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This is set in the 1600's so Alfred and Matthew are still really little.

He could sense something moving around behind him but he didn't turn.

He knew perfectly well who it was.

"France," he warned slowly, his eyes never leaving the page of his book. "I don't know what you're doing here, but you need to leave."

France sighed in frustration that he had been caught.

"Oh come on Angleterre! You can't still be mad at me!"

England scowled at his book.

"What makes you think I would have forgiven you, Frog?"

France glared at the back of England's chair at the use of the old insult.

"I didn't think it would concern you so I never told you."

Something snapped inside of England and he spun around to face the older man.

"How did that not concern me? You needed money and wouldn't tell me why and then used it secretly! On that kid! Why are you treating him like he's your son? We can't have children so what makes you-?"

"Exactly Angleterre! That's why I was taking care of him! He's not just a random child on the street; Mathieu is going to be a country someday! He's already doing so well on his own but he still needs a little help. That's more than I can say for the little boy you're looking after!"

England paled.

He hadn't known that France was aware of Alfred's existence.

"Leave Alfred out of this!" he ordered the taller man.

"If you're going to go to such lengths because of Mathieu, Angleterre, then I think Alfred deserves to be included! He's still little, but he's already mooching off of you! Can't you tell? One sad look and you give him whatever he wants!"

England swelled with anger.

"I do not baby Alfred! I'm teaching him to be strong on his own! And I do not buy him everything he asks for! I buy him barely any of it! He works until he can afford it and if he still wants it, I drive him to the store and let him get it! I would never raise a country to be so dependent!"

France gasped.

"Alfred is going to be a country too?"

England nodded.

"That's right! The only reason I started to take care of him in the first place was because of that! That's more than I can say for the little one following you around!"

France's face turned red.

"How dare you talk about Mathieu that way? He's going to be strong and soon he'll be able to stand on his own!"

"Yeah right!" England shot back. "That little trollop's every need is cared for by you! I doubt he'll ever be able to break away completely!"

Unbeknownst to England and France, but Alfred and Matthew had slipped downstairs.

They had heard the fighting and come to investigate.

Currently they were peering into the living room where the full grown countries were yelling.

"Mathieu was never going to break away! I was going to let him go when the time was right!" France flipped his hair out of his eyes with a cruel smile. "I don't think you're planning on letting Alfred take care of himself. I think you're going to try and always be in charge for him!"

"So what if I was?" England demanded. "I'm wiser than he is and I know how to run a country! He's never going to learn to take it seriously and he'll probably destroy his own nation! If I stay in charge then he can still do whatever he wants and it won't damage the country."

France smiled in triumph.

"I knew you were never going to let him be his own country! You took him in so you could become more powerful, didn't you?"

"Yes," England admitted fiercely. "You going to try and force me to back down?"

At that moment Alfred burst into the room.

He had been quietly discussing with Matthew whether they should say anything or not.

Matthew had been against it but he was naturally shy.

Alfred on the other hand was fearless.

When they realized that they were the center of the fight, both kept quiet.

Until now.

"Alfred!" England yelled in shock as the small country came running into the room. "What are you doing down here? You're supposed to be in bed!"

"The yelling kept me awake," the boy admitted. "Were you really not going to let me go?"

Tears pooled in his eyes and England felt bad.

"Of course not Alfred," he said quietly as he spread his arms open. "Come here."

Alfred shook his head and ran to France's side.

France bent down and pulled the boy into his arms.

"You're cruel Angleterre," he hissed. "Lying to a little boy when he's already upset."

England felt his heart wrench at the sight of his Alfred in France's arms.

"Alfred," he said softly as he walked forward. "I didn't mean it. I was just mad at Francis and we were yelling things we didn't mean at each other."

Matthew ran into the room at the point.

He ran up to France.

"Daddy, does this mean you aren't going to let me be free?"

France kneeled in front of the smaller boy.

"Mathieu, I would never lie to you. I have only ever wanted to help you."

Matthew flung himself into France's other arm and started crying.

France stood up straight and glared at England.

"I didn't know you felt this way, Angleterre," he said harshly. "I do not wish to stay with you anymore. Since both Mathieu and Alfred want to be with me, I will take care of them."

He walked to the door.

"See you around, Britain."

At the last word England dropped to his knees.

France had never called him Britain before.

The man he loved had just walked out of his life with the little boy he cared so much for.

"Francis," he called weakly, "come back. I didn't want you to leave. I was just mad that you hadn't told me about Matthew. If you had just told me what the money was for, I would have given you so much more." He hung his head. "I love you. I love Alfred and Matthew too. I loved him ever since I met him. Just like I loved you since I met you. No matter how much we yelled, I never wanted you to go. I always want you by my side."

He lay down on the floor and didn't care that he was in such an undignified position.

No one was going to see him.

He curled into a ball and wept.

"Francis, please come back."

The door opened but England couldn't hear it over his crying fit.

Soft footsteps crossed the floor and someone put a hand on his shoulder.

England immediately hit the hand as hard as he could and jumped up.

His eyes were on fire as he turned to face his intruder.

With a small gasp his heart melted.

France was standing in front of him with hands outstretched.

"I didn't mean to scare you Angleterre," he apologized quickly. "I heard what you said. I didn't believe it until I came back in here and saw you a mess on the ground."

He wrapped his arms around England gently and was relieved when the other man didn't shove him off.

"Why didn't you tell me?" he whispered in the other man's ear.

"Because you were already taking care of Alfred and I didn't want to burden you with Matthew too. We were going to move soon."

England pulled back to look the Frenchman in the eye.

"What? But you're home is here!"

"I still have a home in Paris. We were going to live there and I was going to use the rest of my money to take care of Mathieu."

"Don't leave. I can't take it when you're gone. I feel so alone, even with Alfred here. You are supposed to stay here forever."

France smiled warmly at him.

"And Mathieu?"

"And Matthew too."

"I do like the boy, you know."

France nodded.

"I heard."

"Just because I love you, doesn't mean we can let the other nations get suspicious," England said quickly. "We need to keep fighting when others are around, understand?"

"As long as I can hold your hand under the table."

"That's all right with me."

France kissed him and England was happy.

AN: A FrUk request for :nekohikari604:

They kinda made up a little quickly, but so what!

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