had started to think he'd died or something.

like he has, but he's fairly certain he's just groaning underneath his living room rug.

would make some kind of jab about his nights being wasted with partying, but he's pretty sure he's in no state to comment right now.

didn't think Arthur had that kind of spirit in him, but has enough of his homemade hangover cure to share if he was interested.

isn't hungover and he doubts a hangover cure will help him any.

heard Arthur has been up to no good again, and has to agree if it was true then a hangover cure wasn't going to help.

simply been getting over his grudges. He didn't get anyone that didn't deserve it.

sort of surprised he got off scot-free, and thinks maybe he should find a less offensive way to get over grudges.

hasn't seen him around so he just didn't bother, besides he isn't really holding any grudge against him. He will stand by his opinion that Gabriel, Gregory and Francis deserved it. Ludwig probably less so.

somewhat touched. He isn't really bothered, anyway, as long as it doesn't start some type of war then he is happy for the entertainment.

came to see him, more for the sake of getting away from Gregory and Francis though as he knocked on his door.

((Is Arthur a kid right now?))

((Yes he is T_T;; ))

((Riiiiiiight, I'm totally not clued up on things. ^^))

can sense it is his brother at the door, so after summoning all the energy within him he goes to open the door. 'Hello, little brother.' He stares. 'Little brother, indeed, eh, Art'r?'

frowns up at him as he folded his arms across his chest. "Shut up..." he looked more embarrassed about it. "You know bloody hard it is to get from London to here like this?"

((No worries I can fill you in if you want.))

smiles, amused. 'I imagine getting over the sea would have been hard. Yer legs are tiny.' He laughs, crouching down. 'Did ye do this to yoursel?'

((Yes please ^^))

rolls his eyes at that as he looked away from him. "It was a fuckin' accident. Now are you going to make me stand out here?"

((Um basically Scotland and France are together, Portugal and England are not together anymore, um... Canada and America are together, Arthur shot Francis when Francis decided to be a jerk about Portugal

cheating, Scotland talked about independence, Arthur was an ass about it. So those two aren't really talking. Australia and Arthur are friends with benefits, nothing between them though. Um... not sure what

else... Germany is awesome..))

((Pfft awesome, got it. Poor Arthur... Perhaps it was a good thing Ireland wasn't around, he'd have messed it up big time haha.))

((Haha aw no I think a lot of it was Arthur's fault, I feel no sympathy for him.))

'O' course not, I'm a good big brother.' He grins and scoops him into his arms, bringing him into the house. 'Quite the predicament ye'v got yersel in. Want some ice cream, little guy?'

started to protest at being picked up. Why did people always pick him up? "N-No I don't want ice cream and it will wear off soon I hope."

can't help it - call it national parental instinct. 'As long as it isn't contagious...' He puts him up on a kitchen counter. 'Well you're just as crabby as before.'

frowns at him, he feels like he has spent more time on counters than anywhere else. "Gee thanks, you know I've had the most wonderful last few months."

leans back and studies him, amused. 'No one else t' blame but yourself, Art'r. But if I were you, I'd take advantage of yer situation. There's lots of t'ings kids can get away with that adult nations can't.'

stares at him for a long moment before he moved to try get out of his hold. "Yes because I made Portugal cheat on me right?" He didn't really want to do anything a kid would do.

's smile visibly falters for a moment. He had heard rumours of Portugal's actions, but he was never one to believe everything he heard. Suddenly having Gabriel's head on a stick was quite an appealing thought._

coughs. 'I wasn't referring t' that, Art'r. Although I've always thought you could do better than that arse.' He feels a tad guilty swearing in front of a kid.

stopped his struggling when he noticed the falter in his smile and he sighed softly shaking his head. "I know you weren't," he looked down as he thought for a moment. "I can and I should really apologize to you

for stuff I may have said."

puts his brother on the floor and sits down with him. He smiles, shrugging. 'Now why break the habit of a lifetime? Sure, ye only got yourself to blame for this,' He motions towards Arthur's childish frame,_

'But why apologise if people fecked you over? Did you say anything completely uncalled for?'

thankful for being set down finally. He shifted to sit, feeling a bit awkward still like this. He shook his head at the questions. "Yeah yeah this is my own damn fault." He motioned to himself with that. "And

I know I've said a lot of uncalled for things and last I can recall you haven't fucked me over recently." He pointed out.

