So more filler to come~! God, don't you just love them filler chaps :D
/= [DAY 32] =/
"Charice, are you all right?"
She looked up and saw Li Xiao staring back at her with a blank look on his face. Then again, he always has a blank look on his face. Geez, he's just like Rizal sometimes…only twice as creepy. Wait, is that even possible? Oh well, it had to be in case.
"Why do you ask?"
"You've been zoning out a lot more than usual."
"Am I now?"
"Of course you are. You zoned out right now."
"…huh. I did." She blinked. "What do you want?"
"We're talking about the P.E class that's going to happen in about an hour." He stated. "It's the Asia class and the North America class versus the Europe class. Are you willing to be a forward?"
"Like, the person that stands in the front and chases all the others down?"
"Yeah…that forward."
"…I'm a fast runner. Sign me up."
"All right then." Li Xiao wrote it down on the notepad. "Your other forwards so far is Alfred, Rizal and me…we don't know if someone else might come in."
"Um…how big are these teams?"
"Pretty big. The Europe class is extremely huge, hence our fusion with the North America class." He nodded.
"Wow…this sounds big."
"Yeah…I think they're setting up their team as we speak. I should set up the rest of the team…if you excuse me…"
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Húdié Mei had a lot of fun making uniforms for the team, so when it was finally time for the P.E class to start everyone had their own little uniform (for some reason, they were Japanese high school tight…she could just hear the perverts) to run into. And when they got to the field, she saw that the Europe class had a uniform as well. Who makes these uniforms…?
"So…we go against the big team, eh?" Alfred chuckled. "I'm not showing any mercy to them, and you better not either!"
"Mercy? What's that, a chocolate candy~?" Charice chirped. "Cause I'm eatin' all of it once they're crying in the dirt!"
"You two scare me…"
"They scare me too, Matthew." Rizal sighed. "…oh, shit."
"W-what is it?"
It was then that they realized just what the problem was: the lead was Ludwig. And by the look on her face, Charice's phobia was kicking in. This was not going to be good for the team. After a few minutes, Charice started slapping her face rapidly to the point of her face turning red.
"I'm OK, I'm fine~!" She shivered. "I'm a-OK why wouldn't I be I mean this is just a soccer game there's nothing serious about it so why should I be worrying ahahahaha…"
"We are so screwed." Li Xiao sighed.
"No, I think I have something we can use…"
Rizal stretched his fingers out and lightly pulled the smaller of Charice's cowlicks, making her shiver. Alfred shivered at the thought as Rizal whispered something in her ear before heading next to Li Xiao. He turned to Matthew and nodded with an "a-OK" sign.
"I think I got her out of it…" He stated. "Though you might have to avoid eye contact with her, Matthew."
"Um…w-why?"
"I got her to at least get out of the phobia."
"H-how…?"
"Well, I got her into Cute-Obsession mode."
"W-WHAAT?"
The game started. Ludwig passed the ball to Feliciano (a smart move, since he was a fast runner), but did not count on the fact that Charice was in Cute-Obsession mode. A few minutes later, he accidentally scored for the other team just trying to get away from her…and then they had to call a time-out cause she was still chasing him.
"VEEEEE~~~! Germany, help meeeeeee!"
"YAAAAAAY I always wanted an Italian~!"
Rizal had to pull her down to Earth with a yank of the longer cowlick, at which she freaked out from Ludwig's sudden approach and hid behind Alfred. The game continued with Charice in a mellowed-out version of Cute-Obsession mode (which was nothing more than Yandere-like looks toward Feliciano and Lovino, scaring the hell out of them). Nonetheless, none of them seemed to handle Ludwig. In fact, every time Charice and/or Li Xiao got through the defensemen and toward the goal, Ludwig would somehow just PUNT the damn ball to the other side of the field. So one time, she decided to try catching the ball that he would punt and allowed Yong Soo to switch with her.
Bad idea.
The ball was supposed to land on her chest and she can just kick it to Alfred who was waiting next to her. Instead, she got face-raped by the soccer ball and fell to the ground, allowing Antonio to score into the goal. She sat up and saw a worried Feliciano and Matthew leaning toward her.
"Are you OK, Charice?"
"Ve~~~Ludwig didn't hurt you, did he?"
"Um…not really…" Just traumatized me for another few lives…
"Are you sure…?"
"Yeah…hold on…" She stood up. "OK, no headaches~! I'm good!"
Rizal stared at her for a few minutes before turning toward Ludwig, who had the same look of worry on his face. He sighed with relief and saw the Filipino boy's protective glare, nodding at the revenge that he is most likely going to get from him. And that is just what he got.
The entire rest of the game was nothing more than a chase between Ludwig and Rizal, the others playing as 'support' (if you can call it that). After a few minutes, the game was over and the Asia/ North America class barely won by a point, but not before the rest of the team members were exhausted beyond belief.
"Man…that was such a heated match!" Alfred chirped through his sweat. "What do you think, Charice?"
"…can't…feel…lungs…moving…hurts…to…think…ow…"
"Yeah, we totally won this!"
"…ooowwwwwww…"
/= [DAY 34] =/
"Aww…you're so cute when you blush, Iggy-kun~"
"Shut up, Charice…and since when did you start calling me by that?"
"When Alfred started to, duh~"
Arthur blushed and turned away as he continued to arrange the books in the library, tuning his brain away from the curious Filipina that was stalking him through the bookshelves. After a few minutes, he sighed and turned his head back to her with a disgusted look on his face.
"Do you want to ask me something?"
"Yeah! How are you and Alfred?"
"N-none of your business!"
"Then why are you reading a Self-Help book for Love?"
"Gah!" He hid it back into the shelves. "I-I-I-I-I was only shelving it! L-Ludwig was looking into that book!"
