I sit down next to The Netherlands and I get my things together. I see him doing the same, and I notice that same rash on his left hand as he does so. My stomach drops a little. He has it too. Prussia had it and I clearly saw it in Italy's neck. What does that mean? What if that virus Prussia was talking about is real? Focus Denmark. Try not to think about it. Besides, let's put the facts straight: you don't feel sick. You don't look sick. You can eat, you can drink, you can drive. Nothing out of the ordinary right? I sigh a little. It's nothing. Maybe it's one of those things that blows over like a flu epidemic or something and it'll go away after a while. Yeah, that must be it. I hear the beep of the translating service starting up in my ear and I get ready to start the meeting...
Well, that was a complete waste of time. The United Kingdom is being a pain in the ass about all of this, if you wanna leave so badly you're not helping yourself now. I want to return to my car when someone taps me on the shoulder. I turn around and I see it's Belgium.
"Hey Neth, Lux and I are going out for lunch, wanna join? I know a nice bakery downthe street!"
My stomach growls a little, maybe lunch would be nice before I go home.
"Yeah sure! Lead the way!"
I walk behind Luxembourg and Belgium next to The Netherlands. The two in front of us are talking about something in French, it's hard to follow.
"Hey, can I ask you something?" Neth suddenly says.
It startles me a little but I regain myself. "Yeah sure what's up?"
He shows me his left hand. "Appeared yesterday. And I saw it on others too... do you have it?"
I just nod and point to my side. He clearly bites his lip. He's scared too and with good reason. We were almost wiped out by a plague once before in Europe and I don't want to face that luck again.
"Do you think it's dangerous? Like for real Denmark I'm actually scared..."
What do I say here? "I hope it's not... but now I'm not so sure anymore..."
He looks away now. He sighs deep.
"God I hope it's not..."
I sigh too. Maybe I should call Norway, just to check if he has it too...
"Here it is! The best Belgian sweets and buns in the world!"
Her voice snaps me back to reality and I smile again. Food, I only just realise how hungry I am. We walk inside and I see Neth's face lighten up a little again as well. We were hungry, and now that we have the sweet chocolate croissants within reach, we feel better. I order something and as soon as I take a bite I feel like my happy self again.
We talk for a while with each other. Belgium talks to no end about the delicate production of Belgian chocolate and I listen oddly intrigued. Then the Netherlands takes off about the difficult procedure of making cheese and then Luxembourg tunes I about the perfect weather conditions for wine making. What do I have? ... Lego's? ... A mermaid. A prettybridge, I have to share that one though...
"Denmark tell me, what kind of food do you have?" Belgium asks and I snap out of my thoughts.
"Eehhmmm... I have a lot of pastries with cinnamon and stuff. And a lot of meat... Not something out of the ordinary though," I say and honestly I'm a little unimpressed by myself.
"Hey but you have Lego's right?" Belgium says and I lighten up. Oh, you want me to talk about Lego? I hope you have a while!
It's far past 4 PM when we finally leave the bakery and we walk back to our cars. Once we make it there, I get a gentle hug from Belgium.
"Have a safe drive home Denmark. Say hi to Norway from me!"
"I will dear thank you! I'll see ya around!" Neth pulls me in a hug too.
"Drive safe Denny, I'll see ya..." I swallow for a second.
"You too Neth, and take care okay?"
He nods and whispers in my ear: "Let's keep each other up to date about that rash okay. I'm a little worried..."
I nod and I let go. I get in my car and I wave the siblings goodbye before I turn the corner. I'm going to call Norway when I'm back on the boat. Just to be sure...