Getting a Boyfriend: England pt.2

The Real Side of Me pt. 2

It was the day after testing and results were going to be out. Arthur stood outside, expecting nothing unusual. He slowly made his way to the list, knowing he would be at the top. He saw the usual bunch of students crowding around, but there was an air of uncertainty. He ignored it and made his way to the front. He heard people whisper his name. Arthur shrugged it off. When he reached to the front of the crowd, he looked up with a smirk. He looked for his name and suddenly, he froze. His name was not at the top of the list. It was someone else and it read: (First name) (Last name).

'How can this be?! Impossible.' Arthur heard some shouting.

"What the hell are you doing, Gilbert? Where are you taking me?"

"Kesesese~, just look where your name is (F/n)." You appeared next to Arthur as Gilbert pushed you through. You saw Arthur and smiled.

"Sup, Kirkland. What's up?" You then looked up at the list.

"Oh, I got first. So Gilbert, what did you want to show me?" Everyone around you gasped.

"Are you kidding?! NO HAS EVER BEEN AT THE TOP EXCEPT ARTHUR!" You looked at them blankly.

"Ahh..really?" Gilbert patted your back."KESESESE~! You beated the Brit! That is so awesome!" Everyone was congratulating you, ignoring Arthur. Arthur looked at you and walked away. You noticed him and tried to get to him.

"Yeah, yeah guys. Alright, can I go? I have business to do." You got out of the crowd and ran to look for Arthur, but he was gone.

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Arthur was went inside his mansion after school. He went inside the kitchen to be greeted by Allistor.

"Oi, how did you do in the tests?"

"(F/n) was first, I was seconded." Allistor suddenly fell down from the stool he was sitting on.

"You serious? She did?" Arthur slammed on the counter.

"Yes she did so stop trying to rub it in. I had enough of people making a big deal out of it. Why can't they leave me alone." Allistor smirked.

"huh, That lass is an interesting one. Got smarts, looks, and personality and yet you seem to hate her."

"It doesn't matter." Allistor growled.

"You better watch what you say. Even if she doesn't look like it, (F/n) is still a girl so treat her like one. Don't say anything that would hurt her."

Arthur shrugged and went upstairs. When he went into his room, he dropped on the floor immediately. For some reason, whenever he though of you, his heart was pounding. He didn't know why. Well, he didn't hate you for one thing. He was a bit upset that you bested him, but when he saw your face, he forgot to be mad and he actually felt happy. He kept blushing whenever he saw you smile or grin and he got mad when a boy got close to you. Arthur groaned. Why the hell was he feeling this way?!

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After the change in grades, you became a bit more popular and Arthur was beginning to be a distant memory. You actually didn't enjoy the popularity. You only wanted to hang out your friends or just be alone. One day, you decided to hide inside the school library. You enjoyed the quietness and the number of books. You were walking around when you found Arthur. He was reading a book alone. You smiled and went up to him.

"Hi, Arthur. How are you?" Arthur looked up.

"Hello (F/n). I'm fine. What are you doing here?" You sighed.

"Well, I had to run away from a couple of people. I never knew being popular was this chaotic. I wonder how you do it."

"'How you did it' to be more precised." You frowned.

"What do you mean by that?" You hear chatting in the library.

"Is (F/n) here? I thought I saw her..."

"Nah, she's not like Arthur. She would be out somewhere in the courts."

"You're right about that. Arthur is too 'sophisticated' to even hang with us. Dick"

"Nothing special about him anymore. Only his money. He's too much a goody two shoes."

"Whatever, let's get out of here." You heard some shuffling of the feet. You was very surprised.

"See? They really don't care about me now that you are at the scene. No one thinks about me that much." You grinned.

"Oh come on, I think about you- well I mean as a friend, nothing else!!" You became flustered not looking at his face. Arthur chuckled softly. He suddenly remembered something and coughed in his fist.

"(F/n), my birthday is coming up and I'm holding a party there. I'm inviting a couple of classmates and I thought that I should invite you since we're friends. Well, I mean we are..right?" You grinned.

"Yep! I'll come. What time?"Arthur smiled.

"Two days from now, around 8." You sat up and stretched.

"Alright! I'll be there"

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It was the day of the party and you still didn't know what to get Arthur.

