TO SOME OF YOU WHO READ MY OTHER STORIES!
Like my previous and completed story, The Dragon's Journey Home, this story is pre typed, so don't worry, my focus will not be leaving my other current stories! Also, thanks for reading more than one of my stories, I really appreciate it!
Ok, I couldn't resist, heres some of Japan getting the excitement of being trapped in a house with four siblings, that he'd missed out on over the past couple hundred years, enjoy!
Japan put his good arm around China, gripping at his shirt, holding him tightly like a child that had just awoken from a dark, shadowy, horror filled nightmare. Piece by piece, the mask he'd built up over the years of solitude cracked and fell away.
"I'm sorry. I'm s-so sorry." He choked out.
"It's alright. I forgive you."
"If he'd order us some pizza I'd, like, totally forgive him too."
China and Japan jumped apart, Japan still with tears cutting streams down his cheeks, and looked up to see Hong Kong leaning in the doorway with his arms crossed, a small smile growing larger on his face.
"Do you have anything but, like, fish and salt in this joint, mate?"
Taiwan was rubbing furiously at her eyes trying to convince them that she wasn't crying. Than Korea threw his arms into the air, the curl in his hair matched the joy on his own face.
"Yay! Everyone loves each other again! Group hug!"
The white garbed nation pounced on Kiku and hugged him around the neck to avoid his injures, it was the first time the two of them had shared so much as a kind touch in years.
"Yong Soo!" China laughed as Mei dragged an uncooperative Hong Kong over and grabbed Japan under one arm and China under the other with the youngest of the nations crushed in between.
"Not cool!" Hong Kong yelped as he struggled to free himself, but China locked his good arm around his shoulders and Li saw he didn't exactly have a choice, and threw an arm around Japan as well.
Japan, with his good arm having been thrown around Hong Kong's shoulders in the surprise of his little brother basically falling on top of him and having Taiwan and China's warm arms around him, feeling Hong Kong trapped between him and China, and Korea on his back, felt shocked.
Family...
He thought as they shared that moment, warm, happy, and together for the first time in centuries past.
They'll always be my family...
Japan closed his eyes and felt the tension leave his body relaxed and calm.
And now I'll alway be theirs.
All of them were sitting in the living room, at a table they had dragged in, eating dinner that China had whipped up since, and Hong Kong had been pissed to find out, Japan's home was too far out of the way for the pizza place to deliver. Japan had wanted to assist in cooking but, after having to be caught by Hong Kong and Korea when he'd attempted to stand, he forfeited the dinner preparations to China. Japan fiddled with the dumplings China had somehow found the ingredients to make.
Who knew eating the food I grew up on would make me feel so nostalgic.
Japan thought, pondering if the fact that he was sitting at a dinner table with the rest of his family was lending to the overwhelming feeling.
It's the first time in centuries times we were like this, meaning happy and laughing instead of in silence, Hong Kong still had to be fed and Taiwan was still pulling on Nii-san's hair, demanding that he let her braid it for him.
Japan felt a brief, very brief, almost impossible urge to allow a wide smile to breach his emotionless face at the memory of China sitting on his knees on the floor with his hands on his knees, a disgruntled look on his face as Taiwan braided his hair with ribbons and flowers. Hong Kong and Korea often teamed up to attempt to get China mad and make him chase them, which would result in his hair getting removed from his scalp what with Taiwan's death grip on it. All the while Japan would sit and watch, drawing or reading.
And occasionally whispering suggestions like using his Hello Kitty doll as a ball to Yong Soo and Li.
Thankfully, China's voice cut Japan's thoughts off before he could snort with laughter at the onslaught of hysterical memories.
It had been several hours since they'd convinced Japan to forgive himself for his sins and they'd been doing a lot of much needed catching up.
"What are you smirking about, aru?" China asked.
"I am not smirking." Japan replied, blank faced once again.
"No, no, I saw it, your were too!" Taiwan joined the conversation.
Japan shook his head, "Just an old memory being with all of you dredged up."
"Of what?" Korea asked, bouncing as he struggled to sit still at the table.
Japan simply shook his head again, China sighed.
"I'll be back, aru. I'm going to get more tea." He muttered as he pushed himself to his feet.
The second he was gone Japan whispered to his younger siblings.
"Remember when Mei would braid Nii-san's hair, fill it with flowers and bows, and than Yong Soo and Li would use his favorite kitty doll to play catch when Mei was forcing him to sit on the ground and hold still?"
All of them went still, faces going blank as they all relived the memory in there minds.
When China returned he found Japan smiling softly with his head tilted slightly to one side as all of the others attempted and failed to smother their giggles.
China furrowed his brow at them.
"What's so funny, aru?"
"Noooooothing."
They were all in perfect unison, and China looked exasperated.
"Aii-yah! Why is everyone laughing, aru!?" The fair haired nation demanded.
Taiwan simply smiled at him, "Just an old memory the little ones are sharing." She teased, "I don't think it is all to funny to you."
China frowned as he scoured all of their faces for a clue.
They all just looked back at him blankly.
"Speaking of memories, this reminds me of when all of you would be hiding a broken vase behind your backs and trying to convince me nothing was wrong. I'm just happy that this time it's probably Japan's vase and not mine."
To this, every except Japan laughed again.
China settled down at the table with a fresh pot of tea, and at that exact same Taiwan's hand shot up.
