(C/Y) - Current Year

Human AU!

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"Lukas!" You shout placing a cup of black coffee on the countertop. A seemingly young man with light purple eyes and walks up to the counter to grab the cup. "Thank you for buying our coffee, Lukas. I hope to see you again!" He spares a glance at you, as he says two single coherent words: "Matthias... Perfect..." then grabs his cup and walks away.

When out of his ears' reach, you say, "That was... Weird... Oh well! No need to dwell on the past!~" You hum a small tune to myself as you turn to serve your next customer.

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"Matthias," Lukas, called out as he entered his shared home between him and 4 others.

"Yo! I'm in the living room, whatcha need?" Matthias asked as he continued to mess with a large pile of Legos that had formally been a large house.

"...do you want a girlfriend?" The Norwegian man asked after a moment of silence. Matthias' arm slumped down as he slowly turned to look at his fellow Nordic.

"What the hell do you mean? You know I don't want to experience that... It was bad enough with Jeanne d'Arc for Francis, and he's Francis, why would I want to have that possibility?"

Matthias couldn't believe his ears. Although it wasn't impossible for the large group to date outside if their friend circle, most did not do so, as they were not wishing to experience the heartbreak as others did before. The fact that Lukas, the one that has been with him longest other than Berwald, as Berwald was his biological brother, was suggesting the idea, shocked him to full extent.

"Matthias," Lukas spoke, getting into a more serious attitude, "everyone is getting suspicious of us. The fact that four grown men and a teenage boy live in the same house and never have any females around is suspicious, even if we have Elizavetha, Lilli, Natalia, and Katyusha. You understand how this community doesn't like homosexuality? I heard that we will be forced to leave, whether or not we pay everything possible and necessary. Tino and Berwald are secretly married so it can't be them, Emil has interest in Xiang/Leon, so you and I are the only options. You're more likely to have and keep a girlfriend... and you need it. You've been weird lately."

Matthias stayed silent as he began to slowly make his mansion once more. "I thought you knew me better, Luke. You should know that I hate the fact that we have to blend in and be what's accepted, that we can't just do what we want, that we can't be who we want. We have to follow all these rules because we were born, as people of unfair nations. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be normal? I think of it all the time, but I realize that it's impossible. We love, but it hurts to much to think of all the bad possibilities. If we want to actually experience life, it has to be someone who will die within our lives, or we die in theirs. No one wants to spend years without someone that they love dearly. Look at Francis. He still thinks about her and it's been almost 15 years.

"Love to us is like building something with no support," He stops building his mansion and looks at Lukas. "It will all just crumble eventually." He puts slight pressure near the top of the newly built mansion and it falls over. Breaking into a million pieces, breaking instantly. "You can pick up the pieces, but it will never be the exact same again."

Matthias clears off the floor of his fallen Legos and walks to the door. "Don't look for me... I won't be back for a few days..."

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"Welcome to Fancy Coffee Café! What would you like to order?" You question your customer. The current hour was 2 in the afternoon, the slowest hour for business.

You take note of what the customer looks like, considering his insanely tall stature was impossible to forget. A tall blonde with blue eyes. A red button-up ling sleeve, the first three buttons unclasped showing part of his bare chest. A loosely tied black tie around his neck and a black jacket slung over his shoulders.

"I'll take a medium frap with light cream and sugar, and a chocolate chip muffin," he orders without sparing a glance at the menu.

"That will be $4.58. Will that be cash or credit, sir?"

"Cash, and here you go. Keep the change," he says as he hands you a five dollar bill.

"Thank you for your generosity. Any name or nickname you wish to be called?" You question as you grab a black Sharpie from a cup next to the cash register.

"Matthias."

You stare at Matthias for a moment before writing his name on the cup, "Do you... Do you know a Lukas that always orders a black coffee?"

"Uh, yeah. He's my... Brother. Why?" Matthias asks as he gives a questioning look at you.

"Well, earlier this morning he came buy to order his coffee like normal, but today he said "Matthias and perfect" before he left. I have a feeling he was talking about you when he said 'Matthias,' but I'm not sure about the 'perfect' part.

Matthias' tired eyes widen slowly as his mind processed the information. 'Then this is the girl that Luke wants me to date...'