Alfred and Arthur had a new favorite song. Arthur was the first one that listened to it, and automatically knew that Alfred would fucking love it.
The song is Free, by Mother Mother. They listened to the other songs too, but this specific song spoke to them on an emotional level.
They listened to it on the way to meetings in the car, or at home while Alfred cooked. They randomly sang out the lyrics while they were alone together at home. It was almost everyday.
Until they had their first fight.
Arthur and Alfred would have their moments and their arguments, but they'd always get through it. They'd give each other space if need be.
But this time, Alfred fucked up. Big time. Or at least that's what Arthur thought.
You see, what happened was that the Bad Touch Trio thought it would be hilarious if they made it look like Alfred cheated. It, quite obviously, did not go over very well.
Arthur went to go shopping, Alfred stayed home to get paperwork signed.
This was when the BTT decided to make a little visit.
Francis had claimed that he just wanted to see Alfred for a few minutes before they headed off to go stay with Matthew (which they were going to do, if not then Gilbert would have thrown a tantrum about it).
Alfred let them in, glad to have some company. He didn't always like to be alone at home.
The four of them sat on a couch in the main room, chatting about the recent world meeting. They heard Arthur pull into the drive way. Francis looked to Gilbert and Antonio, grinning mischievously.
The Frenchman pulled Alfred on top of him and kissed him, just as Arthur opened the door.
He gasped as he noticed them, and began yelling.
"ALFRED HOW COULD YOU?! YOU PROMISED YOU WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING!"
Alfred hurried to his boyfriend, frantically trying to explain what happened. But Arthur wanted none of his excuses. He drove off in a blind rage, with Alfred sobbing and sprinting after him.
The trio looked to one another, just now realizing how stupid their idea was.
A few months had passed since the incident occurred. Alfred and Arthur both stopped participating in meetings, and talking to anyone in general.
The trio tried on multiple occasions to explain what really happened, but Arthur never listened.
One day, during a lunch break of a world meeting, Alfred and Arthur were some of the last countries to leave the hall. They had not yet noticed until they were at the door.
Arthur sighed angrily and stomped his way back to his seat, waiting for Alfred to leave. Alfred watched him, tears starting to roll down his face.
"Arthur, please. I miss you."
The Brit refused to look up at him, but he still listened. Alfred sighed and began quietly singing to himself a song he hadn't listened to since Arthur left.
"Love let my nightmares turn into dreams.."
Alfred began to open the door and tried not to cry. He thought he had officially lost who he considered to be his soul mate.
"Love let the angels into my sleep.."
He turned to look at Arthur one last time. Arthur was wiping his eyes.
"Love let the spirits fly out of me.."
Arthur stood and made his was to Alfred, looking at him sadly. His voice trembled as he sang the next part of the song.
"Love let my love inside go free.."
The two of them began sobbing and hugged each other tightly.
"A-Arthur.. I'm so sorry about what happened.."
"It's okay Alfred, it's okay. It's my fault too, I should have listened to you. Your brother told me what happened after Gilbert explained it to him."
"So are we okay now?"
"Yes, we're okay. And I never stopped loving you, I missed you so much."
"I missed you too. I never stopped loving you either."
The couple stood in the door way, hugging each other, for a few more minutes.
"Arthur?"
"Yes love?"
"Who do you want to kill first?"
"Francis."
"Okay. We'll go to his place first then."
Arthur smiled.
"I love You, Alfred."
"And I love you, Arthur."
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I fucking love that song, Free
Just in case someone didn't catch, or the thing up top didn't work, the song is Free by Mother Mother
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