Friday Afternoon…

"Let's see…" Kimi thought a loud to herself, nibbling on the strawberry pocky stick between her lips as she typed away on her laptop. "Oh geez, if Germany and I are going to do this, I'm gonna need all the knowledge I can on the situation." She sighed deeply.

Shrugging off her anxiety, Kimi cracked her neck on both sides, took a deep breath, and pushed the 'enter' key. Since her and Germany's plan for their second date, Kimi took it upon herself to gain information on what they were about to go through. Which meant searching the Internet, and watching documentaries on how intercourse worked. Thankfully, Kimi didn't come up short-handed when looking on the web, managing to look into positions and anatomical functions.

'Well I'm glad that's done,' She thought with relief. 'Now its time for the documentaries…The Anatomyof Sex should be on in a moment, I'd better get to the living room.' On that note, Kimi shut down her laptop and grabbed the box of pocky, and hurried to the den.

Quickly, she turned on the TV and reclined on the couch as the show began. Though she herself found this to be a bit ridiculous, Kimi felt slightly fascinated by this all the while from learning something so new to her.

"Oh darn, I'm going to miss an episode of Monsters Inside Me if I watch this…" Kimi noted with slight regret, "Eh, whatever. This is going to become much my helpful later on." She said to herself while dismissively waving her hand.

While Kimi watched the show, her cell phone began vibrating in her sweatshirt pocket…it was Germany on the caller ID. Instantly, the corner of her eye and her head twitched, what the hell was she supposed to say to him?

"Hello?" She answered, somehow managing to make her voice sound normal.

"Hi, I need your opinion on something." Germany's voice answered back.

"What is it?"

"I'm having trouble deciding what to cook for our date, do you have any preferences?"

"Um…I honestly don't mind anything you make, what about you?"

"I could always ask Japan or Italy for suggestions. Und, is there anything else other than watching a movie that you'd like to do?"

"Well if it's nice out at night, we could always go for a stroll and listen to music. I just loaded some more songs on my iPod you might like~"

"What songs?"

"It's a surprise, but I'll give you a hint. Two are from Rammstein, one is from Alice Cooper, one from the Gorillaz, and the last one is from Rob Zombie."

"Sounds interesting, how about we take a walk through the park like last time? I'll even bring a blanket so we can sit together on a bench."

"Sounds great…oh! Also, what do you think I should make for dessert? Or do you want it to be a surprise?" She asked with a grin.

"You und your surprises." He chuckled, "Fine, just surprise me."

"If you insist~" Kimi mused, "Any suggestions on a movie?"

"Anything is fine, as long as it's not too overbearing."

"You're in luck, I've been doing my research again and I've found some real good ones!"

"What are they?"

"They're a black and white films from the 1960's called, The Slaughter of The Vampires, and Carnival of Souls. From the looks of the trailers, I'm sure that they'll really set the mood."

"Always with you and the horror," He sighed while trying to discreetly hide his amusement, "But that'll do."

"Sweet! So it looks like we're set," She said contently, "By the way, how are you?" She asked suddenly, keeping her eyes on the television as it began going over human reproduction.

"Um, fine, thanks…und, you?"

"Functioning normally, keeping up with my studies."

"Studies?"

Kimi suddenly realized the gist of his question, accidentally making a small choking sound into the speaking end of the phone.

"A-are you alright, liebling?"

"Uh, yeah…just-just choked on some air." She coughed. "Anyways, about my studies…well, I'm currently watching a documentary on sex. I already finished looking up info on my computer, and I think that's it."

There was a pause on the other line, making Kimi regret actually admitting that she was researching on such a topic.

"Germany…? Are you still there?" She uttered into the phone.

"J-ja…" He responded, "Sorry, I was a little lost in my own thoughts for a moment."

"It's okay, it happens to me as well. I'm sorry for being so blunt in my response to your last question."

"It's fine, I was just curious…"

"Yeah, I know. That's why I figured that I'd go with knowledge on this, I wouldn't want to be confused when the time came."

"Right…maybe I should look into it as well, auf wiederhören." He said.

"Bye-bye." She replied, before hanging up.

At Germany's house…

After going over the organizations with Kimi, Germany hung up the phone and stood in his den. His dogs, Blackie the Germany Shepherd, Berlitz the Doberman, and Aster the Golden Retriever, sat down near his feet while looking up at him with slightly distressed whimpers. Snapping out of his thoughts, Germany decided to walk over to the nearest Library around his now prosperous home.

"Where are you going in such a hurry, West?" Prussia asked.

