Chapter One: Making Bread
My fingers fluttered noiselessly above the keyboard, my mind straining as I struggled to type. I had to get this poem done, but I was stuck. My thoughts wandered restlessly, lingering over the Hetalia pop-up. It had only been an hour since then, but I could hardly sit still. My eyes lingered on the front window as I waited for my unit to arrive. I can't wait to tell someone! I screamed in my head, grinning. Weirdly enough my dog looked over to where I sat and I smiled.
"What do you want?" I asked in my cutest baby voice. He cocked his head to the side and trotted toward my feet. Rolling my green eyes, I saw my cell sitting on the ground at my feet. It was vibrating so I crouched over to look at my new text message. It was from my mother, of all people.
"You alright honey?" It read, "Brandon's camp is getting extended, and I'm letting him stay until Tuesday. I might not be back for a while, so text me if something goes wrong okay?" I sighed and texted back that I was okay and telling her not to worry, grinning as I realized I might be alone until Tuesday. That would be epic, I thought happily. After sending my reply, I looked at my cell and one name popped into my head: Maddi. Searching for her name in my contacts, I called her up.
"Hey," Maddi answered, sounding bored. I quickly cut to the chase. "Hey, you need to come over!" I said cheerily, biting my lip and staring out the window. Maddi's mom and brother were also gone for the next few days, and that was perfect. She could walk over to my house, since it was only two blocks away, and we could have a sleepover and have so much fun!
"Hold on." Maddi murmured, cutting through my thoughts. I sighed and slumped forward in the desk chair, running my free hand through my long blonde curls. My doorbell rang a few seconds after that, and I shuffled to the door. The bell rang three or four more times before I wrenched open the door, determined to give the idiot a piece of my mind. Instead, my eyes grew wide, and I almost dropped the phone.
"Maddi you have to come here now!" I screeched into the receiver, staring at the small white package labeled "Yekaterina Braginskaya Unit". The flying mint bunny logo was patterned on the side of the box, and the unit's manual lay stacked on top. "Maddi," I screamed into the phone once more before realizing that she had hung up. Groaning inwardly but unable to contain my smile, I gingerly brought the box inside, setting it on the hard wood floor in my kitchen.
I read the manual as fast as possible, reading only the parts I deemed important. Creeping toward the box I settled for trying to open the lid. Keeping my voice low, I tried to figure out what to say.
"Uh… I'm a friend?" I said it like a question and rolled my eyes, mentally face-palming myself. Standing away from the box, I waited with growing anticipation. The bouncing sound of her breasts alerted me as she struggled to climb out of the box, and I watched her and beamed. Blonde short hair, blue overalls, agriculture; Yekaterina was just so dang cute! Her eyes flitted around the room before resting on mine, and she gave me a shy smile.
"Who are you?" She asked, cocking her head to the side. "Where are Ivan and Natalya?" I gulped, wondering what to say to her.
"Uh… well they aren't here yet. I'm Lexi… you are like, living with me now, okay?" I gave a shrug and frowned. She stared at me for a moment before I stepped behind her slowly and began to reprogram her. Once I was done, she sighed.
"You can call me Irina, Lexi. Am I really allowed to live here now?" Her voice was soft and unsure, and I laughed.
"Yeah, of course you can." Irina bit her lip.
"This is a nice house." She said, walking around the room. I walked beside her, trying not to seem too clingy. Inside my mind, I was screaming out loud. I watched her for a moment more before jogging quickly back to her box, where I saw all of her things. Smiling quickly at her family portrait, where Russia and Belarus looked so dang cute, I carried the box into the kitchen, where she had wandered. When I got there, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I was sure I had only been gone a minute or two.
The counters were bright and shiny, the dishes stacked neatly next to the sink. Ukraine was sprawled out on the floor, scrubbing the hardwood floor with a wet rag. I bit my lip and cleared my throat, which made her jump.
"Oh, sorry Lexi, I was just trying to straighten up for you before we go to bed. It's dark out you know." I couldn't help it, my mouth dropped and I started to laugh, my body shaking with the spasms of my chuckles. Irina humped and began to get up, crossing her arms over her large chest.
"What?" I asked lightly, not liking the firm expression on her face. She looked like my mother!
"Where am I going to sleep? You need to go to bed, and so do I." She stared at me with eyes that made me want to smack her silly, but I restrained myself.
"Uh, Irina, I'm the boss here; this is my house." I tried to make my voice sound firm, failing more and more with each word as my tone wavered. She laughed and gave me a scary look that had me cringing.
"Sleep is good for you Lexi. Let's both go to bed, now." The tone she used reminded me of my mother when she got pissed. Getting a little pissed, I began to tap my foot with impatience.
"No, I'm not tired." Before I knew it, Irina had stomped over to me, and she kicked me, actually kicked me. "Ow!" I shrieked and jumped back. My foot clumsily slid on the sleek wood, and I fell to the ground with an audible thump. To my surprise, Irina began to laugh hysterically.
"Are you okay? Get up and let's go to bed!" She chuckled and began to exit the kitchen.
"Fine," I grumbled angrily. Trying to calm my anger, I stood up.
Carrying the box of Irina's things up the stairs, I turned into my room. I placed the white box on top of my green dresser, conscious of Ukraine climbing up onto my bed and making a permanent place for herself.
"Hey Lexi," she said, saying it like a question.
"Yeah," I replied, grabbing my pajamas and walking into my closet to change. It didn't matter that we were both technically girls; I didn't want to strip in front of Ukraine.
"I like your breasts." She said is so casually that I almost choked at the awkward silence that followed.
"Uh… what do you mean?" I decided to reply, walking out of the closet as I finished dressing. Crossing my arms over my chest, my eyes flitted aimlessly around the room.
"You have big boobs, obviously." She replied, snuggling into my purple silk sheets. "I do too. We are alike." Nodding my head, I proceeded to get into my bed next to her.
"Uh, let's go to sleep." I replied awkwardly, settling into my sleeping position.
"Goodnight Lexi," Irina whispered yawning. I sighed and wondered what would happen this weekend.
Which unit would I get next?
"Matthew," I prayed silently before falling asleep.