missbirdeyhatss is back with Sweden's speech! Any comments left in either reviews or messages will be passed on as always. Hope you enjoy~
As the current speaker continued on with their speech Berwald straightened out his own notecards and props. He listened intently as the student finished up their conclusion. Finally it was his turn. Berwald's tablemates, who were just able his only friends, wished him good luck as he silently stood. Grunting in response Berwald made his way up to the front. A cardboard box and a marker. Two of the things that he needed for his demonstration, the third he needed to go get.
"Are you ready to begin Berwald?" The teacher questioned him from the back of the room like she did for every student. Timer poised above the table she prepared to click the start button.
"No, I need to go collect one of my supplies." With that he left the room and started down the hallway, leaving the class confused and flustered. The building was made up of two schools combined. In the center of the two was the third and final prop, Peter Kirkland. Arthur's younger brother was happy to help him out because he got to skip some of his science class.
Everyone in Peter's class shrank away from the tall blonde student, immediately intimidated. Smiling Peter jumped up and ran towards the Swede waving goodbye to his classmates.
"See you people later!" The short blonde slipped out the door. Nodding Berwald followed Peter out into the hallways, though he quickly took the lead on the way back to his classroom.
"Thanks for getting me out of that lame class," Peter smirked as he skipped through the hall. After that the two walked silently back to Berwald's classroom. As soon as they entered the room they were met by clapping and cheering. Acting a bit self-centered Peter bowed and smiled, though he was several years younger than everyone in the room.
To prepare for his speech Berwald sat Peter down next to the table up front. Usually in this situation the first row of students would be cowering away from their Swedish classmate, but this time they weren't because of Peter. His raw enthusiasm seemed to counteract the general air of intimidation that always surrounded Berwald.
"Are you ready this time?" The teacher asked patiently for the second time.
"Yeah," he replied as he did a last check on his materials.
"Start whenever you feel ready," she said in a monotone voice. Taking a quiet breath he began.
"I know that most of you have siblings that annoy you, and though I don't personally many of my friends do." He paused and glanced over at Mattias quickly before talking again. "So I am going to show you how to deal with them efficiently. To help me with this I have brought in Arthur's younger brother Peter Kirkland." While he was speaking the two siblings were having a glaring contest.
"The first step is to write a name, any name, on the side of a cardboard box." He wrote "Arthur" on the side of the box. "Next you quietly sneak up behind your target." Berwald began to creep up behind Peter. To end the glaring contest he slammed the box down on top of Peter.
"Finally you place your box over the target. A cardboter, a creature like Arthur makes a mouse-like noise," he shook the box, prompting Peter to quietly ask him to stop. "When you shake it."
Berwald removed the box from Peter and bowed slightly, signaling that his speech was over. The class was stunned by how much the Swede had actually talked in such a short amount of time. They hardly heard about fifty words a year from him, then suddenly he pulled off a speech like that. Wow, just… Wow…
The glaring contest between Peter and Arthur, so Berwald picked Peter up with one arm and the box in the other. Walking at a normal pace he plopped the box over Arthur's head and went to go take Peter back to his class. The short blonde laughed as Berwald slung him over his shoulder so that he could walk faster. By the time he got back to his room the next speech was already started. He had anticipated this though, and had given his notecards to the teacher on his way out the door.
Sliding into his seat Berwald nodded to his tablemates, accepting the praise they were giving him for his performance. He silently began to take notes like nothing happened.
Please note that this was based on episode number 16, and though that is true neither of us own Hetalia. It belongs to Hidekaz Himaruya.