Nico: Howdy! With the Christmas holidays coming soon, work has been piling up. I have an essay, a parody performance, physics class isn't going too well (I miss chemistry!)

Anyway, here's another chapter of Diplomacy!

I DO NOT OWN HETALIA: AXIS POWERS!

Britain

"What's wrong, Theodore?" Arthur asked when his diplomat had returned from Switzerland, tears falling from his face.

"I'm sorry, Britain. I-I've failed you..."

"Theodore!" Britain rushed over to Theodore. His face was puffed up and pink, and drenched with tears and rain. His clothes were in a similar fashion, it was raining outside of course. "Come on in, Theodore."

Britain took Theodore into the sitting room. He gave him a towel to dry off, and let him sit close to the fireplace. While the shivering boy tried to dry himself off, Britain quickly went in and got some tea ready. While most of his cooking wasn't at all good, tea was one thing he could handle.

He returned to Theodore with a tray that held the teapot and tea cups. Setting the tray on the ground, Arthur took a seat beside Theodore, and poured the tea.

"Thank you, sir," Theodore said, taking the tea cup as it was passed to him.

"You can call me Arthur," Arthur said. "Really, 'sir' gets a bit tiring."

"Sorry sir... I mean, A-Arthur..." Theodore said taking a sip of the tea. Arthur did the same. Eventually the silence became too much to bear.

"Do you mind telling me why you were crying just now?" Arthur asked.

"I... I was unable to get an alliance with France," Theodore said. Arthur understood now. Theodore was a very stressful person on the inside, and really unconfident to boot. He probably wasn't able to get the French diplomat to listen.

"It's alright, you know?" Britain said patting the boy on the head. After a short silence he continued, as he stared into the fire, "Sometimes things don't turn out how you want it to. For example, every time I try my very hardest to cook something that people will like. However, each time I get the same response, the other party hacking and coughing to, if not near, death. Not only that, a long time ago I had a... son, you could call it. He was everything to me, and I gave up everything for him. His smile brightened up my day, and he was the cutest little thing, before he revolted against me and left."

"Do you mean... Mr. Jones?"

Britain froze at the name. "Yes, Mr. Jones. But it's okay you know. Even though every Fourth of July I suffer from insomnia and headaches, I still never let the incident keep me down for good. I have my people to think about, and I need to keep my head up high so that my people are happy."

"Sir..."

Britain smiled and looked at Theodore. "Don't worry, I've already planned out what to do. We're pretty safe since we're surrounded by the North Sea, so, I've sent 6,000 of our 8,000 troops to the North Sea, they will be heading to Belgium."

"Belgium... but isn't that...?"

"Yes... I know, I joined the war because Germany had invaded Belgium. Now, one of my objectives is to capture Belgium... However I have come up with a plan."

"A plan, sir?"

Arthur took a folded paper out of his pocket and handed it to Theodore. Theodore opened the paper, it was a treaty for the alliance of Britain and Germany.

"Sir..."

"Germany is most likely still aiming to take down France, he'll need my help in doing so, and with this, the world's strongest army and the world's strongest navy will band together," Britain said, still staring at the fire.

"You're sure of this, sir?"

"This is what will win us the war, we have a motive to join together, and we have a mutual hatred towards France(1). Also, if it's like this, we can invade France from land and sea. We'll eventually surround Paris and bring France down."

"I see, sir."

"I thought I told you, my name is Arthur, Arthur Kirkland!"

Nico: ahahaha... good memories. Well, if you didn't find out earlier, in my class game of Diplomacy, I was the British diplomat. I was unable to get an alliance with France's diplomat, because he walked away from me. So in 1915... yeah, you'll see what happens!

For first time Hetalia readers:

-did I ever mention that Britain was a tsundere? (tsundere, appear aggressive on the outside, really soft and caring on the inside)

-Mr. Jones = Alfred F. Jones = America!

-a little history lesson as well, America used to be under Britain (I don't feel like I need to say why he is no longer part of Britain.)

-Britain loved America, some say as a brother, some say as a son, I just picked son because it will be brought up again later... (dramatic music)

Notes:

1. I got this line from Britain in the English Dub, the episode while he was drunk in a bar with America

...no translations...

I had to push myself to put this chapter on. I really need a pick-me-up... With all this homework, slight writer's block, and December 6th coming up, I'll be surprised if I make it one piece... Wish me luck, I really need it...

I should really get back to my work now... bye!

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