a/n: I don't own hetalia. Also, Kaoru is Hong Kong . i dont think i explained that before.

An Island From Hell

Chapter Three: The Neighbors

Iceland's POV:

Mari stares at Kaoru, who is smiling nervously. "…What did you say?" He asks blankly and Kaoru shrugs. "Well…you know…you two look similar…you might be his brother…" He backs away from the silent boy and sits down on his bed. "I don't look like him. Don't ever say that." Mari says pointedly as he sits next to Kaoru on the bed. "It's not an insult…he's a good looking guy." "Oh? So you have a crush on Tore…? Mathias has called dibs…whether Tore knows it or not…" Kaoru shrugs and looks over as his baby panda crawls up to them.

"I think…you really like Tore. You're just too shy to act kind and loving." The brunette points out and Mari glares at him, pulling the panda into his arms. "I can be whatever I want. If I want to be loving…I can be loving…" Mari mutters into the panda's fur, blushing. Kaoru's eyes get a strange glint in them and he leans slightly towards Mari. "I don't think you can. You can't show the smallest sign of affection towards anyone you care about. The closest you come to it is a rare smile."

Mari leans toward Kaoru, annoyed. "And just what am I supposed to do to show I care?" "Well…a lot of friends hug…" Kaoru offers and Mari blushes, moving away and staring at the floor. "Only female friends hug…" The smaller boy mumbles and stands up. "I'm…kind of…tired…I should go home." Kaoru looks at his nervous friend with a sly smirk. "I told you that you couldn't do it."

"D-displays of affection have nothing to do with hugging..." Mari mutters and Kaoru shrugs. "Oh well…denial is fine I guess, it looks cute on you after all." "D-denial…? C-cute! I'M NOT-!" Kaoru gets up and pats him on the head. "Don't worry…Tore understands why you are so opposed to the idea. He understands you…like a brother would." Mari glares at him.

"D-damnit…" He moves Kaoru's hand away and kisses him on the cheek before stomping off. Kaoru goes bright red as he watches the boy, raising a hand to his cheek in shock. "…Where…are you going…?" "To prove you all wrong!" Mari yells and Kaoru stares at him in shock. "W-wait a minute! You're upset so just wait for me!" The brunette quickly runs after the other boy.

Norway's POV:

Tore stares at Mathias angrily. "Exactly what did you do to Berwald?" Mathias rolls his eyes and sits down on the couch. "That fucker asked for it!" "I highly doubt that…." Tore mutters and sits in a chair across from him. "I'm serious damnit! All I did was have Tino over for a few months when I first moved in and he went overboard!" Mathias exclaims and Tore looks at him unconvinced.

"You know what I think happened?" Tore says and Mathias glares. "What do you think?" "I think…you moved in and forced Tino to come over and take care of you." The smaller blonde says and Mathias blushes. "That's not what happened!" Tore stands up and heads to the door. "I will just go ask Tino…" "WHAT! DON'T DRAG HIM INTO THIS!" Mathias yells, following him out the door.

Tino and Berwald's:

Tore knocks on the door and Berwald opens it. "Come on in, Tore." Mathias comes running up and the two lock eyes, before Berwald slams the door shut. "Mathias is so stupid…" Tore mumbles and Tino smiles at him, their little boy in his arms. "Now Tore…be kind to him. He is just a bit awkward." "Awkward my ass. He is a selfish little brat." Berwald mumbles and Tore nods. "This is true. He definitely is." Tino sighs in defeat. "He will grow on you, Tore. Trust me on this, he will."

Tore and Berwald twitch in unison. "Not a chance in hell." Peter laughs a little before getting out of Tino's arms. "So Tino…why are Berwald and Mathias at such odds?" Berwald goes to say something, only to have Tino shush him. "Come into the living room." Tore follows Tino into an alarmingly white room with stuffed animals arranged on the couch, where a small white puppy is curled into them. "I'm sorry about Hanatamago. He really likes the stuffed animals!"

