Chapter 1: The Decision

Vietnam stared at the floor as America was talking about his "Heroic" plan. Why, she thought, just why? Why do I have to be here listening to their rants? It was a large meeting for most of the countries. What it was about she wasn't paying attention.

Unfortunately Vietnam was sitting beside France, who was constantly trying to flirt with her; to scare him, she brought her paddle in front of his face and held it up.

"Remember this?" She asked. France silently backed away. She leaned back, satisfied with herself.

As everyone lost their sanity and started talking all at once, Germany yelled at them all to shut up behave. She chuckled to herself and walked over to the large window that overlooked the city of Berlin. It was so pretty, and urban, with high rise buildings towering up to the sky; it had a culture very different from her own.

While passing the time by staring out the window, Vietnam noticed lots of couples together, and lovers holding hands; it all reminded her of her own lonely life. All these years she had never once shown affection for someone, or been attracted to anyone. Maybe it was because of the lack of men in her life. She definitely knew she was straight.

For once in her life Vietnam actually felt lonely, despite the strong person she was, but hey, strong people have their sad moments too, right? She wouldn't admit this to herself, but deep inside she actually wanted to find love, to actually be with someone who would understand that she was sick of being lonely all the time.

Someone to talk to and have fun with and just be with. Well so far there was no chance of that happening because no one showed any attraction to her except for France who was just a perv that had no life, so he flirted with everyone within touching distance.

Time passed quicker than Vietnam expected the meeting passed without anyone noticing she was gone. That was just what she was aiming for. As Vietnam walked back to her seat everyone stood up to leave; as she was walking she saw Austria and Hungary walking side by side. Hungary looked up at Austria and linked her fingers through his; he blushed and looked down at her while Vietnam's eyes widened. She looked away and pretended to keep walking.

In the hallway Russia was running from a creeping Belarus and Vietnam could help but laugh. Belarus had been in love with her older brother ever since.

Vietnam thought back to her thought and what she had secretly wished for; it hurt her to know that many had already found a partner.

Hey, thought Vietnam, maybe I could find someone in one of the countries. But they never notice me. She shook her head and ignored hat thought.

Back home everything seemed so quiet. Vietnam walked around her house, bored out of her mind. She hadn't done much in the past few months, and she was getting bored. And lonely.

She thought of travelling to another country to cure her boredness. Hmm, that would be a good idea, and productive too. I can go sightseeing and explore. And at the same time… She remembered what she had secretly thought about at the meeting.

Fine. Vietnam was serious this time. She was determined to actually find love while travelling around the world. She smiled because it just might work out.

So where to first? She asked herself. I don't know, maybe Italy.