tilts his head, grinning, and gives him a small shoulder shove. 'C'mon, Art'r, we're brothers. We don't need to be feckin' each other over to warrant a few bad words here 'n' there. Besides...I wasn't there_

for ye over the last few months so I deserve a slap on the head.' He admits.

looked away at the comments and shook his head. "I... I'm rather glad you weren't to be honest." He looked up and paused, realizing how that must have sounded. "N-not because I didn't want you around, more

because it was embarrassing as fuck and Gregory stepped in and... well then we got into a huge fight when I shot Francis." He winced a bit, "he deserved it though... Gregory wasn't to happy with me after that."

hums as a frown begins to form on his face. 'Everyone deserves to be shot every once in a while...' He isn't sure why he's defending Arthur's actions, but for some reason his heart went out to him. 'Ye can_

understand Greg's reaction, I suppose, but it sounds like ye'v had a rough few months.' He almost goes to hug Arthur but stops mid-way thinking it could rile the kid up.

a bit surprised when he didn't take it the wrong way and even further surprised when he sided with him on that. He noticed he almost hug and shifted to climb into his brother's lap. It was a lot more awkward

than he was expecting it to be, but he hugged him anyway. He really was trying to change a bit.

well and truly shocked to find his brother hugging him willingly. It was sometimes hard to be so family-focused when his family's British nature often created barriers, so he was touched. Laughing, he pulled_

him in closer and swayed him to and fro in his lap. It is a little awkward but worth it.

huffed a bit at the swaying, he still had his limits. He didn't mind the hug though. He was getting more used to people picking him up like this and his recent heart to heart with Gregory had been more awkward.

"I was going to ask something else, but I'm thinking it should maybe wait till I'm not... a child anymore."

laughs more at the huffing, a reminder that Arthur only looked like a child and wasn't one in mind. He lets him go, smoothing down his clothes as he studies him. 'Oh? I'm curious, Art'r. You weren't going_

to ask for liquor, right?'

gave him a pointed look at the question and shook his head as he moved off his lap again, he really should have gotten some more up to date clothes. "No I was not." He looked away as he thought about asking

what he wanted. "Were you... were you really into me?"

's humorous smile disappeared instantly, and for once he was visibly embarrassed at the question. What's more, it was a child-Arthur asking such a question... 'Eh, w-well that, uh,' He rubs the back of his_

neck muttering a 'This is weird' under his breath, before finally deciding to just answer. 'I was...into you in a strong way. Yeah.' He avoids Arthur's eyes.

listened to him and tried not to look to bothered when he heard the answer. He nodded a bit as he shifted. "Was..." He repeated quietly before he forced a smile. "I'm sorry for asking that. I shouldn't have."

hadn't focused on the tense he used, too wrapped up in how awkward it was admitting his fondness for Arthur when the nation was less than half the height of him. 'Na, na...' He waves it off. 'If you were_

curious then of course ye'r going to want to-' He pauses, tilting his head. 'Why were you wanting to know anyway, Art'r?'

flushed a bit as he tried not to look at him now, he really wanted to be an adult again. "Just... I knew I'd made a mistake with Gabriel. I mean I was never really into him and I guess I knew about your

feelings... I'm sorry I shouldn't be talking to you about this. I should go."

frowns, shaking his head in vague disagreement. 'Ye seemed happy at the time. It didn't end well, fine, but don't cast it down as a 'mistake'.' He didn't want his brother second-guessing himself because the_

fecker Portugal couldn't keep it in his pants. He is a little embarrassed and wonders just how obvious he had been when he had tried to act okay with Arthur dating. 'Na, Art'r I'm glad you asked, ye don't need_

to leave just because my feelings made it awkward. I controlled them before, I can control them now.' He offers a smile.

paused and looked over at him, not expecting that at all. He stopped and shifted his feet, not sure what to do now. "I... You're still..." he didn't know how to word that.

stares for a moment before understanding what he was trying to ask. He laughs, deciding to not be so serious about it. 'I'll be honest, Art'r, as of right now I only think yer as cute as an English button._

But had ye walked in here yer normal self...yeah. The feelings are still there. Just...don't be awkward about it, okay? I'm not gonna treat you different.' He promises.

found it harder to control his feelings in this state and he was suddenly really trying not cry right now. He shifted to rub at his eyes as he nodded. "I-I won't be awkward about it... I was kind of hoping...

