Shinigami-cat: Well next one... I OWN NOTHING!

Project: Family

It was a nice warm day outside so everyone was in the backyard eating lunch. Feliciano sighed as he stretched out on the lawn. "Ve... so nice today."

"Makes the whole Valentine's day thing seem like a dream." Said Francis.

Gilbert curled up on the grass. "I'm sleepy... bring me my futon."

Roderich rolled his eyes. "You'll catch a cold if you sleep out here."

"Don't care." Said Gilbert. "I want my futon." Matthew walked into the back yard carrying a tray of food. Suddenly he gasped and dropped the tray, slowly began to back away and pointed behind them.

The boys looked at Matthew like he was crazy but turned around anyway and screamed. Standing behind them was a guy wearing black combat boots, ripped blue jeans, leather jacket, leather fingerless gloves and black bike helmet. The boys quickly got up and bolted for it.

"FRANCIS!" Screamed Gilbert. "Did you hook up with some biker gang leader's wife or something?"

"Yeah but that was a year ago!" Cried Francis. "Why would he come now?"

"You actually did?" Cried Roderich.

The biker didn't seem interested in the four guys that were running for their lives, he only seemed interested in Matthew. He quickly dashed over to Matthew and tackled him to the ground. The boys momentarily paused to see what was going on. Matthew noticed them looking and sighed. "Get the hell of me Alfred."

Alfred laughed and took off his helmet. His blond hair was flying around in the wind and he had a smirk on his face. "Aw come on dude. I haven't you in months and the first thing you say to me is get the 'hell off me'? What kind of little brother are you?"

Matthew sighed and pushed Alfred off. "You may as well come inside..."

Alfred beamed and followed Matthew inside. "Who are these guys?"

Mathew sighed. "Francis the pervert. Roderich the stuck up. Feliciano the dim. And Gilbert the asshole."

"I'm not a pervert!" Said Francis.

"I'm not stuck up!" Said Roderich.

"Ve? What does dim mean?" Asked Feliciano.

"I'M NOT AN ASSHOLE YOU IDIOT!" Cried Gilbert.

Alfred raised an eyebrow. "Gilbert huh?"

XoXoXo one week earlier oXoXoX

"Get back here right now!" Cried Rosa.

"Screw you mum!" Snapped Alfred as he slammed his bedroom door shut. He hated it when his mum went all British on him. She was a nice woman most of the time but sometimes she was a real bitch.

"I'm going out." Yelled Rosa. "I'll be home later. Your Father will be home later tonight!" As soon as the door slammed shut. Alfred was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Is you mother home Alfred? It's me Shinigami-cat!"

"Oh hi Auntie." Sighed Alfred. "Mum's not home at the moment. She's being a bitch again."

"Don't say that about your mum... even if it's true. Anyway I was calling to give her an update on Matthew!"

"Sweet how's he going?"

"Wonderful! He's actually dating this really gorgeous boy named Gilbert Beilschmidt! They are so perfect for each other!"

"Really? That's grate... Hey Auntie-"

"I've already wired you the money, booked you a ticket and a hotel so you can get over your jetlag."

"You're the best!"

"No problem! I knew you would race back over to America as soon as found out about it. I'll stop by sometime and you can show me all around Belgium sometime! Later Alfred!"

"Later Auntie!" Said Alfred. He hung up the phone and sighed."Matthew's dating? What if this guy is a prick? What if he forces Mattie to do something he doesn't want to do? What if he pressures Matthew into having sex? I'M A COMING MATTHEW!"

XoXoXo in the dining room oXoXoX

The four boys were looking at Alfred cautiously. He seemed like an okay guy but he was Matthew's brother... his twin brother. He had to be crazy. Gilbert sighed. "So your Matthew's brother? I thought you were some biker."

Alfred laughed. "Seriously? That's funny."

Matthew walked back into the room and put a cup of coffee in front of Alfred. "Drink this and go home Alfred."

"But Mattie!" Whined Alfred.

"Don't you feel a little bad?" Asked Francis.

"Not at all." Said Matthew. "I know why he's here." With that Matthew turned down the hall and walked to his room.

"Wait up Mattie!" Called Alfred as he ran after him. As soon as he caught up to Matthew the Canadian turned around at him and snarled.

"You might be my brother but I'm never letting you into my room!" With that Matthew slammed the door shut and locked it. When that was done Matthew leaned against the door and sighed. "I can't believe he came here... There's no way I can let him see my room... my castle!"

XoXoXo later that day oXoXoX

The boys were watching TV. Feliciano sighed. "Do you think Matthew hates his brother?"

