Konnichiwa! Welcome to "When you wish upon an Angel" A collection of oneshots for my best friends and most dedicated readers. I'll be selecting very specific people for this collection so if you've been reviewing my stories a lot then you might be picked! Alright then, first oneshot...
For: hollie the hedgehog
Genre: Romance/Humour
Pairing: NiChu
Theme: Road trip
Japan and China are on their way to the next World Meeting, though they don't even know where it is to be held. After taking some wrong turns, they become lost and what follows is a heart-warming tale of how China begins to crack what is hidden behind the neutral mask that is Japan's eyes.
Tanoshimu!
"How far to the airport-aru?" China asked.
Japan remained silent. China was a little confused, but after waiting for a few seconds he simply asked his 'kid brother' again.
"I said, how far to the airport? ...Aru." China repeated.
Japan again said nothing and China decided that it was the last straw. So China, shaking slightly with rage, raised his arms and voice in a way that could only be described as rage... Of the Asian variety.
"Japan! Listen to me! Stop doing that 'sense the mood and refrain from speaking' thing because it's beginning to get annoying!" China yelled.
Japan stopped the car. He turned to his car companion through those brown neutral orbs of his and slowly put the Chinese man in his place.
"Okay, I will. But onry if you stop adding aru to the end of your sentences." Japan explained.
China opened his mouth to retort, but could think of nothing to say back. Japan just sat there neutrally, knowing inwardly that he had won. The edge of his mouth curled up slightly but then Japan suppressed it again since it wasn't like Japan to show any sign of emotion.
China found it cute really, and he had done for quite a long time. Yes it was true: China had become infatuated with the boy that he had once called his brother. He loved everything about him really, how hard working and earnest he was, the shade of dazzling brown that coloured his eyes, his jet black shiny hair- he loved it all. Yet he couldn't tell Japan about it. After all, Japan was extremely secretive emotion-wise and he didn't really know how to express affections.
But back to the conversation: China really didn't know how to respond to the last comment, for he always added aru on the end of everything, making it like his trademark.
"... So about that map..." China said, changing the subject.
"Hai. What about it? You haven't rost it have you?" Japan asked.
China froze for a second, replaying in his head what Japan had just said to him. What did he mean? Surely he was mistaken, so China asked again.
"What do you mean-aru?" China asked.
Ignoring the cutesy addition on the end, Japan responded to his question.
"You are the one that has the map. Don't tell me you forgot. Did you... Roose it?" Japan asked.
"I thought that you had it!" China responded.
"No you are mistaken. It was definitery you who had it." Japan sighed.
"Do you mean to say that you've been driving aimlessly without a map?"
"No I have been forrowing the directions that you gave me."
"What directions?"
"The ones you gave me earier when we first entered this desert prace."
"For your information, it's the Gobi desert and I never gave you any directions."
"Oh rearry...?" Japan asked, raising an eyebrow.
~Flashback~
Japan drove along, focusing completely on the road and ignoring his fellow Asian friend that sat in the seat next to him. After all, he wanted to avoid being like Italy and getting too reckless with his driving.
"China... Which way do I turn now?" Japan asked.
China however, was not a part of the world anymore. He was off in dreamland in a dream about... Well... Japan. A dream where Japan was confessing his love to China: a dream come true. But obviously, China was reluctant to except it and tried shaking it off sarcastically. Unfortunately, China could be a little bit of a sleep talker, a bad habit that he hadn't gotten over in 4000 years.
"R-right..." China muttered sarcastically.
"I turn right? Whatever you say then..." Japan mumbled.
Then he turned right into the desert, not knowing that he had mistakenly made a wrong turn and had possibly endangered both himself and China.
"I was asleep at that time, you can't blame me for what happened." China defended himself.
"You weren't a very reriable companion to have on this trip anyway." Japan muttered.
"What did you just say?" China exclaimed.
Japan turned back to face the front of the car, as if he had said nothing but China had clearly heard him and was not happy. In fact he was furious. How could he talk back to him like that? He was the one who had raised him as well!
"I'll have you know that I was once a member of the Allied Forces who, by the way, won in World War 2!" China snapped, crossing his arms.
"Hai, and I was a member of the mighty Axis Powers. Don't bring up the past prease." Japan sighed.
"Yes and you lost. I think I'm a little more reliable than you think!" China retorted.
"...Onry a rittle."
"You an ass! I don't even know why I still- hey! Don't leave me while I'm yelling at you!"
Japan had calmly unfastened his seatbelt, completely ignoring the fact that China was yelling at him and had opened up the door and gotten out. China proceeded to quickly get out too, struggling slightly with the seatbelt that he had unfastened too hastily.
"Where are you going-aru?" China demanded.
"I am going to find out where we are. If we carry on aimressry in the car then we will quickry run out of gas." Japan explained over his shoulder.
"Good idea a-" China began.
"Don't say it."
"-ru..."
"It appears we're lost then." China sighed.
"Hai, I agree. Though I am curious to know how one can get rost in his own country." Japan muttered.
"Hey! The Gobi desert isn't exactly mine! Mongolia owns a lot of it as well-aru!" China protested.
The two were on their way to the airport (as China had mentioned earlier) to attend the next World Meeting which would be held the next morning. Unfortunately, they had gotten lost due to earlier events and well... They were in the current situation that they were in now.
"I see... Oh!"
Then Japan suddenly hugged himself with his arms and began to shiver ever so slightly. China was puzzled and raised an eyebrow to him and Japan began to explain.
"It's rearry cold out here. How can it get so cold in the middre of the day? In a desert as well!"
"It's the Gobi desert-aru. I thought you'd know about it Japan since you are really smart."
"Rearry? O-oh well... Arigatou..."
