Times have never been so hard for the Asian group, namely Yao. Lots of the other students were giving him a really hard time, even when they weren't trying to. For example, a lot of the guys were calling him 'Ms.' and acting all 'girly' around him. The girls weren't any better. They asked what type of product Yao used from his hair and skin, and most of them were dead serious about their question.
Even though Yao had it the worst, the others were still harassed, being Yao's friends and all. Many others were also questioning their gender, even when it was perfectly clear if they were a boy or girl.
Each class was the same, they'd enter to see everyone staring. Once taking a seat, people would start whispering. Some would actually go up and start harassing. No one ever told the teacher; who wanted to be a snitch?
Because of all that was going on, the Asian group was now completely silent, not talking to a single person outside their group. Kiku started talking to Feliciano and Ludwig less, Yao completely ignored Arthur and stopped tutoring, and whenever the Bad Touch Trio tried to apologize, the Asians would just walk faster. Everyone was ignored, except for Ivan. The Russian would smile and glare anyone down if they tried to approach the Asians when he was around. 'Kol kol kol kol'
"Hey, do you think it'd look weird if my hair was short aru?" Yao asked Lien, playing with his tied up hair. The two third years were on their way to the roof for lunch.
The Vietnamese girl turned to face her friend, imagining him with short hair. "I can't see it. Your hair was always long, even when I first met you." Lien answered, making Yao sigh. "Try asking everyone else, but they'll probably say the same thing."
"Yeah, you're right. I've always preferred my hair like this aru..." Yao said as they opened the door to the roof. There, everyone was already seated with their bento boxes. Everyone but the Koreans.
"Where's Hyung Soo and Yong Soo?" Yao asked, seating himself on the floor.
"Yong Soo got a note in his shoe locker telling him to meet someone at lunch. Hyung Soo probably followed." Mei answered.
"That or he got in trouble for threaten someone." Hong added.
"I don't think Hyung Soo would get caught easily for something like that, Hong." Jun said, placing his lunch on his lap. Hong only shrugged, continuing his lunch.
"So how's everyone holding up?" Lien asked the group, pulling out her own lunch.
"That reminds me!" Yao perked up, digging through his bag as the others turned to him curiously. "Mei, Lien, you two want these aru?" The Chinese student tossed a bag in the middle of their little circle, the stuff inside of the bag spilling out a bit. The group went silent when they realized what was in the bag; makeup.
"When did you get this, Yao-San?" Kiku asked, first to break the small silence.
"A couple guys patted my head and gave this to me before I went to meet Lien, aru..." Yao shrugged. "I would've just thrown it all away, but I've seen a lot of other girls in this school use that company's product stuff, so it must be worth something..."
Lien and Mei both picked up the contents in the bag, nodding their head in agreement when seeing the brand name on the makeup. "Their loss for buying pretty expensive stuff." Mei smiled after noticing none of the things were used.
"Well, other than this," Lien started again, losing her focus on the pricy makeup, "Anyone else have a story?" With that, Jun turned to Hong, seeing the Chinese teen looking down and focusing more on his lunch. Lien noticed this and put said teen on the spot. "Hong...?" Hong was still silent, now drinking water.
"Hong lost his temper and got into a fight with a second and third year." Jun informed everyone. The shock everyone felt was clearly visible on all their faces. Hong barely ever lost his temper, he always stayed practically emotionless about everything (although fights were kind of normal). Whenever he actually does lose control, the term 'all hell breaks out' turns into an understatement.
"Hong!" Yao shouted at his little brother with a scolding tone of voice. Hong only looked away at the ground, avoiding his other brother's glare.
"What happened?" Binh asked Jun.
"I didn't see it all, but I walked down one of the halls and saw Hong chasing after an Italian. I think his name was Lovino. Anyways, I chased after him. Once he and the other were outside, that was when I saw the third year, a Spaniard and heard the Italian scream, 'DO SOMETHING YOU TOMATO BASTARD!' " Jun described, arms crossed and eyes closed. Binh nodded intrigued as Lien stared with disbelief.
"I have met Lovino before. He is Feliciano's twin. He is not really much of a physical fighter with strangers, but has very, um, 'colorful' language..." Kiku explained.
"Well, it didn't really sound like a fight." Mei added.
"Jun butted in before anything happened..." Hong finally spoke on the matter.
"The third year looked really dangerous when provoked..." Jun shuddered. As Jun's explanation of Hong's 'fight' ended, the group heard footsteps and turned to where it was coming from, seeing Hyung Soo dragging a bit freaked out looking Yong Soo towards them.
"Care to explain?" Yao asked the older Korean when hearing Yong Soo whisper 'she had a gun' to himself over and over again.
