"Ten Dinars!" Shouts Kuwait.
"Fifty Dinars!" Shouts Bahrain back.
Kuwait meditates a bit before answering back.
"One hundred Dinars!"
"What are you doing?" Asks Oman coming near their table with her lunch tray.
"Betting… One hundred and half Dinars!" Shouts Kuwait after answering her.
"Why are you doing that? Where is Emirates?" She looks around not seeing neither of his brothers. Bahrain turns to her.
"Didn't you heard? There was a loud scream just a few minutes ago, Emirates went back to see if it had been Saudi Arabia."
"Oh my Allah! Was he?" Asks putting her hands on front of her mouth nervously.
"I don't know, we're still waiting for any of them."
"He is back!" Calls out Kuwait pointing at Emirates, looking next to Bahrain. "One hundred and half, it's the deal!"
"Okay, okay…" He agrees.
Emirates looks around while coming near them and sits quietly.
"So?" Asks Kuwait.
"I don't know… I didn't saw Saudi anywhere."
"AH! Told ya! Pay me Bahrain!" Bahrain sighs giving the money to Kuwait. Emirates looks at them sceptic but decided to focus on Oman who seemed more interested to hear him.
"He didn't come after I went out?" He asks and Oman nods negatively at him. "Strange… he told me he would come here after."
"Why did he even stayed behind? Didn't everyone left?" Asks Bahrain.
"I think so… I also got distracted with you both while waiting for him." Says Emirates.
"I saw Lebanon coming out at the same time as me… I think Qatar, Syria, Iraq and Iran had stayed behind too." Says Oman.
"No… they also left before we leave, I saw them passing throw." Comments Kuwait, with who Bahrain agrees.
Emirates keeps quiet while Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain seem to chat between them some theories until Bahrain, pretty convinced, looks at Emirates to point out what seemed more than obvious.
"Saudi is full of work, he must have gone to do something important that it's taking too long."
"What about the scream we heard?" Asks Kuwait out loud and again among them they search more theories.
They even questioned if it had been Saudi's scream. Emirates know better, he knows it had been Saudi, although he didn't felt too concerned because he knew it hadn't been a scream made out of pain. He was highly furious. The first though it came to him it was Iran, but Iran was just two tables away from him eating with his group. He had looked at him, equally startled by the scream, but unlike him who got worried, Iran laughed and seemed to have told a joke on his group, cause they all also laughed.
Then he decided to count the people there. Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Syria, Palestine… No Yemen, but he was at home, or, so he thought. No Lebanon. No Jordan. He seemed to remind them to leave together. No Israel. No Israel?!
The thought of Saudi being with her stressed him, Saudi seemed to lose himself too much with that girl, enough to become too reckless and careless. He remembered the yesterday talk, he should had pressure Saudi more to maintain a careful distance with the Jewish Nation. He himself had too sometimes talked with the Israeli in the past. What was it like? Few words, direct on the subject, 'bye bye' and never see you again. Why Saudi couldn't be more like him? Saudi had doomed himself when he kept too close, enough for everyone to guess, even for those who had seen nothing.
Bahrain gets closer to Emirates and taps discreetly his shoulder with his. Emirates looks at him, with difficulty to hide his worries.
"Does Saudi Arabia still sees that… Person?" He whispers to him, hitting strong on Emirates's heart.
Emirates closes his eyes, feeling shame, but he had no idea what to say to Bahrain. He seemed convinced for someone who was just asking.
"Come with me." Emirates raises from his sit with Bahrain giving a fast excuse to the other. "Need fresh air." No questions, Kuwait and Oman turned to each other.
Bahrain follows Emirates close to the entrance.
"I really needed a bit of fresh hair." Giggles Emirates to Bahrain while feeling his mind calm down with the weak wind. Bahrain doesn't seem to understand, or maybe care, he just wanted to know more. "Why you asked if he still met that person?" He jumps to the direct question, he needed to know Bahrain's thoughts before giving any more information.
