Bam.

Face, meet my friend; the desk. Oh wait, that is right. You've already met several times today. Silly me.

"Hey commie! Have you fallen asleep or something?"

Alfred. That is exactly what I need, thanks destiny, how did you know?

I raise my head from the desk with a groan. I must look horrible. Focusing on Alfred for a moment, a small frown appears on my face and he flinches.

"Wow dude, what happened to you?"

"Nothing happened.. I just have had some trouble sleeping, that is all."

I rub my eye carefully, before sitting up straighter and trying to flatten down my hair with one hand.

"Trouble sleeping? What's keepin' you up?"

I shrug, taking time to straighten my suit before answering him. Because I really do not know.

"I have been quite.. ah.. stressed? It makes me not sleep well."

"Like.. sexually frustrated?"

"... What?"

I blink at him. Sexually frustrated? Me? That is not possible, it is just too much work right now.

"Yeah, sex is the best way to get rid of stress ya know!"

"... I doubt that. It will go away when we have less work to do."

... I hope, at least.

"Well, if you say so.. But just in case"

I look up and he's going through his pockets, and pulling out something, holding it out for me. I stare at it, then at Alfred.

"What is that?"

"It's the number and address of the best brothel in town. If you ever need to get some... release. I go there often, they're very good."

Alfred winks at me, and I blink in response.

"... Thank you..? But I do not need this."

"Keep it anyway, you never know.. Well I'll be heading off now, I'll see you tomorrow! Bye, commie!"

He waves over his shoulder as he walks out of my office.

I give the card a glance, and sigh, shoving it down in my pocket before gathering my papers and heading off towards the meeting of today.

The other four are already in the meeting room, I glance at the watch, to my relief I see that I am not late as of yet, even if it is a surprise to see Alfred there on time. Hm.. Maybe Arthur has something to do with that. He can be so silly sometimes, he does not realize he has got Alfred wrapped around his finger.

I sit down in my chair and looks expectantly at Arthur, he usually was the one to keep control of the meeting, and make sure we actually got something done. That is probably for the best.. The others can get so very.. distracted.

"Alright fellas, let's get this meeting started."

Oh, Arthur is in a good mood today. I guess that Alfred being on time is a nice surprise for him as well. And maybe Francis has decided not to mess around with him today. In any case, I like this. When he is happy, it means less work for me.

-Time-skip -

Standing up, I take my papers and head out of the room. Stupid Alfred, making me actually consider that bro- No. No I am not considering that. Brothels are wrong, people selling their bodies just to get money. They disgust me.

I nod to myself and walk of with determined steps. No workload is going to make me go to that place.

But even though I say that, I can not make myself get rid of the card with the address.

A hand lands on my shoulder and I turn around, Yao? What does he want now?

"Ivan, is something the matter?"

He is frowning, maybe he noticed me being uncomfortable.

"What would be the matter?"

"Well, for one you were making all kinds of faces during the meeting, like you were thinking really hard about something. Also, you weren't listening to Arthur at all. So something should be the matter."

Ah, dear Yao, always knowing when something is up. Well, he is my best friend for a reason.

"Just Alfred being stupid before the meeting, nothing to worry about~"

Yao is still frowning, he probably doesn't believe me at all. But it will have to do.

"If that was all, Yao, I have to be going now. Have a nice day~"

And I turn away and keeps walking forward, clutching the card in my pocket.

Stupid Alfred. Looking at me like that during the meeting, and making me remember the card all the time. Why does he want me to go so badly?

-Time-skip -

Ah~ Work is finally over. How lovely~. Now I just need to gather my thi- What's that sound?

"Fr-fraancis~ a-AH!"

"Mon amour~" ...

I think my face is red right now. Stupid frenchman and his stupid secretary. Could they not at least wait until they got home? I feel my lips curling downwards, into a frown, and I hastily shove the papers and my laptop into my bag and hurries out of the building, to my car.

I sigh. Their.. activities... made me think about that card again, that Alfred gave me. It is true I have not had sex for a long time. Not that I could not, there is a lot of people who would want to be with me. But most of them would want it to mean something, and I do not like them like that. Or they would just want to date me to get to my money. That is not what I want.

But.. If I went to the brothel, I could be with someone that I never had to see again.. Someone that doesn't know me, and with that can't judge me for my money.. Maybe I shoul- No. There is no way. I do not want to pay someone that not cares about me to let me fuck them.

Oh, would you look at that? I'm already home. So I pull out the keys, grab my bag, get out of the car, lock the car, and head inside.

"Natalia, Katyusha, I'm home~"

"Welcome back, Vanya"

Ah, so my older sister is apparently in the kitchen. I pull of my outdoor clothes, put away my shoes, and head into the kitchen.

"Where is Natalia?"

My younger sister wasn't here right now? That was kind of weird.

"She is up in her room and studying, because she has a test tomorrow"

That explains it. Natalia is very dedicated to school, and she always have good grades, though she is not very social.

"Oh, okay. What's it for dinner then?"

I smile and stand behind her to look over her shoulder, no problem since I'm much, much taller than her.

"Kapusniak(1)."

Mhm, yummy~ Katyusha makes lovely food, and since I make enough money for us all to live wealthily on, she prefers to stay home and take care of the house.

-Time-skip -

The food is done, the table is set (by me, if I may add that~), and we're now all sitting around the table in our dining room, eating and talking. I love times like these, when we are all happy and together unlike in the past. But I will not dwell on that right now, because right now I am happy, and so are my beloved sisters.

Soon I am in my bed.. I like my bed. It is soft, big and warm. And usually, I can fall asleep as soon as I lay down in it. Rolling over on my other side, I try to get comfortable. Why am I not feeling drowsy yet?

... Over there are my pants, thrown over a chair.. Inside those pockets.. There is the card. Maybe I sh- No.

I turn around. There is no way I will think about that right now. I force my eyes closed and wait for sleep.

-TBC-

(1) soup made with pork, salo (pork fat), sauerkraut and served with sour cream

Authors comment: Hey there guys.. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of my fanfic. It's counted to about 1300 words, not counting this note on the bottom. I had fun writing this chapter. (My ribs are cracked and I have a cold, so I have nothing better to do xD )

I can't promise you a steady update though, because I'm so lazy. :(

Well, this is my first real fanfic for Hetalia.. And I hope it's good. And as you noticed, this chapter was in Ivan's POV, but probably most chapters will be in Third POV.. But I want to try out different writing styles, so yeah ^^'

If there are any spelling mistakes or other things like that, please let me know. English is not my first language. I could keep on rambling for a while, but I'll stop now.

I'd be very thankful if you'd review and tell me what you think ^^

Have a nice day :)