There Are Lines Near The End Of This Chapter Which Are Going To Look Familiar
Despite his misgivings, his father said he was fine and needed to go see Gilbert. Considering what got him into the hospital (or his brother's house, which was as good as this town's hospital) in the first place, Matthew could both see the reasoning for that and was slightly worried about it. Not that he thought Gilbert had actually tried to kill Francis, no. That would be stupid.
"You don't have to wait for me," Francis kissed him on the cheek as he went across the way to where Gilbert was just standing on the steps of Ludwig's house. Matthew was pretty certain he should wait, just in case Francis overdid himself. So he leaned into the street sign he was near (which had a balloon tied to it for some reason, along with confetti around the ground) and waited.
"Matty!"
He found himself engulfed in the grip of Ivan once again. "Ivan! I thought I said stop doing that, eh!" The showing up out of nowhere and hugging him thing was really doing a toll on Matthew's nerves.
"But Matty!" Ivan said, trying to seem pitiful. Which, considering his size, was really just adorable. "Toris now is in trouble!"
Matthew sighed, pulling back from the other. "I though I told you not to–"
"I didn't do anyzing!" Ivan protested. "Toris is going after sister now!"
Matthew blinked a few times. "Kat?" Ivan shook his head. "Natalia?" Ivan nodded. Matthew considered that with everything that Ivan had said before. "I thought you said that you thought Toris liked Feliks, eh."
"I did zink so!" Ivan said. "But now it's not true! Ve are stopping zis!"
There was something very wrong with Ivan. His mind did not seem to be in the real world most of the time. And while often Matthew thought that was rather adorable, there were times like this in which he was certain Ivan could probably be doing a lot better in the world if he were able to understand how things actually worked. Like relationships between other people that did not have anything to do with him. Matthew sighed again.
"I told you that you had no right trying to set up Tori and Feliks if neither of them felt that way," he said firmly. He had more to say about it, but faltered as Ivan continued to shake his head.
"But now I should! Save Toris from... from Natalia!"
"You... you need to set them up now, because you need to save Toris from Natalia, eh?" Matthew clarified. Ivan nodded again. Matthew laughed lightly, patting him on the arm. "That's not how these things work, Ivan."
"It is vhen Natalia is involved!" Ivan retorted, slightly sulky, probably because he did not think that Matthew was taking this seriously. Which was true enough. Matthew was not taking it seriously, because Matthew could not see how this was serious at all. And neither could he see how it was either of their business.
"No, no it's not. You need to calm down."
Which was when they were distracted by a loud noise. "Get out! OUT!" Both of them stared in the direction of the shout, neither of them saying anything (what was there to say to that?) until Matthew heard his father's voice.
"Did you hear that?"
"Who didn't hear that, eh?" Matthew questioned, turning to look at him. "What was that about?"
"Who knows? Dough you't dink dat I vould be able to recognize eferyone's voice by dis point," Gilbert agreed, frowning slightly. That was right before he grinned widely and started walking off. Matthew was not certain that this was the best idea, but as Francis and Ivan followed right after Gilbert, he found that he would be left behind if he just stayed where he was.
Using the fact he was still concerned about Francis as an excuse to go with, Matthew joined them.
Notes:
Matthew must have totally missed the fact both Francis and Gilbert have been trying to kill each other for the past month or so. He is sort of oblivious at times (he did miss the fact that Ivan is a completely loony). Though not as much as Antonio.
