Monday morning Arthur groaned as he reached to slam a hand onto his alarm clock to shut it off. He hated the blasted thing. He sluggishly began to get ready for school and made himself presentable in the uniform before grabbing his bag and walking into the kitchen.
Ian yawned and sipped his coffee, already ready to leave for work. "Morning." Arthur mumbled out as he made himself a cup of coffee. Ian nodded. "You too." Arthur leaned against the counter and sipped his own coffee. Ian stretched and sighed. "I'm going to head off to work. I think I may have to work late tonight. So dinner is whatever you decide to make for yourself. Don't worry about me."
Arthur nodded and watched as Ian left. He quickly finished his coffee and left for school. He didn't see Yao, Linh, Lien, or Yong-Soo walking to school today and pushed down a wave of guilt as he remembered what Francis had told him the other day. 'It wasn't like I could've known what was going to happen.' He repeated to himself as he walked over to Vladimir and Lukas.
Lukas sat down on the bench and Vladimir stood behind him and was laughing. Arthur guessed that it was at Lukas because the Norwegian was a bright red and had his head down as he wrote in a notebook. Neither of them noticed him until he was a few feet in front of Lukas.
Vladimir grinned widely, showing off his unusually sharp canines. "Bună dimineața(good morning) Arthur!~" Arthur smiled. "Good morning Vlad. Lukas. So is there any reason that Lukas is red?" Arthur asked staring at the Norwegian in question worriedly.
The Romanian snickered. "He's doing homework." Arthur looked at him in confusion. "So?" Vladimir smirked. "He's always got his homework done. Little over achiever that he is. Don't you wonder why it's not done?" Arthur crossed his arms in thought.
It was true, Lukas always had his homework done. "If you must know I was busy this weekend!" Lukas said annoyed, looking up at the two. Arthur's eyes widened and Vladimir chuckled. "What the bloody hell is on your neck?!" Lukas flushed scarlet and placed a hand on the left side of his neck. "Hold kjeft(shut up)!" Lukas yelped.
Vladimir chuckled and poked the Norwegian's cheek. "That, my dear Arthur, is a love bite. So the main question is who gave it to our dearest Lukas here." Lukas scowled and swatted at the Romanian. "Go away you jerks!"
Arthur couldn't help but to chuckle and antagonize his friend a bit."But Lukas! We're curious. So who had you so busy this weekend? Hm?" Lukas glared at the two of them as they teamed up against him. "Non of your business! I'm going to kill him though for making it so obvious! I said not on my neck!" Lukas mumbled angrily to himself, not fully aware that his friends heard him and were smirking.
Vladimir poked Lukas' cheek. "C'mon prietenul meu(my friend), just tell who he it is!" Lukas glared. "Not a chance in hell. Now come on, we're going to be late. I think I heard the warning bell ring." Lukas ignored his friends and rushed to class, leaving said friends behind.
Arthur and Vladimir chuckled but began to walk to class. "Poor Lukas. Now I'm determined to find out who was molesting our friend." Vladimir said as the two walked to Arthur's class because it was closer. Arthur nodded. "We can ask him during math and then again at lunch. But until then I'll see you later." The British teen waved as he turned to his class. Vladimir nodded and began to run to his class.
The first thing that Arthur noticed as he walked into the class room was that neither Linh nor Lien were there. Jorani had her face buried in her palms and Mya was patting her back softly, not making eye contact with anyone but the floor. Ivan was just staring blankly at his desk top and refused to look at anyone else.
Arthur sighed and silently sat down at his desk. And zoned out for the whole class period. He didn't look up until after the bell had rung and Francis gently tapped his shoulder.
"Arthur?" The teen looked up in shock. "Huh?" "The bell rang. You're going to be late." The blonde man handed Arthur a note. "It's an excuse." Francis answered the unasked question. "Now you should go. But Arthur..." Arthur turned back to face him from the door. "It's not your fault."
The Brit looked away and left the room, worried blue eyes trailing after him.
For Arthur the day seemed to go by in a daze. Slow. Quiet. No one seemed to know what to when they saw Mya and Jorani burst into tears at lunch and they couldn't seem to be calmed down. Yao eventually had to take the two to the school nurse even though he looked misty eyed himself.
Lukas sighed and put down his half eaten sandwich. "This is probably a bad time to ask," Vladimir whispered across the table to Lukas and Arthur, "but about that love bite you're showing off." Lukas flushed a bright red and scowled at his friend.
