"Ugh, Whitney, I'm getting tired." Cassi said drowsily, her eyes closing for effect.

"Aww Cassi, c'mon, stay up a bit longer!" I exclaimed, hyped up on churros and soda. It had been a few days since our mall adventure, and Cassi had come back over to spend the night, along with China, Prussia, and... France... I shuddered. "Spain! She needs more soda!"

Spain laughed. "Mi amor, I think she's crashing. I don't think soda will help her there! Fusoso~."

"Nooo mayday mayday! Cassi, we're going down, down!" I spun around, my nightgown flowing up as I twirled.

"Mon chaton seems rather wound up tonight." France observed, smirking.

"No! We can't crash, ~aru! WE MUST SAVE THE..." And she was out. Or so I thought. "Magical hamburgers..."

"Cassi...?" I poked her. She had collapsed on the couch with a pillow beneath her head and a panda stuffed animal in her arms.

"Kesesesese~! It didn't take long for her to change her mind!" Laughed Prussia from the other end of the couch.

"...Prussia? Is that you?"

I looked back at Cassi. Well, we all did.

"Papillon? I thought you were asleep." France said. No answer. I grinned and jumped up and down excitedly.

"Guys! She is asleep! She warned me about this, but this is the first time I've seen it happen!" I shrieked happily.

"Warned you about what, mi amor?" Spain asked, confused.

"She sleep talks!" I replied grinning.

"I have heard her sleep talk once before~aru. She was taking a nap and saying something about eggplant~aru..." China trailed off thoughtfully.

Prussia then said, loudly, "Dude! I have an awsome idea! Let's ask her questions that she normally wouldn't answer!" he yelled. Normally I would've disagreed, but at this point I was extreemley hyped up on Coke and jolly ranchers, so I eagerley agreed.

France and Spain seemed into it, and China didn't refuse the idea, so we sort of got in a semi-circle around her like she was a magical source of knowledge. "So... What should we ask her first?" Spain asked.

"Well, we should first make sure this works~aru." China said, then looked at her. "Cassi! Did you do your homework~aru?"

Her sleeping face sort of formed a scowl and she mumbled, "Didn't got none..."

"Good enough!" I yelled.

"This should be fun." France said and chuckled.

Prussia's hand snapped up. "I call the first question!"

"Cassi, how awesome do you think I am compared to how awesome I actually am?" Prussia exclaimed. I looked at him and then rolled my eyes, thinking that if his loudness didn't wake her up, she'd stop answering questions anyway.

"You and your flippin' ego... It's all lies, lies! And I think you just say it to cover up that you really could be a loser..." Her answer made us look at her, startled. I looked up at him.

"Now Prussia-" I started, but looking up at him, he didn't seem so big and tough. He looked so sad... But of course, that vulnerability didn't last long.

He then looked as if he'd explode. "Why you-!"

"Aiyah!" China exclaimed, grabbing Prussia and dragging him to my master bedroom. "You can't wake her up!"

"Honhonhon, now, it's my turn." France said happily, winking. "Mon papillon, where would you prefer to be kissed?"

"Kissed... No. Uncomfortable... But if were to be kissed on the lips... Don't understand french kissing... Gross... What if you choke?"

France and I started laughing. "Oh, but I could show you how, mon papillon."He said.

I shot him a death glare and Spain said, "Amor, I'm sure he was only kidding!" and wrapped his arm around my shoulder. It was then that China returned from locking Prussia in the room until he calmed down.

"I have a question~aru." China said looking at the group. "Cassi, would you agree that Chinese food is much better than any other country's food~aru?" he asked, smirking when he saw France's head snap towards Cassi.

She smiled in her sleep. "Yao's food is the greatest aru~. It trumps all others, no contest..." She mumbled off the last part.

"Would you agree that Francis is a creeper?" I said, laughing darkly.

"...Whitney speaks truth." She replied. I was about to cheer and rub it in his face when she added "But, she not see him when he is so fatherly to Mattiew. Like a different person..."

"I don't think I know her anymore." I said, feigning sadness. Then I looked over to France. If he could be a good dad, then.. I dunno. I'd probably pay to see that.

"Ah, Cassita~. Oh, I've never asked if it was okay that I called you that... Is it alright?" Spain said happily, looking over at Cassi.

"Yeah Spain...you are nice to Whitney and I...me approved a long time ago. Don tell Whitney~ I looked over all her crushes before you all went out..."

"Wait, what?" I stared blankly, looking at her.

"Oh, and who were the other choices?" Spain asked, suddenly intrigued.

