Chapter 3: Þú er upprunnið í Kóreu! ~

Their peace was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door. Iceland peeked up from his tea and looked toward the door, then toward Hong Kong when he noticed a change in the nations look; annoyed. He quickly got up and sprang toward the door until it flung open just before he could reach it, he paused in motion and went back to standing. Iceland looked as another joyful nation came in. "Hello!~" Korea flung in with his arms high in the air holding a plastic bag. "Korea is here~ Oh! You made tea for me? How nice Hong!~"

"It's for Chi-" Hong Kong silence himself when he saw the nation was already drinking China's cup.

"I like it~" Korea said after a huge gulp and sigh. "Hong, where you going to lock the door on me again?" Hong Kong gave him a look before going to close the door. "So, who's the kid?" He looked toward Iceland. "Hey! You're that, err, um, Nordic kid right?"

"I am not a child!" Iceland said with a hint of anger, though Korea didn't care much for it and gulped down the remaining little tea that was left. "Y-You're South Korea, right?" He could never remember anyone out of Europe, the same went for Korea apparently.

Korea looked over at him. "Yup!" He "slammed" the little cup down to the table and leaned over toward Iceland. "And you originated in Korea, yeah?"

"W-What?" Iceland backed away a bit. "What are you talking about? I'm not an Asian country, if that's what you mean. I'm a-"

"Yeah yeah, you're a Nordic, but you originated in Korea."

"I-I'm pretty sure I originated in Iceland, you know, my country?"

"You originated in Korea. End of story." Korea smiled.

"Leave Iceland alone, Korea." Hong Kong came back over and gave the Korean a look, he simply shrugged it away though.

"Hong~ Let's go play some games~" Korea flung his sleeves at Hong Kong. "Come on~ I'm bored~"

"Then go home." Hong Kong said coldly, Iceland watched the two siblings "talk" in his own silence, not really knowing how to react.

"Fine but you come with me~" Korea pouted. "It's not fun if I'm alone~"

"That sounds like a problem for yourself, not me." Hong Kong glared. "You should leave before China wakes up. He'll be mad that you barged in and drank his tea."

"Pfft, he won't be too mad~"

"I will aru!" China's voice sounded harsh as Iceland turned to see the man standing there with his hands on his hips. "Korea! I told you to stop barging in without asking me!"

"Awww~ I sorry~" Korea waved his sleeves a bit. "I just wanted to see you guys~"

"Bull shit aru!" China yelled and came into the kitchen more and going into the dish washer. "And you will pay!" He swag out his wok and swung it past the Korean's head, almost wacking him but he managed to fall back before it did. China tried attacking him again and again with him dodging each time. "Hold still so I can hit you!"

"W-Wait China!" Iceland got between the two just as Korea was cornered. "D-Don't do that to him!" Hong Kong stayed out of this little fight and off to the side.

"Why not! ? He deserves it! Always sneaking into my house, groping me and then taking over like he owns the place aru!"

"I only do it cause I get lonely~"

"Yes well why can't you be a little more calmer! ? This is one of the reasons North hates you!" China crossed his arms waiting for any response back but he didn't get one. Iceland turned around to unusually quiet Korean when he realized Korea was upset. "You are so obnoxious and useless South!" Hong Kong stood away but sighed, China took it way too far this time. Iceland looked back toward China and gave a bit of a dirty look but Chine only stood with an angry face before taking off and away. Iceland looked toward Hong Kong who only stood there like this was a daily thing going on, but the way he looked at Korea gave it away that the result wasn't the same.

"H-Hey Kor-" Iceland attempted to say but Korea crawled under the table of the kitchen. Iceland looked under the table at the upset Korean. "Hey um… Korea… you're not useless huh?"

"Yes I am."

"O-Oh come on! You're not!" Iceland looked toward Hong Kong for some help but Hong only crossed his arms and waited for the small issue to be over with, which made Iceland mad. He stood up and walked over to Hong Kong, getting a bit close to him and talking low so Korea couldn't hear him. "He's your brother, we have to cheer him up… why don't we take him out for a bit? You could show me around your city too, huh?" Hong didn't look impressed but once his city was mentioned, he titled his head a bit. He looked over at Korea then back to Iceland, then nodded. Iceland nodded back and went under the table again. "Hey, Korea. Want to go out with me and Hong for a bit?"

"Where?" Korea pouted.

"Times Square." Hong Kong stated.

"What he said." Iceland said. Korea's face got all bright with happiness and he quickly jumped forward at Iceland for a hug. Instead, Iceland was actually groped by the Korean. His face turned bright red as Korea switched to a hug, Iceland squirmed to get out of the hug but it was almost impossible with the Korean's grip; Hong Kong stood there and watched. "Hong! Help me!"

"Korea, down." Hong sighed. Korea let go and rolled back, then jumped up onto his feet which kind of amazed Iceland cause there was no way he could do that. "I'm going to change then, Korea you to."

"What's wrong with my hanbok?" Korea pouted.

"Not for public. I told you that already."

