"Okay zhen, Birdie." I started immediately. Zhat vas vhat Lidwig did. Right?
Gött. I vas not cut out for zhis job.
"Birdie?"
"Oh sorry. Jou just looked like a 'birdie' to me. If jour offended I can-"
"No. I like Birdie." Mattie actually looked flattered. I vas flustered. Sure, all zhe people in the Axis had nicknames, but zhose vere all shortened versions of zheir real names, never anyzhing as drastic as Birdie.
I didn't even know vhy I said zhat. It started out as a verd in mein head. Vhy did I have to say it out loud?
"Gil? Are you blushing?"
"Vhat? Nein!" But in truth, I vas zhe colour of one of Antonio's tomatoes.
"You are." Mattie insisted.
I'm pretty sure mein face had never been redder. I turned mein head avay in embarrassment.
"So, what did you want me here for?" Mathew asked, sensing my distraction.
"How long have jou been verking vith zhe allies?"
"Um...my entire life, pretty much."
"I bet jou know all of zheir secrets. Don't you?"
"Yeah."
"I know zhey are jour family, und I could never force jou to give up zheir secrets, but-"
"No. I'll tell you anything. They're not really my family anymore."
Zhere vas a glint in his eyes, one of revenge. He instantly gained mein respect.
"Vhat can jou tell me about zheir leader." I asked.
"He fights a lot with my twin...but Alfie is his heir so they're kind of stuck together."
"So vhat jour saying is zhat if ve got rid of Arthur und Alfred, jou vould be zhe next in line?" Maybe ve vouldn't have to fight zhem. Maybe ve could make peace.
"I don't really know. I doubt they even know I'm missing."
"Zhat's terrible!" I gasped.
"Why do you think I left?" Mattie shrugged as if it vas nozhing, but I knew zhat deep down he vas hurt.
"Birdie." I said, my voice stern. I stood and his violet eyes vatched me closely as I stepped around mein bruder's old desk.
"Yes?"
I lowered meinself down so that ve vere face to face. He smelled sweet, like maple bacon.
Did he always smell like zhat? I kind of hoped so.
"Gil?" I could see zhat zhe little guy vasn't used to having people zhis close to him.
I didn't really know vhat to do zhere.
So I hugged him.
I looped mein arms around his shoulders und held him against mein chest. He vhimpered in surprise.
"Ve vont forget about jou. Not here."
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Maple Warriors
Fanfiction(Hetalia Fanfiction) Mathew, unnoticed by his fellow gang members, runs away to live out his revenge against them. He meets up with the opposing gang and allies himself with them. Will his revenge be fulfilled or will he passively learn to forgive...
