"So you found a home for the kitten and got Alfred a date?" papa asks. "Bravo, Mathieu!" he says, giving me a high-five.

"Shut up!" Alfred called. He and Kiku were playing video games his room.

"A kitten? Should I pretend I didn't hear that?" Kiku asks.

"Yeah, that would be great." I call back.

"Is he cute?" papa asks.

"Who?"

"Your date!"

"It wasn't a date!" Alfred replies.

"Watch out for that sniper." Kiku warns him.

Papa rolls his eyes and turns back to me.

"Well?"

"A bit heavy on the eyebrows, but really pretty eyes." I say. "Short and spicy. A good match for Al, I think."

"I'm not gay!" Alfred yells. "Besides, Mattie totally has a crush on that weird albino guy!"

"Gilbert Beilschmidt?" papa asks. "The 'alright-looking' one with the 'stupid leather jacket' you told me about?"

"Yeah, that guy!" Alfred responds.

"I don't have a crush on him!" I shout to Alfred.

"You two are so weird about romance." Papa sighs. "When I was your age, I was quite forward about expressing my emotions."

"You still are." I remind him.

"Exactly! If you don't start opening up now, you'll continue to be... what's the word?"

"Tsundere?" Kiku offers. He and Alfred have popped in to grab some snacks.

"I don't know what that means, but oui!" papa says. "So please don't ever feel ashamed to have a crush on somebody."

"If anyone in this family needs this talk, it's Alfred." I say. "At least I have the nerve to talk to Gilbert without any assistance."

"So you do have a crush on him." Alfred says.

"You tell me if you like Arthur and I'll tell you if I like Gilbert." I tell him.

"Mon chers, perhaps now isn't the best time..." papa says. "We do have company, you realize."

"Don't mind me." Kiku says with a sort of glint in his eye. "This happens at my house, too."

"Alright, fine! I kinda maybe sorta... just a little bit... like Arthur." Alfred admits.

"And I kinda maybe sorta just a little bit like Gilbert." I reply, smugness hiding any embarrassment. Heck, maybe Gil is rubbing off on me.

"Oi, Alfred..."

I do a double-take.

"Wha- me?"

"Yes you. Is there any other guy named Alfred in the general vicinity?" Arthur rolls his eyes. "Shit, I'm sorry. That was rude."

"It's OK." I say with a shrug.

"Would you... maybe... mind if I sit with you?" he asks hesitantly, trying to keep cool. Too cute.

"Well it's a free country, isn't it?" I laugh awkwardly. "Go ahead, man."

Much apology about the lack of updates to my stories recently.

Writer's block + not as into Hetalia + wants to write more original fiction + not knowing where I'm going with this = probably hiatus

I've been getting into a lot of other fandoms, but the one I'm getting inspiration for is SPN(no vampire AUs for that, tho. SPN has enough vampires) so I'm gonna make use of all that inspiration and write Destiel like a reindeer eats carrots.

Looking back on this fic, I feel like it's just kind of a Bite Me high school au...

I do have other Hetalia stories to finish and posts. Ones with plots that I maybe have plans for. They might pop up in the future.

One of them involves Wicked. I will definitely try to post that one someday.

Frostbite probably won't get finished, as I was stupid and rushed into that one with no plan. This one? Who knows.

Thanks for sticking with me this far, and hopefully I'll be back soon with more gay countries.