"Doesn't Matthew appreciate the distance Alfred travelled to get there?" Asked Roderich. "Doesn't Alfred live in Belgium?"

Francis snapped his fingers. "Oh I know! Maybe Matthew is just worried that Alfred will tell Shinigami-cat that Matthew's not a gentleman!"

"Ve maybe that's it!" Said Feliciano.

Gilbert rolled his eyes. "That's not it." He stood up and walked out of the room. "I'm having a shower. Don't bother me."

With that Gilbert was gone. "Ve did you guys notice that Alfred kept staring Gilbert?" Asked Feliciano

XoXoXo in the shower with Gilbert... NOT LIKE THAT YOU PERVERTS! oXoXoX

Gilbert was happily washing the soap out of his hair and sighed contently. "Fucking love hot showers." Once he was done he hopped out of the shower and was about to grab his towel when the door creaked open. "I said I was having a shower you guys!" Cried Gilbert.

What he saw made him shudder. There looking at him was Alfred. His bright blue eyes seemed dark and predatory. Gilbert gulped. "Um... do you need something?"

Alfred glared at him. "You have a nice body." With that Alfred closed the door leaving Gilbert feeling a little freaked out.

Gilbert quickly dried off and ran off to find Matthew. Matthew was doing the dishes when Gilbert ran over. "What do you want Gilbert?" Asked Matthew.

"Is your brother gay?"

"Don't know, don't care, don't give a damn."

Gilbert pouted. "But you're his God damned brother! You should know!"

Matthew sighed and dried the last of the dishes. "Hey Gilbert... don't let Alfred into my room... no matter what." With that said Matthew turned and walked away.

Gilbert sighed. "Maybe he really hates his brother..."

XoXoXo early the next morning oXoXoX

The blast of a fog horn woke up the whole house. Feliciano fell out of bed, Roderich rolled onto his back, Francis put his pillow over his head, Matthew sat straight away and Gilbert looked at his clock. "Six in the morning? Screw this." Gilbert tried to get back to sleep but a certain American had other ideas.

So within a minute Gilbert was outside in his PJ's with Alfred. "Good to see you're awake you albino freak."

"Your freaking woke me up you dick!" Growled Gilbert. "Why the hell are we out here? It's freezing!"

Alfred laughed his hero laugh and smirked. "I want you to run around the house five times, hop around it twice and to a hundred push ups and sit ups."

Gilbert looked at him like he was crazy. "Are you insane?"

Alfred smiled venomously. "Well I guess you really aren't awesome enough to do it." Gilbert glared daggers at him and started running. Feliciano could see Gilbert running from the dining room window.

"Ve? What is he doing?" He asked. "Go Gilbert go!"

Francis yawned and stretched. "Well I'm awake now..."

"Could you make us some coffee Matthew?" Asked Roderich.

"I was making some for myself anyway." Called Matthew from the kitchen.

Feliciano sat down at the table and sighed. "Why is Alfred so obsessed with Gilbert?"

Roderich shrugged. "Maybe the Landlady told him that Matthew and Gilbert were going out?"

"That' so sweet!" Said Francis. "I bet he came here because he was worried about Matthew!"

Matthew walked into the room and put the coffee on the table. "This sucks."

"Don't say that." Said Roderich. Suddenly Gilbert walked into the room. His hair was clinging to his face, his eyes were redder than usual, his clothes were covered in sweat and he looked dead.

"Water..." He wheezed before falling to the floor. Francis quickly ran into the kitchen and got Gilbert a water bottle, Feliciano pulled of Gilbert sweat covered clothes (because he didn't want him to catch a cold damn it) and Roderich gave Gilbert a towel to rug up in.

"What happened?" Asked Feliciano.

"Alfred is insane." Said Gilbert. "Hey Birdie, your bro really loves you ya know. Do something about him."

"That's impossible." Said Matthew.

Gilbert jumped up and grabbed Matthew's arm. "Don't say it's impossible! He's really going to kill me!"

Matthew sighed. "Alfred's so stubborn. Once he gets started there's no stopping him. Unlike me."

"HE'S EXACTLY LIKE YOU!" Cried Gilbert.

It was at that moment that Alfred decided to grace everyone with his presence. "Mattie make me some coffee..." Alfred gaped at what he saw. From his point of view it looked like Gilbert (remember he was only wearing his boxer's people) and Matthew were about to have an intimate moment. Suddenly Alfred brought a baseball bat down between them (for some reason the people in Matthew's family just seemed to be able pull random objects out of the air FTW). "How dare you... right in front of me..."

