Chapter 2
It had been three days since Japan went to visit China, and China was in a little bit of a better mood but not by much. He wasn't looking forward to seeing Japan at the world meeting and he knew that with his luck he would be placed right next to the island nation. He also knew he couldn't skip anymore meetings unless he was on his deathbed which Yao wasn't planning on being on anytime soon. The meeting was being held in Paris, France. So China had booked a hotel room at the hotel the meeting would be taken place at since he didn't feel like wondering around the town this time, like he would normally do. Yao took his time to get down to the conference room to limit the amount of time he actually had to be there and actually converse with others.
- (With Japan) -
Japan was nervous about seeing China at the world meeting today and was trying not to show how truly nervous he was and was also dreading to see him again as well. He wasn't able to sleep well ever since he had gone to visit Yao at his home and he had woke up extra early today and had gotten to the meeting room first for a first time since the meeting was held in Tokyo. Japan really wanted to make amends with the older nation and not to cause him so much pain again. He wasn't sure if he really wanted to talk to Yao today or not but he didn't want to put it off for too long or make a big scene. Japan waited quietly in his seat for others to arrive and many emotions mixed through him as he thought about what may happen at the meet today.
- (With China) -
China entered the meeting room about 2 minutes before the meeting was supposed to start, he saw an open seat next to the country that looked kind of like America, America's brother he remembered as Canada. He took the seat quietly and not looking around or greeting anyone one as he sat down and waited for the meeting to start. From the lack of noises he guessed America and Prussia both were not there yet and they would be coming soon.
"Good day… Mr. China… It is good to see you here again. We all were getting worried about you." Canada said in his quiet, reserved tone of voice.
"Oh, thank you for your concern, but you need not to worry, Mr. Canada, aru." China replied in a surprised and polite tone of voice that concealed a lot of emotion in it.
"Oh okay…that is a nice hair cut you got…" Canada replied happily that someone remembered who he was and trying to strike up a conversation with probably the eldest country of them all.
"…Thank you, aru." China replied back politely and kind of surprised by the politeness shown to him.
"THE HERO IS HERE!" America yelled as he barged into the room and went to the end of the table to sit at one of the ends of the table like he always does. "OH MY GOD! China you're here, what did you do to your hair?"
"Like, omg, it looks so cute on you. Who did your hair?" Poland asked as he looked at China's hair.
China didn't respond quickly as he heard a lot of other comments about his hair as he breathed in and out to calm his temper. "I just wanted to do something different, after about 5,000 years the same hairstyle can get bothersome, aru." China said keeping his eyes closed and not looking at anyone as he told them all a BS reason for his hairstyle change. The Asians and Canada all could figure out that wasn't the real reason but didn't question him on it.
- (With Japan) -
Japan was at the other side of the table and was watching China very intently throughout the meet wondering on how he would act, he notice that he was very quiet and reserved and didn't interact at all during the meeting except to Canada a few times and when he was questioned about his hair. This was not like the normal China he knew, this was not the person that raised him. The Yao he knew was no longer able to be seen and it was his fault that he was like this. Maybe not completely Kiku's fault but good percentage and he felt guilty for causing so much pain in one he loved so much. There was no way he could ever forgive himself for the pain he caused Yao.
- (With China) -
"So, Mr. China, do you have any plans for after the meeting?" Asked Canada politely, wanting to help the country, since it was obvious that he was in some type of pain but he wasn't too sure what kind yet.
"THE MOST AWESOME NATION IS HERE. Do not fret I am here now. Somehow my alarm got shut off during the night. So, Mathew did you bring any of your awesome syrup?" Prussia proclaimed as he enter the meeting room 5 minutes before it was supposed to end and then walked up to Canada and China, which, ended up interrupting China.
"Yes, Gilbert, I brought the syrup. But we can make pancakes another time, I was going to see if Mr. China wanted to go out and get lunch." Canada replied to the hyper Prussian causally.
"WHAT!" Prussia replied shocked that Canada actually put him second to someone else and syrup too. Normally if it involved Prussia and pancakes Mathew was more than willing to drop what he was doing to make the awesome Prussian pancakes with his favorite syrup in the world.
"So Yao, would you care to get lunch with me?" Asked Canada with a little more confidence since Gilbert was around, who seemed to make him more outgoing with his personality.
"Oh, uh, sure yeah, that would be very nice, aru." China replied in a surprised and in a happy manner and it made him feel actually cared about for the first time in a long time.
"Okay great, so do you wanna meet in the lobby in about 10 minutes? So we can get changed." Canada asked with a smile.
"Yeah sounds good aru." China replied with a small genuine smile on his face that someone actually wanted to be with him.
"WAIT! What about me!" Gilbert asked in a load whimper as he looked between the two large nations.
"I'll make you pancakes for dinner Gil, so go bug your brother for lunch." Canada replied simple as he looked at the nonexistent nation.
"Fine." He replied back in a defeated tone of voice as he walked off towards his brother German who just ended the meeting and many of the nations either left quickly or were talking to others.
- (With Japan) -
Japan saw the whole conversation go down between China, Canada, and Prussia and saw China give a brief smile that was very small but genuine. Kiku wished he could make his brother smile that way but he knew that would probably be impossible.
"So, monsieur I have notice you staring at Cher China throughout this whole meeting and I can only guess that there is more to that haircut then he is telling and that you know all too well the reason. If you like I can help with any problems you are having." France said in Japan's ear sneaking up on him out of the blue scaring him internally but he didn't show it.
"Well…. It's… nothing to concern…."Japan started to say before he was cut off.
"Monsieur, if it was nothing then you would have been talking to each other and I know that you two have had many issues since WW2, and there is no need to lie to me. I don't know the full details and I don't think I want to know but I do know that whatever happened caused major pain to the both of you and you want to fix it and I want to help you to reunite." Francis replied is a serious and hush tone so no one else would hear what he had said.
Japan was shocked and just stared at the Frenchman in amazement since he could figure the two of them out so easily and wasn't sure how he should respond.
- (End of chapter 2) -
Well that's all for now. It is about 3 am and I am starting to go loco. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. And I will try to update soon, no promises though I am not the greatest at it.