(c)Hetalia - Himaruya Hidekaz
Cover and Story is mine

In a more secluded area of Japan housed a large, culturally abundant boys academy: Hetalia Academy. Though it was off on its own, the academy was still well intact with many students and a highly esteemed system. But, respected school or not, it still sheltered very rambunctious and ambitious teenage boys. Today was no different when it came to the students' usual outgoing behavior.

As mail day rolled along at Hetalia Academy, each and every dorm building mail room was filled. Each and every student were eager to hear back from their friends and families back at their home downs. Especially to hear their families' responses to the arrangement the academy announced and put together.

The headmaster of Hetalia Academy had allowed a week in the following month for the students' families to visit and tour the mass school, all while spending time with their son.

Yao Wang stood in the lobby of his dorm building while waiting for the crowd to die down in the mail room. He watched with little interest as all the others excitedly opened their letters, overjoyed with the confirmation that their families would be coming.

When the crowd finally decreased in size, Yao walked in and grabbed his mail, retreating back to his room with his head down. He carefully avoided his friends all the way back. He already knew his family's answer about if they were attending the event or not and did not feel like being around his thrill filled friends while in a mood.

Finally in his room, Yao slid down his shut door. Sitting back against the door, the Chinese teen eyed the letter in his hands. Once he built up his courage, Yao opened the letter.

Dear Yao,

We got the news about your school's event. Unfortunately, we aren't able to attend.

Yao stopped reading and sighed. He knew the answer, but the confirmation still stung. It would probably be a financial issue for his whole family to take a train here and back as well as finding a place to stay for the week. With another sigh, Yao continued reading and responded with another letter.

After completing his response letter, Yao went back down to the mail room. He slipped the letter into the mail box and turned back around. He had expected to go back to his room, but instead, he bumped into his friends.

"Ai!" Yao yelped, having bumped into his friend, Alfred.

"Oops, sorry, buddy!" Alfred apologized, patting Yao's back with more forced than needed.

"We're headed out to that one cafe on campus," Yao's friend, Francis, said. "Would you like to join us?"

"No, thank you. I was just headed back to my room aru."

"But it wouldn't be the same without you," Yao's third friend, Ivan, whined. Though he was whining, he still held his childish smile.

"He's right, man!" Alfred jumped in again. "Come on; it'll be a blast!"

Yao thought about going with his friends. It would be nice to forget things for a bit with some tea. After a brief moment contemplating the invitation, the Chinese teen accepted.

"Cool! Let's go!" Alfred whooped, running to the cafe.

The group of five made it to the cafe in no time. They took a seat in one of the booths after picking up their preferred drinks and started conversing.

"So, who in your family's coming?" Alfred had asked his friends. Yao flinched, though no one really noticed but Arthur, who was beside him. He had ignored it, but kept a corner of his eye on his Chinese friend.

"Just my parents, aunt, uncle, and cousin," Francis answered first. "You all know Michelle."

Ivan nodded. "She's very nice. Both my sisters are going to be here," he answered. Slowly his smile dropped before he broke down all together and drop his head on the table.

"I-Ivan!?" Francis was the only one really worry. Alfred moved on.

"What about you, Arthur?" Though the two were cousins, Arthur had a large family on his mother's side. Alfred was his cousin on his father's.

"They're all coming." Arthur dropped his head as well, thinking about his brothers.

"All of them?" Alfred asked, completely shocked. "Wow, that's gonna be some visit. Well, at least I get to see Peter and them, too! For me, it's just my parents since Mattie's already here‒" Alfred cut himself off suddenly, eyes completely wide. "Aw crap! I forgot Mattie!"

"Al, I'm right here," Alfred's brother, Matthew, quickly said the second he was about to dash out the door. Everyone stared uneasily at him. They didn't even notice him.

"A-any who!" Alfred chuckled nervously, scratching the back of his head. Matthew sighed. "What about you, Yao?" Alfred asked. Yao clenched his hands, going unnoticed again to the others but Arthur.

"T-they can't make it aru," Yao admitted, holding down his sad tone.

"Oh. We're sorry to hear," Francis said.

"That's right, you're a scholarship student," Alfred remembered. "So it's harder for your family to get here, huh?" Yao nodded.

"And here we are, talking about this. Sorry, Yao," Arthur apologized for the group.

"It's not a big deal aru. I don't need to worry about anything that whole week!" Yao feigned cheerfulness.

"I wish we could help in some way," Mathew said quietly. Yao looked around at his friends. All their faces showed empathy towards him.

"Aiyah, don't worry about it!" Yao huffed. "It's probably for the best anyways aru," he added, gulping down his tea. The others looked to each other before moving on from the conversation.

As they talked, Yao really thought about his family not coming probably was for the best. 'Yep... Defiantly for the best...'

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Yao plopped down on his bed. He had hung around his friends all day and frankly, it was exhausting. Alfred kept running around, Arthur and Francis argued every other minute, it was just unnerving to be around Ivan too much with all the excitement, and Matthew kept reappearing out of nowhere.

Yao turned to the window beside him, a clear view of only a part of the large school at dusk. Hetalia Academy was definitely an interesting school.

A knock on the door pulled Yao out of his day dreams. The Chinese teen rolled out of his bed and made his way to the door, opening it soon after.

"Hello," his guest greeted.

"Arthur?" Yao rose a brow. "What are you doing here aru?"

"I just wanted you talk to you about earlier. You know, the whole family week thing."

Yao sighed, stepping aside for Arthur to enter his room. "What about it aru?" Yao asked, clearly irked on the matter.

Arthur sighed when seeing the annoyance on his friend's face. "Listen, I'm not here to make you feel worse on the matter or anything. I just wanted to make sure you were really okay," Arthur admitted. "If you want to let anything off your chest, I'm all ears."

Yao smiled. "Thank you. I appreciate the gesture, but I'm fine aru."

"I-if you're sure then."

With that, Arthur left and Yao was alone once again. The Chinese teen laid back down on his bed. He really was okay with his family not visiting. With how the school was, Yao was relieved.

Sadly, that was a month ago.

Re-uploaded with attempted fixed errors.