I Tried to Hide But You Found Me

by Asian-Dreamer

"I'm fine. Fine, fine fine! Just peachy! Lies... They didn't need to know, right? Tch, they wouldn't really care. Well... Ludwig would. But he's got his own troubles. No use bothering little brother. I can handle myself. I'm awesome like that. Right?" Human AU (highschool) Rated T for some violence and for my paranoia. No pairings as of yet. Probably won't have any.

1. Prologue

Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia. Just this story. Heh heh...

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A smile hides all the pain.

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Prologue

They always asked the same question.

"Are you all right?"

And the reply would be the same "I'm fine" and a laugh or smile to go with it.

If only they knew...

If only they cared enough to look past that goofy grin... that stupid happy-go-lucky personality... and that ridiculous pride... If only they'd look past those, maybe they'd see him for he really was.

Perhaps... perhaps it was his fault. Maybe he should just be honest and tell them everything.

No... they wouldn't understand.

He'd just have to go on living this way, living with a fake smile.

Could it ever change?

He didn't think so.

But it did.

And how could he ever repay the one who started the change?

The one who dared to step out and bring everyone together, how could they show them how grateful they were to him?

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Author's Note: Bah I know I should be working on Red Snowflakes on My Eyelashes... (which I AM! I just had to write this idea before I lost it... and I wanted to post this because I have an odd number of stories. Sorry. ^^;; My OCD moment... anyways! I hope you'll enjoy this story heh heh. I'm thinking it'll be a series of drabblets. *shrugs* First attempt at this so let's see how it goes!

Also, this is not a yaoi fanfic! Even if the title somewhat implies that... this is a friendship only. No romance to be found. Even if you squint.

A quick note before I end. XD Maybe more of a warning? The other Hetalia characters that will appear in my story might be a bit OOC (is that the right term? please correct me if I'm wrong). I haven't watched the whole anime. *le gaspe!* I know shame on me! I've been having trouble finding the anime with just English subs and not the dub. TToTT (I despise dubs sorry. *dodges bricks*) So for now I'll just be basing off the characters I'm not so familiar with off of fanfics I've read. ^^;; Just thought I'd let you guys know. I'll work on it as I find more of the anime. I promise! Just um review this story or message me. Yes do one of those two things instead of hurting me. X3 Okay... bye.