Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia. All rights go to Hidekaz Himaruya

Ch. 1 Jasmine

The sun shined brightly as it shined outside the windows. Its position signaling that the end of the day was approaching. Yet class still continued. Xiang sighed. Wondering why does school always had to go on for this long. Everyone stared at the chalk board as the teacher wrote our assignment down. He began writing it when a note landed on top of his desk. Xiang carefully sneaked the piece of paper under his desk and opened it:

Xiang! I'm so bored DX

He lifted his head and turned to the right. There she sat was his friend, Mei. She had her head face down on the desk with her long brown hair covering face. Xiang quickly scribbled a response on the note and threw it back to Mei as the teacher turned to the board. She excitedly took the note and opened it. Her giddy face suddenly turned to a pout and she wrote back.

Xiang! I'm so bored DX

Just deal with it.

Xiang you're so mean!

Just as he was about the respond, the bell rang and everyone got up from their seat. He sighed yet again and placed the note into his pocket. Suddenly and hand slammed down onto the desk and he looked up to see Mei.

"Xiang you jerk! Why didn't you play along with me."

"Because, I was trying to write down the assignment."

"Excuses excuses. Let's just go already." She grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the seat and into the hallways.

"Mei, slow down."

"Come on, let's go do something before the day ends."

He silently agreed, knowing that it wouldn't really matter even if he did said no. Mei finally slowed down enough so that they were walking again but at that point, they were already a mile away from school.

"So where do you want to go," she asked.

"I don't know. You're the one who dragged me out here."

"Hmmm, let's go get some drinks then."

"Fine, let's go to the usual place."

"Fine, but you're going to pay," she said excitedly.

The two walked down the streets to their favorite shop, the Pearl Blossom. The entered and the scent of tea roamed the air. The shop was brightly lit and always held the nature of friendliness. The two walked and sat down at a table; setting their bags next to their chairs. The two often came to the shop to relax and do their work because of the calming atmosphere. Their old acquaintance, Mei's cousin, and owner of the shop walked up to the two and began to greet them.

"Mei, Xiang; nice to see you two again. Do you want the usual ~aru?" asked the long haired owner.

"That'll be fine Yao," answered Mei.

"Ok, that's two cups and a pot of jasmine tea right ~aru?"

The two nodded and Yao walked away to retrieve their tea. He quickly returned with the items and settled the plate onto the table then taking a seat next to the two.

"So how have you two been doing? I haven't seen you two as often ~aru."

"Oh, you know, school and all that stuff. The teachers keep giving us projects and a lot of tests so we've been preoccupied for most of the time."

"That's good. Studying is good for you two but don't forget to not over do anything ~aru."

"Right, as if I would."

Xiang mentally smiled, knowing Mei, she really would slack off until the last moment. "Xiang! What's with that look in your eye?" asked Mei. "I know you're laughing at me on the inside." Xiang's expression remained unchanged but he always wondered how Mei could tell what he was thinking even though he made sure to keep a completely emotionless face. He reached out for the tea pot and poured a cup for himself and Mei. He calmly held his cup to his lips and sipped.

"You two are always an interesting pair to be around ~aru," exclaimed Yao.

A sudden rush of cold air entered the shop and we turned to the door and saw a large man with light hair and his neck was wrapped around with a scarf. Yao's expression suddenly changed and he got up to meet with the man. Mei and Xiang watched curiously as they began to talk. Mei scooted her chair closer to Xiang and began to whisper, "What do you think they're talking about?"

"I don't know but Yao looks like he's…blushing?"

Yao and the man walked over to the two and he began an introduction, "You two, I want to introduce you to my friend, Ivan Braginski ~aru."

The large man named Ivan came up to the two and had a very eerie smile on his face. "It's nice to meet you two, da?"

"Umm, it's nice to meet you too," said Mei. "So how do you know Yao?"

"Oh, Jao, I came here one time and I visit often since then."

"Ehh I see. Is anything going on between you two?"

Ivan opened his mouth to say something but Yao quickly came in, "N-no, nothing ~aru." Ivan seemed disappointed by the response but he still held a smile on his face.

Mei looked suspiciously at the two before she returned to her tea. Suddenly an idea popped into her head and she told Yao and Ivan that they had to go and grabbed Xiang's arm and him out of the shop. After distancing themselves from the store, they stopped. Xiang asked what was wrong.

"Don't you think something's going on between those two?"

"Not really."

"Oh come on, you couldn't see the look on Yao's face?" Xiang remained silent. "It's obvious that he likes him."

"Oh, now that you mention it-"

"Exactly! Didn't you see the look on Ivan's face too? Yao must still be in denial."

"Where are you going with this?"

"Do I have to spell it out for you? We should get them together!"

"Mei, I don't think it's a good idea to mettle with other people's love life."

"Pssh, you don't know what you're talking about. If two people are attracted to each other, they should be together, don't you agree?"

"Right…"

"Then we should help them get together. Not only because they should be but as a favor to Yao for all the things he's done for us. Are you going to help?"

Xiang let out a sigh, "Fine."

"Alright, come by to my house tomorrow morning and we'll set up the plan."

Xiang was now intrigued, they rarely visited the others house and even if they did, they never meet anyone else there besides themselves. Perhaps he could meet the person Mei's been living with that would cause such a flamboyant yet sweet natured girl to act this way.

Author's note:

Ok, this is my first fanfiction that I've written although I have written stories before, just not fics. If you didn't know or notice I'm only going to be using human names but only planned out for a couple of chapters so far but this will be long. Also if you didn't know Xiang is Hong Kong. I decided to use the Chinese version of his name and Mei is Taiwan. Their full names are Xiang Gang Kirkland and Mei Wang (or Wang Mei).