"Ve it's not what you think!" Cried Feliciano.

"You got it all wrong!" Cried Francis.

"It's just a misunderstanding!" Cried Roderich.

"I don't want to hear your excuses." Growled Alfred.

Now Gilbert being Gilbert just laughed at Alfred and wrapped his arms around Matthew's waist. "Don't get in our way."

Matthew went bright red and plugged his nose up with tissues to stop himself from having a missive nose bleed. Alfred was furious. "THAT'S IT! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL!"

"Why would he challenge him to a duel?" Asked Feliciano.

Francis shrugged. "I think Gilbert might have dishonoured Alfred in some way."

"I really hope no one dies." Said Roderich. "I'd hate to have to explain that to the Land lady..."

XoXoXo outside oXoXoX

Since Alfred had challenged him Gilbert got to choose the kind of duel they would do. So obviously what's more awesome that a lightsaber fight? Of course they were using the plastic ones. Alfred was blue and Gilbert was red. Feliciano, Roderich, Francis and Matthew were watching from a safe distance.

Francis chuckled. "Hey Matthew this is the part where you are supposed to yell out, 'Stop fighting over me!' yes? I'm putting $100 on Gilbert."

Feliciano nodded. "Yeah you're supposed to start crying and say, 'Please don't fight anymore!' Ve. I'm putting $100 on your brother."

Roderich rolled his eyes. "So immature."

Matthew sighed. "My brother once killed a bear with his bare hands."

"... GILBERT STOP FIGHTING!"

But Gilbert couldn't hear over the sound of plastic hitting plastic. It was a heated battle where only one could be the winner! But just as quickly as it started it ended when Alfred spontaneously fell to the ground. "Are you okay?" Asked Gilbert.

The boys rushed over to see what was wrong. "My back..." Mumbled Alfred.

The boys looked at each other in confusion while Matthew just looked pissed off. "Seriously Alfred? I thought you said you were better."

"But Mattie!"

"Screw this Alfred." Hissed Matthew. "If you need me I'll be inside."

"Wait Matthew!" Cried Alfred as he tried to get up but instead he crumpled to the ground. Gilbert sighed and lifted Alfred onto his back. "What the hell are you doing?"

Gilbert rolled his eyes. "You're so dumb. Why would you get into a fight when you're hurt? That's so not awesome."

XoXoXo in Alfred's room oXoXoX

Gilbert took Alfred to his room and sat him down on the bed. Gilbert sighed. "Okay... take off your shirt and I'll put a menthol patch on your back." Alfred nodded and pulled off his shirt leaving his back exposed. Gilbert gasped at the huge scar on Alfred's back. "Holy hell! How did... What did... huh?"

Alfred laughed. "Oh I got that from a bear. When Mattie and I were about twelve we were living in Canada and we decided to check out the forest near the house. Matthew wandered off and when I found him he was crying..."

XoXoXo flash back oXoXoX

Alfred called out for his twin as the snow softly fell to the ground. "Mattie! Where are you? Don't run off! Where are you?" He soon found Matthew quietly sobbing next to a tree. Alfred frowned and walked up to him. "Hey Mattie? What's wrong? Did you think I forgot about you and left you or something?"

Matthew shook his head and rubbed the tears from his eyes. "I... I tried to make a friend with this bear but all he did was make a scary face."

Alfred frowned. "What are you talking about Mattie?" Suddenly the snapping of a twig made Alfred jump and turn around to be face to face with a huge brown bear. It looked like he was going kill something. Alfred gulped. "You were trying to make friends with that?"

Suddenly the bear swiped at them. Alfred acted on instinct, he wrapped his arms around Matthew and took the full force of the attack. Pain shot through Alfred's body but he still turned to the bear and somehow (this is totally impossible to do but just go with it) managed to get the bear into a head lock and didn't let go until he heard a snap. He sighed and let go of the bear and walked over to Matthew who was crying even more.

"What's wrong Mattie?" Asked Alfred. "You aren't hurt are you?"

Matthew shook his head. "I'm fine... but you got hurt because of me... It's all my fault... I didn't mean to... I..."

Alfred smiled and hugged Matthew. "Hey it's okay Matthew." He said. "I don't feel any pain as long as I know you're safe. And if you're ever in danger the hero will be right there to save you again."

Matthew giggled. "I'll hold you to that Alfred."

XoXoXo end flash back oXoXoX

"... but once he started junior high he totally changed. He became more antisocial and spent all his time in his room. He never had any time from me. I wish he would just let me in."

