He looked up at the mirror, tiredly noting his current appearance. His hair was flatter than usual, sticking out rather than up, and his bright blue eyes were dulled over. He groaned and rubbed at the bags under his eyes, wishing them away. Bringing his hands up to his hair he ruffled it back into its usual mess before pinching his cheeks to physically bring his mouth into a smile.
"Alright Matthias Daniel Køhler, you're young, you're happy and you're full of life." He dropped his hands to pick up his school bag. "And you get to see mig Nordmand Alexander again soon~" he sing-songed happily to himself and he slipped downstairs, watching his volume carefully. He embraced the cool air as he walked outside and set off on his normal, brisk walk to school.
"What do you want Dan? I have Hrafn waiting for me." Alex looked blankly at his friend as he pulled him around a corner into privacy.
"It'll just take a minute," he assured, turning to him with his back against the wall. Inside his head and chest everything was going haywire. "Nor, Alex, I need to tell you something." He paused, looking down at the ground. Alex waited silently for him to talk again, casually checking his watch.
Matthias cursed himself in his head. He had never been good at talking anyway aside being blunt, so that may have to do for now. "Alex, I… I like you. More than a friend, I mean really like you." He paused again, waiting for a reply, even a reaction. None came. "I-it's alright if you don't, I mean if you don't even swing that way we can forget it, like this never happened." He babbled on, burning in embarrassment. "I hope this didn't ruin everything. I just…" Matthias
Alex stood rigid and silent. His eyes flickered sideway, then down, then towards his watch again. "Listen, Dan, I… I need to go get Ice- Hrafn now." He muttered, turning and quickly walking away, leaving Matthias alone against the wall.
Matthias instantly perked up upon entering the school grounds, spotting Alex and Hrafn leaning outside a door, their usual morning place. Eagerly he ran over to them dodging (and occasionally bowling) his way through the crowds. "Nor! Ice!" They both looked up a bit as he popped up next to them, slinging an arm around Alex's shoulder. The two brothers' uniforms looked immaculate and even more so now that Matthias was there with his own clothes messy and un-tucked. "What's up?"
"Aside from the time it takes you to get here each morning, nothing much," Alex replied coolly. Matthias laughed it off, poking the smaller teen's cheek playfully.
"But you still waited. Both of did, so I can't have taken that long." He teased. Alex batted his hand away, only half scowling at the dumb blonde.
"Speaking of which," Hrafn cut in. "I should be meeting Kaoru about now, so I'll leave you two alone." His brother nodded and Matthias waved him off.
"Have fun with Kaaaoru, Icey," he chimed suggestively. Hrafn heated up.
"D-don't say it like that!" He called back before hurrying off, satisfied with the pinched cheek Alex was giving the idiot.
Matthias trudged his way through school the next day, keeping his smile up with his friends. He grinned at Alex and laughed along with everything. Everything was still normal.
After the bell had rung for the end of the day, he felt a hand tug at his wrist. Looking down, he met Alexander's eyes. "Come with me." He didn't nod, just followed as his friend led him back to the same corner, the same wall as the day before. "It's about yesterday." He caught Alex's eyes again, shying away from the serious look.
"Like I said Nor, it's fine. You rejected me and I can live with that." Matthias moved to slip away from him, but Alex was too quick with grabbing his sleeve.
"I never rejected you Dan. I just ran away like an idiot." Matthias stopped and stared at him in shock.
"So, you-"
"I don't know how I feel, but… you do make me happy. You're a good friend so if you like me, I guess… we could, um, try it?" He shifted his feet awkwardly, cursing those words for making themselves so damn difficult. The Dane suddenly pulled him into a tight hug and Alex could feel the smile on his face.
"Takk, mig Norge! Min ramt Norske!"
"Yeah yeah, fine, ok, I need to breath too idiot!"
"Just because I'm gay doesn't mean Hrafn is." Matthias just chuckled as his face was released from the painful hold. "Have you been to your locker yet?" Matthias shook his head.
"Nope, there's too many cute distractions like you lurking around here ya know?" Alex rolled his eyes.
"Well let's go now; I don't want to be late to class because of your fascination with cute things." The Dane just nodded and set off with him, babbling about something-er-rather Alexander was only half listening to. He still didn't stop when they had reached his locker and he was trying to sort out his books, which surprised them by not all falling out as soon as he opened the door (they had tried a few seconds later, but luckily practised skill had stopped them.)
"You really need to take better care of your books." Alex chided across him, staring at the beaten up books in his friend's hand.
"Hey, at least they've been used. It's like a well loved toy or well-worn clothing" Matthias said, taking on a defensive look.
"I can see they've been used; as what I'm not completely sure." Dan just laughed, slamming his locker closed.
"I'm not that cruel to my stuff Nor." He took a quick glance at the clock on the wall. "I gotta shoot over to my next class now so I'll seeya at break." He kissed the top of Norway's head quickly before running off. "Bye!" Norway blushed and quickly glanced around to check if anyone was watching. All he saw was the clock which received a glaring.
"Idiot nearly made me late anyway."
"Is there a reason behind you spending so much time at my house?" Matthias looked up at the Norwegian hanging over him from his position lying on the couch. He grinned up him, flicking the fringe hanging down off his head.
"Becaaaause... I like you?"
"That's too cheesy." Alex took a seat on the arm rest, still looking down at his boyfriend. "You see me every day at school and you can text me and you can email me and you can call me and you still have to hang around at my house most afternoons and weekends?" Matthias sat up, pulling Alex down onto the couch next to him.
"Yup, that sounds about right." He agreed, holding the other with a firm arm around his waist. Alex wriggled a bit in his grasp. "Doesn't that sound like something I'd do Alex?"
"...yes," the Norwegian agreed begrudgingly. He shifted a bit more, trying to loosen the grip around his middle. "You know hugging me isn't going to change anything."
"I know," Matthias chirped, nuzzling his face into Alex's hair, much akin to a cat. The smaller blonde gave an annoyed sigh and stopped moving.
And so life goes on...
AN: There, there, it's up! Maybe now I'll feel obliged to do chapter two before chapter five! (I write completely out of order. OTL)
This seems rather tame and normal right now, but it'll get more interesting! There will be periodic flashbacks but that's to aid the story, so they won't be like this chapter, every 300 words.
I'm really bad with multi-chapter fics (hell, even two parters!) but I'm going to try hard on this one since I have to whole plot planned out. Wish me luck and don't hold your breath between chapters! ^^;