This is AU, meaning there is no connection to the real Hetalia Axis Power. Only Characters are used.

Disclaimer: The characters are owned by Himaruya Hidekaz. Plot is mine.

Warning: China cross dress (XD You know me; I love it) and uhm… some master X maid relationship?

Pairing: RoChu and GiriPan (Russia X China and Greece X Japan)

Enjoy!

Why do rich people like to brag about themselves by having a house the size of a football field (times ten to the power of 5?) China grumbled to himself. He just couldn't believe the length of the hall corridor left to sweep. He had been sweeping the corridor since an hour ago, but it seemed like he just reached the middle of the unbelievably stupid extensive corridor.

He sighed. He thought back to two days ago, when suddenly his little brother, Japan asked him a once in a lifetime request.

"Can you substitute me for three weeks?"

"Why?" Yao asked. "Don't tell me you are eloping with that stupid boss of yours. What's his name? Hercules? Heracles?"

"…I … I love him, Yao-nii." Japan's eyes clouded. "I… I want to stay with him and he… he proposed to me yesterday. He wants us to get married in America, where they legalized gay marriage. So… I need you to substitute me working in his mansion. It will be fine, I promise. The whole family is never at home, only Heracles. And I will be back after three weeks. So Yao nii… please…"

"Kiku, don't you understand, aru? You two will have no future; the world is not an open place for a gay, mixed race marriage! Moreover aru, there is so much difference between our worlds! They are rich and noble while we are just poor immigrants! You need to open your eyes, Kiku! You might lost everything aru!"

"But Yao nii… I am ready to lose everything for him. He is the one for me." Japan stared hard at his older brother. "I… I need him to breathe, Yao-nii. And I thought… even if this didn't work, I'd still have you."

China knew he couldn't do anything to persuade the lithe boy. The boy he had raised alone since 5 years ago had already matured. The Japan in front of him was no longer his small baby brother of 13. Now he is a young adult; a beautiful man of 18. He had choosen his path of life, and seemed like he had been caught by a man named Greece.

It was a normal poor immigrant family story. Their family was so poor that they sold their sons to the job agency. The job agency turned out to be an underground trafficking company. They were almost trafficked as child prostitutes. Luckily China was a smart and strong boy; he guided himself and his brother to a safe place; leaving the place as soon as their parents got the money. He knew he couldn't return to their home as their parents would get into some trouble, so together, he took his little brother to life by the road. They became homeless for some months before China got a job as a kitchen boy in the next city. From there, both of them started to work for their lives. Now they were comfortable living in a small, filthy but warm apartment, with him working as a cook in a restaurant by day and security guard by night. Japan was too small to work, but he forged his own data and he was employed as a maid in the richest man in town's house 2 years ago.

Both of the brothers are hard workers, polite and pleasant. Their employees loved them; however fate was not so kind. Just a week before, the café where China worked closed due to bankruptcy; so China busily searched for a new job. That was the time Japan asked China to substitute him. From a money point of view, it was not a bad thing since it meant China could get money before he found a new job, yet from a family point of view, he was rather angry at his little brother to stupidly fall in love with such an undependable, rich spoiled boy. China believed that marriage when you neither have the money or a dependable spouse meant that you had no future.

And now, he concentrated back to the task he was given. The hall still had a long way to go, and his hands were already tired. He sighed whenever he thought back about his little brother. So Japan worked this hard everyday… he felt like a failure as a brother. He wasn't as dependable as he wanted to be to Japan.

So he needed to compromise when Japan asked him to let him marry the stupid noble. They went to Africa as a pretext; studying some camels while in reality, they were going to Connecticut to get married and have some honeymoon. China sighed. Not only he did he have to substitute Japan, he also had to keep quiet about his little brother's marriage.

He, himself, disliked Greece. The undependable, lazy man was a coward who could only court his brother in shadow, never daring to reveal anything upright. They secretly met in some of the unoccupied guests' room, and to China's utter anger, to make out. His small baby brother was tainted by a useless man who didn't even have the courage to tell his parents about his relationship with Japan despite the way Japan thought of their relationship as 'fate'. He hated the man, but hated himself more whenever he found Japan crying alone in the toilet, torn between love and family. China always regretted the fact that he was the one who introduced Japan to this job. He was the one who made Japan sad. He was the one who forced Japan to work in such a harsh environment.

