A/N: Uh…I haven't updated for super long now….hopefully you guys won't kill me xD. I just had some major exam so I couldn't get on my laptop without my mom bothering me. :L Anyways, enough about my personal life and lame excuses :x, so let's get on with the chapter! \

Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia, and probably never will. D:

Characters: Taiwan (Mei) and England (Arthur Kirkland)

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Mei snuggled down into the large couch, pulling her blanket over herself as she stuffed popcorn in her mouth, eyes glued to the television screen. Her parents had gone out for some important meeting and she was alone at home. Her mother had informed her that they would be home late, so she had switched on the television and grabbed a bowl of popcorn to enjoy while her parents were out as her parents had forbidden her to play in the snow outside.

The show she had been watching for the past hour ended, and Mei lazily pressed a button on the remote control, switching the channel, only to realize that she had changed the channel to the news channel. She was about to press the button again when a frightening piece of news came up…

"A mental patient has recently escaped from the hospital..."

As Mei listened, she got nervous. That hospital was directly opposite her house. The news channel flashed a picture of the patient before the news reporter began to talk about other things. Mei was about to get up and close the windows when she saw a figure outside. The wall behind the television was made out of reflective glass, and she saw the familiar face of the mental patient grinning back at her.

Choking down a scream of terror, she ducked underneath the blanket, hoping that the patient hadn't seen her and that he would go away. She closed her eyes, crossing her fingers and silently begging that he would leave quickly. Sweat dripped down her forehead but she refused to move, not even to wipe it away. After what seemed like hours, she finally resurfaced, and was glad to see that the patient was gone. Grabbing the phone – which lay next to her on the table – she first called her parents, then called the police.

Within moments, the police had arrived, and one of them, Officer Kirkland, questioned her while the rest examined the house. They were puzzled to note that there were no footprints in the snow outside the house where Mei had seen the patient. Any footprints left behind wouldn't have been covered over by more snow as Mei had called the police almost immediately after she had seen the patient.

"Sir, wait a second! There's some wet footprints on the ground here!" A female officer pointed to some footprints. They came in from the back door and stopped just behind the couch. Mei glanced at the footprints for a second, before color drained from her face.

She hadn't seen the patient outside.

She'd seen his reflection in the glass wall. He'd been behind her the entire time.

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A/N: Alright, this one was insanely short. I actually don't like it all that much, but I wanted to post a chapter today. This fic is probably gonna be on a hiatus for awhile; I have another major exam coming up this month. I'll type chapters when I can, but I'm probably gonna update really slowly so bear with me, guys! ^^;

~garbagerocks2