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It was Thanksgiving, Alfred with apparent bruises on his face from his boss.
He really wanted to celebrate thanksgiving but unfortunately from what he had to endure? He wasn’t fully in a mood for it.
Until…
RING?!
Alfred was startled by his phone ringing and groaned…
He swore if it’s boss calling him…except it wasn’t.
It was his brother, Canada as he took his phone and answered the call.
“Hey Matthie, dude…” he tiredly greeted,
“Hey, Al! Happy Thanksgiving there,” Matthew said,
Alfred sighed, “Thanks, bro…but I’m not feeling it right now,”
Matthew sighed through the phone, “I know…”
They stayed silent as Matthew asked, “Have you been alright?”
“Matt, you already know I’m fucking not!” Alfred said,
“Right…”
Alfred laid down on his bed, “Look…bro. I’m sorry if I snapped a bit,”
“It’s alright!” The Canadian said through the phone.
“So…why did you decide to call me?” Alfred asked,
Matthew hummed, “I wanted to call you because it’s thanksgiving there in your place and wanted to plan a Friendsgiving with me and the others,”
“Really??” Alfred said,
Matthew chuckled, “Yeah! Thought calling you would be a good idea for you to like you know…hangout with me and the others…maybe as a form of you to relax?”
Alfred smiled through the phone, knowing that his brother is trying his best to cheer him up.
“Sure! I’ll be there! But will it be your place, bro?”
Matthew hummed in agreement, “Yep!”
“Alright! I’m set! By the way, who’s coming to the party?” Alfred asked.
“Well…I already called Feliciano, Kiku, my boyfriend, Ivan, Lovino, and your lover, Ludwig to say they’re invited to the friendsgiving I’m hosting. Even though they thought I was you…except for Ivan!” Matthew said,
Alfred chuckled, “Should I apologize that we’re alike?”
Matthew laughed, “I don’t think you should, brother,”
“I’ll be there, love ya, bro!” He said as he ended the call.
Alfred started to pack up for the short trip and brought out a plane ticket to see his brother and of course probably his boyfriend, Ludwig for friendsgiving.
His day was slowly brighter knowing that he’ll have fun at the dinner.
And of course, he’s also excited for the food.
He went to the airport, boarded the plane as Alfred flew to Canada because knowing his experience from driving long drives to visit his brother was EXHAUSTING.
Once he landed, Alfred arrived shortly to Matthew’s place by cab as he knocked onto his door. Matthew opened the door and smiled.
“Hey dude,” Alfred smiled,
Matthew hugged him and said, “Alfred!”
He saw the bruises on Alfred’s face as Matthew’s smile went down…
“He did it again…didn’t he, Al?”
Alfred only silently nodded.
“Come on, let’s get that treated then help me prepare,” Matthew said,
Alfred only smiled at that as his brother got first-aid kit from the room and tended to Alfred’s wounds on his face. Alfred hissed in pain as Matthew said, “Sorry…”
“It’s fine…tis but a scratch they said,”
Matthew only chuckled at that.
After tending to Alfred’s bruises, the brothers started preparing for friendsgiving.
Both of them heard a knock on the door as Alfred told his brother, he’ll get it. The American opened the door and smiled as the guests arrived.
“Alfred!!!!” Feliciano cheered,
“Hey, Feli!” Alfred hugged him as Lovino looked at him and scoffed.
“Hello to you too, Lovi!” He greeted,
“Happy Friendsgiving to you, burger bastard,” Lovino said until Feliciano smacked him with his elbow, signaling him to be nice.
Alfred chuckled.
“Hallo, Liebe,” Ludwig smiled,
“Hello, handsome!” Alfred smiled in return as Ludwig felt his cheeks warming.
“How have you been?” He asked,
“Been holding up alright,” Alfred said,
Ludwig noticed the healed bruise and said, “That’s…nice to know,”
Alfred sighed, “I’ll tell you guys about it on the dinner table,”
Ludwig nodded and entered along with the Italian brothers, Kiku was next to greet Alfred, and then Ivan.
