Hetalia One-Shots

DenNor : Puppet Show

High-pitched screams and loud giggles filled the air of the class. Preschoolers ran up and down the room with different toys in their small, chubby hands. The three teachers chatted in a corner of the classroom keeping an eye on all the children. It was free playtime and the kids took well advantage of it.

  On one side of the room was set a little theater for hand puppets with bright red curtains and warm, yellow paint. A blond child sat, legs crossed, with the puppet of a pink bunny on his little mitts. The rose animal was his favorite toy of the entire classroom. He always sat alone in that corner with that puppet and played out scenarios he made up.

  A five year old watched Lukas closely while pushing a police car back and forth on a colored rug. After a short hesitation he trotted over and slumped down next to the blond. "Can I play with you?" asked the blue-eyed child. Lukas brought the pink rabbit to his chest and warily watched his classmate. The boy grabbed a brown bear with a top hat and slid the puppet on his small hands. He smiled brightly waiting for a response. The shy child nodded but scooted further away from his classmate.

  "Thanks! What were you playing? Can I be a soldier? I want to be a soldier," he ranted while wiggling his fingers to move the bear's arms. Lukas nodded and crawled towards the wooden theater. "Great! My character will be called... The Fearless Mr. Growls," exclaims the cheery blond. "What will yours be?" The preschooler spoke for the first time while hiding his face with his puppet.

"Mine is Fluffy," whispered the boy.

"Okay! Fluffy, you have to follow me, there is a terrible dragon over here. We have to hide, but I will protect you!"

  Lukas processed the situation then his eyes lit up and he played along. "Of course. It is too dangerous here. I know a castle where we can hide," voiced the child in a higher tone than his own. Both puppets bounced up and down as if they were running. Lukas grabbed a small plastic house and set it between them. The boys laid on their stomachs and moved their fingers around. The stuffed animals stirred and played out their roles.

  The blue-eyed boy seized a toy dinosaur and dragged it along the floor placing it in front of both the creatures. The children screamed and made their characters huddle in the plastic house being used as a castle.

  "Fear not Fluffy! I will save you," cried out the blond hurdling his hand on the dinosaur. Before Lukas had a say in it all, the beast was propelled yards away with the perky boy laughing proudly. The brown bear trotted over to the pink rabbit and jumped up and down in front of it. "You saw that? I beat the dragon! I'm the best knight ever!"

  The second preschooler glanced up to watch his new friend smile brightly. He felt his cheeks warm up and he grinned. "Yeah, that was awesome," he murmured still fixating his eyes on the blond boy. Suddenly he felt his hand being grasped tightly. Lukas stared at his hand clasped in the other boy's. He wiggled his fingers trying to free his hand and his puppet. "W-What are you doing?" exclaimed Lukas in a hushed tone.

  "Mr. Growls is hugging Fluffy as a present for his courage. Can he have a kiss too?" beamed the child looking up eagerly. Lukas tugged at his limb and shyly shook his head.

  "No... Fluffy is a boy, he can't kiss Mr. Growls," explained the quiet blond while finally retrieving his hand. The child in front of him stared at Lukas intently. That made the four year old uncomfortable and pressured him into talking. "What is it?"

  "That's not true," stated the toddler seriously, "my mom told me boys can like girls and boys. She said that as long as your heart feels happy with a person you can kiss and even marry them later. She said you are free to do what you like unless it hurts another person. So Mr. Growls can kiss Fluffy but only if Fluffy is okay with it. Otherwise it's mean and my mom told me to never force someone to do something if they don't want to. So can Mr. Growls have a kiss from Fluffy?"