Gilbert sighed. "Well it's probably best you don't see his room..."

Alfred looked at Gilbert with a slightly confused expression but brushed it off. "Well... look Gilbert I'm sorry. I guess I was jealous of all the time you got to spend with Mattie. You're actually an okay guy... I guess there comes a time when brothers drift apart for good..."

Gilbert wanted to say something but decided not to. Instead he stood up and walked out the door. "Get some rest Alfred."

"Will do."

When Gilbert was in the hall he happened to see Matthew walking towards Alfred's room with a tray of hamburgers. Gilbert stoped right in front of Matthew and frowned. "Do you hate your brother?"

Matthew quirked his head to the side in a confused way. "No."

"Well you sure act like it."

With that Gilbert continued to walk away. Matthew shrugged and opened up the door to Alfred's room. Matthew put the food in front of his brother. "Look Alfred I don't hate you." He said. "Just please stay out of my room."

"Hey Mattie wait I-" Alfred didn't forget his sentence before Matthew closed the door. Matthew sighed and walked towards his room he wanted to find something that he thought he had in his room.

He pulled all the boxes out from under his bed and looked inside. He couldn't find it. He sat on the floor and looked around the room. "Where the hell did I put it?" He looked up at his book self and sighed. "I bet it's up there..." So he started to climb up the book shelf to find what he was looking for. He grinned and picked up a box. "Bingo... oh shit." The book shelf began to sway and Matthew fell onto the floor and got buried in a pile of books.

He could hear the sounds of people running towards his room. He prayed that Alfred wasn't one of those people. Five seconds later his biggest fears were confirmed when Alfred ran into his room closely followed by the rest of the boys. "Matthew!" Cried Alfred. "What..." Suddenly Alfred fainted.

"Ve is he okay?" Asked Feliciano.

"Should we call an ambulance?" Asked Francis.

"We probably should have called one earlier." Said Roderich.

Matthew sighed and sat up. "Anatomical models..." He muttered. "Brains... Guts... Blood... Slasher movies... Ghosts... The occult... Torture pictures... Corpses... Skulls... and all things related to horror... Alfred is so freaked out by that stuff he just faints. That's why I told him to stay out of my room."

...

"Seriously?" Asked Gilbert.

Matthew nodded. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Matthew sighed and walked to the door. "That must be mama. I was wondering how long until Auntie decided to tell her where you ran too."

"Matthew's mama? I wonder what she looks like." Said Francis.

A few minutes later Matthew walked back into the room with a very pretty woman with long blond hair and green eyes. "I'm so sorry for all the trouble Alfred has caused. I'm Rosa by the way..." He said with a slight blush on her face.

The boys were amazed at how pretty she was. "Ve he was no trouble at all." Said Feliciano.

Rosa smiled and kicked the semi-conscious Alfred. "Why the bloody hell did you run away? Are you crazy? Stop running away from home you git!"

Alfred slowly sat up and trembled. "How can Matthew live in such a scary room?"

Rosa sighed and turned to Matthew. "You didn't let Alfred see you room did you? I've been trying to keep it a secret."

"Sorry mama." Said Matthew.

"You knew?" Gasped Alfred. Suddenly he grabbed Gilbert's arm and pulled him down to eye level. "Please Gilbert! Turn Mattie into a regular guy! Please!"

Rosa rolled her eyes. "Yes I did. Now quit bothering Matthew. Let him do what he wants."

"Listen to mama Alfred." Said Matthew.

Rosa nodded and casually picked up Alfred like it was nothing. "Wow she's strong!" Said Roderich.

Rosa smiled. "It was nice to see you again Matthew. Next time we'll stay longer and I'll bring papa too. And I'll see you cuties later." She said as she winked at the other boys.

"Gilbert!" Cried Alfred. "I'm counting on you! Make Matthew normal!"

"Shut up you git!" Snapped Rosa. "When we get back home your father is going to be so mad at you!"

When they were out the door Feliciano smiled. "Ve, what an interesting family."

"Rosa was quite pretty." Said Francis was a devilish smirk.

Roderich nodded. "There's no doubt about it Matthew's definitely part of that family."

Gilbert nodded. "Yep... Is it just me or is everyone in Birdie's family insane?"

Matthew ignored them and picked up the box he was looking for and pulled out an old photo of him and Alfred when they back in Canada. They were standing next to a huge snowman and they were both smiling and laughing. Matthew's sighed. "I miss those days..."

To be continued maybe...

Shinigami-cat: And with that this chapter is done ^_^