"This is not the time nor place to ask that question." He whispered rather harshly. Arthur flinched but Vladimir just rolled his eyes. "Some girl is dead and her family is over there suffering." The Norwegian pointed to the group of misty eyed teens. "And you want to ask me about my sex life?"
Vladimir rolled his eyes. "We said nothing about your sex life Lukas. Just the love bite part." Lukas scowled and took a bite of his sandwich. Arthur stared ahead. "Dead? Linh is dead?" He asked quietly, just above a whisper.
Lukas nodded solemnly. "Kiku asked to be excused from first period this morning and everyone apparently knew why. I hadn't really even heard about the accident until then."
"That's because you were busy this weekend." Vladimir replied cheekily. Lukas glared. Arthur just rolled his eyes. "Hurry up and eat Vlad. The bell will ring soon." Arthur said softly, holding up his wrist so that the Romanian could look at the time. Vladimir rolled his eyes but continued eating.
Five minutes later a warning bell rang and everyone began to go back to class and the trio had to depart. Arthur saw out of the corner of his eye that Yao was back from the nurses office. The small Chinese man reached into Ivan's back pack and took out a bottle of water while the Russian wasn't looking. Arthur didn't really understand why the Chinese man was being so sneaky about it but he didn't bother thinking too much about it and just continued his way to class.
Arthur, for the most part, just went through the motions and stayed quiet and just waited for school to end. And when the final bell rang he quickly grabbed his bag and left the room with everyone else. He began to walk down a mostly quiet and deserted hall when he walked past a bathroom door he heard groaning and hiccuping.
The blonde bit his lip and was about to walk away when his curiosity got the better of him and he opened the door and walked in, the door swinging shut behind him. He gasped as he took in the sight of Yao sitting on the floor, the half empty bottle of water next to him, crying.
Arthur slowly made his way to the Chinese teen and sat down in front of him. "Yao?" He asked quietly. He winced as the bloodshot eyes stared at him, and when he recognized the Brit, they filled with hate. "What do you want opium bastard?" Yao hiccuped.
Arthur flinched. "I deserved that." Yao nodded in agreement. "I heard you from the hall."
Yao rolled his eyes and picked up the water bottle. "Well go away." Arthur watched as he took a gulp of the water and coughed. "I don't see how he can drink this!" He yelped out.
"You're drunk!" Arthur realized with a yelp. Yao leaned forward a bit. "No? Really?" His accent was stronger Arthur could now notice. Arthur shook his head and reached for the bottle and Yao scowled. "If you want some just ask, aru!"
Arthur scowled and glared at the drunk teen in front of him. "I don't want any, but you're drunk, so I'm going to call Ivan or something so that he can come get your sorry arse!"
Yao crossed his arms. "Ivan doesn't like you." Arthur sweatdropped. "I know that!" "I don't like you either!" Arthur twitched and stared down at the bottle. 'I'm going to need a bit of this if I'm going to handle drunk Yao.' He thought to himself before taking a quick gulp then coughing loudly.
Yao smirked gleefully. "You never were very good at handling alcohol, were you Opium Bastard?" Arthur glared. "Neither are you, you wanker. Now get up." The blonde stood up and tried to help the wobbly Chinese teen up. He stumbled back as Yao fell into his chest and he held onto him to help keep him stable
Yao scowled and jerked out of Arthur's grasp, nearly toppling over in the process. "I don't need your help bastard! Now go away!" Yao waved Arthur away.
The blonde shook his head and sighed and held up the bottle. "Does Ivan usually keep these with him at school?" Yao slowly nodded and sighed. "I normally don't like it when he does but today I'm glad." The Chinese teen replied, accent seeming heavier to the Brit. "I didn't want to come to school today. Linh was like a little sister to me..." Yao trailed off as he quickly wiped at his eyes.
Arthur bit his lip and looked down at the water bottle before taking another gulp and coughing slightly. "I think we should find Ivan now Yao." The Brit didn't like to admit it, but he didn't hold his liquor very well, and even though he'd only had a couple of sips he was already starting to feel slightly, just slightly, lightheaded.
Yao waved a hand. "My phone is in my bag," he pointed to the forgotten back pack propped against the wall, "just grab my cellphone and call him Opium Bastard." The Chinese teen snatched the bottle away and took a long drink. Arthur rolled his eyes, then leaned against the wall heavily, as he grabbed the bag and quickly located Yao's cell phone.
The Brit quickly found Ivan's name and sent a quick text to the tall Russian, "Please come get Yao. He's drunk in the school bathrooms.", before placing the phone back into the bag. Arthur took the bottle back and took one last gulp before pouring it down the sink. Yao yelled something at Arthur but the Brit was unable to understand the Chinese.
