Chapter 4

Jenifer POV

The next morning, Minaxy and I woke up bright and early as we usually did. We showered and got dressed before meeting each other downstairs. She was wearing some black skinny jeans and a white ripped off shoulder top with a black tube top under. Her black leather combat boots with spikes complimented the look. I was in some jeans and a black tee with knee high grey leather combat boots. We walked into the kitchen and greeted our boyfriends.

"Morning." We both said kissing their cheeks. While Minaxy made breakfast for Sammy, I wrote down what the boys needed to do for today. The countries were still asleep. "Bye." We said pecking their lips and running out. We went into the HotTopic for our shifts and began to help the customers.

"Hey you two." Gretchen said with a smile. Gretchen is a very nice girl, she's a year younger than us. She went to the same orphanage as us. Even though she's naive, she's a very sweet girl. She actually noticed that we were gone and immediately asked us where we were and if we were hurt. To say we were shocked would be an understatement.

~flashback~

We were walking back to the orphanage. We were sad about the leaving the countries, but it had to be done. Minaxy was biting her lip and she looked tense. I could tell she wouldn't be getting over this for a while. We snuck in since everyone should be asleep by now. When we went into our room, we found a girl already there. She had medium length maroon hair and big brown eyes. She had small studs in her pierced ears. She was just a bit tanned and was biting her lip. She looked just a bit younger than us. We blinked at her.

"Um, I wanted to ask where you two were." She said as she stared at us. We crossed our arms in unison. I quirked an eyebrow and Minaxy did the same.

"Why would you like to know?" Minaxy asked defensively. The girl looked down.

"It's just... you two always seem so lonely. I was thinking you could use another friend." She said and looked up at us with sincere eyes. We shared a look. She looked sincere enough, so I don't see why not? But we had to make sure she wasn't doing this so she could hurt us later.

"How do we know these are your true intentions?" I asked. She bite her lip some more while trying to think of a way.

"Well, I've seen you two love anime. I'm an otaku myself, but choose not to show it-" Minaxy raised her palm up.

"Say no more! We shall take you under our wings, my dear." She said with shining eyes. I rolled my eyes at her enthusiasm at having a disciple to call "young grasshopper" with "Eye of the Tiger" blaring in the background as they poured over books and mangas while occasionally working out with Japanese related things. Ah yes, thats exactly what Minaxy's thinking. Meanwhile the girl's face broke out into a bright and happy smile.

"What's your name?" I asked.

"Gretchen." She replied smiling.

~end flashback~

"Hey Gretchen." We both chorused. She was still under our wings and learning things about anime and Japanese culture. She loved Minaxy's boy Sammy like her own little brother.

"You'll never guess what happened yesterday." Minaxy said in a hushed whisper.

"What?" Gretchen whispered back excitedly.

"The countries came." She whispered and Gretchen gasped.

"No way!" She whispered. Confused? Well, you see, we told Gretchen of our little adventure in the anime world. She was a big fan of Hetalia so she was in awe. She had begged us to tell her every detail we could. "Are you serious?" She asked and we both nodded. She sighed and leaned back. "Wow. It must be awkward with your boyfriends." She said wrinkling her nose. She never did like Jason or Kyle and didn't bother trying to hide it. We smiled at her.

"It did get pretty tense for a bit. I just hope we don't come home to our house in ruins and dead bodies all over the place." I said shuddering. Minaxy nodded in agreement.

"So what are you going to do?" Gretchen asked.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, I'm assuming Germany and Russia came with them since, according to you two, you both fell in love with those two." She said and we pursed our lips.

"Yes, but it'd be horrible of us to just dumb Jason and Kyle out of the blue like that. Not to mention, there's no guarantee that the countries will stay here for long." Minaxy said. We both turned to stare at her in shock. "What?" She asked defensively.

"It's just that, you're having a moment of wisdom." Gretchen said and I nodded. Minaxy tended to have moments like these where she suddenly said very wise and mature things. These moments didn't last long. She shrugged.

"Ooh, can I go meet them?" Gretchen asked excitedly. Minaxy and I shared a look.

"Sure, I guess." We said in unison. Gretchen smiled and we continued with work.

After our shifts, we all started walking through the forest. We laughed and joked around. We stumbled often as we randomly started running and that made us laugh even more. We broke out of the trees gasping for breath as we almost fell from our laughter. We walked in.

"We're home!" Minaxy and I chorused. Samuel ran downstairs and into Minaxy's arms.

"Momma!" He squealed excitedly.

"Hi sweetie." She said smiling before Samuel wriggled out of her hold and began to talk excitedly to Gretchen. "Maybe they're all in the living room." Minaxy said as she walked. We followed her and all sweatdropped. Kyle and Jason were tense as they ignored the countries and minded their own business. The countries were sitting around in random places and were ignoring Kyle and Jason's existence.

"Hey guys." Minaxy said in an attempt to lighten the mood.

"Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh." Gretchen kept chanting as she looked at the countries.

"Calm down Gretchen, they're people like you and I. Except they're anime characters." I said trying to get her to calm down and failing. "Everyone, this is Gretchen." I introduced her. Italy bounded up to her and she slightly blushed.

"Wow! You're a really pretty lady! Ve~" He said and she just blushed darker.

"Leave the poor girl alone you idiot." Romano said as he stood next to Italy. Minaxy and I snickered as we saw the small love triangle form.

"Do you know what's going on between those three?" Jason whispered as he and Kyle stared curiously.

"Shh, spoilers." Minaxy said as she pressed a finger to her lips and winked.