Juli:
Første juli:
Bulgaria:
Dragomir Ivanovich, the Personification of the Nation of Bulgaria, suggested, as he'd done for the past decades, that he could hitchhike his way over to the Black Sea.
As they'd done for the past decades, his Boss and other leading politicians had vetoed his suggestion.
It was too dangerous they felt, for the Nation himself to subject himself to the perils of hitchhiking. They would've preferred if none of the citizens did it either.
All Dragomir's arguments about how he was a Nation, how he couldn't die, and how he'd survived worse, all fell for deaf ears, and he'd to surrender. Just like he'd done for the past decades.
So, he went through his usual routine for getting to the Black Sea, singing along as he was escorted in a bulletproof car (that fortunately was smaller than the one he'd sat in last year), then followed by a bodyguard whom stood a bit out among the participants, in the loosest term as this event wasn't an organized one.
Dragomir quickly found his fire and started singing on cue as one of the others sitting around started strumming his guitar.
He closed his eyes while he sang and felt the first rays of the sun touch his face.
Canada:
Because of his brother's birthday being only three days after his, Matthew Williams, Personification of Canada, never had many people coming over.
The few notable exceptions were Carlos Machado, Cuba, Gilbert Beilschmidt, Prussia, and his boyfriend, Francis Bonnefoy, France.
More people sent gifts; Arthur, England, whom was unable to come each year because it was around this time he got sick because of Alfred's, USA, birthday approaching, Alfred himself, whom were occupied with arranging his birthday party (ever since the last time the Olympic Games had been held in Canada, Matthew had refused to "help", in essential being the one doing all the work, him) Elizaveta, Hungary, whom worked extra hours to get some time off for 4th of July (when she would bring her camera), Michelle, Seychelles, whom were one of the few whom always remembered him, Lilly, Liechtenstein, and Chernenko, Ukraine, both because they were nice people.
Matthew had found that he didn't mind having a small, intimate party. Leave the fireworks and big bangs to Alfred; Matthew preferred to focus on exquisite cuisine.
The day started with Francis, having stayed the night over, woke Matthew up with sweet caresses and a Canadian-style breakfast. Then it was all a matter of doing the final preparations around the house, and especially in the kitchen, getting showered and dressed.
Gilbert and Carlos arrived at the same time, having travelled together, bearing gifts and taking turns hugging Matthew.
To avoid Carlos confusing Matthew with Alfred, Matthew was wearing a maple leaf-shaped crown.
The rest of the day, they ate, listened to Canadian music, watched Matthew opening his gifts and played field lacrosse.
Author's notes:
I don't own Hetalia