The two blonds sit down on the couch. "Well…as you and…everyone else on this island knows, Berwald and Mathias don't get along. They fight over me." Tino explains and Tore looks at him confused, so the older blonde continues. "When Mathias first moved in he was completely lost and hopeless, like any other fourteen year old would be.

"So I went over and helped him out. I stayed with him for the first two nights and when I went to go back home he kept coming up with problems for a whole month. Then finally Berwald…well…kidnapped me back. Since then they have been at each other's throat." Tore sighs and feels an overwhelming urge to apologize for Mathias, since the idiot wouldn't do it himself.

"It's alright though. I'm sure they will get along eventually!" Tino says, smiling brightly and Tore feels sympathy for the overly optimistic man. "Ah…yeah…" Tore looks around the living room before noticing a head peaking in through the window. Mathias, said head, grins at Tore.

"I'm sorry, Tino. I must go now…" Tore says calmly as he cracks his knuckles. "It was nice having this talk with you…" Tino smiles at him, oblivious to the now murderous aura Tore is giving off. "You too! Stop by anytime!" Tore nods and heads out.

Iceland's POV:

Hospital:

Kaoru stares over at a boy getting his blood drawn and crying. "Looks painful…" He mutters and feels a hand suddenly capture his from beside him. "Not funny." Mari mumbles in a shaky voice and Kaoru sighs. "Why exactly do you need to get your blood drawn anyways?" "I-I'm going to prove once and for all I am not related to Tore." The smaller boy says in what he thinks is a confident tone, completely unaware of the trembling in his voice. "Hm…you are weird. Can't you ask your mother if she gave up a kid?" Kaoru asks and Mari shakes his head.

"If it's true and she left him on those terms…she's not going to tell me." They both fall silent as the little boy in the chair finally finishes and runs into his mother's arms bawling. "…Maybe I can use another way…like…my hair. Or saliva. Yes, let's do that." Mari says and gets up, only to have Kaoru pull him back down into his seat. "You'll be fine. This is the most accurate way anyways."

The smaller boy pouts at the other. "You don't know that…" "No, but it would make sense. By the way…what are you using to compare it with?" Kaoru asks as Mari tenses up in his seat, his turn coming soon. "I-I asked them…and they agreed to compare some blood they have on file of his with mine…" Mari explains and Kaoru rolls his eyes. "Just how much is this costing you?" "Nothing. It's costing my mother a lot though." Kaoru twitches.

"You'll get in trouble." Mari glares at nothing in particular. "Less trouble then she will be in if I figure out Tore is my brother." Kaoru smiles a little at him. "You do care about Tore, don't you?" Mari blushes and glares at him. "You have no proof." "Dere dere~ Mari." Kaoru teases, a smirk now on his face. "Shut up." Mari demands, pouting. They sit in silence again before one of the nurse's call Mari's name.

Mari looks over at Kaoru. "Are you coming with me?" Kaoru looks at him then down to the boy's hand squeezing his. "Yes, I'm coming." They head into the small room full of windows. "What's with all the windows…?" Mari whispers to Kaoru, who whispers back. "Secretly all the people who draw blood are sadists and like to showcase the pain they're causing you." The smaller boy tenses up at that and looks at the nurse nervously.

She smiles at him and rolls up his sleeve. "So you're here for a DNA test, huh? I've seen you at school. I'm the nurse Katyusha." Mari looks at Kaoru confused. "She's Principle Ivan's older sister." The smaller boy goes even paler and lets out an involuntary whimper. "Oh no! She's nicer than Ivan! Don't worry!" Kaoru exclaims and Katyusha looks at them confused. "My brother is nice. What do you mean?" "J-just h-hurry up!" Mari pleads and Katyusha smiles at him.

"You're scared, huh? Well it's natural…Kaoru please try to distract him." Katyusha says as she goes to pull out a needle. Kaoru turns Mari's head to face him instead of the nurse. "Now Mari…um…why do you have such a huge problem with Tore being your brother? It's better than Mathias being it, right?" Mari continues to tremble and glares halfheartedly at Kaoru. "N-not working."