Japan looked like he wanted to smile, but was trying to hide it due to his usual nature of not showing any emotion. China could tell of course, because he had known him for so long but China wasn't sure that many other people could.
"Maybe we should get back into the car?" China asked.
"Hai. That sound rike good idea."
Unfortunately, when they tried to open the door they came across a very embarrassing problem.
"...Japan?"
"Hai."
"Please tell me I'm seeing this right-aru. I'm not turning into England am I?"
"No. You are not going mad. It appears we have been rocked outside of car."
The two stood there for a while, neither saying anything. China yelled and kicked the car, hurting his foot slightly (he did have sandals on after all) but he didn't attempt to rub it better in order to look brave and tough in front of Japan.
But when he looked over at Japan, he yet again showed no emotion. No sign of anger, despair or anything... Well there was mostly no sign anyway, but when China stared deep into his brown eyes that were fixated on the locked car, he saw heaps of frustration piled up behind those complex steely barriers that were his eyes.
"I suppose I will have to start fire." Japan decided suddenly.
"Sounds like a good idea-aru."
Minutes later...
Somehow, Japan managed to start a fire just as the sun was setting. It was now officially night time and the two were sat by the fire, getting warm. A small gap lay between them, a gap that China desperately wanted to close.
"That is much better..." Japan whispered as he rested his palms by the fire.
"Yes, yes it is." China smiled.
However when China looked over at Japan, he still seemed to be shivering. So, taking pity on the boy, he took off his own casual mandarin jacket and put it around Japan. The younger nation stared up at his former mentor. China could tell from the look in his eyes that he was very grateful, though he didn't show it very well. He just whispered 'arigatou' and turned back to the fire.
"Aren't you cold?" Japan asked.
China was now just wearing his undergarments: the yellow baggy trousers that he had worn with his mandarin jacket and a grey casual tank top. Japan looked his mentor up and down as he sat staring at the fire.
"No. I'm used to it-aru. It's just another one of the things that I endure for my... Friend..." China explained.
He had wanted to say something else. Kid brother? His crush? Whatever it was, it went unsaid and Japan fell silent once more. They stared at each other, China knowing that Japan wanted to say something meaningful, but the reaction he got was to be expected.
"Right, well... Arigatou gozaimasu, China-senpai." Japan whispered.
Then he turned back to the fire and said nothing more on the subject. China normally would have let it pass, but he had endured it quite enough until now. Now he couldn't stand it anymore. It was obvious that Japan had wanted to say many things: when he was cold, when they were locked outside of the car, it was obvious that Japan had some kind of emotion past those dull brown eyes but he hadn't shown it. Well China was now fed up of it, and so he stood up in a burst of Chinese rage.
"KIKU HONDA! Will you stop being so Japanese and show some emotion?" China yelled.
Japan looked up and China questioningly and tilted his head as if he didn't know what China was talking about. China didn't stop there though, he was just getting started.
"You're always so silent and conceited! It get on my nerves! Try showing some emotion! If you never show any emotion then how am I ever meant to get any closer to you?"
China stopped there and covered his mouth with his hands. He had never meant to say that last part: it had just kind of... Slipped out. Japan closed his eyes and silently got up, slipping China's mandarin jacket off of his shoulders.
"Croser... To me?" Japan asked.
"I've liked you for quite a while Japan..." China nodded.
"I know. I have riked you too for quite some time."
"Really? Aiya that makes me so happy!"
"I am grad it makes you happy, Yao-sama."
It was quiet for a moment, but then China spoke again.
"Hey Japan? Forget what I said. You don't need to change because you great the way you are. If no-one can read your emotion, then I'll be the one to do it for them. I'm the only one that can do it... Makes our bond kind of special, doesn't it?"
"Yes it does..."
Then they sat down again and China stared up at the night sky. Then suddenly he felt a warmth around him and looked down to see his mandarin jacket draped around him and Japan's head rested on his shoulder. The black haired boy was asleep, so China decided to do the same.
The next morning, high above the Gobi desert...
"Dude! Check it out down there! Isn't that China and Japan?" America yelled as he stared out of the window with his nose pressed against the cold glass.
Sitting on the other side of the plane with his head in his hand and leaning out to look out of the window was England who, to be quite honest, was getting sick of the other nations child-like behaviour.
"You're imagining things, America..." He sighed.
"Nah dude that's totally them!" America beamed as he wiped the window which he had fogged up with his own heavy dog-like panting. "Hey Pilot-dude! Think you can land this thing?"
Minutes later...
"Dude you're lucky we found ya!" America smiled.
"Are you sure you're alright? It must have been cold down there." England said worriedly.
"We're fine." Japan told them reassuringly.
"You're lucky we were on our way to the World Meeting really! Otherwise you might have been lost forever!" America laughed proudly.
"Oh yes, where is the meeting held?" China asked.
The look of happiness on America's face dropped and England's look of worry turned to a frown of concern.
"You're kidding right?" America asked.
"The World Meeting is being held in Beijing." England explained.
Japan and China looked to each other in shock. China saw the pile of rage that was building up behind the protective barrier of Japan's eyes and he knew what he had to do. After all, he was like Japan's interpreter know, his boyfriend if you will.
"Dude you mean that you went all that way for nothing?" America laughed. "HAHAHA! That's pretty fail ma-"
Suddenly, China pulled out his wok and whacked America across the face. England stood up, forgetting completely that they were in a helicopter.
"China! What was that for?" England asked.
"I'm merely conveying Japan's feelings-aru." China explained and Japan added a nod.
"Oh... Well... Good show I guess..." England muttered.
The Englishman sat back down, not wanting to anger Japan or his new protective boyfriend. He stared at the unconscious younger nation on the floor and a smile crept across his face as he realised how much quieter and therefore better the trip was about to become.
Hollie,
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