Warning: swearing and implied sexual references.
The next morning Matthew and Alfred woke up. It had been a long time since they slept in the same bed together. Matthew and Alfred used to do this before Francis and Arthur adopted them, or when Alfred watched a scary movie and begged to sleep in Matthews room. It had been years since they had shared a bed. Matthew woke up in his brother's room, they were both holding each other like they did when they were kids.
"Al…come on get up." Matthew says as he looks at his phone and sees it is passed noon. That was weird. Arthur would usually be having a shit-fit if the boys slept in passed noon, claiming they were not going to be the stereotypical teenager and to 'get the bloody hell up!'
"Alfie…it's passed noon." Matthew said, and Alfred got up immediately. He looks at Matthew, squinting because the lights coming through the blinds bugged his eyes.
"What?!" he whisper-yells, he was thinking the same thing Matthew was.
"Let's go check downstairs." Alfred says as both the boys got up, not bothering to change out of last night's clothes and go downstairs to see their fathers. They quickly got to the bottom of the stairs to see Arthur sitting on the couch…well not really…he was sitting on francis' lap, drinking tea and reading a book as Francis was channel surfing through the TV.
"Gross!" Alfred said loud enough to startle the lovely domestic couple as Matthew blushed bright red.
"Oh! I didn't know you two were aw-" Francis was cut off by an angry Englishman.
"Bloody hell Alfred! Warn me next time before you shout! Damnit." Arthur says as he gets off Francis' lap…he spilt his tea on his shirt. Hot tea.
Francis clears his throat to call attention to his family. When he has everyone's attention he smiles.
"Okay…now that everyone is awake why don't we all get ready and we can go out to eat. When we come back we need to have a family meeting. You boys can pick where we can go eat." Francis says seeing Alfred's eyes light up.
"We are not going to McDonalds." Arthur says quickly, and Francis' nose scrunches up in disgust.
"non. We are going to Ihop." Francis says and see's both boys' eyes light up. Matthew loved the pancakes and Alfred can get a burger. The boys ran up the stairs to quickly get ready to go and get food. Arthur is still cleaning the tea.
"We are going to tell them after we come back?" Arthur asks. Francis nods he hugs Arthur from behind.
"It's just one date, Arthur. We are not promising them off." Yet. Francis thinks. He told Arthur that he would not force the boys to marry someone they didn't want to. He knew that in their line of work, the more allies they had the better.
"If they are compatible…then…we will cross that bridge when we get there, mon amour. Now go change your shirt." Francis says as he kisses Arthur on the cheek before slapping his ass lovingly, which got a yelp out of Arthur and a blush.
"Bloody frog." He says blushing. He swears sometimes Francis' is still the fucking 18-year-old boy he was when they got married.
"I heard that!" Francis says with a thicker accent. Damnit. He loved that accent. Arthur knew this is payback for telling Francis they were not having sex for at least a week for not backing him up in front of his brother.
"You were meant to!" He says as he goes upstairs to change into a new dress shirt. By the time Arthur picked out a nice green sweater and goes downstairs to see his sons downstairs waiting for him.
Suddenly he was back about many years. He remembers the day that they brought the boys home. The boy's parents were killed in a fire and the boys were the only ones to make it out. Alfred was 6 at the time and Matthew was 4. The boys did not leave each other side. It was hard to get them separated at school. Usually Matthew snuck into Alfred's class, and he got away with it too until the teachers caught them. That was an awkward meeting. But Arthur looks back and suddenly the grown men that were his sons, were now little kids. So excited to go on their first 'vacation' (it was the first time they were getting out of the house since they were adopted) and they were pulling at Francis' pants trying to drag the Frenchman out while Arthur trailed behind making sure they had money and basically extra everything.
"papa! Can we go noooowwww?!" Alfred whines. Matthew just keeps pulling Francis' forward. Arthur grabs the keys and throws them at Francis and says to go put the kids in their car seats. Francis picks up Matthew and takes Alfred by the hand.
"Okay lets go mes fils. Dad will meet us in the car" Francis says as he smiles and looks back at Arthur before taking the kids and Arthur grabs their wallet and he grabs his camera. He was a sentimental man.
"Come on Dad!" Alfred called back from the doorway at Arthur
"Old Man! Let's go!" Alfred yells at Arthur from the doorway. Suddenly Arthur was back in the present, Alfred and Matthew were both adults, but Alfred still waits for Arthur.
"I am coming" He says as he still grabs his wallet. He knew that when they came back, the boys were probably going to hate them. In his eyes they will always be the little boys that he got when they first walked through those doors.
Matthew and Francis were already in the car. Arthur locked the house and Alfred went to the car. Arthur got in and the family drove to Ihop.
