A/N: I'd like to thank those of you who reviewed, followed, and favorited this story!~ So, as you can see, Chapter 2 is up! You guys get to meet my other two OCs Dmitri and Kailani! I hope you like it! Please read and review!
Special thanks to sam-makes-pancakes, who created the cover!
Disclaimer: I don't own the awesomeness and pure genius that is Hetalia. I only own my OCs and the plot.
Dmitri's POV:
I slid down to the floor of my bedroom, the wall against my back. I sighed. My life was crazy. Being the oldest out of six children was overwhelming. On top of that was usually schoolwork, but luckily, it was summer.
I'd just managed to escape my incredibly hyper younger sisters, Audrey and Abby, and was hiding in my room. I had remembered to lock the door. "Thank goodness," I breathed.
The song "It's Time" by Imagine Dragons rang out on the air. I dug my cellphone out of my jeans pocket and answered it.
"Hello, Kailani," I greeted my friend with a sigh.
"Nín hǎo, dé mǐ tè lǐ· ! [1]" she replied in her usual greeting in the traditional version of Chinese.
I sighed. "After all this time, I still have no idea what you say when you speak in that language. What-"
"First off, Chinese is a fun and interesting language. So, don't dis it, Demi!" Kailani stated.
"Really?" I retorted. "I'm not a girl, dimwit!"
Kailani and I spent the next five minutes going back and forth. For those of those wondering, this kind of thing is actually quite typical for the two of us. If my other friend, Aiyana, was in on the conversation, she would have been facepalming at the moment. A smirk appeared on my face as I brushed my hand through shaggy, beige hair.
"Lani," I interrupted her. "Why did you call me in the first place?"
She paused at the other end for a moment. "Oh, right. Dmitri, does something seem a little bit off to you?"
"Now that you mention it, yes. Is there something wrong?"
"I'm not sure. Could you come over to my place? I need to talk to you about something in private."
~*~*~(time skip)~*~*~
I rode up onto the driveway of the Adams' residence that was about a block away from my house. It was a two-story house, like my own, that was a light tan with red bricking. I slowed down and got off my bike and parked it on the sidewalk. I walked up their front porch, bounded up the steps, and knocked on the front door.
A couple moments later, the door opened, revealing a middle-aged woman with short blond hair, fair skin, and green eyes. "Hello, Dmitri. How are you?"
"I'm doing well, Myra," I replied. Myra Adams, Kailani's mother, was pretty much like my second mom. She and her husband, Aaron, were both doctors. But, apparently, day was one of her days off.
Myra invited me inside and she told me Kailani was upstairs in her room.
"Something doesn't seem right, thought," she told me. "Kailani is usually so hyper and up-beat. She's only gets this way when she's very worried or something's bothering her."
"Oh," I replied, furrowing my eyebrows. "I'll go check it out. Don't worry alright?"
"Okay, Dmitri," she said, going off towards the kitchen.
I marched up the staircase and went to Kailani's room. I knocked on the door. "It's open!" came the reply. "Come on in!"
I opened up the wood door and walked in. A shorter tan girl lay on the bed with the Hawaiian-themed floral bed spread that had its headboard pushed up against the far wall. She wore a light green sundress that made her amber eyes pop. In her short, wavy dark brown hair was a pink headband and flower hairclips.
"What'cha reading, Kailani," I asked. The girl looked up and held up the book for me to see. It was a volume of our favorite manga Hetalia.
"Alright," she stretched and sat cross-legged on her bed.
~*~*~(time skip)~*~*~
"Dmitri," Kailani said. "I know that something's up!"
"I know," I agreed. I sat next to Kailani on her bed as we discussed what she had me come over for in the first place. "I have this feeling that something is going to happen soon that'll change our lives forever."
Thank you for reading!
[1] Nín hǎo, dé mǐ tè lǐ· ! means "Hello, Dmitri!" in traditional Chinese.
