Snow Fall

Coming Out

Antonio laughed as he said aloud, "and now the travelling Gil has finally made it to his destination, but is he really done travelling until it finally comes out of the flipping closet?! Find out next time!" Antonio smiled at his own joke while he stared over at the open door, knowing that Gilbert had likely heard. Ivan smiles a little at the joke, nearly laughing quietly.

Gilbert, on the other hand, didn't quite find the joke funny. He sat down on the ground within the closet and turned on a small flashlight that lived within the closet and then closed the closet doors. "Idiot..." The self-proclaimed Prussian mumbles from within the closet. Antonio sighed, he'd been waiting long enough for his friend to confess his feelings, now it was his time to step in and rev the engines. "Gil!" He called as he began to walk into the other room, "you are coming out of the closet!"

A small voice responded, one that didn't quite sound like Gilbert's normally proud and narcissistic voice, "No!" Gilbert pouted slightly as he heard the two's footsteps draw near. Ivan walked quietly behind Antonio, he was contemplating something that just didn't quite add up. 'Is he gay or do they make jokes like this all the time?' the Russian thought as they entered the makeshift bedroom, he smiled to himself. "Now!" Antonio yells. "I don't want to!" came Gilbert's quick response, he was fighting back a smile as he thought all of this was childish.

"Albino, dead friend of mine, you are coming out of this closet!" Antonio said making the smile drop from Gilbert's face. The reason they sometimes referred to Gil as dead was because when he was much younger he nearly drowned in a frozen lake as he had been fighting on it despite knowing of the thin ice. The closet doors swung open with Antonio in the way of the opening. Gilbert hissed at the foreign light and turned off the flashlight, sensing that he wouldn't need it. Gilbert then quickly took hold of the closet doors and closed them once again. "Nein!" He yelled.

Antonio opened the doors for the second time, this time with an intense frown as he thought of what to say to get his friend to just confess already instead of making a fool of himself. Ivan, who was merely spectating, laughed at the sight of the two. Something changed, however, in Antonio's aura as a smile crept onto his face. Gilbert's eyes went wide for the third time that day, 'he wouldn't say that right?' he thought. "Toni no." Gilbert said in a warning tone. "Toni yes." was the response given as the Spanish male turned around to face Ivan.

"Toni, I said no." Gilbert said, this time sounding as if he might be pleading. Antonio walked a little closer to Ivan, he was excited to relay the info he'd learned from Francis. "Hey Ivan, did you know..." Antonio started, a short pause between as he stared down at his friend. "Hmm?" Ivan responded, now curious. Gilbert felt his stomach drop and his heart race uncomfortably. "Toni, no! Don't you dare!" Gilbert cries out as he slowly starts to stand, hand outstretched slightly.

"...That Gil here has..." Antonio continues with another pause, smiling from ear to ear. "I swear if you finish that sentence I'll... I'll--" Gilbert tried to find some sort of threat that could make the Spaniard stop speaking. Antonio pressed on, "...a..." Silence. "I'll... I'll steal Lovi! I'll do it!" Gilbert said in a last ditch effort, he knew it was risky and bit his lower lip knowing it might've been to much. "a love for animals..." Antonio finished although that wasn't what he was originally going to say. Antonio's green eyes darkened as his smile turned tail and transformed into an unamused frown.

Gilbert braces himself for any type of physical or emotional pain that might be sent his way. Ivan tilted his head, he had been confused from the start although amused but now he had no clue what was happening. Silence filled the room between the three, it ate away at Gilbert to the point he began to feel guilty. Gilbert hadn't heard the last part Antonio had said so he was still scared. The albino male opened one of his eyes to reveal it's ruby color as he stared at Antonio's unamused expression. "You will take that back." Antonio growled, protective of his Italian lover despite him not being there at all.

Gilbert now had both eyes open, staring in disbelief. 'Mien Gott, he actually believed that?' Gilbert thought. "What if I'm serious?" Gilbert shot back without thinking. He began to shake unoticably and his already pale complexion turned to a near white color, had he pushed it to far? The soft pounding of his heart beat being the only thing telling him he was still alive.

"One, you touch him and I will hurt you, as an added bonus I'll tell HIM. Got it?" Antonio said in a threatening voice which dripped with seriousness. Ivan watches with the curiosity of a child. "You were about to tell him, I didn't know what to do and that happened to be the first thing to come to mind! It was quick thinking! Besides, you know I'd never betray you like that!" Gilbert said, finally breaking apart.  "You could have used a different threat." Antonio responded as anger threatened to break the once happy image that most were familiar with.

"Like what?! What else could have parried with that?!" Gilbert yelled defensively as he sat back down on the floor, grasping a hanging shirt sleeve to shield his face. "My God you're such a child!" Antonio says, his rage at a boiling point. The Spanish man walked with heavy steps outside of the room as he went to cool off. Gilbert knew better then to push the man more although he wanted to use, in his opinion, the coolest comeback ever: 'I'm not a child, Dora the Explora.'

Ivan watches the angered man walk out of the room while Gilbert mumbles to himself once more from behind the sleeve. Gilbert closes the doors to the closet again, not wanting to face anyone, the squeaky doors of the closet caught Ivan's attention. "Gil...?" Ivan said, a little worried about the mental state of the smaller man who hid himself away. "Nein, no one shall know..." Gilbert said, just barely audible, as he closed his eyes on the edge of tearing up.

Ivan, not knowing how to handle things, quickly said, "I'll just go then..." Ivan went over to the room Toni was in and sat down nearby. Gilbert peaked his head out and watched the tall man leave, feeling slightly stupid for his own actions. "I'm such an unawesome idiot" Gilbert said, pulling down the shirt he'd been holding onto.

Ivan looks over to Antonio who had his face in his hands, breathing heavily to calm down. "Why is he in closet?" Ivan asked, his accent muting select English words. Antonio sighed heavily, "He's gay, it's not that hard."
  "For who?"
"I can't tell you that although I'm sure you could guess."

Antonio walked out, finally feeling calm, and made a b-line for the closet. Inside, Gilbert had hid himself underneath a clean pile of clothing which blocked the awful view of his quiet crying, emotions just took over. "Mr. Anti-social get out of the closet and tell him already!!" Antonio yelled. Startled, Gilbert wiped his face clear of tears and yelled back, "What?! Nein! It's embarrassing!" The male sank back into the pile of clothing, fully engulfed by it.