Bahrain sighs feeling frustrated due to Emirates's slowness.
"Why you always underestimate me?" Emirates looks him confused. "Yes! You always do that! You and Saudi, you look at me like I was a baby! I'm not! I have known what is going on… I mean… I have suspected, but I waited for you and Saudi to come and tell me. I mean, was the least you could do right after we declared Hezbollah being a terrorist! But you never even bother to say a word! I'm an independent country! I know what is going on and I'm tired of you seeing me like a loyal brat who will follow everything you say without questioning!"
"Bahrain…" Emirates stays shocked looking at him. "… I never meant by any far make you feel that way… I and Saudi just didn't want to worry you too much."
"But I'm already worried! And it worries me more the fact you don't say anything! Do you think I like to learn things throw other's mouth?! I thought Saudi only worked with her in that unique time because of Iran, but for what I have heard it hasn't stop! Now is not just because of Iran, it's about everything! Hezbollah, Qatar, Yemen, Lebanon, those two are evolved on everything!"
"Ah! Wait! What are you talking about?!" Emirates gets really confused with his affirmation.
"What do you mean what I'm talking about?! Are you trying to make me look dumb?!"
"No! I just don't understand what you mean with 'everything'. Saudi never spoke of Yemen, Qatar and Lebanon with Is… Her."
"What?! I have heard she was the one who asked Saudi to hit her hard because she was supporting that Hezbollah, and didn't she help Saudi get the information he needed against Qatar?"
Emirates gets sceptical of what he just heard.
"Where have you learn those things?! Not even me has heard of these stories you tell me?!"
"Has been spoken throw out everyone, I heard Qatar and Turkey say it, even Kuwait has heard it. What world do you live? Can't you hear the outside speaking of you and your actions?"
"But that's not the truth, Bahrain. She is not involved in a lot of our decisions."
"Then why he still meets with her?" Emirates gets sadder with that question.
"I don't know... yet."
Saudi opens quietly his eyes, feeling the head too heavy like he had been hit by a truck. His view is blurred, being only capable of identifying moving stains that seemed like people talking. The heaviness in his head hits again, and he closes his eyes to rest, trying to gain more strength to keep steady. His ears start to work, hearing what seemed like two people discussing with each other, one crying, another shouting.
"What is going on?" He whispers still feeling the head too heavy. "Where am I?" He seems to be noticed by the stains that focus on him speaking something fast to him. He tries vainly to rub his face to realize he couldn't move. He looks aside to know what was holding back his hand. "What the…?!"
"Oh my God, he is going to get mad…" Mumbles America seeing Saudi's face starting to get red as he notices his wrists chained to the bed by pieces of fabric.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Shouts out loud Saudi trying to fight his way out in vain.
"Ah! Please don't move too much! I'm sooo sorry!" Cries out loud Israel very emotional with everything that was happening.
"YOU CRAZY WOMAN!" Shouts Saudi noticing her crying face trembling nervously. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?!" He fights again but his headache makes him paralyse in bed.
"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!" Cries Israel holding tight a pillow on her chest.
"I can't believe it Israel, I told you to stay away and you thought he was the best person to share what I had told you?! I can't even express how angry I'm right now!" Scolds America crossing his arms and looking furiously at Israel.
"I'm sooo sorry!" She continues to cry hysterically.
"You better be! How are we going to calm him down now?! Why did you even cuffed him in the first place?!"
"I was scared, okay?! I didn't know what he would do when he woke up!"
"TAKE ME OUT OF HERE!" Saudi tries one more time to raise from the bed scaring America and Israel with his fury.
"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!...!"
"Shut up Israel! We don't need another person screaming here!" Shouts America.
"But you're screaming too!"
"YOU BETTER TAKE THIS OFF ME BEFORE I GET REALLY MAD!" Shouts Saudi fighting back his pain with his anger.
"Can you get any more mad than that?!" Asks America taking a step back fearing his red head would explode anytime sooner.
