Another day with no Internet… This is torture… I only have about 2 hours a day to post this, and I don't really have too much free time these days. I have to finish up my cosplay for Anime California, finish my summer homework, prepare a little speech for something (don't ask), and work out the details for something else that I don't want to explain. Also, I have about a billion story ideas ready to go, so I need to work on that. Wish me luck!
This story chapter is about… shopping! Every teenage girl's dream, but the nations aren't exactly like teenage girls. Well, except for Poland… Now, how will I make this work? I've decided to place England and China in a mall in the US. To avoid screwing up everything about the mall, I will probably make this mall up, just basing it off a mall I've seen near my house. That's also why I put the mall in the US. I'm pretty sure malls are different in other countries, and I don't want to offend anyone.
A few chapter notes: In this chapter, England and China are already a couple. They will be referred to with their human names in dialogue, since they don't want anyone else overhearing that they are nations. Just in case you didn't know, here are the country's human and nation names:
China – Yao Wang
England – Arthur Kirkland
Poland – Feliks Łukasiewicz (he will be a character in this chapter)
Lithuania – Toris Laurenaitis (he is not a character, he's just mentioned)
I will be doing this for several chapters if the nations are in a public place where people could easily overhear them. In the other chapters, the nations were gathered together as a group or talking quietly to each other, so they decided to use their country names because people probably wouldn't overhear them in those situations. That makes sense? No? Well, I was too lazy to think about the name thing in earlier chapters. That's a more accurate situation. Now, I'll think about it.
Shopping
Right now, England was wondering how they got dragged into this. At the same time, China had the urge to whack America with his wok. Wonder why?
"OMG, so you're shopping with me? That's like, so totally cool!" Three guesses will be given as to who just spoke. First guess… Who am I kidding, Poland was speaking. Eyes twitched, and two nations silently wondered what even happened in the past 5 minutes.
"America, why did you insist that we meet you here?" America, England, and China stood in front of a mall, two of the three completely confused about why they were here. The building did appear quite inviting (for a mall), with a unique architecture and glass signs, as well as several trees neatly lining the road nearby. Several dozen cars were parked in the lot in front of the mall, which was decorated with plants, gravel, and the occasional tree.
Answering, America said, "Well, I kind of promised Poland I would join him on a little shopping spree. But I'm playing video games at Japan's place, so could you take my place?" At the other's shocked faces, he made a rather smart choice, and zipped off, saying over his shoulder, "Remember, you still owe me for World War II!"
"I can't believe he was still holding that over our heads," whispered China to England. "World War II was 70 years ago!" The latter shrugged, and then he motioned toward Poland, who was obviously very excited to be at one's of America's malls. He was rocking back and forth on his feet, waiting for the two to join him. "I guess we should probably accompany Poland," China sighed.
England and China nodded to Poland, and all three nations started walking towards the mall entrance. A wave of cold air met them as they stepped past the automatic doors. "Remember, human names," England reminded the two other. China and Poland nodded in agreement, following the Brit. Of course, the first thing Poland did was rush over to the map of the entire mall on the wall farthest from where the group was. The mall was quite large, with 3 floors and a few dozen shops.
"Feliks!" called China, just remembering the nation's human name. "Come on Arthur," he ordered, tugging on England's arm. The two walked over to where Poland stood, who was almost squealing in delight.
Poland was babbling something about which stores he should go to, glancing all over the map like his depended on it. "I have to get my hair and nails done… Here first! Should I go here first? But we need to get ice cream too! I love this place! OMG, I like, can't decide! Arthur! Yao! Which store should we go to first?"
China simply sighed. England replied, "We have some time. You can probably go to all of the shops you like." Big mistake England. As soon as those words left the nation's mouth and reached Poland's ears, he squealed again in happiness and ran off to who knows where. Of course, that left poor England and China to try in vain to keep up with him.
A few hours later, England and China panted slightly, holding onto each other as well as several shopping bags. They had managed to buy some stuff, but Poland would usually rush around from store to store so fast, they were surprised his shoes hadn't caught on fire from the friction yet.
"Do you think he's done yet?" a weary England asked China. He watched Poland bounce around the store – he didn't really bounce, but it was close enough – vowing he would take revenge on America.
"Arthur, he's only on the second floor!" China answered with a heavy sigh. His bones were much too old for this.
Nudging China's arm, England suggested, "We could sneak into another store while Feliks is distracted." China didn't need to be told twice. Gathering up as much energy he could without collapsing, the personification dashed out of the store and into another one on the opposite of the hallway.
Finding themselves in a quiet bookstore, the two couldn't help but start giggling, relieved that they wouldn't have to compliment Poland's new outfit or be dragged to yet another hair and nails salon. Thanks to a certain nation, China's nails were now a scarlet red, and England's hair had extensions that made him resemble France.
