1Arthur's eyes widened. He wanted to forget about that. The disgusting feeling Arthur had had all over his body that had become weaker since the incident slowly started to grow and become more and more unbearable.

"Please... Artie, we need to catch this guy..." Arthur tried to pull his hand away from Alfred. Alfred kept a firm grip so that the brit couldn't. He felt disgusting, he had been touched by that man he didn't even know, and was nearly raped. He didn't want anyone to see him. He wanted to hide in a corner and cry. And then pretend it never even happened.

But Alfred wasn't going to allow that. And Arthur knew Alfred was going to get his way one way or another. Arthur decided he should just get it over with and then forget about it afterward. Maybe if he told someone about it the feeling would go away.

"I went out drinking... Like I did every Saturday night." Alfred nodded his head to encourage Arthur to continue. "I was still fairly sober when I left you see... not nearly as bad as I sometimes am..." Alfred decided to ask a question.

"Did you meet anyone at the bar? Talk to anyone or was anyone looking at you a lot?" Arthur nodded. "Yes... I met a man who liked Vodka.. But don't worry about him.. He was in love with an albino guy who barged into the bar and they both left together. I assume they are a couple by now..."

Alfred turned slightly pink but shook it off. "And after you left?" Arthur looked away and started to turn bright red. "I passed a guy in a hoody who had his hood up on my way back home... but I didn't think much of it at the time..."

Alfred cleared his throat. "Go on.." Arthur sighed. "I heard footsteps behind me and they kept getting closer... so I started to walk faster but so did the footsteps. It was the man in the hoody... And.. Well... When he caught up to me after running a little he pinned me against a wall and covered my eyes and mouth..."

Tears started to swell up in Arthur's eyes. Alfred knelt down in front of Arthur, holding both of his hands. "And then...?"

Arthur closed his eyes. "After... THAT... I managed to knee him in the gut and run away to the station... where I met you..." "And what was THAT in more detail? Please Artie... I need to be specific when I press charges against him.."Tears started to roll down Arthur's cheeks. Alfred pulled Arthur up and made him fall into his arms.

"It's alright... I'm here... and I'm gonna protect you... We can talk about it later if you want..." Arthur nodded. The feeling that had covered Arthur's body disappeared as he was brought deeper into Alfred's embrace.

Arthur let the tears stream freely down his cheeks as he hugged Alfred as tight as possible. They stayed like that for what seemed like an eternity until the smell of the burnt scones seeped into the bathroom.

Arthur wiped his eyes and stood up. "I better clean that up..." Alfred stood up next to Arthur and pointed to Arthur's injured hand. "Wait dude... We gotta put a bandage on your hand first!" Arthur nodded and pulled out a first aid kit from the closet.

"That's convenient..." Arthur nodded again. "It happens a lot..." Alfred chuckled before taking out a bandage from the first aid kit and wrapping it around Arthur's injured hand.

"Thanks." Alfred flashed Arthur a thumbs up. "No problem dude! I AM a hero after all! Hahaha!" Arthur chuckled at the American's immaturity. "Right..."

The two walked out into the disastrous kitchen. Alfred was even more shocked the second time around, but Arthur was unfazed. Arthur knelt on the floor and started picking up burnt scones. "They're all ruined..." Alfred chuckled and grabbed a scone out of Arthur's hand.

"Nahhhh" Alfred took a bite out of the burnt scone and swallowed. "These are delicious!" Arthur stared at the American and then looked back at the scones before standing up proudly. "I guess they are quite good aren't they!"

The two idiots continued to clean up the kitchen.

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After they finished cleaning up the 'mess' in the kitchen, Arthur received a call from the daycare center. "Ahh... Hello Lili." Alfred grabbed a bottle of coke (that he had brought over from his place) and sat on the couch, staring at the brit on the phone.

"Yes, yes... that's quite alright..." Arthur chuckled a bit, which made Alfred wonder what was so funny. "I'll be there as soon as I can. Thanks. Bye."

Alfred jumped up off the couch. "Where we goin!" Arthur put on his shoes and jacket. "The daycare center. "One of the children is making a fuss about me not being there.. Haha... so cute" Alfred put on his shoes and grabbed his bomber jacket, looking a little annoyed. "Whatever.."

"What?" Arthur opened the door and started to walk out, fallowed by Alfred. "Nothing, nothing." Arthur shot a glare at the American and then continued to walk to the daycare in silence.

