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Chapter 6: A Pleasant Time
Just then a bell ring throughout the room and a lot of nations sighed in relief. I glanced up at the ceiling confused.
"What was that?"
"It was the bell that announces an hour lunch break." Germany answered coming up to Alfred and I. "It would seem that you took up half the meeting Texas and you haven't even begun your story yet."
I smile sheepishly at him.
"Sorry Germany. But I guess it's a good thing that this thing is for three days right?"
Germany nodded and looked like he was going to say something but Italy popped out of nowhere and dragged him away saying something about getting pasta. I stared after them, taking note of the slight pink shade Germany's cheeks took on as he scowled Italy. Now it could have been my imagination but I didn't think that the pink was from anger.
The only nations present were England who was speaking to Japan, and Hungary who was speaking to Austria.
"Ready to go get something to eat?" Alfred said back in his cheerful mood again.
I turned back to face him and raised my eyebrow at him.
"No."
He looked confused and was about to speak but I beat him to it. With a smirk on my face, I grabbed Alfred's hand and started to drag him over to where England was speaking to Japan.
Alfred must have figured out my plan because I felt him stopping. His weight was enough to pull me to a stop as well. I grinned back at him but didn't let it stop me. I quickly hurried behind him and began pushing his back. Alfred stumbled forward and I kept pushing, not giving him enough time to completely regain his balance.
"Hey England!"
Startled England turned around to see me pushing Alfred in front of me. When we got close enough, I came out from behind him with a big innocent smile on my face, now dragging the older nation. In the corner of my eye, I saw Austria and Hungary leave the room and almost smirked.
"Yes?" he asked eyebrows furrowed down in confusion when we got to him and Japan.
"America and I were wondering if you would like to join us for lunch, you too Japan if you want too."
Japan politely shook his head with a small grin before declining.
"I promised to meet up with Greece for break."
I nodded and smiled, though secretly glad that he declined because it would've messed up my plan. "That's okay. Have fun."
Japan bowed to us before leaving the room. I turned to England with an eager smile.
"Ah well." he started slowly with a small smile. "I guess I can join your group for a meal."
I felt Alfred inner happiness bloom beside me though he didn't show it on the outside. I clapped my hands together. "Great! Let's go then."
We started towards the door and I stopped suddenly faking surprise.
"Oh crap America. I completely forgot that I had to call my boss today. He said he wanted me to call him to make sure I'm doing fine at the meeting."
England frowned curious.
"Couldn't that wait till after the meeting?" he asked.
"Yeah Texas I'm sure he could wait." Alfred said sending me a look telling me he knew what I was doing. Of course, he sent it behind England's back, making sure the elder didn't see it.
I shook my head quickly.
"He specifically asked me to call him when it was the meeting's break time." I explained. "And I agreed. It would look bad if I suddenly break my promise."
"Well we could wait then." England suggested forever being the gentleman.
"No no. You guys go ahead and I'll catch up with you later. Just text me when you decide a place to eat." I said quickly.
Before either of them could reply, I—non to gently—shoved them out of the room. Both of their faces were startled as they turned back towards me but I quickly closed the door with a 'Have fun.'
On the other side of the door, I waited for them to leave. It took a few moments causing me to sigh in relief when I heard finally their footsteps walking away from the door. I slumped against the door for support.
Wow that was harder than I thought, I should remember England's manners next time, I thought. I didn't move from the door for a few moments but when I did push away from it, I wore a smirk on my lips.
Overall, this was going very nicely.
Then my stomach growled. I sighed now realizing that my plan did not provide me with a meal and Alfred had all the money. Both of us had thought at the time that we were going to eat together.
Bummer. No lunch today I guess. Oh well, rations in the army were sometimes were anyway.
Since I wasn't going to get food, I decided to go explore the building for the next forty-five minutes, I had nothing better to do. I opened the door and stepped out before closing it behind me. I began walking down the hallway and came upon a turn which I was planning on ignoring but fate had other plans.
Suddenly, a hand reached out and grabbed my arm. Taken by surprise I was easily pulled into the other hallway.
I was then pushed with surprising gentleness against the wall, which was probably the only reason why my self-defense instincts didn't kick in. Whoever, the person was, if they had tried to harm me they would've gotten a nasty surprise.
Again, I was taken by surprise when a finger was pressed against my lips.
"Shh, I'm not going to hurt you, da."
That voice was unmistakable.
I looked up and met those violet eyes.
"Russia!" I gasped, though it sounded weird considering his gloved finger was still pressed to my lips.
Well, okay, I might have had trouble taking him down, but he just confessed that he meant no harm so I'll let it go.
"Da," he said, removing his finger to let me speak freely.
He didn't wear his child innocent smile now but he definitely didn't look angry or anything bad. Given his earlier interaction with Alfred, I would say that's a good thing. I would hate to make an enemy already because of my older brother. Plus, Russia was kind of cute.
"What are you doing here?" I asked curious.
That seem to make him pause, like he himself didn't know what he was doing here, then sighed burying half his face in his scarf. I waited for him to rely but when it became clear that he wasn't going to speak I tried again.
"Okay, since you're not going to answer that, how about what are you going to do now?" I asked trying to get him to speak.
