A/N: I don't own anything except maybe Greenland. Thanks to Night/Lovi, Ticktalks and Walroose for the help~~

AHH! And I have a link to a picture I drew of Greenland on my profile if you are curious.

Previously

Iceland hurried to tap the keys on his tiny phone, making multiple mistakes in his haste.
"There!" sighed Iceland. "Now to see what happens."
Greenland nodded in agreement. "Let's hope it's something good."

Now

A few minutes after Iceland sent his reply, he still hadn't gotten a response back and had returned to the bed and continued with his paperwork.

"Will you take a break from the paperwork Emil!" exclaimed Greenland as he turned in his chair to look at his friend in exasperation.

Iceland didn't even glance up and continued making corrections and signing his signature with his ice blue pen. "I need to get this done. You know how much I struggle, I don't have that many natural resources and I don't have Mathias helping me all the time." Iceland dryly stated aloud, his eyes not leaving his paper.

Greenland bristled and roughly turned back around in his chair, his back now to Iceland. "I don't ask for Mathias to help me. If I had a choice, I would leave him and become entirely independent."

Iceland finally lifted his head, "You need Mathias." He blandly stated, "You may not be happy with limited sovereignty, but things could be worse without his support."

Greenland stiffened, but didn't say anything else. Iceland's phone began to ring again; another text from Hong Kong.

"You can answer it Hans." Mentioned Iceland absentmindedly; his attention entirely on his papers.

Greenland didn't move at first, still angry with Iceland, not because of what he said, but because he was right. Finally, he lifted an hand and grabbed Iceland's phone which they had left on the desk. Sliding it open and silently reading Hong Kong's response, he rapidly tapped out a reply and sent it out.

"What did it say? Anything important?" Questioned Iceland from across the room.

Greenland shrugged and answered, "Not really, he is just wondering when we can meet up again."

Absentmindedly flipping open the phone once more as it's shrill ringtone filled the air, Greenland glanced down and froze as he read the latest message from Hong Kong. Shooting a look over his shoulder at his friend, Greenland slowly wrote a reply.

After the message was sent, Greenland mashed a few buttons and returned the phone to its place on the desk. Greenland then stood from the chair and moved to his bag; fishing around within it and pulling out a scarf. Moving towards the door, he grabbed his coat off coat hanger and swiped his room key from the table.

"I think I'm going to head out; see the city and whatnot." Announced Greenland as he opened the door, "I'll be back later, so don't stay up waiting for me or nothing."

The door slammed shut behind Greenland as he exited the room.

Silence.

Iceland finished with his last set of papers and stood up; stretching his cramped limbs. Languidly moving towards the desk, he slid open the phone, checking over Greenland and Hong Kong's messages.

Sorry I misunderstood. I won't bother you anymore.

Iceland's brow creased in confusion. Clicking back to the previous texts, Iceland only saw the first text Hong Kong had sent; the one Greenland had read aloud. Trying once more, Iceland got the same result.

Closing his phone and slipping it into his back pocket, Iceland shrugged to himself and moved to the door. Walking down a few rooms, he knocked quickly on the metal door.

Uncomfortable in the hall, Iceland shifted his weight nervously from side to side and knocked once more.

"Norge? It's Emil. Open up."

Glancing around the empty hallway, he knocked again.

"Lukas…" Iceland trailed off and turned on his heel; heading towards the elevators. Going down a few floors and exiting the elevator, Iceland knocked on a new door.

"Coming!" Chimed Finland from the other side. "Oh! Come right in Emil, we weren't expecting you, but it's wonderful to see you as always."

Finland ushered Iceland into his hotel room and into a seat.

"Would you like anything Emil? We don't have much left since it's nearing the end of the meeting but I'm sure I can find something for you."

Iceland shook his head, "I was just wondering if you know where Lukas is…I tried his room, but he didn't answer."

Finland paused and his face became thoughtful.

