"Who are you talking to...?" Matthew's face inched towards the screen before looking at Alfred for an answer.
"N-No one in particular!" Alfred slammed the lid of his laptop down as he spun around, his expression betraying him.
"You're hiding something, aren't you?" Alfred quickly turned away from his brother's intense stare while caressing the lid absentmindedly; giving away his urge to pull the screen up and look at whatever he was looking at in the first place.
Matthew's lips curled upwards as he came up with a possible theory. He shifted awkwardly, not sure how to phrase his words. "Are you... um... dating someone?"
"W-What?" Alfred quickly stood up, now level to Matthew. The slight tinge on Alfred's cheeks and his weak defence reinforced Matthew's beliefs.
"Okay Alfred, you don't have to lie anymore. Well, I'll just leave you to do... whatever you were doing." Matthew began walking away, seeking comfort in the fact that his brother may have found a possible love interest.
"We don't even know each other!" Alfred's words made Matthew stop dead in his tracks. Bemused, he turned to look at his brother, cocking his eyebrows for an explanation. Alfred shifted awkwardly. "He's just a writer I adore, that's all."
"And you like him?" Matthew resisted the urge to grin as he listened eagerly.
"I love his writing style – and actually, we just conversed a while ago. It was super coincidental like we met through the chat side and I can't believe it's really him!" Seeing the way Alfred's eyes lit up and practically glowing with excitement made Matthew burst out in laughter.
Alfred stared offendedly back at him. "What's so funny?" He demanded, mistaking the laughter as an act of mockery.
Matthew stopped laughing and feigned a lovestruck look while waiting for Alfred's response. "You're totally in love with someone you haven't even met?"
"Not in love, I just like his works, that's all." Alfred practically growled defensively.
"Okay okay sorry bro," Matthew raised his hands up in exasperation, "Then can I at least see how he's like?"
Pursing his lips, Alfred replied hesitantly, "I don't... actually know how he looks like..."
Matthew almost grimaced. "That's kinda tough." Smiling to assure Alfred, he added, "You're really charming so I'm sure you'll be able to make him like you, yeah?"
Alfred beamed and gave his brother a bro-fist in response. He appreciated Matthew's efforts, really.
"Well I'll be going to prep for my biology test with some of my friends so see ya." Matthew waved as he walked out the room him and his brother have been sharing since they've been born.
Excitedly, Alfred quickly made his way back to his laptop and pulled the lid up, revealing his copy of the chat he had with feverishsparks before.
I really didn't expect to meet him there. And I was behaving like such a troll, saying such inappropriate stuff. I really wonder how he looks like though. Crap, I don't even know his age. What if he turns out to be an old geezer? Uh... probably not. I mean we write for the same fandom so shouldn't he be like a hipster? Okay, not a hipster. Just a regular teenager that likes memes and stuff. He's probably a teenager... yeah.
Suddenly getting an idea, Alfred opened his bookmarks and clicked on the utube page keying in "mcr teenagers", and clicking on the first video that appeared. Casually swaying his head to the beat, he gathered up his notes for his math test tomorrow and flipped through them. His brain though, couldn't absorb any more information because it was filled with feverishsparks. But he'll get through the test right? His brother did say he was a really charming guy, after all.