Truth be Told (Countryhumans)

Chapter 2.

⚠️!TRIGGER WARNING⚠️ ANXIETY ATTACK, TALK OF CULTURAL CREATURES, AND VOMITING!

Ame's POV
My alarm goes off for 11:55, I sit up and check my reflection in the rear view mirror. When looking presentable, I get out of the car and start heading into the restaurant. I tell the worker my name and the number of people coming.
After getting settled, I start playing games on my phone. After a few minutes, the other countries start coming in. First was Germany, second was Poland, third was Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, Forth was the UN with UK, France, and Japan, Fifth was Russia, China, Iraq, Iran, and Greece, and the last countries that I never really paid attention to showed up. The poor waiter looked so stressed as we gave our orders.
After everyone gave their orders, we all split up into our respective groups. Japan, Canada, Germany, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, and I were in our own conversation. UK, UN, France, and Greece talked in their group. Russia, China, Iraq, Iran, and Afganistan talked in hushed tones and glared around every few seconds.
When the food finally came, the waitress fell and accidentally dropped my food. I stood up and helped her pick up the food and glass. She just kept apologizing the whole time while I just answered with forgiving her, she's stressed, and serving a lot of countries. When I sit back at the table and look up at the other countries, I'm met with looks of shock. "What?" I ask, completely oblivious to they're facial expressions. UK answers with, "None of us really knew you had manners. We thought you were going to make a complaint.." He explains, as the other countries nod in agreement. This answer just amuses me as I chuckle and continue my conversation with the group I was talking to. At least I tried.. everytime I got back on the original topic, they would change it back to that situation. It's starting to get on my nerves, I eventually got a bit snappy, "Can we please not keep talking about that? It's not that important..!" I complained. "Well, sure we can. We are just shocked, because everyone knows how much you like your food. So we assumed you would be upset with the waitress.." Germany says with a proud look on his face, I groan in annoyance.
The waitress finally comes back with my food and apologizes for the wait, I say it's alright. The topic of my group's discussion finally changed, it's currently just them comparing mythology from their different cultures. For Germany, he mostly talked about the Kobold and how helpful it is. For Australia, it was the Tasmanian Tiger and its level of danger. For New Zealand, she talked about the Taniwha and its appetite. For Poland, he spoke of the Wawel Dragon and the trauma it brought the people of Kraków. Japan spoke about the Inari deity, and its ability to deceive the people around it. I already knew about those creatures, due to me being a mixture of multiple of their cultures and more. I feel like my mythology would mostly be from the native Americans though. "What about you Ame? What's your most popular creature from your mythology?" Japan asked. I panic for a second.. I can't show that I actually believe in any of these creatures, or they'll use it against me in a war if we were to have one.. "Um we have a Skinwalker..." As a bead of sweat rolls down my face, while I smile nervously. The group gives me weird looks for my reaction to saying that. Why didn't I say the Jersey Devil..?! Or the Slenderman or something dumb?! As I scream internally, the UK asks what we're talking about. Japan tells him the topic and what creatures we've talked about so far. The UK gives me a weird look and asks, "Isn't the Skinwalker apart of your native Americans' culture? If so, then why don't you talk about the one that lives in the woods, the cannibal one..?" He asks with genuine curiosity. I look at him with a nervous look in my eye, shaking my head, "I have no idea what you're talking about. That thing doesn't exist in my folklore..!" I'm failing to keep my cool during such a simple conversation, did I take my medication this morning? I realize I didn't and that makes me more nervous, as I start to quietly hyperventilate Britain speaks again, "Yes you do, I was your colonizer, I would know. Your natives would freak out at the mention of the w...oh, what was it called?" He's doing this on purpose. He's trying to get it to kill you! These thoughts make me hyperventilate faster and louder, my group was starting to hear me and look at me with concern. Then we heard a snap of figures, "Ah, the Wendigo-!" I jump up from my seat and quickly excuse myself to the bathroom.
As I get into a stall, I fall to my knees facing the toilet and throw up in it. When deciding I'm finished, I flush the toilet and sit back. Covering my ears, hyperventilating -I think I forgot how to breath- with that thought I start to panic more, so now I'm hiding in a bathroom stall, curled in a ball, hyperventilating, and crying. The last thought I have before passing out is

Today's gonna be a fantastic day! And passed out.