Hyung Soo followed secretly behind his younger brother. Yong Soo was walking towards the gym building. When the younger of the two arrived there, he looked back at the note he found in his shoe locker the morning and walking to the side of the building. Hyung Soo still followed.
When Yong Soo got to the side of the building, he found Lili there, leaning on the building and looking up at the sky.
"Hello?" Yong Soo said, getting Lili's attention.
"Glad you came." She said sweetly, smiling with equal amount of sweetness.
"Did you need something?" Yong Soo asked, still confused as to why the Liechtensteinerin called him here.
"Um, yes. You see, the production for the drama club is coming up really soon and one of our main actors had to go on a family business trip and the understudy can't take over because of a family illness." Lili explained. Yong Soo blinked a couple times, not really understanding anything.
"That's too bad, but uh, what does that have to do with me da ze?"
"W-well, I want you to take over the part." Lili forced her shy self to say, a flushed expression on her face. "P-please? You're the only one with exceeding skill to do the part!" Yong Soo was taken back at Lili's request.
"S-sorry, but I don't think I should..." Yong Soo nervously said, scratching the back of his neck and looking away. With all the issues going on with his friends and him, it wouldn't really be a good idea.
Lili showed a look of hurt when Yong Soo answered her. She really needed someone and really thought the Korean would be perfect. "I-I understand, but..." Yong Soo looked back at her and froze. In the hands of the sweet Liechtensteinerin girl was a gun, "I really need someone. Please?"
Hyung Soo was already shocked by this, still watching from around the corner. How can a sweet, innocent girl point a gun at someone and still ask like she doesn't have a deadly weapon in her hands? The older Korean turned to his younger brother, noticing him completely still, staring at the weapon with fear. "Shit..." Hyung Soo cursed under his breath, pulling out his switchblade and running towards Yong Soo.
"Put the gun down..." Yong Soo snapped out of his daze, seeing Hyung Soo standing in front of him, pointing his switchblade towards Lili. The girl didn't budge, but did show a pleading look. Yong Soo watched as the silence drawn on, neither person dropping their weapon.
"P-please put your weapons away da ze!" Yong Soo shouted, "I'll do it! Just don't hurt us da ze!" Hyung Soo turned back to his younger brother, still watching Lili from the corner of his eye. Yong Soo was panting from shouting and from icy fear.
Lili lowered her gun, looking at the younger Korean with shock. She caught both the Korean's attention when she dropped the gun, running towards them both. "Thank you!" She cried, hugging not just Yong Soo, but Hyung Soo as well, ignoring his switchblade. "Thank you so so much!"
Lili released the two, wiping a small tear that formed. She then trotted back to her gun and bag, picking them both up and placing the more deadly object in her bag. "Practice is every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afterschool! See you at the auditorium!" Lili happily shouted back before thanking Yong Soo again and running off.
"Nothing. The idiot was just forced into the drama production stuff." Hyung Soo answered Yao's previous question.
Lunch came and went and so did all classes. Since it was Thursday, Yong Soo stayed after school with Hyung Soo keeping an eye on him. The rest of the group continued their way home.
"We're home aru!" Yao shouted as the group entered their home, all removing their shoes.
"Yao!" Everyone heard an English accent shout. It was only familiar to Yao. When said Chinese teen stood and turned, he was met with a large hug.
"P-Peter?" Yao questioned, surprised to see the little Brit. As were the others. Peter looked up at him, his arms still around Yao's waist as he smiled a toothy smile.
"Welcome back, everyone." Lin greeted, entering the room. "Peter here came earlier looking for Yao. Is it just me or does he seem really familiar?" Lin added, squinting his eyes close as he tried to think up why Peter was familiar.
The rest of the Asians sweat-dropped, already knowing Peter was a Kirkland, hence, Arthur's younger brother.
"How did you know where I live aru?" Yao asked Peter.
"Walter drove me here." Right then, Peter looked up at Yao with big, sad, watery eyes. "You stopped tutoring me and stopped coming. You didn't even say goodbye." Yao's chest was then struck with guilt. He got down to the younger boy's height and hugged him tightly.
"I'm sorry aru! Don't cry!" Yao was a horrible sucker for cute things and the others sweat-dropped even more at this.
"Hey, Yao, wanna introduce us?" Lien suggested, getting Yao back on his feet. The large group entered the living room, where Yao started to do introductions.
"Peter these are my friends, Lien, Binh, Jun, Kiku, and Mei." Yao said, gesturing to each person, "This is my younger brother, Hong, and my cousin, Lin. There are two others, Hyung Soo and Yong Soo, but they're not here right now aru."
"Hello, everyone! I'm Peter‒" The young Brit was about to say his last name, but was somewhat hesitant. "Just Peter..." Yao gave Peter a raised brow, but didn't push it; not with everyone here. "Wow, are all Asian girls very pretty?" Peter asked innocently, looking towards Lien and Mei, both girls giggling.
