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Mr. Canada has gotten used to being ignored or seen as a ghost by everyone in the meeting room. Sure, it gives him a disadvantage on how he can voice out his concerns or opinions during discussions. Unfortunately, it seems no one could hear him.
All except for Mr. Cuba!
Mr. Cuba has been observing his boyfriend being ignored by everyone as much and would frown on the stupid American to get his spotlight.
Although, there are some times that him and England mistaken Mr. Canada for America. Well…everyone accidentally calls Canada as his twin brother.
Canada, meanwhile, as much as he didn’t want to admit it…he envied his brother. How his attention was gaining and of course him bullying him in a friendly light. Afterall, America is Canada’s brother…he can’t hate him but he would be jealous of everything that he had.
He was married to Mr. Germany, which surprisingly puts up with his brother quite well…he’s adored by the nations, pampered by France and England, while he? All he had was France and England acknowledging him at least. His brother sees him at times.
A few friends as well. His boyfriend, Mr. Cuba.
Despite this, he was happy overall by the amount of people being surrounded by. Unfortunately, this led to him being touch-starved as much.
He likes hugs and craves for them.
Luckily, Mr. Cuba has it covered for him!
It was during their breaktime or lunch that Canada was sitting alone on the table, Cuba saw him and sat next to him and gave him a tub of vanilla ice cream he stashed on his lunch bag.
Matthew beamed with excitement as he saw the ice cream presented to him by Maximo. He gladly accepted the ice cream and opened it to his heart’s delight.
Maximo smiled at the sight he was seeing at his Canadian boyfriend eating his ice cream. During lunch too. How bold to eat ice cream for lunch.
“So…they’re mistaken for you as your brother today, eh?” He asked.
Matthew nodded and sighed as he gently settled down the tub, “Yeah…saw the whole thing? Where I asked how that specific scenario would work and then Mr. Austria accidentally called me, Mr. America…”
Maximo frowned, “Well…that American bastard sure had his fair share in the spotlight today…”
“Not really that much…he’s actually sitting with his husband,” Matthew said, “Alone with him. Everyone else seems to be ignoring him,”
“Mr. Germany sitting with him, huh?” Maximo saw the two eating at the table.
Matthew nodded.
He only scoffed and sighed, “That American bastard had it coming on being arrogant way too much and being an asshole,”
“Don’t insult him…he already has enough on his plate, it isn’t his fault he follows his boss…” Matthew said.
Maximo looked at him, “Well, can’t believe him and Mr. Germany were married,”
“I was at their wedding,” Matthew chuckled.
“It makes sense that you’re around because you’re his brother! He didn’t invite me,” he laughed along with Matthew.
Matthew stopped laughing as his smile turned into a sad frown and said, “I felt bad for not giving him comfort and ignoring him when he’s been at his lowest…to be completely honest with you, Max? I was so envious of him that I completely wanted him to experience what I had to go through being alone…guess I shouldn't have done that…”
Maximo listened and felt bad for a bit of bad mouthing on Alfred…sure, he didn’t like the American bastard but seeing his boyfriend being disappointed and full of regret? He didn’t want to see that sad frown of his.
“Hey come on now, Cariño. Turn that frown upside down, the best we can do is for you to be there with your brother as much as I hate him…I didn’t want to see you being like this,” he encouraged Matthew as the Canadian only gave him a soft smile.
“You might be right, thanks,” Matthew said.
“Hey! Anytime, Mi Vida!” Maximo returned a smile back to him.
Everyone seemed to be done with lunch as both Matthew and Maximo stood up from their table. Before Matthew would go back, Maximo gave him a forehead kiss. It made him giggle and smile.
“See you back at your home then?” He said.
Matthew nodded.
As both of them went back to the meeting room and continued the discussion between the nations inside. It’s gonna be a long day for Matthew. He should have asked Maximo for a hug earlier…he really needs it now.
