Hello, my lovelies! I just realized that I'm going back to school on Tuesday. Boo, High School is such a drag. Unfortunately, this means- you guessed it, SLOWER updates.
Inner Kiwi: What a crying shame.
Me: -glares- SO, In order to make up for this, I'll try to get as many chapters written as I can without dying of cramped fingers. Enough of my ramblings though, on with the story!

Matthew supposed he should have been more surprised than he was when Gilbert led him straight towards the stairs for the roof. It seemed like the kind of place that the Bad Touch Trio and their friends would hang out. Still, Matthew couldn't help but wonder how they had access to the place.

"Antonio and mein bruder, Luddy, are dating Mr. Vargas' grandkids. He lets us come up here as long as we don't trash the place." Gilbert explained, obviously predicting Matthew's un-voiced question. Matthew nodded; he supposed that being the grandson's of the principal had it's perks.

The pair, followed by Antonio and Francis, climbed up the stairwell. At the top, Gilbert pushed open the secondary door, causing Matthew to wince at the sudden intrusion of daylight. Getting over his temporary blindness, he stepped out onto the roof.

"Ve, Gil, who is this?" Matthew's eyes were instantly drawn to the person who had spoken. He looked an awful lot like the principal; they had the same cheery smile and strange hair curl (not that Matthew could really talk). Matthew assumed he was one of the principal's grandsons, and since he already knew Lovino was the angry one dating Antonio, he assumed this one was Feli.

"This is Birdie; I met him last Thursday. He's Francis' cousin." Gilbert answered, sitting down on the ground where everyone else was gathered. Matthew hesitantly followed his lead.

"I thought your cousin was Alfred?" Arthur asked, clearly confused. Matthew fought back an eye roll; It's entirely possible and not all that uncommon to have more than one one cousin, he thought sarcastically.

"I do have a cousin named Alfred, but this is his twin brother, Matthew." Francis walked over and sat on the ledge of the roof behind Arthur, who leaned back against his legs. Matthew looked away, squashing the jealousy that had started to bloom in his chest.
"Aren't you going to introduce us?" A girl with long brown hair asked, giving a clearly unimpressed look at Gilbert. Gil looked confused for a moment, before smiling sheepishly.

"Oh, ja, meine Entschuldigung, I forgot," Gilbert pointed pointed at the girl who had spoken, along with the younger-looking blonde girl in her lap. "That right there is Liz and her girlfriend, Lili," The mentioned girls gave Matthew bright smiles, waving at him. Moving on Gilbert pointed at a boy in a green hoodie wearing a white mask and a sleepy looking boy leaning beside him. "Those two are Sadiq and Heracles Adnan," The pair (brothers...?) both glared at him.

"For the last damn time, Beilschmidt, we aren't fucking married!" Sadiq snarled, glaring at him from behind the mask. Not brothers, then.

"And besides..." Heracles added in a sleep-heavy tone, "If we... were, he'd totally... take my... last name..."

"The hell I would, Feta Breath! What makes you even think that?" Heracles gave him a patronizing look.

"Simple... A married couple... always takes the... man's name," He explained, a lazy smirk crossing his lips. Immediately everyone broke into laughter, and despite himself, Matthew found himself cracking a tiny smile.

"Oooooh, somebody call 911, 'cause SOMEBODY just got buuuuurned!" Gil cackled, wiping tears from his eyes.

"Can it, Agent Craig," Sadiq growled. He then leaned over and whispered something in Heracles' ear, which made him blush and turn away. Definetely not brothers.

"Anyway, on with my awesome introductions, Gil announced, moving on to a boy with shoulder length brown hair and the blonde, miniskirt wearing girl sitting beside him. "So, after the Totally-An-In-Denial-Couple, there's Toris, and his girl-" He was cut off by a venomous glare from said girl. "I mean, BOYfriend, Feliks."

Matthew's shock must have shown on his face, because the gir- er, boy, gave him a sympathetic smile. "Like, don't be fooled by my mega hot hair and the way I can totes pull of a skirt better than Liz, I'm 100% male. Agent Craig is just an asshole."

"Pictures, or it isn't true." Francis declared, smirking lecherously at him. His smirked turned into a grimace after Arthur harshly pinched his thigh.

"I think the way Toris is limping is proof enough that Feliks is, in fact, male." Liz said, a perverted grin on her face. Lili, along with everyone else around the circle who'd been on the recieving end of that limp, blushed brightly.

"C-can we all agree that Pol is a guy and move on?" Toris begged, his face flaming red. Gil shrugged and went back to his introductions.

"So, you already know Francis and Arthur, as well as Antonio and Lovi... The big blonde one is mein bruder, Lugwig, and the other Italian is Feliciano, but we all call him Feli. Usually Nat and Bella are here, but they are probably off making out in some janitor's closet, and Roderich has a piano recital coming up, so he and Vash are in the music room so he can practice. And that's it! All the people who I choose to grace with mein fantastisches selbst."

Matthew glanced around at the people around him. They all seemed nice enough, even though some of them seemed a bit mentally unstable. Still, he couldn't help but be intimidated by all the boisterous people. He waved nervously at them.

