"China hyung, it's going to be my birthday next week." Korea slouched on the dining table, staring at China who was making dinner. China had gotten all excited to hear that Kiku was coming over for dinner, and started making foods fancy enough to beat France. Ever since China hung up from the call Kiku made, Yong-soo had been making a very grumpy face.
"Aiyah! I forgot! Time goes by so fast….How old is you going to be now? 700? Yong-soo, isn't it about time for you to stop getting presents? If I had gotten presents for all my 4000 years, I would be the wealthiest nation in the world!" Korea grumbles back,
"I think you might have already achieved that. So, does that mean you aren't going to give me a present?" China finally stops making food and sets the table.
"Stop complaining all the time, Yong-soo. You are going to get older soon, you know, start acting like one." Yong-soo stood up and banged the table with his hands.
"What the hell, hyung?! Didn't you give that damn Kiku a present for his birthday? He is OLDER than me!" China glares at Korea.
"What is wrong with you, Yong-soo? You come over here like it's your home everyday, and I give you a present for every goddamn holiday, and I can't even say that I want to have at least one day to save my money? Kiku never comes to visit, and the only time when he'll accept my gift is when it's his birthday! And you're right. He IS older than you. And so much more mature and polite than YOU, you hooligan! He is your elder, and start treating him like one! If you want dinner, then don't you dare use your uncivilized world in front of me!" That was the last straw. Korea got so mad, he grabbed one of the dishes China put on the table and threw it to the ground.
"I'll eat anywhere I want, and right now, I'd rather eat England's cooking than yours! I wouldn't want to stay here and see you fuss over Kiku like he's some kind of a holy angel!" After letting off some steam, Yong-soo stomped out of the kitchen. When he reached to the front door and opened it, he ran right into Kiku.
"Yong-soo. It's been a while. Are you staying for dinner?" Yong-soo glared at Kiku.
"You. You have no shame. Like hell I'll eat with you. After all you did to me; you are no brother of mine." And Yong-soo pushed him away with his shoulder. Kiku stared at Yong-soo's lonely walk back to the airport alone. Kiku's face then was something that Yong-soo would never appreciate or believe. Kiku looked back at Yong-soo with worry.
Two days after that, there was a world meeting. Usually, Korea is happy to be sitting next to China, but that day, Korea was making a frown that the whole world could not turn upside-down. He even (immaturely) pushed his chair away from China. China frowned at the action, and scolded him.
"Stop acting so immature, aru. Your stubbornness is getting nowhere. That dish you broke cost 30 (Put Chinese cash unit here) and you'd better pay for that." Korea stubbornly ignored China. China sighed and started ignoring Korea also. Right then, Korea's mind was something like this: STUPID IDIOT BROTHER HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE FOREVER HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE-
"Uum, are you ok?" Korea looked up at the voice to see America. No, something was different. Did America have long hair? Korea had never seen him with glasses before. The nation smiled at him, but it seemed kind of pained. "Uum, I'm Canada…." Canada? Canada….Somewhere, Korea thought he heard that country before. "S-Sorry to bother you, but you were frowning really hard, and I sit in front of you, so….It was hard not to notice….so….S-sorry to bother you.S-sorry to ask this, but, you don't hate America, right?" Korea smiled. This country was acting so nervous, it was pretty funny.
"I am Korea, da-ze! I don't hate America, I don't think so. Why do you ask?" Canada did not meet Korea's eyes.
"You-you were glaring at me…..I look like America, So I thought maybe America or I bothered you, or made you angry…." Korea made a confused face. He had not known that he was frowning; he didn't feel the muscles of his face at all. Korea grinned his famous happy-go-lucky grin.
"I didn't know I was glaring. I was just not in a good mood, I guess. I don't really know this feeling of heaviness much, but I guess that the heaviness means I'm not in a good mood, right?" Canada looks at Korea in a funny way.
"You…you don't know what getting mad feels like?" Korea thought deeply. He knew what getting mad was. He felt it all the time around Kiku. But this was a different feeling from that mad. He didn't like to talk to China now, and made a frown at China, but he felt worse when he saw China smiling and talking to Kiku, and He wanted China to do it to HIM, smile at HIM, talking and laughing with HIM, not Kiku. But he stilled frowned at China. Why was that?
"I know. I know what anger feels like. But…it's a bit different from the usual anger." Korea answered. Canada asks Korea,
"What were you mad about?" Korea's face instantly turned dark and gloomy again. Canada's nervousness rose to the peak, and Canada started apologizing crazy. "I-I'm sorry! I shouldn't have asked! I'm so sorry!" Korea panicked at Canada apologizing. Korea didn't mean to frown like that.
