When we got closer to landing, I could clearly see huge beautiful buildings that I never thought existed. I was mesmerized, and I couldn't wait to see almost everything up close.
I was giddy with excitement! The airplane hit the ground with an audible thump, and skidded onto the ground. My ears popped, and I looked over at Yao, who didn't find this abnormal at all. He was chewing gum! "Yao, why are you chewing that? And why do my ears pop?" Yao's bored face then turned into a shocked face. He dramatically took me in his arms. "You're supposed to chew gum because it'll help with the ears popping. Are you okay? Are you hurt, aru?!" He kept rambling and asking me weird questions like that.
"I'm fine!" I gasped through my laughter. He's so strange! But I was glad that he cared for me. That made me happy.
"That's good, aru! I thought you were gonna be a goner. I remember the last time I didn't chew gum, it hurt so much. Anyways lets get our luggage and get off!" Yao sprang up from his seat and got our luggage. He was so energetic for someone so.. Aged!
We went out into the waiting area and sat there, waiting for Feli to pick us up and explore Italy.
*To Feli and Ludwig*
"Ludwig! Hurry up, I wanna go to this restaurant for some pasta, ve~!" Ludwig sighed and put a hand to his head, rubbing his temple. "All right. Just don't forget to pick up Yao at the airport, okay?" Feli jumped up and down with excitement for his pasta just a block away. "Yes! I won't forget. Well, no promises, ve~!" "What?! Get back here!" And with that, Feli ran away to an Italian restaurant.
Feli was already seated at a fancy table with a red velvet tablecloth and wine bottles. Of course, he had a huge plate of mouth watering pasta with a lot of vegetables and spaghetti sauce. Ludwig ran out of breath from trying to catch up to him. Even though Feli didn't look very tough, he could even outrun Ludwig when pasta was in the equation.
"Do you want some? It's really good, and I have plenty. I can always order and plus I get everything here for free! Vee~!" Feli ordered a tall glass of premium German beer for Ludwig. "Ah, yes. Beer would hit the spot at this moment." Ludwig smiled at the little Italian boy that was gulping down his pasta. Then, a thought struck the robust German man,'How is he not fat?!'
The German drank dozens of beers with out even feeling tipsy, freaking out Feli and his people that were in the restaurant. 'Good thing I get everything here for free! Or else I would've had to pay easily over two hundred dollars.' The little Italian thought. "Ludwig, wasn't there something that we had to do? I forgot, ve~." Feli thought long and hard about it.
The German and Italian yelled at the same time,"WE FORGOT ABOUT YAO!"
*Back to Lien and Yao*
"It's been two hours now! Do you think they forgot? Should we call them?" I was panicking. It was already 7 pm and we were still waiting here. I was starting to get hungry, too.. "Aiya, they're here. They're right there, aru." Yao looked like he might fall asleep at any moment. Lin Lin stirred in his arms, and Yao pulled her closer to him. I smiled at how much he loved pandas.
We walked over, with Yao walking first. (He slapped himself a couple times before we walked up to their car to wake himself up. I tried to contain my laughter.) I didn't know the tall muscular blond, so I was walking behind Yao. I smiled and waved to the little Italian. (He was taller than me by a lot, but I called him little because he is much younger than Yao and I.) "Lien! You've finally come to Europe! I'm so glad you chose my country to go to first, vee~!" I happily ran up and gave him a hug.
"Ni Hao, Ludwig," He paused to give a bow,"Today I introduce the country of Viet Nam, Lien Chung. She's never been in Europe before, but Feli would visit me and has met her already. They've been close friends for a while, actually." Yao's face was serious and all business, and I was over here laughing at Feli's corny jokes. Ludwig looked shocked. "Feli! How come I've never heard of your friendship with Ms. Chung, here?" "Well it's because I didn't think you'd want to meet her. And besides, it took a long time for me to even become her friend because she was so wary of non asians, ve~."
Feli dragged me to Ludwig to say hi. I was scared, he was so tall and scary looking! "B-b-but!" I tried to make Feli stop, but he was surprisingly strong. "Just say hi and shake hands!" Feli tried to comfort me. "Ludwig is my bestest friend in the whole wide world besides you, vee~!" I looked up at the man. His eyes were sky blue, and his blond hair was slicked back. He looked like a very serious dude. "Xin chao, Ludwig." I shook his hand, and bowed when he let go. His eyes softened. "Wow, you asians sure have complicated languages and customs!" He laughed.
I returned back to Yao's side, now aware that Ludwig wasn't that scary of a guy, although his country's history was not very pleasant.
"Let's stop the formal talk and let's go sightseeing!" I blurted out. I took Feli's hand, and he pulled me everywhere. It was amazing! Feli had such a rich culture and so much arts. "Why'd you bring the potato bastard here, dumbass?" That voice sounded a lot like Feli's but it was more.. Vulgar. "Lovi, come meet my second best friend, Lien!"