"You sure have been hanging out with Gilbert a lot lately?" Alfred asked at dinner that night after Matthew finally drug himself home. He had school in the morning and he had to get ready for his little sleepover with Gilbert so he had to leave eventually.
"Whose Gilbert? Is 'e cute?!" Francis cooed. "Do you like 'im?!"
"We're just friends." Matthew lied.
"Friends don't take flower crown selfies with each other on snapchat!" Alfred accused.
"Zhe flower crown filter?! Zhat's some serious stuff Matthieu!"
"Guys, shush. We were just playing around."
"Matt, don't keep things from me. I'm your twin brother."
"And I am your cousin!"
"Okay, fine...we made out a bit. It's no big deal." Matthew shrugged.
"Matthieu!"
"Mattie!"
"See, this is why is didn't tell you guys."
"Do you love him?" Alfred peered over his glasses like a grumpy math teacher.
"I dunno. Maybe."
"Ohmygosh!" Francis swooned.
"Stop that!" Matthew groaned.
"Mattie, you better be careful with him. Lovino says his family's in the Mafia and that they kidnap children."
"Lovino is full of shit and tomatoes half the time. You know that, Al." Matthew rolled his eyes.
"Such foul language!" Francis gasped. "Did you learn zhat from 'im?"
"B'y, I've always known how to swear."
"Matthew, were worried about ya. What if he convinces you to let him probe you?"
"So, he's an alien now?"
"Maybe. I wouldn't doubt it."
"I'm going to bed." Matthew stood, throwing his dishes in the sink and heading upstairs. He could hear his cousin and brother whispering about him, but he didn't really care too much. They could say what they liked. Gilbert was a great guy.

***

"Where were you all night?" Lovino asked Feliciano the second he got home. "I had to cover all your shifts."
"I was at a friend's house."
"I called Kiku and-"
"Not Kiku's. Ludwig's!"
"Him?!" Lovino's mouth curled into a grimace. "Of all the people you could be hanging out with-"
"He's not a bad person..."
"Even so, I'm getting a bad vibe off him." The older sibling crossed his legs, leaning back into the couch.
"So what? I like him and that's that."
"Fine, but you're going to get hurt."
"You don't know him, Lovi. Just leave it."
"I've got Mattie trying to spy for me. I know him well enough."
"What?" Feliciano sat down, shocked that Matthew would participate in something like this.
"He's getting close to that brother of Ludwig's and he's gonna find out who he actually is."
"Don't do that! You're going to end up hurting somebody, Lovi!"
"Yeah right!" Lovino sighed and stood, walking to the fridge. "I'm gonna start on dinner. Anything in particular you want?"
Feliciano pursed his lips, knowing that continuing this conversation would get him nowhere. He might as well just move on from it all.
Yes, that would be the best choice.
For everyone.

I haven't made any money on my drawings so I decided to do a subscription style BL novel for $5 (can) a chapter.
You see, with college coming up, I don't know if I'll have time for fanfictions, plus I need money, so I'm going to work for money.
I'm gonna figure out the plot later because I need to know that people are actually going to pay for this. But it'll be about these two guys:

So anyway, that's all for now.
-shick