Chapter 1: Long-Lived

Warning: This story mentions intense romance (but it isn't relevant to the story), mild international-political issues and accented English. You have been warned.

It all started with a simple remark.

A simple remark on life expectancy.

The longest life expectancy, to be exact.

Made by Japan, but not to brag.

Just an offhanded remark.

Hong Kong, sitting two seats down from him, simply raised a thicker-than-most 'brow and asked, "REE-lee? You SHOO-uh? (1)"

That was at a World Meeting (because of course it was – all the drama happens during these Meetings and vice versa, it's practically a tradition now), about five minutes before a break.

What resulted from that brief 'conversation' that cannot even be called a proper conversation was a staring contest between the two East Asians.

They stared right through the break and into the final session of the Meeting that day, blatantly ignoring the chaos in the rest of the Meeting: South Italy acting extremely tsundere to Spain (as usual), the Entente Cordiale couple fighting for some stupid reason (as usual), a kind of…large…and powerful (each in their own way)…couple making out under the table (of all places…let's hope that didn't escalate into something further), Macau sneaking off out of the chaotic room (that's new!), India and Pakistan yelling at each other (of course as usual, they're rivals!) (2), Iran and Iraq fighting over something (no, it's not name similarities) (2), Turkey trying to shove Syria off of him (who was clinging to him) (3)…yeah.

By 6pm (the time when the "Meeting adjourned" announcement was made), the two finally broke eye contact, and Hong Kong added – in Japanese (4), for good measure, "Look it up, and don't trust Wikipedia."

And guess what Japan found on the Internet without clicking into Wikipedia (aka one pretty unreliable information source)?

Oh, and Macau didn't even return to the Meeting room, and luckily, the snogging session didn't escalate into anything further. However, let's just hope that the hotel has thick walls.

#1-"Really? You sure?" with a heavy HK/Cantonese accent. Don't worry, this accent doesn't show up all the time when it comes to Hong Kong as a Personification. His Districts, on the other hand...well, it depends on who you're talking to. As for the people...God, the people. Most of us have this terrifically horrific accent, and even I slip into a downplayed versh of this sometimes.

#2-This is based on real-world unofficial rivalries between these Nations.

#3-All 'em Syrian refugees, I think from the civil war (or whatever war). I accidentally came across it while looking up the rivalries and added it because why not.

#4-An unfortunate side effect from what happened during WWII. Besides, the Japanese DSE (public exam) can be taken by those students who wish to. There are other languages, but as far as my personal knowledge (from DSE result announcement-reports of my school) goes, this one's probably the most common.

A/N: According to multiple sources from the Internet, HK residents have the longest life expectancy in the world. If your source doesn't say that (*cough* Wikipedia *cough*), we're almost certainly in the top 10. Take that, Japan.

And this marks the end of the first official chapter of DiverCity. Please leave reviews and tell me what you want to know about my Bauhinia City. Thanks for reading, and let's see how many reviews I get for this. Bye-bye!

-M.N.

P.S. If anyone wants to write from the perspectives of the other Nations at the World Meeting, go ahead and tell me by review and/or PM, and I'll try my best to check it out. To do so, tell me the title, the username of the writer/writers (if it's not written by you) and its Story ID.

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