North American Hurricane (Hetalia)
Author: Ashynarr
Summary: In the same vein as Bunnies For Your Amusement, I now bring you my collection of oneshots and short stories featuring the North American twins, America and Canada! Now including non-LJ drabbles.
Disclaimer: Hetalia's not mine.
Warning: Random Shit, Bros Being Bros, Human AU
Prompt: (Part 11 Page 18)
mattie and alfred used to be neighbours/good friends when they were really young, like pre-school young. mattie and daddy francis move away but mattie and alfred become penpals. sometime during the high school years mattie moves back and alfred is really excited. but wait, who's that girl getting out of the car with daddy francis? where's mattie?
you know where this idea is going.
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Alfred sat on the steps of the porch, feet tapping impatiently as he continued to wait. Sure, Mattie had told him to be waiting out here today, but hadn't given any more details than that, and it frustrated him to no end. What was worse was that Mattie knew it would frustrate him, which was why he'd asked in his latest letter, knowing Al also wouldn't refuse any of the scarce requests made of him.
Still, he'd been out here for almost a half hour now, and for the energetic teen that felt like a lifetime.
Actually, the last time he'd been waiting out here for such a long period of time was when he'd been only four, and Mattie had been moving away...
Two little kids sat side by side on the wooden porch, watching as the car of the house next door was packed full of boxes. It was moving day for one of them, and both of them were completely upset. With their fathers being frenemies and neighbors, on top of them being born mere days apart, it was only natural that they'd ended up best of friend since before they could walk.
Mattie, as the older by three days, was trying to be strong in front of Alfred, but it was difficult to hide the sorrow.
"I wish you didn't have ta move…" Alfred told his friend sadly.
"I know, but daddy really wanted this job…" Mattie replied.
"...we'll still be friends forever, right?"
"Of course! And when I come back, we'll do lotsa fun things together!"
"But what if you don't?" Alfred bit on his lip.
"I will, promise." Mattie held out a pinky finger, smiling.
"...you'd better keep it, then. No take backs!" Alfred took the pinky finger in his own, now smiling as well. Mattie's father then called, and after a last hug goodbye the other ran back to the car, climbing inside. As the car pulled away, Alfred's dad came out to wave goodbye with him, Mattie waving back as they disappeared down the road and out of their lives.
Speaking of that time, it'd been around the same time of year as now that they'd said goodbye. The house next door had been sold again, though to whom he didn't know, and really didn't care. Mattie had been oddly vague in his last letter, just saying that there was a pleasant surprise coming for him…
but he had to wait outside on the porch for it, or it'd be ruined.
He sighed again, head coming to rest in hand. He didn't think Mattie was messing with him, but why did he have to wait for so long?
An unfamiliar car turned the corner, and with nothing better to do he followed its progress until, to his mild surprise, it pulled into Mattie's old driveway. Apparently the new neighbors had arrived today as well.
He heard the driver's door open, and for a moment couldn't see who stepped out. The back of the man's head seemed oddly familiar, until he turned and flashed that same friendly grin Al remembered from his childhood, barely any wrinkles to mark the passage of time. The second he recognized the face he shot up to his feet, disbelief quickly being replaced with the realization that if Francis was here, then so was…
"Mattie!" It took him less for a second to vault over the fence, all but barreling into the person stepping out of the passenger side door, laughing as he gave them the largest hug he could. "I can't believe you came back!"
A tinkle of laughter, decidedly not masculine, replied. "I promised, didn't I?"
Trying to balance his mental image of what Mattie should look like with that voice and failing, he pulled back, blinking with confusion as he actually took in his best friend. The face was still almost as soft as it had been as a kid, although it was slightly more angled now. His hair had grown even longer, now going down past his shoulders. Looking down, he realized after a moment he was looking at…
"Mattie…" He started slowly, his worldview quickly falling apart as certain things began to register in his head.
"Yes, Alfred?" Mattie replied, sounding more amused than anything.
"You're a…"
"Yes, Al, I'm a girl. I thought you knew that already?"
"He was always rather oblivious on picking up that sort of thing." Arthur replied from the porch, making Al jump as he realized he was being watched by both of their fathers. "You should hear about the time he tried asking a new exchange student from Europe out on a date, only to learn that the 'pretty new chick', in his words, was in fact a pretty lad."
Alfred flushed in embarrassment at that reminder, and even more so as Mattie laughed again, giving him a sympathetic pat on the shoulder. God, this might almost end up his most embarrassing moment ever, even more so that the thing with Feliks...
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AN: Laughs, I may continue this, I may not. (shrug)