naicha | 二十五 ❀

二十五 ❀

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[ Tiny Taiwan is walking around or on top of a ladder covered in Christmas lights and tinsel as attempts to hang them on the front of her house at 1245 Williams Road. On one hand, she looks like she could use some help! On the other, she looks like she's having so much fun... She doesn't celebrate Christmas, not like this, but cold weather and recent events have gotten her in a Christmas mood.

The cafe isn't open around this time yet, but passerby may notice the sudden addition of a pair of plum blossom trees in her front yard. ]

Look, I'm a Christmas tree!

[ Chances are she's talking to Pops, Nadeko or Homura, who are inside the house, but feel free to approach her while she's decorating, too. ]

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Hi, um, I have a question!

[ You can just tell this isn't important. She is all about the trivial things today. Oh well, they easily take her mind off the events of last week! ]

Are nations allowed to kiss each other? Is that okay? If your nation kissed another nation, would that be okay with you? [ A beat. ] What if they weren't a nation?

I really want to know! Because I don't want to not be a nation if it's not allowed... Thank you!

[ TAIWAN WHY DIDN'T YOU FILTER THIS SCREAMS ]

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I don't know! Aren't humans and nations allowed to kiss? Why would it be any different with nations and nations?

Who did you kiss anyways? [ NENA IS ACTUALLY VERY CURIOUS and she wants to be involved in any sort of scrap of her friends life. Well, no, that's not true. She's in it solely for the pink related accessories. ]

Oh! Um, a-ah, a really cute boy! Hehe, it's a funny story. [ No she doesn't want to elaborate INWARDLY SCREAMING NENAAAAAAAAAAA ]

I wanna hear it! I wanna hear it! Tell Nena! Tell Nena! [ Nena is blissfully ignorant as always. ]

Um, well, we've known each other for quite some time! A really long time. Maybe even forever...

[ She is thinking, "Can the next 2 hours of this conversation just vanish? Please?" ]

Which country is it?! Is it Malta!? Tell Nena right now!! C'mon Taiwan! Spit it ouuut! You're talking so slowly!

[ No, not really. Nena doesn't want this conversation to vanish ever. The talk intruder! Hide yo syllables, hide yo phonics, hide yo pronunciation. ]

I don't... Malta... [ Where did she get Malta. ] Nena's too impatient! I have to be emotionally prepared to tell my story, you know!

[ She just sprinkles her sentences with places she bombed here and there. ]

Hey! You shouldn't announce you have a story if you aren't prepared to tell it but I'll wait anyways!

[ That's just scary! ]

Okay, okay! But it's not very interesting. This boy and I just used to fight a lot. We don't hate each other, hehe... But um, we accidentally kissed and I got really mad and stuff.

Ooh! Oh! Taiwan! Who is nation!? Which one is it?

[ She's more excited over the person than anything else at the moment. ]

He's not really a nation! It's no one Nena knows, that's why it's a really boring story, ehehe. [ Trying to think of a way to change the topic in the meantime! ]

Then why did you ask if nations are allowed to kiss other nations anyways?

Nena has a chance of meeting them in the future, anyways! [ Nena is suspicious.

Could this one of those places she bombed?! ]

[ Oh snap. ]

Oooh, Nena got me, haha! Okay, he is a nation, he is. I'm just shy, you know? Hahahaha. He's, um... he's Ja... pan...

[ Japan kissed her on the forehead it's not entirely a lie oh no she feels bad already whyyy. ]

Japan? Taiwan, you're in love with a drone? [ ....she's buying this. ] Taiwan! That's dangerous! He can uncover your super secret cafe!

It's okay, it's not that secret... [ nervous laugh!! ] And he won't be a drone anymore if he comes back!

But it is! You said it's supposed to be a secret.

[ And then she pauses and thinks before replying. ]

Do you really think he's going to come back?

... It's always better if he doesn't, but I hope so... but it'd be pretty selfish of me to want him back. It'd make me a little happy but I don't know! If he does come back, though, I'm sure he can take it! He's Japan!

Well, Taiwan, if you escape with me, and your other country friends, you can probably see him again! That'd be really really good for you! I don't know how much Japan can take though, he seems sort of spineless.
[ Or at least, spineless from what she's experienced. Which isn't too far off from the truth, (sans helping him try and kill an entire family) ]

Hehe, one time, during that time where we had to kill others, we worked together to try and kill an entire family!

[ Nena can't see it, but she scowls. ]

... Liar. Japan would never do that! [ Though that's just the denial talking. It's true that they did have an argument over whether to give in to the town's wishes or not, but she can't imagine that he had actually pushed through with it...

No, she can. She can imagine it all too well. ]

Of course he would! He's one of those proud guys that'd do anything to save himself. [ After all, she clearly remembers plotting with ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT. ] Though, it made me change my opinions about him.

Eh? ... What kind of opinions?

That he was only weak and weird and spineless and geeky. Turns out, he can be really cool when he puts his mind to it! [ Plotting to kill an entire family? Wicked awesome!

Talking about Hentai? Not so much! ]

[ He may be weird and geeky, but ] Japan isn't weak and spineless! He's really strong, and after you think it's over for him, he always comes back! And he is cool!

... But not when he hurts people like that. Definitely not when he does anything like that.

Whenever I talked to him, he always seemed to backtrack or get apprehensive or something.

He was cool when he took charge during that event! Really cool! It was one of the coolest things I ever saw! I even promised he could ride my Gundam after it but then he was droned before he ever could, sadly.

... Yeah.

Hey, keep it a secret from Hong Kong, okay? I don't want him to know anything about it.

Why's this Taiwan? Will he make fun of you if he knows you like Japan!?