A/N: Sorry I take such long breaks in between chapters, I have a lot on my plate. Thank you to those of you who reviewed, it means a lot! As requested by anon, this chapter will be centered around Canada. Please review, and I hope you enjoy! (Warning: tobacco, anxiety)

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"May-day! May-day! We have offended someone!" A maple leaf shaped alarm was shrieking and flashing, causing Canada's mind to dissolve into chaos.

Outwardly, Canada's speed walk turned into a sprint as he emitted an ear-splitting wail that made other pedestrians cringe.

"We have to find Germany and apologize," shrieked Fear, "before he gets depressed and insecure and lazy with his work!"

"No, we need to convince other nations that his speech was actually useful!" Shouted Anger.

"Guys, can't we just go drown our sorrows in maple syrup-" Fear interrupted Joy with a slap to the face.

"WE DON'T DESERVE MAPLE SYRUP!"

"Idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot," grumbled Sadness, still rhythmically beating his head against the control panel.

Disgust had passed out in her chair from sheer horror.

Canada sprinted even more quickly, still making the shrill noise of distress as he passed Denmark and Norway in quick succession en route to the building in which the world meeting was held.

"WE'RE A HORRIBLE PERSON," Sadness was now collapsed on the floor, tugging at his curl while he rolled back and forth, "HORRIBLE!"

"Guys, please," begged Joy, "we need to calm down! Look, we're freaking people out." Canada stopped suddenly and scanned a small crowd of confused pedestrians. Headquarters was quiet for a moment. Disgust groggily dragged herself up using the control board, and promptly fainted again upon looking at the screen.

"WE'RE EVEN MORE HORRIBLE!" Sadness's scream broke the silence and restarted the chaos. Fear slammed his fist on a particularly large red button in the middle of the board, and the screeching of the alarm ceased.

"PEOPLE, PLEASE!" The other emotions immediately stopped their activities and stared collectively at the panicking Fear.

"We need to get out of here fast, before we make an even bigger fool of ourselves. Look, all those people are completely freaked out by us! They probably think we're a complete weirdo, and WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!"

Canada shrank into his suit, wishing he hadn't left Kumajiro at the hotel. As quickly and quietly as he could, he stiffly speed walked into a narrow alley. About five paces in, he slammed his back against the wall and tried to steady his rapid breathing.

"Hello," said a voice, causing Canada to jump a bit and whirl around to face the Netherlands.

"Don't scare me like that," he said hoarsely, eyeing the cigarette resting lazily between the nation's fingers.

"Can I have that?" Netherlands cocked an eyebrow.

"Thought you stopped smoking in the..." He paused at Canada's scathing glare. "Here." Canada shakily grabbed the cigarette and took a deep drag, resting his head on the wall of the alley as he exhaled. His emotions calmed immediately, relaxing in their seats.

"I don't know what happened, but I think you should go find your brother and tell him he's an ass," Netherlands said, reclaiming his cigarette.

"Yeah, that sounds good," Canada mumbled, pushing himself from the wall and timidly exiting the alleyway.

Anger was the first to recover from the turmoil that had occurred.

"When we find that ass, he is going down."

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Hi! Thanks again for all the great reviews! Sorry this got a bit angsty, but I developed this headcannon that Canada has social anxiety and got reluctant to let it go (I hope I portrayed that correctly, the last thing I want to do is offend anyone). Anyway, please review its your thoughts! Thank you for reading!