Six Geese-A-Laying

Japan fiddled with the small, handpainted goose phone charm that was attached to her phone. She checked her list again. With the initial he had given her, the list was narrowed down to 22. A lot but still a good start.

But another problem was she also had to include the human names too. She sighed, "My age's catching up to me..."

Taiwan smiled, "Cheer up! If someone out there thinks you're important enough to be given 12 gifts, then he's worth the trouble! And also, it kinda gives off a sense of mystery to him."

Japan knew that very well. The sixth gift was sneaked into her bag amidst the chaos of Denmark screaming who he picked yesterday. Well, whoever he was, he wanted things to be done as quickly as they could have. It was a pleasant surprise this morning.

"Anyway," Taiwan said, changing the subject. "This is a nice place, have you been here before?"

Japan shook her head, "Prussia-kun regularly calls the former Axis for a small reunion."

Taiwan frowned, "He still hasn't bought me a new camera."

"I'll give it to you later," Prussia joins into the conversation. Taiwan pouted, "You better!"

Taiwan stood up to give Prussia a spot. She smiles at Japan, "I'll just tell sensei you won't be able to join us for lunch."

"Thank you, Taiwan-chan," Japan says before Germany joins them. He puts down a tray with his and his brother's orders. Japan takes a menu in between the salt and a napkin dispenser.

Germany sits beside Japan as his phone rings. He picks the call up as Italy's voice was heard shouting. "Oi, potato face! Help me and my idiota brother here!"

"Chigi! Fratello, please stop pulling your head away from mine, it's starting to hurt!"

Prussia snickered as Japan smiled. Germany sighs before standing up, "Their curls got tangled again."

"Bye West! Come back ASAP because I might just eat your order!" Prussia laughed as Germany exited the cafe, leaving Prussia and Japan alone.

A waiter took Japan's order as Prussia started sipping his coffee. Prussia asked about Japan's recent days and she told him about America who managed to win Romano over a poker game with Italy. Prussia's patience was miraculous as he just listened. The waiter with Japan's order arrived halfway through her story.

"So do you have any clues who your admirer is?" Prussia asked suddenly changing the subject. Japan blinked from the sudden change but answered anyway, "He sent my latest gift with an initial, "S"."

Prussia sipped the last of his coffee before saying, "If he's been giving you a steady stream of gifts, then he's worth the trouble alright."

Japan didn't give that much thought into Prussia's words but asked, "How would you know?"

The question gained a light blush from the albino, "I tried doing the 12 days of Christmas thing to Hungary and I got unawesomely beat up because she saw me delivering her fourth gift."

Japan chuckled, "Hungary-chan is indeed a strong character."

"Who do you suspect to be "S"?" Prussia asked, quickly changing the subject. Japan looked at her list before sliding it over to Prussia. He studied it for a few minutes before speaking again, "In my awesome opinion, you'd have a better chance with Switzerland and Sweden."

Japan thought back to the time she had some... pretty imaginative thoughts with Switzerland in it. It consisted of a lederhosen, a dress, and dancing. She shook her head to clear her mind of the certain thought.

Then Sweden, she wasn't really that close with him as they were acquaintances. She hadn't formally met him, although she met him on occasions she was in Germany's house and Denmark came over, drunk and still asking for more beer from Germany then the tallest Nordic would drag him back to Copenhagen. She eliminated him from the list, remembering the "juicy" photos Hungary had sent her once.

"Earth to Japan! Oi, you still there shorty?" Called out Prussia, snapping Japan from her thoughts. Japan blushed a bit from the nickname but nodded nonetheless.

The two noticed Germany, Italy and Romano outside. Italy was currently trying to push Romano off him as the older Italian caught him in a hug.

Prussia asked her, "Were you expecting someone else? An awesome crush?"

Japan nodded but then frowned in dismay, "It has been a really long time ago, back when I was a young nation myself."

He smiled at her, "Don't worry, you'll find out who "S" is sooner or later."

Longer chapters ftw!

Chapter Notes:

Idiota (It.) - stupid, idiot

Fratello (It.) - Brother

Lederhosen (Gr.) - are breeches made of leather they may be either short or knee-length

"Prussia asked about Japan's recent days and she told him about America who managed to win Romano over a poker game with Italy." - This is a reference to one of my favorite fanfics of all time, Bets & Bribes by rajikka.