"I will free you Saudi, I promise, but you must first calm down!" Mumbles Israel squishing more the pillow to stop her crying.
"CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN?! I WILL SHOW YOU HOW I WILL CALM DOWN WHEN I CUT YOU TO….!" Saudi is shushed by the pillow on Israel's hand, who pushes it against his face in an attempt to shut him up.
"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!"
"Israel?! What are you doing?!" America runs to grab her waist and pull her away from Saudi.
"I'm so sorry! He threatened me!" Excuses Israel herself still sensitive and crying.
"You can't just try to kill him!" He pulls her away in a safe distance from Saudi who coughs to get his breath back to normal. "God! What a mess…!"
"THAT BITCH JUST TRIED TO MURDER ME?!" Asks Saudi getting back his senses and still in rage for what was happening.
"She is nervous Saudi! You need to calm down!" Tries America to appease.
"SHE KIDNAPPED ME! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CALM DOWN?!"
"Look, I will free you, but you promise you won't do anything reckless, okay?"
Saudi breaths deep in and out, trying to control his emotions and the headache at the same time. Was worthless, he needed to calm down, even thou he wouldn't calm done that easily… but he needed to get out.
"FINE!" He shouts holding tight his tongue to not say anything more and kept his breathing exercise to calm down himself.
"That's good Saudi Arabia." Smiles America starting to free him despise Israel's protests to go slowly.
Saudi sits in the bed, finally free. America looks at him carefully and smiles believing he had calm down himself for good.
Saudi looks from him to Israel, who was far away from him and obviously scared.
The single look at her made his full rage come all back together.
"YOU WILL PAY!" He jumps from the bed heading towards Israel trying to grab her. She douches and run around the room screaming and begging America's help.
"AMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERICA!"
"COME HERE YOU BRAT!"
"Saudi! No!" America tries to hold him but fails while he didn't stop jumping on the bed and crawling around the room in a circle after Israel. "PLEASE! STOP!" Shouts after failing another time.
"PLEASE! I'M SO SORRY!" Shouts Israel reaching the door and opening it fast before running away throw out the hallway.
"DON'T GO OUT!" Shouts America too late before Saudi runs after her.
"WAIT TILL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!" Shouts Saudi still after Israel, although starting to feel his lungs screaming for the irregular exercise.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooo!" Israel cries out winning more distance from him.
Before she noticed, she was close to the department's exit door where Bahrain and Emirates were coming in with a worried look because of the incoming noise.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" She cries out loud passing throw the middle of them leaving them startled looking at her and distracted from Saudi who doesn't stop on time to not go against them.
Emirates and Bahrain cry in pain as they feel the shock of Saudi's body against them, and slide on the ground along with Saudi.
"Saudi! Israel!" Shouts America running right after and catching Emirates, Saudi and Bahrain all messed up on the entrance of the department. "You guys are okay?" He asks not getting other answer but mumbles from them three.
"What happened here?" Asks Emirates holding his head feeling headaches from the impact.
Israel makes her run around them to America's back to keep herself safe, still crying her sorrys while bypassing them.
"We are really sorry for this." Apologies America lifting a hand while the other holds Israel as protection.
"AHHH… I feel like I was run by a giant camel on high speed!" Shouts Bahrain lifting his face from the ground and spiting the outside dust. "AHH! My legs! Can't feel my legs!" He shouts trying to move his back with no success.
"Saudi it's on top of us you idiot!" Complains Emirates pushing Saudi's body away from his leg which had too got stuck.
"Help!" Shouts Bahrain not having the same strength to push him.
"Oh, shut up!" Complains Saudi, feeling more headache than before with all the screams and the impact, but manages to get off of Bahrain to let him crawl away from him.
"Saudi! I told you to not do anything reckless! You promised!" Scolds America only remembering Saudi why he was so angry in the first place.
Saudi ignores the pain and lifts up from the ground, limping on America's direction. Israel holds tight America's arm fearing what he intended to do.
"Saudi…!"
