"England, what are you doing just standing there? Come here and sit with me." America shouted to his friend as he sat at the sofa. He patted the space beside him and motioned England to sit with him.

"Good gracious, can you stay still for awhile and behave yourself. You act like this is your own home." England scolded America while he took off his coat. "Man, this place sure is hot. Philippines where is your coat rack?"

"Coat rack?" Philippines peeked from the kitchen and asked. She was holding her ladle when she got out from the kitchen and approached the two.

"To put on your coats." England showed his coat to the oblivious lady. Philippines finally understood and smiled. "I'm sorry. We don't have one."

"Sucks to be you England." America laughed to his friend and added, "I don't even know why you dressed so formal even though I specifically told you that this place is very hot."

England blushed and looked away. "It's because I'm a gentleman. I need to wear suits and such."

"If you really are a gentleman then clothes alone doesn't need to define you as one." America looked at England's face and tried pissing him off. Obviously England took the bait and spouted profanity at America nonstop. America just shrugged it off and laughed like he was enjoying England's reaction.

Philippines laughed at the scene and found it extremely normal. Japan already gave her advice on how to handle the two and if the situation needed it he will try to come as fast as he could to help her. Philippines looked around for a place to hang England's coat and saw a picture of Spain hanging on her wall. She stared for it for awhile and took it off. She threw it away like garbage and took a hanger from her side.

"I will take this." Philippines took the coat from England's hand while the two were still fighting at each other. She neatly hanged it on the wall and went back to her cooking afterwards.

"Thanks for the meal Philippines." America raised his right hand and said to her. It was already midnight when America and England decided to leave Philippines' house.

"I'm glad you like my cooking." She smiled at the two and waved goodbye. Before she closes the door of her house, she took a last glance at the two and smiled.

"You know honestly I don't know why you suddenly decided to visit Philippines all of a sudden." England said to America while there were on their way to their hotel.

"I dunno." America flat out said and smiled, "Maybe I just missed the atmosphere of having a friendly person by my side. You know tough work and all."

"I guess so. She was very hospitable as well." England looked at sky and smiled. She was liked that ever since she was a child, England thought to himself and remembered something from the past.

"Now that you mention it, I'm actually surprise that you tagged along with me." America looked at England curiously and raised his brow. "Why did you come here with me exactly?"

England gulped and confessed shyly, "I want to see Mt. Mayon once again." America's eyes widened and proceeded to laugh at him. He patted his back and remembered, "I almost forgot how much you admired Philippines' Mt. Mayon. Well I can't argue with that. That mountain is really magnificent."

[Author's Notes]

Let me explain to you first England's fascination with Mt. Mayon. In the year 1903, a highly distinguished British traveler-writer once traveled here and said a very remarkable remark to Mt. Mayon. Henry Savage Landor, the traveler, said the following "Mayon is the most beautiful mountain I have ever seen, the world-renowned Fujiyama (Mt. Fuji) of Japan sinking into perfect insignificance by comparison. Mayon has the world's most perfect cone."

There's also an American writer who wrote something about the Philippines but this time it's about the people not the mountain. John Griffin, a Honolulu journalist said after his visit in Manila during 1998 was, "What's still most impressive to me about the Philippines is the friendliness of the people, their sense of humor." That's why America said above how friendly Philippines is.

OH I might as well talk about the weather and the normal Filipino attire. Here in the Philippines we only have two seasons, rainy and sunny. Even though officially April and May are our summer period, Philippines is actually hot all year round. It just at times it rains and sometimes it's hot. That's why people here wore very mild clothing and doesn't wear layered clothes. The cold here is still tolerable so a simple jacket can suffice and sometimes none at all unlike other countries with winter that need whole attire to make you warm. So we really don't have coat racks at a normal household.