stands nervously outside of France's house, taking a couple of deep breaths before knocking on the door.
Francis
was
inside finishing the second to last thing he had to do with the meal. Mattieu was right on time.~ He walked over to the door after wiping
his hands on a dish towel and opened the door. "Bonjour.~"
blushes a little but smiles shyly. "Hey..."
moves aside to allow the other passage. "Please come in. I trust you're doing well?"
nods a bit and walks in. "And how are you?"
smiles at him and closes the door behind. "Would it be cheesy of me to say better now that you are here?"
turns bright red. "No, it's fine, eh?"
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chuckles softly. "Dinner will be ready very soon. If you would like, you can either wait in the living room or the dining room."
(( It's okay~ ^^ ))
nods a little before glancing between the dining room and living room, not knowing which would be best so he simply stands there growing
more and more red.
notices the increase in red and smiles gently. "Perhaps the dining room would be best?"
glances away and nods before slinking off to sit in the dining room, staring at the table.
Francis
hopes
that the other isn't awkward or too nervous; the nervousness was cute but he didn't want him to be uncomfortable. He walked into the kitchen
and put the food on their dishes. The salad bowls were carried out first and put in their appropriate spots. The table was already set up;
it was a smaller one that he brought out for just these occasions. He brought out a bottle of nice wine afterward, followed by the plates of
food. The wine was opened and poured into their respective glasses. "Oh, silly me. I forgot the water.~" He went back into the kitchen and
got the two glasses, putting them where they were supposed to be.
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felt a bit nervous and awkward and was trying to relax. When the other comes in with the food he glances at it before looking back at
France. "You really didn't have to do this much..."
Francis
feels
himself blush a bit this time; he scratched the back of his head a bit sheepishly. "I wanted to for you."
smiles faintly. "Th-thanks... I'm sure it's really delicious."
sits down in the seat across from him, smiling. "If you taste it, then you'll be sure." He gently teased the other.
blushes and looks at his food. "Yeah, that's true.."
takes a small bite of his food to let the other know that it's okay to start eating.
starts to eat once he sees the other eating. He didn't want to be rude and start before the other. He glances over at him. "So... how are
you...?"
takes a small sip of his wine before answering. "I'm doing very good. And yourself?"
nods. "Fine..." He tried to think of something else to say but couldn't think of anything so he simply ate in silence.
lets the other eat in silence for a few moments before he speaks up. "Ah, how is that bear of yours? Haven't seen him in a while."
glances up at him again. "Oh, Kumafiro? He's fine too... missing all of the cold weather, but fine..."
"Ah that's right, it's gotten warmer up there hasn't it? You were always quite fond of winter activities.~"
nods. "I like the warm weather too, though... But I don't think Kamato shares that opinion."
"Well he /is/ a polar bear, so I suppose that makes sense. The flowers should be blooming right?"
laughs faintly. "That's true... Yeah, the flowers have started popping up again."
grins. "We should go see them when they really start to bloom nicely."
nods. "That would be nice..." He pauses a bit, fidgeting with his fork. "There's... something I want to talk about..."
"Oui? What's on your mind?"
frowns and pushes some food around on his plate. "I... I was wondering h-how serious we are, will be, I don't know... I just... I don't
want..." He was about to say that he didn't want to get hurt but didn't think that would be best to say at this point. "I don't want to hold
you back...."
| Well, that was the million franc- euro question wasn't it? Just how loyal could he be to Mattieu? It had been so long since he had been in
an actual relationship. It would be harder since he was going slow with Mattieu since he had his urges to sleep with whoever would let him
but... he was a grown nation dammit. If Mattieu didn't want him to do those things while they were dating then he wouldn't. Though his two
greatest temptations would be Sadiq and his female counterpart, Marianne... "As serious as you want Mattieu. If you want to keep seeing me
like this, and not just as a friend, I shall refrain from my... other activities if that is what you wish. I don't want you to be hurt..." _
He chuckled sadly. "I'm a good lover, but it remains to be seen if I'm a good partner..."
frowns, shaking his head. "I don't want to hold you back... if being with other people makes you happy... Well... I want you to be happy..."
