Stars Hidden in Snow [2/4]
anonymous
December 4 2010, 05:39:38 UTC
They both let out a sigh of relief as the words on the screen told them they won. They had played some other games at first, but now they were killing zombies with Alfred's X-Box system. "That was awesome~" Alfred said with a chuckle as he glanced at the clock. "Wow! It's 8 already! We spent the whole day playing video games!"
Arthur glanced up and nodded, "Seems like it. And it appears that it's a good thing I don't live here." He said as he picked up the bag of popcorn and checked if there were anymore left in there. "I'd be more than overweight if I kept up your diet!"
"Are you calling me fat?" Alfred asked with a frown.
"N-No! Just saying you should eat something healthier."
Alfred glared at Arthur as if he didn't quite believe him and Arthur looked uncomfortable under the stare. Deciding that he didn't want to argue, he turned away. Arthur glanced out the window, seeing that the snow reflect pink everywhere. "Er...Hey! I think the snow did stick!"
"Hmm?" Alfred said as he ran over to the window to look outside. "Hey! You're right! Want to go outside?"
"Alright." Arthur agreed, but Alfred had already ran out of the room and down the stairs. Arthur took his time going down the stairs, the snow wasn't going to go anywhere and he'd much rather waste his energy in the snow. Arriving at the bottom of the stairs, Arthur saw the kitchen light open and saw Alfred bouncing about in it. "Alfred, what are you doing?" He asked as he reached for his coat and scarf.
"Hmm? Oh, I'm making some hot chocolate!" Alfred responded as he poured milk into a mug.
"But weren't you going to run around the snow instead?"
"But it would be cold~" Alfred complained.
"Here, I'll help out." Arthur suggested as he walked up to Alfred, reaching for the cup. "I'll go get some marshmallows."
"Oh, wait, Arthur, don't--!" Alfred had just pressed the button for dispensing hot water and it would hit Arthur. "Look out, move!" He yelled, grabbing the English boy's hand. Neither of them got burned, but they were both staring at each other awkwardly with Alfred gripping Arthur's hand tightly. "Oh, um...er..." Alfred's lips turned up into an awkward smile. "...Uh, you've got soft hands..."
Green eyes stared at him questionly as a thick eyebrow raised. "Um... Thanks?" He said as his cheeks painted red.
"Ah! Why don't you go outside first?! I'll...I'll finish up here!" Alfred offered as he let go of Arthur and picked up the cup again.
Arthur nodded awkwardly before walking out of the room and into the backyard. As soon as Arthur left, Alfred covered his face, a slightly panicked expression on his face. "..." He breathed out a sigh and gathered himself before going to find a second cup to make a total of two cups of hot chocolate.
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When Alfred walked out with the two cups of hot chocolate, Arthur had seated himself on the porch and was looking up at the sky. "Here you go~!" Alfred said with a cheery smile as he handed Arthur a mug. "Whatcha looking at?" He asked as he tried to follow Arthur's gaze, but all he could see was a pink sky due to snow.
"The stars, don't you see it?" Arthur said, still keeping his eyes upward. Alfred furrowed his eyebrows and squinted, heels digging into the snow. "Mmm, I don't think so..."
"Look closely."
"That's kind of hard to do seeing how they're light years away!"
"Don't fool around, wanker!" Arthur exclaimed, slapping Alfred on the arm. "Look, right there," He took a sip of hot chocolate as he pointed at a shining point in the sky. "Rigel."
Alfred squinted, trying to look harder before breaking into a grin. "Hey! I see it! I see it!" He said happily and Arthur tried to cover his smile. It was always nice seeing Alfred happy and it makes him feel even better that he was the cause of it. "Wow, I'm starting to see more of them!"
"It's Orion."
"Orion?" Alfred repeated, frowning in confusion now. "...Wait, wait! I think I remember! Some Greek thing, isn't it? I remember it from Mr. Karapusi, the moments when he wasn't sleeping of course."
Stars Hidden in Snow [3/4]
anonymous
December 4 2010, 05:41:29 UTC
"...Uh, I was actually talking about English class..." Arthur mumbled. "Remember we had to read Odyssey? They mentioned Orion."
"They did? When?"
Arthur rolled his eyes. "Never mind, I went and looked up the actual story, but there was none, actually. Lost through history." Alfred looked as if he was losing interest as he drained half of the hot chocolate in his mug. "Listen, you git!" Arthur yelled at him before continuing, "He's the son of Poseiden--"
"Who's Poseiden?"
