Heh, I always wanted to a fanfic of these four.

Sooo...uuuh...this fanfic is gonna revolve around these four, focusing on friendship, drama, family, school life and...ROMANCE.

Chapter 1

"The test results are up! Let's go see!" Wan hustled her three friends to where a large group of students, surrounding a large board that held the list of student's marks, in descending order.

"Geez, you're so slow! C'mon!" Rachel caught Max in a headlock, much to his annoyance, and dragged him towards the crowd ahead of Yong Soo and Wan, pushing other students away with her other hand with such force that Max could not manage to defeat. Finally, she was able to make a pathway for her friends to go through until they stood right in front of the board.

Max, after managing to pry Rachel's arm from his neck, scanned the words until he found the words he was looking for. "Over there." He pointed towards the section where it showed only the results of the 1st year students.

The four stared at the list intensely before Rachel burst into a fit of mad laughter. "I beat you again, Max!" Max furrowed his brows in annoyance to see that the Singaporean's name was at the very top, while he was just below her. Like always.

"But Max did well, in my opinion!" Wan objected, giving her twin brother a prod. She glanced up and down and spotted her name in the sea of words. "Hey, I didn't do very bad either!"

"Ah hah! Good test results originated from Korea, as always!" Im Yong Soo announced proudly, putting his hands on his hips.

Only Max didn't look very happy with his results. It wasn't the first time he was just behind Rachel. In fact, he and Rachel were in the exact same middle school and class for three years, and he was always just behind her. In studies, in sports, in pretty much everything.

"Cheer up there, Maxy!" Rachel caught him in a playful headlock again, ruffling his hair. "You should be used to it by now!" She teased.

"The day I become used to it would be the day the world ends." Max retorted, pushing her off him. He brushed his shoulders, the corner of his mouth twitching in annoyance.

"Let's hope it'll be 2012 then soon, I guess." Rachel stuck her tongue out at him.

"Let's not fight," Wan interjected. "We're blocking the way." She gestured towards the other students who were all trying to get a better view of the results.

"Heh." Yong Soo slipped away quickly, and the other three followed suit.

As soon as they were out, they were confronted by a certain American classmate. "What did you guys get?" Alfred F. Jones asked loudly.

"Just the best score ever! I'm at the top." Rachel declared proudly. "Oh and Max got second." She pointed at Max.

"Not surprised." Alfred grinned. He turned to Wan and Yong Soo expectantly.

"Near the top, but not quite." Wan replied, not at all disappointed. "Pretty good though."

"Same here, da ze! What about you, Alfred-ssi?" Yong Soo asked curiously.

Alfred shrugged. "I haven't seen it yet. I don't suppose you saw it already?" He cocked his head towards him questioningly.

"Third, Alfred, third! Our marks," She added, pointing towards Max, Alfred and herself. "Were pretty close."

"Awesome!" Alfred cheered. If he was disappointed that he didn't get any higher than that, he didn't show it. "I'm going to see what Arthur got. See ya!" He waved before running off to find a certain thick-browed Brit.

Rachel watched him go before turning to the other three. "It's strange how Alfred loves slacking off so much yet he gets good marks for his tests." It was true. The American hardly ever pays attention in class, and it's not like he every listens to anyone at all. Plus, his History is quite bad. Unless it involved the United States of America.

"Speak for yourself." Max said. Rachel was probably like Alfred's counterpart or something. Because she's almost the same. Except she knew when to be serious and when to not be serious. Well, maybe she wasn't his counterpart after all.

"Well, it's not like it's a really big test or anything," Wan shrugged. "Not some end-of-term exam or whatever. So it's no big deal."

"You're too carefree, Wan!" Rachel objected. "Every test is a big deal!"

Max rolled his eyes, covering his ears with his hands. "Can you guys speak any louder?" His reply was a punch on his shoulders, quite obviously coming from Rachel.

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The four were on their way back to their classroom when Wan suddenly ducked behind Max, looking quite flustered. Rachel, Max and Yong Soo paused and glanced at her questioningly.

"What's up, Wan?" Yong Soo asked.

Max blinked once and looked up, and his expression changed from confusion to indifference. "Look." He pointed.

Rachel and Yong Soo glanced in the direction where Max was pointing and both stifled a giggle. Not far from where they were standing, was a group of three juniors. The four recognized the group immediately. The Italian fluttering about was Feliciano Vargas, a carefree happy-go-lucky guy who likes pasta and ladies and all things Italian. The tall blonde next to him was Ludwig Beilschmidt, a strict and intelligent German who likes to eat potatoes and sausages. And, lastly, the shorter male with short black hair was Kiku Honda, a polite Japanese who is a little uneasy around Westerners until he got to know a little bit more around them.