"Meh...none important enough to remember..." Then she scowled deeply. "Incho..." She mumbled. "Kill him...I will one of these days..."

I smacked my forehead with my palm. "Dude, that was so long ago. It doesn't even matter anymore." I sighed.

"Tell me more about it later, amor?" Spain smiled at me, but I could tell he was kind of forcing it. I nodded as China stood up to ask Cassi a question.

"Oh! Cassi~aru. You once told me you had two worst fears, but you wouldn't tell me what they were~aru. What are they?" She went from a sleeping scowl to a sleeping face full of worry as she spoke. "No...needles. They are after me...Clowns! No! The clowns have shots! Somebody help me!" she shrieked in her sleep.

China's face paled. "Oh no! I made her have a nightmare~aru!" I thought fast and spoke what popped into my mind first.

"Cassi, look, it's Bryce coming to save you!" I said before clamping my hand over my mouth. She stopped struggling and whimpering in her sleep though, and the largest grin you ever saw came across her face as she hugged her panda tighter.

Spain laughed. "Her two worst fears are needles and clowns? How silly!"

France laughed as well, but then asked me something I wished he hadn't heard. "Chaton, who is Bryce?"

She made me promise not to tell any of them because she knew they'd either tease her about it or be overprotective about it. So, I tried to cover it up. "Uh, I said rice." he smirked and raised an eyebrow, seeing through it. Spain and China looked interested as well.

"Non, mon chaton, you said Bryce. I heard you loud and clear."

I put on my best England face and looked at them as if they were idiots. "I have no idea what on earth you three are talking about. I said rice. You know how much she loves fried rice." I put my nose up in the air, hoping I was pulling this off. "I mean look, I bet she's practically eaten China's whole house out of it in dreamworld!"

"Honhonhon. Why don't I just ask papillion then? If there really is no such person as 'Bryce'..." France said, taunting me. I had to think even faster.

"If you want to waste your question, be my guest." I shrugged. "But I don't see why you'd want to." I kept my nose in the air and my eyes closed so that they wouldn't betray me. I was a bad liar...

"Very well then. Papillon, who is Bryce?" He asked Cassi. I had to look to see what she would do.

She started giggling in her sleep. "Bryce... Is the best guy ever... He so nice... Never seen him mad... Wierd feelings I not used too..." She said the last bit with a confused face and her arm went around her chest.

I sighed because she basically just spilled it all right there. France smirked. "Hohohon~ I didn't know papillon had a crush~! This is so sweet~!"

"He better be nice~aru." China said with sort of a scowl.

I looked at Antonio. He smiled. "I never thought Cassi had much of an interest in this kind of stuff."

I was about to answer when she said. "Don't. I don't, but I don't get it. Can't control it..."

"Honhonhon, mon papillon~! Ma petite fleur, you're opening up your blossoms to see the ways of love! She makes me so proud!" France exclaimed, patting her head. "So beautiful... So naive..."

I glared at him as Cassi started to speak again.

"My dog is naive... And my cat...I love them anyways..." She said. The then giggled. "But nobody knows my secret..."

All of our heads snapped to her in interest. "What secret?" I asked.

"No... Not supposed to tell anybody bout it... The secret photo album... I got good blackmail for everyone..." She said, grinning like a maniac. Our eyes went wide as saucers.

"Also my videos... Even better blackmail..." She muttered. Our jaws dropped open.

"Where can we find the videos, Cassita?" Spain questioned, his eyebrow raising.

She paused before stating, "behind my desk..."

I turned to look at France. He stared back at me blankly. "Mon chaton...?"

"You. You're the creeper here. Go find those tapes!" I exclaimed, smirking.

"Honestly, mon chaton?" He looked at me angrily, then got up with his arms crossed. "Fine. But I only go to zatisfy my own curiosity." He had made it all the way to the door when I started to feel guilty about calling him a creeper...

"Hey, France, wait up." I stood up, walked to the door, and... Hugged... Him. "Thanks."

"Mon chaton, it iz alright." He hugged me back, his hands traveling down my back until he reached... Um...

"France!" I shouted, smacking him and pushing him away. "Don't do that!"

"Mi amor?" Spain questioned as he walked up to me, unsure of what happened. I glared at France, unwilling to explain.

"Off I go, non?" He replied happily, almost sprinting for the door.

"Yeah..." My voice trailed off as I backed away, taking Spain with me.

"Fine then. My turn again!" Prussia stated, still miffed, as he emerged from the master bedroom. "What makes you a ninja, then?"

"I was born a ninja..."

"Then, then, uh, how come you're not like all ninja star combat on us right now?" he retorted.

