Chapter 2: Kvöldverður

Iceland changed into something more comfortable, a light dress shirt and what he considered to be his PJ pants, though he didn't know if it was acceptable for China's dinner, he knew Asian countries had certain ways of doing things. Hong Kong knocked on the door and peeked in as Iceland read a book. He looked up and toward the nation. "Dinner's ready." Hong Kong said.

"Oh." Iceland put his book down on the bed and got up. Hong Kong stepped aside and let Iceland come out of the room. Iceland came out and slid the door behind him, then followed Hong Kong into the dinning room. China had just finished setting up for dinner, it looked like he went all out too. Bowls of noodles, chicken, rice, dumplings, soups, cups of tea, it looked like a fest that would barely feed him and the Nordics; Denmark always ate up everything.

"Hello Iceland-Aru!" China finished setting the table. Iceland had studied some Chinese manners, he knew some things but he was confused on them. He knew the guest of honor was suppose to sit down first, he couldn't tell if that was him or not, he was the guest. Hong Kong glanced at him.

"After you." He said. Iceland realized he was the guest of honor, he quickly gave a small head bow to the two nations and sat in the chair, he was pretty happy it wasn't like Japan's house, where he had to sit on the floor. After that, China and Hong Kong sat down too, across the small table. He sat there, not knowing what to do now, until he heard China speak.

"Let's eat-Aru." He smiled. Hong Kong glanced towards Iceland again, telling him to go first. Iceland sensed that and picked up the chop sticks, China and Hong Kong followed. Hong Kong silently began eating, only after Iceland and China tried some, dinner was silent. Normally Iceland was fine with silence, he always ate by himself if not with the other Nordics, Denmark always made it loud. Iceland tried to remember that book he studied, Chinese Etiquette was confusing to him; certain ways to do everything. He didn't want to look bad in front of China though, he glanced towards Hong Kong to see what to do.

Hong Kong was silent, he sat there elegantly and ate his food. He didn't go all out, he picked the food up one at a time in small pieces and slowly ate them. Iceland copied; he tried picking up a dumpling with the chopsticks, though he accidentally dropped it on his plate, which caused Hong Kong to glance over at him. Iceland tried picking it up again and once again dropped it, he wanted to curse at it, just under his breath though.

"Iceland," Hong Kong said, Iceland looked at him. Hong Kong raised his chopsticks up and moved them. "Like this." He showed Iceland how to use them. Iceland looked at his own and tried matching them to the way Hong Kong was holding them. After a few tries, Iceland finally managed to hold the chopsticks right, though it seemed that the other two nations were almost done. He sighed a bit and continued eating while the other two nations finished eating.

Iceland finished a few minutes later, after he realized the other two were done, he felt a little embarrassed. He looked over towards Hong Kong, only to find the nation staring at him; He quickly turned his eyes to China instead. "Would you like any desert or tea, aru?" He asked.

"N-no thank you." Iceland said. "I think I should just go to bed, I'm very tired."

"Oh okay," China said. "Good night then, aru." Iceland bowed his head a bit and carefully got up.

"Thank you for the meal." Iceland bowed his head once again and started walking back to his room. He slid the room's door open, went in, and slid it behind him. He was quick to turn on the light and laid down on the bed, it was so soft and comfortable. He was quickly falling asleep before he knew it. He got under the covers, snuggled in, and then grabbed the extra blanket Hong Kong gave him and spread it over himself. It didn't take long for him to fall asleep in the cozy bed.

He slept a full night, it was nice not to wake up the middle of the night with the yelling of Denmark trying to break into his house, which he often tried to do if Norway chocked him. He didn't sleep an entire night though, he woke up a little before dawn because of a clicking noise. Iceland tossed over in the bed a bit, trying to ignore the noise, and go back to bed. The noise got louder though, to the point where he couldn't ignore it. Iceland sighed and slowly got out of bed and looked around the room, trying to find the noise; Finally he figured out it was at the window. He got himself up and went for the window, then slid it open a bit. "Hey! Tough guy!" Mr. Puffin dived right in through the window and nearly flew into Iceland's face until he fell backwards.

"M-Mr. Puffin?" Iceland blinked in confusion. "W-What are you doing here?"

"You left me at home! That stupid Dane was trying to feed me! And that did not work!"

"A-Alright I'm sorry I left you home," Iceland said. "But how did you find me?"

"I've been with you how long? You don't think I could track you down?"

"Not all the way from my house to China's…"

"Well I can."