Portugal was a mistake, I mean that kind of relationship with him was."

alarmed when Arthur looks ready to bawl his eyes out. He shuffles forward, putting a comforting arm around him despite not fully understanding. 'What do you mean? What kind of relationship did you have with_

him?'

rolled his eyes at the question as he shifted away from the embarace a bit. "The romantic kind, it didn't work at all but I was really into you then and I just knew it would not work between us so..." He

shrugged a bit, "but Gregory made a good point."

isn't sure which part he's most shocked at - Arthur's sideway confession of his own feelings or the prospect of Greg 'making a good point'. He shakes his head. 'Wait, wait...I thought-' He laughs to himself_

'I thought I was a pain, I thought I bugged the hell out you?' He wondered what Greg had said.

looked down at the ground and nodded as he sniffed a bit, fuck being a kid was hard. "You are and you do, but I actually really like that about you." He clutched at the too big shirt he was wearing.

couldn't help but laugh, partly in disbelief. He was no fool; he knew his personality got on folks nerves, so to know it was somehow appreciated surprised him. 'That's the Irish charm.' He said for something_

to say. He takes Arthur's hand to stop him messing around with his oversized clothes. 'I'm shocked to say I think you've made me feel speechless.'

frowned a bit at him with that and glanced down at his hand. "Fucking Irish," he scrunched his nose up a bit, but it was clear he was just joking by that as he said it. "Well that's a first, I'm glad this is

all been good for something." He smiled as he looked up at him, this was still awkward.

((I'll be honest...if it weren't for the fact Arthur is a kid right now, Ireland would be all over him. Poor Ireland (and me) having to hold back and not be a creep haha!))

lets him go, laughing. 'You could say that. I'm impressed your English ways allowed for such honesty.' He teases, growing less uneasy. 'I wonder if it'll come back to bite us in the arse later...'

((Haha aww well we can make a new plurk for them if you want, Arthur's back being an adult now.))

shrugs a bit at the question as he moved to sit down again now. "Gregory said if you go into something thinking it wont work, than it wont."

hums. 'I hate to admit it, but I think there's some truth in his words.' He pauses. 'What made you t'ink Portugal wouldn't work out? Even I had to agree he seemed like a good fit for you to begin with.' And_

that was including his own jealousy.

looked up at him and sighed. "I wasn't that into the sex..." he shrugged "and other things. I just didn't want to spend time with him."

a firm believer that good sex was a big deal for a happy relationship, so he frowns. 'I didn't know you were unhappy.' He admits. 'I probably should've known, though, I am yer brother after all. If I thought_

for a second you had doubts, well, who knows what I'd have done to help.'

shakes his head as he ran his free hand through his hair. "It's fine, we worked it out in the end and I survived."

pokes him in his child-belly. 'Well, half survived.' He grins. 'So I don't need to go beat him up for hurting you? Seems like the family reaction.'

shakes his head again as and squirmed at the poke. "No you don't need to beat him up."

chuckles, and shrugs. 'At least I offered.' He watches him squirm. 'Why didn't you wear something a little more...appropriate? You could trip over in that thing.'

sighs as he looked over the clothes. "Didn't want to go shopping."

stands. 'Well I can't very well let you go home like that. Hold on, let me see if I have anything more yer size...' He heads off to his bedroom wardrobe.

stays put unsure of why he would have smaller clothes but he wasn't going to question it.

secretly removes the clothes from a stuffed bear he kept in his closet. Knowing Arthur would probably refuse to wear a teddy's outfit, he returned with the trousers, shirt and shoes and acts like they were_

keepsakes from when they were young. 'These'll fit.'

doesn't remember the clothes at all but he thanks him as he took them. He looked them over for a minute before he decided to go to a bathroom to put them on.

waits, inwardly laughing at the idea Arthur was going to go out in public wearing, albeit normal looking, teddy clothes.

would probably kill him if he knew. He got changed and came out frowning.

holds back from letting out an 'Aww' as he steps out. Arthur looks positively adorable to him. 'What's with the frown?'

not enjoying this. He huffed as he held onto his old clothes.

he should just be thankful he didn't insist on the kiddy sailor outfit he had also found... He gave him a thumbs up.

smiled faintly at that as he nodded. "Thank you."

'It won't last forever, Art'r. And at least this way ye won't get any unnecessary attention when you try to get back into yer home.'

nods a bit as he looked himself over. "True... thank you."