After one particularly disastrous World Meeting, England loses it and yells at America, insisting that he can't take anything seriously to save his life. America takes this as a personal challenge. Eventual UsUk.

Ivan is a lonely sentinel standing in the fields, day in, day out. Little changes in his humdrum existence, pardoning the day his button eyes land on the village headman's son, Alfred Jones. Eventual Rusame, CanadaxEngland.

Alfred is a school geek with one last year to get though before leaving for collage. Ivan is always bullying and teasing him about his weight. Ivan has feelings for Alfred but has no idea how to express it. Then new student Ludwig, a German catches Alfred's eye and the other way around. Now Ivan has a rival and he wants to get rid of him.