Oh, I like what I see~ Good, at least someone is reading this here ^-^ Hope you guys wont mind but this may end up being the most ever couples story you guys may have ever read of Hetalia fan fictions. I'm just not so sure if I should do it or not since this is mainly for Prussia and Canada. Hmm \T.T/

Maybe I'll add sub titles like "Mi Tomatito is MY girl" or something… ("My little tomato is my girl")

*face palms* I know I said 3 page as it being the format but I can't control myself. This is pretty special.

Chapter 4, An encounter

A little yellow bird flew around the silver haired boy's head. Curious, Maddeline continued to see the little bird until it had landed on her student's head. She propped her elbows on the window sill and continued to look. Gilbert still sang as the bird nestled itself on his head. Maddie held in a laugh. She never saw a more daring bird before and an even more oblivious boy. It was cute to her.

Maddeline shook her head gently and got away from the window.

'That's enough of that. I think I still have a few more papers to look at.', Maddeline thought as she made her way to the two other teachers and sat down, retrieving her bag from the table. Mr. Honda gave her a knowing look while Mr. Kirkland stood up and walked towards the coffee table.

"Do you want anything to drink Ms. Williams?" Mr. Kirkland asked. He was pouring in tea into a porcelain tea cup. He didn't like the idea of instant tea but it was what sufficed at the moment. Maddeline thought about it as she took out her papers and placed them on the table. A tint of blush covered her cheeks.

"I-it's ok, Mr. Kirkland, I can get my own drink." Maddeline timidly said, her shy self now showing.

The blonde refused, shaking his head. "Nonsense, a gentleman must always treat the lady."

Maddeline displayed a small smile.

"Especially to a very young lady such as yourself." Mr. Kirkland said, now showing a smile as he poured tea into two other sets of teacups. He then brought the two teacups to Ms. Williams and Mr. Honda.

"It's not the best but it'll help you relax." Mr. Kirkland said as he gave Maddie the teacup. Maddie took it, appreciating that she has already a few friends among the teachers.

"Thank you, Mr. Kirkland." Maddeline said, taking a sip and looking at her papers. Mr. Honda pleasantly smiled as he sipped his own tea. Things weren't going perfectly for Maddeline but at least it was okay.

/~Tea was good ^-^ Time to go home~\

Gilbert stopped his guitar playing, shaking his hand. He had been playing for a while now and his hand was starting to cramp. Not the first time he just played for more than an hour but he really needed to notice the time, next time that is. He only wanting to wait for his friends so that they can all walk together to where their homes are but…

"Damn. Maybe they left without me…" Gilbert mumbled. He hadn't heard the bell signaling that all club activities were done. Maybe he was late already too late. He looked at his watch and down tumbled a sleepy yellow bird. He chuckled as he caught the little guy in his hands. He completely forgets about the world when he practices so it was a good greeting for him to see the little bird. Gilbert poked at the bird's side gently, making it chirp.

"Hey Gilbrid. You waited for me, buddy?" Gilbert said. The bird chirped again. "Let's go home."

Gilbird flew up on Gilbert's head as the boy got his book bag as well as the guitar case, placed the guitar in the case and closed it. He carried both his book bag, which was hardly filled with books, and the case over his right shoulder. Looking back at the spot where he had sat, he felt like he was being watched there. Of course he shrugged this feeling off as he saw no one by the closed window.

He started the long trek home, passing by the nearly empty parking lot and crossing a nearby crossroad. There was hardly anyone in sight. He enjoyed the sounds of people being around better than just silence but this wasn't so bad. He looked to his right as he walked straight from the crossroad, block by block. There was a sunset that was just barely starting. He figured he'd enjoy the view by walking by an old park he knew.

'Might as well take the long route this time', Gilbert thought as he made a left and walked by an old neighborhood. Once he passed that, the park was in plain sight. It was the type that mainly had trees with a few small asphalt roads in them. It was supposed to have given some sense of you being in a national park yet still near civilization. The park wasn't a close place to the school or his home in particular but it was where he had played with his friends when he was out adventuring as a child.

It held good memories.

As the boy went through the park, he took in the view and breathed in the air. The autumn trees and falling leaves made it all look pretty serene. Especially with the girl ahead of him…wait what?

Out in a small clearing sat a girl against one of the trees. She had blonde hair and a red barrette on her head. She was wearing a knitted red sweater with white leaves on the ends of it. If anything, she fitted perfectly with the scenery he was looking at. So much so that he was caught looking at her. The girl, thanks to the sunset hitting her face, blushed at the sudden pairs of eyes looking at her but her face could not be seen very well. He knew he wanted to have a closer look now.

'Not awesome, Gil, not awesome. Just go show that girl your awesomeness and everything will go smoothly', Gilbert thought, not liking how he was caught looking at her. He started to walk towards the girl and saw her also standing up, quite slowly, actually. He wondered why she looked so scared.

/-Someone to grace my awesomeness to!-\

'Oh no, oh no…what should I do?! Did he recognize me as someone? Does he think who I think he thinks of me?' , the blonde thought.

The girl grabbed at the ends of her long, buttoned sweater as she mumbled something under her breath. The boy that she caught looking at her was starting to come her way and she couldn't help but be a bit scared. She just wanted to relax in the park, she didn't think she would have to see anyone there just staring at her. Not that she minded. She kind of found herself feeling sad when people ignored her sometimes or even pretend they couldn't see her.

Unfortunately, a lot has changed to change her mind about people. So she really didn't want to speak to anyone.

The boy, now more shown in the light, could be seen having his silver white hair and startling red ruby eyes. A grin was shown just as he got near her.

It didn't waver the uncertainty in her eyes.

"Hey" Gilbert said, looking directly at the girl in front of him.

"H-hello" was all the girl could say, trying her best to avoid having direct eye contact.

