Dumplings and Hunger

Author's Note: Hello guys. I apologize for the delay since school's nearing it's end (Thank GOD~!) and I was trying to make this chapter a bit longer. I have no excuses to make up for delaying the said chapter and I thank my readers for taking their time to read and review. Again sorry for the delay...Anyway, Hetalia does not belong to me, only my OC! Liza~! ENJOY~!

Philippines sat in her seat and she eyed the documents in her small tanned hands with little interest. The conference was not very eventful, she was listening halfway when her mind started to wander a bit. For the past three hours the nations were discussing the environmental and economic problems that the world was currently facing, many of her fellow countries had shared their opinions and they were able to come into multiple agreements.

'Ang bagal naman nito...' The Filipina yawned and her eyes were starting to get droopy. She was close to dozing off when someone tapped her on the shoulder. She was greeted by South Korea's face and she gave him a friendly yet lazy smile.

"Oh…Young Soo…Did you need something?" She asked the fellow nation who sat beside her. The said Korean had just finished gathering his documents which were full of doodles and random nonsense. Young Soo sighed loudly and nodded his head sadly.

"I'm sorry, Liza-Ohini, daze~" the Asian nation replied and sighed. "I wanted to treat you for lunch but it's too late, daze~" South Korea wore a downcast expression while looking down on the floor and the Filipina felt a little guilty. She quickly glanced at the clock and it surprised her that it was already past three thirty in the afternoon.

'No way…We were in this room for more than three hours?' Liza blinked rapidly, rubbed the tiredness from her eyes and glanced at the clock again. It was indeed past three thirty and she realized that Young Soo was still muttering about lunch.' This conversation is making me hungry…' She listened to the Korean's rambling.

"…There is this new restaurant that serves really really good food from my country and-and ….." the Korean muttered the rest and Philippines felt a bit sad for him. "I wanted to bring you…but I just have so many things to do, daze~"

'Aww….Poor Young Soo…' She patted his head comfortingly and offered him a warm smile. It touched her that the younger nation wanted to treat her for lunch. 'Nakakainis siya minasan pero mabuti ang kanyang kalooban…'

"Don't worry, South Korea, we'll just reschedule. Just tell me so can go any time. Kay?" An idea popped into Maria Flordeliza's head which caused her to grin widely at the Korean. "Better yet~! We can have a karaoke session next time~!"

"Reaalllyy~~!" Young Soo's expression brightened and the glint in his eyes appeared. The younger nation started grinning and jumping around like a kid while waving around the oversized sleeves of his hanbok while laughing with glee. "Yay~! Liza-Ohini's the best Ohini in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD,DAZE~!"

The nations who were still in the conference room were startled when the hyperactive Korean suddenly shouted. The Korean stopped, turned back towards Philippines and launched himself towards her in full speed screaming his most famous line.

"LIZA-OHINI~! YOUR BREASTS BELONG TO MEEE, DAZE~!" Young Soo had his arms stretched towards the older nation's chest as he cried out loud. The remaining nations stared in horror since they knew what was going to happen and they felt sorry for the new comer.

"What the-!" Liza was taken aback by the sudden motion the Korean was making towards her and she was just there standing with her eyes the size of saucers. He was approaching too fast and she wouldn't have enough time to either move out of the way or stop him.

'Diyos ko! He's going to grope me!.' Liza's mind screamed, she closed her eyes tightly, crossed her chest with her arms and readied herself for the impact that was coming known as South Korea. 'Damn it! Saan ba isang bayani kapag kailangan mo?'

The Republic of the Philippines waited for the Korean's groping hands but the touch never came. Five seconds passed, it turned to twenty, and a whole minute had passed.

Feeling a bit brave and curious, Maria Flordeliza opened her eyes and she saw someone's back. The person had long brown hair with a wild curly strand sticking out and there were pink flowers adorning the right side of her head.

'A-a girl!' Philippines gaped in astonishment at the girl in front of her. She had a lighter complexion, a taller build and had strong Asian features.

The girl in front of her was wearing a pink-coloured qipao with gold trim and long, flowing sleeves, and a long white skirt. In front of the girl was Young Soo, who was now on the floor with his hands tied securely to his back with a piece of cloth stuffed in his mouth.