Kaoru looks over to Katyusha, who sighs. "You need to get him to stay still, Kaoru." Mari looks up at Kaoru. "C-can we just leave?" "Dude, you're already in here. Don't back out now. You just need a really good distraction…" "Nothing is gonna-!" Kaoru cuts Mari's sentence short by leaning in and giving him a small peck on the lips, effectively stunning the boy. Katyusha giggles a little before drawing the blood. "We're all done, Mari~!" Mari doesn't budge.

"Hm…well, I'll just take him then." Kaoru says, standing the boy up and walking him out. "Have a good day, boys~!" Katyusha coos.

Out of the hospital:

Mari finally snaps out of it and jumps away from Kaoru. "Wh-what-! Wh-why-! C-couldn't you have done something else!" Kaoru thinks for a second before smirking. "I could've…but why not take the opportunity?" Mari blushes. "O-opportunity…?" Kaoru pats him on the head and directs him to his house. "Why don't you go home and get some rest? I'll talk to you tomorrow at school."

Mari watches Kaoru leave in a slight daze; whether it was from the blood loss or possible confession from his new friend, he wasn't sure. "Oh god…" He mumbles before heading into his house. When he enters he sees Mathias laying on the couch and Tore straddling his waits, bandaging a shallow gash on his head.

"What happened here?" He asks blankly and Tore looks over to him. "Anko uzai is stupid and couldn't even take a punch, so he ended up slamming his head into something." "A statue…" Mathias groans out. "That's what you get for trespassing in the neighbor's yard. I tried to get out there before Berwald, but he must have an idiot sensor. Too bad for you." Tore says in what would be a scolding voice if it wasn't so calm.

"Well that's lovely…have fun on the couch you two…" Mari says, earning a slight blush from Tore and a deep one from Mathias. "I'm gonna go lay down for awhile…" The youngest boy says and heads for the bed he shares with Tore. "Wait." Tore commands and walks up to the boy. "You don't look very good. Are you sick?" Mari flinches a little as the other boy's cold hand rests on his forehead.

"I'm not sick, I got my blood drawn." "Why?" Tore asks blankly. "Because I want to make sure we aren't related." Mari answers and Tore nods. "I see…" Tore then turns around and goes back over to Mathias. "I will make something to help get your energy up." He says as Mari heads to the room. "Nn, thank you."

Norway's POV:

Kitchen:

"Hand me the potatoes, Anko uzai." Tore says and Mathias brings him the peeled potatoes. "Here ya go! Poor Mari looked so out of it when he went to bed." Mathias says and Tore smirks a little. "I bet he did." "N-Norge! Do not take pleasure from his pain!" Tore rolls his eyes and hits Mathias on the head. "Idiot, Kaoru confessed his feelings for Mari." Mathias shrieks in a very womanly voice.

"WHHHAAAAAAAT! OUR LITTLE MARI IS ALREADY BEING LUSTED AFTER!" Tore twitches and eyes the knife next to him, wondering if he could get a shortened sentence for murder if it was Mathias. "…Love and lust are not exactly the same, Anko uzai." "Well that's true…but still…" Mathias mumbles and Tore glares over at him. "Also, he is not 'our little Mari'. He might be my little brother, but that's not sure yet. And whether he is or not, you call him yours again and I'll hurt you."

Mathias sighs. "You don't want me to have anything, do you~?" "Nothing that is living." Tore says and Mathias smirks, wrapping his arms around Tore from behind. "You're like a possessive wife~!" Before Tore gets a chance to stab him with something Mathias pulls away and runs off, cackling. "Idiot…"

a/n:...*twitch* i fail so hard! my computer sucks so hard! i lost my word together-ness-dom. i THINK i have it back now...but you never know...also...HOW COULD I HAVE NOT SAID KAORU IS HONGKONG! . oh well. XD I like Katyusha...er...Ukraine. Her big boobs and their special sound effects are just awesomely hilarious.