Matthew sat in his health class, unimpressed and bored out of his mind. The teacher was trying to teach them about sex, failing terribly at it. She looked more uncomfortable then all of the students before her. One girl in the back row looked ready to stand up from her seat and take over. The class was far to old fashioned to be of any use in this day and age. She was preaching about absences instead of safe sex and birth control. She didn't even want to cover S.T.D's and S. herself, instead she was having them form teams of two and prepare to give small presentations by Monday next week. The girl in the back row finally lost her temper and grabbed her things leaving the room.

The teacher didn't stop her. "Well umm I ah well, moving on. I want you all to find someone to partner up with." the teacher said and shuffled her papers together. They quickly joined forces with friends. Matthew partnered up with Tim, seeing that he was the only one in the class that he knew. They made plans to work on the project together after school at Tim's house.

Later when Matthew was filling his bag with the books, Gilbert came up to him smiling like always. "Hey I just bought a couple new movies, wanna come over and watch them Grandpa will be out of town tonight, and Ludwig and Feliciano have a date tonight." He suggested and Matthew almost agreed, he loved the thought of him and Gilbert being a lone together. But he remembered he promised Tim that they would work on their project together.

"Sorry Gil but I have to go to Tim's today, we are partners and we have a project to work on. Maybe another time." He said and closed his locker. Gilbert raised his eyebrows and crossed his arms.

"You're not going to be alone with him are you?" Gilbert asked, there was a tone to his voice that Matthew had never heard from him before. To answer his question Matthew nodded his head. Tim's parents were going to be at work until they got out at 6:30. Gilbert and Matthew began to walk together. "Wow man, you do know he's totally hot for you right?" Gilbert asked and Matthew rolled his eyes.

"Don't be stupid, we don't even talk that much. I don't think he really likes me like that." Matthew said and Gilbert laughed and placed his arm around his shoulders.

"I didn't say he had a crush on you, I said he's hot for you, its different. He wants to sleep with you, its so plain to see Chickadee, so should skip and hang with me. Play it safe." Gilbert said and Matthew stopped walking.

He shook his head and pulled Gilbert's arm off of his shoulder. "I already told you I can't, we have homework to do. I don't see why your so jealous, we're just going to work on a project together, I'm not going to sleep with him." Matthew snapped at him and Gilbert stopped and glared at him.

" Whoa! I am not jealous of Tim! I just don't want him all up on ya. Come on Chickadee you really don't want him kissing you do you, I mean its Tim yeah he's pretty hot, but really boring. You can't be serious about wanting to go there and miss out on some awesome movies with me."

"I'm going to Tim's, and if, he makes a move on me so what,I'm allowed to hang around other people. Its not like we're dating." Matthew said and there a awkward silence between them. Gilbert opened his mouth to say something but he just closed it again and bumped against him as he walked by. Matthew turned around, feeling bad about what he had said. He cussed under his breath and went to the parking lot. Tim was standing next to his car. "Sorry it took me so long to get here." He said and went to the passenger side door, opening it and got inside. Tim got inside and started the car and looked over at him.

He seemed nervous, Matthew noticed that right away. "You look like you're about to cry." Tim pointed out and he back out of the parking spot. Matthew lowered his head and said nothing. "Did you and you boyfriend get into a fight?" He asked and Matthew stared up at him.

"Carlos and I broke up awhile ago." Matthew said and Tim laughed.

"I wasn't talking about Carlos, I knew you broke things off with him. I'm talking about Gil, from the way Carlos bitches about him...I thought you broke up with him to date the albino." Tim said, he left out the part where everyone, even some of the teacher, and one lunch lady, made bets on how long it would take for the two of them to get together. Tim mad money that it would take until Christmas, Alfred thought they would be together by the end of this week, the lunch lady and the French teacher thought it would happen in October.

He didn't want Matthew to know, it would mess with the bets if he did. "He's not my boyfriend! Can we just get to your house, I don't want to talk about this." Matthew told him and stared out the window. He didn't mean to be so grumpy today, but he barely slept last night, Alfred was in his room all night talking away. He only got maybe a hour of two of sleep and he was one of those people who got the fires of hell in their eyes when they don't get enough sleep. Matthew felt bad about snapping at Gilbert, he didn't mean to be so harsh with him, he was just moody as all holy hell.

He drove to his house and parked his car. The two of them went inside and Tim got his laptop so they could Google up some S.T.D's. Tim moved next to him and placed the laptop between them so they both could see. They ended up slamming it closed after they were stupid enough to click images. "What the hell!"

Tim frowned and pushed the lap top back. "Well that's a turn off." Tim said stood up. Matthew looked over at him. "Are you hungry?" He asked and Matthew nodded his head. He returned with some chips and other kinds of junk food. They ate and tried to get back to work.

Everything was going smoothly, they learned quite a bit, enough to make them flinch at the thought of getting something like that. Jokes about rashes down there were no longer funny in that moment, they probably would never be funny. Tim turned off his computer and put it away. He sat next to Matthew, he then kissed him. He pressed him down into the couch. Matthew's eyes went wide and he shoved Tim off. "What the hell? What the fuck Tim, why did you do that?" He wiped his mouth, in shock.

"What? You're single...I'm single its no big deal. It was just a kiss." He said and Matthew pushed him again. Matthew whole face turned red and Tim thought it was out of embarrassment, but he was wrong. Matthew was pissed off, he got off the couch and began walking for the door, he wasn't going to deal with this right now. He was mad at Tim, at himself, and he was mad that Gilbert had been right and he hadn't listened. Tim still wasn't that bad of a guy he just had misunderstood. "Hey listen I'm sorry. I should have asked first." Tim said and Matthew stopped.

