Human AU
Kiku: Aged 8, third grade
Lien (Vietnam): Aged 7, second grade.
Mei: Aged 6, first grade
Yong Soo: Aged 5, kindergarten
Leon: Aged 2 1/2, pre-school
WARNING: Un-important sideline puppy love between kids.
"Okay everyone! Breakfast -aru!" Yao Wang yelled. The sound of several little feet echoed across the hallway, and three kids ran into the room. Yao's eldest child, Kiku, immediately began setting out utensils.
Yao chuckled at his everlasting politeness, and gently pushed his had away. "It's alright. I can take care of it -aru." After setting the table and quickly dishing out breakfast, he turned to his other children and smiled, "Go eat. I need to get dressed, I'll be right back -aru!"
Kiku looked surprised, but he nodded his head and sat down, beginning to neatly eat his Zongzi. His other siblings lethargically nibbled at their breakfast. Leon, the youngest child, just gently rested his head on the table as he picked at his food, and Yong Soo mumbled to himself, not nearly as energetic as normal. (Which Kiku was glad for, as it was the only time day he could actually get some peace.) However, that was about to change. The school year was starting back up today! And when that happened, he'd only have to put up with his brother after 3:00. He had to admit, he was a bit nervous. Third grade is a big deal! He was so lost in his thoughts, he didn't notice Leon fling a piece of food across the table.
Splat.
The tiny piece of Zongzi smacked onto Yong Soo's cheek. With a glare, Yong Soo immediately flung a piece back. Leon smirked, and tossed another piece at his brother. Of course, Yong Soo wasn't going to put up with this, and all hell broke loose. Taking a final mouthful of his food, he grabbed his plate, walked over to his younger brother, and...
Dumped the rest of his breakfast onto Leon's head. Leon sat still in shock, before letting out a guttural scream.
"Why do that?" Leon pouted, doing his best to sound angry with his limited 2 year old vocabulary. Yong Soo resigned himself to grinning evilly, before taunting,
"Dad! The baby made a mess da-ze!"
"Not. A. Baby!" Leon screamed with all the force he could manage, before running over to Yong Soo, and grabbing onto a fistful of his brothers hair. Any thoughts of third grade were far gone from Kiku's head, his main occupation now was to prevent his siblings from killing each other.
"Please, Leon, Yong Soo, stop!"
But as always, his siblings paid him no mind. Speaking of siblings... Where were his sisters? Now that he thought about it, he hadn't seen them since he'd woken up... Nevermind that now, he needed to fix this. Preferably without using violence himself!
"Father! Help!" Kiku shouted, knowing this was going to mess things up for him later. Both of his siblings froze in place, Yong Soo in the middle of elbowing Leon, and Leon on his back, teeth embedded into his elder brother's neck. In a matter of seconds, footsteps were heard, and their father ran downstairs.
"Aiyah! What the hell -aru?!"
•oOo•
After successively removing his two youngest children from each other's throats - literally in Leon's case - Yao set off to find his two daughters. Approaching the girl's room, he knocked cautiously. No response.
Fine, if that's how you want to play it, go right ahead.
He pushed open the door to see the entire room a complete disaster! Shirts, pants, skirts, dresses - you name it - were all strewn across the floor, Lien sitting calmly on the bed (which looked to be the only safe haven), and Mei lying on her back in the center of it all.
At a loss for words, Yao just stood in the doorframe and stared.
Lien sighed. "She can't find anything to wear, and I'm not hungry."
Can't find anything to wear? The room was filled with clothing of all different styles and colors, and she couldn't find anything? These clothes were all very nice, And expensive. Yao reminded himself. He titled his head up to the ceiling. What to do, what do. With a slightly evil idea, he smirked.
"Well..." Yao tapped his chin in feigned contemplation. "You can always just go to school in your pajamas -aru, but now that you're in first grade, everyone else will be wearing nice clothes so you might be a little weird-looking."
Mei looked absolutely horrified. "N-no thanks! I'll pick something out!"
Although Yao was pretty sure this might come back to bite him later, he simply beckoned to his eldest daughter.
"Lien, would you like some breakfast -aru? Your brothers have already eaten, but if you like I can get something for you too."
Lien shook her head. "I'm going to go find Kiku and ask him about second grade. I need to prepare!" She ducked her head shyly and raced from the room.
•oOo•
"Please?"
"Lien..."
"Pretty please?"
Yao threw his hands up in defeat! "Fine, -aru. But please keep it in your cubby is until recess!" Lien smiled, and zipped the small oar into her bag. The toy/weapon had come from a camping trip last year, and when Lien's oar broke, she became very saddened, so Yao simply sanded it down. Now, she refused to go anywhere without it. He'd hoped she'd grow out of it, but it seemed that day was not upon them yet.
After rushing to get them all into the car, Yao thought it might be a good idea to make small talk.
"So, are you all ready for school -aru?"
Yong Soo nodded enthusiastically. "Uh-huh! Kindergarten originated in Korea, da-ze!" Yao groaned inwardly, after hearing about Korea on the news last week, his son had become obsessed with Asian country. He was so going to get a call from the history teacher.