When they came across a small building with a playground in the back Arthur stopped. "We're here." Alfred stared at the building as a girl came running out. Arthur ran up to her. "Lili! What's wrong?" Alfred scanned Lili up and down. She wasn't much shorter than Arthur and had blonde hair.. With a bow on the side. She was wearing a pink dress and had an apron over it...

"Arthur! Tommy started attacking other children!" Alfred wanted to laugh at how panicked the two of them were. But he couldn't. He was to focused on Lili and Arthur's hands that have been holding one another since they got there.

Arthur ran into the daycare with Lili (still holding hands) and Alfred fallowed. Once they got inside you could see she meant it literally. There was a brown haired boy (probably Tommy) chasing after other little kids and pulling there hair, and/or biting them.

That's when Arthur sprung into action and scooped the boy up into his arms. "Tommy!" Arthur held the boy out a distance so that he could look him in the eye. "Why did you do that?" Tommy's once scary and angry expression disappeared and turned into a satisfied grin. "ARTHUR! YAY!"

The boy spread his arms out as if to hug Arthur. Arthur hugged the boy back. "Geez Tommy..." Tommy glared at Lili and Alfred who were standing in the doorway. Alfred couldn't believe his eyes when the kid smirked at him, as if to make him jealous or something!

"Arthur! That boy's a demon! Put him down!" Arthur quirked an eyebrow at the American. "Tommy? No way... he was just in a bad mood about something I'm sure..." Tommy turned around and stuck his tongue out at Alfred, which went unnoticed by the brit. "... no way..." Arthur looked over at Alfred. "What was that?"

Alfred up his hands up defensively. "Uhh... I mean! Umm.. Your name is Lili right? You have an accent from..." Lili turned to Alfred and put out her hand in front of Alfred. "I'm from Liechtenstein."

Alfred shook her hand. "Ah... Well nice to meet you! I'm Alfred F. Jones! The hero who's gonna save Art-" Before Alfred could finish, a plastic building block just so happened to come in contact with his face, cutting him off.

Lili just happened to catch what Alfred was saying before he was cut off. "What the hell Artie!" Lili ran up Arthur and grabbed his free hand that wasn't holding up Tommy.

"What does he mean Arthur!" Tommy tugged a little on Arthur's hair. "Arthur.. You aren't gonna die are you?" Arthur chuckled. "You two misunderstood... He's just an oaf who thinks he's gonna save the world. Don't worry about it hahaha"

Alfred stared at his British friend. He decided to play along... for now. "Hahaha! You bet! I'll definitely save the world though! If ya need anything just call Alfred F. Jones! Hahaha!"

Arthur nodded thankfully at Alfred, who in return gave a thumbs up. Lili, will you get Alfred something to drink while Tommy and I clean up and apologize to everyone?" Lili nodded and motioned for Alfred to take a seat next to the counter. He happily did so.

"What would you like?" Alfred thought for a second. "Have any coffee?" Lili nodded and started to make instant coffee.

Alfred decided it was now or never to get some questions in. "Soo... are you and Arthur... ya kno?" Lili thought about what Alfred was asking before becoming flustered. "Wha! No.. No! Of course not! We're just friends who work together!"

Alfred had some serious doubts to what she was saying. "And you just have a crush on him or what?" He didn't care if he sounded inconsiderate. He wanted answers. Now.

"No... I'm sorry... I like someone else... My big brother is everything to me..." Alfred seemed less agitated. "Ohh... well that's good." Alfred Lili's face and realized what he had just said. "W-w-wait! I mean! Wait! Umm.. That isn't what I-" "It's alright Alfred. Don't worry about it." Lili started to giggle and Alfred's face started burning red. "It's a misunderstanding." Lili smiled. "I'm sure it is."

Alfred started sipping the coffee Lili had just given him. "So.. Alfred... What's wrong with Arthur?" Alfred knew he couldn't convince her it was nothing so instead he decided to use this to his advantage. "Someone's after him.. If you catch my drift.. Sexually..."'

Lili gasped. "But Arthur's such a nice guy... who would?" Alfred put his coffee down. "Don't know. But I could use your help... have you seen anyone suspicious around Arthur recently?" Lili thought for a moment, trying to remember if she had.

"... not that I can think of..." Alfred nodded his head. "Well.. Thanks for trying..." Lili nodded back. "I'll keep an eye out for anyone suspicious..." "Thanks.."

"So never do it again, got it?" Tommy shook his head yes and wiped his tears away. "I pwomise..." Arthur knelt down and rubbed the boy's head. "Good." Arthur gave Tommy one last hug before walking up to Lili. "I think he will behave from now on."