"I'm stepping out for a bit, no other reason." Germany replied curtly, before slamming the door behind him as he exited.

At the Library, Germany began searching in the Anatomy section and scanning thoroughly through the plethora of textbooks. Despite being mature about the current subject, his mind began to wander, resulting in a massive blush that painted his face read. Unfortunately for him, Germany earned a couple looks from the people around him as he closed the textbook and stiffly walked out of the building.

'Maybe I should just purchase a condom and some K-Y, and call it quits.' He thought submissively, letting out a deep sigh as he began walking to the local drug store.

"Herr Beilschmidt, what brings you here?" The aged storeowner greeted from behind the counter.

"I need to pick up a few things…" Germany answered, trying to keep calm as a drop of sweat rolled down his forehead and his flushed face.

"You don't look so good, do you perhaps need cold medicine?" The man commented.

"N-nein, that won't be necessary." He replied quickly. "I'll just find what I need on the shelves."

"If you need assistance to find anything, feel free to ask."

"Danke…" Germany said as he started towards the isles.

Keeping his mind focused on the task at hand, Germany managed to somehow choose suitable "coverage" and quickly grab the tube of K-Y without accidentally dropping it from his shaky grip. While the storeowner typed up the items, Germany kept his eye contact away from the man to avoid catching a suspicious glance. After paying, Germany walked out of the store, relieved that he didn't receive any looks from the man.

"Danke, herr Beilschmidt." The owner waved, "Good luck with that special fraulien of yours!"

A jolting chill shot up Germany's spine, making him clutch the small bag tighter in his hand.

"D-danke." He muttered; refusing to look back in order to hide his reddened face.

Break.

'Dear lord, why…why did Poland and Hungary drag me here?' Kimi thought gravely, 'I mean sure, I wouldn't mind if they took me to Hot Topic, Spencer's, or even Frederick's of Hollywood…but of all those places, it just HAD to be Victoria's Secret.'

While Poland and Hungary were already entering the store, Kimi continued to stand and stare at all the pretty pink splashes that colored the whole place in subtle disgust.

'I don't mind the fact that this is a lingerie store, and all…but what the fuck is with all the PINK?'

"Kimi, are you, like, coming in?" Poland called to her.

"Yeah, coming." Kimi finally answered, burring her hands in the pockets of her sweatshirt before catching up to them.

Once inside, Kimi had already realized just how much she stood out. Victoria's Secret was partially empty, only a hand-full of customers including them was browsing the items. Feeling her anxiety beginning to skyrocket, Kimi kept her eyes pointed to the ground as Hungary and Poland walked her to the intimate's section. Eventually, Kimi looked up and started looking for a suitable set, though still feeling nauseated by the surrounding bright pink on the walls.

"Think he'll like this set?" Kimi asked to them, holding up a black satin slip nightgown and black lace panties.

"Totally!" Poland grinned.

"I'm sure he'll like whatever you choose." Hungary responded.

"I think I'll go with this one, I can't find any other better ones in black." Kimi proclaimed, "Anything else I might need?"

"I just totally saw something that would help~" Poland mused, Hungary giggling by his side before leading Kimi to the cosmetics section.

"What? What is it?" Kimi asked with a puzzled tone, looking at the erotic little items on the lit pink shelves.

"Go ahead and pick a couple!" Hungary urged.

Edible body shimmer and chocolate body frosting, perfume oil and body cream with pheromones, lip-glosses that were made with only natural ingredients and phenylethylamine?

"Wait…what am I supposed to…? Never mind, I get it." Kimi said, managing to catch on before asking, "A special occasion like this requires some spice, I guess." On that note, she selected the nude colored lip-gloss, thin bottle of perfume oil, the heart-shaped box of vanilla body shimmer, mint and cinnamon breath mist, and purchased the items. "Say, while we're here," She said to them, "Do you two want to make any purchases here?"

Hungary and Poland looked at each other, Poland mischievously grinning in his thoughts while Hungary's face began to blush with pink.

"Now that you mention it…" Poland spoke, "It probably wouldn't hurt to buy some of that fabulous body lubricant and edible body icing~"

"Planning for someone special?" Kimi asked curiously.

"Maaaaybe~!" He chuckled with amusement.

"What about you, Hungary? I'm pretty sure that Austria will need something to relax him after such a stressful week." She suggested to the flustered Hungarian.

"H-he has been pretty tense lately…" Hungary uttered.

"You don't have to, I was just wondering." Kimi stated with a slightly embarrassed grin.

