Back then (FrUK)

Chapter five

~Arthur POV ~
"Would you like more tea, dear?" Francis asked. I nodded happily as he continued to pour me some. "Okay, so the both of you got arrested. What happened? Did the both of you hate each other a lot?" Alfred asked shocked. I smiled at my son and looked at Francis. "Can I take over now?" I asked. "Yes my love, I am drinking my tea right now," Francis mimicked me. "Yeah okay, but you never let me drink mine," I joked. Francis shrugged as I turned to everyone to continue the story. "Well, we stayed In police custody overnight, but let's say....it was actually hell. Not for us, but for the people watching us," I started.

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"This is literally your fault I hope you know," I looked over to the guy he rolled his eyes at me. "Will you shut it already?  he crossed his arms looking at me. "WILL THE BOTH OF YOU STOP FIGHTING ALREADY? YOU ARE GIVING ME A HEADACHE," the guard ran up to the cell. She was staring at us annoyed. "If I hear one more word come from either of you, I will make you stay another night," the guard said frustrated.

"Do I make myself clear?" She asked. She was probably in her late thirties or so. "Yes ma'am," the guy and I said in unison. I breathed out to calm down as the guy walked over to me. "What do you want?" I whispered, annoyed. He chuckled a bit before taking a seat beside me. "My name is Francis, and you?" He asked with a smirk. "Fuck off, Francis" I looked at him, annoyed. However, he burst out laughing. "Oh, come on, we might as well talk to each other," he suggested. "Fine then. My name is Arthur, now go away," I looked away from him.

Francis sat beside me and breathed out. "I have never met anyone who automatically resorted to violence first," he laughed. "You got me first fool," I looked at him in disbelief. "Oh yes, and it felt great. Finally hearing you shut up," he laughed. I stood up quickly, pointing a finger at him. "Nope, if you yell, she will keep us another night, remember?" he smirked some more. This bastard is doing this. "Why, if we weren't here, I would have surely hit you again," I glared.

"Yeah, right, you won't do shit," he laughed at me. I saw the guard peek into the cell, making me sit back down. "That is what I thought," he teased. I swear, once we leave this cell, I will hit this French fool so hard he will forget he even spoke French. In fact, it will be so hard that he turns English for Christ's sake. I laughed at the thought, turning back to him.

"FRANCIS! WE FINALLY CAME TO HELP BAIL YOU," Gilbert said happily. "ARTHUR! WE ALSO CAME TO DO THE SAME THING," Ivan and Yao came to the cell. "We are being released tomorrow; no need for that," I stood up. Francis nodded in agreement as he followed me. "That was so crazy; at least the both of you are okay now," Yao nodded worriedly. "Wait, why did it take so long for you to come? We have been here for over two hours now," I looked at everyone.

"It is because we wanted to watch the game of course," Ivan smiled at me. "Wow...what great friends," I turned to them. "Well, at least you all came. But we are fine, don't worry about it," Francis smiled at everyone sweetly. This bastard was so fake.

"Well, you can all go home now. Tomorrow is Saturday, so we will be out in the morning," Francis reassured everyone. "Yes, no need to worry. It will just be a few more hours," I added. I felt odd agreeing with him, but I guess now wasn't really the time to disagree to disagree. "Okay then, I will let your brothers know you will be at our house," Yao looked at me. I nodded in response as I heard Francis give a similar excuse to Gilbert and his other friend Antonio. "Okay then, have a good night."

Everyone waved us off nervously as they turned away to leave. "This is going to be a long night," I groaned. "Oui," Francis said. We took a seat once more and tried to let the time pass by.

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"Dang, papa Francis," Maddie laughed a bit. She continued to play with his gray hair with laughter. "Wait! So how did the both of you even last the night?" Amelia asked. "Believe it or not, we actually asked for some cards and passed the time playing card games. It was odd, but being bored out of your mind makes you do things you wouldn't have done in the first place," Francis laughed.

He grabbed Maddie in his arms and held her tightly. I checked the time, and it was still very early still. Only thirty minutes had passed. Which was good; it wasn't getting too late for anyone. "Really? There was no arguing?" Alfred asked, confused. I laughed at his question, shrugging my shoulders. "Well...not a lot," I added with laughter.  Amelia soon started to jump up and down, very interested some more. "What is it, darling?" I asked. "I need to pee! Please don't start the story again without me."

She got up quickly, running for the bathroom. "I have not seen her this excited in a while," Alfred laughed. Francis placed an arm around me, pulling me closer. After some time, Amelia came running back. "Okay, now go on!" She said excitedly. "That was the end, sweetie, you asked me to tell you how we met, and that was it," I chuckled. She soon got sad, and she turned her head quickly. "I want to know how you both fell in love now!" She said with enthusiasm. I looked over to Alfred, who shrugged, amused. "Okay, fine then, we will continue," I smiled as I separated from Francis's arms.

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