"B-but we're still micronations, right?" he stutters "We micronations have to stick together!" he finishes, regaining his confidence.
"Well you don't have to be friends with me," I counter-argue "If you want a micronation friend so bad, why can't you just go find some other micronation to be friends with?"
"I don't know where they are," he says "I only know where you are because I saw you declaring your independence on the news and, well…" he trails off.
I nod, urging him to go on. Let's hear this bloke's sob story.
"It was inspiring to me" he finishes.
My eyes widen, my heart both flies and sinks at the same time. He was inspired by me! I'm only eighteen, how could I be an inspiration to someone else already? I mean, I became a country, so what? That doesn't make me an inspiration! He would be more rightful in being inspired by big countries like big brother Australia or England, not a small, new country such as myself.
As I regain composure from the shock of his statement, I come up with an idea.
If I take him to all the other micronations in the world, one is bound to want to be friends with the little annoyance,
"Hey," I begin "How 'bout I take you to all the micronations in the world so you can make friends with them?"
It'd be a long trip, but this kid's definitely not gonna get off my back, so I oughtta introduce him to some new people.
"Really?!" he replies excitedly "That'd be awesome!"
I take him inside and pull up a map, labeling the micronations.
Seborga
Molossia
Nikko-Nikko
Ladonia
Kugelmugel
TRNC
I hesitate as I think of adding my mentor, Hutt River onto the list. He would be the most helpful if this boy wants to become a country, but do I really want to help him, or just get rid of him?
"I think that's all!" I exclaim, my voice going a bit high with the lie. Thank goodness he hasn't known me before today, or he would be able to read that I was lying like big brother Australia does. I giggle in my head as I realize that every time I've tried to lie to my big bro, he caught me.
But then I look over at his wide-eyed, eager expression, and I don't think he would have noticed that I was lying even if he had known me all my life.
"Wow," he sighs "I can't believe I get to make friends with all of them!"
"Well, if they want to" I reply in my 'don't-get-your-hopes-up' voice. Some of them might not want to be friends with some annoying little fort in the middle of the ocean, and I wonder why? I joke to myself.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
HOLY FLUPPING FLAB THAT WAS SHORT 0.0
So sorry about the wait, I've been stretching it and then I tried to figure out ^how^ to add a chapter…HI I'M A NOOB.
Sorry if I had some verb confusion in there, I have a feeling that I mixed up some past and present-tense verbs. I do that in almost every story I write and I'm sorry if it bugs you, it's just very confusing for me :(. ~Hisui