China sighed before giving a threatening glare to Japan and Taiwan. Japan looked down at the ground, camera hidden behind his back, while Taiwan had an unfazed smile. The Asians where all in one room and 4/5 Allies were in the other.
"Well, that was an interesting beginning for our trip." Vietnam said, lying on one of the futons.
"Why don't we relax and take a dip in the hot springs ana?" All the Asians turned to Thailand, giving him a blank look. There were so many things wrong with the question. Thailand, however, was oblivious to the looks, keeping his cheerful smile.
"I'm game." Hong Kong answered, standing from his spot.
"Sure, why not." Vietnam added, also standing.
"Well, that is partly of why we are here." Taiwan smiled, hopping up along with others.
"HOT SPRINGS DA ZE!" South Korea shouted. China sighed along with Japan, both a bit overwhelmed by everyone else's enthusiasm. North Korea was watching with a raised brow in the corner of the room. He's been away from the family for so long that he had forgotten what everyone was like.
"Let's go, China-Nona!" South Korea shouted again, grabbing a hold of China's arm. The older Asian nation gave a subtle squeak as she was pulled against her will. The rest of the Asians followed after, all with different enthusiasm levels.
Once the group reached the hot strings, there was a bit of a controversy. There were three different doors to go through; the door for men only, women only, and mixed.
"What now?" Taiwan asked.
"We could go in the mi‒"
"NO!" The girls of the group shouted, interrupting South Korea. Taiwan and Vietnam were both certainly against sharing a bath with the guys of the Allies, and China certainly did not want a certain French nation eyeing her younger sisters.
"China-Jie can come with us." Taiwan said sternly, pulling China towards her and Vietnam. "The rest of you guys make up an excuse as to why she's not in the men's bath." The plan was pretty simple and seemed like would work fine, until South Korea latched onto China's other arm.
"That's no fair! I wanna take a bath with China-Nona!" The Korean complained, starting to throw a tantrum and pout.
"Y-Yong Soo," China nervously smiled at her younger brother, not exactly sure how to feel about what was going on.
"What are you doing?" Vietnam shouted, grabbing hold of China's other arm (the one South Korea wasn't holding onto). "China is coming with us!" South Korean whined again, pulling back. Now there was a tug-of-war with China emitting from the two Asian girls and South Korea.
"K-Korea-Kun, please calm down!" Japan said, trying to get South Korea to think about what was better. Too bad to say, it didn't work.
"Sup, guys! What's hanging?" The Asians all froze when hearing America shout. They all turned and there he was with the others. Crap. There goes the plan. "So, how're we doing all this? Splittin' up?"
"Or mixed?" France added, eyeing Taiwan and Vietnam. Oh how China wanted whack the living daylights out of him.
"Separate aru." China answered, angry venom seeping through her tone of voice as she pulled her arm away from Taiwan and Vietnam.
England looked worried at the Chinese nation along with the other Asians. How was this going to turn out? The Brit knew he had to be wary of America and with France the way he is, England would have to keep an eye out for him, too.
"All right then! Let's go!" America shouted. As everyone walked through their designated doors, America walked past England, giving the Brit a knowing wink. England sighed, praying that nothing was going to happen.
Before China walked through the door, England quickly got a hold of her, pulling her back. "Are you really going to go through with this?" He said, concerned with what may happen soon. "And are you really okay with this?"
China toughened up and straightened up, showing her usual prideful self. "Well, the others are family and we have bathed with each other before aru. However..." England noticed China's confidence falter as she looked down and away. "You and the others are another story..." China turned away, cover her mouth with the over sized sleeve of the yukata, attempting to hind a blush.
England also looked away, face tinting pink himself as he scratched the back of his head. "Right..."
"Maybe I should just go with Taiwan and Vietnam. I'll make up an excuse for 'leaving early' aru‒" Right as China was starting to walk off to the women's bath, she, along with England, were pulled back into the men's changing room by a certain American.
