Woohoo! Chapter 12!
Aria: You procrastinate a lot
…Shut up.
Reina: Yeah, you were supposed to start typing at six. It's seven.
SHUT UP.
Britony: It's still true
I CAN KILL YOU ALL.
Aria:….It's still true~
I know *goes into emo corner*

And I do believe there is a bit of fluff in here somewhere…*checks* Yep, it's there. Curse you influencing friends who are romantically challenged! *shakes fist*

"Here you go." Aria handed Britony a set of clothes. Britony gratefully took them and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

"We really need to go shopping again. It's colder here than it was in Japan. I only have short-sleeved stuff." Reina pulled on a thin jacket over a tee shirt. Aria nodded in agreement and pulled on jean capris.

When Britony got out of the shower, they went upstairs to eat. They found Russia cowering in the corner with Ukraine holding Belarus while crying. Reina tried to get Russia out of the corner, Aria tried to calm Belarus, and Britony tried to pry Ukraine off of Belarus. After they succeeded (well, Russia was still scared out of his mind, but….you know), they all sat down to eat. Russia was still shaking a little, Belarus was ticked (unsurprising), and Ukraine was still sniffling.

"Uh, we were thinking that maybe we could go shopping later?" Aria broke the silence. Ukraine looked up.

"Oh yes, you must not have any clothes built for this kind of weather." She said, a somewhat forced smile on her face. "We will go after we finish breakfast."

They had cleaned up and now everyone was piling into Russia's van (Russia has a van?). Russia was driving with Ukraine in the passenger seat, Belarus and Britony in the seat behind them, and Reina and Aria in the very back. The minutes passed by with a somewhat awkward silence and a failed attempt at an I-Spy game. They soon pulled up to a small mall and got out. Aria was the first inside. Many Russian clothing stores lined either side of the wide hallway that ended opening up into a food court that split off into three other sections.

"This is so cool!" Aria spun around. Britony walked in and went wide-eyed with shock along with Reina. Russia soon wandered off to look at sunflowers but was quickly pulled back when they had to split up to go shopping.

"Ok, I'll go with Russia, Britony goes with Ukraine, and Aria with Belarus. We meet back here in an hour and a half. Understood?" Reina listed off the names with her fingers. Aria and Britony saluted, Ukraine clapped her hands together, Belarus sighed at the idea of being split from her brother, and Russia was still pouting at being dragged away from the flower shop and replied with silent kol's.

*Following- Reina and Russia*****

"HOLY MOTHER OF SWEET TEA, YOU HAVE A HOT TOPIC!" Reina squealed. Russia flinched at her high-pitched voice and pulled out his faucet pipe. Reina looked back at him, glared, stole his pipe, and ran into the store laughing evilly. Russia followed, emanating his evil aura.

"You give me back pipe, da?" His signature creepy smile made its appearance.

"Relax, it had a spot of blood on it. And look what I did!" She presented him with a clean faucet pipe with a sunflower keychain dangling from the end. He was surprised to find that she wasn't scared of him at all, or at least didn't appear to be. He took it and looked at his reflection in the metal. He smirked and pulled Reina into a tight hug. "Russia…can't…breathe…" she gasped. He released her and they walked around buying clothes that caught Reina's eye.

*Following- Britony and Ukraine*****

"Doesn't this look cute?" Ukraine cooed, holding a pink frilly dress.

"Uh…y-yeah, but I prefer stuff like this." Britony said, holding up jeans and a solid color long-sleeved shirt. Ukraine pouted a bit and reluctantly replaced the dress. Britony placed the clothes she was holding into the basket she was using to hold the clothes she was going to buy and continued looking through the racks.

"Ohonhonhon," Britony heard. She tensed as hands slipped around her waist. "You are Aria and Reina's new friend, non?" a voice whispered, dangerously close. She felt frozen to the spot. Ukraine had gone off to look at more frilly things, leaving Britony all alone.

"HIYAAAA!" she heard someone scream. Suddenly the man's grip on her loosened and she heard a loud 'thud' as he fell to the ground. "Mwahahaha! Pressure point powers!" Britony turned around to see Reina standing on a blonde-haired man wearing a blue cape and red pants. Reina turned to look at her. "Oh, hey Britony. This is France. Stay away from him, he'll try to molest you." Reina gestured to the man she was standing on. Russia stood next to her, a look of satisfaction spread across his face. Ukraine came bounding back, looking at France, then Reina and Russia.

"Explanation needed?" Britony asked. Ukraine thought for a moment before shaking her head and skipping away towards the checkout line.

