Characters (c) Hidekaz Himaruya

Fanfic (c) Chi Nasuori, it is a translation from Russian

This drabble is inspired by the Star Catching Incident on CCTV :D

Chilly night. Stars and the moon cast their cold light down on the earth.

Stars… They sparkle enticingly. The light lures souls of wanderers, captivating them. It is so madly exquisite, it subdues your will.

You want to have them, all for yourself. Own them. Take them from the sky, these twinkling lights.

So you stand on your tiptoes, reaching up high, and you realize that everything is in vain. You can grasp only the cold air of the night. And you're back on earth now.

No, these mesmerizing stars are out of reach. The only thing you can do is to marvel at their beauty in poems and songs, like those, who lived before you, and those, who will be after, when hundreds of years pass.

Suddenly you feel a big hand on your shoulder and hear a hot whisper in your ear.

"Do you like these stars? Let me pick them for you!"

***

China smiled to himself, sewing down yellow cloth stars to a red banner.

"Sometimes dreams can be strange, really," thought he.

He is old enough to realize that dreams are too fragile and vague, and reality is quite different.

He is a serious communist country, and he doesn't have time for some silly fantasies.

But still, deep in his heart, he longed for that dream to come true – those soft violet eyes, gazing at him, those touches, caring and gently, that breath, so hot on his cheek.

The original fic is there http://www(dot)diary(dot)ru/~Hetalia/p101102342(dot)htm