Chapter 01~Arrival to Japan

Tino was bouncing with excitement. It wasn't because he was visiting Japan for the world meeting, he had already been in Japan many times before. He hadn't, however, stayed at a traditional Japanese inn before. He had heard that they were usually quite expensive as they were a rarity in a country where the latest technology was always the popular attraction. So imagine his surprise when they told him upon his arrival that Kiku Honda, the representative of Japan, had reserved one of those inns for the visiting countries as a special treat. Although, he also suspected that the rather quiet and reserved nation had wanted to go back to a much simpler and peaceful retreat to escape the usual bustle from the city.

Next to him, his unofficial "husband" walked through the crowd while he read the directions to the inn. He wasn't worried about bumping into anyone, his intimidating height was enough to part the crowd and make a path. He did occasionally lift his eyes from the paper and street signs to keep tabs on the two young boys who walked infront of them. Said young boys, the micronation of Sealand and Ladonia respectively, were currently in some sort of race to be in front of the group. Of course, it was more speed walking than running, as they were well aware that their "parents" would scold them if they went too far ahead in a place they did not know. Tino could understand their enthusiasm, though.

Peter had always been trying to be recognized as a country, but was never allowed to attend a world meeting. Erland was excited as well, but tried to hide it. He considered himself stronger and more qualified as a real country than Sealand. In truth, he was also nervous at the possibility of meeting the bigger nations at the inn. While they still wouldn't be allowed at the meeting itself, Japan had extended their stay as a sort of holiday to relax and converse about other things that had nothing to do with the current economy problems they were all facing. Taking advantage of that, both Berwald and Tino decided to bring the boys along. Usually they would have to stay at home under the care of their respective Kings and Queens while the older nations attended the meetings, so they didn't see no harm. Besides, a holiday with family wasn't a bad idea.

The walk to the entrance didn't take too long. They had already been driven to a path nearby the small village where the inn was located in. They hadn't had to carry their luggage as it had been already taken to their room ahead of time, so they took their time to take in the sights of the countryside on the way. They were greeted by Kiku himself who welcomed them to his country. He had already met Sealand when he was still part of England, but even while he had heard about Ladonia, like the other nations, he had yet to personally meet him.

"Welcome to Japan, Suu~ēden-san and Finrando-san. Shīrando-kun, nice to see you again. You must be Ladonia. I am glad to finally be meeting you. Your rooms are this way. If you like, after you have settled in, you are welcome to explore more of the building and the garden as the meeting does not start for a couple of hours. Someone from the staff will come get you when it is time for the meeting. I hope you enjoy your stay."

"Kiitos, Japani."

Kiku gave them a warm smile and bowed before leaving their room. The room they were assigned to was beautiful. It was also bigger than expected with paper walls that separated a small sitting room from the two bedrooms and a tea room, like a small apartment. The paper doors in the sitting room opened up to an outdoor hallway that led to a garden with a small pond. As it was the early hours of the morning, there was a cool breeze flowing in from the windows and you could hear the occasional chirping of a bird. Tino sighed happily and hummed while he helped the boys with their luggage, not noticing the loving stare coming from Berwald as he watched him move around the room.

"Mama, can we go exploring in the garden now that we finished unpacking?"

Tino looked at Peter and sighed a little in disdain. He hadn't been able to make the boy stop calling him mama, and Berwald hadn't been much help with that either, what with calling him his wife all the time. Either way, he supposed that it was better than nothing at least, so instead he offered his adopted son a bright smile.

"Tietenkin voit. Just try to stay out of trouble, okei?"

Peter nodded vigorously while Erland didn't look too pleased with having to spend more time with Sealand, but followed him out into the garden anyway. After they were gone, Tino felt strong arms wrap around his waist. He looked up to see the tall Swede looking out into the garden, keeping a careful eye on the boys. 'Well,' Tino mused, 'he was a viking once. I shouldn't be surprised that he's acting overprotective of them. He's always like this.'

"They're always so full of energy, aren't they?"

"Mm, they're young."

"I'm glad that we will be able to relax for a while before we have to face the chaos that this week's meeting will be."

Berwald didn't respond, but the sudden kiss on his cheek was enough to tell him that he agreed. He then moved away from Tino to get his papers and clothes ready for the meeting. After watching the boys, who were looking inside the pond at the moment trying to see some koi fish, he turned around and decided to get things ready as well. This was going to be a long day.

Hey, guys! Oh my gosh, I haven't written or updated anything in months! I am so sorry! School has been a bit hectic, and so it caused a bad bout of writer's block.

As you can see, I recently got into Hetalia and obviously this has become one of my favorite pairings. As the description said, this came as a dream to me, and so I'm using it as an exercise to break the block. I don't know how long this will be or when I will have time to update, so expect some irregularities. I'll try to update my other stories if I end up getting some sudden inspiration while writing this one.

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Translations:

Suu~ēden= Romanization of スウェーデン which means Sweden in Japanese

Finrando= Romanization of フィンランド which means Finland in Japanese

Shīrando= Romanization of シーランド which means Sealand in Japanese

Kiitos= Thank you in Finnish

Japani= Japan in Finnish

Tietenkin voit= Of course you can in Finnish

Okei= Do I really need to translate this one?