This story takes place a year ago. China and Serbia rekindle their friendship after many many years of having little to no contact. Fortunately, for Serbia this leads to a very lucrative deal. Boobs will be mentioned. Romania appears briefly. This is a complete work of fiction...Duh ;)

The scene shows three girls in a dressing room. They are dressed in national attires and finishing their make-up. Serbia comes at the door and says: "Okay girls, the plane is almost here. Let's go."

"Just a second Ms. Serbia" one of the girls says while attaching a red rose behind her ear.

"Almost done" another adds while adding the fourth-coat of mascara.

"Jeez these socks are itchy. Do you miss wearing these outfits Ms. Serbia?" the third one says.

"Frankly, I wouldn't know. I used to wear boy's clothes back at in those days" she replies.

"Huh! How come?!" the 3 girls gasp.

"I'll tell you all about it another time" Serbia says and winks to the camera. "So, what's with your faces? I get the hair and costume. But the make-up?! I don't think a typical woman of that period had time to get dressed, put a tone of foundation, red store-bought lipstick, glue lashes she can use as a fan over her eyes and do a smokey-eye before milking the cows in the morning."

"It's about the presentation Ms. Serbia. It's our job to look pretty and smile all nice" one says and makes a pose flashing a stunning smile and immediately a frame of flowers appears around her.

"Could I please do your make-up Ms. Serbia?" another girl pleads.

"I already did it myself" she answers pointing to the barely-visible gloss on her lips. The 3 surround her with a menacing glow around them. Small words "plotting" come out of them.

"Girls, calm down. This is not funny" she turns her head scared.

"Do not worry Ms. Serbia. This will be over quickly" one says holding a tone of beauty products in her hand.

"We will make you look so pretty Ms. Serbia" the other two say in unison, holding something that resembles an eye torture device. The horror atmosphere is present more and more. Then all three jump on her with their scary shadows covering the screen. We can only hear Serbia's screams and bellyaching.

Next scene: At the airport, they and the officials are all waiting for Chinese officials to come. Serbia, now with a tone of make-up, is annoyed. "These stupid fake lashes!...I can barely see" she thinks to herself.

Her thoughts are interrupted by a plane arriving with their guests. They walk the red carpet and shake hands with everyone. China seems disinterested. He takes a small piece of bread with salt (a symbolic promise to foreigners that they will be treated well during their stay) from the tray of one of the girls and shakes Serbia's hand without recognizing her. This makes her sad. (She was hoping he remembered her from the time of Yugoslavia and that they could be friends again. She worried that she was too small of a country now to be considered time-worthy of such a powerful nations.)

Next scene: At the conference. While the humans are talking, the two nations are shown bored out of their minds. China looks at the ceiling arched over his chair. Serbia listens to the "toing" sound her lashes make while she plays with them. They look at each other with the word "boredom" written above them.

"Wanna go and get some refreshments?" she finally says.

"I though you'd never ask" he answers standing up and rushing towards the door.

Next scene: At the lobby they sit down with their drinks and start talking. In the beginning, they don't know what to say but someone mentions old movies (Chinese and Serbian) and an hour later they are laughing and talking, way too loudly, about everything under the sun.

At one moment, China mentions a viral video of a Chinese man predicting future by grabbing women's boobs: "Have you seen it? It is amazing how he does it. That man is clairvoyant. All the women he read fortune to said they were very satisfied." Serbia bursts out laughing and almost spits out her coffee. "Oh, I bet they were!"

Then she says a little calmer: "Making predictions believable is much easier than you think. I used to do that all the time while reading coffee with Romania and Macy."

"What does reading coffee mean?" he asks scratching his head.

"Well, I'll show you" she drinks the rest of her cup, swirls the bottom content on its white walls and lets it dry. Then she shows him the inside of the cup.

China looks at it confused: "It looks like a toilet bowl at a bad Take-out place."

Serbia looks at her cup not really understanding what he means. "No, look the cracks in the coffee form shapes. You can use them to create a story of what will happen in the future."

