Author's Note: I thank thee all for all the lovely reviews! :D AND SO SORRY FOR LATE UPDATE!! From now on I'll try and update every week(end)! (but I can't promise anything OTL)
Special thanks to Tainted Tuesday! You got me to lift my lazy ass and start typing again! Also, I accept your challenge! :D AND I WILL FINISH THIS! NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT!
Disclamier: DO NOT OWN! D: ...not that I would like to own it anyway, too much responsibility...
Character(s) In This Chapter: England, Canada, America, Japan, China, Korea
Pairing(s) In This Chapter: None.
Note: OC Yugoslav-tan's: Bosnia(no, not with Herzegovina lol Bosnia is her husband + she's Croatia's cousin xD) Gavrilo Metikoš, Serbia: Vuk Mišić, Croatia: Dražen Krleža(I think that's how you spell his name OTL), Macedonia: Tatjana Janeski, Slovenia: Janez Margon (all of those names are property of Tix91 on deviantart, I'm also gonna use her personalities for them) Denmark: Mathias, Norway: Øivind, Iceland: Ágúst (No surnames lol feel free to give me ideas)
Back and forth. Back and forth. He was looking back and forth at the twins who were arguing. Or rather, Alfred scolding his brother with unreasonable words and the other trying to talk back but not really succeeding.
The Briton was still slightly confused about Matthew being Alfred's brother, twin even. Seriously, he hadn't said one word about his brother! ...Or family at all, for that matter. He wondered why... Matthew seemed like a nice young man and he would bet all the tea he had in his home (which, sadly, wasn't much right now) that their parents were nice people too. Maybe something had happened to them? Like an accident... or something. Maybe the parents were dead... Wait, why was he thinking like that? He shouldn't be assuming things that got nothing to do with him!
He was so into his thoughts and scolding himself mentally that he didn't notice a short figure appear beside him.
"It's quite a surprise, isn't it?" The small Japanese man stated as he watched the twins with interested eyes.
"The fact that Alfred has a brother or that the young lad came all the way from Canada to work in a small café?" Arthur asked, amused at both of those facts.
"Arthur-san, the café may be small size-wise but we do get a lot of customers." Kiku was speaking in his usual monotonous voice, but a strange glint could be seen in his eyes. It was proud but also a bit sad...
The Briton snorted and kept his gaze at the twins, who seemed to be having a staring contest which Alfred, surprisingly, were losing. "Of course. But it's only known in this town... not many people from the outside know about this café." Arthur was actually happy for that fact. If it was known in nearby towns as well it would be even more crowded and maybe they'd have to change to a bigger local, which wouldn't make the café so cozy anymore. Or in worst case, they'd open up café's in the other towns too and they'd have to transfer experienced workers there like Kiku and Alfred and in the future Matthew too. ...Matthew? No, he would probably stay here... hopefully... Why did he think so much of Matthew anyway?
"Arthur-san, are you listening?" Kiku had an amused smile plastered on his face as he noted that the Briton was staring at the new boy with a confused expression on his usual scowling face. It seemed that Arthur hadn't noticed himself, though.
"Huh? Oh sorry, was thinking a bit... what did you say?" He was thinking too much for his own good. True, this lad was... interesting, but not that much that he should be taking up all his thoughts! Which he didn't! Most of his thoughts were on the café... which automatically led to Matthew...
"I said, that soon that will change."
"What will change?"
"Soon, or already now, Café Asia is known in other towns too."
"...Wh-what...?"
"We've got some connections now. Heracles has helped a lot and that goes for Ludwig-san and Peter-kun too."
"...Did you just say Peter? As in, my little, very annoying cousin?"
"Yes, that Peter. He told Tino-kun and Berwald-san, who told Mathias who told Øivind who told Ágúst. Toris-kun overheard and told Eduard and Raivis."
"..." At this time Arthur had an incredulous look on his face. Th-that isn't so much people... but wait? He said Heracles and Ludwig... he gulped. "A-and... Heracles and Ludwig...?"
"Ah, yes. Ludwig-san told his nii-san and Roderich-san who told Vash-kun, Lili-chan and Elizáveta-san. Oh, Janez and Dražen overheard who told Gavrilo, Vuk and Tatjana."
"..." This... didn't sound too good. So... so far, three nearby towns knew about this small café. Ah, but there was also Heracles, wasn't there... " And... Heracles...?"
"He, even if he hates him, told Sadiq. He also told Gupta and... pretty much everyone else he knew already got the information, so... That would be all, I guess."