"Hmm… I'm not sure, hold on." Finland turned and called towards the closed bathroom door, "Hey Ber, Emil is trying to find Lukas, any idea of where he is?"

The door opened and Sweden lumbered out; steam billowing around him as he rubbed a towel through his still damp hair.

"L'kas? Did y'u ch'k his r'm?" He mumbled quietly.

Iceland nodded and made an attempt to stand up. Finland rushed over, pushing him back into his seat.

"Oh – please don't leave yet Emil. We don't ever get a chance to spend much time with you since you are always with Hans or Lukas. Let us take you out for dinner! "

Sweden lumbered over to stand beside Finland, and nodded in agreement. Looking between the two older Nordics, Iceland gave a tired sigh and nodded his assent.

The three walked together down to the foyer and were almost out of the hotel when Finland exclaimed, "OH! I forgot my gloves. I'm gonna go run and get them."

Sweden put his hand gently on Finland's head and shook his head, silently telling him to stay put. Sweden then turned and headed back towards the elevators, leaving Iceland and Finland to wait near the reception desk.

Finland turned to Iceland and smiled sheepishly and began talking about a vacation he had taken with Sweden and Sealand a few weeks earlier. Iceland looked past Finland, his eyes glazed over with disinterest as he blocked out the rambling of Finland.

His eyes widened slightly as he caught sight of a slight Asian walking into the hotel. Excusing himself, Iceland pushed past Finland and strode across the foyer to meet up with the man.

"Hong Kong." He simply called out.

Hong Kong spared him a glance and continued moving forward; dodging past Iceland.

"Hong Kong. What's wrong? You sent me something early asking to meet up, we can talk about it now."

Frustrated, Iceland called out once more, "Xiang!"

Hong Kong paused momentarily, listening.

"If you aren't busy, you can come to dinner, though Tino and Berwald are coming too. I don't exactly want to spend a night with the two of them by myself."

Finally stopping, Hong Kong turned to face Iceland, "You told me not to talk to you anymore."

Iceland gave Hong Kong a confused look, "Huh? Didn't Hans tell you that it was him responding to your texts? I was working and trusted Hans to fill you in."

Hong Kong looked sheepish for a moment, before his eyes got a spark of anger.

"Hans." Hong Kong questioned slowly. Precisely. "Hans was the one writing back to me?"

Iceland nodded his head.

"Did he happen to inform you of what I was saying?"

His face taking on a thoughtful look as he thought back, Iceland explained, "Hans read to me the first thing you texted, but if he read anything else aloud, I don't recall any of it. And I didn't even know you wrote me anything else. I can only see your first text."

Now it was Hong Kong's turn to look thoughtful.

"I guess I'll come along then."

Iceland brightened up slightly. He reached out and tugged on Hong Kong's jacket, "Come on then, Berwald should be back by now, so we can finally leave."

Iceland and Hong Kong made their way back across the room, meeting up with Finland and Sweden who were waiting together patiently. Finland was just pulling on his gloves as Iceland called out, "I've invited Hong Kong along as well, if you two don't mind too much."

Sweden gave a noncommittal grunt while Finland smiled widely and greeted Hong Kong. Iceland glanced at Hong Kong, and was slightly shocked as he saw the other nation intently watching him.

Looking away quickly, Iceland could feel a slight blush rising on his cheeks. Finland caught Iceland's eyes and gave a knowing smile. Giving him a bewildered look in return, Iceland followed behind Sweden as the group made their way to the door and outside.

Trudging down the hall, Iceland fumbled with his key and attempted to locate the keyhole.

"Damn."

Iceland began to bend over, but a hand beat him to it. Turning to Hong Kong who was standing silently beside him, he watched as Hong Kong unlocked the room.

Stumbling forward, Iceland managed to turn on the lights. Making his way towards his bag on the bed, Iceland stumbled.

Suddenly, the floor was no longer rushing towards his face. A warm hand was wrapped tight around his arm, keeping him from hitting the carpeted floor. Hong Kong gently pulled him upwards and pushed him towards the bed.

