Then we could possibly see if your brother is awake for webcam or something?" The Brit earned a broad grin in response.

"You know what a man likes, baby," he whispered as he leant down and gently pressed his lips to smaller ones for a long moment.

Arthur's mother walked in as they kissed with a content smile. "Alfred, you don't know how pleasant it is to have someone as in love with my son as you are; no one else has even hugged him never mind anything else." They both watched as she gathered the various snack bowls and took them to the kitchen, then turned back to face each other.

"She's bloody mad," the darker boy whispered as he held his boyfriend in a tight embrace, "She just likes the idea of technically having another son to annoy the living hell out of." With a soft chuckle, the American took his hand and led him up to the bathroom, where both discarded of their clothing before climbing in and simply looking over each others' bare skin as they had done many times that week.

"So, your mom mentioned love, right?" Alfred asked quietly as he allowed his eyes to explore, "Is it too early for that at nearly two months along, or does that sound right?"

"As long as it isn't lust," Arthur replied, his own eyes doing the same and soon meeting the ocean ones of his boyfriend. A smile between them confirmed that it wasn't at all lust, and without a verbal response they stepped forward together and joined in a sweet embrace.

"In that case I love you," the American whispered, causing his boyfriend's cheeks to turn rather red. Naturally he expected the lack of response upon hearing the three words that secured the status of their relationship, so he was rather surprised when he leant down to capture the smaller boy's lips and heard the tiniest, "I love you too," in return.

He immediately pulled away and looked down into the green eyes. "You... do?" The Brit nodded, pecked his lips and began to clean his own skin with the slightest of smiles. He did similarly as he thought over the words, quickly finding that he much preferred hearing them than anything else. It was rather strange; he had always found it easy to say those words, but when it came down to saying them to someone who made it difficult to get them out in fear of rejection, the result made his heart ache like no other words could possibly describe. That was what made it obvious to him that it was love rather than lust. Alfred would just live to hear those beautiful words from the lips of his boyfriend.

They soon clambered out together and went to the bedroom, where they dried, snuggled up close and turned on the laptop to speak to Alfred's brother, Matthew. There was no answer for a long while then suddenly he requested for webcam. Without thinking, the American accepted the video call, only to be greeted by an image of his brother riding a guy as pale as the bed sheets, both panting rather loudly. The headphones were slung over the top of the laptop. One leg was clearly too close to the laptop, hence the call at such a time, and they were both mumbling something. "Mattie, what the hell?!" Alfred yelled, his voice only coming through quietly on the other end but still clearly startling the couple on screen as they finished and immediately snapped around to look at the camera.

"O-oh gosh, Alfie, y-you weren't online so we just-"

"We both saw what you and him were doing. What does that bitch think he's doing, screwing my little brother?" His voice was strangely calm despite it all. His twin's, however, was far from calm.

"I'm older than you! And I can look after myself!" The petite boy tugged the covers over himself and what was presumably his lover. He then put his glasses back on and adjusted the laptop to show both himself and the albino boy underneath him.

"Seriously, you're sleeping with him?" Matthew nodded slightly and cuddled closer, burying one side of his face shyly.

The conversation was short, and the American clearly wasn't interested in talking but instead ensuring that his brother was safe and happy. As soon as he saw the sweetness of the kiss shared between the two on the screen, he ended the video call politely and switched the laptop off, before burying his face between Arthur's neck and shoulder. The Brit stroked his hair to calm him, and quickly found that his boyfriend had relaxed. "Why is he dating a guy?"

"Why are you dating a guy?" Alfred looked up.

"Because I'm in love with you, and you're perfect for me."

"Well, maybe he thinks that this guy is perfect for him." He sighed and nodded, then left a single tender kiss on the soft skin of his boyfriend's neck.

As their lips touched touched again, the American's phone buzzed on the cabinet. He reached across for it without breaking contact, then answered as he pulled away from the other boy's lips. "Mmmm, yeah? ... Huh? ... Speaker phone? ... Okay~" The speaker phone was turned on, then the familiar voice of one of the jocks filled the room.

"We heard that you're at Arthur's house, so we're assuming that you're with him now. So basically we made a joint decision to accept your relationship on one condition." Arthur would live each day just to see the smile on his boyfriend's face when he heard the news.

"What's the condition?" The excitement was obvious in his tone.

"Well... it's obvious that you're serious about him, so we want you to properly introduce all of us and both of you become part of the group together." Alfred squealed fairly loudly and wrapped his arms tightly around the smaller boy, who cried out, 'Git!' rather loudly (and affectionately) before pressing their lips together in a soft, affectionate kiss.

The year was ending rather well, dare he say, and the new year was bound to start similarly.