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, fem!Ame, Ame Can Tai friendship

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"Hey, Mattie?"

Matthew glanced over to his sister, who was biting her lip thoughtfully at she glanced to the side of the room away from the podium where Belgium was speaking. "Yeah?"

"Do you think Mei's been looking a little under the weather lately?"

The Canadian briefly looked over to where Eleanor was looking, seeing said Asian Nation sitting alongside the rest of her family and paying attention like most of the others. A closer look showed her pen was moving halfheartedly and that there looked to be bags under her eyes, although it was hard to tell from here. "...yes, looks like it."

Eleanor leaned back, frowning thoughtfully as she looked back to Belgium momentarily. "You think her boss is overworking her again?"

Matthew sighed softly enough that she didn't hear. "I don't know; it could be any number of things going on in her life."

"Mmm…" The American hummed discontently, tapping her pencil against her notes before looking back to him. "Think we should do something for her?"

"Like what?"

"Y'know, a week's paid vacation or something on us. Just tell her boss we wanna talk some trade stuff or something, then just let her spend the time shopping or getting a massage or whatever she needs before bullshitting some small things our bosses won't get too prissy over."

Matthew pressed his lips together, thinking about it. On one hand, Mei was a friend of theirs, even if they spent more time with her brothers overall, and he did think giving her a chance to relax was kind in theory, but he really wished his sister hadn't sprung this on him so suddenly, because he wasn't sure what he could offer on such short notice. "Fine, but if we get in trouble-"

"-it's my fault, yeah yeah," The superpower waved his concern off, grinning. "I'll chat with her after this and see if she's up for it. You think of a good place to take her for dinner, alright?"

Matthew sighed. "Alright, though I don't know why you're pulling me into this…"

Eleanor blinked. "Because we're taking her up to your place, duh! Don't want the others tracking her down while she's on break, right?"

The Canadian just groaned and let his head drop, because he really should have expected his sister to drop all the responsibility on him without thinking about it by now.

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Matthew took the opportunity to organize his papers while Eleanor was busy charming up Mei for the impromptu gift vacation, figuring if he was playing host for the next week he wouldn't have too much time to do that. He supposed it'd almost be a vacation for himself, too, only he was probably going to be doing whatever the other two wanted instead.

(Seriously, if he didn't love his sister so damn much…)

"Mattie!" Eleanor greeted him cheerful as she returned, Mei at her side looking a bit less enthused but still smiling. "Let's get going before Yao tries to corner me again, because I'm really not up for another boring lecture about money and shit, 'kay?"

Matthew shook his head with a small laugh, waving his sister ahead while following behind at a more leisurely pace, Mei choosing to stick by his side. "Did she rope you into this too?"

"Sort of," He replied, shrugging his shoulders. "But I don't mind much - I do agree you look like you could use the break, but I would've liked to have had a bit of warning before she went through with things."

"She can be fairly forceful, can't she?" Mei laughed quietly.

"That's one way to describe it," Matthew agreed. "Keeps life interesting, if nothing else."

"I can see that," Mei glanced to Eleanor thoughtfully.

"C'mon you two, we have a flight to catch!" The woman in question turned to look at them, exasperation written all over her stance and features as she kept moving backwards. "Pick it up!"

The two exchanged looks, speeding up just a little and drawing a roll of eyes from the American before they finally escaped the building without running into anyone else.

(How she got three first-class seats on such short notice was a mystery, but Matthew wasn't going to complain.)

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"You know, this has been a lot of fun," Mei, looking far more rested and alive after five days of solid sleep plus relaxation activities, told the other two with a smile as she leaned back in her chair, one of the women working on her nails chatting away with her on the side cheerfully in Mandarin Chinese. "Thanks for inviting me out."

"Pshaw, wasn't no trouble at all," Eleanor replied from her other side, biting back a laugh as another woman scrubbed at her feet. "You're our friend, so of course we're gonna help you out."

"Still, I didn't think anyone would notice - that means a lot to me."

"Glad to have been of service," Matthew grinned at her from his own seat, having chosen to at least get his nails cleaned up even if he was forgoing the paint - after all, the arm and leg massages were certainly nothing to turn down when the alternative was sitting awkwardly in one of the waiting chairs reading gossip rags or worse, waiting outside in the summer heat.

"I'll have to make it up to you two sometimes," Mei decided, closing her eyes in thought. "I'm not sure how yet, but I'll think of something."

"Don't worry about it," Both Matthew and Eleanor replied, laughing at the coincidence before the American continued."We didn't do this to earn favor points or whatever, so don't feel like you have to pay us back."

"If you're sure…"

"We're sure," The Canadian promised.

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AN: Just a short piece since I wasn't sure what other scenes to add. Maybe you guys have suggestions of things they can do that I can write up after this month is over (or at least next week)?