"What're you two doing out here? The onsen's this way!" England inwardly cursed as America pulled him and China in, catching a glimpse of pink on the Asian nation's face from the corner of his eye.
Once inside, Hong Kong quickly grabbed a hold of China's arm, pulling her with him. All the arm pulling was really starting to make her arms sore.
"Xie xie, Hong Kong." China said with an exhausted sigh. The other just nodded, looking back at the other Allies.
"Now I will prove to you that China is, in fact, really a girl." America said only loud enough for himself and England to hear.
"First, it's 'shall', you nit. Second, your brain is fried to really believe that China is a girl. He's in here changing, isn't he?" England didn't dare look back to really check. He was a gentleman, not a horny frog.
Speaking of horny frogs.
"Oh how wonderful a hot bath will be~" France shouted glamorously, popping out of nowhere in front of England and America (also blocking the view of China).
"Oh god!"
"Dude! Really?" England and America shouted at the same time. The two happened to noticed that a certain French nation did not have a towel around his waist.
"Get a bloody towel, you frog!" And after some cursing and violence, France had a towel around his waist and a bump on his head.
"Well, that was very rude." France pouted. England just shook his head. America was too busy checking if China really was a girl to notice or pay attention. His attempts were shattered when Russia blocked his view.
"Are we ready to go?" He asked the three with a childish smile. The three cowered away a bit, nodding their heads as they headed towards the bath. Russia was oblivious to the cowering, but knew he protected his friend from being noticed.
Back on the other side of the room, China was carefully changing, clearly able to hear what was going on with the others. "Stupid westerner ahen..." She growled to herself.
"WEEEEE!" South Korea shouted with glee as he jumped into the hot springs. Japan sighed at this, having been splashed by the Korean. China and Thailand chuckled at this while Hong Kong and North Korean stared with blank eyes, both fairly close to their older sister.
The two more stoic nations only had to look at each other eye to eye for less than a minute to get that they were on the same side. A silent and simple nod had signified their alliance.
"Is it just me or are those two glaring at us?" France softly asked England and America. The two turned to where the Asians were, seeing what France had said.
"Hong Kong's always like that." England answered, somewhat unsure about his answer. He raised Hong Kong for over a century and knew that the look on the Asian's face was not exactly his usual one.
"And North always looks at things like that." America added, knowing a bit about the Korean from the Korean War. France shrugged, going along with the answers. It seemed legit.
"China-Hyeong! China-Hyeong! Over here da ze!" South Korea shouted happily, waving over at China. The female nation sighed, walking over to her younger brother then entering the onsen herself.
America elbowed England's arm with a knowing smirk before shouting to China. "Yo, China! Shouldn't your towel before around your waist?" the American shouted. China's head shot to America with a nervous glare and blush just as England shoved him into the bath suddenly, causing a large slash.
America popped back up, gasping for air. "What the hell, England?" he shouted. The Brit ignored him, grinding his teeth. The rest of the nations entered the bath.
"Actually, I was just wondering the same." France asked aloud. China started to inwardly panic before South Korea came to the 'rescue'.
"It's the style in Asia da ze!" he shouted out of nowhere, before looking down at the towel around his waist. "Oh, wait..." The Korean then started to pull the towel up to his chest, but was stopped by his twin.
North Korea smacked the back of his head, causing South Korea to stop what he was doing. "Leave the towel!" he shouted.
"No way da ze! I don't see you trying anything!" South Korea shouted back. China sighed again along with the other Asian nations. She was happy to see that the Koreans were getting along though, as if they were never separated. She smiled at the two.
"China-Ge prefers to cover up his scar..." Hong Kong said bluntly over to the Allies, causing China to flinch. She then turned to Japan, seeing the other sink down into the water.
"Hong Kong!" she shouted at Hong Kong before splashing a wave at him. The teenage nation just stood there wet as if nothing happened. "Geez, make a better excuse aru..." China added to under her breath, moving other to Japan and sitting next to him. The Chinese nation gave a reassuring smile, patting the other's head.
"Gomen..." Japan whispered.
