Faded: right. finally finished this chapter! yay!
Riane: 'bout time, you lazy arse.
Faded: shaddup! anywho, this one takes place after a time skip of...i don't know how many years. you can choose how old Erina is here.
Riane: -rolls eyes- get on with it.
Faded: right...well, hope you enjoy it! :3
Riane: The Faded Guardian does not own Hetalia or any related characters, she only owns the plot and her character Erina.
Erina (current age: 13-16)
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Erina tried to ignore the banging on the bathroom door as she showered. She hummed to herself as a distraction; unfortunately that didn't work. The banging on the door continued until she finally yelled, "WHAT?" through the shower curtain.
"Get the fuck out of the shower already!" came the voice from outside the bathroom. "You're not the only one that lives here, dammit!"
"I'm taking a shower!" she screamed indignantly. "You can wait your turn just like I have to wait for you!"
She heard a grumble from outside followed by fading footsteps. She smirked to herself. That would teach him. She sighed softly as the water ran over her. So much had changed in such little time. The biggest change being that now she had to deal with him. He was Siberia, her not-so-new brother. And to tell the truth, she really hated him. Call it PMS, but every time she saw him, she wanted knock the living daylights out of him. But she didn't, because then she got in trouble with not only China, but Russia as well; and that just wouldn't do. It made her steam to think that she had been replaced by that…that territory. No, not even; he was just a region. Erina on the other hand was a slowly blooming nation (though still under China's control and referred to as a micornation) and dammit, they should be paying more attention to her!
Erina turned the water off and grabbed her towel, wrapping it tightly around herself. 'Well fine,' she thought to herself. 'Let them coddle him. I'll make them regret trying to replace me.' She changed into her clothes (Which consisted of a warm long-sleeved shirt, work jeans, and a jacket, scarf and boots much like Russia's.) and walked out of the bathroom. She knocked lightly on her brother's door to tell him she was going to be out. "Gegē?" she called, pushing the door open. "Are you in here?" She poked her head in and looked around. "Hm. Guess he's not." She walked the rest of the way in and sat down at his desk. She always felt important sitting there because it was where her brother signed all his important documents. She took a piece of paper and a pen and wrote him a quick note in Chinese, detailing where she would be going and about how long she would be gone and left it where he would most likely see it. (The kitchen.)
As she was on her way out, she (unfortunately) bumped into Siberia. "Where the hell you think you're going?" he asked.
"What do you care?" she asked, looking up at him fiercely.
Siberia only smirked. "I don't. Tell me anyway."
"I am going to visit Georgia. You know, my friend? Oh, wait, but that's probably a foreign concept to you," she sneered. "Cause, you know, you don't have any!"
Siberia's eyes turned icy and he raised a hand, about to smack her across the face, when—
"Siberia! Erina!"
The two of them looked up to the disappointed face of China. His arms were crossed and he was looking at the two of them as if they had done something wrong. (Which they almost had. Fighting was a huge no-no in the house.) "Explain, aru."
They both started speaking quickly and at the same time. "I was just asking–" "He got in my way and–" "She had to get all up in my face about–" "And he wouldn't leave me alone, so–" "So she was all–" "And he was like–" "So then I got kinda pissed–" "And he was gonna hit me!"
China held up a hand for them to stop, and rubbed his temples slightly. "Siberia, we'll talk about this later, aru. And Erina, you didn't have to leave a note, I would have been fine with you going to Georgia's anyway, aru."
Erina nodded and waved a goodbye, scurrying out to where her bike was. She couldn't wait to vent to her friend. Even if Georgia didn't give great advice, she was still a great listener.
Erina & Georgia
Erina and Georgia were sitting in the latter's house, lounging around as Erina recounted her version of her almost-fist-fight with Siberia. "…and then China came over right before he slapped me. But you know I totally would've kicked his ass from here to hell if he had."
Georgia chuckled slightly. "Definitely. And you would kick him back."
The two girls laughed and clinked their glasses together. They talked a little while longer before Georgia proposed that they go out somewhere. "Where are we supposed to go?" Erina asked, with a slightly smile.
Georgia shrugged. "I 'unno. But c'mon, me, you, maybe call up some of the other girls and just go out. It could be fun."
Erina shrugged. "Sure! Why not?"
A little while later, a few more countries had arrived at Georgia's house ready to go out. Belgium, Hungary, and Seychelles had arrived to hang out with the other to, the rest were busy or…Natalia. "So what are we doing?" Hungary asked, leaning forward and lacing her hands together.
Erina shrugged. "What are you guys up for?" she asked. "We could go see a movie…shopping…anything's fine with me. I just have to be back before dinner." She made a face, but returned to her smile quick enough.
Belgium looked thoughtful before saying, "Well if you have to be back home at a certain time, we probably shouldn't go too far out of the way." Ever the responsible and mature one, Belgium didn't want the young micornation to get in trouble.
Seychelles stuck her tongue out at that. "Oh, c'mon Bell. I'm sure China won't mind if she out just a little late." Seychelles winked at Erina, who gave the other a thumbs-up. "Besides, isn't China distracted with Siberia, or whatever?"
Erina's smile disappeared and she grumbled something about a "stupid replacement." Georgia leaned over the others and whispered, "She's not exactly fond of Siberia…they almost got in a fist fight today cause of something he said." The others nodded understandingly.
"Okay, well why don't we just do the girl thing and just go out shopping?" Hungary proposed. And then in a flash of inspiration (or maybe it was mischievousness) she added, "We can go over to America for the shopping, too! I heard he has some great shopping in New York City."