"Didn't you pay attention in Global class?! He was the Greek God of water!"
"Ooooh."
"Ahem, so one time he got drunk and attacked this guy's daughter."
"Got drunk?" Alfred let out a chuckle. "That's it, this guy just became Ivan in my mind."
"...I don't think he was drinking Vodka. Anyways, the guy blinded him and he went to Helios--"
"Who's that?"
"The sun God." Arthur answered with a groan. "Are you going to bloody let me finish?!" He snapped and Alfred cowered a bit. "Helios gave him his sight back and went to go kill the guy who blinded him. But that guy had escaped into the Underworld." Alfred looked like he wanted to comment and Arthur gave him a sharp glare making him close his mouth again. "The next part of his story that is known is that he works together with Artemis to hunt down every beast on Earth. That angered Mother Earth--" Alfred sniggered and Arthur could bet ten bucks that he had thought of Ivan who liked to refer to himself as 'Mother Russia' at times. "Well, Mother Earth then sent a giant scorpion to kill him. The scorpion succeeds, but the goddess asks Zeus to put him among the stars. Zeus agrees and puts both Orion and the scorpion up there."
Alfred was silent for a moment before asking, "You're done?"
"Of course I'm done! And here I bloody dared to assume that you were amazed by the story..."
"No, I'm amazed, but I don't see it!"
"Don't see it?"
"They're a bunch of points way up there, it hardly looks like a man..." Alfred mumbled. Staring at it through the lens of his glasses, Alfred, grinned and looked back at Arthur. "Haha, those old Greek dudes knew nothing!"
"W-What?!" Arthur said, completely shocked; he just dissed the greek philosophers?!
"I see a Happy Meal!"
"... What?!"
"Over there! See, if you connect that point with that one and that one with that one and then over there..." Alfred drew out the bath with his fingers pointing at the sky, "See! Happy Meal!"
"...Alfred, you're an idiot!" Arthur teased as he punched Alfred lightly on the arm. "You can't just make up a constellation like that!"
"Huh? Why not?! The Greek did it so why can't I?"
"Er... You just can't! I don't know, you just can't!"
Alfred pouted and was about to say something in return when he noticed something. "It's... It's snowing again!" He said, as he stood up and spread his arms out, looking up and doing a twirl.
"Oh, you're right... --!! Oi! What was that for?!" Arthur yelled as he brushed snow out of his hair. His question was just answered by another snowball to the face. "Hey!" Arthur yelled as he gathered nearby snow and threw it at Alfred. "Take that, git!"
"Ah! Ow!" Alfred said between giggles as he was pelted by multiple snowballs from Arthur. "I'll get you!" Alfred ran back to the porch and gather snowed before dumping it on Arthur's head.
Stars Hidden in Snow [4/4]
anonymous
December 4 2010, 05:42:42 UTC
"Aaaah!!" Arthur screamed as the freezing snow melted against him. "You--! Get back here, don't run from me!" Arthur yelled as he stood up and chased Alfred around the yard. However, it wasn't long before Arthur was the one running away from Alfred.
"A-Ah!" Arthur let out a yell as he stubbed his toe on something covered by the snow, tripping on the ground and Alfred, who couldn't stop in time, followed suit. Emerald green eyes stared up at Aqua blue ones and Arthur could see puffs of white air escape from both of their mouths due to the cold air.
Alfred could see that Arthur's cheeks were turning pink once again and he wasn't sure whether or not it was because of the cold air or from running around or... Alfred wasn't sure what he was doing, but in one quick moment, he leaned down and kissed Arthur.
Arthur was frozen in shock for a moment before melting into the kiss as well, arms reaching up and around Alfred to pull him closer to him. Despite the cold temperature and the snow all around them, the both felt completely warm and comfortable.
--
The clock chimed 12 as Alfred held Arthur in his arms, both asleep. The door opened, and two adults stepped in. "Al~ I'm home~!" She called as she helped her husband drag a large box in. "Al, it's Christmas Eve-- Oh!" She accidentally let go of the box, making a rather loud thud on the floor, but neither of the teenagers on the couch stirred.
"Um, honey? What's wrong?"
"Shh..." She said, putting a finger on her lips and pointed with her other hand at Alfred and Arthur. "Bring the box up, I'll go get them a blanket~" She said as she left her husband to carry the heavy box into the house as she ran up the stairs to grab a blanket for the two.