"Fine." Korea pouted. "I'll take your clothes!" Korea quickly ran into Hong Kong's bed room, Hong quickly reacted and chased after him. Iceland stood there a bit confused then looked down at his own clothes, he was still in sleepwear. Well this is embarrassing, he quickly walked back to his room, against the pain from his cut on his knee, to change.

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"Korea! Stay away from the tracks." Hong said when he noticed the Korean was a little to close to falling off the platform of the train station. Iceland looked over at Hong, seeing him out of that duangu made him feel like it wasn't the same Hong Kong. He wore a long sleeved white shirt with an red collar, an black jacket over it, black jeans, and sneakers. Iceland continued to stare at him in the normal clothing, he couldn't help but think Hong Kong looked really… good. Iceland's cheeks blushed a bit but when Hong looked over at him, his face turned red and he quickly looked away toward Korea. Seeing Korea out of his hanbok seemed weird too. He wore bright colors though, a red stripped shirt under his bright green neon jacket, then purple short jeans followed by sneakers. And here was Iceland wearing his usual dress-shirt, brown jacket, black pants, and boots…. He felt out of it, but Korea was the actual odd one out.

The train pulled up and Korea quickly came back over toward them as they walked onto the train, almost leaving Korea behind but he managed to get on before the door closed. Iceland and Hong Kong sat down in their seats as Korea sat across from them, seats were only for two. Korea took up his two seats by putting his feet up on the seats as Iceland tired getting comfortable in his own seat. He looked up toward Hong Kong, "Thanks for buying the tickets by the way." He said. Hong nodded a bit and looked toward Iceland who quickly looked over to Korea, he didn't want to make eye contact. "Hey Korea, maybe you should put your feet down?

"No~ I'm comfortable~" Korea smiled. Iceland rolled his eyes a bit and looked back toward Hong.

"It's surprising how his mood changes so fast." Iceland said to him. Hong nodded a bit.

"He's like that."

"So um… where are we going?"

"Times Square."

"Isn't that… America?"

Hong shook his head, "Not the only one. We can go to the mall though." Hong looked over toward Korea. "I take him and Taiwan there when they stop over."

"Oh… cool…" Iceland looked away again. "It must be nice to have them over a lot huh? I wish my siblings never came over but you know…" He looked back up at Hong who seemed to look away as if something was bothering him. Iceland frowned a bit.

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"The mall is… vertical?…" Iceland titled his head a bit as the other two Asian countries walked ahead of him. He stood there looking up at the building high up, usually the malls he saw were much different from this. He quickly hurried to catch up to the two as Hong helped them through the crowds and into the building. Iceland looked around in wonder, he hadn't seen anything like it. The floors were partly visible, like a two floor mall but with double and double the floors. He could see escalators moving people up and down, the lights shinning on each floor, the chatter of Chinese around him almost amazed him; he hadn't seen anything like this before.

"Hey hey~" Korea waved the sleeve of his jacket toward them. "What are we doing first?~"

"Iceland, do you like music?" Hong looked over at Iceland who was still looking around but he quickly snapped out of it.

"Huh? Oh, yeah." Iceland said.

"Music! CD Warehouse! Yeah? Yeah!" Korea got all happy with the mention. "Floor eight right Hong?" Hong Kong nodded. Korea quickly grabbed onto their wrists and began pulling them toward the escalators he always loved traveling up and down on. Iceland stood there close to Hong after Korea pulled them onto the escalator, he blushed a bit. Korea managed to pull them all the way up to the eighth floor, which made Iceland feel a bit nervous cause he kept looking down at the floors below. Korea pulled them off onto the eighth floor and quickly pulled them toward a store, CD Warehouse.

Korea let go of them and ran in ahead toward video games that he always enjoyed as Hong simply walked in with Iceland by him. Though most of it was in Chinese, he noticed he knew several CD covers that were lined up. They walked around a bit and looked around, Hong stopping every now and then to actually pick one up and read the back as Iceland continued to look. "Do you like "C-pop"?" Hong asked.

"Huh? Chinese pop?" Iceland questioned. "I haven't really heard it." Hong looked around a bit then grabbed onto Iceland's hand and pulled him over to a set of headphones and a touch screen board written in Chinese. Hong placed the head phones over Iceland's ears then scrolled down the list on the screen. Iceland looked over as Hong picked out something for him.

"No looking." Hong said.

"It's fine, I can't even read it." Iceland chuckled a bit. Hong made a slight smile and selected a song for him.

"How does this sound?"

Iceland listened to the music, it was soft. He could hear piano playing then a low and soft voice singing, it had a nice feel to it. He liked peaceful music, he liked this. "This is C-pop? It's really soft." He took one headphone off and looked toward Hong, just as the music began to pick up. Hong stood there against the wall and looked on as Iceland put the headphone back on and listened to the song, it was really catchy too. "It's nice… I wish I knew what they were saying though." Hong came off the wall and lifted an headphone up from Iceland's ear and leaned in a bit to hear the music; Iceland blushed.

"I won't linger on their beautiful sunlight, because I know the sunsets I see are always changing too," Hong translated softly liked the song, "Because I know I've always had a pair of invisible wings, and they take me flying, giving me hope."