After the meeting was finally over, Matthew grabbed his things and stood up from his spot before he could leave. Alfred came to him and wanted to check up on him, of course Matthew wanted to start a conversation with his brother after ignoring him again so they did.
Meanwhile, Maximo was already at Matthew’s home waiting outside. He left the meeting room much earlier before the discussion was dismissed. He really didn’t much like the stuffiness in the room…sure, he didn’t mind the workload but definitely not the vibe, knowing how the nations would probably argue most of their own issues.
He looked at the time on his watch and thought to himself…
Where the hell is Matthew taking so long?
Until he saw Matthew’s familiar vehicle from the distance and watched it parked along the trees. Matthew went down from his car and ran towards Maximo, already out of breath.
Maximo chuckled, “Why were you late, Cariño?”
“Sorry! I had a talk with Alfred,” Matthew breathed in and out before giving Maximo a smile.
“So…how did it go?” He asked.
“It went well,” he said, “Him and Ludwig are planning on doing something tonight,”
“Oh? Really?” Maximo raised his eyebrows.
“Yeah but it’s married couple stuff that’s for sure,” Matthew smiled.
“Bet Gilbert’s lil brother humbled that American’s ass!” He laughs.
The Canadian only rolled his eyes and chuckled, “I think that’s already now, Max,”
Maximo continued laughing at the comment.
Matthew settled down Kumajiro as he grabbed his keys and unlocked the door to his place. Maximo patted Kumajiro’s head as the bear gave him a blissful smile. They entered inside the cozy home as Matthew went straight to the kitchen to prepare themselves some dinner.
“Hey! You!” Kumajiro said.
Maximo looked down at him and asked, “You hungry?”
The bear only nodded as the Cuban only chuckled and went towards Matthew. Before Matthew knew it, Maximo’s nudge seemed to make him shiver a bit.
“Whoh! You alright?” He worryingly asked, afraid that he might spook the poor Canadian.
“Uhh…yeah! I am. Just getting used to you touching me that’s all…” Matthew said.
“Cariño, we held hands,” Maximo said.
“I know that! It’s just that I tend to get flinchy at times when we do…” he sighed.
“Did I…make you feel uncomfortable?” Matthew was surprised by that question and shook his head. Oh…he didn’t mean to make Maximo upset at him if he was uncomfortable to touch. To be completely fair in Matthew’s case…he was starved from affection and touch due to his loneliness most of the time.
“No! No! I’m not uncomfortable…it's just that…” he stuttered.
“Just what?” Maximo raised his eyebrows.
Matthew embarrassingly looked away from his boyfriend and said, “I guess I was touch-starved…so…I was craving for hugs…and I w-was gonna ask you but uhh…oh nevermind this was an embarrassing way to tell you this,”
Maximo laughed heartily and carefully placed his hand on Matthew’s chin to slowly turn his head back towards him. He smiled at the Canadian softly.
“Well I would’ve stopped walking if you asked me to hug you! Hell! I could’ve hug you right away,”
Matthew started to blush real time from embarrassment. It was that easy to get Maximo’s affection more but then again…he didn’t want anyone to notice the public affection and he’s way too shy for everyone to know that he was dating Maximo.
“Awww, did I embarrass you? You tend to turn red way too easily, Cariño!” Maximo laughed.
“I-it’s not my fault! You’re way too smooth for your own good,” Matthew said.
“That’s my nature,” he continued to boisterously laugh.
Till Kumajiro pulled Matthew’s shirt and Matthew saw the bear’s angry look.
“I’m hungry! What’s taking so long!” Kumajiro said.
Matthew sighed, “Can’t you wait for your food? I’m still preparing it, Mr. Kumaraguro,”
Of course, they went back on continuing preparing and cooking for dinner, all while Maximo started hugging Matthew from behind because the Canadian was craving for hugs afterall.
Matthew was surprised by the hug but slowly melted along by his boyfriend’s own embrace. Maximo took it one step further and gave him sweet kisses along the face, which Matthew started laughing at the sudden attack of kisses while cooking.
