YAY! Third story! As always, reviews are like love: meant to be shared! :3

This has been sitting in my files for over FIVE MONTHS now! So since I finally have an accout to post in on, I will!

Summary: Xiao (Hong Kong) has fallen in love with Mei (Taiwan), and now must find a way to express himself...

NOW. I suppose you all want a story. Well then, be my guest (I have to stop watching Disney movies with my cousin… They start to seep into your mind after a while…).

Somehow, I always imagine Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast when writing France, so sorry for OOCness…

He needed to make it sweet… but sexy? Maybe, but he didn't know how to do sexy… What do girls like? Stuffed animals? Chocolates? Long walks on the beach? None of that applied to His Mei-Mei.

Wait, HIS? What was he doing? He was letting his emotions-

…

Whatever. All he knew is that whenever he was close to her, he was happy. Hearing her voice, having her laugh tickle his ears, sitting side by side at the world meetings… It was his version of heaven… He could be himself around her…

…

But how could he SHOW her that? Telling her was out of the question. He… wasn't the best with words. He always let her do the talking for him…

"Hong Kong! Are you planning to wear the floors down? Stop your pacing, aru!" Xiao was brought back to reality by his older brother's angry words. He sat down hard on his bed. He just didn't have any experience with girls… THAT'S IT!

"What's it, aru?", China shouted upstairs. Damn it! He hadn't meant to scream it out loud!

"N-nothing!" He shouted back down. This whole emotions thing was screwing with his brain! But at least he knew what he had to do. He had to call a professional.

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"Of course, mon ami! I would always help a man in love! L'amour is a powerful thing!" The Frenchman replied to his desperate plea for help. Well… as desperate as he ever got. Which was more like a deadpan "I need to woo a girl. Will you help me?"

"Good." He deadpanned into the phone. He was gonna need a LOT of help.

"So what did you have in mind?" Francis asked.

"Well… That's where you come in." Xiao admitted faintly sheepishly. But only faintly.

"But of course it must be personal! It must be passionate! From the depths of your soul! From the bottom of your heart, you must say…" The French county paused for dramatic effect, but he stopped his rant all together when he heard the dial tone. Hong Kong was willing to do anything for Mei-Mei, but the Frenchman had not helped one bit. He needed someone more like him. Someone who understood his culture. He needed an Asian country, and he knew just which one to choose.

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"Japan?" He was pretty sure that it was Japan he was speaking to, but the man spoke will such quietness, he couldn't be sure.

"Hai. It is me. Is there a problem Hong Kong?" Xiao sighed inwardly. Only Mei-Mei called him by his real name.

"Yes. I need to woo a girl. Will you help me?" His deadpanned question to Japan was nearly identical to his question to Francis.

"Hai. I will do all that I can for family." Xiao could hear the shy smile in Japan's voice. The man was always very family-oriented.

"Where would you take a girl on a date?" Xiao almost blushed at the fairly intimate question. Almost. He never blushes.

"I… do not know. I am sorry. Maybe… Somewhere beautiful? Girls like beauty…" The Japanese man politely answered. He was more helpful than France, but it still wasn't the answer he was looking for.

"Thank you, Japan, for your help." Xiao deadpanned politely. Japan always made him feel self conscious about his manners.

"I am glad to be of assistance." The Japanese man all but whispered into the phone.

"Good bye, Kiku" Hong Kong said, hoping he wasn't stepping any boundries by using Japan's human name.

"Good bye, Hong Kong." The phone clicked, and Xiao was left to his own thoughts. Unfortunately, these were unsatisfactory. Maybe he should make another call… But to whom?

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"Of course I'll help you bro!" The exuberant blonde on the other end yelled. Xiao was close to facepalming. Why had he called America again?

"The first thing you need to know is that girls love ROBOTS!" The American practically yelled into the phone. "All you have to do is bring her to the side of a romantic lake, make a picnic." Xiao nodded as Alfred actually started to make sense. "And then arrange for a HUGE robot to come out of the lake and kidnap her! Then, you save her, and she'll be so grateful, she'll marry you!"

Xiao was surprised at that. Well… VAGUELY surprised, but he disguised it as sarcasm. "Marry me?" He deadpanned.

"Well, that's what happens in the movies, but I guess you could change that part to kiss you or something. Date you? It's your choice bro. Those are just the basics."

The Asian country was a bit skeptical, but the American DID have a lot more experience with girls, and he seemed to know what he was talking about…

"Okay. That sounds good, but where would I get such a robot?" He asked.

"No prob. I gotcha covered. Just be at Washington DC at three in the afternoon on Wednesday, and I'll give you the perfect robot. I've got plenty!"

-flashback-

"So then we're set?" The blond man asked eagerly, five trucks of monster-size robots behind him.

"Hai." the Japanese man facing him said, counting a stack of bills in his hands, "We are set. The robots are all yours."

"All right!" America screamed eagerly, "This is gonna be AWESOME!" He ran away with his new toys, grinning like a crazy person.

Finished with his counting, and glad to be rid of his customer, Japan chuckled to himself. He decided to go check on his new pet projects. The "state-of-the-art robots" He had given the blonde haired buffoon had only been scraps compared to what he was currently working on. 'What an idiot' Japan thought to himself, chuckling while fiddling with the younger nation's money.

-end flashback-

"Thank you for your help, America." Hong Kong deadpanned, "I will meet you. That all sounds good."

"As I said, I have all the latest gear. It's nothing!" The American boasted, while somewhere, Kiku chuckled to himself.

"Goodbye America." Xiao said, his mind churning with possibilities.

"Bye, bro. See ya on the flip side!" The line disconnected.

Now, Xiao had a plan. He just had to ask her…

He was screwed.