"Don't come with 'Saudi this' or 'Saudi that'! And don't call me reckless when you allowed the foolishest thing to this shrimp!" He growls interrupting America.
"Easy there! We could have had this talk more calmly! Look the mess you made all by yourself!"
"Was your girl's fault!"
"What it's going on?! Why are we all screaming with each other?!" Screams Emirates getting between them.
"If you know nothing about it just stay away!" Shouts Saudi not thinking with all the heat on his brain.
"Why me needs to get away?! You the one who came like maniac against me in the first place!"
"Guys! You're getting too much attention on you! Please stop screaming!" Complains America in the same tone as them.
"You the one who is screaming!" Scolds Saudi and Emirates at the same time.
"How did I even got here in the first place?" Questions Bahrain looking around what seemed to be Israel's room.
"What do you mean how?! You insisted in coming!" Scolds Emirates on his right with his arms crossed and looking away from them all very grumpy.
"Yeah… but I didn't know we were going to this place."
"Got any problem with my place?" Mumbles Israel looking him down with her hands on her hips. Finally getting over of her emotional phase.
"I didn't mean that away…" He whispers very uncomfortable.
"You keep quiet!" Scolds Saudi right after to Israel. He was sat on Bahrain's left, also with his arms crossed but looking at Israel and America, the only ones standing up.
"Don't tell me to keep quiet on my own room! And who told you, you could use my bed as a couch?!"
"You don't have any better seat, you stupid!" Mumbles Saudi.
"And plus, we don't want anyone to see us together with you! So shut up!" Scolds also Emirates, looking slightly at her before turning back.
Israel bobbles her cheeks getting annoyed by their authoritarianism on her own room.
"America!" She calls outs, making him sigh while scratching his head.
"You brought this to yourself Israel…" He whispers.
"I said I was sorry!" She whines.
"You apologies are worthless after what you have done to me!" Scolds Saudi.
"What she has done to you?" Asks Bahrain focusing him, while Emirates too looks back curious to know what had happened.
"I rather not talk about it…" He whispers with a dark aura.
"I would never do that if you weren't always so hot-headed…" Excuses herself holding her hands nervously.
"Shut up!" He shouts again.
"Enough playing around guys. There has been a misunderstood here." Says America lifting his hands to make them calm down.
"Oh yeah?! Israel didn't seem to misunderstand of what you promised her!" Scold Saudi.
"Okay, what happened? I can already smell more problems coming." Says Emirates finally turning to them and uncrossing his arms. Before America could say anything, Saudi speaks faster.
"Oh it's more than that. After so damn ridiculous effort to try to open a safe road for Palestine and Israel to become friends and have both as official countries this American idiot decided to throw everything away by accepting Jerusalem as Israel's only capital."
"What?!" Shouts Bahrain and Emirates both in shock.
"Wait! Wait! Wait! I never said it would only go to Israel, but right now she is the only one who is an official independent country and holds a good part of it! I took this decision to pressure on Palestine to move forward in making peace with Israel, to get the other part of the land!" Explains America's himself feeling being burned alive by those six eyes full of hate.
"How could you reach such ridiculous plan?! Do you think with Hamas Palestine will have a wise mind when he hears this? He will get worse than he already is!" Scolds Bahrain.
"Exactly! This is the most stupid thing I have ever heard in all my life!" Continuous Saudi crossing his arms very angry.
"Forget that! You will be only causing more division!" Completes Emirates following the same feeling as the other Arab Nations.
"No! I want what is rightfully mine! Jerusalem is mine!" Shouts Israel getting now their hatred focused on her.
"Don't be a fool! Didn't you heard America? He doesn't even intend to recognize all Jerusalem as yours, stop saying it's 'yours' when it isn't!" Calls down Emirates.
"No! You the ones who are fools! America's pushing things forward! Be passive has not brought us any good!" Answers Israel focusing them with the same intensity.