*Following- Aria and Belarus*****

"Sharp and shiny!" Aria sung, skipping down the aisle of a random clothing store. Belarus followed, rubbing her temple. Aria began pulling out things her size and throwing them into the cart. The colors were ranged, and the patterns varied from stripes to plaid and checkered and just plain as well. Aria's pocket knife she'd bought dangled at her side by a keychain. England had texted her and the others (a bit late for them) that France was there and Belarus had let her purchase a small knife for protection. Across the next aisle, she heard a loud bout of cursing. She turned to see Romano there practically blowing steam at Spain. She stopped mid-skip and landed on her feet. "Yay! South Italy!" She abandoned the cart next to a rather confused Belarus and ran over to Romano and hugged him.

"Wh-what the ****?" he stuttered, his face turning a light shade of red.

"Romano! You're another one of my favorite characters!" She hugged him tighter. He turned crimson red and Spain laughed.

"Awww… Mi tomate has a girlfriend!" Spain teased. Romano glared daggers at him (A/N: and he ate them XD).

"She's not my girlfriend tomato-*******!" Romano said, managing to pry Aria off of him.

"You don't like me?" she sniffled.

"Well, um, no! It's not like that-but- um, I guess…" Romano blushed harder (is that possible?). He ruffled her hair as she regained her happy air (IMMA POET!).

"Yay!" She gave Romano another hug. 'Hehe… it's fun to make people flustered." She thought as Reina, Britony, Russia, and Ukraine came into view.

"Oh great, it's vodka-*******." Romano said. Aria kicked him lightly.

"Don't be rude." Aria scolded. Romano rolled his eyes and crossed his arms defiantly. Britony walked over and looked Romano up and down.

"So, is this your boyfriend or something?" Britony pointed to Romano. His face, which had finally turned back to its normal shade, heated up again as Aria laughed.

"Ah, confusion. So much fun. Nah, this is South Italy, or Romano. I told you about him once, didn't I?" Aria said after she'd stopped laughing as much. Britony looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Oh yeah! Now I remember. Nice to meet you Mr. Romano." Britony said as she shook his hand.

"Just Romano is fine." He said.

"Now he's flirting with other girls!" A certain Spaniard said. Romano flamed as he turned on the owner of the voice.

"Shut up tomato-*******!" Romano yelled as he threw a tomato (where did that come from?) at him. Aria sighed and kicked him again.

"That one over there is Spain." Aria pointed to him. He waved and started eating the tomato that Romano threw at him. Britony blinked.

"Where did that tomato come fr-"
"It's best not to ask." Aria interrupted Britony. Britony decided to shrug it off.

"Well, I think it's time we left." Reina said. Aria fake pouted.

"But I wanna staaaayyyyyy." Aria whined, latching onto the nearest thing, which happened to be Romano's arm. Aria mentally laughed evilly for flustering him again.

"Get of your new boyfriend and move it." Reina tried unsuccessfully to pull Aria off. "You guys wanna help?" Reina looked to Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

"Nyet, you try to convince her, da?" Russia said. He was clearly enjoying this little scene. By now Britony had started a conversation with Spain about the best way to grow tomatoes, Aria was still latched onto Romano, who was trying to ignore her, and Reina continued to try to pry Aria off the poor Italian.

"Ohonhonhon, what is this?" A familiar voice said from behind. Aria let out a small squeal and hid. Reina jumped, and Britony hid behind Spain. France came sauntering up to them.

"Back! Back I tell you! Back!" Aria jabbed her finger threateningly.

"There is nothing to be afraid of madamoiselles." France bowed.

"I beg to differ." Britony mumbled from her hiding place. France approached Reina, ignoring Britony's mumbling.

"You would like to come to my house, non?" he said seductively.

"Over my freaking dead body." Reina snarled. France shrugged, grabbed Britony and ran. He wasn't paying attention and ran into Russia, who was radiating a purple aura and holding his faucet pipe.

"You let go of my comrade, da?" he smiled creepily at France. France gulped and smiled innocently.

"Uhh…r-relax mon ami, I was just taking her for a walk." He shrank back, letting go of Britony. She scrambled back over to her hiding place and Spain gave her a tomato to munch on (lucky .). France made a break for it and Russia calmed.

"Maybe it is time to go." Aria said. "Wait, let me fluster Romano one more time, it's fun!" she kissed Romano on the cheek as Spain 'awww'd and Romano began yet again yelling more profanities. The three girls laughed as they walked out of the store with Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

There. I had a (somewhat) romantic scene for Valentine's Day. Woohoo.
Aria: Yay!
Reina: You didn't have to write a romance scene if you didn't want to.
I know, but I felt obligated to, even if I hate it and it's the worst holiday ever.
Britony: So, you're single?
Yes, what does that have to do with anything?
Aria: Never mind.
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Russia! Do the disclaimer!
Russia: kolkolkolkol…
*smacks Russia on head* NO COMPLAINING. Just do it.
Russia: Death Note Gal of Tomatoes does not own Hetalia, only her three OC's, Aria, Reina, and Britony.
Yay! *steals pipe* MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *runs away*
Russia: O.o