"I know!"
Everyone glanced up at Taiwan when she stood up fully with a wide smile on her face.
"We should be scared, shouldn't we?" Korea asked as Hong Kong tucked his cell phone up his sleeve.
"No!" Taiwan said, shaking her finger at him.
"Instead of going back to the guest house tonight, we should have a sleepover!"
"Everyone start running now!" Korea cried while Hong Kong dropped his chopsticks and gasped in mock horror.
"I do not know if that is a good idea." Japan said worriedly as he set down his own eating utensils, limited to a fork and spoon because, like China, he was stuck with one properly functioning hand.
"Why not, Kiku?" Taiwan asked.
"Well, we all know that Yong Soo will break something, it will either be Li's phone or your flower clips, he'll be violently attacked, and since both Nii-san and myself are held back by our injuries, we wouldn't be able to break you all up. Also, I enjoy having my house in one piece." Japan stated calmly.
"Downer." Taiwan said as Hong Kong made a 'wa wa waaaaa' sound and gave him a thumbs down.
"But I'm serious guys! It'll be fun, we can stay up late and talk and watch anime!"
"Suddenly, I think this might be alright." Japan muttered at the mention of an anime all night-er.
"Than what, we braid each others hair, maybe you and Nii-san but no way with the rest of us."
"Hey!" China protested the insult to his long locks of hair while Japan's eyes lit up a bit and Taiwan and Korea had to stifle more snorts at the reference to the memory they had all been sharing a few minutes before.
Hong Kong rolled his eyes, "Than we, like, paint our nails, than, like, totally bad mouth all of our enemies? What are we, like, a bunch of teenage girls?" Hong Kong asked.
"You certainly talk like one 'like, totally, Grandpa, I can, like, totes pick this lock so we can, like, ya know, break into Kiku-nii's house! Whoa, the poser totes needs a new security system!"
Taiwan said, making her voice high and nasally and flicking her wrist, China and Korea laughed and Japan gave up another small smile.
"Oh, shut up, I don't talk like that!" Hong Kong said unhappily.
"Uh-huh..." Mei said, making it quite clear that she was ignoring him.
"Well, I guess we could, aru. But..." China seemed hesitant to agree.
He glanced over at Hong Kong who looked back down at his phone.
"Whatever." He grumbled.
"I think it'll be fun!" Korea cheered.
"I suppose it's alright with me." Japan said, giving his consent.
China shrugged, "Well, if everyone agrees, than why not, aru?"
"Yay!" Taiwan cried.
"You, like, need a bigger TV Kiku." Hong Kong said as he looked at Japan's older television.
"Nothing is wrong with my TV, Li." Japan said unhappily.
"Except size, age, screen quality, speakers, and all around everything." Hong Kong grumbled.
"No complaining when your a guest, Li, aru." China said sternly.
"Sorry, Mom." The teen sniggered at the surprised look on China's face.
"Anyway..." Taiwan prompted.
"Bedding is in the hallway closet, there is more upstairs if necessary."
Japan said, gesturing with his uninjured arm.
"Ok, thanks Kiku-nii!"
"She only calls me that when I give her something or she wants something." Japan mumbled as Taiwan ran off into the hall.
"Get used to it, that's what happens when your part of a family, aru." China said as he patted Japan on the shoulder.
"Good to have you back, Kiku."
"Arigato. I am happy your all here." Japan said despite the blank look on his face.
Japan and China both snapped their heads up as the blaring noise of rock and roll blasted out of a set of speakers in the other room, which Hong Kong had run off into.
"Lucky I always carry a set!" Hong Kong called out.
"Oh! Oh! Let me see!" Korea scrambled on his hands and knees out the door and up to his little brother.
"Give it back, Yong Soo! That's, like, mine!" Hong Kong barked, wrestling with Korea for the controls.
"SHUT UP AND HELP ME YOU TWO!" Taiwan came barreling into the room, her arms laden with bedding, quilts, and pillows.
"You won't be getting my help with that attitude!"
"What Li said!"
"Maybe you need some incentive!"
China and Japan winced as one when a loud slam echoed through the house and the music came to an abrupt stop.
"Ha! Missed me!"
"You broke my speakers!"
"GET BACK HERE!"
"Like, run!"
Japan sighed as the three of them whipped pass the hall doorway, Korea in the lead, Hong Kong with his arms flung out in front of him and his upper body thrown forward, and Taiwan with a frying pan raised up high over her head.
China jumped up and ran into the other room after them to break them up.
"CUT IT OUT, ARU!"
"Save me, Nii-san!"
"You, like, shattered my speakers!"
"It's not like you don't have five more sets just like them!"
"EVERYONE CALM DOWN, ARU!"
"Say's the guy waving around a giant spoon and screaming at us."
"Count yourself lucky I don't have my wok, aru!"
Japan flinched when loud crashes and screams and several different languages worth of profanity streamed from the doorway.
Japan tilted his head to one side, and, though no one was there to see it or hear him, he smiled.
"I guess getting used to this won't be so bad."
Yup, family fluff, something I am actually good at writing without being to down low or to over the top. I just love the chaos that seems to erupt whenever families get back together, don't you guys? Well, please favorite, please follow, please review! Next chapter is the last chapter, so I hope you'll all enjoy it! Thanks for reading!