Two weeks had already passed with them in Russia. It was still awkward sleeping with Ivan himself, but with the little girls sleeping on both their chests he hardly noticed anymore.
He was currently lying with Ivan and said girls. He hadn't known what to call them at first. He asked Ivan what he liked. He just gave some weird Russian names. They argued on that for a bit, but neither Ivan nor him had much energy to keep up the fight. They split them half and half.
"Amalie, Irina, get oooooff!" He wined and pushed on the little ones. They'd been picking up English rather nicely and unfortunately they were picking up Russian as well.
Ivan turned and looked at him smiling and Alfred scowled. If he could move his arms he'd wipe that smug look off Ivan's face. He stuck out his tongue and wiggled trying to get Irina off of him. She preferred him while Amalie preferred Ivan. Children were weird like that. The one that looks like the mom prefers the dad and the one that looks like the dad prefers the mom.
Eventually Irina sat up and looked at him with doe brown eyes. She said something in her own language that he couldn't understand and got up. Her dress was very dirty and so was she. Alfred knew for a fact that she had not had a bath in at least two weeks if not more.
"Ivan, they need baths." He looked at him expectantly. Ivan just shrugged.
"Get up and give them baths." He grabbed his hair and pulled him upright.
"Ow! Alfred! Stop that!" He smirked and pulled Amalie up off him and petted her hair. Irina gave him a look of pure hatred and forced him to pet hers as well. He just smiled and kissed them both on the forehead.
"They need baths." Ivan stood. He never got his coat back from Alfred. The young man had given it to Irina and his own to Amalie. Children were such an annoyance.
"We have two weeks until we go back. I am sure they will be fine." Ivan rolled his eyes watching as Alfred cooed over the girls. It was annoying and Alfred was giving him the evil eye for all it was worth.
"They need a bath and so do I. You've got a choice you either bathe them or me." Ivan's eyes lit up brightly and he licked his lips. Bathe the little American? Bath Alfred who just happened to like teasing him.
"I think my choice would be to bathe you." Ivan smirked up at him. He knew the girls could only catch fragments of their sentences.
"Never mind, you don't have a choice anymore. You're not bathing the girls or me. Never know what a pervert is going to do." Ivan pouted and lay back down.
"You still gotta get up. You have to get a tub big enough to hold me comfortable and fill it up with water three times." Alfred smiled at him like an angel. It was a shame he knew it to be the smile of the devil.
Ivan just glared at him and stood. He looked at the girls who stood looking extremely dirty. It wouldn't hurt for them to have a bath as long as they didn't freeze to death. He sighed and stood up.
"Then, I'll be off to rob a neighbor." The girls' doe eyes looked up at him and he felt a sheepish blush crawl up his neck.
"They've robbed me too." They still didn't stop staring at him.
"Just go and I'll deal with the damage." Ivan nodded and took off immediately.
Alfred smiled down at the girls and went about figuring how to make their breakfast today. It was freezing cold outside and he didn't feel like searching for any food. Suddenly there was a meow and the girls' eyes lit up. He frowned.
"No cats." The girls looked up at him as the kitten waltzed into the room.
"No cats." They gave him their best puppy dog eyes and went to go play with it. He rolled his eyes and walked outside. There like a dead bird on his door step. He walked inside and smiled at the girls.
"Go play with the kitty and I'll cook breakfast." He shooed them out and set to work on fixing their breakfast. It would have been easier if the bird didn't practically fall apart when he tried cooking it. That was quite annoying.
Eventually the bird was cooked and he was feeding it to the girls. It was still awkward with them, but he was getting used to it. He looked at a broken window. Ivan lived in this place. He laughed a bit and shook his head. Three months in America, no pun intended, would be a great vacation for him.
Ivan walked in to see the girls playing with a cat. He could care less as long as he didn't have to feed it. He walked into the living room with a giant tub filled with water and sat it down in front of Alfred.
"Strip and get in. We have to get through this before dark." Alfred smirked.
"I'll bathe with Irina and you can bathe with Amalie." Ivan glared.
"I don't need to bathe." Alfred gave him a look that said he was stupid as fuck. Ivan yawned.
"You need to bathe and so does Amalie." He said nibbling at the dead bird that tasted absolutely awful.
Ivan grunted and waited for the bath to warm before he got Amalie and had a very complicated bath. It was fine until she decided she wanted to know what that thing between his legs was.
Everyone was bathed by night time though. They would go without dinner tonight it seemed.
Alfred yawned and got everyone into to be tiredly. He had a long day.
"Ivan, the girls are asleep." Ivan grunted at him. He just laughed softly.
"We'll be in America in two weeks." Another grunt.
"We can celebrate by becoming porn stars." Ivan grunted again and Alfred laughed a bit too loudly before quieting himself. Sleepy Ivan was pretty funny. He never would have thought so before, but he also wouldn't have thought him the kind to be so caring towards children.
He closed his eyes willing sleep to come. They only had two more weeks until they were to leave for America. He only had to make it in this ice filled horror land until then.
A.N./ It's late, but it's there. I got roses on Thanks Giving. Oddest moment ever. But they're pretty. Enjoy the comedic relief. It'll get darker again.