"Off duty..." she sleepily replied.

"Well, when are you on duty then, huh?" Prussia almost yelled. "...That's classified..."

"Argh! Jeez, she is annoying in her sleep!" he exclaimed. "Well, amigo, she was only answering your questions." Spain said. He just glared and sat down.

"Hum..." I thought. "Okay, Cassi, how come you are the one who notices Canada most often? You know, besides France."

"...tend to notice things no one else does..." I shrugged. "Makes sense, I guess."

"So, Cassita, is there anything you'd like to tell me?" Spain asked cheerily. "I mean, if not, that's okay, but I'm always here to talk!"

"Spain... You remind me of yellow cause your so happy all the time..."

"Ah, amarillo? That makes me smile! Fusososo~!" Spain really was grinning from ear to ear. I elbowed him.

"Only you could talk with a sleeping person, amor." I smiled, taking his pet name for me and using it on him. "It's my turn! Cassi, did you know that I liked Spain before he even asked me out? I remember what you said about Haley and England..." My face flushed.

She smiled again. "I could tell... Though less obvious than Haley... But that one reason why... Other dudes got chased off... I knew he'd be good for you..."

I smiled back and looked to Spain, who hugged me close to him. "But how did you know, then?" Even though I was in dangerous territory, I decided to plow right through it.

"You stared at him sometimes... And you whenever you played around, he the only one... You wouldn't call stupid or say shut up to... Even if we could tell you were joking... Plus, France noticed some too...He reads body language..."

"Oh." I said simply. My face was probably beat red. Now I had another person to put on my interrogation list... "Oh, speaking of Haley... Do you approve of her and England?"

"Yeah... Although Haley can be a bit bratty... She may give hard time... But England understanding person..."

"Any other opinions or secrets you got rattling around in there?" I smirked, resisting the urge to poke her.

"...I can't stand France's cooking." She stated simply, just as he walked back through the door with the 'good blackmail'.

France placed his hand over his heart. "Mon papillon... You have hit me where my one weakness lies..." He sniveled, almost falling to the floor.

"France, did you find the goods?" I asked, ignoring his theatrics.

"...Oui..." He replied, somewhat halfheartedly.

"Well, then, let's see them!" I shouted as I took the stuff from his arms and set them out on the couch. There was a photo album and a DVD with the word 'Blackmail' on each item. I took the DVD and put it in my tv and pressed play. The first thing we saw was... Shocking.

Cassi, obviously the one with the camera, was creeping behind the couch in our house and pointing it at Spain who was... In a dress. It was a yellow, flowery dress and he was twirling around looking at himself in it at a mirror!

We heard him speak to himself. "Huh! Now I know what it is like to wear one of these!... Mi amor would think me extraño..." He said as he twirled one more time and the video stopped. We paused it before the next one played.

I stared at the screen blankly. I was sort of in shock for the moment. Spain shifted uneasily beside me.

"Well," he laughed nervously. "Mi amor, I..."

Then, my brain clicked back into gear and I burst out laughing. "Spain!" I exclaimed, hugging him. "I... I love you! So much! That's so awesome!" Of course, in between almost every word I was laughing.

"De.. ¿De veras?" He looked down at me in confusion and embarrassment.

"Of course! That color... That dress was so cute on you!" I was in hysterics, but I cemented my feelings with a quick peck on his lips.

"Te amo." I said happily as I attempted to calm myself.

"¡Te amo!" Spain exclaimed, rubbing my hair.

"Well, if zat is all said and done..." France said suavely, slightly smirking. "We can watch another now, non?"

I nodded as I picked the remote back up and pressed play again. This time, we saw...France. He was bouncing around the room dancing and singing while he was brushing his hair.

"Girls just wanna have fun~! Oh, girls, they wanna have fun~!" He was smiling while he was singing and, obviously not noticing the blackmail ninja, listening to his ipod. The voice he was singing in was high and girly. He continued this for about two minutes before snickering was heard and the video stopped.

I couldn't hide my smile for this one.

"Oy, Niisan, not half bad." Spain replied happily, patting a now crying France on the back.

"That was... Disturbing... Aru..." China said, obviously scarred for life. I just laughed evilly.

"France, it must suck to know you sound like such a girl when you sing!" Prussia said, laughing loudly.

"Mon papillon!" France cried, rushing over to Cassi. "How could you do this to me?"

She simply re-positioned herself in her sleep as we all looked to the screen for the next video.

This time we saw... Romano... In the kitchen. He was holding a tomato and talking.