After a few minutes of song requests for the radio, Yao pulled up to the school.
"Alright everyone! Come on, Kiku, Lien, can you walk to your classrooms yourselves -aru?"
Both children nodded and ran into the building.
"Alright you three, come on -aru." Yao picked up Leon, grabbed the hands of Mei and Yong Soo, and walked into the building.
•oOo•
|Leon|
"Leon, please -aru!"
"No!"
Golden eyes stared into amber, and the battle of wills began. After 5 minutes, Yao's resolve was beginning to crack, Geez, this kid was good! when a woman walked into view.
She was pretty, in a feline way, with shoulder-length blonde hair adorned with a green ribbon, emerald green eyes, and a slightly catty smile.
"Hi, I'm Emma. I'll be Leon's teacher."
Leon responded to this by clinging onto his father's leg, eyes barely peeking out.
Emma crouched down to his height.
"Hi there, Leon. Want to come with me? We're in the middle of playtime right now. I'm sure we can find someone for you to be friends with."
Leon didn't respond, but looked more curious.
"I see you have a panda. Do you like animals?"
Leon nodded cautiously, stepping closer to her.
Emma's eyes flashed across the 15 or so kids playing in the brightly colored room before coming to rest on a small, silver haired boy playing by himself in a secluded part of the room.
"Emil over there likes animals too. Why don't you go over and talk to him?"
Leon looked at his father, to his teacher, and then back to the little boy Emma had pointed out. Emma noticed the apprehension in his eyes, and extended her hand. With a final glance back at Yao, he grabbed onto her hand.
"Okay."
Emma smiled at Yao.
"Alright! Your son is in good hands, Mr. Wang. See you later!"
Satisfied that Leon would be okay, Yao smiled back and walked out to his car. He was running a bit late for his job, but that was okay. A few minutes late was a few minutes less he had to spend with that insufferable Arthur.
•oOo•
|Leon|
After letting go of Miss Emma's hand, (She had run to the other side of the room yelling, "Lovino, don't hurt your brother!") he apprehensively sat next to the boy with silver hair.
The boy turned towards him, abandoning his toy on the ground.
"Who you?"
"Leon."
The boy nodded and began to size him up.
"Why you here?"
"Talk to you." Leon got a better look at the boy before asking, "Purple eyes?"
The boy nodded, before turning around back to his toy. "Yes. My name Emil."
Leon was getting nervous, this boy didn't seem to like him very much... Fine! If he didn't like Leon, then Leon didn't have to like h-
"You have panda." The bo- Emil stated matter-of-factly.
Leon nodded shyly, clutching his panda plushie to his chest.
Emil ducked his head. "Want to play? I have puffin." He held the black and white bird with the bow tie up.
Leon nodded happily, and the two began to play a game with their animals. They were having fun, but then, in the middle of the evil Mr. Puffin shooting down the hero panda, a boy with longish blonde hair, and green eyes walked up to them.
"Like, what you playing?" The new kid asked curiously.
Leon was confused at his sentence. He knew what 'like' meant! Why was the new boy using it that way?
Emil frowned. "Animals. Can play too, but Mr. Puffin is mine.
The blonde boy shrugged. "Like, whatever. My name Feliks. Who you?"
Okay, now Leon was sure Feliks was using 'like' the wrong way, so he brought it up.
The story of how Feliks became friends with Leon and Emil and subsequently explained the authenticity of using 'like' as a speech tic is a story for next time, as the author is up very late and and does not want to bore you all further. However, the author will tell you it involved a fistfight, a dinosaur, a book, nail polish, and a substantial amount of arguing.
•oOo•
|Leon|
Leon sat on the ground, playing cars with his two new friends. Having friends was nice, he decided. They were certainly fun, and they didn't try to dump food on you or force you into sparkly pink outfits like siblings did.
All of the sudden, he was excited to come to school tomorrow! He couldn't wait to play with his new friends, and color with crayons, play music,and listen to Miss Emma read books like she promised. Preschool was, like, looking up!
Whoa. He tried saying the word out loud.
"Like!"
Feliks turned to him. "What?"
He tried the word again. "Like, nothing."
Hmm... That sounded good! He'd have to use 'like' that way more often. Mentally adding the new word to his list, he continued playing cars with Emil and Feliks.
•oOo•
|Yong Soo|
The second youngest child ran into his classroom, no persuasion needed. There was a group of kids quietly sitting on the floor, looking up at a man with spiky blonde hair and a wide grin. He decided the situation was far too quiet, so he did what Yong Soo does best. Disrupt things! He ran to the group of kids and shouted,
"I'm here!" And then put his hands on his hips. The class stared in shock for a moment before a boy with pale skin, silver hair, and unnerving red eyes stood up.
"Good try, but zhat vas an amateur move. You have to say it like, 'zhe awesome me is here!'."
A boy with sky blue eyes, a cowlick, and glasses stood up.
"That's not true! You have to say 'the hero has arrived'!" The newer boy struck a pose.
"Liar! It's 'zhe awesome me'!"
"The hero!"
"Awesome!"
"Hero!"
