Hetalia Meets Wikipedia: Italy
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Chapter 4: Intermission- Pancakes? Why Didn't You Say So!?
"So." Taiyo-chan began as she played with the food on her fork. And okay, she may be just a tiny bit nervous.
After leaving the conference room, the four of them (five with Kumajiro) had made their way to the kitchen. And what a kitchen it was. All sleek lines, sharp edges, and all types of food products that you could only imagine. Way better than her own kitchen, though that may be due to the fact that it had to feed dozens of immortal representatives from across the globe with varying tastes in food and cuisine.
Once they had gotten to the kitchen, Matthew (Mattie, Matt, Canada, oh god, oh god, he is right there, standing right in front of her) had went to the cabinets and started the process of making pancake batter. And because he had been such a nice and (un)willing minion to her, she decided to help him with it.
(Though if she was being honest with herself, she was an absolute tragedy in the kitchen. It was why she was only really allowed to use the microwave and toaster at home. The stove if her parents were feeling generous regarding her luck with kitchen appliances.)
Hong Kong sat politely at the table, messing around with one of the fuses to his firecrackers. Taiyo-chan kind of wanted to ask him where exactly he got them from but that would be rather hypocritical, considering her own hammerspace capabilities.
Prussia (the lovable bastard, holy crap, she is seeing him with her own two eyes) simply spent the entire time banging his fists on the table. He chanted "Pancakes! Pancakes! Kesesese! Pancakes!" while he was at it. For a moment, he reminded her of her little brother whenever there was even a hint that they were having fries as part of dinner.
She felt like she was about to faint from just how surreal all of it was. But no, she was not going to faint. She was going to keep her cool (well as much cool as a fangirl could have)and play this day out and wring out every last bit of fun she can until she had to leave.
The pancakes were awesome. They were the right amount of fluffy while being firm enough that they didn't break apart once syrup was poured onto them. And could she just say just how amazing syrup from Canada was?
But now, after the food, she didn't know what to say.
Shit.
Taiyo-chan really could have asked them anything, these people have been alive for centuries. Could have asked them about all sorts of things about the people they've seen, the historic events they've witnessed!
And yet she couldn't find a. Single. Damn. Thing. To say.
God, what was wrong with her?!
'You are blowing your chances here!' She thought furiously. 'You are living the dream and you are letting your social anxiety take over! Get a grip!'
Thankfully, Canada cleared his throat and spoke up. "So, um, where do you exactly live?"
If she was interested in romance or anything of the like, Taiyo-chan would have kissed the northern nation. An opening! Praise the Lord!
"Oh, I'm from right here in the states." Taiyo-chan answered, keeping her cool. " More specifically, Miami, Florida."
"Oh It must be nice there." Matthew said softly.
Taiyo-chan grimaced. "Yeah, usually it is a pretty nice place to live, lots of sun and fun to go around. But a lot of thunderstorms have been showing up lately and Channel 6 and Channel 10 are saying that a hurricane will pass over South Florida."
"That sounds bad." Hong Kong stated as he ate some more of his pancakes.
"Oh it is. News reports are saying that the power lines have been going glitchy all over the state. But hey, no school for a week or two, so that's a plus in the situation." The girl stopped playing with her fork and reached over to take a sip of her drink. Mmm, apple juice.
Prussia, with his mouth stuffed with pancakes, made a comment.
Taiyo-chan blinked. "Excuse me?" She could only really understand people with stuffed mouths if they were family.
Gilbert swallowed down his food and belched loudly after he was finished. "I said how the hell did you manage to get here in the first place?"
"Oh that?" the girl waved her hand flippantly "This is just a class trip for my school. We got out of here before the storms came in, thank God for that. We flew for a day or two, stopped by an airport in Kansas, which by the way you guys should totally go there the weather is real nice, and then boarded another plane from there to here."
"Really, what kind of trip are you here for?" Canada asked.
"For my American History class. Supposedly, this trip is to 'teach us'" she made finger quotes with her hands "all about the beginnings of our government, the various laws and legislation, events taken place here all that type of stuff." Taiyo-chan ate another piece of her pancake.
"Frankly, I think they just took us here because a.) they always wanted to come here and b.) to terrify all those little problem children with the various punishments dished out in court and mentally traumatize the other kids." She smiled. "I find that last part funny."
Yeah, she could be a bit of a sadist. But only for those who deserve it. Most of the time.
The three males stared at her. Kumajiro snorted into his bowl. "Creepy."
Taiyo-chan stuck her tongue out at the bear. "Love ya too, Kuma."
"Well then, how did you exactly find us at all? The Meeting Room isn't exactly the most well-known place in this building?" Hong-Kong asked as he meticulously fixed one of the fuses on his firecrackers.