"O-Okay…" Iceland picked up the puffin and placed him on the bed. He went to close the window again when he noticed something, the lights were on outside. He looked out the window a bit, over the walls, he could see a small courtyard, lit up for the morning. Who would be up so early?, Iceland thought, or maybe China forgot to turn the lights off? Iceland threw on his jacket and slid the room door open.

"Tough guy, where you going?"

"Just stay here and don't make much noise, I don't want China to wake up." Iceland came out of his room, despite his puffin's complaints. The hallway was dark, doesn't China have any lights? He tried holding onto the wall the best he could so he wouldn't trip over anything and guided himself out to the kitchen, at least he made it somewhere. He could see the light reflecting on the wooden floor down another hallway, so he headed there. He made his way down to another door that led outside, he slid it open to the lighted courtyard.

He didn't go out a first, he simply peeked out to see what was happening; he didn't expect to find a certain nation. He peeked out to find Hong Kong in a strange stance, he was bent a bit, space between his feet, bending low, one arm bended to his chest and another one out, both his hands in fists. He stared blankly at the wall facing him, not moving an inch, only taking deep breaths. Iceland came out a little more to see the concentrating nation, his position changed quickly. He steadily moved his feet together and his hands up, putting his fist to his palm. Iceland stood there watching the nation take a deep breath and quickly spring himself into action.

Hong Kong jumped up and flew one leg out for a kick, then the other for the same kick. He landed on one foot and brought the other one up, placing his palm to his fist again, his knees together with one bent. He threw his elevated foot out for another kick and landed his body in the first position Iceland saw him in. He has good balance, Iceland thought, he curiously watched the nation move into positions, never messing up, never letting out an uneven breath, never losing balance; he was so good. Iceland tried moving up a bit to get a better look, until he tripped over an uneven piece in the pavement and started to fall.

He had closed his eyes for the fall but when he opened him, he saw something else. Iceland blushes as he looked up to see Hong Kong's face. His hands placed on Iceland's sides, lifting him up with Hong Kong underneath holding him up on his knees. Iceland's cheeks blushed as he looked at Hong Kong, too embarrassed to say anything or even move. But, Hong Kong slowly pushed himself up and lifted Iceland back to his feet. "Are you alright?" Hong Kong asked. "Are you hurt?"

"Y-Yes, n-no, y-yes, I-," Iceland gulped a bit, he was rattling on now. Hong Kong titled his head a bit at the Nordic, then looked down, Iceland followed and looked down, only to find little stains of blood on his pants, his knees were cut. Iceland didn't feel it through the embarrassment, but he felt the little cuts now. Hong Kong didn't show much expression, but he did wish he had gotten over a bit quicker to stop him from getting cut. He stared at Iceland's knees and then moved his eyes back to Iceland's face.

"Come with me." Hong Kong grabbed onto his hand, making Iceland blush more, and helped him inside. He sat Iceland down in the living room and went to get the first aid kit. Iceland sat there, peeking over to see if Hong Kong was coming back or not, he sat there a bit nervous and embarrassed at the same time. Hong Kong came back with the first aid kit and sat on the floor next to him. He gently pulled up Iceland's pants to uncover his knees and started taking out supplies to help him. Iceland watched as Hong Kong cleaned the cut on one knee, then put a bandage on it. He watched again as he did the same to his other knee, it only stung a little bit. Iceland looked up a bit at Hong Kong as he put the supplies away, then looked back toward Hong Kong. "Would you like some tea?" Iceland nodded a bit. "What kind?"

"W-What do you mean?"

"Green or regular."

"Y-You know how to make regular tea?" Iceland asked, Hong Kong nodded. "W-Whatever you want to make." Hong Kong gave a small nod and headed for the kitchen, Iceland followed. Hong Kong hinted to take a seat at the table as he started preparing the tea for them. Iceland sat and took a look over to see him making his traditional tea, seems like he preferred it, obviously, Iceland thought. Hong Kong placed the small cup in front of Iceland and sat to drink his own. Iceland blew on it a bit as Hong Kong went right to drinking it. "H-Hey, um, Mr. Hong Kong."

"Don't call me Mr. please."

"R-Right, Hong Kong, um, what were you doing outside before?"

"Kung fu."

"D-Do you do that every morning?" Iceland asked, Hong Kong nodded. "O-Oh. So it's practice?" Hong Kong nodded again. "I see…" Iceland took another drink of the tea as well as Hong Kong did. It was quiet, peaceful, never the way it was at Iceland's house, not with Denmark. But, he forgot about a certain someone in Hong Kong's family.

The peace was interrupted with a huge knock on the door.

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Translations:

Icelandic:

Kvöldverður: Dinner