“Max! Hahaha!” He continued to laugh as Maximo continued to indulge his kisses onto Matthew.
“Cariño, you asked for a hug and I gave you more than that!” Maximo said.
Matthew and Maximo continued to laugh as the atmosphere turned into a sweet moment between the two of them.
Afterwards, the Canadian finally finished cooking their dinner as he delivered the prepared slice fish for Kumajiro then went back to sit next to Maximo. As both of them started to eat and enjoy their meal together.
“Mmm! Best food I have ever eaten,” Maximo complimented.
Matthew chuckled, “I was lucky enough to learn cooking at least I didn’t get Arthur’s bad luck on cooking,”
The Cuban only winced at the thought, “Oh hell no. I would not imagine you serving me with a very burnt food, Cariño…”
Matthew laughed at the comment and only teased, “Why? Are you saying my cooking is bad?”
“Nope! Your cooking is nice!” Maximo smiled.
Matthew hums at that compliment and chuckles again as he successfully teased his boyfriend. They went back into enjoying their delicious dinner as both of them liked each other’s company at the table.
After the dinner, both of them went inside of the bathroom to shower and get themselves ready for bed. Although, Matthew told Maximo he would prefer a warm tub instead of a shower.
Maximo smiled and nodded at the suggestion.
He filled up the tub with warm water and filled it up with a bubble bath soap while Maximo busied himself removing his clothes, Matthew followed along with him by stripping off his used outfit and both of them settled it down at the laundry basket.
Once the bathtub was filled up, Matthew closed the faucet as the two of them entered the tub together and relaxed their tired muscles from the meeting.
Matthew hummed at the tingling sensation of the warm water. It was nice feeling it. Maximo smiled at his boyfriend’s relaxed sensation of the water.
As he grabbed a handful of bubbles on top of the water with his palms, Matthew turned towards Maximo and blew it onto his face. Maximo closed his eyes at the impact and heard Matthew’s giggles.
“Cariño!” He called out, as the Canadian only continued to laugh.
In retaliation, Maximo blew bubbles back at Matthew and of course they made it a silly game of splashing the water but with bath bubbles.
After the bath, they changed into comfortable clothes as Matthew was wearing his many hoodies as always with sweatpants while Maximo was wearing a white tanktop and shorts.
They went towards the bed, Matthew sighed as he laid down comfortably onto the mattress. Maximo only followed along with him, although he was still sitting on the bed next to him.
“Mmm…I’m tired…” he muttered.
Maximo chuckled quietly, “I could tell, meeting’s really draining our energy,”
“Especially after the meeting…tomorrow I had a private meeting with my boss…” Matthew said.
“Mine too,” Maximo expresses his relativity with his boyfriend, “Although…wanna get some ice cream tomorrow after work, Cariño?”
Matthew only hummed at that thought, “That would be nice,”
The Cuban smiled as he carefully laid down and continued looking at Matthew.
“Do you want to cuddle? I reckoned that you still needed more hugs,” he asked.
Matthew tiredly nodded as he scooted closer to him and Maximo wrapped his arms around him and cuddled him tightly.
“You feel warm…” Matthew murmured.
“Heh, anything to satisfy your need for affection. I’m the right person to do it,” Maximo gave him a forehead kiss.
Matthew smiled as he leaned in and gave a loving kiss on the lips as Maximo melted along the sweet sensation. They pulled away and continued to snuggle together.
“Get some sleep, Cariño,” he whispered.
Matthew nodded and yawned, “I’ll make pancakes for breakfast tomorrow…”
Maximo chuckled, “That’s sweet of you,”
As both of their eyes dropped from the growing slumber, Matthew only murmured a single thing to Maximo, “I love you…”
He wasn’t sure if Maximo heard it but Maximo sleepily responded back his sweet words,
“Te amo, Mi Vida.”