reached across the table, taking Mattieu's hand and rubbing the back of it with his thumb calmly. "What will make me happy is making you
happy."
glances at him from under his eyelashes and nods slowly. "Okay..." He started to relax a little.
brought the hand close to his lips. "So tell me what I can do to make you happy." With that he kissed the back of his hand.
blushes. "Just... just be yourself, I guess..."
grins against his hand. "A reasonable request, though I wouldn't mind if you came up with more at a later point in time." He released the
hand to take a sip of water. "We should probably finish the food before it gets cold.~"
blinks and nods, going back to eating. He feels better now that he had asked the question. It had been on his mind for a while.
had thought that question would come up sooner or later and he's glad that it was sooner rather than later. The atmosphere of the dinner
seemed lighter now, somehow.
glances over at Francis as he eats, smiling faintly.
noticed that faint smile and the little flutter he felt as he saw it. He glad to see the other smiling now.
finishes his food quickly and smiles a bit wider at him. "It was very good... thank you."
smiles back as he finishes his last bite, setting the fork on the plate. "It makes me happy that to hear you say that.~" He got up and took
their plates, setting them down in the sink to be washed later.
blushes at that and picks up his empty glass, taking it to the kitchen.
passes by Mattieu to get his own glass and kisses his cheek lightly as he passes by.
turns bright red but smiles and walks over, putting the glass in the sink.
grabs his own glass and water glass, carrying them in and setting them beside Mattieu's in the sink. "There, that's all of them. I'll take
care of the dishes later when you've left."
shakes his head. "No, I can help do it now."
"Non, non. This is supposed to be a date. What kind of date would this be if I asked you to clean them?" He winked, smiling. "Leave it to
me."
blushes. "A-are you sure? I really don't mind."
"Perhaps another date if you really insist on it, but at the moment I don't want you doing dishes on our first date."
nods slowly. "Okay..."
ruffles his hair with a smile. "So... we could see a movie now if you wanted. Or we could sit and talk. There's plenty of possibilities.~"
blushes and laughs, squinting an eye and reaching up to flatten out his hair. "I don't know, what do you want to do?"
grins. "Movie and then talk." After all, that was the best way to see him the longest.
nods. "Okay, movie and talk it is then." He smiles at him, liking the idea of spending more time with him.
Francis
thinks
. "Now the question is, go out and see one or stay in and watch one?"
pauses to think about it. "How about we stay in?" He figured it was cheaper and this way they would be able to talk if the movie got boring.
nods. "That's a good idea. Any preferred genre...?"
shakes his head. "I'm fine with any of them."
Francis
thinks
about what he has in his cabinet. "Hm... perhaps we should just choose a random one then."
nods and smiles. "That sounds good."
leads the other to the living and pulls out an older, but still good, French movie, putting it in.
follows him, peeking over his shoulder to try and see what movie it is.
holds the case of the disc up a bit so he can see.
nods. "I haven't seen that one before... is it good?"
"Quite good, at least as I remember it. It's been a while since I've seen it."
smiles. "Then that sounds perfect."
puts the movie in and settles on the couch, leaving half of it open for Mattieu to sit where he wants.
sits in the middle of the remaining half and watches.
watches the movie, but secretly draws up plans in his head to get the Canadian closer to him.
keeps watching, not terribly against the idea of being closer to the Frenchman.
subtly moves a little closer to the other, at this point not even really paying attention to the movie, just pretending to.
half pays attention to the movie and half pays attention to the other scooting closer.
would be cuddling the other right about now if he had his way. But he didn't want to do anything Mattieu didn't want to do. However... he
dad want to move closer so he did.
wouldn't mind cuddling.... He glances at the other from the corner of his eye and slowly inched closer to him.
notices the inching towards and wraps his arms around the others waist, pulling Mattieu's back to his front and nuzzling his neck.
turns bright red at that but makes no effort to move away, enjoying it.
smiles against his neck, giving it a small kiss before watching the movie again.
blushes deeper and tries to focus on the movie but really isn't paying much attention.
chuckles. "A movie is perfect for cuddling but it makes it hard to focus, oui?"
