Hey guys! Kitty29 here with another update! Now the only reason that this one is updated so fast is because it's a really short chapter, but one I deemed necessary to have to make the next chapter make a bit more sense (I for once know what I'm doing! Shocking I know.)
This chapter only took me like, two hours to write lol. I need a better hobby...
To answer a few questions one, no Alfred does not have a power and I can say that in full confidence that that will not be a spoiler in later chapters. Also the 'man' from the incident is not a Hetalia character, it's just a random. Any more questions please feel free to ask them!
Unbeta'd, though it's still good. Enjoy and review!
A couple of things happened over the next few weeks. The first being Ivan assigning some tasks for Matthew to complete each week. They weren't partially hard tasks, mostly simple observations that he would have to write down to prove that he had done it. Another thing that happened was him becoming good friends with Estefan despite their rough first meeting. The two had become rather close in the short time that they had known each other and spent much time hanging out and going for ice cream. Combined with Ivan's tasks, school work and small personal pleasures Matthew suddenly found himself to be a very busy person.
And Alfred had never felt more lonely.
He wasn't exactly sure when he had decided that breaking into his school to get on the roof was a good idea but the roof was where he found himself. It was a bit funny really. When school ended he pretty much killed himself to get out but when he needed some time to think here was where he found himself.
He released a small sigh as he sat down near the edge and hugged his knees to his chest. He had thought that telling Dr. John about the incident would make him feel better, make his life go back to how it usually was but it didn't. Of course, he was a bit selfish in thinking that everything would go back what it used to be. Go back to the times when Matthew barely had any friends and shared most of his time with his twin. Where they would just sit in his room and talk about the stupidest things or head to the park and people watch, or when they would see how many marshmallows they could stick into their mouths and still hold a conversation.
He laughed at the memories, the faint wind causing his hair to fly in front of his face but he didn't care enough to wipe it away. He hoped that in telling Dr. John about the incident she would somehow come up with some miracle answer to stop Matthew from thinking that everything was his fault. Of course, that didn't happen either. All he felt he did was betray Matthew. Betrayed him by telling another of his secrets without asking him. He felt sick with himself. Maybe that's why he stopped spending as much time with him. Maybe that's why he never invites him to any of his outings. Maybe that's why...
A sudden sound of a door opening disturbed the American from his thoughts. He turned around to see someone walk through the door and enter the roof area. But not just anyone, oh no. It was him, his stalker. Yong Soo. The Korean ran a hand through his hair and sighed, closing the door behind him. He seemed troubled with something for he simply stood there for a while his eyes on the ground. Finally he shook his head slightly and looked up at Alfred, surprised that the other was there.
"Alfred?" He questioned walking forward to confirm the blonds identity.
"What are you doing here?" Alfred asked and Yong Soo stopped a ways away from him, a sadness in his eyes.
"I...I come here to think, da~ze," he said. "But...I see you're here so..." He bowed his head at the American before he turned away and began to walk back to the door.
Alfred wasn't sure what had caused him to do what he did next but before he realized it he had called out, "Wait."
The Korean stopped just as he reached the door and turned to Alfred. They remained staring at each other for a bit before Alfred titled his head in a way that motioned for the other to came. The Korean complied, walking up and taking a seat next to the American.
They stayed like that for a long while. Looking up into the dusk sky, each of them in there own problems. It was Yong Soo who broke the silence.
"Why are you up here, da~ze?"
A part of Alfred wanted to cuss him out and say that it wasn't his business but that part of him was surprising small. Instead he opted to telling the truth. "My brother, my twin actually," He started, continuing to stare up at the sky. "I'm the twin that goes out to parties and makes a ton of friends and Mattie was supposed to be the twin that doesn't have friends and spends all his time with me." When said out loud Alfred knew he sounded incredibly selfish. Nevertheless he continued. "But now Mattie's gone. He has things that I can't help him with. Things that I'm just a dead weight in. It's sad, I see him everyday and yet..." Alfred let out a small weak chuckle. "...I miss him."
Yong Soo nodded. "I know how you feel, da~ze. I have a twin too."
Alfred turned to him surprised. "Really?"
"Yeah, but she hates me," The Asian said with a dark laugh. "Every time we see each other we argue. And it's always the stupidest of stuff, even for me, da~ze." He released a sigh before absentmindedly using his finger to trace circles on the ground. "I wish I knew when we stopped liking each other. When we started arguing instead of playing. But even so I still love her...and I miss her."
It was with these words that Alfred fully realized Yong Soo's situation. He was an exchange student in a completely different country. A country where everything was strange and different. With no one he knows. Now Alfred felt a bit guilty. Here he was talking about how lonely he was while the younger boy beside him left his friends and family in a completely different country and yet, he still acted so happy and not bothered by his situation.
He meant to apologize, to say something helpful to make the Korean feel better. But what came out of his mouth was, "How did you get up here anyway?"
A smile creep upon Yong Soo's face as he reached into his pocket and pulled out one of those large keys rings with numerous keys on it. The kind that only janitors are seen carrying. "One of the janitors is Korean, da~ze. So naturally I think we might be related."
It started out as a small, awkward, almost polite 'hah' which evolved into chuckling which soon turned into the two full out laughing. Whatever troubles they were having temporarily forgotten.
It must have been a good five minutes before they calmed down. Yong Soo wiped tears of laughter from his eyes as he asked the next question. "How did you get up here?"
Alfred pointed to a rather large tree that was stationed just close enough to the school that one could easily jump off one of it's higher benches and onto the roof top. "Climbed." He said simply and Yong Soo nodded in acknowledgement.
"I see, da~ze." There was a pause before the Korean stood and wiped the dirt off his clothes. "I have to go. If I'm gone for too long mean ol' Aniki will be mad at me." At the thought of getting in trouble he pouted but that quickly turned into a smile when he looked down at the still seated American. "Bye," he said, bowing once more before he turned to leave.
Again, Alfred wasn't sure what had caused him to do what he did but before he realized it he had spat out, "I'll go on a date with you."
The announcement shocked both Yong Soo and Alfred and for a while nothing was said. Alfred felt his cheeks heat up in a totally unheroic way and he couldn't bring himself to look back at the Korean to judge his reaction.
"...Really?" He heard Yong Soo ask and, still unable to look back, he nodded his head furiously. Again more silence followed and Alfred thought that the other had left. Though almost as soon as he finished the thought a certain Asian crashed into him from behind. It took all of his strength to stop them both from falling off the roof.
"FINALLY, DA~ZE! This will be the best date ever, I promise!"
Alfred's blush just deepened when the Korean refused to let go of him, even with his struggling. "You almost made us fall to our deaths! Just for that you're not getting a good night kiss!"
"Awww~! No fair! Can I at least get one now, da~ze?"
"...Fine."
Yay Alfred and Yong Soo are getting somewhere! -flails arms-
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