Nine Ladies Dancing
"A purple rose?" Monaco questioned. Japan nodded, "What does it mean?"
The blonde put her free hand on her chin, the other one holding her cards. "I do believe it means first love, fascination, and adoration."
Both girls put their hand of cards down as they waited for the other female nations to arrive.
It was common for the female nations hang out every once in a while and just be girls. They would usually avoid the topic of politics and anything that involved with them being nations. Their topics would range from music, clothes, new recipes, and anything that would be normal enough for women.
"Why do you ask?" The European said, collecting the cards and shuffling them. Japan explained the gifts and the letter from yesterday. Monaco's attention was full on her story.
"That's so sweet of him," she commented, reshuffling the cards as they saw Ukraine and Belarus approaching the table they reserved for the night.
Ukraine smiled brightly at them, "Good evening, Monaco and Japan."
Belarus muttered a greeting, "Hi."
Japan waved as Monaco nodded. The sisters took their seat. The four played a friendly round of poker as they waited for the others to arrive. A waitress arrived with some drinks and several appetizers a few minutes later.
Hungary, Czech, and Liechtenstein arrived a few minutes later, followed by Taiwan and Vietnam. Belgium, Seychelles, and Wy arrived a tad bit later.
"All right! Let's order some food first!" Seychelles suggested. They ordered dinner and had some pleasant conversations while eating.
They ordered cake afterwards and Taiwan bought up the subject of Japan's gifts. The Asian had a blush rise on her face.
"Oh!" The older women looked towards Wy who seemed to remember something. She pulled a white envelope out of her bilby-shaped bag.
The girls passed it until it got to Japan who was looking extremely anxious. Taiwan, who sat next to her, gave her a reassuring squeeze on the arm. The rest of the ladies, leaned in, interested.
Japan opened the envelope.
"On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…"
Right as Japan read it out loud, the ecstatic strum of guitar rippled through the dining area. All the patrons of the restaurant, including the ladies, looked at the source. There were three men, who wore suits, fedoras, gloves and carnival masks, which looked suspiciously familiar. One of the men had a guitar.
The man started to play a lively dance song as his companions strode over to the ladies. The man with the red mask went over to Japan and let out a gloved hand, asking for a dance.
Japan cautiously put her hand in the man's outstretched palm. She was pulled into a Viennese Waltz. She was lost in the rhythm, but she soon remembered the steps as she and her dance partner got into the normal tempo for the dance.
As they were halfway through the song, she was escorted back to her seat as Taiwan was the next one to be offered a dance. The other man, who wore a blue mask, had also finished dancing with Belarus and was now escorting Ukraine to the dance floor. The Eastern European lady had looked murderous.
After every female nation had been danced, the three men rushed around the table, giving tulips for each of the girls. They bowed and quickly exited the restaurant. The patrons and staff clapped while the personifications were still shocked.
Yay! We're almost near the end! The meaning of purple roses were explained to us by Monaco... so anymore guesses? (I kinda feel bad for not writing a chapter with Netherlands making a cameo that makes the story go forward...)
Chapter Notes:
Bilby - rabbit-bandicoots, pretty cute in my opinion
Viennese Waltz - Unlike the modern waltz which is relatively slow (90 bpm), this one is danced at a quicker tempo(180 bpm from what Wikipedia says).
Special Thanks:
I was supposed to do this at the last chapter but I seriously can't help myself. Thank you pastaadict and KittyMagician for favoriting(Lol whut) this story! Thank you pastaadict, mssunnymuffins, SakurAndrea, and KittyMagician for following this story! Anyhow, I'll be answering two reviews here:
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