Over by the Allies, France was talking to Russia while there was a bit of an awkward silence between America and England.
"Just drop it, America." England said sternly.
"Aww, come on, Iggy! Aren't you the least bit curious?"
"No, I'm not, and don't call me that!"
"You're hiding something, aren't you?" England flinched. "With stuff like this, usually you go all 'Sherlock Holmes' and stuff!"
"..."
"Must we really need towels?" France appeared between the two. England had never been so happy for the frog to appear. "Wouldn't a warm bath be a lot more refreshing without it?"
"Uh..." The two had no answer.
"Right, Russia?" France called. The Russia wasn't listening, mumbling to himself 'so warm... so warm...' "Well, I'm sure China would agree!" Hong Kong and Japan froze from hearing France's remark, China too busy dozing off a bit from the warm water.
"Huh?" Drowsily she started to gain back consciousness, only to wake up to France nearing her. "Eh?"
"Come on, Chine ((China))~" France started saying, now in front of her without his towel. China tried to look anywhere but down.
"You horny frog!" England shouted.
"We are both beautiful me‒" France started to say, but out of nowhere, a blast of water shot him. The French nation was sent flying and skipping across the top of the water. Everyone went silent before turning to the direction of the water.
"He he, I'm sorry. Toto loves the water ana." Thailand said with a smile, a dark aura matching Russia's emitting from him. Even Toto had an evil glint in his eyes. America whistled with disbelief, as the elephant started to spray himself with water. All five Allies hadn't even noticed he came along.
"Well, I think I've had enough excitement aru..." China said, gathering everyone's attention. "I'm going to retire early." The Chinese nation got up from her spot, walking towards the exit. As she did, the other Asian nations looked to each other, shrugging and going along; there was not much to worry about now if their sister left. However, South Korea was pouting a bit.
England had noticed the others shrugging. He turned from them to the retreating figure then to America. The American nodded, thinking England was thinking the same as him. Right as he was about to stand, the Brit held him down.
"I'll go check..." England said in a hushed voice.
"That's the Iggy I know!" America smirked, giving a thumbs up. England groaned at him, annoyed at the American's antics and the nickname.
The Asians, located across of the others, watched England head towards the exit. The younger of the group were very hesitant with him following their sister, even if he knew, but Japan and Thailand had calmed them down.
"Don't worry. I'm sure nothing's going to happen ana." Thailand said, nervously.
"Thailand-San is right; please just relax." Japan added, not exactly relaxing himself.
Once England was sure he was out of sight from those in the hot springs, he gave a sigh, knocking on the wall of the changing room. "China?" he called, letting said nation know he was there. Instead the Brit heard a startled yelp from her. "China!" England called again, worried.
The Brit quickly entered the changing room, worried China had slipped or the like. When he entered, he saw China with a basket that was used to hold the customers' clothing and items, but only for a second. The next second, she was whacking England in the head with it.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! It's me, damn it!" England yelled, having been whacked to his knees.
China looked down at the Brit, finally noticing it was him. "Aiyah! You scared me ahen!" she complained, giving England another whack for scaring her.
"Bloody hell! Will you stop?" England growled, grabbing her wrist to stop her and stood back up. The basket didn't hurt as much as a wok, but it still caused some pain.
"What are you doing following me?" China asked, pulling her wrist back, a light blush sneaking on her cheeks.
"W-w-well it's not like I was worried or anything!" England stuttered. Both nations' face started to flush pink. China was first to recover from her blush.
"I'm perfectly fine aru. I'm a very tough nation!" China grinned greatly, patting her chest. England only sighed and shook his head. He looked back at China face, but his eyes trailed down a little lower, causing the Brit to turn bright pink.
Because China's towel was wet, it hugged her body, showing more of her feminine features. Also, the towel was a bit short, showing more of her skin and petit limbs.
"England?" China said, regaining his attention back up at her face instead of her body, not noticing where he was looking. However, it was just as distracting.