China looks at her as if she is crazy: "I don't get it."

She thinks for a second. "Look, it works for tea as well. How about we dry your tea cup and I read your fortune that way. Okay?"

"Okay?" he says and with his tea bowl imitates what she did earlier. After the tea leaves dry Serbia takes it and starts explaining: "Well, I don't see much but for presentation purposes it will do. So first, I start with something general."

She becomes quiet and then starts: "I see you are a very old nation who has had many turmoils."

China laughs: "Everyone knows that."

"See, that is how the tricksters get you. And then they continue with something like this. But your luck is about to change very quickly. I see great success in your future."

"Hmm, interesting. Go on."

"You will find fortune in the last place you think to look. It will be under your nose the whole time but it will be the last thing you see."

"I'm listening" China got intrigued.

"I see a nation with bushy eyebrows standing in your way. It is your enemy from the past. The time will come when you will give conditions to him" Serbia says staring at the cup, getting way into her predictions.

"And..."

"Someone owes you a great deal of money. He spent it all on hamburgers and pick-up trucks. The bushy brow and he are lovers."

"Wow! It's unbelievable!" China jumps from his chair. "Tell me more. What should I invest in next?!"

Serbia wants to wink to show him she's kidding but one of her lashes gets loose and jabs her in the eye. She starts shouting: "Eye! Eye! Eye!"

"AI? Do you mean Artificial Intelligence?"

"No, no. My lash, my lash!" she cries while rubbing her eye.

"Do you mean Mayflash?" China puts his finger on his chin.

Serbia doesn't answer but runs to the bathroom. When she returns, he had already left.

Next scene: It's early in the morning. Serbia is drowsily smoking a cigarette and drinking coffee. The usual breakfast. China bursts into the kitchen without knocking.

"Come in. Make yourself at home" she says thinking she must have dozed off into dreamland.

"Make me some of your horribly thick coffee!" he screams looking crazy.

She blinks confused.

China calms down and says politely: "Forgive me for intruding. I had to see you right away. Everything you predicted came true. I bought some AI and gaming companies and they all turned profit. Please read my fortune again."

Serbia realizes she is not dreaming, remembers what he was talking about and smiles: "My friend, I was just joking. I didn't see those things. I made it all up."

China looks at her and pleads: "I intend to pay you generously."

Serbia is slightly offended by this. She grabs her right forearm with her other hand and extends the other arm so to state that what she is about to say it important. Her eyes are still half-closed. "Listen China, I didn't mean to imply that you have to pay me. It's not about the money. I'm just explaining to you that what I 'saw' that day wasn't real. You made those investments entirely on your own and I..."

She stopped talking when she felt something heavy and smooth in her hand. She opened her eyes and saw a gigantic block of gold.

"I apologize for upsetting you. This is your share in my investment and there will be more to come. I understand now that you were joking. Still, that makes me even more curious about what you can predict when you are serious. With your predictions and my money, I assure you that your house will be covered in gold" he says sounding incredibly sincere.

Next scene: Serbia is on the phone calling someone. We can see Romania answering the phone: "Hello?"

"Hey Romania. Long time no see. How are you?" she starts.

"I'm...good" he answers confused.

"Why do you sound like that? It's me. Serbia."

"I know who you are. I'm just shocked. I haven't heard from you in ages."

"Sorry about that. You never made any problems for me and we never fought. I guess because of all my troubles with other nations, I sort of forgot about you."

"Gee, thanks" Romania says sarcastically.

"Listen. I want to propose something. You give me fortune-telling lessons and I'll pay you nicely."

Romania laughs. He looks at the mirror and adjusts his hat since he can't see anything else. "Where did you get the money from? Did you rob a bank?"

Then Serbia tells him everything that happened with China. "And that's why I need you. Will you help me?"

Romania is shown speechless. He opens his mouth and we can see his vampire teeth. He drops the phone and screams: "WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT!?"