Late chapter is very, verrrrrry late. And also out of season. In any case, please enjoy, and sorry for making you wait so long to read it. I'll try to update again soon, and thank you for the patience (:B.
Disclaimer: I do not own hetalia.
October 31, 2012
"Are you guys ready for Halloween?" Gilbert asked Francis and Antonio. The trio were sitting in Gilbert's room getting ready to go out trick-or-treating. Since it was a weekday, they had come straight after school and done their homework so Gilbert's grandpa would let him go out later. Now it was about an hour till dark and Gilbert was pulling his costume out of his closet.
"Ooh, what are you this year Gilbert?" Asked Antonio curiously seeing all the reds, whites, and blues in the costume. "I remember you being a zombie last year."
"This year I'm...a revolutionary soldier!" He held the costume up so Francis and Antonio could examine it.
"Very authentic. I approve," Francis said with a nod.
"It's really cool-looking," agreed Antonio.
"Thanks," Gilbert answered with a smirk. "What are you guys?"
"I'm a pirate this year," Antonio told them, pulling out a peg leg and eyepatch from his bag.
"I am channeling my inner monarch-I'm going to be a king," declared Francis pulling out a crown.
"Very fitting costumes for all of us. Lovi is going to be a kitty cat!" Antonio cried happily.
"I think Ludwig's a pilot but I'm not completely sure," Gilbert said thoughtfully, "but I know that Matthew is a polar bear."
"A polar bear Canadian-that is absolutely perfect!" Francis exclaimed excitedly. "What is Feliciano going as?"
Gilbert shrugged. "Dunno, but if he and Ludwig go off on their own we might not even see them."
"Hohoho. So little Ludwig is finally accepting his sexuality?"
"Not even close. The stubborn ass won't admit anything," Gilbert sighed rolling his eyes.
Francis mused, "I should talk to him..."
"No, he must figure it out on his own just like we did," Antonio said.
Gilbert and Francis looked over and nodded in agreement. Gilbert glanced over at the clock and raised his eyebrows in shock.
"Guys, we have thirty minutes till Lovino, Feliciano, and Matthew get here and we haven't even put on our costumes."
"Then why are we standing around, mi amigos? Let's go!"
Thirty minutes later, Gilbert was putting the final touches on his costume. He adjusted his hat, brushed off his coat and stepped into the hallway to check out the whole look. Perfect, Gilbert smirked at his reflection. The navy blue coat was accented in red and white, and it was designed like a war uniform from the 1700's. The hat was kind of funny-it was big, floppy, and had feathers in it-but it went with the costume. The plastic sword swinging by Gilbert's side completed the look.
Knock knock knock.
Gilbert turned his head, and Francis and Antonio poked their heads out of Gilbert's bedroom.
"Lovi~!" Antonio practically squealed in excitement running to open the door. Gilbert and Francis watched him open the door and jump-hug someone out of their line of sight.
"Aah!"
"Bastard! I'm over here!"
"Ve~? Antonio is that you? I didn't recognize you in the eyepatch."
"Hi ,Feli. Yea, it's me. Sorry about that Matthew, Gilbert's down the hall if you want to go say hi."
Matthew and Feliciano stepped inside at the same time Ludwig came out of his room. Gilbert's Grandpa had also poked his head out at the commotion. Antonio's voice dropped so that Gilbert couldn't hear what he was saying anymore talking to Lovino I suppose, he thought, but that thought quickly left his mind as Matthew walked up to him. No one else was watching, so Gilbert took the opportunity to pull Matthew up to him and kiss him. Matthew's arms wrapped around Gilbert's neck, pulling him closer. Then, all of a sudden, Matthew pulled back and sneezed.
"Sorry," he mumbled, "your feather was tickling my nose."
Gilbert laughed. "It's ok Mattie. Happy Halloween."
"Happy Halloween, Gilbert."
They might have kissed again, but Antonio stepped inside, holding a blushing Lovino's hand.
"Everyone ready to go?"
"I am; Matthew is."
"Francis is too!" Came a voice down the hall.
"We are too!" Feliciano called, pulling a flustered Ludwig with him.
"Have fun, be safe, and be back by 9:30-it is a school night," Gilbert's grandpa called.
"Don't worry Opa, we will!" Gilbert called closing the door. Then the group walked out into the night.
"Ok, so, where to first?" Antonio asked as the group began moving down the street.
"Well, the Gonzalez's always give out big candy bars, and they don't live that far away. I think we should go there first and work our way back," mused Francis.
"Sounds like a good plan then," Gilbert said. "Hey! Where'd Ludwig and Feliciano go?"
"If the Potato bastard stole my brother, I swear I'll shove a tomato so far-mmmfmmf!" Lovino's angry shouting had been muffled by Antonio's hand.
"Feliciano dragged Ludwig that way," Matthew piped up, indicating the direction with a wave.
"Hmm, well, I'm sure Ludwig will stay safe, and that means so will Feliciano," Gilbert reasoned. The rest of the group nodded their agreement and began to walk again. Lovino, however, was still scowling fiercely. Not much later they made it to the street the Gonzalez's lived on.
"Trick-or-treat," they called in unison.
"What adorable costumes," said Mrs. Gonzalez. "Let me get you some candy."
Gilbert had been right about the big candy bars- he got a king-sized snickers. The group was making their way down the street when they bumped into a couple classmates.
"Hey guys!" Called Vladimir- the Romanian junior that was in Gilbert's chemistry class. He was dressed like a vampire, and his fangs were giving him a small lisp. Also with him was a brown-haired boy, who looked to be about the same age and height as Vladimir, but wearing an angle smiled at the group before saying:
"Hi, I'm Nikolai."
