I raised my nose in the air and sniffed. Ohh, the smell of Sakura trees in the Spring. My dark brown hair flew behind me as I walked down a Japanese street, carrying my Greek-flag-blue backpack.
I was almost to Kiku's!
I jumped a little while I walked. I was anxious to see what his home looked like. I mean, I was tired as always but not as much as usual...
*snore*
"Whoa! Woman, watch where you're going, aru~!"
I blinked open my eyes. "Yao?"
Yao nodded, bouncing his panda backpack up and down. "I'm visiting Kiku."
I half-smiled. "Me too.."
"C'mon, let's go, aru!" he grabbed my hand and I shrieked.
He looked back at me and smirked. Kūso!
'He's such a creeper...' I thought and my face turned as red as (as Romano would say) a tomato.
We finally got to Kiku's house after, like, 3 hours (exaggeration) of running with our hands linked together.
Yao knocked on the red rimmed door...rythmically. He's seriously the most immature 1,000+ year old I've ever met.
A few seconds later, a Japanese woman in a maid outfit opened the door and bow. "Konnichiwa." she smiled sweetly. "Are you here to see Honda-sensei?" I nodded.
"Hai."
Yao stayed downstairs with the maid woman, and I dragged myself up Nihon's stairs.
The closer I got to his room, the louder his booming Asian music got. I recognicognized Crayon by G-Dragon. I have K-Pop knowledge because I'm friends with South Korea. AIGOO. (Aigoo is something they say in Korea, when they're annoyed.)
I stood against his door and knocked lightly. "Kiku?" I said softly. I heard footsteps toward the door immediately.
The door swung open and I saw his smiling face. His cheekbones showed just how happy he was to see me.
"Hera!"
Oh...he didn't use the honorific.
He bowed a little. "Come in."
I pulled my bag in to the room, scanning it with my eyes. It seemed normal enough. Otaku and K-pop posters.
"Sorry, my desk is a little...messy. I've been drawing..." Kiku explained, cleaning up his desk.
I looked around his room for a place to sit. There was just one futon, no beds. I sat on the futon awkwardly, and cleared my throat. "...were you expecting China to visit?"
He looked at me with a confused expression. "Yao...is coming?"
I shook my head. "Yao is...here."
*~ Kiku's POV ~*
Why...why did Yao have to come? Now, it'll be awkward with Hera-chan! I even dropped the honorific, showing that I was comfortable with her company!
"Um...Hera-chan, there are only two bedrooms in this house."
Hera glanced at me with those...those magnificent emerald-green eyes. "I'll sleep on the couch."
"That's...where my dog and cats sleep.." I answered, blushing slightly.
"Then, Yao can sleep with you."
"Yao always refuses to sleep with me."
"Then..." Hera-chan blushed, "I guess I'll sleep with you..." she blushed darker, "I mean, we've been good friends for a long time."
I nodded a little. "Hai..."
•AWESOME Prussian Time Skip•
Yao never came upstairs the whole day, until the worst possible time.
Hera and I just got settled on the (tiny...) futon together, when the door swung open.
"KIKU, ARU~, I JUST TOTALLY SCORED WITH YOUR MAID AND I- oh." he tilted his head to the side. "Did I interrupt something?"
Then I realized it. I was (as Alfred-san would say) 'spooning' Hera.
The room stayed quiet for a second, until Yao-san spoke up once more.
"Well?"
"Yao..." Hera-chan yawned, opening her eyes, obviously exausted, "There are only 2 bedrooms in this house."
The Chinese man answered with an 'oh' and quietly left the room.
Hera-chan and I glanced at each other for a second, then she turned back over.
"Mmgph...Kiku?" she said sleepily.
"Yes...?"
"Would you...like to date me?"
I accidentaly gasped out loud. That question hit me by suprise.
I heard Hera sigh. "I wasn't expecting an answer. I know you wouldn't settle for a trashy nation like me."
"No...it's just that...that was very sudden."
"I know."
"I accept."
Hera looked back at me, her green eyes curious. "What?"
"I accept, I will date you."
Hera smiled a little, and turned back over without saying a word.
Though she never said anything, I feel that I sensed her sincere happiness.
I am thinking that I have made the correct choice.
