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A/N: Been a while since I've updated this story.
The morning sun drifted through the open blinds of the room shared by the only two females of the group. The eldest opened her eyes and blinked a couple times before sitting up and stretching. She looked over the the smaller girl to see that she was still sleeping. The older one chuckled to herself softly before she picked out some of her clothing and headed for the bathroom. When she was finished with her shower she dressed herself and headed back out to their bedroom. She gave a quick glance at the clock and she was surprised at how early it still was. She shrugged and headed out to the kitchen. She was surprised to find that everyone else but Taiwan up and bustling around the house.
"Good morning Hue aru~" she heard China's voice drift through from the kitchen from where he was making breakfast along with Hong Kong and Japan.
"Would you three like some eiyhelp?" she was willing to offer some but they declined.
"You and Mei-chan made dinner last night, and now it is our turn to make breakfast for you two." then he went back to making the rice.
"But then what do I do?" she didn't like having nothing to do and she most definitely didn't like letting everyone else do all of the work.
"Why don't you go see if Mei is up yet?" Thailand suggested while cutting up some vegetables.
"Fine." she walked back to her room to find that the younger girl had just woken up and was getting ready to take a shower. "Mei are you sure that you should be up?" she walked over to help the smaller girl with her clothing.
"Ah-huh. Its a lot better than yesterday but it still throbs a little."
"Are you sure that you don't need help?"
"No, I'm fine Hue. Theres no need to worry." she shook her head as she said this. She then headed into the bathroom and closed the door. Vietnam then walked back out to see that the boys were mostly finished with breakfast. They all started to chat about random things while they waited for Taiwan to finish her morning shower. When she did finally finish and had met them out in the dinning room.
"Smells good out her what did you guys make?" she looked over the table to see that there was of course rice, vegetables, salted fish, fried eggs, some kimchi for Korea, and Hong Kong's favourite-steamed buns. She wobbled a little bit as she walked over to the table and tripped. Hong Kong caught her and helped her back up and over to the table. "Xièxiè." she said smiling and he just nodded.
"I think its time to eat aru~" they all sat down in their seats and started to eat. Taiwan giggled when she saw Korea dive for the Kimchi even though he knew full well that no one else ate it.
"Mei-chan is your foot better?" Japan asked carefully just a little bit after they had started to eat.
"Yes it is thank you." she smiled as she grabbed one of the steamed buns. She took a bite and found that it was filled with pork. She knew that Hong Kong loved the ones that were filled with pork so she thought that he had made them.
"Are you up to go hiking?" she looked to her left when Hong Kong spoke up even though he was eating. His face remained unchanging and he continued to eat.
"Maybe, but it still throbs and hurts every now and then."
"Then we shouldn't go today. It can wait." she looked over to see that Japan had been the one to speak up.
"Awww! But I wanted to go back! It was so fun yesterday and we could spend even more time there today!" Korea was talking through a mouthful of kimchi, rice, and vegetables. Feeling bad that she was going to ruin everyone's fun she decided on what to do.
"You guys can go if you want. I don't want to ruin your time here."
"No, you'll come with us. Even if it means that we have to put it off for a while." Vietnam spoke up being the mature one.
"But-" she heard a sigh and looked over to Hong Kong once again.
"I'll just carry her then. She isn't that heavy." she saw him lean in to grab another one of the steamed buns and started to eat it.
"Really?" she looked hopeful.
"Yeah. Besides if you didn't come Vietnam wouldn't let us go and Korea would whine all day long."
"So we're going?"
"Seems like it aru~"
"Alright now that all of that is settled, what time did you all get up to make this?" Hue had been wanting to ask this question since she saw them making breakfast.
"It wasn't that early, maybe just an hour and a half before you got up." Thailand said as he got up to get a second helping of rice.
"Really?"
"Yeah and with all of use working it didn't take long."
"All of you? Even Korea?" the last question had an amused tone to it. Thailand chuckled and nodded.
"Yes. Every single one of us." he sat down and everyone continued to eat. When they had finished everyone helped clean up and packed for their hiking trip. Taiwan had helped Vietnam pack some snacks because it was expected that the wouldn't be coming back to the hut until late. Vietnam made sure to pack a lot of the leftover steamed buns and water. She also packed a large variety fruit for them to eat once they got there.
"Everyone done?" Thailand asked once everything was in order and they were ready to leave. He looked around and they all seemed ready.
"Lets go then da-ze!" Korea excalimed while he rushed out the door. China sighed and followed after him making sure he didn't hurt himself.
"Mei are you sure that you can walk?" Vietnam touched the younger girl's shoulder gently.
"Of course I can!" she started to walk toward the door before she started to wobble a little bit. She soon regained her balance and walked a little more before she stopped. "Okay my feet are starting to hurt a little..." Hong Kong walked over and she got on his back. He started to walk out to join the other two. This left just Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam in the home. The three started out the door too making sure to close the door behind them before they started their little hiking trip.
As they made their way through the more wooded part of the island they had to stop every now and then even though it wasn't very far from where they were staying.
"Aiyah, Korea please slow down! I'm not a young as the rest of you!" China was now lagging behind the rest of the group but that could also be explained by the large amount of items that he was carrying.
"Buuut aniki if we go any slower its going to take forever to get thereeee." Korea whined.