"Come on, let's go!" China was now the one dragging England though the store, guiding him to the mystery section. The two were panting even more as they finally set down their shopping bags. For a minute, China considered advertising shopping bags as exercise equipment. The two both slumped against a bookshelf, grinning at each other. Frankly, with England's longer hair and China's manicured nails, they both couldn't help but start laughing.
Eventually, they were actually able to stand up without fainting or leaning on the bookshelf for support, and were able to observe the bookstore. It had a peaceful yet busy kind of feel to it, with nicely furnished bookshelves and several couches by the wall. The store seemed to span two floors, leaving the nations there wondering just how many books there were. They could hear the crowd of people just outside the store, making their surroundings quiet, but not silent. There is a difference between the two words.
"It seems fitting that we're in the mystery section," started England, "considering how mysterious it is we managed to get away from Feliks!"
"And after only four hours!" finished China. The couple burst out laughing yet again at what they said.
They managed to calm down – again – when they heard someone. "Do you mean you didn't like the makeovers?" someone asked, almost teasingly. The nations near the bookshelf froze as they turned their heads so slowly, they could almost hear the bones in their necks creaking just old gears.
Poland was standing only a few feet away from them, a grin plastered on his face. "I totally knew you wouldn't be able to handle shopping with me! Like, what is up with nations these days? You couldn't even handle one little shopping spree! I actually had a few more hours planned, so I could see the third floor."
"Really, Feliks?" England and China both asked at the same time. Then, they noticed something about Poland. All of the shopping bags he had seemed to be in one hand, while the other was hidden behind his back. "What do you have?"
"Well, Toris told me that if you annoy someone, you should get them a gift," Poland explained. Somehow, England and China got the oddest suspicion that what Lithuania said was really different and Poland managed to screw up what he was saying. But to their shock, Poland held out his hand to reveal a tray with three ice cream cones. One was strawberry sorbet, one was coconut, and one was mint chocolate chip.
Poland explained, "If you heard me babbling like, five hours ago, I said I wanted ice cream! This stuff is totally delicious, and I know what your favorite flavors are! The strawberry sorbet is mine, so don't touch it."
The other two nations stared at Poland in shock, until he said, "What? OMG, do I have like, something stuck in my teeth? What if I never noticed it? This is so totally embarrassing!"
"Wait, you don't have anything stuck in your teeth!" England cried out.
China added, "Thank you very much for the ice cream. It kind of shocked us." The two gratefully took their own cones of ice cream, and begin licking up some of the melting trails of the dessert on the cone. England smiled slightly at the sweet taste of his ice cream, and his grin widened when he saw China eating his ice cream at an amazing speed. It was probably because of the chocolate chips.
Eventually, he started laughing in joy and delight. China, noticing England, also started laughing and giggling. Poland looked completely confused for a few seconds. Catching on, he joined the small group, laughing and chuckling like they could have this moment of happiness forever.
The three stood up, and somehow grasped all of their shopping bags with one hand each while using their others hand to hold their ice cream cone. They soon realized that they almost seemed like normal teenage girls, giggling amongst themselves as they walked out of the mall with shopping bags. They even looked the part, with Poland's clothes, China's nails, and England's hair. Of course, they really only thought about how much they were enjoying themselves.
England and China smiled to each other before walking down the street with Poland, knowing that they had a new friend, and they actually enjoyed themselves while shopping. It was quite the adventure, and they knew they would remember this day as they glanced toward the setting sun, a beautiful golden color.
They also knew that America wouldn't be beaten senseless. Yet.
Okay. This was probably the longest chapter of this story yet! Which was really amazing considering I only have several hours for each of these chapters. Hopefully, this little hot streak of mine will last for another week or so.
By the way, in case you didn't know, here's a news flash for Fairy Tail fans. Next week, from July 15 to 21… is… wait for it… Fraxus week! All lovers of Laxus X Freed yaoi goodness will be able to celebrate this amazing week! Sadly, I won't be able to complete the Fraxus challenge due to the fact that I have this and possibly another story to write. *sob* But, I will be able to cheer on any Fraxus writers! Good luck to you all!
Also, I apologize for the LINE BREAK things on the other chapters. I wasn't able to put in the horizontal lines you see in this chapter. Hopefully, I'll be able to do that from now on.
I also noticed something. For day 30, the prompt for the 30-day OTP challenge is doing something hot. A little blip of information, in case you were wondering. Tell me, would you be comfortable with a lemon one shot for that day? I already imagine the many hot things I could have England and China do… *bricked and shot a billion times*