Yao huffed and mumbled softly to himself in Chinese as the two waited for Ivan to come in. 'Where is he?' Arthur thought as he looked down at his watch. Before he could even drop his wrist the bathroom door burst open and a slightly confused Russian stood in the doorway.
"Yao-Yao?!" He stared down at the Chinese teen and then looked at Arthur and glared. "What did you do to him?!" The Russian lifted Arthur up by the neck of his shirt. "Gyah! I didn't do anything! I found him like this!" Ivan glared and Arthur felt himself shudder.
"Ivan! Home..." Yao mumbled before slipping back into speaking Chinese. Ivan glared harshly at Arthur one last time before dropping the Brit and grabbing Yao's back pack and picking up the Chinese teen. Arthur sighed and stood up, grabbing his bag, as he left the bathroom. He was beginning to feel lightheaded as he left the school grounds. He turned to walk to the park and stared at the sidewalk the whole way.
Once he arrived to the park he shook his head and continued walking until he stood outside of Francis' apartment. He tentatively knocked on the door. He heard some rapid French being spoken but his hazy mind couldn't even try to translate it.
The door flew open and Francis looked down at Arthur. "Bonjour? What's wrong Arthur?" Arthur blinked repeatedly. "I'm really dizzy. And lost. Lost." Arthur repeated softly, looking down at his and Francis' shoes. Francis narrowed his eyes at the wobbly teen. "Ah, would you like to come in then?" The blonde nodded and swayed in place. Francis opened the door wider so that Arthur could enter.
The Brit waved to Matthew as the child broke out into a grin as he saw his new friend. "What are you doing here Arthur? Do you wanna play a game with me? I have some puzzles!"
Arthur grinned down at the small child. "I suppose so." He slurred slightly. Francis narrowed his eyes and scowled softly. "Ah, Matthieu, I think I need to help Arthur with some homework. Why don't you go play? When he's done with his work I'll send him in to play, oui?"
Matthew pouted but nodded. "Oui Papa. Bye Arthur!" The small child waved as he ran back to his room. Arthur grinned and waved back before looking at Francis curiously. "I'm not here for homework?" He asked more than stated.
Francis scowled and crossed his arms. "I know that! But you look terrible-" "Thanks." "-and you smell like alcohol. So why are you here?" Arthur dropped his back pack onto the floor beside the couch before plopping down onto said couch.
"I found Yao getting drunk in the school bathrooms." He answered as if it were obvious. Francis glared at the teen. "So you decide to join him?!" Francis looked towards Matthew's room quickly to make sure the child hadn't come out.
Arthur shook his head. "No! I'm not drunk either! It's difficult to handle a drunk Yao. So I took a few sips." Arthur leaned forward so that he was only a few inches away from the French man's face. "Has anyone ever told you that you have very beautiful eyes by the way?"
Francis blushed slightly but didn't lean away. "You're drunk. Where's Ian?"
Arthur shrugged. "Work. Works late tonight." Francis bit his lower lip slightly, not noticing Arthur leaning closer again. "Well I'm not sure wha-" He was once again cut off by the this time by the teen pressing his mouth against his in a sloppy, slightly drunk kiss.
The Frenchman sat shocked for only a few seconds before slowly responding to the kiss, eyes slipping shut. The kiss only lasted seconds more before Arthur pulled away. The Brit swayed in place slightly. "That was bloody amazing. I think I'm going to take a nap. G'night Froggy." He mumbled out before falling forward so that his forehead rested against Francis' shoulder.
Francis blushed a darker shade of pink and rubbed Arthur's back. "Bonne nuit mon cher(good night my dear)." He slowly shifted Arthur so that he lay down on the couch and carefully took off his shoes with a scowl. 'He better not have tracked too much dirt into my house!' He thought as he dropped the shoes by the door. He took his phone out of his pocket and stared at a certain contacts name with a blush. 'And now to call Ian. I think I will omit the part about the kiss, oui? Oui.'
A/N: Hm... How was that? Decent? This was actually one of the first scenes I had planned out in my head when thinking up this story. Drunk teen Arthur kissing his teacher!~ x3 So yeah. I kinda wrote the kiss out then went back and added some detail before and after. Sorry for the long wait! Reviews are like chocolate to me! They make me happy like icecream! And all icecream will go to Mattie. Because he is an adorable lil chibi~ And hyper Mattie makes Francis a happy and worn out Papa!