"Nikolai's Bulgarian-isn't that cool?" Vladimir asked. It turned out to be a rhetorical question though, because the next thing he said was "Well, we were just heading to find my brother-he ran off with someone dressed like a sailor-so I'll see you guys at school. Come on Nikolai," he said entwining their hands and leading the Bulgarian down the street.
"Cute couple," Gilbert mused as the friends walked up to the next house.
"Trick-or-treat!" They called.
"Nice costumes," replied the man who answered the door. "Have some candy."
The group walked from house to house, occasionally running into people like Matthew's brother, Alfred, who was dressed like superman-typical. Arthur was with him and dressed like a wizard-complete with a wand and pointy hat. Roderich actually answered the door at his house.
"Halloween is for little kids," he scoffed, but he still handed them candy.
The best costume, however, belonged to Feliks. He was wearing a Katy Perry, candy outfit that consisted of a blue wig, short skirt, high-heeled, knee-high boots, fake eyelashes, and a microphone. He was walking around singing "Teenage Dream" and "Last Friday Night". The best part was when he went up to Toris, who was dressed like a knight, and sang, "I wanna see your peacock-cock-cock!" Toris blushed and paled at the same time, which Gilbert didn't even know was possible, and the entire group cracked up.
There wasn't much time left before curfew when the group found a haunted house. Francis had already escorted a group of girls in, and Lovino had grudgingly followed Antonio inside. Gilbert and Matthew stood outside waiting for the attendant to allow them past the rope. Gilbert gazed at the flashing lights, creepy masks, and cobwebs; he listened to the screams and creepy noises that drifted out, his anticipation growing. Matthew, however, was not feeling the same. He was visibly shaking in his costume, covering his face with fur-covered hands and making small whimpering noises. Gilbert's excitement lessened. He would hate to put Matthew through something that already terrified him.
"Hey, Mattie. You okay?" Gilbert asked concerned.
"I'm...um...f-f-f-fine," The Canadian stammered in reply.
"You sure?" Gilbert double checked.
"Um, well, uh..."
"Matthew look, I'm not going to make you do something you don't want to." Gilbert hugged Matthews waist and lowered his head so their foreheads touched. "I want you to trust me on that. I might act stupid sometimes and I might be kinda reckless, but I'm never going to force you to do anything. I promise. I only mess with Ludwig 'cause he's my brother and that makes him an exception. You're different Matthew, you get to say what you aren't comfortable with, and I'll listen because I care about you! And I've said too much, and Mien Gott I'm rambling! I don't normally ramble and ahh, shit, now it's awkward and-"
"Gilbert," Mathew broke in, tuning slightly red. "Gilbert, just kiss me."
"Eh? Ok!" He quickly obliged and they were still standing there-hands running through hair, eyes closed and minds cut off to the world- when Antonio, Lovino, and Francis came out of the haunted house.
"Should we get them?" Antonio asked.
"No you idiot! Let them be."
"Lovino has a point, mon ami. They are having a moment. Let's just go back to Gilbert's house. Maybe we will find Ludwig and Feli on the way."
Antonio nodded at Francis's words and the trio began to walk back down the street.
Gilbert and Matthew broke apart, arms still wrapped around each other, breath fogging in the air. Gilbert was beaming down at his Canadian while Matthew was still slightly blushing. Gilbert looked up at the sky and caught his breath for a moment as he remembered a different time he'd been looking at the stars. He nudged Matthew and whispered "Look up," right when a shooting star raced across the sky.
"Make a wish," Matthew said quietly.
A wish? What could I wish for..., thought Gilbert.
He glanced down at Matthew again; the blonde still had his face turned up towards the stars. Actually, I don't need wishes; I have everything I need right here. So he leaned down and pressed his lips once more to Matthew's.
Not much later, Gilbert and Matthew walked back into Gilbert's house. The rest of the group was sitting in the living room, talking, laughing and comparing candy. Feliciano was curled up on Ludwig's shoulder, Antonio was holding Lovino's hand, Francis was telling a story and making wild hand gestures to accentuate certain points. Gilbert's grandpa sat in his recliner watching everyone in silence, but glanced up when he saw his elder son enter the room.
"Ah there you are Gilbert," Antonio said when he looked up. "We'd been wondering how long you'd be making out with Matthew before you came home." Matthew immediately turned bright red and began stammering that it wasn't true, but Gilbert's wild laughter overpowered him.
"At least I didn't do it in front of everyone at a football game!" He retorted.
"Well you know what?! Good point," Antonio said group shared a laugh at Antonio's failure to come up with a good comeback while Feliciano picked at his candy until Ludwig took it away.
"Ve~ Ludwig, give me my candy back," he whined sadly.
"Nein, Feli, you'll get a stomach ache and not be able to sleep," Ludwig replied gently. Gilbert smiled at his brother's gentleness and was happy to be surrounded by his friends. At insane as his life could get, at the end of the day everything turned out ok.
Soon enough his friends were leaving. Gilbert smiled and waved when the Italian brothers left and gave manly hugs to Antonio and Francis. Ludwig went to bed shortly after Feliciano left, leaving Gilbert and Matthew alone with Gilbert's grandpa in the other room. It was all too quickly that Matthew's ride home arrived.
"Thank you. For everything," Matthew whispered gently as he got ready to leave.
"Anytime Matt. You know I'd do anything for my special Canadian polar bear." A gentle, lingering kiss followed by a tight hug and Matthew was gone for another night. Gilbert smiled softly to himself as he headed down the hall.
"Happy Halloween, Gilbert," his grandpa called from the other room.
"Happy Halloween, Opa."