"Arghh!" You were at the mall walking all over the place, looking for some present for Arthur. You were at the food court, still stumped. You wanted to find the perfect gift to give that would also help you confess to Arthur. You admit that you had a thing for Arthur. After getting to know the real him, you began to like him better. Even if he was rude and cold to you sometimes, he was still a nice guy deep inside. You didn't know if Arthur felt the same, but decided to not worry about that. Right now you had to find something suitable for him. Knowing what everyone thought of him, they would be giving him expensive and high class things. You decided to find something that he would actually like. You continue your trek around the mall, looking through store windows. Suddenly, you came across something. You looked at it in awe.

"It's perfect!"

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You arrived at his house and already, you saw a bunch of people. You went inside and was met by blaring music. People were around hanging out and talking to each other. There were a couple of people you recognized but you didn't see Arthur. You walked around to look for him and you were then greeted by a drunk Scot.

"'Ello there, lassie~ How ya doing!" You rolled your eyes.

"You are already drunk?" Allistor grumbled."I'm not drunk yet! I'm sober! Sober as a bee." You looked at him.

"What does a bee have to do with sober." Allistor wavered around a bit. You caught him and held him up.

"Uhh..I haven't had the slightest idea lassie, what do you think?"

" I think, you should show me where Arthur is. I can't go around carrying his gift."

"Alirght~ Follow me!!!!" You facepalmed and followed him. Allistor and you arrived to the study room. No one was upstairs so it was quiet. You went inside to see Arthur on the sitting on the desk. You blushed a bit at the sight of his attire. He was wearing a striped button up shirt with a couple of buttons down and black slacks. You had to admit, he looked really hot. Arthur turned around and greeted you.

"Hello, (F/n) Thanks for coming."

"Right, why aren't you down below? You are the birthday boy." Arthur sighed.

"I don't know, usually, I'm in control in these situations, but now I don't know how to act." You shrugged.

"Be yourself. What more do they want from you?" Arthur smiled.

"Thanks."

"Oh yeah, where can I put your present?" Arthur glanced at the big package that you were carrying.

"Wow, thank you, you shouldn't have." You grinned.

"Well, I figured that everyone is going to give you something suckish so I thought that I bring you this." Arthur chuckled.

"Alright, just bring it to my room, and join everyone else. I'm be down in a moment." You turned around and went outside. You didn't realize that Allistor had been outside of the room, listening. He seemed to be sober.

"So, you like him?" Your cheeks went slightly pink. Allistor laughed.

"Oh come on! You are the first girl who actually knew the real git. He's always hiding himself. Finally he found someone right."

"Oh shut it. I'm gonna drop this off." You left Arthur's gift in his room and began to head for the stairs with Allistor. You noticed some shuffling in a room which turned out to be the crystal room.

"Allistor! I think someone is in there." Allistor stopped and peered inside. You also looked in. Inside, there were a couple of girls. They were the girls from Arthur's fan club. They were looking around the room. They didn't see you or Allistor.

"Look at all of these! They must be worth thousands!" They checked out each of them in awe. They started playing with some of them. You tried to go in to stop them but Allistor held you back. One of the girls noticed the winged green bunny.

"OOO! Look at this one. So pretty!" The girls nodded in agreement.

"We should take it. He has a ton of these! He wouldn't miss this one." One of the girls grabbed it roughly. That was the last straw. You charged inside.

"Hey! Put that back." The girls looked at you in surprise."(F/n)? What the hell are you doing in here?" You glared at them.

"Well, I'm catching some fucked up girls who are stealing. Got a problem?" One of the girls sneered.

"Like anyone will believe you!" Allistor walked in.

"Well, I would." The girl went red with anger.

"Arthur hates you! He would never listen to you!" she then turned to you. "As for you, I'll just have to make him mad at you." Suddenly she threw the rabbit at you. You couldn't catch it. It dropped down to the ground and shattered.

"NOO! YOU BITCH!!!!" The girls ran out of the room screaming.

"ARTHUR!!! (F/N) BROKE A CRYSTAL!!!" Allistor ran off to chase them. You were still in the room kneeling at the broken pieces of crystal. The one thing that Arthur treasured and it was destroyed. You felt your eyes water. You heard someone running.

"WHAT HAPPENED?!" You turned around to see Arthur with a cold pale look. He went straight for the broken pieces.

"W-Why? W-Who did this?" You looked sadly at Arthur.

"Arthur, I'm sorry. The girls-"

"SHUT IT!" Arthur pushed you away, hard. You on your back, pieces of the glass pieced your hands. You looked at Arthur in surprise. Arthur stood up and glared at you with malicious intent.

