Cooking Classes

Disclaimer: I don't own anything expect the plot.

Dedicated to my bestie: 5511narusaku4eva

The morning was absolutely fantastic. The sun was just rising in the sky, tinting it with different shades of orange and pink. The birds were singing their beautiful song in their usual choire. The wind was blowing gently...

"Bollocks!" somebody screamed.

Now who could this be?

"Get the bloody camera out of my face, you git!" said a very annoyed England.

America took a bite of his McDonald's burger and made his best puppy eyes.

"Come on, England! Dude, you understand that if don't do this, I'll disappear!" he whined.

The former pirate gave him a look that made him shiver. In those green eyes, America saw how he was ripped to pieces. Yep, the former pirate was definately in him.

"Captain Hook was with you, America. He knows every single thing you did yesterday. And he tells me here that you are lying! You had a deal with France again, hm? Well, at least you aren't begging me to marry you..."

"Old man France did that!? By the way, how is she going?" America asked with a big smirk on his face.

Well, England didn't have his morning tea as peacefully as he imagined that day.

Day Three

Taiwan groaned as she opened her eyes to the bright morning light. She heard the faint chirping of some birds through the closed window.

"My head!" she groaned.

And only then did she remember what happened yesterday...especially how England interrupted their 'lesson'. She groaned again and felt like crying.

Just as the tears were starting to sting her eyes, she heard the door open. MeiMei blinked profusely to blink her tears.

"Mei, you alright?" she registered the voice as Kiku's.

He didn't usualy call her by their human names. Something was seriously up, she decided.

"I believe your head must be hurting a lot. When I came in you hit her your head. Drink this tea, it would help," he offered her a smile.

Taiwan was at a loss. Japan wouldn't act like this if he suspected her for something bad. Did that mean England hadn't said anything bad about her!? For once in her life, Taiwan was felt happy because of the green eyed blond. He didn't spread false rumours! She felt like doing a little happy dance.

MeiMei then saw that actually Japan's mouth was moving.

"Taiwan, do you understand what I just told you?"

She shook her head no and smiled shyly.

"I said if you would like to continue your-"

"Oi! JAPAN!"they both heard a scream.

Before her poor head could register who it was, Japan sighed sadly.

Just the person they needed.

After a few door slammings, South Korea opened the guest room and sneered

"Japan! Your service sucks here! I wanted here to study your relationships with China and here you are!" his eyes darted through the room, finally taking notice of her.

Taiwan felt like blushing

Korea walked confidentally to her and held her by the neck.

"Da-ze!" he yelled.

Now Taiwan blushed with all her might as she hit Korea in the head.

"Are you in your right mind!? When on Earth was I yours!?" she yelled. "Japan, lets go to the cooking area," she left the room.

Japan sighed and looked at the country he called his brother. He sighed immediately.

"You do know that I like her, right?" S. Korea asked him.

"I guess, but you do know that she doesn't."

S. Korea sighed and nodded. But his usual high spirited face came back to life again. It only meant one thing. He had another stupid idea of his.

"If I eliminate you, she would have to love me!" Im Yong Soo declared.

Kiku tried not to sweat drop at that. The fool saw him as a competitor.

"K-Korea but I am-" he caught himself there.

Did he truly not care for Taiwan? If he didn't, why did his heart skip a beat any time she called him? Why did he feel so overwhelmed by her?

Kiku just stood up and went to the cooking area. They would cooking something that didn't involve fish today. Maybe a Miso soup.

In the cooking area MeiMei was furiously glaring at the tuna. It seemed like she was trying to rot it or set fire on it. She put all her annoyance into the glare and let it all out.

"Maybe this was a mistake. Maybe I shouldn't have come here," she sighed out.

The whole thing was a mess. She started having strange feelings for Japan and now Korea came here to ruin everything. Speaking of which, why on Earth did he call her his!? She was nothing but his. All the other countries agreed that she was independent, so why was he allowing himself to say that she belonged to him!?

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It can't be anything else than Korea's stupid attitude right? He didn't have something stupid going on in his mind right? He didn't plan on making her have these twisted feelings like the ones she harbored for Japan, right?

Ugh, she didn't know. It seemed like everything she knew was falling apart.

Right before she fell to her knees again, the door slid open to reveal a very tense Japan. He had his uncaring emotionless façade on. But when he looked at MeiMei, his geatures suddenly changed. They were softer and more alive. There was even a sparkle in his eyes.

Falling for somebody in just three days is nonsense, girl! Taiwan kept repeating that to herself.

"How about we try to make a dish without involving fish?" he asked.

She was about to say yes, when she realized that it was in her intention to make great fish dishes like Japan. She may be young and childish, but if she had a goal set, then nothing could stop her from achieving it...even herself.