After having heaved the box into the house and down into the basement where it will stay until late Christmas Eve. "Good thing they're asleep! I was worried that I'd have to make an excuse to hide the box!"
"Ah... Yea." Mr. Jones agreed as he stretched, he had a long drive that night so he was feeling just a bit cramped. "Now why don't the two of us get to bed too? I think I need just as much sleep as these two."
Ms. Jones giggled and agreed, taking Mr. Jones's hand and walked into their own room.
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"Hey, Alfred, do you remember?" Arthur asked as they sat in the snow the next day.
"Remember what?"
"When we first met."
Alfred grinned, "Of course I do. We worked together on a snowman, without even knowing." He said as he placed a final touch on the snowman. "The magical top hat!"
"Magical? How so?"
"Because!" Alfred leaned down and kissed Arthur on the cheek. "I get to do that!"
Arthur's face turned red as he glared up at Alfred who grinned mischievously at him before taking off running around the yard all around the snowman they built together, just like when they were younger.
-- I guess I should say that Ms. Jones here would be fem!America... Or at least her personality is since I didn't describe her looks... xD;; I googled up the stuff about Orion, I hope it's right. OTL I've never read Oddysses either so I'm basing it off what I read in Wiki .__.;;;;;
Re: Stars Hidden in Snow [4/4]
anonymous
December 4 2010, 13:21:28 UTC
Stargazer!anon thinks it's a shame Alfred couldn't see more... Actually, the belt is far more easier to distinguished for the amateurs han Rigel (same for Betelgeuse and Bellatrix) because of the shape. :) Also, I'm happy because it's my favorite constellation ever (and the nebuleas? Oh, Anon! it's beautiful! there is a whole cradle of cosmic life there, with sprouting solars systems and stars... imagine! in some hundred of thousand years from now there will be new stars atound there?) and you could have chose the boring Cassiopee or Ursa Major (ugh...)
tl;dr: Stars are beautiful, this story was awfully cute <3 ^^ I loved Alfred's mom. she is one of the best kind :) and, lol at Alfred's lack of knowledge, I mean... He went to the MOON (well, not AU!Alfred but... anyway :p)
p.s: Did you know, anon, that when you reach far away enough from the city and the suburb there is so many stars that when it reflects on the snow, you could believe it's daylight? That's how much they shine. :)
Author!Anon thanks everyone for such nice comments!
anonymous
December 4 2010, 16:42:19 UTC
@ Stargazer!anon: Alfred probably couldn't see a lot since he couldn't sit still enough and see them! xD Wow, I wish I knew more about this before I wrote it! I live in the city NYC, in fact and the chance for me to get out is probably less than one in a million, but what you just told me makes me want to beg my parents to drive me upstate for the first snowfall!
Arthur glanced up and nodded, "Seems like it. And it appears that it's a good thing I don't live here." He said as he picked up the bag of popcorn and checked if there were anymore left in there. "I'd be more than overweight if I kept up your diet!"
"Are you calling me fat?" Alfred asked with a frown.
"N-No! Just saying you should eat something healthier."
Alfred glared at Arthur as if he didn't quite believe him and Arthur looked uncomfortable under the stare. Deciding that he didn't want to argue, he turned away. Arthur glanced out the window, seeing that the snow reflect pink everywhere. "Er...Hey! I think the snow did stick!"
"Hmm?" Alfred said as he ran over to the window to look outside. "Hey! You're right! Want to go outside?"
"Alright." Arthur agreed, but Alfred had already ran out of the room and down the stairs. Arthur took his time going down the stairs, the snow wasn't going to go anywhere and he'd much rather waste his energy in the snow. Arriving at the bottom of the stairs, Arthur saw the kitchen light open and saw Alfred bouncing about in it. "Alfred, what are you doing?" He asked as he reached for his coat and scarf.
"Hmm? Oh, I'm making some hot chocolate!" Alfred responded as he poured milk into a mug.
"But weren't you going to run around the snow instead?"
"But it would be cold~" Alfred complained.
"Here, I'll help out." Arthur suggested as he walked up to Alfred, reaching for the cup. "I'll go get some marshmallows."