"I-it's not you, Canada! It's just that my birthday's coming up in 5 days." Canada didn't get what the Korean was talking about. In Canada's dictionary, birthdays are suppost to be fun, and celebrating.
"May I ask why?" Korea smiled this time, so Canada won't get freaked out, but the smile had a sad tinge to it.
"I won't be getting presents from my family. Nor will I get to celebrate with them ….probably." That didn't make any sense at all to Canada. Even though England might forget who he was sometimes, America never forgot, and always celebrated with him. Canada opened his mouth to respond back, but just then, Germany snapped.
"YOU CALL YOURSELF REPRESENTATION OF YOUR NATION?!!!! SIT DOWN IN YOUR SEATS AND BE QUIET!! BE CIVILIZED FOR ONCE AND DO WHAT WE COME INTO THIS FRIGGIN ROOM FOR EVERY MONTH! AT LEAST SHOW SOME EFFORT IN TRYING TO SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS!" Apparently, the two of them weren't the only ones out of their seats and talking. England was off of his seat and arguing with France, Spain was flirting with female nations. Plenty other nations were standing, but 10 seconds after Germany's bellow, everyone was sitting down.
It was the day. It was Korea's birthday, but the birthday nation did not feel happy at all. Maybe he was getting old and celebrated too many birthdays, like China said. Why did he feel so empty inside? It was noon, his birthday halfway over, and he was not enjoying himself a bit. 7 hours later, he will have a ball dedicated to him, all the government people and politic people will be there to celebrate his birthday, and it didn't seem grand at all. Korea was just lazing his day off from work by being on the computer all day, playing online games. But 10 minutes after one game, he got quickly got tired of it. The world seemed so empty and pointless. At that moment where Korea was going emo, the doorbell rang. Korea slowly rose to a standing position and slowly walked to the door.
"Who is it…..Canada?" Korea opened the door to see Canada, holding a cake box in one hand, a beautifully wrapped gift box in another. Canada smiled brightly and said,
"Shocked? Happy Birthday, Korea!" Yong-soo stared at the scene in front of him, absorbing everything in. Then, Korea grinned like himself for the first time in his birthday. Korea hurriedly ushered Canada in, and told Canada to wait in his living room. Korea, running faster than Italy running away when he sees England, ran to his room to change into something more formal then his pajamas. After he found some decent clothing, which was a huge green t-shirt that went only a little above his knees, and faded jeans, he went into his living room where he left Canada. Canada was admiring a calligraphy Korea had done himself quite a few years ago with China. Korea smiled and said,
"Hey. I bet you can't even read what it says, so why are you staring at it?" Canada smiled back at Korea.
"True, I don't know what it says, but, I can see that it's written beautifully. You have great handwriting." Korea blushed at the comment. Everyone called him stupid, obnoxious, loud, annoying, pervert, and no one had ever, not even China, complimented him. Oh, his people flattered him, but it was empty words. Canada looked at the cake box he put on Korea's sofa. "Er, Well, I was heading to your house, and I saw a great pastry shop. I remembered I didn't have any present at all, so I quickly bought a cake and present…I don't really know what you would like-" Korea tightly hugged Canada. It was Canada's turn to blush. Korea jumped around, laughing like an idiot. He grabbed the cake box handle with one hand, and grabbed Canada's wrist with the other hand.
"Come on! Let's hurry and eat this cake. TO~ MY KITCHEN!!" Korea dragged Canada to his kitchen. Korea took the cake out of the box to see a beautifully done chocolate cake, with whipped cream, and bits of chopped chocolate bars, and red strawberries on top. Korea could feel something tightening his throat. Korea swallowed back the tightness, and said to Canada, "It's beautiful. A cake worthy of originating from me, da-ze!" It was almost too beautiful to eat. Almost. In 20 minutes, the two nations devoured the cake.
"It was a good cake, Korea. There are good cakes in South Korea. I'll have to order cakes from that pastry next time, when I have an event." Canada said to Korea. Korea grinned.
"It's expected for Korean cakes to be the best! They ARE originated in me! Call me Yong-soo! Im Yong Soo. Hey! Give me my birthday present now!" Canada laughed at the demand. Korea had gotten his spirit and confidence back. Canada handed Korea the beautifully wrapped gift box. Korea squealed like a girl and ripped the gift wrapping. He gasped at the content. Inside, was a full edition CD of the Winter Sonata. There was also a small keychain, with small plastic chibi Canada and Korea dangling by it. Korea grasped the key chain and admired it with wonder. Canada sheepishly said,
"It's not the best I could have made, but with the designing and the materials, it was hard to do in five days…" Korea shook his head and grinned ear-to-ear.
