My share of my and Eylenda's collab. These will be short, as they are as long as they need to be, which may not be long at all. I hope you like these; R&R, please!

It was a long time ago, and he wasn't even sure if the other country remembered it.

Two young country personifications, though one of them wasn't even a country, and the other had been a full-fledged country barely ten years, a blink of an eye, for beings like them.

Hong Kong had been living with England for a century, give or take, and had nearly resigned himself to remaining a crown colony for, prehaps, all of eternity. The voices of his brothers, his sister… what did they sound like? Some of them he saw occassionally, when he accompanied Mr. England to World Conferences, as a show of power. Most of them, he did not. And after a while, it was hard to miss them, when he didn't even remember them well… he'd been very young, after all.

Iceland was new to being a country, was new to having to look out for his own affairs instead of relying on his brothers to take care of him, and it was lonely. He was a young nation, and, well… there weren't many countries he knew, much less talked to, and not many other young nations, either.

He found Hong Kong, alone in a corner looking out a window. "…Hey, my name's Iceland," the Nordic offered as a greeting. The Asian blinked up at him with blank, dark eyes, and shrugged a greeting. Right then and there, Iceland decided that he was sick and tired of being cold and formal. It's not like he was cold through and through, anyway.

"You're so uptight," he replied, pulling at the other's sleeve. Hong Kong looked startled at actually being asked to play with the Nordic country, but followed. "Come on, let's explore…"

Iceland gave a slight cough, and Hong Kong looked up, startled, then smiled. "What /are/ you thinking?" demanded the Nordic, hands on hips. Hong Kong shook his head, and kissed him on a pale cheek that quickly flushed with colour.

"…Nothing, really," he answered, linking their fingers. "…Just the day we first met… Do you remember?" The other country rolled his eyes, leaning against him.

"It was so long ago, all I remember is pissing the hell off of England," he scoffed, then looked confused as Hong Kong laughed quietly.

"…Nothing, nothing…" He tilted his head to give the other a kiss. "… I love you."

...Short, I know, especially after the previous one, and I don't know if it even makes sense... But, I hope you guys like it, and... review, please!

Ani