Happy new year! Enjoy!


Belarus wasn't Belarus if she couldn't control everything about his Russia-sama.

In a week, Japan noticed the different. His workloads were lessened, his proposals were rejected, and today, his boss suddenly asked him to resign.

"But why?" he was an intern; he wasn't even supposed to resign himself. He had done a good job; everybody knew that, they got a very important client because of him.

"because… I don't know what happen between you and the company's leaders, but now… they pressured me to fire you. I don't want to let you go without a recommendation letter as you might find difficulties searching other job, so it's better if you resign yourself and I can give you the best recommendation letter ever." His boss, France, sighed.

"… can I think about it first?"

"…yes. Just be quick." France smiled wryly.

*****

Japan stared at the bottle. A bottle of sake wasn't enough. He bought 5. He just didn't understand why people drunk when they got problem. He drank the first bottle without result. Just some warmth went down his throat, that's all. He preferred a China in his arm.

"I am home… aru? What happened?" China asked his brother—no, lover, worriedly, when he saw his son—no, lover, drunk a bottle of sake. Japan never touched alcohol. Never in front of him.

"Yao… welcome… home." Japan looked like he had lost his ability to produce coherent speech. He waved lazily at the incoming Chinese. "Welcome… home."

His first instinct (and what he did) was to hold the Japanese. He kissed Japan's temple gently, rocked him front and back softly. "Hugh, aru… hush… hush…. Hmmm… " China whispered some lullaby by the Japanese's ear. "Hush… It's fine, Kiku. It's fine."

"Yao… Yao…. I AM NOT a Child… AnyMOre…" Japan tried to push the smaller man away. But China was stronger than the drunken him.

"I know… hush… its' fine, Kiku. It's fine, aru."

"Yao… What did I do wrong?" Japan buried his head inside his lover's arms. "I didn't do anything wrong, I was good… but suddenly they want me to resign… what… did I do wrong?"

The failure to be the independent mature adult that China could depend on made the worst of everything. He felt like a failure, Japan was. He felt like he was unqualified to bring China a good life. If he couldn't even keep a job for more than 2 months, how he gonna make China happy? He was a new employee. He was new in working world. A failure will crumbled every confident he had. And he had his pride, just like any other Japanese.

"I don't think you were wrong, Kiku. It's fine. It's not your fault, aru."China whispered, patting the short hair. "It's fine. It's fine. I am here, everything gonna be fine. Life is not this hard …aru. Maybe."

So when Japan asked him to help him forget everything, China gently took him to bed and made love to him until Japan passed out from tiredness and satisfaction, leaving China wondered through the night with the Japanese sleeping in his arms.

What happened? Who did it to his little Kiku? China was furious. And he thought he knew quite what happened.

******

"I despite a man like you the most, aru." China opened the door of his boss' room. Russia was seated nicely between documents, laptop and glass of vodka coffee. He was surprised when he saw who was coming into his room uninvited, but he was more surprised on what he was calling him.

"You bastard, you play dirty and you used everything you can… I might not a mighty man like you, I am not rich like you, I have nothing but my Kiku. But I will do everything, everything I can to protect him. I want to kill you now, aru. And I am capable of it. Trust me, aru. I have nothing to lose."

"Wow, wow… da. Wait. What do you mean?"

"Don't pretend to be innocent, you fool. You bastard, if you did anything to him I am going to really kick your ass. And I meant it." China slammed the door behind him. "…aru. I hate you."

Russia stood straight away, ran to the door, opened it in a speed of light and caught the arm of angry China.

"Wait, Jao. I said WAIT! da."

"What?" China turned back, face flushed from anger.

"How did you find me here, da?"

"I asked, aru! Do you think I am that stupid, aru!?" China scowled, while Russia turned around and saw his body guards; people who supposed to guard the door, looked away. It seemed like China's beauty charmed them into opening the door.

"And what did I do until you angry like this, da?"

