Title: Coffee & Tea: A Hundred Day Challenge

Series: Axis Powers Hetalia

Pairing: America & England / Alfred & Arthur

Rating: T (for language)

Genre: Romance, Friendship

Warning: Human names, Alternate Universe, Shounen-Ai

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction by a fan for fans. Axis Powers Hetalia rightfully belongs to Hidekaz Himaruya. Harvest Moon rightfully belongs to its respective owners. Google belongs to whoever owns it. Tinkerbell belongs to her rightful owners.

Author's Note: When I saw the prompt, I was stoned. 'Cooking' - yeah, so very Arthur. Anyway, happy reading! APH 100 Day Challenge was made by kimchi71399.

Edit: My good friend, E. L. Ash, so kindly beta-d this for me. And even though a hundred days is over/has passed, I'll still continue this.

Day 4: Cooking

The way to a man's heart is his stomach.

Arthur had read and heard that line countless of times but he paid no mind to it. When he realised he was gay and was crushing on that famous guy down the street named Alfred, he exiled his family from the kitchen and made it his turf. Day after day, he would cook Alfred's favourite meals-not that he knew what the American actually liked but last month's issue of YOUR CRUSH, THEIR FAVES, a reliable Polish-based magazine, had a four-paged special on Alfred and his favourite things in the world.

"Darling, may I speak with you for a moment?" The kind voice of his mother drifted into the kitchen.

"Yes, Mum." Arthur replied, not really paying any attention to his beloved mother in favour of the curry he was making. Now, the magazine didn't say that Alfred liked curry, but it said that Alfred liked 'French fries', 'fried chicken' and occasionally 'spicy stuff'-curry had chicken, potatoes and of course, spice. And according to the google, the finest curry gives +800 affection points and +9 friend points. Killing three birds with one stone, he was a genius, Arthur smiled smugly.

"Well, I'm going out for a couple hours. Please don't burn the house while I'm out. Peter is playing with the boy from down the street."

"Yes, Mum."

"Call me if you need any help. See you later, darling. I love you!"

"Yes, Mum."

Hearing the door close, Arthur shrugged and continued with making that curry. Google also said that if served with rice, it would give +64 stamina and -2 fatigue. Which was not only healthy but it would help Alfred when he had practice. Arthur giggled as he stirred the pot of curry; Alfred was going to run into his arms pretty soon, he just knew it!

Peter had just returned home and, forgetting he wasn't allowed in the kitchen, saw his older brother swooning by the stove. The young boy quickly exited the kitchen and sat by the telephone, just in case something goes wrong-which was usually the case.

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Two hours later, Peter ran to the door and threw himself at his mother.

"Mum! You're back! Thank God!"

"How was your day, Petey? Is Arthur still home?"

Peter nodded, "He hasn't left the kitchen, that jerk."

"Well, that's good."

"What?"

"Peter, I'm sure you know Alfred from down the street. I met him and his friends on the way home, I invited them for dinner."

"What?"

"Hi ya, Petey!" Alfred grinned at the younger boy, ruffling his blond hair through the sailor's cap.

"Do you want to die?" Peter whispered to him when his mother left them for the kitchen.

"Huh? Why?" Alfred looked at the young boy confusedly.

"Arthur is making dinner." Peter said as if that one sentence alone explained the mysteries of the universe.

"Really?" Alfred gasped and Peter was glad to save a life. "AWESOME! I never tasted Artie's cooking before! Cool!"

Peter's face fell and he slapped himself, he didn't know what the people saw in this American, he was an idiot. He watched as Alfred excitedly pulled his friend, Kiku, and brother, Matthew, towards the dining room, where Victoria waved at them to follow. With a heavy sigh, Peter followed them in, hoping that Arthur wasn't going to kill anyone. He didn't want to be related to a murderer.

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Arthur poured the curry into a large bowl, he gulped as he finished. His mother invited Alfred for dinner! She invited him! Dear Lord, he wasn't yet mentally prepared for this! Sure, he envisioned it so many times but... no, he had to steel himself. It was the perfect opportunity to win over Alfred's heart! Carefully taking the bowl by the sides, he entered the dining room. And remembered he still wore his sister's frilly pink apron with Tinkerbell sewed on it and fluffy pink oven mitts with unicorns.

"Hey, cool apron, man!" Alfred grinned, totally being sincere but Arthur shot him his signature glare.

"Oh, belt up, git!" Arthur snapped and placed the bowl down.

"That... uh, that looks..." Kiku racked his brain for any positive sounding adjectives as he stared at the green smoke coming from the bowl. "...Unique, Arthur-san."