"I-It's nice…" Iceland said blushing.

"It's by Angela Chang. I like the song."

"I-I'll look her up later…" Iceland smiled a bit. "And you, you sounded nice, even if you weren't really singing." Hong smiled a bit in thanks.

Korea peeked out from a corner of the store, looking at the two talking about the song. But once he saw Hong smile, his head popped up. Korea tried listening in on them but he was too far away. He didn't know what was happening but Hong was smiling, Hong was smiling! Korea quickly hid behind the CD case and bit his bottom lip. Hong likes that Nordic! He thought without any other thought in his head, He likes him! He wanted to squeal but he couldn't. I gotta help him!

"Alright! I got the drinks!" Korea came over with two medium cokes for the two sitting on the bench waiting for Korea to return. But when he only handed Hong one soda, the two looked at him with confusion. "Calm down! I got you and Icy two straws!" He flung out an extra straw and handed it to Iceland, who only blushed a bit as Korea sat down and drank his soda. Hong and Iceland both looked at each other as Hong offered the soda for Iceland to put his straw in, which he did. He let Iceland take the first sip, then he did once Iceland moved his head away. "S-So what are we doing after?" Iceland questioned.

"We should get some chocolate!" Korea quickly asked. Hong looked up and nodded a bit, seeing it was a good idea though knowing how hyper the Korean would be after gave him some doubts. Korea cheered a bit as Iceland chuckled and went back toward the soda the same time Hong did, both of them sipping their own straws and their foreheads meeting with how close they were; Iceland's face turned a bit red.

"S-Sorry Hong!" He quickly apologized as Korea only snickered next to him…

After heading back to the second floor to get some chocolate, the three of them headed toward a small book store to show Iceland around a bit; seeing all the Chinese lettering made his head hurt a bit because he actually attempted to read it; big mistake. The three of them walked around after that, talking about the area. Iceland listened to Hong talk, he seemed to be very interested when Hong talked of his city; he could see Hong smile the entire time. Korea followed right behind the two then came up to Iceland's side and pretended to trip a bit, falling into Iceland and then pushing Iceland into Hong Kong. Hong grabbed onto him so he wouldn't fall and gained his balance. Iceland was in Hong's grip now, he looked up at Hong and blushed a little more as Hong smiled, substituting it for his chuckle, then lifted him up back onto his feet. Korea quickly went ahead as the two nations stared at him.

They decided it was getting a little late and that they would get dinner before heading back home on the trains. They sat in a small table in an café-type restaurant outside the mall on the way to the train station. The three of them simply ordered noodles, some rice, and some orange chicken that they would introduce to Iceland. He was pretty impressed once he got the first taste, it was very delicious. He dug into the meal as did Korea, Hong was the only one to eat slow. But when the time came, Korea managed to distract the two with a trick as they ate. He distracted them enough for the two to grab onto the same noodle and slurp it up, turning their heads toward each other, almost getting close enough for their lips to meet but they quickly backed away from each other.

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"Iceland, everything okay?" Hong peeked into the guest room where Iceland was staying as he fed his puffin. Iceland looked up toward him and nodded. "You have sleepwear and everything?" He nodded again. "Do you know where Korea is?"

"Oh, yeah, I think he headed toward the living room or… um whatever that area is?.." Hong nodded and left toward the room. Iceland sat there for a moment with his puffin on his lap then decided he didn't want to sit here alone and followed after him. He followed until he saw Hong leaning against the wall and looking into the small living room where usually they would just sit around and talk. Iceland stood next to him and looked over into the room, there laid Korea fast asleep on the couch. Iceland looked at Hong then back to the Korean. "Do you think I should get a blanket for him?" He whispered toward Hong who nodded.

Iceland went to his room and took one of the extra blankets he didn't need and quickly brought it back to Hong. He gently took it out of Iceland's hands and went over toward Korea, laying the blanket across his body as he slept like a baby. He walked back over to Iceland and stood against the wall.

"Well at least he's quiet now." Iceland noted, Hong nodded a bit but still had that uneasy feel to him. "Okay Hong, what's up?" Hong titled his head toward him. "You seem like something is bothering you, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Hong sighed.

"No really, what's wrong? Is it with Korea?" Iceland asked, Hong shook his head. "Then your family? What is it?"

"The comment you made before… about how your family always bothers you, my family doesn't do that." He said. "Korea is the only one that actually comes by, and he's busy a lot so he barely comes anymore… I'm alone a lot of the time, that's all." Iceland looked over at him, not knowing what to say now that Hong's usual blank expression changed to a sad frown. He looked away then back and smiled a bit at Hong.

"Hey, if you want, I can stay and make sure you're not alone?…"

Hong smiled at him. "I would like that… Iceland…"

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HAHAHAH I FINALLY UPDATED! :D

I'm slowly working on it… just leave me be *crawls into corner*

Song used in chapter: Invisible Wings by Angela Chang

Translations:

Þú er upprunnið í Kóreu! : You originated in Korea!

((If there is any problem against South Korea, please calm down about it! It's just a character, its just a fan fiction, I mean no offense or anything by the character involved.))