"You made Kiku's boss fired him! You bastard aru, pretending…"

"Listen, Jao, I did nothing! I didn't even know where he worked …" Wait. Russia flinched. He didn't, but maybe Belarus knew. Shit. "… maybe I didn't know, but…"

"I don't care you know or not, but it will be always your fault, aru! You damn player!"

"Why is it all my fault? I didn't do anything, da?!" Russia's anger started to rise. "I maybe a player, but I am always serious, da!"

"Because of people like you, people like me are born every day! So everything is your fault, aru!"

"I don't want to take the blame. I didn't make anything until you can angry at me like this, Jao. I might be wrong when I took you without your consent another day, but…"

Then he got a new idea. "Fine. I might be blamed like this. You can blame me for everything, da." Russia smiled his authentic kolkolkol's. "But if you kill me nothing will be gained, Jao. Your Kiku won't be saved. So it's time to make a deal, da?"

"Wha….what aru? Are you asking me now to make a deal with you? So you will stop harassing Kiku?"

"Yes. I will stop if you do what I want, da? It will be a good deal, I promise."

Russia didn't really know what happen, but as chance passed along, he will use it to his likings. China is in his hand, he could save that Japan brat (what a small fish for a big one like China?) and everything will be under controlled. He could own China and get rid of the small Japan.

China was pale and calculating. He could take the deal, and while he knew the deal won't be as fun as it will for Russia, he still could do that. All for Japan's sake.

"… Fine. Promise me you get Japan out of this in the future, aru."

Russia smiled his innocent smile. Nice. Now what he needed to do was to call Belarus.

*****

He needed to do this. All for Japan. He could do this. Tonight was a start, if he could do this, Russia said he will make Japan stayed. He will provide Japan with a bigger project, especially from Russia, if he could go further, make Russia more satisfied.

He could seduce the big man.

So China used the prepared dress. Humiliating him, a dress. A Qi Bao. Russia giggled from the next room. China knew he was enjoying imaging China scowling him. The Qi Bao was pink (pink!) with white and red flowers. Beautiful. Seemed expensive. If China was a girl, he would scream in delight. He is a man, so he scowled.

He looked at the mirror. Once he put them on (suspiciously very very perfect in his body, seemed like Russia knew his exact body measurement. When did he…? A bastard), China felt like he wasn't even called China anymore. He might as good as called 'Natasha'.

(A/N: No offense. Natasha is call name for Russian prostitute. I am really sorry.)

"Jao~ have you finished … dressing, da? We have a dinner time to catch to."

China came out of the room. "Honestly, I am 33 this year, aru."

"So?" Russia was smiling, blushing, and ignoring the previous information. Just as he imagined, China was so stunningly beautiful inside the dress. China was like unpolished beauty. He was so beautiful, even in rugged clothes. So Russia's theory was, if he was so beautiful inside patches (and stunning when naked), China will look like a fairy when he was given the right accessories. "Beautiful, da."

Breathtakingly beautiful. More beautiful than his mistresses.

"come here, da." Russia held out his hand. "Why don't you wear the make up too? And the hair clips?"

"I am insulted, aru. I am not a girl. I don't know how to wear make up. I am not a … not a… "China didn't know what to say. A drag queen? What's the word?

"Pity. I prepared everything just for you. But just like this and you are already magnificent. Hmmm… let me put the hair clips."

Russia held the silky hair in his hands, and putting silver, covered by red Peony clips on China's top. China held his breath. He was being treated like a woman. If he was the old China, he wouldn't mind, he would even kissed the Russian joyfully. Because for the child China, any affection meant everything. Any affection shown will be grabbed as much as he could.

But now he is older, wiser and matured. He didn't need false affection. He has Japan, and Japan was real. So he wouldn't bulge; even when the Russian's hand was cupping his small ass. He wouldn't feel scared.

He has grown.

"Look… you are mine tonight. And I want you to be as perfect as I imagine da." Russia took his hand. "Let's enjoy this night, Jao."


i made it a habit posting two chapters at once.

but please, please... review on both? Thank you!