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BEEP! BEEP!
Germany turned off the alarm clock's loud beeping. He looked at the clock to see the time, although it was the same every day.
"5'o clock…"Germany sighed then got out of his bed. He walked to his bathroom, took a shower, and then got dress. When he finished, he looked at the clock and it said 5:30. Germany then decided to go downstairs to make breakfast but stopped when he heard a voice.
"Hey, hey, Papi, can I have some milk? Hey, hey, Mammi, hey, hey, Mammi! I can't get that taste of chocolate out of my head that I had long ago!" Germany peeked into the kitchen to see Luna was cooking something. "Draw a circle, there's the world! Draw a circle, there's the world! Draw a circle, there's the world! I am the Sun and Moon Kingdom! Ah, the whole world can be seen with a single stroke of my brush. The sun and the moon are both beautiful! I love them so!" Luna had turned around and stopped when she saw Germany.
"Good morning," Germany said to Luna who looked like she was in shock.
"Morning…" Luna said softly.
"Why are you awake so early?" Germany asked.
"Um…" Luna hesitated but then the timer went off. She put on an oven mitt and ran to the oven. She then pulled out a large bowl and placed it on the counter. She quickly ran out of the kitchen and came back with something in her hand. She placed it into the bowl, waited for a few seconds, then pulled it out.
"What are you doing?" Germany asked as he sat at the table.
"Making chocolate…" Luna said calmly. Germany looked at her confused.
"At 6 in the morning?" Germany asked.
"Yes, what other time can I make chocolate without being questioned?" Luna said as she poured contents of the first bowl into another. She placed her candy thermometer, the thing she grabbed out of her bedroom, into the second bowl.
"You just normally make chocolate in the morning?" Germany asked.
"No, I need the supplies. I just so happened to have a bag of cacao beans in my book bag…" Luna sighed. She checked the thermometer. She then looked Germany for a quick second then back at the bowl. Germany was confused but he didn't have time to think about it because, before he knew it, Luna was pouring chocolate onto the counter.
"ARGH! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" Germany yelled at the little girl. Luna just looked at him and grabbed a spatula. "ANSWER ME!"
"Calm down. This how I make chocolate…"
"BY POURING IT ON THE COUNTER?!" Germany twitched as the light blonde girl simply smeared the chocolate on the counter. She did this for about 10 minutes before pouring more chocolate on the counter and continued moving it around. She eventually put most of the contents on the counter back into the bowl. Then she grabbed a pan, poured the chocolate into a pan, and then placed it into the fridge. Then Luna grabbed a chair, pulled it to the sink, and stood on the chair to grab a washcloth. She started cleaning the dirty counter. She placed all of her used utensils into the sink then looked at Germany.
"Do you want some chocolate?" Luna asked.
"We have to eat breakfast first."
"Ja, very well," Luna said, imitating Germany's usual answer. Luna pulled the chair that she left at the sink to the table and sat down. Germany just ignored Luna's previous answer and got two plates. Germany then when into the cabinet to grab the loaf of rye-wheat bread then the fridge for some cold cuts. He cuts out four slices of the bread and places two on each plate. Then he cut two slices out of the cold liverwurst and put it on the slices of bread. Then Germany went to the fridge and grabbed some mustard to put on the sandwiches. Luna grabbed the plate after Germany put mustard on the sandwich. She closed the sandwich then started eating. When she finished, she looked up at Germany. Germany stopped eating then looked at Luna.
"What?" Germany asked.
"Don't forget that you said that we're going to the park today."
"Gottverdammt…"
After breakfast, Luna immediately got dress. When she went to see Germany, he noticed that she was wearing a white t-shirt, aqua green shorts, white sandals, and an aqua green bucket hat.
"Are your favorite colors white and that cyan color?"
"Hmm? Oh, yeah, but 'that cyan color' is actually aqua green." Luna looked at Germany. "You know it's going to be hot, right?" Germany was wearing a button-up shirt and khakis. Germany looked down at himself.
"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?"
"Nothing's wrong with it if you want to burn up." Luna said as she crossed her arms. Germany then crouched to Luna's level and patted her head.
"I'll be fine, now," Germany stood up, "are we going to leave?" Luna nodded. Germany opened the front door, gestured for Luna to walk out, and then closed the door behind them. Luna started jumping in a happy manner. "Okay, since there's a park not that far from here, we're going to walk."
"Okay!" Germany started walking and Luna followed. As they were walking, Germany felt something grasp his hand. He looked down to see that Luna was holding his hand. Germany smiled at this and they continued to walk to the park. When they arrived, Germany noticed that there were a lot of other children here. Luna must have noticed this too because she tighten her grip on Germany's hand.
"Go on. Go play with the other kids." Luna slowly released her grip and ran for the nearest slide and repeatedly slid down it. Germany decided to sit on the nearest bench.
"Is that your tochter?" Germany turned to see that a woman sat next to him. The woman was thin, looking only to be about thirty, and a brunette.
"Nein, I'm only watching her," Germany replied, realizing that she was referring to Luna.
"I'm sorry, I didn't"
"It's okay," Germany said, "You wouldn't know that." The woman then held out her hand.
"My name is Mathilda Nacht-Schneider." Germany shook her hand.
"Ludwig Beilschmidt," Germany said, using his human name, "You have an interesting name."
"Danke," Mathilda nodded.
"What brings you to the park?" Germany asked, trying to make conversation.
"My children, Alois and Elfreide, wanted to come to the park." Then a small boy with sandy blonde hair ran up to Mathilda.
"Mutti!" the child screamed, "Elli's hogging the swing!"