"What the hell is that?" Peter gasped and was reprimanded by his mother for using a bad word.

"It's curry. It's good for you." Arthur snapped at his brother, settling on one of the empty chairs.

"You mean like it'll be the death of me." Peter muttered, rolling his eyes as his mother stood up from her seat.

"Oh, I almost forgot, I also bought some pie earlier." Victoria announced as she went out the dining room to retrieve her pie. There was a silent sigh of relief from three of the occupants of the room and before Arthur could shove his curry on anyone, Victoria had returned with a large pie. She placed it on the table and returned to her seat, "Well, shall we begin?"

Of course, Peter, Kiku and Matthew fought for the pie while to everyone's surprise (including Victoria's), Alfred had filled his plate with Arthur's curry and began to eat. Arthur stared, unable to believe his eyes that Alfred was eating his cooking with such vigour. Everyone was silent as they stared at Alfred eating, most expecting him to drop dead in the next second. But he never did.

"Wow, this is really good, Artie!" Alfred grinned at the Briton sitting across him, a look of amazement in everyone's face.

"R-Really?" Arthur gasped, had he done it? Had he won Alfred's heart through the stomach? Oh, Good God. "Y-You think s-so?"

"Yeah!" Alfred beamed, his eyes sparkling with delight. "Best thing I ever tasted!"

Arthur flushed red and looked down, his heart pounding so loudly and violently in his chest, "T-Thanks..."

Feeling guilty of judging the curry by how it looked, Kiku took a bit of the curry into his plate. Victoria, Peter and Matthew stared at Kiku as he took a spoonful with rice into his mouth and not a second later, he was stuffing his mouth with the pie to rid the taste. Matthew shook his head at Kiku as Peter decided to feast on pie for the rest of dinner.

"Say, Mrs. K, aren't you eating?" Alfred asked later when he realised Victoria hadn't touched anything.

"O-Oh, I'm having a diet, you see." Victoria blushed a little and was glad the boys didn't question any further. She didn't want to hurt her son's feelings by not eating his curry in favour of the pie, oh no, that wouldn't be motherly of her.

"Matt, aren't you eating some of this?" Alfred asked his brother, pointing at the curry on his plate, "Even Kiku's eating it! You really should try it, bro. It's awesome!"

Matthew stared at his brother knowingly before shaking his head shyly, "Oh, I'd love to-but I can't. I'm allergic to-to... uh, sauce."

"I never knew that." Alfred blinked then looked away from his brother, "You hurt my feelings, bro."

Matthew chuckled nervously as he continued eating the pie and watching as Alfred devoured most of the curry Arthur made. Sometimes he wasn't sure if both he and Alfred were really twins or were even related.

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"See ya at school, Artie!" Alfred waved, carrying a pink Tupperware of Arthur's curry.

"Yeah." Arthur waved back as Alfred, Matthew and Kiku proceeded to walk down the road. His heart fluttered, watching the pink Tupperware in Alfred's hands. He was climbing his way to the heart, he was certain. Not too long now and he and Alfred are going to be having se-

"Well, it's a bit late, isn't it?" Victoria said bringing both her sons in the house, "Time for bed, you two."

"Night, Mum." Both boys said and went to their respective rooms.

Victoria sighed as her stomach grumbled. She quickly went in the kitchen and opened the refrigerator for anything edible to eat.

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"Alfred-san, how is it that you can stomach even Arthur's cooking?" Kiku asked minutes later when they were far from the Kirkland's house.

"What do you mean?" Alfred blinked at his friend, "It's the best thing I ever tasted!"

Kiku looked at Alfred as if he were a horror movie gone wrong and felt Matthew tap on his shoulder.

"See, Al doesn't have taste buds." Matthew whispered to Kiku, "But he doesn't know that. Ma and Pa didn't want to make him sad."

"O-Oh... I-I see..." Kiku nodded and looked back at Alfred, happily hugging the pink Tupperware.

THE END

Author's Note: The affection points and friendship point, the stamina and fatigue stuff, I got it from Harvest Moon DS Cute (Hurrr... SKYE!). I couldn't resist. And I'm a big sucker for chicken curry. Or any sort of curry for that matter. Man, I'm hungry. I want curry. :O

Also, after writing this, I got another idea for a 'Cooking' oneshot. ALFRED cooking instead of Arthur. But I already wrote this so... Le sigh. I mean, you don't find many fics with Alfred bothering to cook for Arthur, now do you? It's always the other way around. And it would be really sweet of Alfred trying to cook for Arthur especially if it's a proper meal and not burgers or fries. *w* I want to write it~~~ 83

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