"Oh, wait, Arthur, don't--!" Alfred had just pressed the button for dispensing hot water and it would hit Arthur. "Look out, move!" He yelled, grabbing the English boy's hand. Neither of them got burned, but they were both staring at each other awkwardly with Alfred gripping Arthur's hand tightly. "Oh, um...er..." Alfred's lips turned up into an awkward smile. "...Uh, you've got soft hands..."
Green eyes stared at him questionly as a thick eyebrow raised. "Um... Thanks?" He said as his cheeks painted red.
"Ah! Why don't you go outside first?! I'll...I'll finish up here!" Alfred offered as he let go of Arthur and picked up the cup again.
Arthur nodded awkwardly before walking out of the room and into the backyard. As soon as Arthur left, Alfred covered his face, a slightly panicked expression on his face. "..." He breathed out a sigh and gathered himself before going to find a second cup to make a total of two cups of hot chocolate.
--
When Alfred walked out with the two cups of hot chocolate, Arthur had seated himself on the porch and was looking up at the sky. "Here you go~!" Alfred said with a cheery smile as he handed Arthur a mug. "Whatcha looking at?" He asked as he tried to follow Arthur's gaze, but all he could see was a pink sky due to snow.
"The stars, don't you see it?" Arthur said, still keeping his eyes upward.
Alfred furrowed his eyebrows and squinted, heels digging into the snow. "Mmm, I don't think so..."
"Look closely."
"That's kind of hard to do seeing how they're light years away!"
"Don't fool around, wanker!" Arthur exclaimed, slapping Alfred on the arm. "Look, right there," He took a sip of hot chocolate as he pointed at a shining point in the sky. "Rigel."
Alfred squinted, trying to look harder before breaking into a grin. "Hey! I see it! I see it!" He said happily and Arthur tried to cover his smile. It was always nice seeing Alfred happy and it makes him feel even better that he was the cause of it. "Wow, I'm starting to see more of them!"
"It's Orion."
"Orion?" Alfred repeated, frowning in confusion now. "...Wait, wait! I think I remember! Some Greek thing, isn't it? I remember it from Mr. Karapusi, the moments when he wasn't sleeping of course."
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"They did? When?"
Arthur rolled his eyes. "Never mind, I went and looked up the actual story, but there was none, actually. Lost through history." Alfred looked as if he was losing interest as he drained half of the hot chocolate in his mug. "Listen, you git!" Arthur yelled at him before continuing, "He's the son of Poseiden--"
"Who's Poseiden?"
"Didn't you pay attention in Global class?! He was the Greek God of water!"
"Ooooh."
"Ahem, so one time he got drunk and attacked this guy's daughter."
"Got drunk?" Alfred let out a chuckle. "That's it, this guy just became Ivan in my mind."
"...I don't think he was drinking Vodka. Anyways, the guy blinded him and he went to Helios--"
"Who's that?"
"The sun God." Arthur answered with a groan. "Are you going to bloody let me finish?!" He snapped and Alfred cowered a bit. "Helios gave him his sight back and went to go kill the guy who blinded him. But that guy had escaped into the Underworld." Alfred looked like he wanted to comment and Arthur gave him a sharp glare making him close his mouth again. "The next part of his story that is known is that he works together with Artemis to hunt down every beast on Earth. That angered Mother Earth--" Alfred sniggered and Arthur could bet ten bucks that he had thought of Ivan who liked to refer to himself as 'Mother Russia' at times. "Well, Mother Earth then sent a giant scorpion to kill him. The scorpion succeeds, but the goddess asks Zeus to put him among the stars. Zeus agrees and puts both Orion and the scorpion up there."
Alfred was silent for a moment before asking, "You're done?"
"Of course I'm done! And here I bloody dared to assume that you were amazed by the story..."
"No, I'm amazed, but I don't see it!"
"Don't see it?"
"They're a bunch of points way up there, it hardly looks like a man..." Alfred mumbled. Staring at it through the lens of his glasses, Alfred, grinned and looked back at Arthur. "Haha, those old Greek dudes knew nothing!"
"W-What?!" Arthur said, completely shocked; he just dissed the greek philosophers?!
"I see a Happy Meal!"
"... What?!"
"Over there! See, if you connect that point with that one and that one with that one and then over there..." Alfred drew out the bath with his fingers pointing at the sky, "See! Happy Meal!"
"...Alfred, you're an idiot!" Arthur teased as he punched Alfred lightly on the arm. "You can't just make up a constellation like that!"
"Huh? Why not?! The Greek did it so why can't I?"
"Er... You just can't! I don't know, you just can't!"