*Time skip*
The family brunch was mostly filled with conversations between Matthew and Alfred about that anime stuff they watch. Francis was trying to talk to Matthew about what he was going to do in college and said something about Matthew being 'the only hope because Alfred didn't go to college' and Alfred pouted saying he only took a couple of years off to wait for Matthew.
Arthur got more nervous the closer they got home. It was obvious to Francis that Arthur was worried about how the boys would react. He knew that Arthur still hated his brother for selling him (not really! They were already in love! – this is what Francis would say every time Arthur brought this up) and Francis was sure Arthur was worried that the boys would hate them.
When Francis got to the house he killed the engine and told the boys to go wait in the living room and threw Matthew the key to the house.
"I need to talk to your dad." He says hinting that they want privacy.
"come on Matt, I don't want to see the old people get it on." Alfred says. Francis smirked.
Francis lets out loud moans, making the oldest brother run out the car. Matthew just laughed and followed his brother.
"You don't have the key, idiot!" Matthew yelled as he ran to Alfred. The brothers walk into the house and wait in the living room for the family meeting.
Francis looked at Arthur, softness in his eyes.
"They are not going to hate you." Francis says softly to Arthur. Arthur shook his head.
"They will." He says worriedly.
"I don't want to lose them." Arthur says admitting his worry to his husband. Francis had already taken off his seatbelt and he brought Arthur into a tight embrace.
"We will not lose our boys." Francis reassured. He gave Arthur a soft kiss and then got out of the car and opened Arthur's side door.
"Let's go." He says as he holds his husbands hand. Like they did when they first started going out. It was these little simple gestures Arthur loved. Francis kept ahold of Arthur's hand so that way Arthur knows that Francis' is by his side and will not leave.
They entered the house and the boys were sitting on the couch and watching TV. Francis grabbed the remote and turned off the TV. He looked to his boys who, at first looked mad but then they saw the look on their papa's face, gave him a confused look.
"We have some urgent matters to discuss. Yes, it is about the family business." Francis says.
"We have business for both of you." Francis says. The boys looked shocked. Alfred looked pissed.
"No! We are not sending Matthew on any missions! You guys promised he would wait till he at least finished High School!" Alfred yelled. Arthur was the one who intervened.
"Damnit Alfred, let your papa finish! We aren't sending you on a mission!" Arthur yelled at him. Alfred settled down.
"Merci, mon amour." Francis says lovingly to his husband.
"As I was saying, we need you to do something important. We are going to send you two on a date." Francis says simply. Matthew looked…disappointed. He really wanted to go on a mission. Alfred looked dumbfounded.
"Why did you call a family meeting for that?! It is just a date!" Alfred yelled. Matthew was blushing. Alfred had been on many dates…Matthew had never dated anyone.
"It is not just a date. Alfred, Matthew…you two are going to be going on a date with mafia…members." Arthur says. They didn't need to know that the people they were going on a date with were some of the most feared mafia bosses. They would need to find that out on their own.
"Just…don't make them angry." Arthur warns…specifically Alfred.
"When?" Matthew asked.
"Tomorrow night." Francis answers simply.
"Alfred you will be picked up at 6 and Matthew you will be picked up at 7. Please just be nice. This is an order from Allistor and myself, be on your best behavior." Francis says, and Arthur agrees. Basically, everyone was looking at Alfred.
"Geez, I get it. I will be on my best behavior." Alfred says.
"Good. Arthur was going to take you to Elizabeta's to get you guys fitted for some nice outfits." Francis says as Arthur gets up to go and get the keys.
"Nooooo! Arthur's idea of nice is a suit!" Alfred complains. Matthew nods and follows Arthur. He didn't like the idea of his first date being a blind date with a mafia member, but I mean…he wasn't opposed to it.
"Let's go Alfred." Arthur says as he pulls Alfred's ear.
"Arthur." Francis says as he was leaving.
"I am going to make a call." Francis says letting him know that he was going to update Allistor. Arthur nodded.
Arthur left and took the boys to a fancy, upscale clothing store. It was run by their dear friend Elizabeta Héderváry. She smiled when she saw Arthur.
"Arthur Bonnefoy in the flesh!" she says excitedly as she hugged him.
"It is nice to see you too Eliza. I need a favor…my boys are going on a very important date tomorrow. Let me explain in private." He says as he tells the boys to look around the store. She nods and leads him to her office in the back of the store.
"Spill." She says excitedly. She loved to know things, especially when its mafia related. Her husband was a part of the German mafia. She knew Arthur was married to Francis Bonnefoy, head of the French mafia and was powerful.
"You must know about the possibility of a mafia war." He says. She nods.
"It is getting worse every day. Last week the Russians tried to get into German territory, this is getting bad." She says. It was the talk everywhere. If these two mafia families get into a war, there was going to be all out war in the mafia underground.