"Alois, just wait your turn." Alois nodded then ran to the swing set. Mathilda shook her head then turned back to Germany, "I apologize for my son."
"It's okay." Meanwhile, Luna was on swings, but her enjoyment of it was hampered by two kids: A girl with short brown hair and a boy with sandy blonde hair (or Alois, as we met him earlier).
"Elli! I want to swing!" Alois screamed. The girl on the swing looked at the boy.
"Bruder," the girl started, "You know it's my turn."
"No, it's not!" Tired of listening to them, Luna waited until the swing reached its highest point then jumped off the swing. The two kids stopped bickering and looked at Luna in disbelief because she landed perfectly.
"Now you can use the swing," Luna gestured to the swings, "I can go play on something else." The girl stopped swinging.
"Wait!" Luna stopped and turned back. The girl got off the swing. "This is my bruder. You don't have to let him on the swing."
"That's fine. I don't have use it," Luna started walking away but the girl grabbed her hand. Luna turned to the girl to see that she is smiling. Luna stared into the girl's porcelain blue eyes and felt like she knew her.
"My name is Elfriede and that is my bruder, Alois."
"Guten tag und danke!" Alois said from the swings.
"My name is Luna."
"You must be foreign," Elfriede said, "because your name's not German."
"I'm not German."
"So I'm right?" Elfriede clapped her hands together.
"Yup," Luna confirmed.
"So, how old are you?"
"I'm six."
"I'm 7." Elfriede said, smiling.
"I'm…"Alois started but paused, "…eins, zwei, drei, vier, I'm four!" He said, holding the number on his hand. Luna smiled.
"He's just learning how to count," Elfriede pointed out. Luna nodded they just stood there. Luna stared at the sky and started day dreaming. Then Elfriede touched Luna, pulling her daze, but she had a goofy grin.
"What?" Luna asked.
"Tag! You're it!" Elfriede started to run away, but Luna cocked her head to the side. Elfriede stopped. "Um, you're supposed to chase me."
"What?"
"Have you never played 'tag'?"
"To be honest, I've never been around other children." Luna said to Elfriede. It was then Elfriede's turn to cock her head to the side.
"You never played tag? Nonsense, I'll teach you!" She said in a confident tone. "What you do is that if I touch you, which mean that you're it. If you're 'it', you are supposed to chase the other people. If you touch someone, they become it and then you run. It's the same thing just vice versa."
"Okay, I think I understand." Luna said. Then Elfriede touched Luna's shoulder.
"Tag, you're it!" Elfriede ran away, but Luna was quick on feet and on Elfriede's heels.
After the tiring game of tag and other games, Alois and Elfriede were told that it was time to go.
"Elli! Alois! It's time to go!" Mathilda called. Elfriede sighed then turn to Luna.
"You have to come over one day! You're lots of fun!"
"I would love to but I don't know if I'm going to be in Germany for long."
"Where do you actually live?" Elfriede asked.
"I live in Italy."
"Italy? Really? Then we have to visit! I've heard that it's beautiful!"
"I'm sure that's fine." Luna smiled at Elfriede, who smiled back.
"Elfreide!" Mathilda called again.
"You know this means we're friends, right?" Elfriede said.
"Friends?" Luna asked.
"Yeah, friends for forever und ever! You have to swear that we will." Elfriede put up her pinky finger waiting for Luna to join but instead, she gave her a confused look. "What? You don't know how to pinky swear? What do you know how to do?"
"Divide and conquer?" Elfriede started laughing, "Um, I was kind of serious…"
"Just give me your hand," Elfriede grabbed Luna's hand, extended her pinky, and then wrapped it with her own. "Luna, do you hereby swear upon both life and death that you forever be my friend?"
"That's a little much for a friendship"
"Well, do you?" Luna paused for a second then nodded.
"Yes, I, Luna Sol, hereby solemnly swear upon life and death for eternal friendship with Elfriede."
"Good! I guess I'll see in some point in time!"
"I hope I'll see you too!" Luna said as she waved at Elfriede's leaving family. She walked back to Germany, who picked her up. Luna looked up at the sky and noticed that it was getting dark. Luna sighed then rested her head on Germany's shoulder.
"Are you hungry?" Luna nodded into Germany's shoulder. "Well, I guess we could go to McDonalds'…"Luna nodded again into Germany's shoulder. Germany simply walked to the nearest McDonalds', which made Luna feel that it was far away. Then Luna started dosing off but stopped herself but opening her eyes. She noticed that Germany was already in the restaurant.
"Willkommen bei McDonalds'! Was hätten Sie gerne?" The person asked in German.
"Ja, würde Ich mag die McCurrywurst und das Happy Meal." Germany responded in the same language. After Germany paid and got the food, he told Luna that they will be eating at home. Luna nodded and fell asleep in his arms.
"Luna?" Luna stirred in her spot. She fluttered open her eyes to see Germany was standing over her.
"Yes?" Luna yawned. Her stomach growled.
"Your food is on the kitchen table if you want to eat it." Luna nodded and got up from where she realized was the couch and went to eat. When she finished, she went to Germany's office and knocked on the door.
"Ja?" Luna walked into the room.
"I wanted to thank you for taking me to the park."
"You asked. You don't have to thank me." Luna nodded.
"Thank you anyway. I'm going to bed. You can help yourself to the chocolate I made earlier." Germany nodded and Luna went to bed. After an hour of working, Germany left the office to take up Luna's offer. He opened the fridge and cut out a piece of chocolate. He closed the fridge then tossed the piece of chocolate into his mouth. He stopped immediately as soon as the chocolate touched his tongue.
"W-what? This is wunderbar!"
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