"Oh, tomato, how come the world hates me?" He paused, looking at it. "Really? I think they're &*-#^&# too!" He said and paused again.

"At least someone agrees with me, sheesh... I know!... Absolutely!" he said. "Oh tomato, you make me feel so much better in this stupid world... Yes, yes, I hate them too!" He then snuggled the tomato to his face and the video stopped.

"R-Romano..." I stammered, blinking and looking at the TV in awe. "He's still so cute!" I replied, reaching out to touch the TV screen.

Spain laughed nervously. "Mi amor, you're the one having mood swings now, it seems." I simply shrugged in response.

"Dude... He needs friends. Seriously." Prussia stated, crossing his arms and attempting to be cool.

"And I don't suppose the 'awesome' you would be his friend, now would you?" I huffed.

Spain just shot a look at Prussia and hugged me closer while I stuck my tongue out at him.

"I'd be his friend..." France said, smiling. I shot him a look as China pushed the play button on the VCR.

The next thing that popped up was Prussia, and he was asleep on the couch. There was laughter coming from the camera as someone's hand (Cassi's) came on screen, holding an open lipstick. She proceded to sneakilly put it on him without waking him up and after the lipstick came the blush, and then the eye shadow.

Then she stepped back and put a piece of paper in his hand. It had the word PWNED on it in large bold letters. The video then stopped.

"Hahahahah you got pwned!" I exclaimed, pointing at him rather rudely.

Prussia simply glared, first at me and then Cassi. Cassi smiled in her sleep, most likely completely unaware of anything that was happening. China then burst out laughing, followed by the rest of us.

"Okay," Spain started between laughs. "Who's next?"

The button was pressed, and yet again we saw France in front of the screen. But this time, he was in front of a mirror...making out with his reflection. That pretty much was the whole video for a minute and a half untill it stopped.

"I'm scarred for life." I stated softly, curling up into a fetal position and hugging myself, gently rocking back and forth.

"Mi amor?" Spain looked on worriedly, uncertain of what to do because of his bewildered state.

"AIYAH!" China exclaimed, wielding his wok as if he was going to beat France upside the head.

"AND YOU NEED TO GET A GIRLFRIEND!" Prussia yelled, pointing at France.

"Quoi? That iz how I learned to kiss." France stated brusquely, looking away while twirling his hair through his fingers.

I shivered. "I don't even know if I want to see what's next..."

"TOO BAD!" Prussia exclaimed, pushing the play button again. "I NEED TO GET THAT IMAGE OUT OF MY HEAD!"

The play button was pressed and the screen showed England sitting in the middle of his living room floor playing with barbies.

"No, I don't have a pretty dress to wear to the magical princess ball." he said in a high voice while moving one of them up and down. "Don't worry! I have a bunch! Let's go to my house, so you can pick your favorite out!" he said while moving the other one.

He then pulled a little plastic car out and put the two in it and pushed it around making engine noises. After a while of that, the video stopped.

"D'aww! England's still a little kid!" I said in a high pitched voice, momentarily forgetting that I had been scarred for life a few seconds earlier.

"They're... Kind of... Cute, aru!" China said, being as enthralled by England's actions as I was.

"I'm starting to feel better about being in that dress..." Spain said awkwardly.

"Seriously? The awesome me could so take him over!" Prussia replied evilly, laughing darkly while rubbing his hands together.

"Honhonhon... Angleterre..." France said while smiling. "I'll add zis to some of my blackmail videos... Poor Angleterre."

While I was still reveling in the cuteness, France pushed the play button again.

The next video that started playing showed Italy on top of Romano who was on all fours. "Come on, Lovino~! Please?" Italy begged cutely.

Romano sighed. "As long as no one sees me doing this..." he said and started crawling around letting Feliciano ride him, all the while making horse noises. "Neigh! Neigh!"

Feliciano laughed from enjoyment but you could slightly hear Cassi laughing in the background as well. "All right. Am I done now?" he asked after a little bit of that. "Awww. Okay then..." he replied and got off. This time, however, Cassi sneased and Romano and Italy saw her.

"Oops!" was heard and Romano got up from the floor and started running after her, yelling and reaching for the camera. She obviously got away with it eventually because of the footage still being there, but that was where the video ended.

All present in the room were laughing, but what we didn't know was that all of the noise had eventually woken Cassi up. She waited before saying anything though...

"Oh my gosh! That was amazing!" I laughed.

Spain laughed as he agreed "Oh Romano~! You and Italy are so cute~!"

"I wonder how papillon got all of zis film!" France said in between laughs.

"I wonder what she was planning on using it for! Kesesesese!" Prussia laughed.

