America and Russia~

Classes were finally over for the day. Ivan yawned, rubbing his eyes as he reached into his pocket to pull out his key. He was actually very happy with himself! He hadn't been late to any of his classes, despite getting lost several times. He even made several new friends on his first day, and that made him really happy. He idly wondered, as he put the key into the lock, if Alfred was back from his classes yet. In any case, he couldn't wait to write home to his family, and possibly see Alfred's twin via... Skype? Did he say..? Ivan shrugged to himself, then opened the door to the shared room.

Alfred had come back to his dorm after classes to find that Ivan wasn't back yet, but that wasn't too much of a surprise given that he was new and still finding his way around. He did seem like the type to get distracted by the flower gardens and stuff around the school, too. Alfred switched on the light, closing the door behind him, and went to sit down at his computer, turning it on and finding that it had finally given in and decided that it would connect to the internet. That was good, he'd been a bit worried that he'd be stuck messing around with it all night and he wouldn't be able to hold up to his promise that he and Ivan would webcam with Mattie. Speaking of... he pulled out his phone and texted his brother, telling him they'd be on soon.

Ivan smiled when he saw Alfred was already in the room, sitting in the computer chair and on his laptop. "I'm home~!" he said, setting his books on the desk and nudging off his shoes with his toes. "Are you feeling better, Fredka? You don't appear flushed anymore." He pulled off his blazer, draping it over the desk chair, before he pulled off his scarf and sweater vest. He loosened his tie, then grabbed a few items from his bedside drawer, sitting down next to Alfred.

Alfred looked up, smiling as Ivan returned. He was about to greet him in return when Ivan reminded him of what had happened earlier. He pouted slightly. "I-I'm fine. Anyways, I just told Mattie we'll be on soon!" He turned back to the computer, pulling up Skype and typing in his password. "You're ready, right?"

"Da, I'm ready!" Ivan smiled, scooting his chair closer to Alfred and setting the items he grabbed-- a stack of parchment, a pencil, and a polaroid camera --to the side, as he didn't need them currently, not when he was about to see Matvey! "You brother is back home in... New York, da?"

"Well... no, actually. Dad is in New York." Alfred finished logging in and sat back, glancing over at Ivan. "Mattie lives in Canada with our mom."

"...Oh." Ivan frowned, suddenly feeling bad. "Your parents are separated?" He kinda felt like a jerk now; he knew the topic could be sensitive for some people, especially if siblings were involved and you didn't get to see them often.

Alfred smiled. "It's fine... they've been divorced for a while now. Mom left with Mattie when we were nine. It's better this way, really. All they did was fight... so everyone's happier this way."

"Da, but still... you must miss Matvey and your mom..." Ivan puffed out his cheeks a little, internally chastising himself. "You get to see them sometimes, da?"

"Yeah, for Christmas. We switch on and off between having it at Mom's and Dad's. And me and Mattie have Skype, remember? Speaking of..." He grinned as his computer told him that Mattie had signed on. "Here he is now!"

Ivan was about to argue that seeing your sibling in the flesh once a year was definitely not good enough, but he closed his mouth and smiled when Alfred said his brother was online. He scoot even closer to look at the computer screen, waiting patiently. "Will Matvey like me, do you think?"

"Of course he'll like you!" Alfred scooted his chair over a little to give Ivan more room in front of the computer screen, pulling up a chat with his brother and waiting the couple seconds it took for him to accept, his grin widening when a face nearly identical to his own appeared in front of them. "Mattie! Hey! What's up?"

Matthew smiled, much calmer than his brother. "Hi Al. And... ah, I'm sorry, what was your name again?"

Ivan smiled, thinking it was so cool to see seemingly another Alfred on the computer screen, though, he noticed Matthew had slightly longer hair than his brother. "I am Ivan Braginski. It is nice to see you, Matvey!"

"Ivan... it's nice to meet you." Matthew smiled warmly, then continued, "I'm sorry you're stuck living with my idiot brother."

Alfred pouted. "Hey!"

"Nyet, not at all! Fredka is very kind and sweet. I like him a lot!" Ivan smiled back at Matthew. "He is being very helpful for me."