Over the years, their bonds never seem to fail unlike a certain nation and him.

Maybe because he's not like him to actually cling on the past; both of them like to move on further to the future.

::America tries his best...::

It was an unusual relationship, but a (brother-like) relationship nevertheless. Even if she told herself numerous times that she won't bother him anymore, the female still goes at it and asks. He, on the other hand, despite the fact that he's starting to pinch on cash and told her many times about it, still helps her financially despite that he's in the deep end as well. Of course, he reasoned that this is what 'heroes' do the most.

"I promise I'll pay back, really!"

"But you still owe me, kiddo!"

"But we seriously need it!"

"... Ah, alright. But you're going to pay me back next time."

Japan, previously Philippines' greatest enemy who is now one of her closest buddy, once wondered why in the world she would constantly ask America for money. It also made him wonder if she's actually that poor or there's something else with that agenda of hers.

"Philippines-san," Japan asked as soon as America leaves with a sigh, though in his mind he had to keep watch on the younger nation. "I can't help but notice... you seem as though, your relationship with America is like of a sibling." He tilted his head a bit as a sheepish grin appeared on her face at the comment, though he could already tell that the affiliation between the raven-haired female and the blonde-haired one at the time where they are still enemies was very much evident with what he saw.

"Oh, you already know that," Philippines stated with a small nod. "Sure, I have to beat him up a lot when he's starting to act stupid- which made Iggy thank me for, sometimes- but he's been in my back and I've been in his back. We're just scratching each other's back, to be honest with you." Japan nodded knowingly, smiling at how their relationship somewhat reminded him of his fellow comrades, Germany and Italy.

"You really are fortunate to have someone like him around."

"Yeah, now if he gives me those tickets to that new movie I wanted to watch next week..."

Some things never change.

Back in the days, Philippines would sometimes borrow money from America for their projects. Lately, with the Philippines' economy, there would be a possible chance that they could repay America back even if it's little by little.

We'll exploit that somewhere in the future where little Philippines would decide to pull out her wallet and give back what she borrowed from America. Asides financial ones, I think they're having a great relationship with each other. Not actually good with Economics, but could be worse.

DISCLAIMER::

HETALIA: AXIS POWER, its characters and everything else is owned by Hidekaz Himaruya. I do not own any of them except this shorts and the PC I am using. I don't originally own Philippines, just her 'initial' personality (because heaven knows there are a lot of people who decided to make a Philippines OC for Hetalia) and some of the story (especially the Philippine Arc) are based on the actual country's history.

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