"P-Poland, do remind me again, why are we doing this?" Lithuania asked as Poland dragged him down the roads.

"That is like, totally a surprise. You will know later." Poland winked and kept walking without a trace or slowing down or stopping.

Lithuania sighed, to think he was enjoying his rare day off with a cup of tea and some good book just a moment. Just what was Poland thinking? Well this was not Poland's first time charging into his house without notice and start messing up his plans for the day, but Poland seemed to be more hyper and excited today... Well that can't be good.

"Hey~ England! We are like, here. I am totally waiting for that pony you promised me." Poland waved as he approached England, Lithuania still struggling to keep up behind.

"Right on time too. I see you are at least responsible, unlike someone i know... I will be glad to give you your pony if you do a good job. Oh, Lithuania, you are here too. How are you?" England smiled as he greeted the two.

"G-Good morning." Lithuania nodded politely.

"So like, when exactly is the lesson going to start? I totally cannot wait to wear the costume." Poland squealed.

...Costume? Lithuania had a bad feeling about this... The last time Poland was involved in something that included costumes, he dressed as a prince, and forced him (Lithuania) to dress like a horse... Is it still possible to make a run for it now? That's it! he will just come up with an excuse!

"U-Um. Poland, i suddenly remembered that I have to give Russia sir his papers, so if you were to ex-"

"Oh, don't worry about that, I already called Russia, he agreed to lend you to me for a day, as long as i send him one of Hong Kong's pictures of... Anyway, let's go. The students should already be there." England got ahead of them and waved for them to hurry up.

Students? Lithuania stared at Poland for an explanation.

"Hahaha, Liet, your expression now looks just like one from a horror movie! Someone should like, totally get your expression down and have it on magazines." Poland joked as he quickened his pace to catch up with England, grabbing the half dead Lithuania.

Lithuania almost cried when he saw where they were heading; a maid cafe! NOTHING GOOD CAN COME FROM THIS! NOTHING! Every cell in his brain was telling him that something extremely embarrassing or dangerous or simply scary may happen in that cafe and he cannot step in there no matter what. But on the outside, he was so petrified that he could not even move his legs anymore...

"England, you are here at last! Mon Dieu! You are later for 20 minutes! The 'self-claimed gentleman who is never late for anything' was late for 20 minutes!" France exclaimed with his animated tone.

"I can live without the 'self-claimed' part. Besides, i don't want to hear that from a bearded frog who is always late." England snared as he entered the cafe.

"Oh, you brought guests?" France asked as he saw Poland and Lithuania behind England.

"Them, they are the tutors. Where's Hong Kong and Iceland? Call them out here." England replied as he dug out a extra frilly and pink set of maid costume/uniform and handed it to Poland. Poland's eyes sparkled, while Lithuania prayed with all he could, hoping that he could be excused from that costume.

Luckily, his prayers were heard, and England did not dump a set on him. Lithuania never felt so lucky before.

While Lithuania was still celebrating his narrow escape from the costume, Poland had happily put it on, happily did some spins and all. You know, being Poland.

"-sigh- another troublesome one?" Hong Kong muttered as Iceland and he walked out of the kitchen, already in their maid costumes. "hey old man, what is it now?"

"Don't call me 'old man'! I taught you better manners than that. Poland is here to teach you two the basics of being a maid, and serving people. What? Did you think i was joking when i said that i will get you two a tutor?" England raised an eyebrow and stared at Hong Kong and Iceland, who were both flabbergasted.

"So like, we should totally start the lesson. I will demonstrate the correct method once, and like, you guys will have to totally follow, alright?" Poland instructed as England passed him a serving tray and the menu.

Both Hong Kong and Iceland had the 'hell no we are not doing it face'. But with England's stare and France's... Prompting, they found themselves in a tight spot. Ah shit, why didn't America get the hit lot instead when they were drawing lots to decide the maids..?

"...Don't you need a customer?" Iceland suddenly said.

"Pfft, I like, totally thought of that a long time ago~. Liet, will be my official customer today~" Poland announced as Lithuania's face turned green.

"Oh my gosh! Liet, your expression now is like, totally not cool~! Come on and have a seat. Today, i will serve you~"Poland forcefully pushed Lithuania on a seat, and hopped over to Hong Kong and Iceland,"Remember, always sound extra nice and sweet. It like, works on both guys and girls. Poland guaranteed."

Then, Poland returned to Lithuania's side, and started talking orders, while the other 4 in the cafe stared at them.

"What a smart idea England, Poland is the perfect person for this kind of job! But, don't you think you are a little too serious about this?" France asked carefully, feeling a little sorry for Hong Kong and Iceland. A little, because he was eager to see Hong Kong and Iceland act like how Poland did, it would be so adorable.

