Re: Bigger [3/3]
anonymous
April 29 2009, 03:24:40 UTC
Alfred’s face registered severe shock. “No way! How come you won?” He lifted the big boat out of the water with both hands and stared at it ruefully. “I had the biggest ship!”
“What did I tell you, Alfred?” Arthur grinned, pushing the smaller boat in front of him towards the colony with the tip of his finger. “Bigger isn’t always better. Sometimes it’s the little ones who can be quick enough to seize victory!”
“But you’re bigger than me and you always win,” pouted America. His wet, recently washed hair dripped into his face and made his eyelashes flutter.
England laughed and leaned forward to kiss his little charge on the forehead. “I’m England, Alfred. That’s just how the world works.”
“Yeah? Well...someday I’m gonna be like England and I’ll make the world work too!”
Arthur chuckled. “Yes, yes. But for now, I think you have a pretty good idea of the proper way to take a bath.”
“...Huh? Oh yeah!” Alfred’s eyes brightened. “That bath was so much better than the other ones!”
Chuckling again, Arthur pulled a clean towel from a rack beside him and helped his colony out of the tub so he could wrap Alfred in its warmth. “I’m glad,” he murmured, pulling America into a hug.
The colony returned it fiercely. “Someday,” he mumbled into Arthur’s shoulder. “Someday I’ll be big too.”
Arthur smiled sadly. Their hug...Alfred fit so nicely in his arms right now, the way he was. So perfectly suited for just this. He hoped that someday was a long way off.
“What did I tell you, Alfred?” Arthur grinned, pushing the smaller boat in front of him towards the colony with the tip of his finger. “Bigger isn’t always better. Sometimes it’s the little ones who can be quick enough to seize victory!”
“But you’re bigger than me and you always win,” pouted America. His wet, recently washed hair dripped into his face and made his eyelashes flutter.
England laughed and leaned forward to kiss his little charge on the forehead. “I’m England, Alfred. That’s just how the world works.”
“Yeah? Well...someday I’m gonna be like England and I’ll make the world work too!”
Arthur chuckled. “Yes, yes. But for now, I think you have a pretty good idea of the proper way to take a bath.”
“...Huh? Oh yeah!” Alfred’s eyes brightened. “That bath was so much better than the other ones!”
Chuckling again, Arthur pulled a clean towel from a rack beside him and helped his colony out of the tub so he could wrap Alfred in its warmth. “I’m glad,” he murmured, pulling America into a hug.
The colony returned it fiercely. “Someday,” he mumbled into Arthur’s shoulder. “Someday I’ll be big too.”
Arthur smiled sadly. Their hug...Alfred fit so nicely in his arms right now, the way he was. So perfectly suited for just this. He hoped that someday was a long way off.
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