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Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia.
Chapter 3: Egypt and Bulgaria
France was positively beaming with happiness. That morning, Belgium and Seychelles had requested that he changed the seating charts so that they could sit together, and China had approached him to ask to place him next to Lithuania.
And he took the initiative to rearrange a few other seats as well. It would work out much easier. As it was, the trio's latest targets were two countries that might be a little stubborn. But they needed to see how much planning they would need to do to get stubborn couples together.
France also made sure that a few other nations ended up sitting together. He would need their help.
…
"Are you sure about this?" Northern Ireland asked.
"That's right," Scotland said. "France asked me about it a long time ago. That's as far as his magic goes."
"The red string of fate?" Wales pondered. "Do you think England is supposed to be with that yank?"
The four looked over towards their younger brother, who was the only one not sitting with them, and who was once again arguing with America.
"I'll take that as a 'no'," Ireland said.
"Good," Scotland said. "I wouldn't want America as a brother-in-law anyway."
…
Sitting next to the British siblings was another trio.
"The red string of…" Japan started, trailing off.
"What's that?" Taiwan asked.
"It's supposed to be this invisible thread that binds you to your soul mate."
"Ooh! That sounds promising," Hungary said. "Do you think France can actually see it?"
The three looked over to where the French nation sat, who was now speaking to the nation next to him while his two assistants seemed to be talking amongst themselves, looking around the room.
"I think so," Japan said. "And based on China's decision to sit with Lithuania, I'd say that France has already started playing matchmaker."
"This should be interesting," Hungary said.
…
Bulgaria was sitting awkwardly between Egypt and what he at first thought was an empty seat, but after closer examination he realised that someone was in fact sitting there. On Egypt's other side sat Denmark and Norway, the Norwegian once again trying to choke Denmark for something he said or did.
They were completely isolated from their normal groups.
"Why did France decide to change the seating arrangements?" Bulgaria asked.
"I have no idea," Egypt huffed, looking over towards his fellow Africans. "Although, Kenya and Zimbabwe seem to be pretty cosy with each other. Strange. His neighbours are always complaining about him."
"At least France was smart enough to keep Hungary and Romania away from each other," Bulgaria observed. "Do you think he did this for his own amusement?"
Egypt grunted, but turned a thoughtful gaze somewhere else in the room.
"Who's that talking to TRNC?" Egypt asked.
"Who?" Bulgaria asked.
"The little kid with colourful clothes similar to mine."
Bulgaria looked towards the nation that the other was looking at.
"Oh, that's Moldova," Bulgaria said. "Romania's little brother. They seem to be friendly."
Egypt nodded his head.
Bulgaria chuckled. Who knew that a complaint would lead to him actually having a conversation with Egypt?
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France, Monaco and Picardy smiled when they looked over towards their target pair.
"At least they started talking to each other," Monaco observed.
"Oui," France said. "That actually went better than expected.
…
Due to chaos in the room, mostly caused by America and England, Germany had called for a break.
France noticed that America and England had been arguing more than usual, and wondered if it was because their strings were trying to pull them away.
He couldn't ponder on this as he was pulled into a closet. He squinted when the light was suddenly turned on, but blinked in surprise.
"Hungary?" France asked. "Japan? Taiwan?"
"Hello, France," Hungary said, her smile too sweet. "We heard an interesting conversation. Now, what do you know about a certain red string?"
Some pairings will be mentioned in passing, such as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus with Moldova, while others will get more attention. Though some will basically start conversing because they were placed next to each other.
