Silver Umbrellas

Thirty-Seven-- Tears of Joy

Here's to clarify a couple of things:

Leon/ Ka Lung is Hong Kong

Chao Minh is Macau

Michelle is Seychelles

Gupta is Egypt

Okay, now on with the story!

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The few minutes after their almost crash-landing zipped by in a blur of color and sound. Everyone seemed to be talking at once, whether to ask if someone was alright or to tell someone what to do. One by one or in pairs leaning on each other for support, the passengers rose to their feet and took in their surroundings. 

Once Lili had been dismissed from Tino's side by Lukas, she helped Katyusha up and let the taller nation lean against her again. "Are you alright?"

Shivering from both fright and the cold, Katyusha nodded and drew her blanket closer about her shoulders. "T-Tak, tak... Where are the others?" Of course, two countries in particular were on her mind. That much didn't need to be said out loud. (Y-Yes, yes)

"They are probably still asleep," Liechtenstein said in a light voice. Her recovery from the fall had been swift out of necessity, and all of a sudden she felt like laughing long and loud and clear. Rather than make a spectacle of herself, she hugged Ukraine around her middle and allowed her shoulders to shake with silent giggles. "I can't believe ve made it!"

"It's a miracle," Ukraine agreed, hugging back. "Now, can we please get out of the cold?"

"Oh, yes, of course!" Lili snapped out of her distractions and looked around at the other nations. There was Yao with Leon and Chao, the older two comforting the younger one as he was both coughing and crying but trying to hide it from them in vain. Gupta and Michelle were talking together, each wrapped up in a warm green blanket trimmed with white. Tael's hands were together in front of his face, holding up his snake and looking her over for any injuries from their sudden plummet. Miliana was riding piggyback on Jared for no particular reason other than the fact that she'd asked and he had said he didn't mind. Feliciano was in the process of joining Michelle and Gupta's conversation.

Then there was Lukas, Berwald, and Tino very close to Lili and Katy. Tino had yet to awaken, and he was being gathered up into Berwald's strong arms so they could carry him to the clinic Kiku more or less operated on his own. Matthias wandered over to the three of them and let out a low whistle when he caught a glimpse of the magic poisoning Lukas had just finished treating.

"Damn, Tino. What the hell happened to him?" Matthias wondered aloud, putting his hands on his hips. "Anything I can do?"

"Let's just get everyvone to the clinic and have them checked over," Lukas replied. He turned his head to the side and caught sight of something very touching, especially when it involved those two.

Emil was holding Alice up in the air, hugging her tightly as if she might disappear again should he let go. It seemed she thought the same for him, because her fists were wound tight in the fabric of his T-shirt. 'I suppose this is vhat his dream predicted' Lukas thought, a faint smile on his face.

It was then that the front doors of the duplex nearest to the "crash site" were thrown open at roughly the same time. Two women, a tall blonde and a shorter raven-haired state, stood on the porches, their wide, wide eyes taking in the sight before them. Judging by their haphazardly thrown-on clothes, they'd rushed outside as quickly as possible once they heard the commotion. 

"Whoa!" Mary exclaimed as she leaped out into the snow and ran up to her husband. Tears that were definitely not caused by cold wind alone welled up in her eyes as soon as she recognized the figure lying in Sweden's arms. "Tino! Oh, no, is he--?"