The Secrets Hidden Within The Dairies Of The Nations

Arthur Realizes Just How Deep The Damage Goes

After his nightmare Arthur was not able to get back to sleep, so when morning finally arrived Arthur was completely drained. After laying in his make shift bed for what felt like hours Arthur finally got p and headed for the cafeteria with the goal of getting some tea. When he entered the cafeteria however the first thing he noticed was that Francis was talking to Laura which caused an angry fire to start burning in him, his brain had failed to realize that Antonio and Lovino were there as well. 

With the fire in his gut growing by the second he stormed his way over to the kitchen area to make his tea, which conveniently allowed him to continue staring at Francis and Laura. He had no proof that what he saw in his nightmare had been real but that did nothing to quell his anger. As scowled at the duo he failed to notice someone walking up behind him. 

"Hey Arthur, you sure look to be in a mood" Jett commented as he walked into the room, Arthur stiffened as soon as he heard his voice as flashes of his nightmare returned to him. He turned to look at the Australian but he seemed preoccupied with making his coffee so he had missed Arthur's moment of weakness. 

"Good morning Jett" He said calmly which caused the Australian to look up at him in shock before a thin smirk appeared on the man's face. 

"Huh, haven't heard that from you in a while" He said offhandedly as he picked his mug up, this caused Arthur to raise an eyebrow in confusion. 

"What do you mean?" He asked baffled which made the thin smirk on Jett's face become almost shark like. 

"You actually calling me by my name and not Australia or some insulting nickname" He said in a fake cheerful tone of voice before the smirk vanished and was replaced with a bitter expression as he walked out of the room, leaving behind a stunned Arthur. 

He ended up standing there for so long that someone else ended up coming into the kitchen, and when then noticed Arthur just standing there they cleared their throat to gain his attention. When he snapped out of his trance he saw Michelle standing in front of him and he felt a cold chill run down his sine as he remembered his nightmare. 

"Yes Michelle? What can I do for you?" Arthur asked which caused Michelle to raise an eyebrow, but she chose not to comment on it and instead gave him a forced friendly smile. 

"Would you mind moving a bit so that I can make some tea please?" She said politely though Arthur was quick to notice the undertone in her voice, as if she didn't particularly want to speak to him which admittedly crushed him quite a bit. He quickly moved away from the kettle so that Michelle could make her tea, speaking of tea his own had gone cold at this point but right now he could really care less. Just as Arthur had built up enough nerve to talk to her Lucille walked in and started chatting with her instead, and not wanting to intrude her quickly made his leave. 

 He had never realized just how bad his relationships with his children were until now, God why couldn't he be more like Francis the literal embodiment of the perfect father. Speaking of Francis, Arthur turned his attention back to the Frenchman and saw that he was still speaking to Laura. Before he could go do something rash like storm over and make a scene he felt something bump into his legs. 

When he turned around he saw Peter and Erland, they must have been running and which had caused them to run into his legs. Arthur gave the boys a smile but it was not returned, Peter was giving him an uneasy look while Erland was glaring at him.

"Come on Peter, Tino and Berwald are waiting for us" He said while sticking hi nose up at Arthur before he grabbed Peter's arm and dragged him away from the Brit. 

Arthur let out a small huff before finding a vacant table and sitting down, but as he did he noticed in his peripheral vision Jett speaking to Toby. He kept gesturing at Arthur with a frustrated expression on his face, Toby glanced at him briefly with an unreadable expression before focusing back in on what Jett was saying. Arthur felt the need to talk to them but just as he stood up everyone started heading for the meeting room which caused a frustrated sigh to escape him before he followed everyone else. 

He was so frustrated in fact that he missed Leon waving at him, completely ignored Matthew, and was totally oblivious to Alfred slipping out of the washroom looking just as pale and shaky as in his nightmare.