Alfred was grinning from ear to ear as he walked out into the living room the next morning, humming along to a little tune in his head. Arthur, who was of course up already and preparing for work, gave Alfred a look that clearly read 'you're dead to me, you bloody sod'. But this expression merely seemed to cause Alfred's grin to widen as he slithered up behind Kirkland, propping a chin on his shoulder.

"'sup?" he yawned, scratching his bare chest, for he was still in his pajamas (Read: boxers).

The Englander shrugged his chin off in response.

"Arrrrrrrrr…"he let out a loud yawn in the middle of the name, "tiiiiiiiiiiiiiie~"

"Bugger off!"

"But I've totally got a present for yooou~"

This caused Arthur to freeze before slowly rotating his body so that he was facing Alfred. There were dark circles under his eyes, proof to the fact that he hadn't slept much the night before, mind being tormented with the stress of having been so near discovering the truth of the costumes identities but failing at the last moment. He simply stared at the American, a bit of a wild look in those vivid green eyes.

"What?" he finally asked slowly, his voice flat and holding no tone at all.

"I've totally got a present for ya!"

"You already said that."

"But aren't you excited?"

"Not very."

"But it's a present!"

"I am aware of that."

"You totally should be excited about it!" Alfred cried in disbelief.

"I'm leaving if you don't hurry up and give it to me, Alfred." The Brit stated tiredly, not in the mood to play one of Alfred's 'I'm totally the hero since I got you something' mental games.

"What? Dude! Stay RIGHT there! Ok? Don't even move!" And with that, Alfred dashed from the room, barreling into his own bedroom.

"Thank goodness…" Kirkland muttered, stirring a teaspoon of sugar into his tea. I wonder what that wanker could be up to now though…

That 'wanker' came rushing back in nearly seconds later, waving one of the envelopes from the day before in his hands. This immediately caught Arthur's attention, causing him to drop the spoon with an "Oh!" of surprise.

"You've brought the costu-"

"Cosplay." Alfred corrected.

"Yes, well.. That's the cosplay that you ordered…"

"Totally is!" he replied, giving Arthur one of his huge signature grins.

The England native stood there, hand out stretched while Alfred grinned at him for several moments before he finally dropped his arm out of the shear awkwardness of the situation with a light clearing of the throat.

"What?" Jones asked with a slight tilt of the head.

"The package…?"

"Oh yeah! Totally! Here! Happy Fall!" he shouted, shoving the envelope into Arthur's hands and plopping down on a chair at the dinning-room table to watch him, face expectant.

"Ah, yes.. very well…" Kirkland muttered, face growing warm under the waiting, stunning blue gaze of Alfred's eyes. He once more cleared his throat, reaching up a hand to loosen his tie while walking after Alfred into the connected dinning from and setting the package on the table. "I must fetch some sciss-"

As soon as the name of the cutting implement began to leave Arthur's lips, Alfred had drawn his pocket-knife from his pants pockets and slid it towards the unarmed man. "There ya go!" he helpfully announced with a bright smile.

Kirkland huffed, picking up the knife and pulling the blade out before carefully cutting into the paper envelope and slitting it open, peeking inside. Once more, all he saw was black material. His brows knit in confusion as he turned over the many possibilities in his mind of what the costumes could be. Black fabric.. he couldn't be… Arthur looked up at Alfred, frowning deeply. I know that I am rather handsome… but does he truly expect… or want me to dress as a dark elf? Those are one of the most handsome creatures to ever exist! (Read: For him to ever have imagined) He suddenly grew aware that Alfred's mouth was moving at a rapid speed, and that there were sounds coming out of it, directed at him.

"Excuse me?"

"I said, do ya know what it's a costume of?" he asked (Read: shouted) in pure delight and barely contained enthusiasm.

Kirkland sighed, resisting the urge to roll his eyes as he reached into the envelope and pulled out what appeared to be a black cloak, white robe, and red sash. "Umm.. Jones?" he asked, looking up at his roommate, eyes asking for an explanation.

