Author's Note: Hallå! I have an actual excuse this time! My computer hasn't been working and Eurovision was this week.
Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia or Eurovision.
Characters:
Lu Väinämöinen ~ OC
Vash Zwingili ~ Switzerland
Lily Zwingili ~ Liechtenstein
Erik Steilsson ~ Ancient Scandinavia
Emil Steilsson ~ Iceland
Tino Väinämöinen ~ Finland
Yao Wang ~ China
Im Yong Soo ~ South Korea
Hyung Soo ~ North Korea
Kiku Honda ~ Japan
Mei Wang ~ Taiwan
Xiang "Leon" Kirkland-Wang
-Third Person-
Lu had no idea how she got herself dragged into this situation. Okay, she knew exactly how she ended up in this situation. She may or may not have suggested to her husband and son that she missed them and wished she could be with them to watch Eurovision. She just didn't know the consequences of her not-so-subtle hinting.
"Ms. V.! Can you help me with setting up the screen?" Vash called out, motioning his younger sister's teacher over. The teacher nodded and rushed over to help the secondary school student. The short woman reached over and helped the Swiss teenager pull up the white sheet. Once she was able to put it up, she went over with Vash to a group of children and teenagers.
They were outside, in Erik and Emil's backyard. Her coworker had volunteered to use his home as a gathering place. The Icelander knew that Lu had large plans for the event of the Eurovision song contest, however, her small apartment which she rented while staying in Norway was not suitable for the plans. The plan was actually improvised, and was made during the middle of her class.
-Flashback-
"As Ms. V. told you, the Kalmar Union was between Norway, Denmark and Sweden," Arthur began speaking as he stood in front of the class. It was Friday and Ms. V. had given him a chance to teach the class, but she gave him the topic at the end of the school day on Monday. The teacher had revealed that the reason for Arthur not doing anything Monday was so that he observe how each child learned and could prepare a lesson plan that could reach every child. Over the past days Arthur took his time to learn about the students and occasionally help them with their assignments, to learn how to teach them best.
Arthur turned around and took out a picture showcasing five boys, before continuing, "To help you better understand the union, let's say that each country is a person. It took quite some time, but I was able to find a drawing of five boys representing the countries of Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and-"
"Moi, äiti!" a bubbly voice interrupted. The heads of the little third graders turned to the door of the classroom, were a short teenager stood. He had blond hair, combed neatly, and vibrant, kind eyes that were the same color as Emil's, only they were a shade lighter. He wore a blue sweater and khaki pants with a cross necklace.
"Tino, mun poika! Mitä? Kuinkä?" Ms. V. said, standing up from her desk.
"Isi couldn't come, but he let me!" the boy, Ms. V.'s son, replied, not answering his mother's question, "Oh, hello, Arthur! Is that a drawing of human representations of the Nordic countries during the Kalmar Union?"
Yes, it was quite a surprise for Lu Väinämöinen when her only son, Tino Väinämöinen appeared.
-End of Flashback-
"Are you okay, äiti?" a voice called out, the voice belonging to Tino.
"Hm? Oh, I'm okei poika," Lu responded, patting him on the shoulder.
The young woman sat down next to her son, combing his hair with her fingers. They were about to watch the grand final of Eurovision, and everyone was excited. Okay, almost everyone.
Lily and Vash were not as interested, because Liechtenstein did not compete in Eurovision and Switzerland did not make it to the grand finals. Arthur was excited, the United Kingdom was guaranteed to compete in the grand finals, being part of the Big 5. Yao could care less, although he did show some interest when he heard Russia would be competing. Surprisingly, Hyung Soo became instantly absorbed when he learned that Eurovision was a song contest. Im Yong Soo showed a lot of interest, but only as Erik told him about some of the songs. Kiku was taking notes, which kind of confused Lu, but she understood well that Kiku wanted to learn as much as possible.
Erik and Emil may have been the most excited out of everyone, besides herself and Tino. Seriously, though, they were waving Iceland's flags and Erik had also brought out his Eurovision merchandise. While Erik, Lu, Emil, and Tino were all disappointed that their countries were not competing in the grand final, but that didn't put out their excitement and enthusiasm. Because they were hardcore Eurovision fans. Tino was actually waving Sweden's flag, a tribute to his best friend who was Swedish. Meanwhile, Emil was trying to convince Leon to show enthusiasm for the contest. The usually anti-social child was currently inside, trying to make his acquaintance watch the show.
'You will watch it and you will enjoy it,' was what the note displayed. Leon was not sure how to react. Yes, he would admit he had a small crush on Emil, but Leon was going through the rebellious stage early, and did not like following orders. Only a few weeks ago, when they were still in Hong Kong, Leon would have been much more sociable, more well-mannered and trying to make a good impression on everyone. Moving to Europe changed everything.
"I, like, have no interest in it," Leon replied, smirking a little as he watched his acquaintance fume in anger. The smirk fell off his face when Emil seized his wrist, and dragged him outside, where everyone else was. Emil sat down onto a bench, pulling Leon down with him. Once they were both sitting down, Emil put both of his legs on top of Leon to stop him from getting up and walking back inside. He took out his notepad, and wrote furiously in it.
'You will watch Eurovision or I will tell Ms. V. about the firecrackers in your backpack,' it read, underlined various times.
"Like, how do you even know I have firecrackers there?" Leon whispered to Emil, hoping that his teacher did not have psychic powers or super eyesight that could read Emil's notepad from where she was sitting, "I'll watch it, just don't tell Ms. V., okay?"
'You will also show interest in it,' Emil added to the notepad.
"Fine! Yes, I will watch it and show interest in it!" Leon replied, his hands shooting up in exasperation.
"The only part I liked was the interval act," Leon said, turning to Emil who looked very sleepy. It was now well past their bedtime and the contest had just ended, with Ukraine winning.
Emil opened his eyes, stared at Leon for a few seconds, before closing his eyes again, this time going to sleep. His legs were still on top of Leon, keeping the eight year old from moving.
"Hey! Don't, like, go to sleep with your legs still on top of me!" Leon shouted, not noticing the small smile on Emil's face.
Translations:
Moi, äiti! - Hello, mom!
Tino, mun poika! Mita? Kunika? - Tino, my son. What? How?
äiti - mom
poika - son
Author's Note: I didn't like the songs competing in Eurovision as much (the songs were still great!), but that interval act was amazing, I practically died when Alexander Rybak appeared. Review what your favorite Eurovision song was this year!
Update - Thank you to the person who pointed out an incorrect translation! Sorry about that, I don't speak Finnish at all.