"The awesome me saw you and thought you looked pretty lonely there." Gilbert said, already feeling off about the feeling that he's not too used to, awkwardness.

"Hm…" the girl mumbled. She was still not making eye contact.

"So I thought maybe you'd want someone as awesome as me to be with you." Gilbert said, feeling the awkwardness a little more than needed.

The girl had then grabbed at her other sleeve, "I have to go now. Sorry about this – "

She stumbled backwards and tripped. Before she could impact the ground, Gil caught her hand and pulled her up, with a little too much strength than needed. She ended up hitting into him instead. Her face instantly turned a few shades of red as the first thing she registered being the boy's cologne.

"You okay?" Gil asked, looking down at where the girl's head was. She, eventually, nodded slowly. "That was kind of unawesome but I'm not going to do anything to you…" Gilbert said, seeing if he could see the girl's face. Reluctantly, the girl tried her best not to look flustered, and removed her face from his shoulder as he guided her head up with a hand at the back of her head. Gilbert's eyes widened as he saw big, violet eyes behind red rimmed glasses.

It was futile, the girl in front of him grew flustered and tried to excuse herself again; mumbling incoherence's. He looked at her again after being frozen stiff and saw her about to pick up a huge sketch book.

"Hey, were you drawing here?" Gil asked. The girl grew stiff and then slowly stood straight, having her sketch book in her arms.

"Yes, I was…sketching the scenery." The girl steadily said. She turned, sighing as she knew that there was now no point in trying to avoid him.

"I'm sorry for earlier. I just didn't want any trouble." The girl said, her eyes downcast as she had figured that she might have been found out about her secret. Just then, without her realizing it, Gil put an arm over her shoulder and chuckled close to her ear. She was very much taken back by this action.

"Kesesese, apology accepted! Seriously, you didn't have to freak out. The awesome me just wanted to grace you with his presence!" Gilbert said. The girl let his words sink in. She laughed a bit as she fixed the position of her glasses.

"So, what's your name?" Gilbert asked as he took his arm away from the girl. She fixed one of the clips from her head and looked at Gilbert with a small smile. She figured he would have said something by now about her secret so she acted like nothing else happened.

"My name is Canako." Of course, she wasn't sure of giving her full name. Better safe than sorry. With a thumb pointing at himself and a toothy grin on his face, he introduced himself.

"The name's Gilbert, Gilbert Beilschmidt."

Gilbert soon added, "so, your from around here?"

Canako looked anywhere but at Gilbert, her small smile was still there. "Uhm, yeah, I'm from around here."

Gil moved closer and looked at the sketch book in her arms. "So, how does it look?"

Puzzled yet curious, Canako moved the book so that Gilbert could see. "It's not finished but I think I'm almost done."

The drawing was impeccable. A whole lot of leaves practically danced out of the page! Shame it was only in pencil. Gilbert was pretty impressed.

"Wow, you draw good! No, awesome even!" Gilbert said as he looked from the drawing to Canako.

"You're awesome!" Gilbert quickly added, "Of course, not more than me but your pretty awesome."

Canako had a tint of blush form on her cheeks as she looked away from Gilbert. "O-oh no, I only drew the trees and the leaves."

"You're too hard on yourself. You're awesome and that's that!" Gilbert announced. Canako's blush grew just a bit.

"Th-thanks…" Canako looked at Gil for a second more before noticing that a small bird had perched itself on the head of the boy. It ruffled itself up a bit before taking flight around her and cuddled up to her cheek. She giggled. The soft feathers tickled her.

"See? Even Gilbird thinks your awesome. If you weren't, he probably wouldn't have gone near you!" Gilbert exclaimed. Canako looked at him funny for a bit before going back to gently pet the bird's head with her index finger.

'Gilbird? Well, I think he proved he's a little bit of a narcissist but at least he's a good guy', Canako thought. She looked back up towards Gilbert when she saw that his eyes didn't have the extra shine in them. The sun had set.

"Oh, it's starting to get dark…" Canako quietly said, growing only a little sad.

Gilbert also realized this as he looked around. He suddenly felt alerted, knowing that a few teachers had left him homework for tomorrow. Sadly, even his english teacher, whom he helped earlier, gave him and the class an assignment. For a second, he really did think he wouldn't have had any homework on the first day. It officially sucked to be a Senior.

"Maybe you should go home?" Canako asked quietly, also feeling that he had other things to do. Gilbert looked back at her and grinned sheepishly.

"Yeah, I should go but I gotta ask, will I see you again?" Gilbert asked, looking at Canako directly into her eyes for the answer. They looked conflicted at first but then turned to neutral.

"Y-yes. I will be here finishing the drawing tomorrow." Canako informed. Gilbert grew happy right away and half hugged her, getting her surprised once again.

"Great! See you here tomorrow!" Gilbert said as he started to run to the direction of his house. Gilbird followed suit as he flew away from Canako and around Gilbert. The violet eyed girl looked at his back until she couldn't see him anymore. She could tell his home wasn't exactly near here. She looked fondly at her sketch. The lights of her home now shown through the trees.

'I'm awesome, huh?' Canako smiled as she looked at her sketch. She flipped the pages over, closing the sketch book, and started to walk back home.

'It didn't turn out so bad after all…'

I wanted to continue but it just wouldn't feel right. Plus, it'll make this into a long chapter. I don't intend to spoil as much as I do for my other stories but that piece of info will be talked about some other time…when someone asks me about them… which I'm pretty sure won't happen so (yay!) yeah. Also, it looks like I can't use certain smiley faces or even the slanted symbol there as much so yeah...

Hope you, all, any, enjoyed this and please tell me how to improve some of these characters 'cause this is my first time trying to portray them. Thanks and have a good day! (or night…how would I know..)