"You did this. I told you to never touch it and you did it anyway. I trusted you."

"It wasn't me! I-"

"DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO ME!! I know it was you! You were looking at it like you wanted to take it. You just wanted it for money, didn't you? I thought you actually cared about me, but you just wanted money." You looked at him.

"No..I didn't want it.."

"Don't talk to me. You're not my friend. You're not a girl. You're not even a human. You're a monster." Your eyes widen. You stood up and slapped Arthur on the cheer. Arthur fell to the ground. he look up at you and noticed tears in your eyes.

"You fucking bastard! I didn't even touch it! I know it was important to you so I would never do anything to hurt you." With that you ran out. You ran down the stairs and bumped into Allistor. He saw your teary and growled.

"That fucking jackass.." He ran up the stairs while you left for home. Allistor went inside the room to seen a pissed off Arthur. He grabbed his collar and shove him on a wall. The crystals shook from the force.

"GET THE HELL OFF ME ALLISOR!" Allistor growled.

"Now you listen, Arthur. I want you to apologize to (F/n)! You made her cry. I don't care what happened, just apologize. I told you, never make a lady cry!" Arthur tried to shake Allistor off.

"LADY? She's not even a girl! She's a monster! She broke it!" Allistor punched Arthur in the face.

"YOU FUCKING GIT!!! SHE DIDN'T BREAK IT!!! YOUR FUCKING "FANGIRLS"  THREW IT AT HER AND BROKE IT!!! SHE TRIED TO STOP THEM FROM STEALING IT!!!" Arthur looked at Allistor, dumbfounded.

"W-What? She didn't break it?"

"NO, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!!!!" Arthur dropped to the ground and grabbed his face. What did he do?! He just accused his own friend of something that she was actually trying to stop. He felt something wet on his cheek. He looked at his hands. It was your blood. You were bleeding when you slapped him. It made Arthur feel even more guiltier. Arthur stood up.

"Allistor, cancel the party. Tell everyone to go home right now." Allistor gave Arthur one last glare and went down stairs to lead everyone out. Arthur headed straight for his room. He accidentally tripped on something. He looked down. It was the present you brought him. He brought to his bed and opened it. What was inside made him feel horrible. Inside was brand new shiny Union Jack electric guitar. Arthur also saw a note and read it.

So, how do you like your present? I thought that I should give you something worthwhile. Hope you like it. You should sing more. You look natural when you do
- (F/n)

Arthur put the note aside and put his head in his hands. Small tears began to fall from his eyes.

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For the next few weeks, you been ignoring Arthur. He tried coming up to you to apologize, but Gilbert and Elizabeta always blocked his way. You didn't want to talk to him. You still had feelings for him but you were really hurt inside from what he said. You knew that you weren't a normal girl but that doesn't mean that you weren't human. Months went by and you still haven't talked to Arthur. By then, you weren't as mad at Arthur as you were then. Arthur also didn't talk to you. He thought that you were still mad at him and decided to keep his distance just for you. Then, the formal dance arrived. Many guys have been asking you to go with them, but you kept rejecting. You didn't like to go on occasions like these wear you had to dress up. Elizabeta has been insisting you that you should go with her but you refused.

"No! I am not going to some stinking dance where I have to wear an ugly dress and make a fool of myself. No dancing and no dress!" Elizabeta gave you a puppy face look.

"Aww..come on! It will be a good way to get your mind off of Arthur." You rolled his eyes.

"I told you Liz, I got over that." She smiled.

"Then, why don't you go with him? You like him, don't you?" You looked away.

"It's not going to happen. He's already got a couple of girls wanting to go with him. I think he already has a date."

"Oh? In that case you go with someone to make him jealous." You looked at her.

"What? I don't think that will ever work. He's not jealous of anybody here." Elizabeta grinned.

"Well, he's not in this school, but he is a big rival to Arthur. I can ask Gilbert to hook him up with you to go to the dance."

"I dunno..." Elizabeta grabbed your arms and made the cute face.

"Come on (F/n) for me~" You sighed.

"Alright, but no high heels, flowers, pink, poof, and no glitter!"

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It was the night of the dance. Arthur was suppose to pick up a classmate who was helping with managing the dance, just like him. She was a nice young girl who was going to meet her friends later on. Arthur drove his car when he was a out to pass you house. He stopped the car. The girl looked at him quizzically.

"Is there anything wrong? Arthur got out of the car.

