"Are you alright elsker?"

Your eyes widened.

Standing right in front of you was a boy about your age with spiky blonde hair and striking blue eyes. He was wearing a black coat and a red tie, and a little at atop his head.

"I'm sorry! I wasn't watching where I was---!"

"HAHAHAHAHA! Don't worry about it~!" The boy laughed loudly, it reminded you of Alfred and you started to cry again. "Hey, are you. . . Crying?" He walked closer to you.

"N-no, I'm f-fine. . ." You wiped your (e/c) eyes with your palms.

"I don't think so, what's wrong?" He sounded concerned.

You nodded your head weakly and tried to walk away, but the boy embraced you gently. Out of instinct, you hugged back.

"C'mon elsker, let's go to my house! You look like you need some cheering up~!" The boy chirped, with a smile.

"I don't k-know . . .I don't even know y-your n-name. . . "

"I'm the king of the north! But you can call me Mathias! What's your name eskler?"

"I'm _____."

"Well it's nice to meet you ____! I think my brothers will love you just like I do~!" With that, Mathias grabbed your hand and dragged you off to his house.

His last comment made you blush bright red.

-*-

"_____?! _____?! I'M SO SORRY DUDETTE! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Alfred called out frantically as he roamed the school looking for you.

I can't believe I did that to her! Stupid cowlick! I'm such an idiot! He scolded himself mentally. Now she'll never talk to me again! I have to fix this!

There's only one person who I can talk to about this!

. . . Mathias

-*-

"So this is my house _____~! But I have to warn you, I have some weird brothers!" He made the 'cookoo' signal and you laughed.

"I'm sure they can't be that bad right?" You said in amusement.

"Oh you'll find out soon eskler~!" Mathias opened the door and the first thing that popped into your mind was 'wow!'.

The place was so neat and tidly. And Mathias didn't strike you as the most clean and neat person. One of his brothers maybe?

"I'M HOME~! AND I BROUGHT A GIRL OVER~!" Mathias called out with a smirk on his face.

"Dear god Mathias. Another one?!" And annyoyed voice called back and another boy with blonde hair and purple-blue eyes walked down the hallway.

"No Norge! This is _____! I bumped into her on the street, literally! She was crying so I thought we could cheer her up~!" Mathias wrapped and arm around your waist and pulled you in closer. "Eskler, this is Lukas!"

"Nice to meet you Lukas!" You smiled and waved.

"Nice to meet you too...I'll go get the others. . ." With that, Lukas walked away.

"Is he always that..?" You trailed off trying to find the right word.

"...Lame?"

"No! Is he always that emotionless?" You asked.

"Yeah, Lukas doesn't like to show emotion, just like Emil and Berwald!" He smiled.

"Oh.."

Meanwhile, Lukas had so many thought running through his head.

She's so beautiful, how dare Mathias claim her! I'll just have to show her how much of an idiot he is!

"Guys. Mathias brought a girl home, and she was sad so we ned to cheer her up." He walked into the living room and announced.

"Really?! I can cheer her up! Let's go meet her Ber~!" A little blonde boy grabbed a taller blonde's hand a ran to where you were.

"Say it Emil."

"Never. Now let's go Lukas." Emile go up and followed the other while Lukas took up the rear.

You patiently waited by Mathias's side, when Lukas and 3 other boys walked in.

"Hello! I'm Tino~!"

"Hi, I'm Emil, it's very nice to meet you."

"I'm Berwald."

"And you've already met me and Lukas! So that's everyone!" Mathias said with a smile.

The same smile that Alfred had.

You started to cry once again, and hid your face in tor hands.

"What's wrong?" Tino said and the others walked up to you.

You didn't say a word.

"Let's bring her into the living room!"

You felt yourself being dragged, and then picked up bridal-style.

You couldn't see who picked you up, but you guessed it was Mathias.

Then you were placed on the couch while Mathias sat on your right, and Emil on your left.

The other 3 boys took seats on the other couch.

"What's wrong?" Emil asked.

You sniffled a little more then whipped your eyes. "It's n-nothing. . .

"You can tell us _____." Lukas said.

You shook your head. "It's really silly. . . it's nothing. . ."

"Well it's probably not silly if you were crying about it." Mathias said next.

"It's just something really awkward happened between me and a friend of mine. A guy friend, and--" You explained.

"--Alfred?" Mathias interrupted. How did he know?! You thought frantically "What are you doing here?"

You looked up and made eye contact with the very boy you have been trying to avoid.

Alfred froze like a deer stuck in the headlights. And you did too.

Emil, Mathias, Lukas, Berwald, and Tino were confused.

Alfred laughed nervously. "Hehehehehe. . . H-hey dudette. . ." He rubbed the back of his head.

"H-hey." You turned towards Mathias and the others. "U-um, thank you for letting me stay, but I have to go!" You said quickly and stood up abruptly.

"What's going on between you two?" Emil asked.

You shook your head. "N-nothing!"

You walked past Alfred, and he grabbed your wrist.

"_____. . . Can we please talk?" He looked into your eyes desperately.

"N-no, we don't have anything to talk about! I have to leave now!" You blushed and tried to walk but Alfred's grip tightened.

"_____, please? I have some things to say. . . And I think you need to hear them."

You shook your head rp idly and blushed into your sleeve. "Alfred, I don't think I'm ready for talking. Please let go."

He nodded slowly and let go.

You ran outside and all the way back to your house.

-*-

"Alfred, what did you do to that poor eskler?!" Mathias questioned.

Alfred blushed. "She. . .er. . . _____ got really curious and touched my cowlick and. . .yeah. . ."

"You're kidding? You scarred her for life!" Emil face palmed.

"It's not my fault! I was going to tell her, but I. . ."

"You didn't? What did you do to her Alfred?" Lukas asked annoyed."

"Well you see. . . I pushed her against a wall, pinned her wrists above her head, and French kissed her. . ." He rubbed the back of his neck in nervousness and embarrassment.

"Poor eskler! So that's why I found her crying on the street." Mathias shook his head. "You need to fix this dude."

"I know I love her so much, but I just screwed up, and I don't think I can fix it! It's not my fault, it's this stupid cowlick!"

"I think you should apologize, and say you're sorry. And you have to mean it!" Tino suggested.

"Ja, and don't take her to a fat food restaurant." Berwald cut it.

"It's FAST FOOD! NOT FAT FOOD!"

"Calm down, you'll see her on Monday, don't worry Alfred." Lukas said.

"Yeah, but that's way too long!" Alfred whined and the Nordics sighed.