A/N: Soooo I wasn't sure if I even wanted to post this chapter that held the movie scene, but once I started writing it, it turned out nothing like how I originally thought. It was surprisingly better than I hoped and not as much of a filler as I thought it was going to be. But enough out of me. As always R&R~

Things I own: A copy of every Shinedown album ever released, All the Inuyasha movies, and All the Harry Potter Movies

Things I do not own: Hetalia Axis Powers.

Chapter 4:

Confrontations

I ran across the street to drop off my backpack and tell Mom that I was back.

"Hei Mom! Is it okay if I go over to Su-san's and watch a movie? Pretty please with salmakki on top?" I pleaded with huge puppy dog eyes. She looked up at me over her laptop with a raised eyebrow.

"Do you have any homework?"

"Moooom! It's only the first day! Of course I don't have homework." I huffed. Honestly, I loved my mother but sometimes she wasn't all that bright. I was surprised by her question though. She usually would just roll her eyes and wave me off. She never questioned my hanging out with Su-san. And we'd known each other for going on 9 years!

Mom sighed, and closed her laptop. Uh-oh. That was never a good sign.

"Tino, I've been meaning to ask you something for a while now." She started, looking at me expectantly. I started sweating, wracking my brain for anything that I had done that would have warrented questioning. I have to say, I was coming up short.

"Ummm, okei? Ask away."

"Well," She started slowly. "I've noticed that over the years you and Berwald have gotten...close. Like, really close." Oh. My. God. Is she really about to ask...

"I mean, you and him do a lot of things that normal kids your age don't. You have sleepovers all the time (true, but not that unusual) and even share a bed (also true, but we have since we were kids so it's not that weird); you hug each other a lot (true); I've seen you guys hold hands before (that's technically true, but it's only sometimes when we need assistance getting around); for heaven's sake you even sit on his lap (...I have no response to that one...)!"

So that means, yes, she really is about to...

"I guess what I'm getting at is, are you two together? Like, dating? I wouldn't be angry if you were. I mean, I wouldn't mind. I've seen the two of you grow up together and honestly I think it's really sweet. A mother does have to wonder though." She finished.

I stood there frozen in place. I didn't know what to say or how to respond. I mean obviously we weren't together, but I was hopelessly in love with him.

"Well?" Mom said expectantly.

"No." I conceeded finally "We aren't d-dating." She raised an eyebrow at me.

"Can I ask: Why not? I mean, it's clear that you have feelings for him and it's obv-"

Thankfully, a tenative knock on the door interrupted Mom from furthering her questioning. I made a mad dash for the door, yanking it open to reveal Su-san standing in my doorway.

"H-hei Su-san! Sorry for taking so long." I said grabbing his hand and fleeing from the house, dragging (or at least trying to) him behind me.

"Bye Mom! I'll be home soon!" I called over my shoulder.

"Don't think that this conversation is over young man!" My mom called after us before the door slammed shut. I groaned, practically running across the street to Su-san's.

"Fin? Y' Okej?" Su-san asked. Only then did I realize that I was still gripping Su-san's hand rather tightly.

"Oh! Sorry Su-san!" I exclaimed, dropping his hand.

"I'm fine, its just my mom." I said by way of explaination. Su-san stopped me with hand on my shoulder and pulled me into a hug. Instantly, I relaxed and wrapped my arms around him.

"W'nna t'lk 'bout it?" Su-san asked seeming unsure, rubbing small circles into my back. I shook my head, tightening my grip and breathing in the scent that is Su-san.

"If it's all the same to you, I'd rather not talk about it." I breathed, basking in the feeling of being in Su-san's arms. But all good things must come to an end and all too soon he pulled away.

"M'vie?" Su-san asked tenatively. Nodding, I smiled up at him.

"Movie." I said in agreement, starting the walk up Su-san's drive. I felt something brush my hand, looking down I see Su-san's hand close around mine. My heart skipped a beat. Blushing, I looked up at him.

Su-san didn't say anything, only lacing our fingers together and giving my hand a gentle squeeze. Heart beating frantically in my chest, we walked the short distance into his house.

Once inside, Su-san and I settled into his living room where popcorn was waiting for us while the menu for some movie played on the television. I sighed nostalgically at the familiarity of it all.

After hitting play, I leaned back into the couch trying to calm my still frantically beating heart. Even once we had gotten inside Su-san still held tightly onto my hand. He was now running his thumb across the back of my knuckles and it took everything for me not to melt into him. Deciding that if Su-san wanted to be affectionate, I wasn't about to stop it. Scooting over, I tentatively laid my head on his shoulder sighing contently. This was nice. If only it could be like this all the time.

As the movie played on I thought about Lukas and my mother's words. How it was obvious that Su-san liked me. True, Mom hadn't come out and said it but I knew that's what she where she was going before Su-san interupted. If his newly found affection was anything to go by, maybe confessing wouldn't be so hard after all.

