Unproductive, Part One.
Dedication: This mini fic came from Hinotori-himi 's character request for the Baltics, and is therefore dedicated to her. Enjoy!
IMPORTANT: This chapter isn't totally Asian centric. It majorly features other characters as well, but our Asia family is still there.
REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT: mimi-chan and aliling-chan, and Maya5392, I have your requests part-way done, and already uploaded. It's in the form of a brand new multi-chapter story and is posted on my page! Check it out! (This goes to all you other readers too, seriously, while this may be dedicated to these two wonderful people, it's meant for everyone!)
WARNINGS: Violence, (light) swearing, inaccuracies, the author butchering characters' accents, and French.
Once again, this meeting is completely unproductive. China sighed, staring at the boisterous American jabbering on about whatever. The Asian nation had stopped paying attention long ago.
"Quiet! Ve are obviously getting nowvhere, so please, for the love of Gott, stop!" Germany snapped, the hot Texas climate obviously getting to him.
Instantly, the room (minus the crying Northern Italian) went silent. Germany tended to have that effect on people.
England rolled his eyes. "He's right. Sit down, America! Let someone who understands a lick about politics speak."
France smirked, and flipped a golden lock over his shoulder, his beloved hair staying magnificent despite the heat. "And whom would zat be Angleterre? I 'eard you were at the pub last night. You're probably 'ead over 'eels drunk!"
England jumped upwards from his seat. "It wasn't that much alcohol, wanker!"
Laughing, France's voice dripped with false sympathy. "But with you, eet doesn't 'ave to be, non?
The two began to engage in their customary bickering, leaving everyone else to sit back and enjoy the show. Nearly five minutes later, China noticed multiple stares gravitating towards him, obviously waiting for China to interfere with some sort of snack.
"What, aru? I don't care anymore." And as soon as the words were out of his mouth, China knew they were true. He didn't care anymore.
"Every meeting, they all end up the same. We never talk about anything of importance aru! Some of us try, but no one cares. You have a country to look after, aru!" Every nation had their eyes on China, jaws open.
"Stop acting like children, and deal with your economy." China stared pointedly at Greece.
He gestured towards Russia. "Your crime rate."
And with a final, almost feral glare directed towards America. "And your debt, aru."
China began gathering up his papers. "When you reach a decision to do something come get me. Until then, sort out your own problems instead of letting some of the more responsible nations deal with them, aru."
Yao Wang tossed his ponytail over his shoulder, and then walked out of the room with his head held high.
After a few moments of bewildered silence, the scraping of a chair against the floor was heard, and all eyes were upon its occupant- Germany.
"I agree. Don't expect anymore bailouts!" The man's voice was laced with anger, and... Was that disgust? Germany followed the route China had just taken, and left the room, slamming the door behind him.
A gunshot was heard, and a certain Swiss nation stood up. "Your petty arguments get you nowhere! Take a hint, and fix things!" He stormed out, gun over shoulder, leaving Liechtenstein to scramble behind him while sending apologetic glances towards her fellow nations.
•oOo•
After the astonishing blowup several others had filed from the room, and locked the door behind them, leaving the rest to sit in shock and self-pity.
"That was totally uncool, dudes!" America yelled.
"Like, they totally had no right to say that to us." Poland muttered, twirling a stray lock of hair.
"If it wasn't Yao-Yao I would rip him limb from limb and feed him to my dogs, da?" Ivan smiled, while simultaneously squeezing an extremely uncomfortable Raivis.
Lithuania sighed. "Mr. Russia, y-you must admit he had a p-point! We all h-have problems, including him, b-but at least he's trying to work them out!"
Toris glanced at the small Latvian tangled in Russia's grasp.
"Also... C-can you p-please let go of Latvia? H-he's... A bit uncomfortable."
Russia frowned stubbornly. "Nyet! You shouldn't talk to me like that, da? Apologize."