"Awes-"
"How about, 'the awesome hero is here'?" Yong Soo interjected.
The two boys looked at him.
"Zhat's a good idea."
"Dude, that would totally rock!" The blonde boy agreed.
Yong Soo grinned, "Great da-ze! I'll be right back." With that, he raced out the doors, waited a second, burst back through them, and yelled, "The awesome hero is here!" Then proceeding to strike his most heroic pose. It was only then that the teacher spoke.
"That was very good, you three! I'm Mr. Køhler, your teacher. Tell ya what, how'd you like to sit with each other? As long as you pay attention when I need ya to, you can sit there as long as you want."
The three boys exchanged matching grins. Sure, it'd be fun hanging out with their new friends, but think of everything they could do when they put their minds together!
"Okay, now that we've got that settled out, I want everyone to sit in a circle, and take turns introducing yourselves. Tell us your name, and anything else you want!" Mr. Køhler instructed.
"Hmm.. Uh, Roderick! You first."
A boy with dark brown hair, violet eyes, and a small mole began to speak.
"My name is Roderick Edelstein, and I play the piano." Roderick tapped the blonde boy next to him. "This is my best friend, Vash. We're going to get married!"
Vash blushed furiously. "Uhm... My name is Vash Zwilingi, and I have a big sister named Lili. I have three pet goats, and I... I'm marrying Roddy I guess? N-not that I want to! Just, um, because he wants me to. Yeah."
Matthias Køhler barely suppressed a laugh at the boy's obvious distress. Unfortunately, Gilbert, wasn't so lucky.
"Kesesesese!" Gilbert grinned.
Vash turned his piercing gaze onto the albino boy.
"Excuse me?"
"Haha, I zhink it's funny zhat little Roddy even has a date! How could he get vun? Especially ven he's so snobby all zhe time."
Roderick's face contorted in rage. "How dare you! And if I recall, you don't have a date yourself!"
"Do too!" Gilbert grabbed a boy by the shoulder, leading him to the front of the group. The boy had medium-length blonde hair with a stray curl, amethyst eyes, and looked extremely nervous. "Matvey's my date!"
"I, eh..."
Roderick and Gilbert began to heatedly argue, drowning out whatever the shy boy had been about to say.
"Oh, maple..." He whispered, before returning to his spot.
•oOo•
|Yong Soo|
The fight was beginning to escalate, and Yong Soo didn't want to see his new friend get hurt, so he decided to step in.
"Stop fighting da-ze!" Well, that was definitely the simplest course of action, and as the two bickering boys stepped away from each other, it seemed to actually be working. With one final glare, the Gilbert and Roderick sat down.
"Zhat brat is such a dummkoff." Gilbert muttered to Alfred and Yong Soo.
Noting the confused looks on their faces, Gilbert explained the the meaning of the German swear word.
"Dude, tell us some more!" Alfred demanded eagerly.
Yong Soo grinned. "Yeah, Roderick seems kinda like a sekki."
The boys leaned in eagerly, listening to Yong Soo's explanation of the Korean word.
For the rest of the hour (and whenever they could sneak it in), the boys exchanged swear words in a variety of languages, and had a good time. These were the perfect friends for Yong Soo! He couldn't wait until recess to play outside with them, build things with rocks, and make inappropriate jokes. After all, what are friends for?
A/N:
Woohoo! This is a loooooong chapter. And it's only part one! Part two should be out sometime tomorrow, and then I'll combine the two.
In case you didn't know, I actually DO have an update schedule. One every 2 days around 3 am eastern I try to update, but that doesn't always work.
But on to the happy stuff! Next chapter is Tawain, Vietnam, and Japan. I did not include Thailand because I CANNOT MASTER HIS CHARACTER. He will still show up from time to time, but not too often.
Because this IS my first fanfic, any character that didn't show up previously on this fic I am writing for the first time. I think I did pretty good, tell me your opinions!
I'm also working on three other fics, and one will be out soon, so check my profile! Speaking of profiles, I also have a poll up on my profile that allows you to vote for what the next chapter will be about. So hurry up and vote!
These A/N's are verrrrrry long so I'll try and shorten these things up.
ALERT! CHARACTER CHOOSING CONTEST!: I mentioned the names, and features of several characters, but never stated their country names. The first person who puts all 9 country names (note, this does NOT include: China, Taiwan, Mei, Korea, Vietnam, or Japan) into a review gets to choose a character! Good luck finding them all!
RESPONSES TO REVIEWS:
Happy Cake: Sorry, I don't mean to offend. The little SwissAus and PruCan in this chapter is simply kindergarten crushes, nothing serious. :) it is a result of the fact that the author has a love for Vash and felt the need to throw him in here.
mimi-chan and aliling-chan: Yup! I don't know if that is actually possible, but hey, why not? I'm glad you like HK's intros, that was the most fun part to write in the whole chapter.
Guest: Good job! I wasn't sure how many of you guys would get that. AND IM SORRY ABOUT THE BALLROOM DANCING CHAPTER. It will happen, I've just been teetering on the edge of making it a stand-alone oneshot, as I thought it was a bit dark for this series.
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