blinks at him and somehow turns redder as he nods faintly.
kisses the other side of his neck playfully. "Red is a nice color on you."
can't be anymore red than he is. "A-ah, well.. thanks..."
chuckles and nuzzles the top of his head. "No problem."
laughs a little at that.
smiles. "Might I ask how you are enjoying our date so far?~"
glances at him with a shy smile. "I am enjoying it very much."
grins and nuzzles his neck. "Bien, that was the idea."
smiles a little wider and leans in to kiss his cheek lightly, turning his previous shade of red.
turns Mattieu's head to face him and hesitates before pressing his lips against the others.
somehow manages to turn more red but kisses him back happily.
smiles into the kiss, hand reaching up to brush a lock of his hair.
tenses when he feels the hand at his hair, nervous about the other touching his curl.
Francis
feels
him tense up and figures he must have gone too far by putting his hand there, and thus moves it away.
frowns slightly at that, not wanting to have scared him away,
raises a brow at the frown, putting hand back on the others head.
doesn't mind the other petting his hair at all, he just didn't want it to be anymore awkward than it already was.
slowly starts to pet his hair again, being mindful of not touching the curl.
hums happily, liking the feeling.
runs his fingers through his hair. "Your hair is very soft, you know."
blushes at that. "Thanks..."
leans forward and nuzzles his hair, accidentally touching the curl since he can't see what he's nuzzling.
( =u= Mun is mean. )
turns bright red and backs away a little, flustered.
looks confused, not knowing what he did.
fidgets and gives him an apologetic look. "S-sorry..."
scratches the back of his own head with a sheepish look. "Non, non. I apologize."
shakes his head. "It's not your fault..."
"Just to clarify... what did I do?"
"You didn't do anything...."
tilted his head. "Then forgive me for being a bit confused."
turns bright red and points to his curl. "You.. you touched it.."
"Ah, that's right. You never did like anyone touching it, I remember." He didn't know that it was like the Italy curls, just that Mattieu
had always acted weird with it.
nods a little. "Sorry..."
chuckles. "Non, I'm the one that touched it, it's my fault."
shakes his head. "You didn't know what it does, so it's not your fault..."
blinks a few times. " What /does/ it do?"
fidgets a little and looks away. "I-it's... an erogenous zone..."
.... oh. Well that certainly cleared things up. "Ah, I see. Then I apologize again for touching it. I know that we had agreed to go slow."
nods. "You didn't know... it's fine..."
Francis
thinks
that it's a good thing to know for later when they do get to that point though... if they do.
might appreciate him knowing it then, too....
Francis
wonders
what to do now... admittedly he feels a bit awkward after accidentally doing that.
Matthew
feels
awkward as well and keeps looking away, embarrassed. "Sorry..."
shakes his head. "There's no reason for you to apologize so don't."
nods a little. "Okay..."
smiles at him. "Now, let us enjoy the night, oui?"
smiles faintly. "Okay. That sounds nice."
glances over at the movie and notices that the credits are rolling. "Oops, heh.~"
follows his gaze and laughs faintly. "The movie is over..."
"Mhm. I suppose that cuddling makes time go by quickly."
blushes and nods a little. "I guess so..."
kisses his cheek. "If you have to go now that's okay but... I'd rather you stayed here to be honest."
shakes his head. "I don't have anything else to do. I'd like to stay."
grins. "I'm guessing another movie is out of the question. Would you like to talk some?~"
laughs faintly. "Sure, that would be very nice."
nuzzles his neck again before letting go of him and getting up. "I'm getting some water, would you like anything?"
gets up after him. "I'll have some water, too, if you don't mind."
walks into the kitchen and grabs to glasses, filling them with water.
smiles as he watches.
hands him the glass and leans against the counter, sipping on it. "So, how have you been?"
takes the glass and sips at it before answering. "Pretty good, I guess."
chuckles. "You know what I heard through the grapevine?~"
blinks at him curiously. "What have you heard?"
"That a certain Canadian was reading a certain book."
stares at him. "Wh-what?"
"A book of dating tips.~"
turns bright red. "She told you?!"