Three nearby towns. Arthur sighed heavily and could only imagine the chaos that would come very, very soon... Not only will there be a mass of people, but that bloody wanker Francis will get a lot of... preys, too. "With so many new people coming then I guess you have to change local, right?"
"I actually don't think that would be necessary." Kiku flashed him a reassuring smile. Arthur really wanted to trust that smile, but...
"How? I mean... It'll be very crowded." That is a fact. Though, he was interested on what Kiku meant.
"Well, you now the building that connects to this one, just a wall between right?"
"Right."
"So... since it's abandoned we'll just break down the wall."
"...I see... And, who may I ask, came up with this brilliant idea?" He had a hunch...
"Alfred." Of course. The bloody prat got a stupid idea, shared it with his co-workers and it turned out it actually wasn't that stupid. Arthur felt he had gotten enough information and turned around to talk with Alfred... only to find out that he and his twin where nowhere in sight. He was about to ask Kiku where they had gone when he heard a rather feminine shriek from the kitchen. It was followed by a few well-known voices...
"YOUR BREAST BELONG TO ME, DAZE!!"
"IM YONG SOO!!"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO MATTIE!?" Aha... It appeared that Yong Soo's breast-fetish had shown itself. The Briton was surprised he hadn't done anything earlier. It was odd though... He felt pissed that Yong Soo had shamelessly touched Mattie's chest. ...He just thought 'Mattie' and not 'Matthew', didn't he? No, no he didn't... He was just still confused by all this family business and this new information about the café... yes...
By this time he had absentmindedly followed Kiku into the kitchen and witnessed a very pissed off Yao, a flushed Matthew, a grinning Yong Soo and a... laughing Alfred!? Apparently the bloody prat wasn't angry anymore and just laughed at it instead.
"That's it! No more HetaStation on your free time, aru!" Yao didn't sound happy at all. It was understandable, as Matthew was new not only to the work but to the town as well. Seriously, the boy had no manners at all.
"EHH?? Then... how about on work time!"
"Are you crazy, aru?? Soon we'll get even more customers and we need all the help we can get and you say want to play on job time, aru!?"
"Nii-san, please calm down... why don't you continue to show Matthew-san around while I take care of our little brother?" Arthur hadn't even noticed that the Japanese young man had moved to his brother's side as he just stared at the young Canadians flushed face. He really did look cute... and a bit feminine... wait, what!? What was he thinking!? He was only a boy for scones sake! ...Now that he thought about it no one liked his scones... Maybe he should make some and let Matthew try? Yes, that's a brilliant idea! He would leave right now! He turned around and looked out the window to realize it was pouring down. Again.
"And I don't have my brolly with me!"
"..." The room got eerily silent at the sudden outburst of the unusually quiet Briton. Everyone but Matthew looked at him with confused looks.
"Brolly...?" Oh for Goodness sake they didn't even know what brolly meant! He groaned slightly and facepalmed when he heard the soft voice of Matthew.
"Um... Mis- I mean Arthur, you can use mine." The boy smiled shyly at him and pointed at an umbrella that was resting against a wall.
"..." Something seemed to click in the other's heads and they looked at him understandingly.
"An umbrella! Old man, why didn't you just say so!? Oh right, you're an old man, so it must be an old word, right!? I'm right, aren't I!?" The Briton's happiness of someone finally understanding Queen's English was short lived as he heard the prat's words. He walked towards the umbrella and sent a glare at Alfred.
"I'm NOT old and it's NOT an old word! It's called Queen's English! Oh and by the way, thank you for letting me borrow this, Matt!" He didn't notice how he called the Canadian a nickname and took the umbrella as he walked out in the small storm. The five inside could see his scowl get deeper and hear the not-so-nice words about the bloody awful English weather.
Matthew did notice though, and felt a slight blush on his cheeks appear.
So, some explanation, maybe?
"What do you mean towns?" The towns are... areas, I guess you could say. Example, the Nordics live in one town together with the Baltic's. The Balkans live in another town. The Mediterranean in a third and the Germanic countries in a fourth. And then there's the fifth, London. (I'll use already existing names, as I suck at name-giving OTL) I know that the Mediterranean are also Spain, Italy and France but they live in London too. The café must have had some customers from the beginning, right? Also, Greece is part of Balkan too, but he lives in the Mediterranean.
...To be honest, I wrote the second half of this chapter just so I could add "brolly" as I forgot to write it in the first chapter lol But that was a good thing! 'coz now I know what next chapter is gonna be about! And believe me, it'll make those two unknowing idiots get closer... in maybe not the best way. Can anyone guess what it's gonna be about? ;D
More characters will actually appear soon! And... be aware of crack pairings!
...I'll stop talking naow.