Cambodia could already feel her face flushing up at the three words spoken to her. Words she hadn't heard since she last visited her brother, China. They forever rang in her head, even after the moments of silence between the two countries. The hand holding soon dropped as the boy nation held a serious look upon his face.

"I love you." He repeated them once. Twice. Three times before the other could even react. How the nation reacted however was not how Laos had that she would have; he expected her to admit that she loved America and only America and would never go out with him. But, instead of that, she was… she was crying. Her words became jumbled as she tried to speak while crying. Quickly, Laos softly slapped his hands onto her cheeks and held her still, wiping away the falling tears.

"N-no, you don't l-love me!" Cambodia finally managed to stutter out. She began whispering and whimpering to herself as she latched her glove-covered hands onto his. Her eyes, pleading not to be hurt once again, began watering up once more as she laid her head on Laos's chest.

"Lie. Lie. Lie!" she smacked her forehead onto his chest many times, repeating the same word over and over again until Laos got a hold of her and made her face him in the eyes.

"Je dis la vérité. Je ne vous aime. Je t'aime beaucoup, beaucoup plus que n'importe qui d'autre a fait. Même le frère de la Chine et le frère du Japon. Je t'aime. Je t'aime. I. L.O.V.E. Y.O.U," Laos spoke to her in the language Cambodia had spoken so fluently in. The language the two had chosen together for when they wanted to tell the truth to each other. And they had.

Cambodia stared up at him, her eyes wide with surprise and shock as he pulled her into a tight hug. The girl, clearly spaced out, continued staring at the people coming closer to them, her face filling with redness as their cameras flashed as they laughed happily.

"Look, here! Cam-Tan and Laos are hugging~" Taiwan said, giggling.

"Moe, moe, moeeeee," Japan squealed, furiously taking photos as the two separated quickly from the hug.

"Got the stubborn one, I see?" Thailand walked over and pat the smaller boy nation on his head, giving him a look of approval. But mixed within the approval was a look of dismay, for Laos would now have to be the one to deal with her PMS. He shrugged it off; his issue now.

"Aru, you guys almost look as red as the hair bow on Shinatty-Chan's head!" Cina whined happily, clutching a Hello Kitty doll.

"God dangit, GO AWAY!" Cambodia yelled at them as they all laughed and ran as she slowly chased them.

Secretly, Laos was smiling too, on the inside, where nobody could see.

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Je dis la vérité. Je ne vous aime. Je t'aime beaucoup, beaucoup plus que n'importe qui d'autre a fait. Même le frère de la Chine et le frère du Japon. Je t'aime. Je t'aime. I. L.O.V.E. Y.O.U

I'm telling the truth. I do love you. I love you very much, much more than anybody else has. Even brother China and brother Japan. I love you. I love you. I. L.O.V.E. Y.O.U.

:'D I always did love OCxOC. C: