Alfred and (Y/N) made their way through the thick crowd and returned to the place from where they had departed. Their they found Matthew just where they had left him, only Arthur was no longer the one beside him.
"Hello again Matthew. Francis," (Y/N) released Alfred's hand to run over to the clearing where the Canadian and Frenchman were standing. Matthew and Francis looked up to see (Y/N) running towards them. "Ah. (Y/N)," Matthew exclaimed quietly. "Ah~ Bonjour mon cher~!" Francis exclaimed loudly and with a grin. "Where'd Arthur run off to?" Alfred asked as he approached the group.
Matthew shrugged and said, "He ran off after just walking around and talking to me. We got hot chocolate and just walked around aimlessly. He barely even let me talk..." Matthew had a solemn expression on his face. Francis wrapped his arm around Matthew, which made the Canadian somewhat uncomfortable. "No need to worry mon amie! I still care about you!"
Matthew loosened up a bit and said, "Thank you Fran-"
"Now, Alfred." Before Matthew could finish thanking him, Francis removed his arm from around him and walked over to Alfred, placing his arm in the same position around him. Matthew sighed. Francis continued, "I discovered we have a mutual friend here."
Alfred raised an eyebrow and moved the Frenchman's hand from around him. "Really? Who?"
"Gilbert Beilschmidt."
"WOAH! NO WAY, YOU KNOW GIL?!" Alfred exclaimed, a bit too loudly.
"Oui, mon amie." Francis grabbed hold of Alfred's hand. "I figured we could all go do something together, non? You, Gilbert, and I. It would be fun, non?" Alfred slid his hand out of Francis's grasp. "But I'm hear with (Y/N)... and Mattie. I can't leave."
Alfred turned to walk back to the two others, but then Francis slid his arms around Alfred from the back and began dragging him off.
"YO DUDE WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!?" Alfred began freaking out and squirming in Francis's grasp. "Mon amie. You are coming with me. Ohonhonhonhon~" Francis continued to laugh as he dragged a struggling Alfred off through the crowd.
Matthew and (Y/N) stood in shock for a while. They looked at each other and burst into laughter. Soft laughter, but genuine laughter. "So, what do you want to do?" Matthew asked her after they had finished laughing. (Y/N) thought for a moment. She looked around at all the booths and attractions. She turned toward Matthew and stared at him. Matthew tried to avert his eyes from staring back.
"Could we go ice skating again? It was really fun. And you're really good. And I want to get better at it. And..." (Y/N) realized she was rambling and blushed slightly and tilted her head down. Matthew chuckled a little at her cute gesture. "Sure, if that's what you want."
"Would you be fine with it?
"Of course."
(Y/N) slid her hand into Matthew's, not wanting him to run off like Alfred had. He blushed a bit at her action, but grabbed her hand and held it tightly, but not too tightly as to hurt her. "Then let's go," she said with a smile.
Matthew and (Y/N) made their way through the crowd to the ice skating rink. There were more people skating then before, but their was still a lot of empty space on the ice. The two slipped on and tied their ice skates and stepped onto the ice, (Y/N) almost slipping as she did so. She was still confused about what had happened while she was with Alfred, but she brushed it aside and tried to concentrate on having fun with Matthew.
They skated side by side along the edges of the rink. Then Matthew saw an opportunity to impress (Y/N) he noticed the center of the rink was nearly cleared out. He stopped and (Y/N) stopped beside him, concerned why he had suddenly stopped. "What is it?" she asked. He turned to her. "Um.. can you wait here... I-I want to show you something." She nodded and Matthew skated to the center of the rink.
Matthew began performing a sort of improvised routine. Once people noticed him, they stopped and stood on the edge of the rink, leaving him the entire rink to skate. He skated forward, backward, in circles, in curving motions. He spun, twirled, and even did a few jumps.
Skating backwards on one leg he noticed (Y/N) watching him from the corner of his eye. He saw the large smile on her face. The other spectators were smiling a well, but to him none of them stood out or meant as much as hers.
Finally he gained the confidence to complete his routine. He skated over to (Y/N) and grabbed both of her hands pulling her out to the center of the rink. He spun her around and she giggled, Matthew blushed at how cute she looked. He placed his hands on her hips, and instructed her to place hers on his shoulders, she complied easily. He lifted her off the ice and spun her around.
He ended his routine holding her above him. The surrounding spectators erupted with applause. But Matthew did not hear their cheers. All he was able to hear was (Y/N)'s soft giggles and he could not take his eyes of her laughing face. Matthew then realized he was still holding her up, and softly set her down on the ice. There they stood. Staring at each other in the center of an ice skating rink as many others skated around them. They were so close they could feel each others breath on their faces.
This is when Matthew decided... it was now or never.
"(Y-Y/N)... I-I have something to tell you..."
(Y/N) looked up at Matthew with curious eyes.
"I-I.... Iloveyou!"
Matthew left all his anxiety behind and leaned in to close the gap between himself and (Y/N). Her eyes were wide. For the second time today, she had been kissed... by her two best friends...
Matthew quickly backed away from (Y/N), his shyness getting the better of him. His face was completely red, but so was hers, only her expression was of complete shock.
"IMSOSORRY!" Matthew exclaimed as he quickly skated off the ice.
"W-Wait! M-M-Matthew!" (Y/N) slipped as she tried to skate of the ice in a hurry trying to catch p with Matthew. But when she got off the ice, he was no where in sight...
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Fanfiction(Y/N) was always a shy girl. She would always push the world away, fearing what would happen if she let people affect her. That is untill one day, she meets a a shy boy named Matthew. Soon after she becomes friends with Matthew, she meets his outgoi...
