North American Hurricane (Hetalia)
Author: Ashynarr
Summary: In the same vein as Bunnies For Your Amusement, I now bring you my collection of oneshots and short stories featuring the North American twins, America and Canada! Now including non-LJ drabbles.
Disclaimer: Hetalia's not mine.
Warning: Random Shit, Bros Being Bros, AmeKorJap friendship
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"Hey, guys, check this out!"
Those words were the basis of the friendship between Alfred, Kiku, and Yong Soo, all of whom shared a similar passion for the wonders of the internet and the things people shared across it.
More precisely, the millions upon millions of images, videos, and livestreams of adorable animals being ridiculous, from newborns to adults to the elderly and all in between. No cat video would not be shared on facebook, no puppy bowl unrecorded and saved onto their tablets, and no livestream unlinked. Quite frankly, they were the best escape from the drag of politics imaginable, and didn't require any translation in order to convey the joke - animals were just plain adorable and enjoyable across all cultures.
(Except maybe the Russians, but they were horrible frosty funsuckers anyways.)
In this case, it was Alfred uttering the words, bouncing on his feet as he turned his tablet around to show the stream of a goose tending to her little goslings. He followed it with the exclamation of, "They hatched today! I dunno if you guys got my text on it but they totally hatched this morning and are adorable yo!"
"They're so cute!" Yong Soo exclaimed as he nabbed the tablet, cooing over the goslings while grinning widely.
"She must be a very proud mother," Kiku solemnly proclaimed, though he wasn't trying to hide his own smile at the news and sight.
"The pops too," Alfred pointed out the second goose hovering nearby. "They're probably gonna get helped down tomorrow once the kids are ready, which we're gonna miss because it's in the middle of the meeting which sucks."
"There will be other chances," The Japanese Nation comforted. "If it makes you feel better, I found a new stream with a mother cat and her week old kittens."
The other two turned to him with tearful gleams, not even needing to utter a word as Kiku pulled out his own tablet, went to the bookmarked page, and turned the screen around so they could see the children mewling as they shoved each other for access to their mother and food source.
"D'awwwww," They cooed together, lighting up further as one of the kittens took a small tumble and cried piteously afterwards.
"We should so go back to one of those cat cafes, by the way," Alfred decided, straightening up as the idea struck him. "I think I spent the next week relaxed after a few hours in there, and I had to deal with Congress three times!"
"I'll see what I can arrange, but it might be a while."
"Oh, oh!" Yong Soo perked up as well. "I just remembered because I've been really busy the last couple of days, but there's this lady who lives just down the street from me whose dog just had puppies, and they were so cute! I got to spend half an hour playing with them before I had to leave, and it was the best! But it turns out one of my important politicians is allergic to dog hair so I'm not allowed to play with them anymore right before I have an important meeting."
"You can always go after meetings, right?" Alfred offered. "I mean, since you're heading home anyways, it's not like you can't stop by and say hi."
"I know, but my bosses are so exhausting," Yong Soo stuck his tongue out. "Things were so much easier when I only had to deal with one."
"Someday it'll get better," Alfred gave his friend a gentle pat on the back before changing the subject. "Sam said that the horses on the ranch should be dropping foals soon; you guys wanna come by and see them and maybe help name them?"
They gave him looks as if he were stupid for even thinking they'd deny the chance, replying together, "Of course!"
"I get first dibs!" Yong Soo proclaimed.
Kiku gave him a dirty look, which motivated Alfred to step in before things got nasty. "Sorry, guys, but Sue has first dibs this time. Girlfriend privileges and all that. I'll see if Sammy's open to ideas for the others though, so just send me some texts with ideas and I'll forward them to him, alright?"
They both smiled and nodded, Alfred sighing in relief at the near miss.
Animals may overcome cultural barriers, but that didn't keep other differences from getting in the way sometimes.
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AN: Just a short little thing with no plot, because sometimes plot is overrated. Besides, what sane person doesn't like cute animals?
