Chapter 2
Classes were boring. Arthur felt like his head would explode any moment if he had to listen to another tedious speech. He laid his head in his arms, looking at the teacher with tired eyes, the dark circles becoming even more noticeable. He really didn't need to hear anything the teacher was saying since he had already learned what he was talking about before. He closed his eyes, ready to fall asleep if he could get the chance.
Of course his chance was swept away from him again. He felt someone poking him in the arm repeatedly and with a lot of pressure. He groaned as he looked at the culprit who just so happened to be Alfred. "What do you want now Alfred?" Arthur kept his voice at a whisper since the teacher was still talking. He seemed to be explaining a project or paper to do with a partner. "Well the teacher said we could work in partners if you were paying attention and I was wondering..." Arthur frowned. "Let me guess, you want me to be your partner..." Alfred beamed proudly as he stared at Arthur.
"Fine, I don't care." Arthur sat with a frown on his face as Alfred got his desk closer to him. Arthur looked around the room to see who was grouped up. He saw Ludwig and Feliciano paired together. Ivan and Yao were paired together whether Yao wanted it or not. Francis was working with Gilbert, but when Arthur was looking at them, Francis gave him a wink which made him feel uneasy. Arthur saw Kiku who was stuck with Hercules and Sadiq who were both arguing again despite Kiku being there. There were many others paired up, but Arthur got too bored of looking around to care.
"What the bloody hell are we doing anyway?" Arthur looked at Alfred, a bored look in his eyes. "This paper." Alfred pointed to the paper that was in front of Arthur. The paper was covered with different equations and numbers. Arthur groaned as he looked at the paper. He hated math and didn't really want to do this paper right now. Alfred just scribbled some things down that Arthur hardly understood since he didn't really pay attention in math class. "What the bloody hell? This stuff is too hard..." Arthur groaned as he rested his head on his desk.
Alfred looked at Arthur worried. He didn't want Arthur to not do the assignment, but he didn't know what to say to him to make him do it. "Um...Arthur-San..." Arthur looked up and met the deep chocolate brown eyes of Kiku Honda. A faint hint of blush spread across his face. "Y-Y-Yes?" Arthur didn't know what to say to him, this perfect beautiful person. "Yo Kiku, what are you doing over here bro? I thought you were working with Hercules and Sadiq." Kiku grinned at Alfred. "I was, but I managed to get away while the two of them were arguing." Alfred chuckled as he looked at Kiku.
"Well, you can join us and possibly help Arthur over here." Alfred pointed casually at Arthur which only made him blush even more. "Alright." Kiku pulled a nearby empty desk and put it next to Arthur and Alfred's desks. He sat down and looked at Arthur who was looking at him with embarrassment. "What do you need help on Arthur-San?" Kiku smiled as he watched the British man. "Well...I-I-I..." Arthur felt like his brain was turning to mush. He couldn't think of what to say when he was around him.
"How about I start with explaining how to do the work...?" Kiku looked deep into Arthur's eyes, waiting for an answer. "Y-Yeah, that w-w-would help..." Arthur gave Kiku a faint smile. The rest of the class went by quicker than before. Kiku helped Arthur and he managed to get the work done and turned in as soon as the bell rang. "T-T-Thanks Kiku..." Arthur said shyly as he looked at the Asian man in front of him. "No problem Arthur-San..." With that they both left the classroom and walked into the noisy hallway that was filled with chatter, laughter, and the occasional clicking of shoes from students.
Kiku gave Arthur one last smile before he was off going to hang out with Ludwig and Feliciano like always. Arthur sighed as he walked to the lunchroom to see what they were serving today. As soon as he stepped into the lunchroom, he was met with the obnoxious Frenchman again. "Hello Arthur, care to eat lunch with me today?" Francis's smile was charming as it was alluring. Arthur groaned. "Sure, why the bloody hell not..." Francis smiled in victory as they both grabbed their food and sat down to enjoy it, well Arthur probably wouldn't. They ate in complete silence not either of them sharing a word between each other.
This silence remained until the Frenchman decided to break it. "So Arthur...you feeling better?" Arthur groaned. "What do you think you frog?" Arthur shot a glare at Francis, who was smiling at him. "Well I can see dark circles under your eyes aren't as dark, but still noticeable." Arthur growled at Francis, done with sitting next to the Frenchman. "Well you bloody frog, I'm done with this conversation and with you, I hope I don't see you later." With that, Arthur got up, threw his garbage away, and walked out of the cafeteria.
Francis sighed as he watched the messy blond haired British man disappear into the hall. He really didn't know why he picked on him so much, but he was happy that at least he got his attention. Francis smiled as he ate the rest of his lunch alone. Arthur was grumbling under his breath as he walked down the hall of noisy students. Since Arthur wasn't paying attention, he happened to bump into something that felt hard like rock. He looked up and met with the blue eyes of Alfred. "What do you want you twat?" Arthur sighed as he looked at him. Alfred grinned happily as he looked back at Arthur. "I just wanted to know if you wanna play catch with Mattie and me." Alfred pointed to the guy behind him who looked like him, but had hair that resembled a certain Frenchman that Arthur hated to think of. "No thanks, I'm not prepared to get killed by your ways of catch." Arthur glared at Alfred, who still had a stupid grin on his face.
"Alright Arthur, if you insist..." Alfred walked down the hall with Matthew following behind. Arthur continued to walk down the hallway, a scowl now on his face. As he got closer to the outside doors of the courtyard, he heard soft murmuring of voices coming from a nearby classroom. It was the student council room. As he got closer, he heard the voice of Kiku Honda and Ludwig.
Arthur gulped as he listened for the conversation to die down. He wanted badly to talk to Kiku and tell him how he felt about him. There was soon silence and Arthur held in a breath as he put a hand on the door knob. He gulped as he slowly turned the knob.
Kiku and Ludwig turned around and saw Arthur looking embarrassed. "Hey...c-can I talk to Kiku?" Arthur felt his body start to shake as he looked at the two. Kiku smiled as he walked over to the British man in the doorway. "What is it Arthur-San?" Arthur looked deep into Kiku's dark chocolate brown eyes. His mind suddenly went blank.
He tried to form words, but nothing came out of his mouth. He felt like his voice was gone. "...I...nevermind...just h-hope you make the festival great this year..." Arthur wanted to beat himself up. He had just lost his chance to tell his feelings. "Hai, I will be sure we do Arthur-San." Arthur said his goodbyes and then left the student council room, angry with himself. "Next time, I'll do it...next time I'll tell him how I feel."