On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
Alfred hurriedly dialled the number that he knew off by heart. Nervously his fingers drummed on the pile of paperwork he was meant to be completing.
"Alfred?"
Alfred let out a most un-heroic squeak and swiftly hung up on his irate British lover. Why couldn't he do it? It was just three little words with a name on the end, nothing difficult. But whenever he tried to say them to England, his throat would almost close up rendering him speechless.
Picking up the phone once again he scrolled down the contacts until he found the number he rarely used.
"Allo?"
"France? It's America. Dude it is actually killing me to admit this… but I need some help here."
After three hours of sorting through France's suggestions that ranged from sweet to bizarre, Alfred believed he had stumbled upon the perfect solution.
England almost snarled in frustration as the familiar strain of 'Hero' by Skillet began to play in the chilly English air. Alfred had been phoning him only to hang up again for the past week and it was driving Arthur insane. As tempted as he was to ignore the phone, his manners would not let him so he picked up the phone expecting to be greeted with the dial tone.
"I love you Arthur!" chorused, not one, not two, not three, but four voices down the line. And they didn't sound human…
"Alfred?" he choked out, "What happened to you?"
"Well dude you see…" Alfred began only to be cut off by a frantic Arthur.
"Who the hell was that at the beginning? Are you okay? Did that alien you claim to own experiment on you?"
"I was too scared to say it myself so I asked France for advice and he told me that parrots could learn how to say things and he already had four that could say 'I love you' so I borrowed them 'cause I do love you but I just couldn't tell you!" Alfred blurted out.
Silence radiated from the other end of the phone.
"I love you too you git," Arthur finally mumbled.
"I love you Arthur!" chorused the birds.
"You will get rid of them won't you Alfred?"
…Four calling birds
Where have all my review disappeared off to? To everyone who requested a pairing, they are coming up. I haven't ignored you! :)