Some of the Chinese nation's hair had fallen from the clips, falling to the side of her face in curls, framing her face. The drops of water dripping from the strands weren't doing England any favors either. All in all, China looked so‒ No, no, no! Stay away from the perverted thoughts, England! the Brit thought to himself, shaking his head.
"England? Earth to Arthur aru!" China said again, waving a hand in front of said Brit's face.
"Oh, excuse me, what?" China giggled at England's clueless face, causing the Brit to curse to himself under his breath, scratching the back of his neck.
"Well then, I'll be going aru."
"You're really going to retire this early?" England asked with a raised brow.
China giggled a bit more. "No. I'll be joining Taiwan and Vietnam. The hot water is really good for my ancient bones and muscles aru." she said, half joking at the last part. With that, the Chinese nation collected her stuff and went into the women's bath.
England smiled, watching China leave. When he turned back around, he was startled to see another person standing right in front of him. "Sweet Queen Victoria!" England yelled, jumping back from fright. "Hong Kong!" And there the young Asian nation was, half glaring at him.
"You better not think of doing anything funny to Jiejie..." he growled. England started sputtering incoherent denials to Hong Kong's remark as he turned back around, walking back to the bath. England followed behind, blushing at the ground as he breathed out a 'bloody hell' under his breath.
"So, how'd it go?" America asked when England returned.
"You are an arse and I am more of one for going along with your bloody plans." England answered with a dead tone. "He practically killed me with one of the baskets." he added, not exactly lying.
"Really? Crap!" America pouted.
"Hey, Jiejie!" Taiwan called when seeing her sister enter the bath. China placed a finger over her mouth, signaling for Taiwan to stay quiet; the others may still be able to hear because it was an outdoor bath.
"Made an excuse to leave?" Vietnam asked, not that loud.
"Yep~ So far, I'm liking it a lot more over here aru." China sighed happily. That is, until Taiwan decided to glomp her from behind. With the sudden hug from behind, China gave a yelp and they both plumaged into the water, Vietnam shaking her head.
"Taiwan!" China gasped once out of the water. Taiwan was still on her back. "Get off!"
"You need to lighten up more, Jiejie!" Taiwan pouted.
"Taiwan! Get off! Kya~ D-don't!" China squealed.
"Come on, Jiejie!" Taiwan giggled.
"Y-You're pulling down my towel! Ai! Give it back!"
"Uh-uh~" Taiwan giggled again.
And on the other side of the bath, the guys were silent. America and France were looking up at the tall wall that separated the men's and women's baths as the Asians glared at them and England sunk down into the water.
"Sounds like Taiwan and Vietnam are having fun..." America said without an honest single clue or 'dirty' thought.
"Mmmhmm..." France answered back with a smirk, 'dirty' thoughts in mind.
England tried to ignore all that was going on on the other side, knowing that the voices where Taiwan's and China's not Taiwan's and Vietnam's. Go away! Go away! Go away! Go away! England thought to himself, steering clear of any inappropriate thoughts. Even if there were any thoughts, they would've been gone the next minute because Toto had just blasted another water canon at America and France.
"Nice, Toto!" South Korea shouted. Thailand patted the elephant's trunk with a smile on his face.
When England looked back over at the Asians, he noticed that they had all been glaring at America and France, but Hong Kong. Instead, the Chinese nation was glaring right at England. The English nation tensed up when meeting eyes with him.
Hong Kong then rubbed his nose, confusing England. The Brit mimicked him, understanding what he meant a second later. "Bloody hell!" England shouted, rushing towards the changing room. Blood was dripping from his nose. Hong Kong watched him with glaring eyes.
Meanwhile, with cheerful Russia off in his own world...
"So warm... So warm... So warm..."
...I have no excuse for how late this is... I did, however, start this chapter about 2 months ago when I was driving home from vacation, but never finished, so sorry... I really don't know what I've just written... Reviews are loved, please forgive spelling, grammar, and/or language. Can you believe I've written this while listening to Cantonese versions of classic Disney movie music? hehehe... I love Disney... ((sorry, random...))
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