"That's very kind of you, maybe I should do something to ease his nerves." Hungary smiled.

"Sure, it doesn't even have to be intimate, I'm sure he'd be very happy if you made him his favorite dessert!" Kimi chimed, pausing a bit before snapping her fingers in realization. "Oh that's right, I needed to stop by the grocery store to pick up ingredients for a cake!"

"Oh, what kind of cake are you making~?" Poland mused flamboyantly.

"A double-layer yellow cake with a chocolate ganache, and some tootsie-roll roses." Kimi answered, "I figured that I might as well get creative and put a bit of artistic style to the dessert."

"Sounds wonderful, I'm sure Germany will love it!" Hungary clapped cheerfully.

"I hope so, I even took the liberty of finding high-rated recipes." Kimi proclaimed nervously. "Now I just hope that the date won't take an awkward turn…"

"You'll be fine, you've totally got this!" Poland cheered, giving her a reassuring pat on the back.

"Alright, I'll try. And if I fail…I guess we'll just try again." She stated in a determined tone.

'By the end of Saturday, passion will no longer be a stranger to me. Maybe I'll even start understanding those stupid chick-flicks…' She smirked, 'NAH! I always knew those things were a bunch of bull crap.'

After being dropped off at her apartment complex, Kimi made her way up the stairs with the bags of groceries and "special treats" in hand. Once she unlocked the front door and entered, Kimi began getting to work on making the tootsie roll dough when she kicked off her shoes and washed her hands in the kitchen sink.

"What'cha makin'?" A voice playfully asked from the archway, causing Kimi to nearly drop the mixing bowl she was holding.

"America…?" She called without looking back at him, trying to keep her frustration and shock from escaping.

"Yeah~?" He responded.

"How did you get into my house?" She asked with her feet still glued to the kitchen tile.

"I found a spare key under your doormat." He chuckled.

"Oh…okay then." Kimi said, shrugging off the intrusion before getting back to the task at hand.

"So, what are you doing?" America asked again.

"Makin' tootsie roll dough, so I can make roses for a cake." She answered.

"What for?"

"Germany and I are having a second date at his place, he's making the dinner while I'm making dessert."

"Interesting, what was in the other bag?" He questioned nosily, causing Kimi's ears to start burning.

"Just some new undergarments, I can't keep wearing the same things repeatedly without washing them…plus, it would totally suck if I had to go a day without 'em." She laughed, America chuckling along as well.

'Holy crap! That actually worked…'

While Kimi continued working away, America simply watched as she began pressing and folding each chocolate petal one by one to eventually unfold a beautiful rose. He stared in awe at her amount of focus on every detail, using the extra dough to make thin leafs that were attached under the base of a few roses. Finally, all of the dough was now transformed into a small bouquet of sweet sugary roses that lay on a sheet of wax paper on top of a metal cookie sheet.

"Dude, where did you learn to do that?" America exclaimed in astonishment.

"When I was in Home Ec. class in my first year of Middle School, the teacher taught the class how to do this, I also made these to put on top of the cupcakes at one of my cousins' wedding." She explained proudly, "Her husband nearly cried because he was so touched by me taking the time to prepare such fine crafts."

"I can see why!" He chuckled.

"Right then, I'm just going to put these in the fridge to firm up, and then get to work on that cake and the ganache." Kimi proclaimed, before carefully sliding the metal sheet into the fridge.

"Okay, well, I'd better head out. Ol' England's probably gonna yell up my ass if he finds out I skipped the meeting." He laughed.

"Don't want that to happen, now do we?" Kimi smirked, "See ya later, tell the guys I said hi~!" She called to him as he made his way out the door.

"Will do!" America called back before shutting the door.

"The goofball's probably gonna forget," Kimi said to herself quietly, "Oh well, he'll probably be too busy getting nagged by England to remember." She giggled while gathering the ingredients.

'Maybe when I'm done putting the cake in the oven, I should start looking up positions, the freaking documentary didn't really offer a whole lot of information on it, and actually paying attention to the sex scenes in those horror movies didn't do much either.' She thought, 'There should be some more documentaries though…than again, fat lot of good that'll do. But I might as well, just to recap on what I've learned.'

Kimi couldn't help but laugh, ignoring her conscience as it scolded her for acting so immaturely. Though, when she browsed and observed in her studies, she felt completely nonchalant about it, and merely remained a mature mind in her research.

A/N: All right, the story is getting off to a good point! Thanks for reading, and I hope you all enjoyed this chapter~!