Lili smiled at the brit. "Thank you Arthur!" Arthur nodded. "Anytime. Let's go Alfred." Alfred nodded and chugged the rest of his coffee before running out after Arthur and waving goodbye to Lili.

Once they were outside and walking back to Arthur's 'flat', Alfred decided it was time to pop the question on Arthur's side. "Soooooooo Artie... Do you like Lili?"

Alfred watched as Arthur's face slowly reddened and he became at a loss of words. "I...I ..." Alfred pouted for an unknown reason. "Well? You do, don't you?" Arthur walked faster. "I don't see how that's any of your business, but just so you know I do NOT feel that way for Lili. So don't get any matchmaker idea's, got it?"

Wasn't planning on it, was the first thought to go through Alfred's head. "Then who do you like?" Arthur shot Alfred an 'Are you serious' look. "What are we, five? Come on... were adults.. Be mature.."

Alfred pouted. "Just wanted to know..." Arthur started stomping. "Then how about we turn this the other way around, huh? He, Al, who do you like?" Alfred become bright red and couldn't make out any words. "See? Let's just hurry home."

Alfred wasn't going to admit it, but the first thing that came into his head was 'you'. He couldn't seriously.. Could he? Alfred shook the idea out of his head. There was no way.

When Arthur and Alfred got inside Arthur's flat, Alfred went straight to the tv and Arthur grabbed a book from the shelf. Both sat down next to each other on the couch but neither said a word.

As Arthur read his book Alfred would once in a while glance at him. Arthur didn't seem to notice, much to Alfred's relief.

Alfred noticed a picture in the book Arthur was reading that caught his interest. He leaned in closer to see it better, when Arthur turned his head and Alfred stopped dead in his tracks. There lips were only a centimeter away from touching.

Arthur sat there with his eyes wide open in shock while Alfred turned pink and flew back. "T-t-t-the picture! I was looking at the picture when you turned! I swear!"

Arthur stared dumbfounded for a few seconds before bursting out in laughter. "Hahahahaha! You should have seen your face! I mean seriously! Did you think I thought you were trying to kiss me or what! Hahaha! Sometimes your just to cute... Hahaha" Alfred blushed.

"...Cute...?" Arthur stopped laughing. Had he just said that? "Uhh... anyway! Bloody git! I'd say it's time for dinner wouldn't you? Well.. Let's go cook something shall we?" Arthur stood up and Alfred jumped up after him, making sure this time he wouldn't let the brit cook... at least without supervision that is.

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Dinner ended in a success. Alfred managed to save the kitchen and help Arthur make something similar to food. Not that Alfred really noticed the difference in the taste anyway.

Now Alfred and Arthur sat on the couch again. Only this time Alfred was picking out a movie for both of them to watch. "Paranormal activity 3 dude! Let's watch it! I brought it with me!" Arthur stared at the case. "You like horror films?"

Alfred nodded his head frantically. "Of course! They're totally awesome!"

FIVE MINUTES INTO THE MOVIE:

"OMG! Artie! He's gonna die I just know it! OMG! It's a ghost! He's screwed! HOLD ME! I don't want to die!" Alfred managed to climb onto Arthur's lap and squeeze the life out of him even before the title managed to make it's way on screen.

Now Arthur was being suffocated by the fat ass sitting on his lap and holding onto him for dear life. Really. He should have never agreed to watch this movie in the first place. He wouldn't have if he knew this was going to happen.

"A-Al! J-Just take out the movie and get off!" Alfred dug his face into Arthur's chest. "NO WAY DUDE! ONLY SISSY"S DO THAT! I GOTTA FINISH THIS!"

THE MOVIE FINALLY ENDED:

After two hours of torture, Arthur somehow managed to live through the movie. Alfred stood up and stretched. "Well, that was nice! Time for bed!" As Alfred started heading for the bedroom Arthur grabbed his collar.

"The bathroom. NOT. MY. ROOM." Alfred clung onto Arthur. "No! It's scary! I don't want to sleep alone! And did you see that bloody Mary chick! No way in hell!"

As Alfred panicked, Arthur was knocked to the floor. "Ahh! Fine! Just get off and get in bed! And shut up!" Alfred helped Arthur up and then jumped into bed. Arthur scoffed and then fallowed.

Alfred noticed something move outside the window. "OMG ARTIE! Did you see that!" Alfred clung onto Arthur. "You bloody git... go... to sleep..." Arthur fell asleep. Leaving the American behind in reality.

"Artie... OMG your such an old man!" Alfred looked at the sleeping brit's face and smiled. Then he snuggled his head against Arthur's back and fell asleep.