China had calmed down a bit. "I wonder what she would say if she knew we found it~aru?"

"Well, I'd probably go all revenge ninja on you all and run around the house hitting as many people as I can for nosing around in my room."

All laughter stopped as heads slowly turned towards the girl who was now sitting upright on the couch with her arms crossed and a scowl across her face.

"Heh.." I let out a nervous laugh. "Glad you don't have any footage of me?" I replied lamely, although it came out as more of a question than an answer. "Don't kill me! You told us where it was, so we weren't technically snooping! And and.. I told France to go find it, so.. I guess... You'll have to kill him AND me..." I glared at France, although I wasn't exactly sure what to expect next.

"Fusososososo... Come on Cassita, we mean no harm! Plus, now I know one of my most embarrassing and private moments was recorded..." Spain finished thoughtfully.

"We're the ones who should be mad at you!" Prussia screamed. "NOT AWESOME! ...That part about me, that is..."

She looked at us like we had lost our minds. "I didn't tell you anything about this!" I nodded. "You had been sleep talking."

Her eyes widened in realization then she smiled and laughed. "Oh! I see what happen. Heheh...So did I say anything else?" she asked while looking a little nervous.

I looked at her and smirked. "Oh, boy did you." After a pause, I continued. "... I tried to stop them, I really did... But... I guess I'll just leave you to figure it out." I finished, looking away and feeling slightly ashamed that I failed at stopping Cassi from spilling...

"Oui Papillon..." France said smoothly. "Who is-"

"DON'T. You. Dare." I exclaimed, putting on my best threatening voice. "If you mention that... I will assure you that you WILL regret it."

She looked at France, confused. "Qui est qui?" she questioned, a little worried looking. He simply looked at her and smirked. "Bryce." he stated.

Her eyes went wide open and her face blushed the most red I've ever seen her blush. Her eyes darted around at everyone who was looking at her and she got up and ran into my bedroom. I heard the door lock.

"I'm never gonna leave this room again~!" she yelled, embarassed.

"Cassi! I told you not to ask..." I sighed, thinking that Cassi should get a different hide out other than my bedroom...

"Cassita! Niña, open up, por favor!" Spain called, knocking on the door. "I'm sure we all have some questions we want to ask you~!"

"Like what?" She yelled from the opposite side.

"Is he nice? Aru. You know I need to meet him now, aru!" China exclaimed, starting to hit my door with his wok.

"Is he good eye candy?" France asked, laughing.

"I bet his awesomeness is no comparison to mine." Prussia stated haughtily.

"Stop it!" she squeaked. "I knew this would happen, you guys are so emberassing! China, I doubt he has any interest in me, so you don't need to meet him. France, SHUT UP and Prussia, he surpasses you in all levels!"

"Honhonhon, so he is great eye candy... I can help you get his attention, mon papillon." France stated, running his fingers through his hair.

"I don't think she wants to be recognized for that kind of attention..." I retorted, sending France a blank look.

"Aiyah! Cassi, if you don't come out here this instant..." China began beating the door with such ferocity that I backed away in fear.

"No!" She stated. Oh no, she turned on stubborn mode again...

"Fine." China finally stopped harassing my door and stood there, angrily staring at it. "I won't cook for a week then, aru."

"... You can't be serious!"

"I am, aru." He looked to France out of the corner of his eyes. "And we're going to have to eat at France's for that entire week, aru."

After a few seconds of silence, the door was unlocked and she slowly opened it, looking down at the floor, her face still flushed.

"Cassi-chan!" I exclaimed, hugging her. "It's nothing to be embarrassed about! I'm glad you finally came out... Is Yao's food that worth it?" I asked the question towards the very end in an attempt to alter what I had said before.

She just looked to the side and mumbled a "Yes" but continued pouting.

"Good girl! I'll make you some lo mein right now, aru!" China exclaimed, running for my kitchen.

"WOOOOO!" Cassi shouted, fist pumping into the air. "We'll be eatin' here tonight! YES!"

I looked at them as they both ran into my kitchen, China beginning to cook and Cassi cheering him on.

"A positive turn of events, si, mi amor?" Spain said from beside me.

"Si!" I exclaimed, as I turned to look at the living room. "And now we know what Cassi does in her spare time..."

"Yeah, spy on the awesome me! ... And all you other people..." Prussia stated, then moved into the kitchen so that he could be a part of the clean up committee... For food, that is.

"Oui. We better go before there is none left, non?" France said happily as he moved toward the kitchen. "Come!" He beckoned us, and we followed to watch the cooking comedy... Er, show, begin!