"This is AWSOME! Canada, chae-go! Well, you lack China hyung's charm, but….You are still number 1 right now!" Korea scooped out his cell-phone and chained the keychain on to his phone. Canada watched him do it, and smiled. Now, Korea concentrated to his other present. Winter Sonata, was one of the dramas he was the most proud of. Heck, even KIKU got so impressed, he made an anime out of it! Look who's copying, Korea thought, as he opened the CD case. The inside manual thingie said that it has been edited to the best quality. And there were secret, extra scenes, with bloopers, and interviews from when they were still in midst of making the drama. Korea stared at it for a long time, and Canada got worried if Korea did not like his 2nd present.
"Umm, Yong-soo? Do you not like it?" Canada asked the still Korea nervously. At the question, Korea laughed out loud.
"Don't like it? It's my all time favorite drama! Hell, when I first watched it, I got so obsessed, I dyed my hair orange, like Yong-jun here! Hahaha! I was such a freak that time! Hey, Canada!" Korea reached over the table and grabbed Canada's hands. "I'm going to have a ball today, and it's dedicated for ME, daze!"
"That's great. Congratulations, Yong-soo, I-"
"I want you to come with me. Can you come?" Canada blankly stared at Korea, and thought about the out-of-no-where request. Canada slowly nodded. Korea grinned brightly again, showing his white teeth. "All~right! Let's go shopping! I hate my black tux, it's too dark. I'm going to buy a bright yellow one! Yeah! And since you don't have a tux right now, we'll go buy one together! And the best part of the ball is, there isn't any China, or Kiku! Let's go now!" Canada was dragged out the door by Yong-soo.
"W-wait! Tuxedos are expensive! I can just ask my boss to send one here from my house! It's ok! I-" Korea, who was not listening at all, turned to Canada and said cheerfully,
"Oh, can I call you Matt? Calling you Canada doesn't sound like we're friends, does it?!" Canada stared at the boy in front of him, wondering how he could say words that warm his heart so. Then, he slowly nodded.
"Matt….Matt is fine."
Same time, Location, China.
"Yao, get ready. In a few hours, we're going to fly to Korea. That small nation we knew is going to be 70 now! Yao, are you listening?" China was sitting in his desk, seeming to be working, but his head was empty. He looked down at the sheet in front of him, and he noticed that he had un-cautiously written Yong-soo, Kiku, Yong-soo, Kiku, Kiku, Yong-soo pattern on the sheet. He frowned and crumpled the paper.
"I'm listening, boss. But I'm quite sure that they didn't invite us." His boss laughed.
"Oh, yes. Apparently, Yong-soo didn't want us in his party. But those governors he has doesn't want us to get angry for not inviting us. They secretly sent one to us, and I believe to Japan too." At the sound of the nation's name, 'Japan', China rose up. Kiku was going…..probably. Kiku cares for Korea, although he does act cruel in front of Korea, keeping a steel mask, China had noticed Kiku stealing glances at Korea. Suddenly, the thought of Kiku going gave him an urge to go as well. Japan….Kiku, Honda Kiku….China's mind fell peacefully at the thought of Kiku. It was as if he forgot that he was getting ready to go to Yong-soo's birthday party.
(I FINALLY FINISHED IT!!!!!! OH, MY HEAVENS!!!!!! I FEEL LIKE CRYING!!!! Oh, if you haven't noticed, the pairing's ganna go Korea-China, China-Japan, Japan-Korea. And Canada-Korea…..and, I think Korea-Canada as well. You will never know how many times I spelled China, when I wanted to type Canada….and vice versa….)
Chae-go- 'the best', to translate roughly.
Winter Sonata- Oh gosh, I watched this when I was like, 5. Probably older than that, but w/ever. I just remembered Bae yong-jun had this crazy orange hair, and I just made fun of it a little. But seriously, the drama was awesome. And I'm not lying about the anime.
Really, I have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER where the ball idea came from.
I just felt like a CanadaXKorea, ChinaXJapan, JapanXKorea theme….should I do a change from ChinaXJapan to China liking both Korea AND Japan? Gosh, what a HORRIBLE brother you would be then, China….hahaha. Give me your thoughts on that….But if I did that, part of the whole world WOULD revolve around Korea….lol. And yes, I know, China's such an ass to Korea in this part….Poor Korea, he wanted revenge on China by not inviting him to the party…. I like messing with Kiku. I just noticed that I would like torturing Kiku. Oh, god, did I just give a spoiler? I'd better shut up now. This is a series btw, my first one.