A part of him was ready to go out that door, but he stopped and turned around. "You could have asked and I would have turned you down. I barely know you Tim, I'm not going to just let you kiss me and stuff. You might have had a chance if you would have taken the time to get to know me better." Matthew said and went back for the door.

"You still don't have a clue do you, no one stands a chance with you. You're already in love with someone." Tim said and stood up grabbing his car keys. Matthew was going to argue with him but he was tired of fighting with people about it, and maybe he was tired of fighting himself He got into the passenger seat and stared out the window. Tim started the car and started driving. He parked outside Matthew's house. "Next time we can study at your house, if that makes you more comfortable." He said.

"Maybe, I'll text you later." He said and got out of the car, he took his bag and pulled it over his shoulder. Matthew went inside and dropped his things at the door before flopping down face first down onto the couch. Alfred walked by him and jumped on top of him. "Al get off me?"

Alfred rolled off to the floor and poked at him. "So where have you been? You look tired, what were you doing?"Alfred question and Matthew growled and tried to shove his face into the couch further. He prayed to God that Alfred wouldn't keep him up all night, he wondered how his stepbrother wasn't tired when he got even less sleep then himself. Alfred then licked the side of his face. Matthew's eyes went wide and he let out a angry scream, he wiped the spit off and flew off the couch to get him.

"Why would you do that! You got spit in my hair. Don't run from me Al!" Matthew screeched and chased him up the stairs. Alfred laughed and ran into his room, he rolled across his bed to the other side. Matthew jumped onto the bed and ran after him, he was able to tackle him down to the floor. Alfred grabbed his wrist and flipped him over onto his back and he stuck his tongue out. "No don't!Alfred don't lick, don't you dare!"

Mrs. Williams walked by the bed room and looked in. She laughed and closed the door on them. She had grown up with two other siblings, it was nice seeing the boys bond like this. "Dinner is in half an hour boys." She told them and went back down stairs. She could hear banding around and yelling, which for the most part she ignored.

Matthew and Alfred grew tired and they just laid on their sides smacking each other with their hands. "How are things with Arthur going?" Matthew said, giving him a light smack to the face. Alfred smacked at his hands.

"Fine! We're going to see a movie this Friday. Lovino and Antonio are going to go see a play. How are you and Gilbert doing?" Alfred said and kicked at him a bit. Matthew sat up and flopped down on top of him, jabbing at his sides. Alfred pushed him off and they stopped for awhile.

"We got into a fight. I was sleepy and grumpy and I don't know I just sorta got mad at him for no real good reason. Then Tim kissed me." Matthew said and Alfred gasped and smirked at him.

"What did you do?" Alfred asked and Matthew let out a sigh.

"I shoved him off. But afterwords he said something to me and you know what, everyone keeps asking me the same thing and I'm done with telling them the same thing. Alfred...why do people think Gilbert and I are a couple?" He needed to know why, he was starting to think that maybe people were right, maybe he did have feelings for Gilbert, more then just friendship. Alfred smirked at him and took a breath.

They both sat up. "You know that TV show Scrubs, well you guys are even closer then Turk and J.D are and you guys look at each other and its just the sweetest looking look ever. You guys are contently touching each other, he puts his arm around you, you're constantly grabbing his hand or wrist or you touch his shoulder. When you two sit next to each other you sit every close together. He calls you by really cute pet names...isn't that right Chickadee. Haven't you noticed that he only gave you a pet name. Not Liz, or Feliciano, he calls Ludwig by Luddy sometimes but that's just to tease him. You both look ready to kiss each other all the time. You guys are always blushing around each other. Sometimes you guys will just stare at each other when the other isn't looking, its so awkward and frustrated." Alfred wasn't done there, he kept listing things off that they did.

Matthew just stared at him he was not expecting there to be so much. He could feel his face heat up. Alfred smiled at him and smacked him in the arm. "Shit...holy shit." Alfred patted him on the back and Matthew head butt his shoulder and kept his head there. "I...I like-like Gilbert. Alfred what am I going to do now?"

"Ask that sonofabitch out and then you rock his world!" Alfred told him and laughed. Matthew shoved him and blushed even worse. He flopped backwards and stared up. "You can do it bro, you just take him and kiss him like its the end of the war! Or if you want to impress him, plan something out." Alfred said and took his brother by his wrists and lifted him up to his feet and spun him around. He wrapped his arm around his waist and dipped him backwards.

"Al let me go." Matthew said rolling his eyes. Alfred smirked and dropped him. Before Matthew could chase after him he was running down the stairs. Matthew sat up and sighed, his heart was pounding, he liked Gilbert, no it was more then just like. He covered his face and tried to get the blush to disappear. He didn't know how he was going to face Gilbert now, how was he suppose to look him in the eyes now that he knew. He took a breath he knew he had to hear this out loud from his own mouth. "I'm in love with Gilbert." He felt his whole face get hot again and he head butt the floor.

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Soooooooon my readers

soooooooooooooooooooooooon

please review, next chapter will hopefully be Gilbert figuring out his feelings, after that it'll be a nice little time skip. Then maybe Alfred will have his party. I'm not sure.

On a side note I finally started my new job. It's third shift 10:30 to 6:30 but I get home around 7. It factory work so its pretty hard and I'm very tired by the end of the shift, so updates are going to slow down because of it. I write as soon as I get out of bed all the way until I need to get around.