"I got to do something for a bit. Wait here, I'll be right back." Arthur walked up to your house and knocked on the door. He was greeted by your father.

"Hello, Arthur. Are you here for (F/n)? She'll be ready in minute." Arthur looked confused.

"For (F/n)? She's going to the dance?"

"Aren't you the one who asked her out?" Arthur shook his head.

"No I came here to talk to (F/n) about....." Arthur drifted off and gaped.

"Arthur? What are you doing here." You were were wearing a strapless black dress with (f/c) spots and (f/c) sash. On your arm were black armwarms and you had on combat boots. You didn't have on make up yet you face looked perfect. You hair was comb neatly and had a pretty shine. All in all, you looked amazing. You saw Arthur's gaping mouth and cocked your head in confusion.

"Are you alright? Your mouths opened." Arthur broke from his trance and walked towards you.

"We need to talk." He grabbed your arm and walked straight for your room. He sat down on your bed and you sat on the ground crossed legged.

"So, why are you here?" Arthur sighed and ran his hair through his hair.

"Well, I want to tell you I'm sorry. I'm sorry for yelling at you and accusing you fr breaking it. I'm sorry for calling a monster. I was so upset that I couldn't control myself. I'm so sorry. I know that you're still mad at me but I-"

"I'm not really mad at you anymore." Arthur looked straight at you.

"You're not?" You shrugged.

"Nah, I got over it after while. Still, upset that you called me a monster but I guess that's over." Arthur smiled.

"Well, you don't look like one. You look beautiful." Arthur realized what he said and blushed. You went a bit pink too. ((awkward moment~))

"So, ah, Arthur. You're going to the dance?" Arthur nodded.

"Right, I have to help since I'm in the student council. A bit annoying."

"Well, at least you got a date with you." Arthur looked confused.

"Date? I don't have one." You pointed out the window.

"Then who's the chick in your car outside with the giggly face. Arthur jumped

"Bloody hell! I forgot! I'm suppose to give he a ride." You stood up and began pushing Arthur out with you.

"Come on, mister You can't leave a girl alone. Not that she seems to mind. She seemed a bit happy."

"(F/n)! Your date is here!" Arthur turned to you.

"You have a date?" You fidget a bit.

"Oh, he's nothing. Elizabeta asked Gilbert to hook me up with some guy. I don't even know him." Arthur coughed.

"Right well, I hope he's alright." You shrugged.

"Well, I think his name is- Francis! Hey dude, thanks for coming."

"C'est bien, ma colombe~~ You look like a beautiful white rose under the full moon. You sweatdropped.

"Right..." You looked at Arthur in surprise. He was glowering at the blonde man in front of him.

"You cheesy monkey, what the hell are you doing here?!" Francis flipped his hair.

"I'm taking this mademoiselle to the the dance? What about you, uglybrows?" Arthur went red with anger.

"I'm here as her friend! Don't call me uglybrows!" You snickered.

"Well, they are big...."

"Ohonhonhon~ see, she agree with me~ Now excuse us, we have a date." Francis took you by the hand and led you. You turned Arthur and shrugged.

"See you there, Arthur!" Francis led you to his limo and drove off. Arthur went back to his car with a grumble. The girl in the car had a dazed face.

"Who. was. him? He's so, so..." Arthur rolled his eyes.

"Come on, I'll drop you off. I have to do something after." Arthur started the engine.
'I'm not going to lose (F/n) to that bloody git...'

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You were at the dance, hanging around. Francis already was flirting with some girls, not that you cared. You were looking for Arthur, but he hasn't arrived. You greeted Elizabeta and Gilbert awhile ago. Gilbert didn't enjoy the tux that his brother, Ludwig, forced him to wear, but the compliments he received made up for it. They left a few minutes ago to get some drinks. Seriously, you were bored. A couple of uys tried talking to you but you made it clear to them that if they tried anything, you would kick their asses hard. Elizabeta arrived and gave you a drink.

"So how are you doing?" You grumbled.

"Nothing fun. Francis went off somewhere and I'm not going to look for him You were right about Arthur being jealous. He was really mad." Gilbert laughed.

"Kesesese~ Well, they were always fighting each other! Francis had to go to another school since everyone want them to stop beating each other up." You chuckled. An announcement was made.