Alfred pouted and was about to say something in return when he noticed something. "It's... It's snowing again!" He said, as he stood up and spread his arms out, looking up and doing a twirl.
"Oh, you're right... --!! Oi! What was that for?!" Arthur yelled as he brushed snow out of his hair. His question was just answered by another snowball to the face. "Hey!" Arthur yelled as he gathered nearby snow and threw it at Alfred. "Take that, git!"
"Ah! Ow!" Alfred said between giggles as he was pelted by multiple snowballs from Arthur. "I'll get you!" Alfred ran back to the porch and gather snowed before dumping it on Arthur's head.
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"A-Ah!" Arthur let out a yell as he stubbed his toe on something covered by the snow, tripping on the ground and Alfred, who couldn't stop in time, followed suit. Emerald green eyes stared up at Aqua blue ones and Arthur could see puffs of white air escape from both of their mouths due to the cold air.
Alfred could see that Arthur's cheeks were turning pink once again and he wasn't sure whether or not it was because of the cold air or from running around or... Alfred wasn't sure what he was doing, but in one quick moment, he leaned down and kissed Arthur.
Arthur was frozen in shock for a moment before melting into the kiss as well, arms reaching up and around Alfred to pull him closer to him. Despite the cold temperature and the snow all around them, the both felt completely warm and comfortable.
--
The clock chimed 12 as Alfred held Arthur in his arms, both asleep. The door opened, and two adults stepped in. "Al~ I'm home~!" She called as she helped her husband drag a large box in. "Al, it's Christmas Eve-- Oh!" She accidentally let go of the box, making a rather loud thud on the floor, but neither of the teenagers on the couch stirred.
"Um, honey? What's wrong?"
"Shh..." She said, putting a finger on her lips and pointed with her other hand at Alfred and Arthur. "Bring the box up, I'll go get them a blanket~" She said as she left her husband to carry the heavy box into the house as she ran up the stairs to grab a blanket for the two.
After having heaved the box into the house and down into the basement where it will stay until late Christmas Eve. "Good thing they're asleep! I was worried that I'd have to make an excuse to hide the box!"
"Ah... Yea." Mr. Jones agreed as he stretched, he had a long drive that night so he was feeling just a bit cramped. "Now why don't the two of us get to bed too? I think I need just as much sleep as these two."
Ms. Jones giggled and agreed, taking Mr. Jones's hand and walked into their own room.
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"Hey, Alfred, do you remember?" Arthur asked as they sat in the snow the next day.
"Remember what?"
"When we first met."
Alfred grinned, "Of course I do. We worked together on a snowman, without even knowing." He said as he placed a final touch on the snowman. "The magical top hat!"
"Magical? How so?"
"Because!" Alfred leaned down and kissed Arthur on the cheek. "I get to do that!"
Arthur's face turned red as he glared up at Alfred who grinned mischievously at him before taking off running around the yard all around the snowman they built together, just like when they were younger.
--
I guess I should say that Ms. Jones here would be fem!America... Or at least her personality is since I didn't describe her looks... xD;;
I googled up the stuff about Orion, I hope it's right. OTL I've never read Oddysses either so I'm basing it off what I read in Wiki .__.;;;;;
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Also, in my headcanon, fem!America would be an awesome doting mom, so I could ttly picture her doing that xD
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Actually, the belt is far more easier to distinguished for the amateurs han Rigel (same for Betelgeuse and Bellatrix) because of the shape. :) Also, I'm happy because it's my favorite constellation ever (and the nebuleas? Oh, Anon! it's beautiful! there is a whole cradle of cosmic life there, with sprouting solars systems and stars... imagine! in some hundred of thousand years from now there will be new stars atound there?) and you could have chose the boring Cassiopee or Ursa Major (ugh...)
tl;dr: Stars are beautiful, this story was awfully cute <3 ^^ I loved Alfred's mom. she is one of the best kind :) and, lol at Alfred's lack of knowledge, I mean... He went to the MOON (well, not AU!Alfred but... anyway :p)
p.s: Did you know, anon, that when you reach far away enough from the city and the suburb there is so many stars that when it reflects on the snow, you could believe it's daylight? That's how much they shine. :)
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Wow, I wish I knew more about this before I wrote it! I live in the city NYC, in fact and the chance for me to get out is probably less than one in a million, but what you just told me makes me want to beg my parents to drive me upstate for the first snowfall!
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