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This is an interval chapter. Basically, it's a 'progress report' regarding the pairings of previous chapters. So sorry, no new pairing this time. Next chapter, though.
Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia.
Chapter 10: Lunch Dates
Belgium and Seychelles made their way to the café where they went with Monaco. They had gone the previous day as well, and after the meetings they had gone to Belgium's hotel room, where she tried teaching Seychelles how to make her waffles.
It mostly went well. The younger girl was eager to learn, and Belgium enjoyed teaching her. The only problems seemed to arise whenever Belgium would leave Seychelles alone for even a moment, the entire thing would end in disaster.
It seemed like the only way Seychelles was able to cook was if she was under constant supervision.
Belgium blamed England's influence. The girl wasn't really a bad cook. She just had bad luck if she was alone.
But Belgium didn't mind too much. She found the girl pleasant company.
As soon as Seychelles managed to get the hang of baking waffles while not nearly causing the entire kitchen to end up surrounded by a cloud of smoke, Belgium would like to try one of the other girl's traditional dishes.
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China beamed at Lithuania as the Baltic enjoyed his food.
He had made the both of them lunch. The Lithuanian was surprised by the gesture, but didn't complain. He was used to be the one that made the food. He wasn't so used to having food made for him.
China was just happy that he had made a new friend that didn't make him feel uncomfortable.
It was strange, but before the elevator incident, neither of them would have ever thought that they would be able to get along so well.
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Egypt and Bulgaria had started a discussion at the meeting, and they didn't want to continue the discussion once lunch was over. They might completely lose the subject of the conversation.
So they found themselves in a café. They were only interrupted from their conversation when they placed their orders.
Bulgaria was surprised when he realised how talkative Egypt actually was. He was also pleasantly surprised to see that the other was very friendly. He supposed that he always assumed that the other was quiet and aloof because he was mostly seen with Turkey and Greece, who were usually fighting with each other. He most likely didn't get to have his say with those two around.
Bulgaria was also happy that Egypt didn't go into any details about any dark periods of his history, and speak of it with excitement and pride. That was probably the thing that frustrated him the most about his best friend.
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Taiwan took Wales to a restaurant that served Asian cuisine. She wanted to expose him to some of her food. And she heard that the British brothers weren't talented as cooks, so she felt sorry and wanted to expose him to proper food.
She really enjoyed his company. He was a proper gentleman, and was kind of quiet. But she didn't mind it. She also made sure that she didn't make the other uncomfortable.
She was happy when Wales stated that he liked the Asian cuisine, and offered to cook some of her own food for him sometime, to which Wales didn't object.
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Iceland still couldn't understand why Hungary decided to take a liking to him, but he didn't complain. Truth was, he always had a bit of a crush on the older woman, but had always feared rejection.
Perhaps he should have asked her out earlier…
They were eating in a park, and Iceland had to admit, it felt nice. Hungary was good company, and she always asked him for his opinion as well.
But what surprised him the most was when Mr Puffin decided that he would rather be perched on Hungary's shoulder instead. He usually didn't do that, and he barely even let one of the other Nordics touch him.
Yet the puffin was perched on Hungary's shoulder, allowing her to pet him, even cooing a little. His feathers were also puffed up a little, as though in sheer delight.
He was curious to know what caused Mr Puffin to take a liking to Hungary, and he would make sure to find out.
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Estonia still couldn't believe that he was having lunch with Greece. He didn't know why the other had invited him. Or why the other's cat had taken a liking to him.
He didn't even know how to start a conversation with the other nation. And it seemed as though Greece didn't know either.
In short, it was a very awkward lunch.
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Mexico beamed happily. She was thrilled when Japan asked her out to lunch. And she enjoyed his company. He was polite, quiet, and it was fun to get him flustered. He looked so cute with his face all red in a blush.
He had taken her to a restaurant that served Asian cuisine. She was a little worried when she saw Taiwan there as well, knowing how close she and Japan were, but was happy to see that the Taiwanese girl had her own date.
Sometime, she had to introduce Japan to her own food. But she would get him used to any spicy food before allowing him to taste some of her spicy foods. That's what she would do to punish America when he was getting annoying.
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America bit into another burger. To be honest, he was excited to be meeting up with Australia for drinks after the meeting. It would be a lot better than fuming over his breakup with England.
Speaking of which, he was going to ignore the other until further notice. He didn't want to have to put up with the other's over-emotional state.
Speaking of which, he hoped they didn't run into England at the pub. He didn't want to deal with a drunk and pissed off England.
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It took a while before Prussia and Hong Kong realised that Picardy was no longer there. It was also around the time that they noticed that they were hungry, and they had used most of their lunch break to discuss pranks.
So the two continued their discussion as they went to find a vending machine or something.
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"What are you saying?" Italy asked, wide-eyed.
Germany sighed, avoiding eye-contact with the Italian.
"This isn't working," Germany said. "I'm sorry, but I think… it's best that we should just be friends."