"HUUMPPHH!" The Korean twisted and turned but failed to wriggle out of his bounds. He threw the girl dressed in pink an annoyed look and gave up trying to release himself.

"U-Umm …" Liza started and then the girl in front of her noticed that the new nation had recovered. She turned around and gave Philippines an apologetic smile. Maria Flordeliza noticed that the girl seemed to be a year younger than her.

"I'm really sorry about, Young Soo." The brown-haired girl gave Liza a bow and Philippines shook her head and made small waving motions with her hands in front of her.

"It's alright. You don't need to apologize on his behalf…" She replied quickly and Liza gave South Korea a death glare for attempting to grope her earlier. Philippines, being a polite young lady, thanked the girl in front of her for saving her from South Korea's evil, perverted hands. "Thank you for helping me back there… Uhm…May I know your name?"

"Oh!" The girl giggled behind the sleeves of her qipao. "My name's Lien Weng(*1), I represent the Republic of Taiwan. Just call me Lien…" The said girl extended her hand towards the tanned nation for a handshake. "You're Miss Liza right? You represent the Philippines? Is it alright if I call you Jie Jie instead?"

'Aww…She's cutee~' Liza thought as she shook the younger nation's hand.

"Yes, You can call me that if you want…. " Philippines smiled warmly. "It's nice to meet you, Lien, I hope to become good friends with you."

"YAY~! Jie Jie Liza's so nice to me~~" The Taiwanese threw a certain Korean a smirk. "She likes me more than you, Young Soo~"

"HUMPHHH!" South Korea thrashed around the floor while attempting to sit up. He wanted to say something but his gag hindered him from saying anything intelligible. He continued to squirm around until Lien placed her slipper-clad foot on the Korean's torso and leaned down towards him in a menacing manner.

Philippines watched her two Asian siblings, who looked ready to pounce on one another, and shook her head gently. 'First it was Alfred and Papa. Now these two are fighting…' She gave a sigh. '…When will these rivalries end?' Liza's attention returned when she noticed Lien was speaking in her language.

"Nǐ zuì hǎo guījǔ, yáng sū…" The Taiwanese growled at the Korean who had matched the girls glare with his own. The next words that came out of Lien's mouth made Young Soo's angry gaze disappear and instead a fearful expression took its place. "…Bùrán wǒ jiù gàosu yáo dàgē, nǐ zuó wǎn chī le tā de jiǎozi."

"MUHHHGHH!" The male nation shook his head franticly and squired uncontrollably.

'I wonder what they're talking about..' Maria Flordeliza glanced at the two nations with a confused expression. She had no idea what the two were talking about and she felt a bit awkward for being a bit out of place. She felt her stomach twist in pain and she tried to keep her face impassive but inside she was screaming in agony. 'Nagugutom na talaga akoooo!Gusto ko ng - '

In the corner of her eye, she noticed a certain Chinese man who was making his way towards the group, Liza recognized the man, she waved at him enthusiastically and temporarily forgot about her hunger.

"KUYA YAO~!" She greeted happily and both of the Korean and Taiwanese looked at the older nation's direction. They two younger nations had different expressions once they saw the personification of China coming their way. Taiwan was smirking openly while South Korea was twitching in fear at the sight of his big brother. Wang Yao was carrying his panda on one arm and in the other hand was a half-eaten steamed bun.

"Hello Liza, aru~" Wang Yao patted Philippines head affectionately. He smiled when he saw Taiwan and greeted her in his language. "Nín hǎo, lián zhàn …" He grinned at his two younger sisters. "I see you two have met, aru~"

The Taiwanese nodded her head happily while the Filipina grinned. "Yeah."

"Well, have you two seen -?"China stopped when he saw South Korea tied up on the floor. He stared at the younger nation and then sighed exasperatingly. "What did you do this time Young Soo, aru~?"

"UMPH UMHP MUHPHH—" The younger nation replied before he was interrupted by Maria Flordeliza.

"He tried to latch himself on to my chest." Maria Flordeliza spoke out and a chill went up her spine. She rubbed her arms as if the room temperature dropped and Liza glowered at South Korea who was unfazed. The Korean didn't seem to make any seemed to be making any protests about his perverted actions and he was smiling rather smugly.

