Warnings: Very mild language? That's about it.
For this story, Kaoru = Hong Kong and Mei Mei = Taiwan. I came up with neither of these fannames myself. I also do not own Hetalia, or the pictures these drabbles were based off of. As I said previously, these drabbles are all based off of other people's pictures, and I will very merrily send the pictures to anyone who asks for them.
Please enjoy~! Don't expect too much, though -._-.)
BUNDLE UP He bundles her up in a scarf and smiles that dazzing smile, and she instantly forgets that she's mad at him. Trying to keep a grudge against Im Yong Soo is like trying to keep Alfred from a hamburger: impossible.
She eyes the worn scarf, focusing on the stitching ("Scarves originated in Korea!" "No they didn't, you idiot."), and she realizes it is handmade ("...This scarf did anyway, da ze."). She wonders if it had taken him long to make. The idiot in front of her has boundless energy but no attention span, and he often crashes from his energy high around 10 pm. In all of the years they have lived together, Mei Mei has always fallen asleep after Im Yong Soo. So she wonders...
"When did you make this?" she asks, pulling the scarf over her nose to hide her red cheeks. "You really didn't need to..."
"Didn't I?" he asks, confused, tilting his head to the side. It is a very cute gesture, and she tells him to stop it, because she's supposed to be the cute one. "You were complaining about the winter earlier, weren't you, noona?"
Leave it to Yong Soo to pay attention to the gist of what she is saying, but to miss the important details. She indeed complained about the winter, though not becuase of the cold, but because her favorite Taiwanese restaurants close down until a warmer season. Despite this, she says, "Yeah...thanks, I guess." She wraps the other end of the too long, badly stitched scarf around Yong Soo's neck, and they walk through the snow.
Mei Mei realizes indignantly just how much taller Yong Soo has gotten. He's too tall for her to nonchalantly lean upwards and place her flower in his hair when they take pictures (because he always looks so goddamned perfect in pictures), but he still smiles down at her. And when she leans to the side, she realizes her head fits perfectly on his shoulder, so she doesn't hold a grudge against him for this, either.
NOTICE ME She is crying over Kiku. Again.
Kaoru stands in the background, watching his sister/best friend/crush sob into a handful of cherry blossoms. Kiku promised to see them with her this spring. Instead, he went to visit his new friends, Ludwig and Feliciano.
Yao has told her time and time again not to trust Kiku. Im Yong Soo has tried to distract her by grabbing her breasts. (The rest of the Asian family quickly correct this behavior by slapping Yong Soo upside the head). Kaoru has done...nothing.
He wants to send her a sympathetic or reassuring glance, but his face comes out as expressionless as ever. It is the first time he curses his detachedness from emotional situations. He kisses the tips of her long, raven hair as she walks by, thinking fervently 'Notice me. Notice me.' Of course the silent plea goes unanswered.
Kaoru doubts that he could ever replace Kiku in her heart or that he would be able to say the strong words or perform the bold actions he wants to. Even as she stands feet in front of him, crying, he is unable to take her into his arms or offer her words of comfort. He feels paralyzed and useless.
Watching her cry and feeling guilty, Kaoru remembers something. He trots into the house, figuring his last hope is *that*...
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Mei Mei looks up from the handful of cherry blossoms in her hands when she hears a high-pitched noise, like a whistle. She looks up into the night sky, where there is a boom and a beautiful explosion of red, white, and blue. Like her flag. And while she knows there must be many other flags with this color scheme,when it explodes into the shape of a sun, she knows this must be a Taiwanese firework. She sniffles and gives a little smile, the pretty sight making her a little calmer. She doesn't even have to look around to know that Kaoru is hiding behind the corner with fireworks equipment.
"Kaoru~!" she calls. She drops the cherry blossoms in her hand, and Kaoru sneaks out from behind the corner with a stoic face that has a hint of a blush.
(A/N: EDITED on 9/10 with the help of The Fairy Cake! Thanks/grazie/danke/spasiba/merci/arigato/xie xie/other languages that I'm too lazy to google :DDDD
OH GOD. EVEN THOUGH I JUST GOT A LESSON ON CHEESINESS. I apologize. ;_; This was my first time ever writing the Asians, and I don't think Hong Kong or Taiwan show up enough. I had to take some liberties with their personalities. And Korea...I don't know. I LOVE LOVE LOVE his character, but I'm not sure if I got it all that good. But meh :D
Also! I have several of these "heterotalia" drabbles already written. I have AmeBela, AmeViet, AustraliaWy, AusHun, BelaRus, CanSey, EngBela, FraSey, HKTai, ItaLiech, JapTai, JoanFrance, KorTai, PolHun, PruHun, RomaniaHungary, RomanoBelgium, UkrRus, and VietFra drabbles prepared. Please leave a review saying which of the previously listed pairs you would like to see next, and I'll try to post a drabble accordingly.
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