Lithuania braced himself, doing his best to stay strong. "I-I'm sorry, but it's true, M-Mr. Russia."
Ivan glared with an inhuman cruelty, causing Lithuania to shudder even more than usual. That's foolish He chided himself. Certainly Russia wouldn't pull anything here,right?
"Toris~ What am I going to do with you?" Ivan sang with false happiness, lightly twisting his metal pipe around in his hand.
Estonia bit his lip, and glanced at the defiant Baltic state. "Apologize, please! This won't get us anywhere." He hissed nervously.
Lithuania ignored his friend, and stared directly into Ivan's face.
Wham!
Ivan swung his pipe, and the hard metal collided with the Lithuanian's head.
"Like, what the hell? Back off, or I'll totally make Warsaw your capital!" Poland screeched.
"Nyet, I'd like to see you try."
The small Polish man let out an ungodly scream, and launched himself at the Russian, digging his well manicured nails into his neck. Ivan balked, and attempted to shrug him off, but Feliks held tight, causing as much pain as possible - without ruining his hair, of course. In a matter of minutes, the anger-fueled attack had become a full on brawl, every nation taking the opportunity to damage someone or something, leaving Lithuania to crawl underneath a table, and hope for the best.
Toris rubbed his head, hoping to soothe the aching in his skull. I should've just stayed quiet...
He leaned back, his head finding it's way to something soft, and attempted to rest.
"Nice of you to drop in, da-ze!" A cheery voice came from behind him. Instantly, Lithuania shot upwards, staring at the Korean nation.
"W-why are you h-here?" Lithuania stuttered unbelievingly.
"Couldn't I ask you the same thing? You did just try and nap on my shoulder, da-ze."
Lithuania blushed. "I-I.. Um-"
"Haha, does your head hurt?"
Lithuania stared unbelievingly at the teen. Well, I was just hit by a pipe, what do you think, Korea?
"Oh, right, da-ze!"
The two nations sat in silence, until Lithuania asked a question that'd been bugging him.
"F-forgive me for a-asking, but w-why aren't you out there? Y-you seem l-like the type to enjoy this."
Korea shrugged. "I'm not really sure. It just feels like I'd be participating further in what GēGē said not to do. I'm really not as stupid as you all take me to be."
"I don't think you're stupid." Toris murmured thoughtfully. "Just... Loud. And flamboyant. And hyperactive. But you're a teenager, so I suppose you're allowed to be."
"Yeah, but the thing is, I've been a teenager for centuries, da-ze. So it doesn't really- Hey! You didn't stutter! Does that mean you're getting more-"
Korea wiggled his eyebrows. "Comfortable around me?"
Toris laughed, and shoved him away. "Not in that sense."
I've found a person who cares enough to listen.
•oOo•
Hong Kong was so done with these people. Yeah, well, maybe he wasn't the most responsible nation either, but he wasn't the one, like, scratching peoples' eyes out! Speaking of eyes... Who was back there? Two wide amethyst orbs peeked out from the shadows of a closet, behind a layer of boxes, surveying the blood battle.
"Hey? Like, who's there?"
The eyes retreated further into the gloom.
"Like, come out. Who are you?"
There was no movement, and whomever was in the closet stayed hidden.
Leon gave an exaggerated sigh, his face still maintaining it's bored, monotone position. "Seriously, like, you can't just hide in the closet, there's like... Stuff in there." That was true. Historical articles, meeting plans, video tapes, weapons, and was that... Cake? Piled up on top of each other, items precariously threatening to crash to the floor. Ugh, America really was irresponsible.
Whomever had barricaded themselves within the mess simply, if possible, shrunk backwards, eyes blinking rapidly.
They're terrified...
Hong Kong internally groaned, preparing the voice and subsequent expression he saved especially for frightened animals and coaxing Iceland off the chandelier. (Long story.)
"Hey..." Hong Kong smiled slightly, his amber eyes warm and comforting. "It's okay. I won't, like, hurt you. Come on out."