"Young Soo!" Wang Yao glared at the Korean irritably. He rubbed his temples and sighed as he thought. 'I would kill to have some dumplings and green tea right now, aru~'.

"I don't know how you get into these situations, Young Soo…" The Chinese man took an angry bite from his bun. "I have to look after you since you're so troublesome at the same time deal with my own country's problems and—" Another bite. "…and I still have to find the person who ate my dumplings, aru~…"

After Wang Yao finished his dumpling, he removed the gag from the younger nation's mouth. South Korea avoided direct eye-contact with Yao and Lien smiled secretively. Philippines only raised one of her eyebrows when she caught the guilty look on South Korea's face. His sudden stillness and silence only made Liza more suspicious.

'Maybe Young Soo had something to do with those dumplings…' An idea came to Maria Flodeliza's mind which made her smirk. 'It wouldn't hurt to ask, right?' She made a motion towards her younger Asian sister to follow her lead.

"Are you alright, Young Soo?" Philippine masked her face with a concerned expression and laced her voice with worry. "Maybe, that gag made you a bit light-headed…"

"Or maybe, you're hungry…" Taiwan added. "We should go grab some food~!" The republic of Taiwan smiled brightly at her younger brother. "Some Chowmein(*2)?"

'What are you trying to attempt, Lien?' Young Soo glared at the Taiwanese but said nothing.

Wang Yao arched one of his eyebrows at the two female nations but said nothing. 'Are they up to something, aru~?' Then he noticed that North Korea had been quiet the whole time and that alone made him very very suspicious.

"Perhaps, a steamed bun(*3)?" The Filipina suggested with a knowing look.

'Liza-Ohini's in this too, daze~!' South Korea looked at his Ohini with a surprised expression.

"Or Congee(*4)…" Lien suggested and Young Soo shook his head.

'No.'

"Maybe some Gulaorou(*5)…" Liza looked at the Korean expectantly and she saw that beads of sweat were appearing on his fore head. The younger male nation shook his head.

'No.'

"How about some Dum~lings (*6)" Philippines and Taiwan sang and Young Soo finally cracked under all the pressure.

"ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT, DAZE~!" The Korean shouted hysterically. "I'M SORRY, CHINA! I ATE YOUR DUMPLINGS LAST NIGHT, DAZE~!" Young Soo confessed and continued to ramble. " THEY LOOKED SO GOOD AND—" The young male nation stopped and looked at his older sisters who were grinning and giving each other high-fives. "Y-YOU TRICKED ME, DAZE~!"

Philippines shook her head while smiling. "No. We just pressured you…The rest was all you and your guilty conscience." She glanced at her Kuya Yao who was stalking towards Young Soo. "Uhm..You have other things to worry about, Young Soo…"

Young Soo felt someone behind him who was emitting a dark, powerful aura. He glanced behind him and he Korea trembled in fear when he saw China's eyes glinting menacingly. Both Liza and Lien watch the events unfolding in front of them and neither bothering to stop Yao.

"W-WAIT, CHINA, DAZE~!" The Korean tried to reason but Wang Yao interrupted him.

"SO IT WAS YOU, ARU~?" He scowled at his younger brother. "I'M GOING TO TEACH YOU A LESSON, ARU~" The Chinese man threw the Korean over his shoulder and made his way out of the conference room.

" ANDWAE! What are you going to do to me?" Young Soo's voice could be heard in the hallway. "LIEEENNNNN-OHINNIIII!"

"Maybe I should go and keep Yao Dage from killing Young Soo…" Lien spoke out and Maria Flordeliza nodded in agreement.

"You should…"Philippines rubbed the back of her head. "I feel a bit guilty for doing that to him…" the Taiwanese hummed in agreement.

"Well…I should go now. " Lien turned to her Jie Jie and Philippines patted her on the head tenderly. Taiwan smiled brightly. "I'll see you, Liza Jie Jie!" With that the Republic of Taiwan left the conference room while waving to her older sister. Liza had realized that she was the only person in the large room. Liza felt a bit turned back to her desk and returned to packing her papers in her bag.