Furthermore, he couldn't believe the harassment. It seemed that his employee thought Japan's built was too small to be a man. The butler of the house (who unofficially controlled everything in the mansion) gave Japan a female maid uniform to wear. So now China wore the same female uniform his brother wore, complete with the frilly apron and bows everywhere he could see.

Not that he looked bad, though. It was black coloured vest with a knee length balloon skirt. Since it was summer, the sleeves were short and white. A frilly white apron covered the front of his body. China's hair was tied by a white ribbon; and he wore a black chocker (add a bell and China felt like he was a house cat). He stared at his own reflection by the window glass. He looked exactly like a queer.

Ah, China sighed, this is not the time to sigh. He needed to finish his job before noon or he wouldn't get his free lunch.

He smiled and continued to work. But suddenly the earphone he wore spoke loudly, making China jump on his feet. "Attention to everybody; please gather in front of the main door in 20 minutes. Tidy yourselves up because a very important family member is arriving!"

China scratched his earlobes. He just couldn't believe that each employee in the mansion was given an earphone. And the way the butler called up to them, shouting like they were deaf made China felt a bit pissed. Damn you noble! Damn you rich people! He looked at himself at the window and tidy up his headdress. Nice. China then put his broom away, rushing to the main gate.

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The limousine was getting nearer and nearer. To get to the main door of the mansion, one must walk an hour (or half an hour by car) from the main gate. China yawned; but he was immediately smacked by the butler who happened to stand beside him.

"Don't slack off! Show your ultimate respect! Young master is coming!"

"Young master, aru?" China asked. "Ï thought Hercules was the only child?"

"STUPID!" another smacked landed on his head. China winced; while the butler kept rambling. "Don't call Heracles-sama's name just like that! And it is Heracles, not Hercules! The young master has a big brother, and he is the one coming now. His name is Ivan-sama, so you better remember that!"

"Ivan…?" China trailed.

"Yes, he is the son from Heracles-sama's stepmother!" the person from the other side of Yao, a guy named North Italy, whispered. "Gossip says that they're not really compatible with each other. Ivan-sama's mother, Katyusha-sama, married with Heracles-sama's father, Gupta-sama last year. They married for politics; the man has money while the woman was a noble; so both of them benefited from the marriage!"

"Ohh…" China nodded, ignoring the very angry butler beside him. The old butler smacked China's head for the last time before the car's door was opened, revealing a BIG man.

China was in awe. In his life, he had encountered many, many types of human, yet this man was the tallest, the biggest, and the strangest. His hair was rather greyish; and he wore a long scarf and a long coat even in the middle of the summer. He was so big and tall, making China believe the limousine was actually used because of the length of his legs (and the width of his body). China couldn't observe further because his head was pushed down by the butler beside him. They were suppose to bow deeply to show respect.

China grumbled a bit, noticing the big man's foot stepping nearer and nearer, climbing the stairs to the main door. He stared at the shoes. It was nice, brown, BIG shoes, and he knew that the price itself could feed him for a year. He cursed all the rich; why do they need to waste money on something when they could actually wear 5 dollars thongs and donate the money to some poor immigrant like him?

Suddenly the shoes stopped moving right in front of him. China was caught off guard as the shoe suddenly flew up towards his face. Out of reflex, China defended himself with his arms, knocking back the foot with the shoe. He was a strong lad; he practically lived on the road and he knew how to protect himself without ever attending self defence class. The man continued, throwing a thing at him, and China immediately caught the thing before it hit his head.

The thing was a water pipe. He looked at the water pipe before realizing what was happening.

"kolkolkol." The sound of Russia's laugh made everyone present developed goose bumps. "You are interesting, da? You are the first one who can dodge my kick and catch my pipe. What is your name, da?"

"You sicko! You could have killed me with this iron pipe, aru!!!" China shouted out of anger, forgetting about his place as a maid in the house.

"Ah… You are a man, da? Is that your hobby, dressing up as a girl? That's rather nice. You are very interesting, da." Russia smiled. He turned to the butler. "I want him as my personal maid, da."

"Yes, Ivan-sama." The butler bowed deeply. "I will personally train him and look into it."

China shuddered while Russia left them, entering the house, laughing all the way. What will happen to him? He wouldn't survive in the hands of that crazy man…

TBC

Whew. At last I could write something decent. This is going to be fluffy; and I think most of you could guess what will be the end. I don't care~ LOL

yes, this might be the usual maid in Manhattan type, yet I just want to write Yao in frills ~

review please?