“Привет, Alfred,” Ivan smiled,
“Hey, dude,” Alfred said.
As everyone was settled on the dinner table, Matthew clapped his hands, “Hello everyone, welcome to our first friendsgiving! I have invited all of you so we can celebrate and have fun,”
Everyone at the table smiled as they started to eat the food they had brought and cooked for this special occasion.
“Ve!!! The sushi you made is always delicious, Kiku!” Feliciano complimented,
Kiku smiled, “Arigatou, Feli,”
Alfred only stared at his plate, he was hungry…yes but it’s been a while since he ate for a day.
“Alfred?” Ludwig snapped him out of his thoughts, “Are you alright?”
Alfred chuckled nervously, “Yeah, I’m fine…”
“You haven’t touched your food…” he pointed out,
“Sorry…” Alfred muttered,
Ludwig frowned as both Matthew and Ivan noticed as well, then Kiku, even the Italians.
“Seriously, I thought you had a large appetite, bastardo. What’s going on?” Lovino asked,
“Be nice, Lovi! But he’s right,” Feliciano said,
“You haven’t been yourself lately, Alfred…” Kiku said,
Alfred stared at them and looked at Matt as his brother sighed.
“You know you can’t always be hiding what you've been feeling, Al. Everyone’s is worried,”
Ludwig nodded, “And don’t you dare think that we would forget that I noticed that bruise,”
“A BRUISE?!” Kiku, Feliciano, and Lovino yelled.
“Does it matter? It’s not that big of a deal…” Alfred brushed it off,
“It does matter to us, Liebe. Listen, if I have to guess he did this to you…you could always come to us,” Ludwig said,
“It’s not that easy! Have any of you know that I can’t escape him? I've been starving for a couple of months now!”
Everyone stared at him…with shocked and worried faces.
“We didn’t think…it would be this bad…” Matthew said,
“Oh my…Alfred,” Feliciano said,
“You haven’t been eating for…” Ludwig said,
“BASTARDO!” Lovino yelled,
Alfred looked down at his plate…he wanted to eat…even if he did…it would only make him sick….feel sick to his stomach.
Ludwig stared at the plate of food and back at Alfred.
“Alfred…” he said,
“I want to eat…I really do…but if I did…I feel sick in my stomach,” Alfred whispered,
“Do you want soup? I mostly made mushroom,” Matthew said,
Alfred watched as his plate was switched out to a bowl of warm and delicious mushroom soup. As he took a slurp of the soup and stayed silent.
Everyone looked at him.
“Was it the right food for you?” Ivan asked,
Alfred nodded.
Everyone sighed.
“So…now we have to remember that burger bastard needed to eat something liquid before he could get into solids!” Lovino said,
“Though it would take some time, I’m sure he’ll be alright eating with normal food,” Feliciano smiled at Alfred.
Alfred continued to eat his bowl of soup and settled his spoon down.
“Sorry for disrupting the mood, everyone…” Alfred said,
“It wasn’t your fault, liebe…” Ludwig said,
Alfred’s tears slowly fell down on his face…this was the first time getting comforted by friends…after he was stuck with his boss for months now.
Ludwig carefully hugged him and whispered, “We’ll continue to be there for you…we’ll be there to support you,”
He kissed Alfred’s forehead and gave him a soft smile.
Alfred only nodded. Ludwig sighed, “Gutes,”
“So! Are we going to continue this friendsgiving dinner?” Ivan smiled,
“Ivan!” Matthew scolded,
“Ah, Matvey! Sorry but really we needed to start on the eating again and wanted to cheer up your brother, you know?” He said,
“Hate to say but Ivan is right. So let’s enjoy this, ja?” Ludwig smiled,
Alfred looked at everyone as everyone at the table smiled at him in return.
He smiled and said, “Hell yeah, everyone! Happy Friendsgiving!”
Everyone started eating and began chatting about silly things and ranting about their bosses but most importantly everyone was happy, including Alfred.
He wasn’t in a mood for thanksgiving but with his brother, his lover, and friends? He’ll always be thankful to have them by his side.