"MALIK!"

"Excuse me?"

"Malik! The rest of it totally hasn't come yet but when it does, you're totally going to cosplay as Malik! The older version though with no arm 'cause he's totally always yelling at Altair and being annoying and telling him what to do like you always do so I figured that would be totally perfect for you! And I'm totally going to be Altair, or course. 'cause I'm the hero and you're my sidekick and Malik's totally the sidekick so that's who we're gonna be! Just the basic stuff's come in the mail so far dude the rest of it, all the awesome stuff, is totally still to come!"

Alfred's quick, senseless chatter went in one of Arthur's ears and straight out the other as the Brit tried to piece together what the simple word 'Malik' was supposed to mean. It wasn't until he realized that Alfred was trying to tug his (Arthur's) shirt off that his mind surfaced into the real world once more. "ALFRED! What on earth are you doing?"

"I'm trying ta help you into your cosplay!"

"For Heaven's sake! I don't need your bloody help in getting dressed!" he suddenly grew stock still. "...Jones..."

"...Uh, yeah, Artie?"

"Pardon my hearing, but... did you say no arms?"

"Yep!"

"Why, yo-"

"I totally didn't mean no arms! He totally has one arm! But he lost his left one in a fight!"

"You bloody expect me to play a cartoon character with bloody one arm?"

"Game."

"What was that?"

"They're totally from a video game! Ya know, Assassin's Creed? Everybody knows about it, man!"

"A video game…"

"That's totally what I just said!" he announced happily.

"We are going so low… as to dress up as video-game characters?" Kirkland asked dubiously.

"Dude! You're totally the one who dressed up as an alien!" Alfred retorted, reminding him of the time when he had cosplayed as the Doctor.

"The Doctor is real!" Arthur shouted, jabbing a finger into Alfred's chest.

"It's totally a TV show, dude!" he said, rolling his eyes while rubbing where Kirkland had poked him.

"Says the wanker that think the Star Wars Galactic Empire is real!"

"It totally is! I swear I totally saw the Death Star!"

"That was a bloody eclipse!"

"Was not, dude!"

Arthur huffed, finding it pointless to argue with the American idiot and instead turned the robe around in his hands, trying to make sense of it. "I'll make a deal with you, Alfred."

Jones' ears perked up. "A deal?"

"Yes. I shall attend this… event… with you in exchange that you shall attend this upcoming Gallifrey One with me, and will wear the costume of…" he looked up, surveying Alfred for a moment before giving a dark smile. "Captain Jack Harkness. As well as be in character for it."

Alfred blinked at him for a moment before jumping on the chance for Arthur to willingly come to the convention with him, unaware of the fate that he was sealing for himself. "Sweet! Totally! 'sides, if he's a captain, it must be awesome so I totally am! Now try on your cosplay now!"

Kirkland just chuckled, allowing Alfred to pull the robe on over his shoulders, knowing that Alfred hadn't a clue of just what kind of character that Harkness was…

I'm sorry to those of you that were expecting these two to cosplay something more into their characters (or even themselves), but I'm doing this for a friend's birthday present and I think this is what they'd (hopefully) like *nods* Buuuuuuuut, I hope so of you liked/enjoyed this anywaaaays ^^;

MORE CHAPTERS ARE TO COME. EVENTUALLY.

Yessss, I knooooooow, this chapter is a wee bit delayed and laaate *has been very busy with school and life* I'm afraid that the next chapter might be a bit late as well since I'm in the process of moving. ^^;

And noooo, I couldn't resist the opportunity to throw some more Doctor Who and Healia into it...

Gallifrey One - A Doctor Who convention held in LA

Jack Harkness - ...You can't explain Harkness. Look him up. XD

If there's anything-else that needs explaining, go ahead and ask and you shall receive~

All of your commetns and faves and watches are very highly appreciated ^^