"Well…Alfred will be courted by Ivan Braginsky and Matthew will be going out with Gilbert." Arthur says simply. Elizabetas' eyes widened.
"You're going to pin them against each other!" she says worriedly. Arthur shook his head.
"It's more complicated. Hopefully they will end up like me, Eliza. I don't want them to be given to bosses that they don't love." He says worriedly. Eliza gets up and hugs him.
"I don't know much about Ivan but I do know Gilbert…I am guessing the boys will be going somewhere upscale. I will make sure that they look nice." She says as she calls the boys over to get them fitted for outfits. The boys were fitted and given nice dressy clothes, and per Alfred's request, no suits.
The next evening Alfred had on a blue button-down shirt, and a nice black jacket over it. The blue collar stood out against the black jacket, he had a nice pair of slacks and dress shoes. The shirt really made Alfred's eyes stand out. Arthur took forever doing Alfred's hair, the bloody brat would not stay still, and when Alfred walked downstairs to wait Francis was like a mother taking pictures of her daughter before going to prom. Alfred quickly ran upstairs to avoid any more pictures and waited till exactly 6 before going downstairs again. Matthew snuck into Alfred's room and gave him a hug and wished him good luck, before Francis and Arthur called for Alfred to come down. Instead of seeing his date, he saw a chauffeur.
"Ivan will meet you at the restaurant." Francis explains. This was typical for most first dates, except Francis and Arthur because they already knew each other.
At least I know the guys' name now! Alfred thought as he nodded and told his parents goodnight.
The chauffeur did not say much but opened the door to a nice Lincoln car. Alfred got in as he saw his parents watching him leave through the tinted windows. He wasn't even sure how long it was going to take to get there! He waited, and the chauffeur drove in silence.
Matthew was dressed in a well fitted red shirt and some black jeans. He had on sneakers, originally until Francis saw and made Matthew go put on dress shoes. Francis was the one to fix Matthew's hair and made sure he was wearing cologne. And of course, with Alfred gone, Francis was going crazy taking pictures of Matthew.
"Is that really necessary, papa?" Matthew asked blushing. Arthur laughed as he saw his youngest son get flustered.
"Of course. Especially because this is your first date!" Francis exclaimed which made Matthew blush and look like a fish out of water.
"Did you really think your papa didn't know this would be your first date?" Francis says knowingly.
"Just one more, Frog. The poor boy is already nervous." Arthur says.
Francis nods and gestures for Arthur to get in the picture with Matthew. Arthur reluctantly did.
"okay I am done." Francis says. Arthur nods when they hear the doorbell. Arthur went to go and get it and was met with a tall, buff blond-haired blue-eyed giant of a man.
"Hi. I am here to get Matthew. My bruder was going to come, but he ended up having some business to attend to and will meet him at the restaurant." He says. Arthur nods. This is Ludwig Beilshmidt. How odd that Gilbert was going to come and get Matthew…usually they would send a driver or subordinate.
"It is no problem." Arthur says as he gestures for Matthew to come.
"You must be Matthew. I am Ludwig, Gilbert's younger brother. My brother will be meeting you at the restaurant." Ludwig says as he holds out his hand for Matthew to shake. Matthew shakes Ludwig's hand.
"It is nice to meet you." He says politely.
Ludwig gestures for Matthew to follow him.
"Auf Wiedersehen" Ludwig says to Francis and Arthur. Matthew said good night to his parents as he followed Ludwig.
"I am sure my brother is going to be pleased with you." Ludwig said with a small smile. He had a good feeling about this boy. Matthew smiled.
"Is there anything I should know about Gilbert?" He asks Ludwig. Ludwig shakes his head,
"Gilbert is…not good with emotions. Just…be patient with him." Ludwig advises Matthew. Matthew nods. He looks back at his parents through the tinted windows of Ludwig's sports car.
Francis watches as his second son leaves for the night. Arthur hugs Francis.
"What if we go upstairs…we don't have kids for the evening. It can be like when we were 18." Arthur says smirking. Francis looked at Arthur, it was rare when Arthur was trying to cheer him up. It was usually the other way around. Arthur pulls Francis down in a passionate kiss that leaves him breathless as he pulled away and smirked and ran up the stairs.
Let the chase begin.
Needless to say, Francis and Arthur were going to have a very very fun night.
And Alfred and Matthew's nights were just beginning.
To be continued….
A/N:
Hello! Okay So Im sorry for the wait. This time school caught up with me. But its okay, because you didn't have to wait so long this time. I promised I would update! I hope this long chapter makes up for my absence. I will try to write next weekend again. I don't think i have any tests the following week so i should be able to update.
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