Ryuto

I stood inside the dressing room and looked down at the first set of clothes a stylist had thrown at me. Oddly, it was exactly my size and I didn't remember telling Oji-chan what size I was in shirts and pants, not even in shoes but the impatient call of a stylist made me pull on the clothes without further questions.

"I'm starting to think my uncle planned this out," I muttered to Arthur when we exited the dressing rooms.

"I'm thinking this isn't such a great idea," Arthur said, trying to adjust the tight shirt that had the British flag on it. "This bloody outfit is making me itch."

"Well, you're looking ridiculous," Francis said as he took a look at the Brit. "I, on the other hand, look perfect unlike you."

"At least I don't look like I was barfed on by a purple monster," Arthur retorted.

"Hey, guys!" Alfred called out to us. "Do I look like a hero or what!" The American was dressed in an American pilot's outfit and he was holding the American flag in one hand and a pistol in another.

"Uh, yeah," I said, eyeing the pistol. "Just don't point that thing in your hand at us."

Alfred grinned at me and raised the pistol to my face. "You mean like this!" he shouted.

I threw up my arms in front of my face and shouted, "Don't do that!"

"Everyone, Ayame-san needs you over at the set," a woman said, interrupting us.

I took the pistol from Alfred's hand and nodded to the woman. "We're coming," I told her shakily.

We then followed her over to Oji-chan, where he was already taking pictures of two girls—Hikaru and Rin. Hiro stood behind Oji-chan, dressed and waiting for his turn. He spotted us and waved us over to him.

"Hey, Ryuto," he said, nodding at me. "Who're these guys?"

"These are mine and Hikaru's friends from school," I said and I introduced everyone to him. "They're here with us for vacation," I told him.

Hiro looked at the guys and grinned at them. "Welcome to Japan," he said to the guys. "I'm Hiro Ashiya, a friend of the twins."
"Did you say 'hero'?" Alfred asked Hiro in bewilderment.

"His name's 'Hiro' but it's not spelled h-e-r-o, Alfred," I answered impatiently.

"What he said," Hiro told Alfred and he turned to the set. "Rin and Hikaru look like they could be sisters, friends even, if they didn't dislike each other so much." He pointed to the two girls who were sitting on white boxes. In the pose, Hikaru was passing a flower to Rin, who was smiling up at her.

I nodded in agreement.

"Hikaru doesn't like someone?" Feliciano asked. "Who, Ryuto? Why's that? What happened? Did something bad happen between them? Or do they just hate each other like big brother Francis hates Arthur? I never thought that Hikaru could hate some—"

"Rin and Hikaru don't like each other because they're girls and they get jealous easily," Hiro answered for me. "Rin's my younger sister and the two don't really like each other because…well, did I mention that they get jealous easily?"

"You did," Lovino said.

"Okay, girls!" Oji-chan called out to Rin and Hikaru. "Job well done! Now, go back into the dressing room and change while I get the boy's taken care of, okay?"

I watched as Hikaru sigh and step off the stage with Rin, who ran up to us and threw her arms around my neck. Hikaru, on the other hand, avoided us completely and headed straight into the dressing rooms.

"Ryuto, did you see me up there?" Rin asked me. "Did you think I was cute or really cute? Did you like my outfit?"

"I don't know," I said, pulling away from her. "Rin, I should tell you I have a g—"

But Rin wasn't listening to me. Instead, she caught sight of the guys surrounding me and Hiro. "Oh, my gosh! Who are these guys!"

"My friends," I told her. "Rin, this is Feliciano, Alfred, Arthur, Ludwig, Kiku, Francis, Yao, Ivan, Lovino, Gilbert, and Antonio. Guys, this is Rin Ashiya, Hiro's younger sister."
"Hi, boys," Rin said, smiling flirtatiously at the guys.

"Hello!" Feliciano shouted. "I'm Feliciano and this is Ludwig! He's German!"

Rin's eyes instantly looked to Ludwig and took the giant German in. "Hi, there. What was your name? I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch it," she said to Ludwig, batting her eyelashes in that girlish way.

"Rin, stop flirting with the boys and get back into the dressing room," Oji-chan called to her. "Boys, I need you up here so will you please line up in front of me? I need to see what I'll be working with."

Hiro sighed. "Time to get this over with," he said to me and I nodded.

Then, we followed Oji-chan's instructions while Rin left. As the others started lining up in front of Oji-chan, I turned around to see if Hikaru was still around and I saw her. My twin was already dressed in a white laced dress with a matching bow in her hair. I was about to tap Ludwig on the shoulder so he could look at her but her expression stopped me. She was staring at Ludwig with a sad look like he was a million miles away from her. I glanced over to Ludwig, who had the same expression even though he wasn't looking at Hikaru.

Again, I started wondering about the two. My sister, who was so happy-go-lucky at times, deserved to be with someone she loved and I knew she loved Ludwig. Suddenly, I remembered what I told Basch when I started going out with Lily: that if Ludwig hurt Hikaru, I'd step in.

I just hoped Ludwig was returning his feelings for her in the same way so that I wouldn't have to break Hikaru's happiness by stepping in between them.

A Note from your Author:

Sorry about the wait! I was busy reading these fan-fictions and oh my goodness! They're so amazing! One fan-fiction I read is called "Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart" and it's a Germany and Italy pairing. I usually don't read yaoi but I did and I was amazed by it! (And also somehow freaked out but now I can accept my friend's freakiness about the subject.) On the other hand, it was amazing yet sad and sweet and if you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it! I'm reading another yaoi pairing by the same author. It's an England and America pairing this time and their story coincides with Germany's and Italy's story. It's really cool and once I finish that one, there's another story with Austria and Prussia that I'll have to read soon. Another story I read lately was called "Remember Me" by my dear friend Zero-chan (aka zeroluver567) and it was so sad and so flipping amazing! There's another one I read and it's called "Hello Hurricane" and it's about Prussia/Gilbert and it's so, so, so sad! These stories just make me wanna cry or something! It's like I am sad, so very, very sad.

But anyhow, I finally got this posted because I was reading the stories above and I was also writing another fan-fiction story called "The Great War". It's about the Hetalia guys and they're in World War One or the Great War as it was called back then. I wrote it because we're doing WWI in history class and because I'm such a dorky nerd, I decided to write it so if you have the time, please check it out!

And thank you for reading and enjoy! Until next time, my dear readers, we shall meet again!