"Pfffttt!" Taiyo-chan flipped her hand up and down in an exaggerated gesture. "That was the easy part! When my class and I came in here, I split off from them and slipped out of the tourist area."
"Wouldn't your teacher or whatever notice that you were gone?" Gilbert asked.
"Oh, no biggie. I had a couple of my friends run interference for me. One of them decided to borrow one of my favorite hoodies to pose as me and quote things from our textbook at our teacher." Taiyo-chan grinned. "I wear that hoodie nearly everyday, so it works."
Gilbert snickered. "Your friend sounds fun."
Taiyo-chan grinned more widely. Yeah, Yuki-chan was such a chaotic soul, but she loved her anyways.
"I started to go to the main area of the building, you know, where all the non-public stuff happens. Made sure to avoid all of the guards that passed me by. Then," the girl smirked almost manically. "I just listened and followed the sounds of chaos and destruction."
Hong Kong stared at her and shrugged while Prussia started laughing again with Canada looking on worriedly. "Makes sense to me."
Taiyo-chan nodded her head vigorously at Hong Kong "Yep! And when I heard you all, it was like all my dreams were coming true in an instant. So of course I had to hurry and see you all in person."
"And that's why you decided that kicking down the door was a suitable option?" Matthew asked incredulously. This kind of behavior was disturbingly reminding him of how his brother Alfred would act. He dearly hoped that it wasn't a regular habit of hers. One Alfred was enough for him, he didn't think he could survive with another person just like him.
The teenager had the decency at least to look embarrassed with herself. "Yeah, I could have done that a little better."
Canada felt his hopes lift slightly. But then she shrugged. "But I have no regrets. None at all."
Matthew's hopes were suddenly dashed and he was now left to contemplating his decidedly less quiet and peaceful future.
As Canada thought about his impending doom, Gilbert decided to add his own two cents. "Ha! I like you! You really showed it to those killjoys back in the conference room." He sighed dramatically. "I wish that West was less of a tightass. You would think that having such an awesome person for an older brother like me, some of it would have rubbed off on him. But nooo…."
Really, why couldn't his little brother be more easygoing and do awesome things with him. Like going out on drinking binges or pranking Specs or just gracing everybody's presence with their combined epicness.
Taiyo-chan patted his hand in a consoling manner from across the table. "It's okay dude. I'm sure that buried underneath all of that strictness and calm is a totally awesome guy who's just waiting to be unleashed upon the world. Just you wait and see!"
Prussia gave her a grin at the statement. "Yeah you're right! All I have to do is try harder and show him just how cool it would be if he were just like me."
Canada muttered under his breath "That will be the day." But he was subsequently ignored.
(Nah, Taiyo-chan heard him. Hell, she agreed with him partly. But she wasn't about to say that out loud. Nope.)
"Speaking of the conference room do you think that we should go back now?" Kaoru asked everyone in the kitchen.
"Yes maybe we should. Wouldn't have everybody noticed that we left?" Matthew put in as he gave Kumajiro salmon covered in maple syrup. Where he got that from when they were eating pancakes shall remain a mystery.
"Nah, they won't notice. Lovino was too busy beating the shit out of Toni for anyone to notice us leaving." Gilbert assured.
"But aren't you worried about your best friend as he is possibly being murdered as we speak?"
"Antonio is totally fine. If Lovino hasn't killed him yet after all these years, he's not going to do it today."
Meanwhile back in the Conference Room
"DIE, YOU FUCKING BASTARD!"
"Fratello, no! Please don't hurt big brother Spain!"
"Somebody hold him back!"
"I can't- he's too slippery!"
"He's gonna kill him!"
"AAAAHHHHH!"
"Mon Dieu!"
"Good Lord! How is that man still alive?"
Back to the Kitchen
"Yeah, he's totally fine." Taiyo-chan said to Matthew, though he still didn't look convinced at all.
"I still think that we should be getting back."
"Why?" Taiyo-chan, Prussia and Hong Kong asked at the same time. The Asian nation was looked at in surprise. He shrugged. "I don't really want to go back. It's too boring. The only reason I go there at all is because China doesn't like to leave me by myself."
"Does this have to do with a certain incident which involved a certain nation setting off a crap load of fireworks inside a certain old nation's house, causing a massive fire to break out which nearly spread past the property line and into the city?" Gilbert asked with a slightly manic grin.
Kaoru didn't answer the question, simply raising an eyebrow and turned away to pick at his fireworks again.
Taiyo-chan smiled. "Nice." She turned back to Canada and held out her plate. "More pancakes?" She made sure to set her Kitty Eyes no Jutsu to maximum effect.
Matthew just sighed the sigh of a long-suffering minder. "Fine."
"Boo-yeah!" Gilbert and Taiyo-chan pumped their fists into the air and high-fived each other. Hong Kong held out his plate as well.
"More pancakes?" he asked dully.
Canada face-palmed.
It would never end.