"Look… I know this sounds crazy, but I trust this can bring something good, and Israel really deserves that piece of land, she has kept it for so many years, why bother her now to have it?" Asks America.
"Why? Why?! Can't you see what you're saying to the other countries with this reckless attitude? You are saying 'Screw Palestine! Israel is the only one that truly deserves this land!'. Can you imagine just how happy Iran will be when he hears this new?! How all other Arab Nations will be embarrassed because you?!" Saudi grits his teeth trying to control his growing anger with a lot of difficulty. "Worst, how stupid and ridiculous I will feel for unconsciously help to get to this situation?! For Allah's sake! Everyone thinks I'm now friendly with Israel and you want to blow up my lack of good reputation with that?! You might just shot me and I would still hold some dignity!"
"Saudi is right! I'm also part of this! Don't we mean anything to you? Can't you for once give us a bit of your trust and let us do things our way where no one will get hurt?" Asks Emirates.
America pounds their words, holding his chin while thinking. They couldn't hide their anger and fear for the future on that moment, even Israel was focused on him with puppy eyes expecting him to keep his promise.
It was a very sensitive issue. There was no right or wrong answer. It was move forward or stay quiet. Pleasure Israel or the Arab Nations. Always the same different sides of the coin he kept playing, daring endlessly the dangerous game of luck.
"No." He says calmly making them all hold theirs breaths shocked by his quietness despise the hard situation is discussion.
"No?!" Shout the three Arab Nations.
"No." He repeats himself focusing them with caution. "What you mean your way? Haven't I gave you enough time? The only moments I have seen some positive action here was when I dared to shake up this place."
"Shake up?! You mean like that stupid deal you sign up with Iran?! Don't you dare speak like a Hero when you caused most of our the problems!" Scolds Saudi.
"And you're the cause Israel got too strong and that now she constantly beats up Palestine!" Continues Bahrain.
"And I'm not going to even mention how you turn Iran and Iraq insane!" Says Emirates surprising America with the reminder making him cynically laugh too loud.
"You're joking, right? You must be joking. You dare to speak like you were all innocent on all of this! Didn't you also cause the Iraq-Iran war? Didn't you supported it to weak them both till they reached insanity? Didn't you feed Palestine with vague hopes to get what you wanted? And now you complain cause I got successful on my ways, and you guys didn't? It's obvious with Israel and Palestine's example of how things really work here, or don't work at all in this place. I can't wait for you because, the same way you were pointless with keeping Palestine safe and steady, I know you will fail on this issue too. You just can't do anything right without me!"
Bahrain, Emirates and Saudi turn blue with the America's aggressive speech. Saudi wished he had really just shot him, it would be less painful than this.
"Stop talking like we can't do anything right!" Screams Bahrain lifting from his seat. "How dare you?! Just because we got some help from you, you think you can scold us now and treat us like children?!"
"You own a big debt to me, and you always will." America's boldness triggers Bahrain's wrath.
"We had no choice! You turned us into this! If we had the chance, we could have done things our way!"
"I have help you made you rich, why are you complaining now?" America lifts an eyebrow seeing Bahrain lose his voice and sit back down with Saudi and Emirates visibly broken and silent. "Don't take me wrong guys. I cherish each of you, that's why I maintain and support your economies, but I demand from your side loyalty and respect for my decisions, specially the hardest ones."
"I do not support this. And never will." Whispers Emirates not looking up.
"I don't need your support on this, I would never ask such thing from you, just keep quiet about it and don't do any more reckless action." Answers America.
"What you're doing is wrong, you will regret it America." Warns Saudi.
"Don't come tell me what I'm doing wrong Saudi Arabia, after what you have done."
After the final words from America they all went silent, until Israel broke feeling too much tension among them and lack of courage to speak up again.
"So, does that mean I get to get…?"
"Yes, you do. Congratulations Israel, lets hope we can come up with a good worldwide respond."
Hello there, just to warn that there will be no update for a while, I will be out, travelling, so I got no time to write and don't know if I will any time sooner since I'm a student too.
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