Drag Cinderella [Hetalia/FrUk]

Chapter 1: A Typical Morning

"Papa, wake up," a soft voice whispered.

Francis Bonnefoy groaned and wrapped the blanket above his head, "Five more minutes, Mathieu, please..."

"We only have five minutes to get to school,"

"What?!" Francis jolted awake and threw the blanket off, looking into the alarm clock and realizing his son was right, "Merde!"

"Swear Jar, Papa,"

"Alright, alright!" Francis got up and started to get dressed.

The 13 year old sighed and walked out to the kitchen, waiting for his father to get ready.

"Did you eat breakfast yet?" Francis yelled out.

"Yes, Papa. I made pancakes! I made some for you too. I feed Kumajiro too."

"You're a good kid, Mathieu," The man walked into the kitchen, dressed in a simple shirt and jeans. Usually, Francis would have taken his time to have a decent outfit, but at the moment, it was the least of his worries.

"Alright, I got the keys, you have your backpack, let's go,"

"Wait, Papa," Matthew said and pointed to his face, "You didn't wash your face,"

Francis raised an eyebrow and looked into the mirror in the hallway. He looked to see he had a coat of messy makeup on. The rouge lipstick was wiped away by the drool and his eyelids were covered with glittery blue eyeshadow that was still intact with false eyelashes. The mascara and eyeliner was everywhere and made it look like he had bags under his eyes.

Francis sighed and ran back to his room to get makeup wipes, "Why did they decide to have a birthday on a Thursday?"

He muttered to himself as he tried his best to wash the color of his face. After doing so, he walked back out and Matthew gave him a thumbs up.

"Alright, are we ready to leave now?"

Matthew nodded, "Made my bed, washed my bowl, have my homework ready,"

Francis smiled and let Matthew walked out to the yard first, "I sometimes think you're the mature one here,"

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"Dad! Wake up! Dad! Dad!" Alfred shouted as he ran to the room where the blond man groaned.

Things were different at the Kirkland household than Bonnefoy's. Arthur Kirkland sat up and rubbed his eyes, "Not so loud, Alfred. What's wrong?"

"I may or may have no overslept,"

"Alfred! What time is it?!" Arthur looked over to his wristwatch, seeing they had only a few minutes to go to school, "Dear Lord... Why didn't you wake up me up?!"

The 13 year old shrugged, "You came home drunk and didn't know if you had sober up already,"

Arthur's eyes widen and then relaxed when he remembered going to the bar with some friends, "Oh, right..."

"Don't worry. I'm sure you didn't say anything to Yao,"

"Why do you say that?"

"Because when you drink alcohol you say weird shit,"

"Language, Alfred," Arthur sighed and rubbed his temple as he felt a slight headache, "...Did I said something to you?..."

Alfred looked around, "Maybe. Maybe not,"

And with that, the boy left the room and threw his backpack over his shoulder. Arthur sat in his bed slightly confused, trying to think of topics he could have been rambling about. Something he would say only when drunk. One thought came to his mind, which made him scramble to his feet and get dressed quickly to talk to his son.

"Wait, Alfred! What did I say?! Was it bad?"

Alfred smirked and just opened the door, "I'll tell you in the car but I really need to go to school!"

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Francis started the small rusty car and they were on their way. Matthew looked back at their small house and then glanced at his father, "How was work yesterday?"

Francis thought for a moment, "It was... Interesting. I still don't understand why anyone would celebrate their birthday on a Thursday night in a small bar..."

"Sounds fun," Matthew commented with a small smirk.

"It was until this one man got drunk and started yelling and then crying. It was kind of funny until he started flirting with me,"

Matthew raised an eyebrow, "Does that happen a lot?"

"Hm?"

"Do people flirt with you?"

"I mean, who can resist a pretty man in drag who sings?" Francis grinned and chuckled. He tried to remember how he had gotten to the entertainment business by performing as a Drag Queen.

"It's not bad, is it?..." Matthew cautiously asked, feeling slightly worried.

The car stopped in a red light. Francis glanced at his son and sighed, "Don't worry. It's not hard at all. In fact, I have fun. In the end of the day, we are both fine and we have bread on the table, OK?"

Matthew gave a soft smile and nodded. But the young boy knew the reality of his father's hard work. After the divorce, it was decided Matthew was to stay with his father. And after the divorce, Francis' family cut him off. Francis struggled with money, until a friend offered him a job.

And that job required him to wear dresses and perform.

Francis was skeptical at first, but seeing that there was no one else that would hire him, it became his last resort. The man actually enjoyed his job and the fact that he wore a disguise made it better. To him, it was a win-win situation. He was able to sing to his heart's content, he gained money out of it, and no one has to know about it.

It wasn't that Francis was ashamed of it, he was afraid. He never knew what it was like to have to work hard to earn money, seeing that he came from a rich family and so did his ex-wife. They never had to work a day in their life.

That ended when she left for the simple reason that there were rumors of Francis being a flirt not only to woman. In which soon, his family heard of this as well and had left Francis to be shunned from them and penniless.

So now, it was just Francis and Matthew in a small house in a quiet neighborhood, trying to get away from the rumors. At least he had thought to be, considering no one would hire him, in the back of his mind, he knew his divorcee had connections throughout the area.

That is why he was grateful for his job.

It was his and his son's little secret.

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A/N:

First chapter!

I've been wanting to make another fairytale based story after The Little Merman and I finally decided on making this one.

This one will be longer because of the different plot stuff I added.

I hope you enjoy my twist on this Cinderella story! I appreciate all comments and votes and I'll see you next update!