Wan glanced up only to look down again, her face redder than ever. Rachel huffed in amusement, knowing that she was suddenly so subconscious because of Kiku. It was already pretty clear that Wan had a crush on Kiku, and it wasn't very surprising.

"C'mon, Wan! When are you going to just go up and talk to him properly?" Im Yong Soo asked, nudging her slightly.

Wan shook her head furiously. "No! I mean...ah...I haven't found the right time."

Rachel frowned. "You've had a crush on him since...like, forever now. I'm not telling you to ask him out or anything, but at least befriend him some more? Y'know...so something could-"

"Hey, Kiku!" Rachel broke off as Max lifted a hand and waved the Japanese over.

Kiku looked up from his conversation with Ludwig and Feliciano and all three of them looked up. Wan instantly kicked her brother's foot as Max beckoned him over.

Kiku blinked in surprise but his expression softened with recognition, as he had met the four of them quite a few times and he already knew them quite well. He said something politely and apologetically to Ludwig and Feliciano, who both didn't look like they minded. Feliciano laughed and pulled Ludwig away, chattering away about something that involved, obviously, food.

Wan found herself shrinking and clutching Max's uniform tightly as Kiku approached them, with a friendly smile on his face.

"Hi Kaoru-kun, Yong Soo, Rachel and, ah, Wan-chan."

Max pressed his palm against his face. "I told you not to call me that, Kiku."

Kiku remained smiling. "I apologize, but it is hard for me to stop now. I've been calling you that since you were little." Max and Wan actually knew Kiku when they were rather young, mainly because their older brother Yao already knew Kiku. Im Yong Soo also knew Kiku quite a bit. Rachel had only met him when she was in middle school.

Max shrugged. Kiku glanced at all four of them. "Was there something you need?"

"Ah yes," Max stepped out of the way and Yong Soo pushed Wan forward. "Wan wanted to say something to you."

Wan glared at them as Kiku blinked in surprise. "What is it?"

Wan absentmindedly twirled a strand of her long brown hair, trying to improvise real quick. She didn't have anything to say to him to be honest, and she was so not going to ask him out like that. And she didn't want to say she actually had nothing to say and make a fool out of herself in front of him.

"Uuuh...ah...w-well..." Wan shifted uneasily. "I just...I just wanted to say hi! Yeah! I-I just wanted to say hi and ask how are you...doing..." She found herself trailing away when she saw the look Kiku was giving her. He looked a bit...surprised and confused, and she saw amusement.

"Oh, well, I'm doing fine. You?" Kiku tilted his head towards her, leaning forward a bit.

"Great! Good! Perfectly fine!" Rachel noticed Wan's voice sounded a bit more high-pitched than usual, but she was always like this when talking to the Japanese.

"That's good." Kiku smiled. He nodded to the others. "If it's alright...I'll get going now..." He backed away with a polite nod to the younger students before turning away to join the other juniors.

Wan sagged, leaning on Rachel for support. "Did you guys have to do that?"

"Well sorry~" Yong Soo snickered. "But Wan really looked kinda stupid—Ow!" He winced as Wan slapped him on the shoulder with a scowl. "Okay okay, calm down, da ze!"

Rachel laughed and patted Wan. "Don't get so worked up. C'mon, let's get to class."

Liked that? Good.

I would like to say that there will be a North Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia in future chapters. Maybe for minor appearances, maybe not. Who knows? I have TWO requests I'm gonna ask you readers.

One. I need help thinking of names for Vietnam and Thailand. I want to name Viet 'Thien Quang', but I think my friend might get mad at me since it's HIS name...and someone told me that it's a girl name and stuff...so yeah. And it's a little unoriginal too. I'm not sure about Thai but Viet would definitely make some appearances.

Two. Who should I pair the four with? Wan is obviously gonna be with Kiku, OR she could have a crush on him but in the end she goes out with someone else! It works fine too but yeah. Who should Max, Rachel and Yong Soo end up with? Or at least like or have some kind of close bond/relationship with? Crack is fine, as long as it is het. Some yaoi might worm its way into the story, but it would be either very subtle, minor or nothing fluffy or intense.

So...hope you enjoyed the first chapter!