Erina looked up and blushed at the mention of America. In the time she spent with the few other female countries, they had quickly figured out her crush on the free-spirited nation. "I…I guess," she mumbled. "If you guys want…"
Belgium smiled slightly and poked the teen's cheek. "Oh, you don't have to be so embarrassed about it. It's not like we'll actually run into him, right?" She held out a hand to Erina and gave her a reassuring smile. "Now, how about that shopping trip?"
America & Erina
Erina and her group of friends had arrived in New York City a little under 2 hours ago and were now wandering the streets of the SoHo district. None of them had bought that much, but looking at the group of laughing female countries, one would just brush them off as a group of girls out in the city. Erina smiled happily; she could hardly ever get out of the house anymore on account of having to watch the house whenever China was gone, which seemed to be a lot of the time now.
"Hey, let's go grab something to eat," Georgia suggested, pointing to one of the cafés. "I don't know about you guys, but I am starved."
The other girls nodded in agreement and crowded into the café. They sat at a table near the window, chatting about mindless things until their food came. Belgium tapped Erina on the shoulder and said, "See? I told you we wouldn't run into him." Erina smiled at the older girl and nodded happily. She had been being silly to think that she would run into America in, of all places, a shopping district. She ran a hand through her black hair and looked out the window at the busy street outside. She leaned against the window pane and let her mind wander. She had seen so many things today…though, she supposed it wouldn't have been all bad if they had run into—
"America!" she gasped, seeing his figure approaching the café they were in. "Hide me! Hide me!"
Hungary and the other countries looked over to see what Erina was going on about. "Hey, I think he's coming in!" Hungary exclaimed.
America was right outside the café, debating whether or not he wanted to go in. However, after catching what he thought was a glimpse of Erina's face, he decided he would go in and (if she was there) talk to her. The little bell over the door jingled a bit as he walked in. He looked around saw Erina trying to hide behind Seychelles and Georgia.
"Shh! Pretend like I'm not here!" she whispered, as he continued looking around.
Seychelles giggled slightly. "Hehe…Erina, you're such a chicken!" The brown haired girl waved her arms frantically to get America's attention. "Heeeeey! Over here!" she called.
America turned his head at the sound of Seychelles' voice. Instead of seeing just Seychelles by herself, he saw Erina hitting the smaller nation with a fistful of napkins. "Why the hell'd you do that?!" Erina demanded, continuing her assault on Seychelles.
Seychelles only giggled at her friend's antics. "Oh please. You're grateful that I did that," she told Erina.
America had a slightly amused look on his face as he walked over to where the group of girls were. "Hey," he greeted, grinning. "What're you guys doing here?" he asked, taking a seat next to–of course–Erina.
Hungary shrugged. "We decided to have a girl's day out," she replied. "You know, shopping, gossiping, no guys." She emphasized the last word, hinting not-so-subtly that America wasn't exactly welcome.
"H-hey, it's just America, guys," Erina told them half-heartedly. "What's he gonna do? Follow us around for the rest of the day?" She laughed lightly at her own comment. "I mean…I'm sure he's–hey! What are you whispering to them about Georgia?!" Erina demanded, seeing Georgia whispering animatedly to the other girls.
Georgia's head snapped up. "Ehehehe…nothing~!" the older girl replied innocently. "But…how can we have our girls' day out with America here? He's gonna be the dead weight none of us want to carry around. …no offense, America."
America shrugged. "None taken," he replied.
"Anyways," Georgia continued. "Why don't you have America take you home? I'm sure China is worried sick." The grin on Georgia's face suggested that she had more in store for the micornation later.
"I–but–!" Erina tried to respond, but couldn't think of a suitable excuse to say no. "O…okay…" she mumbled finally.
America grinned at her. "All right! C'mon, let's go!" He slipped his hand in hers like it was the most natural thing in the world, and led her out of the café. Erina looked behind her and saw her friends waving, laughing, and making kissy faces at her. She felt herself blush and mouthed "shut up!" at them, before exiting the café.
Erina & Siberia
America was walking with Erina up the winding walkway to the front of China's home. "Thanks for, y'know…bothering to take me home," she mumbled, looking at the ground.
"Hey, it's no big deal!" he told her, ruffling her hair slightly. "Anytime you wanna swing by my place, just let me know, mmkay?"
She nodded. "Thanks. I'll keep that in mind." She waved to him as he walked back down the walkway and went to his car. Quietly, so as not to wake China or anyone else in the house, Erina unlocked the door & slipped in.
Click.
Erina froze. Light flooded the area of the living room. Slowly, she turned around to see who had turned on the light and came face-to-face with Siberia, who was sitting in a chair, arms crossed and giving her a disapproving look.
"Well, well. Nice of you to come home, little sister," he drawled arrogantly. "Weren't you told to come back for dinner, young lady?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
She swallowed thickly; this was exactly what she had wanted to avoid. "W-well…I wound up having dinner with Georgia at her house," she replied a little nervously. "A-and…it wound up taking longer than expected."
Siberia scoffed, not believing her at all. "Right. And that's why America dropped you off?" She gasped almost involuntarily. Her brother merely grinned and continued. "Oh, yes I saw that, my saintly little sister. And, I'm going to tell China."
Erina winced at his words.
Busted.
Faded: DIDJA LIKE IT? DIDJA LIKE IT? DIDJA LIKE IT????
Riane: i'm sure they did, faded. chill
Faded: hehe...whoops. anyways, one more chapter in this timeline, then we're really gonna be moving on to the best part! -glee- i can't wait! i hope you guys will like it!
Riane: they will...anyways, don't forget to drop her a review so i don't have to keep stroking her ego like this.
Faded: bye! oh...and i might hold a contest soon, so stay tuned!
