disclaimer: APH does not belong to me.

And yet I bring you another Fem!England fanfic. -_- I'm so sorry if the only Male England one I'm giving to you guys is RussiaxEngland. And yes again, USUK [ my otp for Hetalia]. And again Hetalia..because school isn't letting me watch 30 min anime, and I really just can't mess with OHSHC and other animes at the moment. This fanfic has been inspired the Hetalia deck from the art book "Arte Stella". Just for those who haven't seen it the face cards are:

Hearts: (red)Diamonds: (yellow)Clubs: (Green)Spades: (Blue)

Queen:JapanQueen: LichtensteinQueen: HungaryQueen: England/Britain

King:GermanyKing: FranceKing: RussiaKing: America

Knave/Jack: ItalyKnave/Jack: SwitzerlandKnave/Jack: AustriaKnave/Jack: China

The setting: Suits Palace; basically this gigantic palace where the four kingdoms touch. the North wing has the House of Diamonds; where all of those in the diamond suit lives. East wing is the House of Hearts; basically where the suit of Heart lives. South wing is has the House of Clubs/Clovers; whoever lives in this wing is in the Clover/Club suit. Finally to the West wing is the House of Spades; where all of those in the suit of Spades lives. In the middle is the Suits' Palace. This is the place where all four suits meet up to discuss issues with each other and sometimes hearing of trials. THIS IS ALL FICTION.

note: The beginning may be confusing, but it should make sense as the story go on. No, this will not be as long as "Dreams", the story and chapters will be a lot shorter, and I'm sorry for that. I do not know how long this story will be.

Alice slammed her office door shut. She cussed and muttered incoherent words.

"WHAT THE HELL" she said out loud as she pulled her ash blonde hair. Lately, the House of Spades has been the center of attention and drama. She fell onto her chair, as she ignored the tears running down her face. She bit her bottom lip. She tried to ignore the current events. She and her husband, The King of Spades, just got into another argument. The argument was about personal affairs, and sadly when 'personal' affairs is the subject, it is a specific and special subject about the King of Diamonds. The issue? The King of Diamonds relationship with the Queen of Spades. Honestly, if Alfred gave Alice the time to explain, they wouldn't be mad at each other, nor would they be disappointed in each other. Alice closed her eyes as she remembered Alfred walking away when he saw what happened.

"DAMMIT IT ALL!" she said as she grabbed a stack of paper and threw it to the ground. She buried her face into her hands. "What the hell" she said as she finally began to sob. Currently, The House of Spades, the official palace of the Kingdom of Spades has been under great tension and attention. Lately the past managed to wedge itself between the Queen of Spades, her husband, the King of Spades, and well her childhood friend and enemy, the King of Diamonds. She looked at her floor. Usually you would see beautiful navy blue marble tiles making patterns with white marble ties, each corner having a small spade to represent her country. This time, when Alice looked at the ground, she broke down crying. White paper everywhere, tea stains on the floor, broken glass. The littered floor reminded her of herself, dirty, messy, and just plain insightful. Alice shook her head and buried her face into her arms.

Alfred walked through the bottom halls of the House of Spades. The bottom hall of the House of Spades contained beautiful glass windows filled with intricate designs. The walls were bare, but where it met the roof lay a gold and blue border. The usual calm scenery the place offers didn't seem to calm the King down. His hands formed a fist and he punched the wall as he turned. Yao, the Jack of Spades, saw him.

"What's going on aru?" he asked as he approached the King of Spades.

"queen" Alfred said as he kept walking. China sighed as he watched America walk away.

"Not again" he said. The Jack of Spades had been hand picked by the previous Queen, and well he is older than the Queen and King. Yao shook his head as he watched the King of Spades walk out of the House of Palace. He sighed as he sensed the impending attention going towards the House of Spades.

Alice buried her head into her arms as she tried to get some needed sleep. She looked at the clock and found that it's six, time for dinner. In the Suits Palace, the court, meaning all of those who are assigned a card (from Ace to King for each deck) usually eat breakfast, lunch and dinner together. The food is usually cooked by one of the Houses, each night changing, and on some nights, up to three Houses can prepare food. The evening table was usually filled with heavy food and alcohols, but for the children's sake, they added water and sake approved for children. The table in dinner time was also e place of socializing, that means being friendly. With the current drama between the King of Spades and the King of Diamonds, the table would be nothing but a battle field of bitter words. Alice listened to the clock chime until it stopped. Alice let out a frustrated groan, she doesn't want to attend at all. Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"BUGGER OFF" Alice screamed as she tried to go back to sleep.

"It's Kiku" the person said behind the door. Alice sighed and took a peek through the lock hole. Yeahp, the Queen of Hearts, Japan aka, Kiku was standing front of her private quarters. Alice sighed but she didn't open the door. The Japanese man laughed and said "Don't worry I'm alone" Alice then opened the door, she stood by it and let the Japanese man enter. The man was wearing his usual apparel. A red kimono, with a red Haori that had an intricate design. He had a small rose on his hair, Alice smiled. The House of Hearts has the most beautiful roses, they always do...and the rose must've come from Italy...the Knave of Hearts really liked messing with people's hair. Alice looked at her friends and then looked at her messy room.

"I'm not going to the dinner, I'm not hungry and-"

" What happened today? The House of Spades is the talk again" he said, interrupting the ash blonde. Alice sighed and shook her head. It hasn't even been a day and it seemed like the story had spread like the plague.

"You Hearts must be soo happy hm?" she asked and she sat on her chair. "I mean after all...Human hearts are being pulled in this current 'drama'" she mused. She then turned to Kiku. "Personally I'm just really tired, and I will deal with the after math tomorrow-"

"Did you kiss the King of Diamonds?" Japan asked. He really didn't want to ask Alice, just by looking at her could tell you that the Queen of Spades had been staying up late and that she is excessively fatigued. Japan was getting ready for a mental breakdown, but then Alice broke out into laughter, "me? kiss the King of Diamonds? thats the worst idea she has ever heard of." she said laughing.

" Yeah, sure because I like Francis" she mused. She then looked at Japan. "No. why would I kiss that frog?" she said looking upset. "He just caught me off guard!" she exclaimed. Japan stood next to her and hugged her. He then leaned down and kissed her forehead, all the Queen of Spades could do was hug the Queen of Hearts.. He hugged back, trying to soothe the sobbing queen. That's when they heard the door slam shut. Japan looked at the door and then looked at Alice.

"I'll tell them that your feeling a little ill and you need your rest, to make it believable, I'll send someone to bring you soup" he said. Alice smiled and nodded, as she opened the door, she couldn't help but spot a certain purple string on the ground. She walked towards it and picked it. She sighed and looked to her left.

"Alfred" she muttered. With that Alice locked herself into her private quarters.

thank you for reading, all reviews/ comments are welcome.

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