"…now why in the world was he looking into a Self-Help book for Love?"
"M-maybe he just needed help on a relationship?"
"…are you saying that Ludwig's interested in someone?" Her eyes sparkled. "Is it Feli-chan? No, no…wait…is it my brother?"
"H-how am I supposed to know?"
"It IS my brother, isn't it! I knew it, just by the way he looked at him during that soccer match yesterday…there was some unresolved sexual tension...god that is adorable…"
"…are you pairing Ludwig up with people? I thought you hated him!"
"Scared of him, Iggy-kun. That's completely different. Besides, I've seen kuya go goo-goo eyed for him and deny it…maybe if I can get him to accept his feelings…then again, Ludwig might like Feli-chan…gah this is so hard to do! Why is pairing people harder than it looks?"
"Maybe it's because it's none of your business?"
"True, true…hm…but at least I should confirm if Ludwig likes someone." Or if that someone is from his hidden past…I should check in on that. "Well, good luck with your relationship problems!"
"I AM NOT HAVING RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS!"
"Is that why you're holding a sex-ed book?"
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"Ah, now we go into the cart scene. Everyone, get in place."
"Um…" Charice turned to Kiku. "What's the cart scene?"
"It's a scene where Valjean lifts a heavy cart off of a crushed passenger with his bare hands." He answered. "It's homage to the fact that Valjean is a strong man, and that's when we learn that someone was arrested in his place."
"Well…who's the sad soul who's forced to be Roderich's duplicate?"
"That would be Matthew, I believe."
"…they don't look a thing alike."
"We're going to dye his hair brown and put a dot on his mouth."
"Oohhhhhh…"
She shrugged as she moved into position, watching Francis tell a bunch of people what they're doing and having an argument with Gilbert over the fact that Roderich probably couldn't even hold up a pen if it was past a few pounds, leading Roderich to start arguing with them and hence holding the show back (way to go). Fortunately, Matthew was standing next to her and…
"Um…Matthew?"
"Eh? Wh-what's up?"
"What's with the bear in your hands?"
"Oh, him? You're talking about Kumajiro. He's my pet." He smiled. "Say hi, Kumajiro."
"…who are you?"
"Canada…"
"Wow…Alzheimer's patient, much?"
"No, he just has a hard time remembering my name…just like everyone else."
"Eh? I thought people are starting to remember you!"
"You and Li Xiao, yes…and a little bit of my brother…but everyone else is…still a little hard."
"Hm…why? Is it because you're so quiet that no one can hear you even over a dropping pin?"
"No, no…they keep thinking I'm Alfred…"
"…you…sound nothing like Alfred."
"I know, but…we just look the same, that's all."
"B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but you have purple eyes and wear a hoodie!"
"Yet people still think that I'm America…"
"Well, I guess it's either getting mistaken for your brother or being remembered as the nation that brought the chick-magnet abomination known to the world as Justin Bieber."
"Y-yeah, um…I'm sorry about that, by the way…"
"Nah, it's fine. He brings Canadian pride to everyone, the same way Charice is to mine!"
"…the same way you bring to yourself?"
"No, no, no! Charice Pempengco! The infamous YouTube singer! The only difference is that she's not a chick-magnet."
"…I guess…"
"But you're still trying to be your own nation that's not Bieber-mania."
"…yeah…"
"Hm…" She stared at Kumajiro. "Has your polar bear ever attacked anyone?"
"N-no, of course not! Kumajiro would never do that to anyone!"
"…would you like Kumajiro to attack anyone?"
"…no…please don't…"
/= [DAY 35] =/
"Ve~~~"
"What's wrong with you?"
"I'm bored…Ludwig's with Kiku on a newspaper meeting, and left me out of it. Kiku gave me this manga so that I can read while I wait…"
"Sweet~! Can I have a read?"
"Ve~~~of course! I just don't get most of it…"
Charice blinked for a few minutes before reading it. From the art, it looked like a doujinshi of some sort (what it's based off of, she can't tell). After a few minutes of flipping around, she saw a rather interesting sight: two men were kissing. Two hot men were kissing. And why did they both look like Gilbert and Matthew?
"H-how far did you read in this?"
"Ve~~~I read all of it."
"So…you're not bothered with the two guys kissing?"
"No…I've kissed a boy once."
If it was possible to choke on air, she was choking on it right now. Otherwise, it was probably spit. Meanwhile, the inner Yaoi fangirl was screaming in such ecstasy that other people's inner thoughts probably heard it, and then it goes ahead to break the sound barrier.
"R-really?" And so nonchalantly too.
"Yes…so it doesn't really bother me." Feliciano smiled…it was oddly sad. "He was so kind to me…"
Charice didn't know what to say for fear of touching a nerve and making him cry and hence activating her Cute-Obsession mode (don't want that :D), so she continued reading the doujinshi…until she hit a certain page. And the page was…um…well, very M-rated. Her inner Yaoi fangirl was pleased for the hour.
"Uuuuuuuhhhhmmmm…" She blinked. "You read the entire manga, right?"
"Ve~~~of course I did."
"So…you read this part."
"I did. It seems interesting."
DON'T SAY THAT, YOU'RE MAKING MY INNER YAOI SADIST HAPPY! "You're…not bothered by the Yaoi?"
"Not that, no…and what's Yaoi?"
My god, I'm dealing with an innocent one. "Um…have you ever heard of the phrase the birds and the bees?"
"Yes."
"Well…Yaoi is just that…only without the birds."
"So it's just the bees?"
"Just the bees. And a lot of sweet, sticky…gooey honey."
"I don't get it."
"I'm glad you don't, and I sure as hell hope it stays that way."
"Ve~?"
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Points to you if you get what I meant in the end XD