"Urrrrrr…" The tanned nation placed a tentative hand on her growling stomach and sighed heavily. Philippines glanced back at the clock on the wall to look at the time.

4:25 PM…

"I should hurry up and leave…nagugutom na talaga ako." Liza muttered to herself as she made her way to the doors of the conference room. 'A nice big snack would be nice…and some room service…' Philippines grinned at the thought of food. "I should get back to the hotel and rel—" The petite nation stopped mid step when she heard something.

'…Must be my imagination…' Liza thought. 'I'm hallucinating…I'm just really tired and hungry...' The Filipina continued to make her way towards the doors when she heard the sound again. It was a small voice and it came from under one of the desks near the large windows. Philippines decided to investigate further but she was a bit nervous about the thing hiding behind the desk.

"H-hello, Is anyone there?" The Filipina spoke out tentatively as she slowly walked behind the desk. Liza gasped when she saw a tiny white bear, a polar bear to be exact, who eyed her with its beady eyes with curiosity.

"Who?" The little ball of fur asked the petite nation. The bear tilted its head to one side and asked the nation once again "Who are you?"

'OH MY GOD! Ang cute niya talaga~!' Liza's mind squealed as she stared at the little white thing on the ground. She had the sudden urge to scoop the little blob of fur in her arms and hug it tightly but she refrained from doing so in fear of scaring the tiny thing. '…But what's a polar bear doing here?'

"Hi." Maria Flordeliza greeted the polar bear as she crouched in front of the little animal. "I'm Philippines. Are you lost? Where's your own—" Liza never got a reply for her questions when she felt a light pat on her shoulder. She turned to see a faint image of a tall man in front of her and she pointed at the faded image then started screaming her head off.

"MULTOOO! SAKLOLO! MAY MULTO—!" Philippines felt light headed due to her using too much air for screaming and her huger was getting the best of her. Liza felt her sight getting a bit blurry and it seemed that the room was spinning around her rapidly. The last memory Maria Flordeliza could remember was a blond man ,who looked a bit like America but he had a longer hair curl, holding her in his arms and telling her to wake up.

"P-Philippines! Please wake up!" The tall blond tried to rouse the petite nation but the female nation remained unresponsive." The man sighed, seeing that he had to carry the female nation back to her hotel. The Canadian couldn't really blame the female nation since he was, most of the time, unnoticed by the other nations. He had to leave his briefcase and the female nation's bag since all he could carry was her. The polar bear crawled out of the desk, made its way beside its owner and asked the blond who he was.

"It's me, Canada, your owner, remember?" The Canadian replied. "Let's go Kumajirou." The bespectacled blond made his way towards the large door and his pet polar bear followed his master willingly.

TRANSLATIONS

"Ang bagal naman nito." ~ "This is taking so long"

"Ohini"(Korean)/ "Jie Jie" (Chinese)~ "Big Sister"

"Nakakainis siya minasan pero mabuti ang kanyang kalooban" ~ "He's really irritating but he's really nice"

"Saan ba isang bayani kapag kailangan mo?" ~ "Where's a hero when you need one?"

"Nǐ zuì hǎo guījǔ, yáng sū…"~ "You better behave, Young Soo..."

"…Bùrán wǒ jiù gàosu yáo dàgē, nǐ zuó wǎn chī le tā de jiǎozi." ~ "...Or I'll tell big brother Yao that you ate all his dumplings last night."

"Nín hǎo, lián zhàn …"(Chinese) ~ "Hello, Lien..."

" ANDWAE!" (Korean) ~ "NO!"

'OH MY GOD! Ang cute niya talaga~!' ~ 'OH MY GOD! It's so cute~!'

"MULTOOO! SAKLOLO! MAY MULTO—!" ~ "GHOSTTT! HELP! THERE'S A GHOST-!"

(*1) There is no human name for Taiwan so I named her "Lien Zhou" meaning Careful Flower (Yeah...I know I suck at names...) Taiwan's language is most influenced by the Chinese language.

(*2-*6) Chinese food. (Search them up if you guys are really curious.)

Phew~! Translating Chinses was freakin' hard but I have accomplished it~! (YEAHH~!:DD). A review is appreciated ~! Hope to see you guys on the next chapter~!^.^