Rin (jumping right in to describing the story): So somewhere between a few weeks and a month or so ago (whenever it was that this happened), we heard about the car crash that happened to those four girls in Minnesota and how a national campaign was going to wear pink for them, and apparently England and Finland were doing so, too. I think that is so cool! So I decided to write a fic for it. :)
England: Don't you think you should back up a little, Rin?
Rin: Right…*clears throat* So this is technically a two-chapter story, but I'm uploading both chapters at once for two reasons. One, I wanted to get this taken care of before it wasn't current anymore, and two, I originally wrote it intending it to be a one-shot, but the ending point for this chapter worked perfectly as a chapter ender.
England (tired of Rin's rambling): Rin doesn't own Hetalia.
Rin: Nope, sadly. Just one more thing before I start the story. Please keep the families and friends of those four girls who died in your prayers if it fits your religion and thoughts if it doesn't. I hope that they have a lot of sympathy from the people close to them, but prayers/thoughts never hurt. Thank you.
Everyone noticed America was quieter than usual.
Throughout the World Conference meeting, the usual chaos still went on, but he didn't join it. He piped up with his ideas, but they weren't as outlandish as usual. He was more subdued and didn't push as hard when his ideas were challenged. It was obvious he was making an effort to act normal, but he was failing.
Concern finally outweighing other priorities, England said, "If no one else has anything worthwhile to add, then I believe we're done for today." Agreement rippled through the nations, and the sound of scraping chairs filled the room. "America," the blonde added over the noise, "stay here a minute. I want to talk to you about something."
America shrugged. "Sure, Iggy," he said, assuming it was some little issue. While everyone else left, he went up to England. "What's up?"
"What's wrong?" England asked.
"What? Nothing!"
"Of course nothing's wrong," England said sarcastically. "Why on Earth would everyone notice how quiet you were this entire time when everything's perfectly fine?" America rubbed behind his head sheepishly, and England noticed something. "What's that on your wrist?"
"It's just something for a national thing," America said quickly.
England grabbed his wrist to look closer. "America, why the bloody h*ll are you wearing a pink bracelet with the names of four girls on it?"
Pulling his wrist free, America said, "Like I said, it's a national thing." He looked at the bracelet. "Look…in Minnesota, there was a super bad accident. If you search it on the Internet or something, you'll see how bad the car got totaled. The names on here are the names of the four girls who died in the accident. Word got out on Facebook, and a national campaign started to wear pink for them. That's why I'm wearing this."
And because it's national, it's getting to you seriously… England laid a hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright?" he asked in a much softer tone.
"I'm fine," America said. "But stuff like this gets depressing sometimes, you know?" He shrugged. "Things will go back to normal soon hopefully." England nodded slowly, an idea forming in his mind.
"Like, why are we, like, listening in again?" Poland asked.
"Because I'm worried about Mr. America," Lithuania answered, peering through the doorway. "You don't have to if you don't want to."
"Yeah, like, I'm totally gonna, like, ditch you," Poland said sarcastically, rolling his eyes. Lithuania didn't reply, just kept watching.
"Did you hear that?" he said quietly. "No wonder Mr. America was so quiet. If it's on a national level, with people wearing pink for those girls…"
"Like, totally pink?" Instantly, Poland was involved.
Lithuania suppressed a sigh. Trust Poland to notice what I'm talking about as soon as his favorite color is brought up. "I think that's the point, Poland. People all across the United States are wearing pink to honor those four girls Mr. America mentioned."
Poland grabbed his arm, excitement shining in his eyes. "Dude! We totally, like, should, too!"
"Wh-what?"
"Totally wear pink! Dude, it's, like, the total best color, like, ever, anyways. And you, like, can totally borrow some, like, pink clothes from me!" Poland was so excited about the idea that he wasn't even saying 'like' as much as usual.
"I-I don't know…It might make Mr. America more upset," Lithuania said worriedly.
Pouting, Poland said, "Come on, Liet! It's, like, totally to support him. Like, America will totally, like, get it! He'll, like, be totally happy." He tugged Lithaunia's wrist. "Please?"
"Well…" Lithuania could sort of see that point. After all, America was his best friend, next to Poland, and he did want to do anything he could to help. But still… "Mr. America said it was a national campaign. Do you think it'd be possible to convince anyone's entire population to wear pink?"
Poland rolled his eyes. "Dude. That's, like, totally the point, like, of us doing it. Like, who cares if, like, totally everyone does? We're, like, totally supporting him ourselves, you know?"
Lithuania gave up, not entirely unhappily. He did want to support America in this. "I guess it's a good idea…"
"Totally!" Poland tackle-hugged him, nearly knocking Lithuania over. "This is, like, gonna be totally, like, the best ever!"
He wasn't the only one thinking to support America.
Rin: See? Good chapter ender. *smiles* Technically, in reality, only England and Finland are, but I thought about it and decided that Liet would be worried about America, and Poland would find out about it through him and go nuts over the idea of an entire country wearing his favorite color. So I decided that the other Hetalia nations would be part of it. :D I don't know if this is an indefinite thing, by the way. And those bracelets, I don't know if they're real, but it makes sense to me. Now onto chapter two~