"Lets take a small break and lets try to get there soon alright?" Vietnam walked over to China and took a couple of things out of his arms. "Maybe you shouldn't carry this many items." after letting China catch his breath for a moment they continued forward. Once the reached their destination the two girls were amazed at the sight before them. The beach had soft white sand and the beautiful, clear blue waters of the ocean. Japan placed a towel on the white sand of the small beach. They could see that there was a cove over by the large rocks. Hong Kong placed Taiwan down on the towel and walked over to help Thailand with unplacking all of the things that they had brought with them. Grabbing one of the apples and a steamed bun he stuck the bun in his mouth and handed her the apple.
"Xièxiè." she took the read fruit from him and took a bite. It was sweet they looked around to see that Japan had laid out a watermelon and Korea was going to be the one to cut it.
"Can I cut it nowwwww?" by the tone in his voice Korea was getting impatient.
"Just wait a minute aru!" China was starting to get irritated with the taller Korean man and so was Vietnam. Thiland had walked off somewhere and no one could find him.
"We need to wait for Thai-san to come back." Japan said from his spot by Taiwan.
"I see him!" Korea pointed in some direction before bringing the large knife down on the watermelon. Bits and pieces of it flew everywhere. Vietnam seeing this grabbed her nón lá and that kept her from being covered in watermelon. Hong Kong caught one of the larger slices on his hand as it flew towards him. Thailand seeing the small piece of fruit flying at his face opened his mouth and caught it.
"Aiyahhhh! Korea!" China yelled at the top of his lungs as Taiwan giggled removing the bits of fruit from her hair.
"Woops sorry aniki!" Korea rubbed the back of his head nervously. Vietnam sighed and dug through one of the bags that they brought with them, she pulled out some towels and extra clothing.
"I had a feeling that we were going to need these." she handed the clothing off to their repective owners. "Just go back wash yourselves off really quickly and com back alright?" they nodded and they all stood up. Hong Kong decided that it would be faster if he carried her bridal style back to the hut. Japan and China followed after them. "As for you Korea," she turned around to look at him,"you are going to clean this mess up got it?" she had produced her paddle out of nowhere and was holding it menacingly.
"Yes ma'am!" needless to say that from now on Korea will not be allowed anywhere near watermelons.
Once the other four returned they started to enjoy their time in the little secluded area of the island.
"How did you guys find this place anyways?" Taiwan excitedly asked after getting cleaned up and changed.
"Acually its a funny story," Thailand repsonded,"well after you two fell asleep it was really boring. Believe me when I say that we tried to entertain ourselves. But we just couldn't do it without waking you two. So we decided ot go and explore the island to pass some time. We stumbled around for awhile, I'm not afraid to admit that we were 100 percent lost and didn't know where we were going." he laughed.
"Really? How long were you lost though?" Taiwan giggled from her place beside Hong Kong.
"I have no idea but when we did find our way out of the forest you can imagine our surprise to find this place! But it was later in the day when we found this place so it looked different. But you should see it! The sky gets really clear and you can see all the stars."
"Really?" Taiwan eyes were sparkling with excitment. "Can we stay long enough to see it? Please! Please?" she was just dying to see it.
"Yeah I guess we could stay."
"Yay!" they all sat and talked for quite sometime waiting for night time to come. When it did start to get dark Taiwan was hyped up and was excited. So excited that she acted almost like Korea.
"Hey everyone! Take a look at this amazing sunset!" Vietnam pointed it out to everyone. They all turned their heads to take a look. And indeed it was an amazing sunset. The colors blended together toward the sun as it disappeared over the horizon.
"Wow...its beautiful..."China was speachless he had been on this earth for a long time and the beauty of nature still amazed him.
"Kiku! Do you have your camera with you?" Japan looked over to Taiwan and nodded. "Take some pictures! Who knows if any other sunset will be this beautiful." the japanese man nodded and took some pictures. They all sat in silence as they watched the sunset and for the sky to finally go dark. They waited a little while longer and then Korea pointed toward the sky.
"Look! I can see the stars!" and sure enough little specks started to decorate the now dark sky.
"Wow...its amazing." the sky was free of clouds and they could clearly see the moon and the stars. What made it even more amazing was that the moon happened to be full tonight.
As the night dragged on they all started to grow tired. When Taiwan tried stiffle a yawn they all took it as a sign to head back to the hut. Hong Kong had her get on his back once more and took her back before the rest of them. The others started to pack up and head back as well. When they reached their home Hong Kong had just come out of the two girl's room.
"Shes alseep." he said. He was already dressed in his night clothing and looked like he was ready for bed.
"I guess its time for us to go to bed as well huh?" everyone agreed and headed off to their own room. They went about their nightly routine and soon all of the lights were off on the large home that the seven nations shared.
A/N: Whew finally finished with this chapter. I actually had to search up common breakfasts in asia to see what I could make them eat. I personaly like eating foods from different cultures so it was fun to look up what each culture ate and it was surprising to see how much alike they are. Reconize the watermelon scene? Well it sounds kinda like this right?
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Translations
Xièxiè-Thank you in chinese
nón lá- Its a conical leaf hat. Its what Vietnam always has on her in drawings or fanarts.
Love,
Dragon