"This your bag?" He questioned Iceland quietly.

Iceland nodded and watched as Hong Kong crouched and began digging through his bag searching for night clothes.

"Sorry 'bout this Hong Kong." Iceland mumbled, "I di'n't mean for this t'happen. I always get carried 'way when Tino is there."

Hong Kong didn't say anything, he just moved towards Iceland and began to unbutton his white shirt.

"Ah really am sorry Hong Kong."

"Xiang. I told you to call me Xiang."

Slipping a clean shirt over Iceland's head, Hong Kong began pulling off his pants and quickly slid on a new pair.

Iceland laughed, "Hehe~ Your face turned red. You have those parts too, don't cha?"

Hong Kong turned redder and turned his face away.

"Just come on. You need to use the bathroom before you can go to bed."

Iceland quirked an eyebrow, "You gonna help me with that as well?"

Practically shoving Iceland at the bathroom, Hong Kong moved towards a kitchenette in the corner of the room, filling it up with some water. Placing the glass and some Aspirin, that Sweden had slipped him before they parted in the foyer, onto the side table for Iceland to take before he went to bed.

Heading towards the door, Hong Kong stopped as Iceland called out to him.

"Hey! Where are you going?"

Turning, Hong Kong moved towards Iceland and helped him into the bed. Passing him the water and aspirin. Nodding his head in thanks, Iceland gratefully took the medicine. Moving down under the covers of the bed, Iceland shifted a bit before looking up at Hong Kong.

"Thanks."

Hong Kong gave a nod.

The two of them both turned to the door, bewildered as the doorknob jiggled and the door slowly opened. Greenland took a few steps inside and froze as he caught sight of Hong Kong. His gaze then traveled down to his friend in the bed.

"H-Hi Xiang. Why are you here so late?"

Hong Kong gave Greenland a disapproving stare, "I should be asking you that, but I'll let it slide." Glancing down at Iceland, Hong Kong saw that he had passed out from exhaustion.

"Hey, let's head out into the hall. I need to talk to you about something." Hong Kong commanded more than suggested to Greenland.

Greenland heard Hong Kong's subtle threat, and moved back out the door, Hong Kong followed along wordlessly.

Once the door closed behind them, Hong Kong whirred on Greenland.
"What do you think you are doing? Why did you write that stuff to me earlier? That was meant for Emil, and Emil only! You made me think that he hated me!"

Greenland turned cold eyes onto Hong Kong. "He won't ever love you Xiang! I made sure of it!"

"Why won't you let me be happy with him Hans? You've known I've had a crush on him for years!" Cried out Hong Kong as his normally impassive face was distorted by rage and angst.

Greenland moved forward, face to face with Hong Kong, "Why won't you love me like you love him? Haven't I been a good friend all these years, I've been with you through all the hard times and seen you at your worst!"

Hong Kong took a step back, "You will always be only a friend to me Hans. We've been friends for too long to become anything else." He calmly stated.

"No. You're wrong. We could make it work. I know we could. We are two smart nations."

Greenland was grasping for straws, trying to find any way to deny his friendship role.

"I'm sorry Hans, but I love Emil."

The hotel room door suddenly closed and the lock was heard clicking into place, and then the deadbolt was shut.

The two nations in the hall turned to the door in surprise, "Emil?"

A/N: Sooo… Uhh… Sorry? *cringes* Please don't hurt me! I've had standardized tests to take this week and I've been typing this up over the past few weeks. I had a bit of trouble coming up with how exactly to have Iceland meet up with Hong Kong, but I think I managed to get it to work out alright. *Shrugs*

I've been a bit distracted. I've joined a few FB groups and made a bunch of new friends that I RP with and whatnot. I even got to meet up with one of my buddies at the mall last weekend, which was bundles of fun, since we all went in cosplay. TickTalks went as Sealand, Night as Mafia Romano, and then myself as Romano (or Tomatito as I get called since there are 3 of us South Italy's in my RP group.)