Since the season had changed, the weather had quickly followed changing from the warmth of summer to the shocking chill of fall. Since you stuck with your tradition of saving money by not turning on the heat until winter, the chill in the air outside pervaded your home. Because it felt to you as if it were a million degrees below zero inside, you decided that a cocoon of blankets was more than necessary for the night. Swaddling yourself up, you closed your eyes and drifted into a comforting sleep.
An annoying ring was the first thing that roused you from your deep slumber, and you hand to fight the urge to just ignore the ringing and go back to sleep. Yawning, you reached over and flipped the device open and muttered a groggy, "Hello?"
"Ohayo (y/n)-chan," the smooth voice of your favorite Asian nation flowed into your ears.
"Japan?" You sat straight up in your bed, fixing your hair like he could actually see it through the phone. "Good morning to you too! Is there something that you needed from me?" You inquired, not thinking that Japan was the type to just randomly call you without a purpose.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go out to the opening of a new bakery with me today," he asked politely.
Inwardly squealing about being able to spend time with the object of your affections, you did a mini happy dance around your room. "Sure thing!" You responded. It took a few more seconds to flush out the details before you zoomed around the house like a rocket trying to prepare for your date.
The new bakery had quite an assortment of different sweets and pastries, along with a wide array of delicious looking cakes and cupcakes. You and Japan paid for your treats before snagging a table outside.
"How was your Halloween?" you spoke, trying to spark a conversation with the quiet nation, "Did you go to Alfred's party?"
"No, I didn't. All of us Asian nations got together and had a showing of our scariest horror movies."
You paled slightly at the mention of the films, Japan had convinced you to watch one of his movies with you one time and it hadn't really turned out very well. The only reason you had consented to watch it with him to begin with was because you were trying to spend more time with him. "Ah, that's cool…"
He went on to tell you about some of the movies they had watched, but he stopped mid-sentence when he realized you were looking slightly uncomfortable.
"Are you alright (y/n)-chan" he asked, concern in his eyes.
"Yes Japan, it just kind of scares me to talk about that kind of stuff," you mumbled, "besides, theres been something I've been meaning to tell you."
"Ah, what is that?" he smiled at you.
"I kinda… ummm, I'm not really any good at this," you muttered before steeling yourself, "Would you like to accompany me to the movies tomorrow night?" By this time you were blushing a brighter red than all the tomatoes in the world. As soon as he realized what you had asked he nervously nods his consent. You squeal and give him a kiss on the cheek, dashing away before he has a chance to react. You yell a quick "See Ya Tommorow" behind you as you dash away.
In your euphoric daze, you managed to get yourself lost in your own hometown. As you glanced around hopelessly, you spotted a young woman in a long beige coat standing some distance away. She seemed your only option to ask for directions so you walked overly and approached her.
"Excuse me Ma'am, do you know how to get back to Main Street?" You queried.
The young woman turned to face you. She had long raven hair, and was strikingly beautiful except for a surgical mask that was covering the lower half of her face. She didn't respond immediately, and instead had a question of her own. "Do you think I'm beautiful?"
The question gave you a weird feeling, but you decided that answering it would probably be your best bet. "Yes, I do think you are beautiful, but do you know how to get back to Main Street?"
The lady slowly took off her mask to reveal the lower part of her face, and you couldn't help but gasp in shock. Instead of a normal face, the young women had a slit going from one ear to the other. "Do you still think I'm beautiful?" She asked, and you could see the muscles of her jaw working with each word.
"Ah, er…." Terrified out of your mind, you couldn't help but babble meaningless nonsense in response. The slit on her mouth reminded you of a legend that japan had told you. 'Now if only I had been listen to what he said instead of staring dreamily at him…' Trying to remember the proper answer, you accidently answer on autopilot, "No, you're not."
The lady lets out a maniacal cackle and slashes at your face, blinding you with pain.
You let out a scream, only to wake up and realize that it was only a nightmare. You look over at your clock, seeing it flash 2:11AM in bold red print before you let out a sigh of relief. Slightly saddened because you hadn't gotten the courage to ask Japan out on a actual date, you resigned to go back to bed.
However, before you are able to fall asleep the sound of footsteps catches your attention. You look up to see a young girl with a pale drawn face and long black hair covering most of her face. The part of her face that you could see showed you that her mouth was sewn shut.
"Do you wanna play with me?" she giggled, holding up a large rusty needle. And walking closer to you. All you could do before the world went black was scream.
Author's Note: Oh Li Li, you never fail to scare the shit out of me. Japan wasn't really featured in this, but it was kinda intended to say something about how if the person you like is talking about something important then you should listen. I don't know if it really came across though. Oh well… there's always tomorrow! The creatures used were the Kuchisake-no-Onna and Li Li from One Missed Call 2. I don't own anything... Sad panda face.