"You're not that bad compared to your older brother." Lien smiled, earning another toothy smile from Peter.
"What brings you here, Peter?" Binh asked curiously. Everyone else was also wondering the same thing.
"Well, I was here to see Yao." Peter answered honestly. "I bet it was my stupid jerk-of-a-brother who made you stop coming." The Brit huffed, crossing his arms. Everyone but Hong and Lin laughed nervously at Peter's assumption.
"D-do you still need help with anything aru?" Yao asked, trying to somewhat change the subject. Peter shrugged.
"I think I'm okay, but not as well as before."
"Oh, I'm sorry..." Peter shook his head, smiling.
"It's fine. Although, Nanna is still sad that you left." Peter added matter-of-factly. Another arrow of guilt hit Yao again.
For the rest of Peter's stay, all seven Asians helped Peter with schoolwork and homework. With everyone helping him out, Peter understood everything perfectly fine and was also having fun. The Brit also meet the Koreans later on. When he was done with all his work, Peter began just playing around with everyone. He even ate dinner there, which he very much enjoyed.
As Peter and everyone else were now playing with Qiang, panda number 419, there was a knock on the door. Lin was the one who went to answer it. When the teenage monk opened the door, he saw a more familiar person.
"Hello again." It was Arthur.
The two stood there, staring at each other for a couple of seconds. Arthur was nervous inside as Lin gave a blank stare. Suddenly, Lin slammed the door shut on the Brit.
"I thought the address looked familiar..." Arthur said to himself with a sigh, looking all around. Everything still looked pretty much the same. Right when he was about the knock on the door again, it opened up, revealing Lin with a ladle, just like the first time they met, but with another cooking item; a wok.
"My cousin taught me how to use these and not just for cooking!" Lin shouted, starting to swing the wok and ladle around. Arthur was luckily able to dodge all the attacks because the wok looked as if it could really do some damage. Wait, if he was not mistaken, Lin was Yao's cousin...
Arthur couldn't really think about it too much because the teenage monk was still attempting to harm him. "W-w-wait! It's me, Arthur!" The Brit said, seeing if Lin remembered him.
"I know. You and your accursed school caused so much harm and trouble to my cousins and friends." Lin huffed.
"What?"
"Binh talks in his sleep when he's worried..." Lin explained how he found out.
"I'm just here to pick up my brother." Arthur said, trying to calm Lin down. "Our butler isn't feeling so well right now, so I came instead." Lin stared at Arthur, lowering his (actually, Yao's) wok and ladle. Then it finally clicked. Peter was so familiar because his and Arthur's eyebrows were the same.
"How can that sweet boy be related to you?" Lin asked, not realizing how offensive the question was.
"Lin, what's going o‒" Lin and Arthur turned to the front door, seeing Hong looking out at them. He stopped midsentence when seeing Arthur, glaring at said Brit.
"Peter's ride's here." Lin answered, acting as if nothing happened. The teenage monk walked back inside to place the wok and ladle back in the kitchen and to get Peter, leaving Arthur and Hong outside.
"So‒"
"You and your damn rich school caused Yao-Ge and the others so much trouble, you know that?" Hong said, interrupting Arthur.
"Hey, it's not my fault." Arthur spat back, slightly taken back by Hong's comment.
"Why can't the wealthy society just leave Gege and I alone..." Hong mumbled silently to himself, walking back inside. Arthur was able to catch Hong's silent mumble and was a bit confused by it. What did he mean by that?
His thoughts were instantly cut off when Peter ran up to him. "Arthur? Why did you pick me up? Where's Walter?"
"Walter getting old you know, so his back kind of failed on him." Arthur explain, making Peter's eyes widen. "Don't worry! It's not bad! He just needs to rest for a bit, so Nanna Georgia asked me to pick you up. What were you doing here anyways?"
"Well, at first to see Yao, but I had so much fun with everyone else that I stayed longer. Did you know they have a panda?" Peter went on and on about what he did at the Asian household as Arthur half listened. Inside, he was still wondering about Hong's comment and guilty about everything that happened.
(("Arthur? Arthur! Are you even listening to me? Hey!"))
AIYAH! SO LATE! I'M SORRY! Every time I tried to write, I keep getting distracted! Oh the Olympics... So hard on a Hetalian... There are other reasons why, but you guys don't care... I'll try to post more of this fanfic, Sorry again! But, oooo~ look at me~ I'm foreshadowing~ *shot by pissed fangirls*... *Chibi ARC pops up* Please forgive spelling, grammar, and/or language stuff. Reviews are loved~
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Hetalia Character - Himaruya Hidekaz
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