"Hello everyone, thank you for coming to tonight's dance. I know how you were hoping to listen to (insert some band you don't like) but first we have a very special performance just for you. Give it up for, A.C.E! Out came Alfred Jones and Matthew Williams. They were one of the guy friends you hung out. Alfred was in the football team and Matthew was in the hockey team. Alfred went behind the drums and Matt went for the bass guitar. Then, out came Arthur You looked at him in awe. He went to the from of the stage with the Union Jack guitar you got him. You grinned and made your way to the front. Arthur saw you and winked. You rolled your eyes with a smiled. Matthew started the song with his bass with Alfred hitting the bass drum. Then Arthur entered in. The song became familiar to you. You grinned broadly. You knew why Arthur chose this song. Then the song got a bit quicker and stronger.

I can't escape this hell
So many times i've tried
But i'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)

You started clapping to the beat and slowly everyone was. You were surprised that Arthur had such a strong voice.

I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times i've lied
(So many times i've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell

Arthur was strumming his guitar harder with more feeling. You could see the sweat beginning to come out of his body.

(This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal I have become)

Arthur continued until the last note. There was a pause then suddenly the whole room erupted with cheers. The song made them go crazy. Alfred was cheering doing his hero pose while Matthew waves at everyone shyly. Arthur had a large smirk on his face. You were about to call him when you felt someone pull you away. Turned to see it was Francis. He pulled you to a quiet corner.

"(F/n) don't get close to that punk! He means danger. He will get you into trouble." You pulled your arm way.

"Hey! Arthur's my friend. I know him. He wouldn't cause trouble." Francis flipped his hair.

"Mon Cherie~ He is the black sheep of Europe. He has nothing on him. I have more money and better looks. Why don't you fall for me? I'll make sure it will be worth it." A fist came smashing into Francis' face. You turned around to see Arthur.

"Sorry, she's already taken thank you very much. Now run along, you fuck frog." Francis ran way. Arthur turned towards you and smirked.

"'Ello there, love. Are you by yourself?" You smirked.

"Sadly, yes. I wish someone could take me out of here. There is a pub I like to go, but I can't find anyone to take me."

"I'll be glad to take you there." You snickered.

"What a gentleman you are." Arthur took your hand and led you out of the building. Behind you, Elizabeta, Francis, and Gilbert were watching.

"Yes! Finally, they got together!" Gilbert was laughing and patting Francis on the back.

"You looked so unawesome when he punched you." Francis huffed.

"I didn't expect him to punch me. He could have been gentler." Elizabeta smiled

"Well, at least they look like a cute couple now." Francis squealed in delight.

"They are so cute~! Look at the love they have! I just want to watch them all night. Francis and Elizabeta squealed loudly while Gilbert sweatdropped...

"Mein gott..."

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The next day, you arrived at school in a happy mood. Last night, Arthur took you to a pub and you guys hung out. He brought you back home, not without a kiss on the cheek. You walked up the steps getting to your locker when you saw couple of people ran outside. You saw some kind of commotion and went out. You then saw a guy on a black motor bike drive up to the school and parked. He go out his helmet and messy blonde hair escaped. You chuckled. It as Arthur, the real punk one. He was was wearing a white button shirt and black vest with a union jack tie hanging loosely from his neck. He had black skinny jeans that were ripped at the knees. You also noticed the studs on his ears. A ton of girls crowded around Arthur. You shook your head and went back in. It was pretty obvious that girls would like Arthur even more now he shows his rebellious side. You were opening your locker when you felt someone breathe on your next.

"Now don't be jealous, love. You know you are the only one for me. You turned around with a smirk.

"Oh really? How do I know that? How do they know that?" Arthur smiled and brought out a necklace. You look at it and smiled. It was a emerald music note.

"I had a piece of the broken crystals\ to be made into this. I thought you like it."

"Of course I do. It looks amazing."

"Let me put on." You turned around. Arthur clipped the necklace together. You noticed that everyone else was gone. You didn't realize that the bell rang.

"Arthur, we got to go! We'll be late!" You were about to go when you went Arthur's arms around your waist. He pulled you closer. Your hands on his chest.

"I think we can skip the first class for now. What's the rush." You rolled your eyes. Arthur laid his forehead on yours.

"I love you. For once, someone actually liked me for who I really was, not some mask I put on." You smiled.

"Love you too. I never thought that the boy who called me a guy would be my boyfriend. Wait 'til my mum hears this." Arthur hugged you closer. and smirked

"You know, you still need to pay me back for kissing me on the cheek. I think I'll get my payment now."

Arthur's lips met yours.