FACE family Fics-Oh, America

To be fair, the evening had already started off rather oddly when his next door neighbour had popped by to hand him their cat and say that they were leaving to go jump off a cliff, something to do with a friend of theirs, leaving a very confused Mathew Williams personification of the country of Canada standing on his doorstep holding a wriggling ball of moews and claws that was not very happy to be there, and who he honestly had no idea what to do with. Maybe he could feed it to Kuma-whatsitsname.

Of course, the evening also had to end weird too.

Which was, of course, his brother Alfred F. Jones', personification of the United States of America, turn to barge into his house and make a demand for pancakes.

But at least that Mathew knew how to do, and obliged without much confusion.

Then they'd sat down to a movie, a bro's night out, and of course Alfred had gotten bored after just an hour and turned to his brother to start up a conversation.

"Why are you so tense, Mattie?"

Canada looked at him, confused. "I'm not tense. I'm actually very relaxed right now."

Of course America had to disagree with that and continue the strange conversation.

"Nope, you are tense. Very much so! See? Look at your arms! You have goose bumps. That means you're tense!"

Everything was always an exclamation for him. Canada truly wondered where he got all his boundless hyperactivity from. Maybe it was ADHD.

"That doesn't mean I'm tense." This was, of course, followed by a sigh on Canada's part.

Which gave America all the more reason to disagree with it. Wasn't it always so annoying when the supposed 'adult figure' gave The Sigh?

"Yes it does! The tiny muscles around your hair follicles are tensing up and that is what is causing your goosebumps. See? See? You are tense!"

Canada gives his brother a sad small smile. "You know, Alfred, you really are very smart. High literacy rate and all." He pauses. "Jut...not in ways that would impress other nations."

"Oh." America said, looking down at the ground. What else could he say?

"But, you're trying! And that's what counts." Canada finished and gave his brother a small pat on the back. "Gold star for effort."

HUGS and WUVS

Good luck with Finals all ye high schoolers! WE BELIEVE IN YOU.

North