He had a sweet voice and I was interested. I found it strange that he would come to me at all and couldn't think of any reason why he would.
Slowly, Russia moved his hand up and took off one of his gloves, the sound of the leather snapping was the only sound heard in the hallway. I stayed still wondering what he was going to do, if he was going to hurt me I was sure he would have done it already. Plus, I was hoping that he wasn't a liar.
Then even more slowly, he reached up with his hand and placed it on my cheek, his fingertips touching my temple.
I drew in a soft intake of air at the coolness of his skin but soon closed my eyes enjoying the feeling. Vaguely, I heard another snap of leather and a small splat on the ground before feeling Russia's another hand come on my face.
Ah, the coolness felt divine.
I didn't open my eyes, I didn't have too. I felt more relaxed then I had since I became a nation. It was strange and a little weird. I mean, one doesn't usually do such acts with people they had just met. However, I couldn't deny that it felt nice. I also had to give Russia props for being so bold.
I kind of liked it.
I don't know how long we stood just standing there in the hallway. After what I don't know how long, Russia eventually pulled away.
I opened my eyes to see him in his half scarf face and take a small step back. He looked positively embarrassed and it was adorable.
"Why'd you do that?" I asked.
He buried his face deeper in scarf but answered, his voice muffled. "You're warm, da."
"I'm…warm?" I replied in confusion. Well, that's not something you hear every day.
He nodded, he took another step back and bent to pick his gloves back up off the floor.
"When you grabbed my hands earlier in the room I felt your warmth, I wanted to see what it felt like if I didn't have gloves on." he explained softly through the scarf while putting his gloves back on.
I stared at him for a few moments in disbelief, but he wasn't looking at me.
"Why?"
He shrugged. "My home is very cold all year so I don't really get the warm weather other countries get, da. And I thought you felt very warm."
I continued to stare at him for a while before smiling softly. I took his hands in mine and gained his curious attention.
"Вы не должны волноваться. Я думаю, что ваша кожа чувствует себя хорошей также.» I said to him. (You don't have to worry. I think your skin feels nice too.)
He looked down at me in pure shock.
"Вы говорите на русском языке?» he replied. (You speak Russian?)
I smile and nodded. "Я узнал язык в колледже.» I replied starting to have fun with this. It has been a while since I have been able to speak it. (I learned the language in college.)
He had calmed down about me knowing Russian and seemed happy to be able to speak in his own language but looked slightly surprised when I said college.
"Таким образом Вы помнили вашу прошлую жизнь» he asked. (So you remember your past life?)
I shrugged.
"Большинство из этого. Мы должны вероятно получить движение теперь и видеть, сколько времени перерыва мы уезжаем.» I answered. (Most of it. We should probably get going now and see how much time of the break we have left.)
Russia nodded and we separated. I could not help but feel slightly disappointed that I had to let go of his hands. I mentally shook myself.
Get a grip on yourself girl! You just met him! I thought.
Together we headed back to the meeting room and saw on our way that we fifteen minutes remained of the break. No longer distracted by anything, my stomach decided to growl at that moment.
I grabbed my stomach and felt my cheeks suddenly get very hot and Russia looked down at me with an amused smile.
"Seem to me that someone is hungry, da?" he asked with a teasing tone.
I scowled up at him.
"Oh be quiet. I'll have you know that it's because I spent most of the break with you." I snapped.
Russia just cocked his head to the side with the same amused look on his face. We entered the room and found no one there yet.
Russia went to the corner of the room where a cabinet was at and opened it. He took what looked like a small rectangle box out of it then closed it. He gestured for me to sit down at the table which I did in confusion. He nodded and left the room.
I frowned puzzled, but waited. After a while Russia came back with what appeared to be a full meal.
I blinked at him when he sat down next to me and handed me a fork. He must have noticed my expression because he gestured towards the meal.
"I made you miss lunch, da? So I'm sharing mine." he explained simply.
"You don't have to." I said quickly.
He shook his head with a smile. "I want to."
At the sight of his smile and his reply, I felt my cheeks heat up again though not as bad as earlier. I knew I couldn't argue and it was kind of him to offer. Plus, I was running out of time before the rest of the nations came in. It also didn't hurt that the meal which Russia told me was chicken Kiev smelled pretty darn good.
I ended up eating the meal with Russia and we ate in comfortable silence. When we were done Russia got up and placed all the dishes back into his box before placing it back in to the cabinet.
"No one knows about me keeping my food here. We'll keep it a secret, da?" he asked.
I nodded to his question which sounded more like a statement. "Oh and Russia?"
He turned to me with a curious eyebrow raised. I smiled.
"Если Вы когда-либо хотите сказать мне, что почти не может начиная с других использоваться, только говорят на русском языке," I offered. (If you ever want to tell me something but can't since others are around just speak in Russian.)
Russia smiled and nodded. "Да, это будет наш собственный путь секретного развлечения также.» he replied and I laughed. (Yes, it'll be our own way of secret entertainment too.)
The bell went off again and I smiled mischievously at Russia, who did the same. Both of us went back to our seat to wait for the others to arrive.
And if my heartbeat was slightly faster than it usually was, well, that was all fine.
Finally finished!
It is exactly 3:55 A.M. right now and I'm tired!
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