Snuggling closer to Su-san, I vaguely paid attention to the movie. It was a zombie movie, but true to his word, it wasn't scary. In fact, it was kind of cute. It was a about this zombie and human who fall in love, and how their love causes the entire zombie population to start becoming more human.

As we watched I found myself thinking that love changes everything. It can make a person swell with excitement or crumble in dispair. It causes rainbows and sunshine and butterflies with just a single glance but it can turn those rainbows and sunshine into storm clouds, while the butterflies are set ablaze in the next. It can turn a 9-year long friendship into the greatest thing to ever happen to those involved...or drive the only person that ever mattered to me away.

"Fin?" I jumped slightly, and turned my head to look up at a concerned Su-san.

"Yoo?"

Berwald brings his hand up and gently cups my face. He slowly leans down towards me, my heart beating frantically in my chest. He stops with our faces inches apart, our noses touching. I can feel his breath ghost across my lips. His eyes look scrutinizing at me as if he's thinking about something. Only when he rubs his thumb across my cheek do I realize there is moisture there.

"Yer c'ying." Su-san states, still rubbing his thumb across my face. I'm still too distracted by our close proximity to formulate a coherent response. Wanting nothing more than to close the gap between us and bring his lips to mine.

"Fin." Berwald breathed, moving closer a fraction to where our lips are now millimeters apart. I hold my breath, praying that this isn't a dream and that Su-san really is about to kiss me.

Instead, we just stare at each other. So unsure of what to do next that we do not notice that the movie had ended and shut off. Somehow, I find my voice enough to speak.

"S-su-san..." As I spoke, our lips barely touched, just the slightest of brushing, but it was enough to send a shock through my entire body. I wanted more. I wanted to feel those soft lips against mine, and be this affectionate all the time. It welled up inside me so much that I just had to tell Su-san everything. Right now. It couldn't wait until Friday and didn't need a stupid game to make it happen. I could do this on my own.

"Su-san, I lo-..."

Suddenly the lights turned on.

"B'rwald! Why ya s'tting 'n h're with the l'ghts off?"

Su-san and I jumped apart still holding hands, blushes dusting both of our faces. In the doorway stood Berwald's mom, hands on her hips looking questioningly at her son. It took a moment for her to register that I was also in the room, but when she did she smiled widely.

"T'no! I d'nt know ya was ov'r!" She didn't seem to notice that we were both blushing and still currently holding hands. That or if she did she just didn't care.

"H-hey Mrs. Oxenstierna!" I said, finally releasing Su-san's hand and standing. "Me and Su-san were just watching a movie. I was actually just about to head home."

"N'nsense! Ya m'st stay fer d'nner!" Mrs. Oxenstierna cried. I looked at Su-san, but he was avoiding my gaze, fiddling with with a loose strand on the couch.

"Okei. I'm sure Mom wont mind." I said, rubbing the back of my head. She ushered Su-san and I into the kitchen where we sat down to the best Swedish Meatballs I have ever tasted.

During dinner, I was pretty zoned out only partily paying attention to the conversation. I was too busy thinking about what had just happened, my mind reeling. Was Su-san really going to kiss me? Had I just imagined that? Did I really almost tell Su-san how I felt?

I was so busy with my thoughts I didn't notice when Su-san's mom jumped up.

"Is it r'lly that l'te? T'no, ya need t' get h'me 'fore yer Ma l'ses it!"

I looked at the clock and noticed that it was getting late. I picked up my dishes and took them to the sink. Su-san followed me in and helped me with washing the dishes. We didn't speak a word to each other the entire time. I was worried that I had screwed everything up when Su-san looked to me and smiled slightly.

"S'rry 'bout Ma." I looked at him shocked. He was okay with what had happened? Smacking myself mentally, of course he was. He was the one that had initiated it after all.

"I-its fine. I'm used to it." I chuckled, wiping my hands off. I turned to him, smiling.

"Ready to go?"

"Ja." Su-san wiped his hands before reaching out and taking mine. Blushing, I laced our fingers together smiling to myself.

After saying goodbye to Su-san's mom, we left the house and started down his drive towards my house.

"I had fun." I said once we reached my doorstep. Su-san squeezed my hand once before dropping it and pulling me into a warm hug. I felt him place a kiss on my forehead. I blushed deeper at that, feeling my heart beat so hard I was afraid he could feel it.

"M' too." We stood like that for a while, our arms wrapped tightly around each other, before I pulled away. Reaching up on my toes, I quickly placed a chaste kiss on his cheek.

"Good night Su-san." I said stepping away from him, entering my house. Before closing the door I saw him reach up and touch his cheek.

"N'ght."

A/N: Mwahahaha I am evil. :3 No SuFin yet but I have plans for these two that will make your fangirl/boy hearts burst! Till Then

Love,
TinaFinland13