To Francis, the world meeting was nothing short of torturous. He was first thrown into a wall by Hungary, nearly shot by Switzerland, cursed by England, maimed by China… all justifying themselves by saying they did that out of self-defense against the pervert.

It was lunch break now, and Francis stared quizzingly into the reflective silver plates, he sighed at his reflection. He indeed looked like a villain. Complete with gleaming eyes and stubbles.

Next to him, Belarus stumbled into her seat as Russia pushed and ran away from her at the speed of light. The girl fumed but did not give chase. Francis smiled knowingly.

"What are you smiling at," Belarus hissed.

Francis blinked, he did not expect Belarus to notice. He froze when he felt a chilling presence behind him.

" Natalya, I'll handle him, you run," Hungary smirked and flipped her frying pan gleefully.

Belarus frowned, did Hungary seriously asked her to run away from this...delicate man fidgeting next to her ?

"What did he do ? " She asked almost innocently, if one could ignore the many knives dangling from her belt.

" You don't know ?! This pervert stalked and sneaked into his baby brother Canadia's room !" Elizaveta shouted indignantly.

Francis felt tears well up in his eyes., but Belarus' gleamed happily.

" You love your own brother too ?" She smiled so beautifully that even the most fragrant roses paled in comparison.

" **O-of course I love Matthieu !**" Francis stuttered out. Of course he does, he raised Matthew afterall.

" Then from today on, you will be my friend !" The blond girl ordered and clung to him tightly.

" Now leave Elizaveta, you are scaring my friend !"

Only until that moment did Francis realized that perhaps Belarus misunderstood his love towards Matthew…

Finally, when Belarus decided to leave for the washroom after gossiping with France like a teenage girl for hours, a certain Russian scrambled out under the table. He beamed childishly and turned slowly to Francis.

The Frenchman paled and prepared to make a mad dash away from Ivan, who was certainly going to burst into overly-protective older brother mode and strangle him alive for even going near Natalya.

The Russian tiptoed near the wavy-haired blond, towering over him with ease, and raised his ripped, muscular arms high high above the air.

Francis closed his eyes tightly as Spain, Prussia, and surprisingly England leaped up from their seats in alarm . Russia's pale arms closed down as swift as a runaway bullet, making the French nation looked as petite and small like never before. England's arm reached out desperately and Prussia screamed in rage-

"..."

" Thankyouthankyouthankyou comrade," Russia murmured into France's delicate ear, wrapping the confused nation into a warm hug.

Prussia's howl faltered into a few pathetic stutters, and France blinked in surprise, then he smiled, genuinely.

"Your smile is lovely, you should smile more ! " Ukraine came over and ruffled Francis' hair like a mother.

Francis blushed and hid in Russia's embrace. First befriending and listening to Belarus' (strangely entertaining) gossip, then getting scared to death by Russia, then got hugged by Russia, and finally got complimented genuinely? Shut up.

He turned to see Prussia and Spain dragging him away forcefully, and England sashaying up to him. He barely heard it when the angry Brit flicked him in the forehead and told him that he nearly got a heart attack. Belarus lecturing Russia to treat France delicately, and Ukraine laughing mirthfully in the background.

He entered the second round of the world meeting flanked by new and old friends alike, and the world marvelled at the beautiful sound of the Frenchman's laughter.

Well technically not the whole world, Kiku, Elizaveta and Matthew were too busy blushing at a certain recording.

" O-of course I love Matthieu !"

A.N So now we got: Russia, Belarus, Prussia, Spain, England, Ukraine, Hungary and Canada involved ! Prussia's plan would also be put into motion soon.

Comment on what other characters you want. And yes this is a romance story so please don't kill me for adding so many unromantic stuff at first ! As quoted from another reader's review on another of my works, things will go from '0 TO 100 REAL QUICK'