"U-uhm... Bonjour. I'm Matthew. It's n-nice to m-meet you all," His voice was barely above a whisper, and some of them seemed to be straining to hear him. The girls, however, squee-d in delight.

"Aww, er ist so süß! Wo haben Sie ihn gefunden?" Lili asked, directing her question at Gilbert.

"Ich habe dir gesagt, ich traf ihn am Donnerstag. Um genau zu sein, traf ich ihn auf der Straße von Tonis Haus, nachdem wir alle hängen beendet," Gil answered, looking annoyed. Matthew couldn't hep but wonder what they were talking about. Liz piped in, looking fit to burst with excitement.

"Ist er Single? Haben Sie ihn mögen? Haben Sie sich gefragt, ihn aus? Oh mein Gott, Sie sind zwei bereits aus, ohne mir zu sagen?" At the last question, her voice seemed to rise in anger, and she suddenly pulled a frying pan out of her shirt. How in the...?

"Beruhigen Sie Ihre Eierstöcke, Liz, sind wir nicht aus. Und auch wenn ich mochte ihn, er hat einen Freund, um Gottes willen. Du bist so ein verdammtes Fangirl manchmal," Gil somehow managed to sound both embarrased, annoyed AND terrified as he answered that question. Though, if the blush on his cheeks was anything to go by, embarrassment was definitely the dominant emotion. Man, now I REALLY would like to know what they're saying.

Lili smiled at Gilbert encouragingly, switching back to English. "Hang in there, vetter. It'll make for a good story, whether it pays off or not."

"Danke, Lils,"Gil said, sending the blonde girl a smile. "I'll keep that in mind."
Just then, the warning bell rang. Matthew was surprised; usually lunch draged on for him, having to listen to his twin and Ivan bicker over one thing or another. This lunch, however, had flown by. It was refreshing.

Everyone one the roof got up and headed downstairs, Matthew and Gil hanging back. The two waited until everyone else went down before following. Matthew thanked his lucky stars that he already had his books. Gilbert followed him to his class but stopped him before he went in.

"Hey, Birdie, you'll eat with us again next lunch, right?" Even if he wanted to, there was no way he'd have been able to resist the major puppy dog eyes the albino was throwing him.

"Oui, of course," Gil's face lit up in a grin. He gave him a grateful hug before jogging off, throwing a wave over his shoulder.

Matthew smiled to himself as he walked into his class, sitting down at the two-seater desk at the back that he shared with Ivan. Said boy entered moments later, and just the mere sight of him was enough to make his smile drop. He sat down beside him. Matthew waited in trepidation for him to glare at him, demand to know where he had been. His fear mounted as each moment passed. finally, the Russian turned to him and gave him a fake childish smile.

"Privyet, груша, did your morning classes go well?" As the question left his lips, Matthew finally realized why his boyfriend hadn't commented on his absence-
He hadn't even noticed he was gone.

AAAAAAAAND that's where I leave you! I WAS going to continue, but then decided that my course of action would rush the plot to much. A few things, before I go. I've decided on the official pairings for the entire story! Yaaaaay! the pairings are Abusive!RusCan, PruCan, Gerita, HunLeich, FrUk, SpaMano, Poleit(In that order, because Toris, topping? BAHH!), TurkGree, BelaGium, Edelweiss, GerRome, and very minor mentions of SebLat. I swear to God, If I get any comments about how I made them all gay, imma bust somebody up. It's my story, I do what I want, damn it! There's just one pairing I haven't decided on. Which would y'all prefer- RusAme, or RoChu? Lemme know!

Oh, and one last thing. You may notice in the future, that the BTT speak each others languages, and most everyone can speak their lovers' language, which is why Lili, Liz and Gil are all speaking German. I know it's unrealistic, but it's a headcanon of mine, plus it's romantic, so shut up. Oh, and Japan probably won't be in this because he cock blocks Gerita and messes with TurkGree.

meine Entschuldigung- My apologies

mein fantastisches Selbst- My awesome self

er ist so süß! Wo haben Sie ihn gefunden?- He is so cute! Where did you find him?

Ich habe dir gesagt, ich traf ihn am Donnerstag. Um genau zu sein, traf ich ihn auf der Straße von Tonis Haus, nachdem wir alle hängen beendet.-I told you, I met him on Thursday. To be specific, I met him down the street from Toni's house, after we all finished hanging out.

Ist er Single? Haben Sie ihn mögen? Haben Sie sich gefragt, ihn aus? Oh mein Gott, Sie sind zwei bereits aus, ohne mir zu sagen?- Is he single? Do you like him? Have you asked him out? Oh my God, are you two dating already, without telling me?

Beruhigen Sie Ihre Eierstöcke, Liz, sind wir nicht aus. Und auch wenn ich mochte ihn, er hat einen Freund, um Gottes willen. Du bist so ein verdammtes Fangirl manchmal- Calm your ovaries, Liz, we aren't dating. And even if I liked him, he's got a boyfriend, for God's sake. You're such a freaking fangirl sometimes.

Beta-d by BlacktwinWhitetwin

Review, my pretties!

PS- Anyone here get the Agent Craig joke? If not, it'll be explained later