Love Me… Love Me Not

Seychelles ran through the halls of the W Academy. She hoped that she could get home in time to finish her homework and attend Japan's club meeting at his house, the Manga Maniacs. Bouncing with each step, the load of homework jostled around in her red backpack. Seychelles adjusted the straps on her backpack before running faster. She had five subjects to do and if she was going to make it to Japan's house in time she was going to have to hurry. The thought made her almost sprint.

"Konichiwa Seychelles." Japan said.

Seychelles turned her head around and said, "Sorry Japan I got to go."

"Wait! You're still coming right?" He called after.

She called back, "Oui! I wouldn't miss it!" Then she turned around and quickened her pace.

"HALT!" A hand shoved forward but Seychelles didn't stop fast enough and she and the person collided into each other. "Good God woman! Get off me!" She could recognize the British accent anywhere. She got up off of him, and in turn he stood up.

England brushed himself off and stood straight. His uniform was perfectly in order, clean and pressed. She looked up into his pale face and into his brilliant emerald green eyes, which were covered by his prominent bushy eyebrows. His golden honey hair was tousled. He wasn't happy.

"Is this a race track or a hallway?" He snarled.

Seychelles fiddled with her red ribbons in her hair. "Um, a hallway…"

"Well unless you had a dire emergency there isn't a reason you should be running." He crossed his arms across his chest and leaned back a little. "Seychelles," He closed his eyes with his thumb and index finger on the bridge of his nose and let out a breath before speaking, "you're my colony now so you need to stop getting yourself in trouble." He tugged on the collar that he put on her when they first met and smirked.

"What?" Seychelles asked.

He snapped out of his daydream and the smirk was gone. "Beg your pardon?" His eyebrows moved up in confusion. It was funny to watch his eyebrows move it almost made Seychelles want to touch them, but England would never allow it.

She pointed to his face where the smirk used to be, "Why did you smirk?"

"I didn't realize that it was your job to know everything about me." He walked away before Seychelles could answer.

Seychelles walked away realizing people were watching them. She ignored them and walked the rest of the way to her dorm.

When Seychelles finally made it to her dorm she was stopped yet again.

"Hey, Seychelles!" Hungary said happily. She was a year older than her but never the less she was Seychelles's best friend.

"Hey, Hungary! I'm deeply sorry but I have to go. I got a ton of stuff to do and not a lot of time."

"Ah, yes. Tell England I said hi and that I'm sorry that I can't make it."

Seychelles froze. "What do you mean 'tell England you said hi'?"

"You know when you go to the student council room tonight?"

"That's tonight!?"

Hungary laughed, "Yes, the same as every night. Did you forget?"

"…Maybe, but why do I have to go I'm not even part of Student Council!"

Hungary could only shrug at her friend, "Don't know, ask England." With that she turned around and left. "Don't be late, it's at nine."

Seychelles groaned and trudged up to her room.

Five subjects… at five I got to go to Japan's, nine I got to be at the student council room...

She closed the door behind her and sighed as she got out her homework. She sat at the desk and started doing it when it was five. One subject done.

Seychelles hurried to Japan's house.

Seychelles ran over to the student council fast, juggling the stack of Manga she had to read before the next meeting. She had also brought her backpack with her unfinished homework hoping she could finish it over there.

"Seychelles! Just in time." Seychelles had closed the door to the student council room and picked a chair and table in the back to sit at. She settled her Manga and her backpack down on the table.

Just when she was about to sit down England called, "Go get me my tea, please."

Seychelles went and made his tea and brought it out to him then sat down back in her seat.

Then she remembered to tell England what Hungary had said. "Hey! Hey England!" England ignored her and continued talking about the issues around campus. "EYEBROWS!" By this point Seychelles was right at England's side. "Didn't you hear me?"

Everyone turned to look at her, including England. "What is so important that you need to interrupt us?" England questioned.

"Hungary told me to tell you that she wouldn't be able to make it but she said hi."

"Oi…" England groaned. "That's what was so important?" Seychelles shook her head yes. England waved his hand away at her gesturing her to go back to her seat. She did as told and continued her homework.

She listened to them talking about problems and she couldn't understand a lot of which they were talking about. It was like a whole different language. Suddenly, Seychelles found her head began to nod off. She rested her head against the table and fell asleep over her papers.

"Good day everyone, see you next week." England waved everyone good-bye and grabbed his coat.

England looked around the room and saw Seychelles asleep on the table. England startled walked over.

He examined her. Her pigtails were covering her face and he quickly brushed them away. She had tan skin. Her brown eyes that sparkled were closed and her mouth was open a little breathing. She looked peaceful and England saw her unfinished homework. He put his coat down and gently moved her head over to the other side. She stirred a little but didn't wake up.

He got out his home work and started to copy his answers to her sheet, carful to forge Seychelles's handwriting.

He was just about down when he heard Seychelles's moan something. " Angleterre."

England looked up but discovered she was still asleep. Must be dreaming about me…

He put her work and her Manga books away in her backpack and grabbed his coat. He walked around to Seychelles and picked her up slowly and gently, to not disturb her. "England." He saw her speak in her sleep again and reach to the sky trying to grasp something only she could see. He almost chuckled at how cute she was. She was light but her book bag was another thing.

He walked out of the student council room, turned out the lights, and headed to the girl's dorm.

It was already past ten when he reached Seychelles's room. He took out the key from her backpack and opened the door. The room smelled like her, coconuts and the beach. He looked around at the messy room and frowned. Surely a lady would be neat. He laid Seychelles on her bed under the covers. He bent down to pick up discarded clothes and cringed a little at her undergarments. He put the pile into her hamper and put her book bag on her chair, took the Manga books out and lined them up on the shelf. He went over to Seychelles and gave her a kiss on the head before leaving.