Characters:
Matthew 'Canada' Williams
Arthur 'England' Kirkland
Jett 'Australia' Kirkland
Francis 'France' Bonnefoy

Pairings: Mentions of FrUK

Summary; Arthur has built a telescope to spy on other countries with, and has invited Matthew to take a look.

"Dad, isn't that a little…" Matthew trails off, gazing at the telescope towering above him.

"Brilliant? Amazing? Beautiful?" Arthur asks, a little over-excited. "Perfect description of a British gentleman," he says, adjusting his tie, smirking in a douchebag way that only Francis will ever find sexy.

"I was going to say excessive," Matthew mumbles. The telescope is huge, towering high over the two men. The metal is well-polished and blindingly shiny. The blocky metal stand holding it up is the height of Matthew, and a series of cogs allow the telescope to spin the whole 360°, to face any direction. It stands atop a tower atop a hill, the cold wind whipping around them.

Arthur apparently didn't hear, and is peering through the lens, tongue sticking out as he adjusts a series of knobs.

"Shouldn't it be pointing towards the sky," Matthew asks, pointing upwards.

"What?" Arthur stares at his former colony as if he's mad, "No! This beauty isn't for stargazing; it's for spying on other countries, to find their weaknesses!"

Matthew sighs, "You'd know their weaknesses if you paid attention at meeting instead of strangling Papa."

"Yes, that's nice lad," Arthur calls, clearly caught up in adjusting his telescope.

Matthew grits his teeth, and gives another sigh, "So… who are you spying on?"

Arthur mumbles something along the lines of, "Yes, leave the spying to the British," before properly answering, "Australia."

"Australia!" Matthew exclaims, "But he's on the opposite side of the world!"

"Don't doubt me, lad!" Arthur hollers, "A little to the left… focus… bring it back… focus… got it!"

"Eh?" Matthew just gapes as Arthur does an awkward little victory dance, then gestures for Matthew to take a peek.

Through the lens, at first all Matthew can see is blue. "I don't see anything… oh wait! Yes I do!" In the centre of the image, a tanned arm sticks up apparently clenched into a fist.

Carefully, Matthew gives a knob a cautious twist. The image zooms in on the hand. As the image comes into focus, Matthew can clearly see Jett's middle finger pointing skywards.

"Yep," Matthew zooms the image back, a small voice in the back of his head wondering how Jett knew Arthur was spying on him, "That's definitely Australia."

Inspired by a Hetalian friend's comment that Australia is so far away from the rest of the world that he's probably the last to know about a lot of things and often gets left out, which would make him pretty pissed.

I don't own Hetalia, or a giant telescope.