~England~

The time stops, marks the beginning

It was a sunny day and you gladly welcome the rare weather with a bright smile.

You were delighted. Not just because of the wonderful weather, its because it is the day.

Checking your wrist, where lays a watch. Not just any normal watch, a watch ticking backwards. Continuously ticking since you were born. But this day, any minute now, the watch you grow old with will be departing from your wrist and will no longer function.

'00:00:01:10:25'

Only an hour a way, and you'll be meeting your soulmate.

Walking with a cheerful aura, greeting a lovely day to elders and individuals alike, you decided to grab a coffee and head to the park to wait for your fateful meeting with your soulmate.

After ordering your caffeine, you sat near the window, gazing outside. Watching two people bump to each other, that by some luck was a gated meeting between two soulmates. How romantic, you can't wait for when your fated partner will come running (or bumping) to you. But still, patience is a virtue.

There's a saying: True love waits.

'00:00:00:45:25'

You glanced down at you other watch, that indicates the time of day. Seeing it's almost noon. Your order came, and you politely thank your server who shyly bowed at you almost making his glasses fall off, smiling you just sit there and comfortably sip the coffee that surprisingly has an aftertaste of maple syrup, making you more relax and comfortable not leave the place.

But you did intend to still go to the park, the coffee Couple with how homey the place is not helping you to stand up and walk. But then again the thought of your soulmate, gives you a slight boost, as you sit up straight to finish your coffee.

'00:00:00:25:30'

You did thought a lot of scenarios of meeting your soulmate in your mind when your young and had a lot time to daydream. Some of your friends even filled your already full mind a lot of dreamy things they experienced when they met their soulmates.

They said it was really a love at first sight. You'll love everything and anything your soulmate is. Which brings you back to the time where your parents had explained how the watch works, and you even joke about it saying it was as if they're talking about the bees and the birds to your brothers.

'00:00:00:15:36'

Five minutes more. Finally. Sighing you gulp down your drink and stood up to leave the place. But as you opened the door and heard the distinct sound of 'Come again!' from your back and a 'Bloody git, stop!' from outside the door. Everything was a blur, then you saw yourself sitting down on the ground. Confused, hurt and shocked.

"Oh, bloody he-... I'm so sorry, lass. I didn't see you there and some bloody wanker pushed me. Here, let me help you-"

The man stopped as two thumps on the ground was heard and you felt the cold summer air in the place of a missing watch from your wrist.

Looking up, you saw a blonde haired man with eyes as brilliant as emeralds staring straight at you.

The two innocent watch on your feet and a loud boisterous laugh at the side didn't matter. All it matter is him.

Now the time as stop and now marks the beginning of a new time.

'00:00:00:00:00'

Fin

A/N: Well, this is my first Soulmate AU for Hetalia. I first experiment on my One Punch Man One shots Book. So since I already read a lot of Soulmate AUs, I think I'm confident enough to make a Hetalia one. But still, I think I still need a lot of improvement on my grammar, spellings, plots and ideas for this matter. But yeah, I do hope you guys enjoy reading this. And I hope you can let me know what you guys things, like how bad I right or how should I improve my writing more and/or how bad I play the characters attitude or traits. Again enjoy reading! :)

01-07-2021 (Editted): I tried to make it a bit longer and tried to correct my mistakes as much as possible but yeah... I don't think I did much. But this would probably the last one I try to edit the oldest of this story, because I want to preserve how I begin from a beginner to somewhat amateur on writing this stories. I also want to always remember how I started this on May 2016 and still going on 2021. That's all! Well, see ya next chapter~

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