"Wipe your saliva and have a little self-control will ya? I told you, i am not one to take things like such as a joke. Doing every little task to perfection is just a part of being a gentleman. Not like you will understand anyway." England sniggered.

"Mon Dieu! Stop praising yourself! You can't even cook edible food! How is that being a gentleman who does everything to perfection? Here, don't say that big brother did not give you any advice, you won't get any lovely ladies if you are always like this. Girls like it bad. " France winked, but got a disgusted stare by England, followed by a whack on the head.

"Keep your twisted advice to yourself and freaking get a shave will you." England hissed and ignored France after that, deciding to monitor the lesson instead.

"Now, You have to have the totally perfect 45 degree smile, no matter what the situation is." Poland instructed as he told the two the theory of a perfect smile achieved by the facial muscles can brightens a person's mood in no matter what situation.

Personally, England would punch whoever, that dare give him the perfect smile right after his scones got rejected again. Scratch that, he will make sure the 'perfect smile person' will eat all his scones, no matter what.

A perfect smile, how hard could that be? Japan can do it, Russia does it all the time, and Canada... No one can see him anyway. But for Hong Kong and Iceland, a perfect smile was just another way of saying impossible. Come one, they have their poker face on for almost forever! How can one expect them to master such a complicated and skilled movement that requires extreme control and grasp of their facial muscles?

England, for one, had way too much fun watching the two try, and fail miserably. Hong Kong's first try was horrible, it looked as if he had a stroke. Iceland was no better, he could not even lift the corners of his lips. The second try after Poland's face excise was better, but still scarier than England's cooking. Hong Kong's looked more like a sadistic smirk, the kind one should expect when he was going to kill someone. Iceland... he still could not lift his corner (he claimed that it moved a little).

Poland was close to getting his ponies to step on their faces to loosen their stiff facial muscles, but Lithuania managed to calm him down.

"Do you think this will work?" France yawned and asked England, who was sipping his tea.

"Probably not. It is already 4 pm. If nothing happened after 6 hours of work, nothing will happen 6 hours after that. We will call it a day." England replied slowly.

"...You are enjoying this, aren't you?" France had the feeling that they were wrong. They were not tricking England, England was toying with them!

"The gentleman remains silent." England smirked as he put down his tea cup, and announced the end of the day.

"England! This is like, totally not cool! They can never smile! if you want me to continue teaching, just one pony is not going to be enough!" Poland whined.

"I know, France has agreed to come paint your house once a week for a whole month. Is that enough?" England suggested as Lithuania's eye twitched in the background... And he thought Russia was scary.

"Is he going to paint it pink?"

"A different shade of pink every week." England promised.

"That's a deal too good to miss! Its totally a deal!" Poland happily agreed, and pulled Lithuania out of the cafe after saying goodbye the others.

"What did you tell him? He looked so happy just now." France asked as he approached England.

"Nothing. But if I were you, I would start working out. I heard Poland's house is as big as a football field and has 3 stories." England replied, "Hong Kong and Iceland, good job for today. Go change and have a good rest. We are having the same lesson tomorrow."

"Huh? Poland's house? What has that to do with moi?" France muttered as he went off to prepare to close the cafe.

"Iceland, are you going home alone?" England asked as Hong Kong stood by his side and France locked the cafe up.

"Looks like it. Puffin said its too hot here, and refused to come." Iceland replied calmly.

"Well then be careful alright? Hong Kong and I will be going off first. I need to talk to China about something." England waved and walked away with Hong Kong.

"That should settle it. What a tiring day. Iceland, you did a really good job today and big brother expects you to be a perfect maid. See you tomorrow." France blew an air kiss at Iceland and hurried off for god knows what.

Iceland sighed and walked down the empty street alone, today was quite a waste too. He found the whole plan useless and childish, but playing along won't hurt. Besides, he may need friends. It is not like he was not satisfied with the other Nordics, but Finland and Sweden were always together, his brother was occupied by Denmark most of the time, and he was... Not exactly social-able.

He may not be good at expressing himself to the others, but he himself know it very well that he hates to be alone. Sure there may be puffin, but even puffin has his own friends.

"...Ah." Iceland suddenly stopped in his tracks, looking rather surprised.

Standing 10 meters away, and right opposite of him, was someone he did not expect to see.

"Come on. I told England it will only take a while." Hong Kong rushed and walked towards him.

"...I don't need anyone to accompany me." Iceland finally managed to conjure a sentence.

"I am not here to accompany you, i am here to make sure that your brother does not kill me for not taking care' of you. Now hurry up, England will give me a whole load of nagging if i am too late." Hong Kong stopped when he was just around one step from Iceland and held out his hand.

Iceland stared at the hand, and after a while, held it.

...Maybe... Getting a friend was not that hard.

He will just have to try.

oh god what have i written?

Hong Kong, since when are you interested in making friends with Iceland?

But... Since you made Ice happy~

I will forgive you this time ^^