"No thank you, Japan. How about that salted salmon? I need to learn the basics of a fish dish any way," she sighed.

Japan seemed to consider it, due to her suggestion of one of his favorite dish - salted salmon. It seemed to overpower him.

"Okay Taiwan. But unless you faint again, we won't stop. Deal?"

"Deal."

A bit later...

Finally MeiMei learned how to clean a fish properly! But the way of learning it was pretty awkward. After thousands of yelling and interrupting (by Korea) Japan managed to teach it to her through her own hands.

Would it be wrong if Taiwan started blushing at that memory? Because she thought that Japan had really nice hands. His chest seemed nice too. It made her want to just sit on his lap, all curled up, and sleep all day.

However, she always told herself to snap out of it. Seeing that this was just a foolish few lessons, how could-

The phone started ringing.

She saw Japan pick it up and nod.

"Taiwan it's for you," he said.

Said country jumped to her feet and went to answer whoever it was to interrupt her daydream

"Hello?"

"So Taiwan, how is your classes with Japan? Think you can get better?" it was the haughty voice of China. God he was on her nerves all day...along with Japan.

She sighed and told the old country to be patient and when he started babbling about how he could wait for forever, she just cut the line.

"That should do the trick."

Now to wait for Japan, she thought.

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Thankfully, today's lesson went by without any certain events. She just learned to make miso soup, a really salty one. For that Taiwan was really happy.

No, not for almost killing her tastebuds, but for not having any awkward moments. However the silence they had been in was pretty tense. Japan simply refused to come near her for three steps and Taiwan wouldn't let him touch her.

They both knew that way would be better.

"TAIWAN! TAIWAN!" a certain loud obnoxious country yelled.

Said country simply sighed and hid under her blankets. She simply refused to deal with Korea for the time being.

"Huh?" the door opened. "Oi, Taiwan! I know you are here somewhere!"

MeiMei was reading all the prayers she knew, so that she would be left in peace.

She heard a few stomps, her bathroom door open, and it seemed like he looked under the bed, too.

"Huh? What is this lump?"

Oh shit

The country quickly closed her eyes and pretended to sleep. And he seemed to buy it.

But what she didn't expect was him to play gently with her hair and sigh.

He left the room...

Taiwan stood up, shocked out of her own skin, and looked at the place she last saw S. Korea. He seemed so...genuine.

She heard footsteps again. After what happened with Im Yong So, she simply refussed to see anyone. She already felt like crying because of all this confusion!

So she pretended to sleep again.

"Tai-" it was Japan.

He smiled at her sleeping form and quietly padded to her bed and sat down. He held her hand tenderly and sighed.

"What is this feeling that I get every time I see you?" he started talking to her 'sleeping' form. "Every time I see your silky hair, it feels like I have seen the sky from another point. Every time I look into your eyes, I get afraid I would be lost there for forever. And every time I see you smile, it feels like I have seen the human form of the sun herself."

The country chuckled. It wasn't usual for him to be this honest about his feelings. But she was different.

"If it is love, then is it wrong to fall so soon? Just in four days time?"

And then Japan did the unthinkable. He gave her a peck on her left cheek...really close to her lips. It took all of her control not to open her eyes and stare at him.

He left the room...

That night Taiwan really cried. She was really confused and it seemed like the only thing she could do was to cry. She wished that it was Japan just being drunk but she knew it wad a lie.

Day three and four - confusion and angst.

XOXOXO

Today was February the fourteenth. In other words it was France's favorite day, St. Valentine's Day.

England sighed. There was no way he could ask her out if Russia kept blocking her with Lithuania. But America promised to help. He said "I have to help my bro at times, too".

To be honest, England was a bit shocked and a bit touched. The git still thought of him as his big brother.

So maybe if America asked Lithuania help him around the house and somehow get the cow to get Russia...

England quickly called America and told him to ask Lithuania and Ukraine, who in turn should ask Russia to come, over to his house.

"Dude, you owe me big," he told him, clearly annoyed.

Now to get to Belarus before France showed up.

Day Five

Taiwan groaned.

Fuck Valentine's Day. Fuck China. She was leaving. All this emotional roller coaster was making her sick.

To be continued.

Will Taiwan really leave or something will show up? Will Belarus agree to be England's Valentine Date? What will happen with France?

A quick capture of the next chapter

"Onhonhon," France laughed. "My goodness, who would have thought that the amour day could come so fast? Who knew there would be so many couples in bloom?" he gripped his date a bit stronger.

"Shut up! I am not your date! I am with Austria!" Hungary yelled as she hit him with her bag.

~Cherry