And finally, the nation, (or person, he couldn't really be sure.) began to proceed from the closet, shifting boxes as he crawled out. Unfortunately, shifting things in here was /not/ a good idea. One thing lead to another, and and an entire row of items came crashing down. Hong instantly reached forward and grabbed the closet's occupant by the collar, yanking him forward. But, it wasn't fast enough, as the fluorescent green colored cake went smashing down onto the head of the unknown person.
"Owww..." He whined, wiping green goop from his head and shirt, desperately attempting to get the sticky substance off of him.
"Latvia." Hong murmured.
The shaking nation's head instantly shot up, and he stared at Hong Kong with pure terror.
"Like, calm down! I'm going to see if I can get you a towel or something. Stay, like, right here okay?"
Raivis nodded fervently, leaving Leon to feel slightly guilty, though he wasn't sure why.
•oOo•
A few moments later, Hong had come back with a wet washcloth, a hand towel, and a stain stick.
"Like, here." He held the items out, doing his best to be as gentle as possible with the both mentally and physically fragile nation.
Raivis stared at the ground, not meeting Hong's eyes, instead just staring at the floor, watching gobs of icing - if you could even call it - drip from his hair. Hong Kong tossed the lightweight items over, hoping the nation had better reflexes then he outwardly showed.
He didn't.
Raivis instantly screamed, and shielded himself as if avoiding a blow. Leon quickly backed up, and held up his hands in what he hoped to be a calming way.
"Whoa, like, hush. I just gave you some stuff to clean up, you're, like, making a mess."
The trembling Baltic nation slowly picked up the supplies, tucking them underneath his arm.
"Dry off, and then we can, like, head to bathroom and try and get all the stuff out of your hair."
"Okay." Latvia murmured softly, and followed Hong Kong into the bathroom.
•oOo•
The monotonous Asian nation held out his hand. "Here, like, give me your shirt, I'm going try and fix it."
Latvia shuffled his feet, and drew back slightly. "Oh... It's really o-okay, I can-"
Leon snorted. "Like, seriously, it's fine. I've got it."
And so, Raivis handed his shirt over to Leon, and the stood in silence, until someone finally spoke up.
"So... You're like, my age, right?"
"I-I'm fifteen."
Hong Kong nodded thoughtfully. "So... Like, what do you do for fun?"
"I... Ah, it's s-stupid."
Hong waved his hand, and looked expectantly at Latvia.
"I... I like p-poetry. And..." He gulped, and his next words were barely above a whisper. Romance novels."
Leon let out a rare laugh, but it wasn't cruel, or condescending. It was a laugh of understanding. "You'd get along well with my sister. She's into, like, all that gooey stuff too."
"T-Taiwan?"
"Yeah, you two should, like, go out sometime."
Latvia was astonished at the ease he said these words, but then again, Hong Kong was a pretty easy going guy.
"Here." Hong shoved the shirt back at Raivis. "I got the stain out."
"Thanks..."
Raivis turned around, and slid the shirt on, before hearing a startled gasp from Leon.
"Your back... Like, what the hell happened?"
Latvia trembled. "Oh... I-It's just Russia. Things l-like this happen sometimes."
Hong's face twisted into an expression of disgust. "Next time he does that, like, call me up, or just come over, okay?"
"C-come over? But what about China?"
"Hey, we're friends. Besides China hates that guy. Like, seriously."
"Friends..." Latvia whispered.
"So, like, I'm gonna head back, and see if I can do anything. See you around?"
"Yeah..."
And with that, they parted ways.
Despite everything... I made a friend.
A/N: And that, everyone, is part one! I am lazy, and therefore it'll be another two days or so before part two is up. (Seriously, I promise.) I SHOULD HAVE PUBLISHED THIS WAY EARLIER I AM SO LAZY AND I GOT LIKE NO REVIEWS SO I WASN'T MOTIVATED I'M SO SORRY! (Hint hint...)
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