Hey lovely readers, are you ready for another in installment of Maple Tea goodness? No…. Well sorry but it's happening anyways.
Matthieu sighed and looked around the home they had brought him to. It was similar in design to Arthur's however it seemed warmer somehow. He looked over at the woman who called herself Grace and the man that called himself Liam. They seemed… Like something he wanted himself and Arthur to be. They seemed so close.
"So Matt?" Grace said breaking the silence. He glanced up at her and nodded to acknowledge that he had heard her. "Why were you walking, well falling through the woods? You know the ground is soft during the rainy times of the year." She laughed, "You were so slicked up with mud that you almost blended in with the ground."
"Hehe about that…" He replied. "I saw… a bee.. heh and it scared me." He lied, and boy was he a bad liar.
Liam frowned, "If it worth lying fro then it obviously not our business right?"
"No-not exactly, I um… was…" He stuttered.
Liam opened his mouth to speak, but he was interrupted by a knock at the door. He looked to Grace then stood and walked to the door, opening it slowly. In the door way stood a man with bright red hair and the same piercing green eyes as Arthur. Mathieu studied him over as he walked in. He actually looked very similar to Arthur in the same way that Liam did. Liam turned to Matt and introduced the man as Alistair, Scotty for short. Matthieu politely greeted him.
"So this is Mattie?" Scotty said looking matt over, "Wow… He really did get bigger." He looked to Liam, "and what of his brother?"
"He was alone when we found him." Grace said while putting herself in to conversation.
Alistair looked over at her and smirked. "Gracie… What are you doing here again?" He said while smiling at them. "Visitin' your boyfriend?" She blushed and hit him in the arm, which made him laugh. "You really are a weird girl." He looked at Liam, "You sure do choose the strange ones."
These people really do pick on each other a lot, Matt thought as he watched them begin to argue. Soon they were talking again in a civilized manner. "So why did you kidnap Artie's kid?" Alistair asked.
"We didn't kidnap him he just kind of ran into us, literally." Liam said, "He was running away from something but won't tell us what though." He sighed, "Matthieu." He said softly, "please tell us, it's not like we are going to hurt you or tease you. Think of us as… Uncles… You can trust us. I promise." Matthieu sighed, could he believe them? He wasn't completely sure as he began to speak, but then decided it didn't matter. And plus it felt better to have it off of his chest. He told them everything that had just happened. How he felt awful and the hurt and betrayed look he saw in his brother's eyes. It was true Alfred had been with Arthur longer…. But they always fought with they were together and the revolution crushed Arthur. And to his knowledge Alfred didn't care. He was there to pick up the pieces of Arthur's heart. Not his brother, he deserved to be happy too. Didn't he?
There you are Part 2 to last Chapter.