ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢 [𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔶𝔥𝔲𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔰 𝔵 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔯]

Chapter 18

Ring ring
Ring ri-
"Hello!"
"Y/n Chan! Hello!"
"Hey Japan, what do you need?"
"I was just telling you about the next meeting! It's in 15 minutes!"
"I'm actually at UK's house right now. He's taking me to the meeting soon."
"Oh...do you want me to take you instead?"
He sounded hopeful, but I didn't know what to say or do.

"Um, I'll get UK to talk to you. Okay?"
"Okay!"
I opened my door and called for UK
"UK? UK! Japan needs to talk to you!"
A door opened and UK poked his head out of it
"Y/n? Who needs to talk to me?"
"UK! There you are! Japan needs to, here you go."
He took the phone from me and stepped outside the room.
"Hello? Ah, Japan.....um yes?......yes?.......okay?........no, I'll take her, it's fine....okay. Okay bye."

UK hung up and handed the phone back to me.
"You're going to the meeting with me."
I nodded
"Alright then! When are we going?"
"Now. C'mon. Let's go."
He started walking down the stairs and I hurried behind him.
"Where is the meeting going to be?"
"The same place as before."
I looked around the house, noticing how dark it was, and how deserted it was.
"How did America even live here? It's so quiet."

I can't imagine America living here, he's extremely outgoing and if he was put here, in this empty house he probably would've lost his mind.
"America and Canada would run around here, sometimes they would play tag with France, but I never had time to play with them...I was always too busy."
UK's voice cracked a little and he covered his mouth as if he was about to cry.
"I-I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned that."
"It's quite alright, ahem. I should be sorry, I shouldn't be acting like this, the past is the past after all! I shouldn't be dwelling on it."
I felt bad for him so I linked my arm in between his.
Red lightly dusted his face
UK and I stepped out the door.
When we got to the car he opened the front door for me.

"Thank you!"
"No problem, we need to hurry. We might get there a little late."
As soon as we both got in he turned to me and blatantly asked
"Do you not wear seatbelts?"
"What?"
"Seatbelts, they keep you safe if you crash."
"Oh! Um, I didn't know that, haha."
"You know now, are you going to put it on?"
"Uh, I don't know how." I awkwardly chuckled
"Do you...want me to help?"
"Please, I don't want to die in this car." I joked, he laughed and reached over me to try and grab the belt
He pulled it over me and plugged it into the socket.

Then UK did his own.
"Alright! Let's go!"
He pulled out of the driveway and started driving down the road.
It's funny really, at Russia's house it was snowing and freezing cold but at UK's house it was slightly cloudy, cold and raining a little, at America's it was slightly cloudy and sorta warm. At Japan's house it was quite warm with pink flowers blossoming on trees and finally, Poland's house was also warm.
I came to the conclusion that the weather was what is was like in the actual, physical country.
As the building came into sight there were already a cluster of cars at the front of it.
There were groups upon groups of countries chatting, arguing and yelling.
The sight of me just silenced them, some of them stared, some whispered. As if they didn't expect me to be here.

"Is that her?"
"Oh god, why is she here, is she supposed to be here?"
"Did UK seriously bring her?"
"I wasn't told that she would be here! Were you?"
"Did UK say anything about her?"
"Has anyone been told about her being here?"
"Is she really here?"
"What? Isn't this supposed to be a private meeting between countries?"
"Ah, this is going to be so awkward."
"How are we supposed to be honest now?"
"Oh no. This is not going to be easy."
"Have you seen Germany or North today?"
"They're over there!"
"Do you think she heard?"
"Of course she heard! Either Russia or America told her."
"They obviously did!"
"What does she expect to get out of this?"
"I know this is out of context but she is pretty! What Canada said was true."
"Let's hope North controls his words this time."
"How is Germany going to deal with this?"
"Does she know?"

The words rang in my head like bells.
They never ceased and they just kept coming.
I know that most of them had voted to keep me here but it felt like they didn't want me here.
UK leant down and whispered to me
"Don't worry, they're just shocked that you're here."
Canada walked up to us with a surprised and alarmed look, he nodded at UK and greeted me.
"Hello Y/n! I didn't expect you to be here!"
"I can see that." I muttered, looking down at the floor.
I felt like I was about to be executed.
"Hey, hey! What's the matter?"
"Nothing, it's just everyone is talking about me now. It's a bit weird."

"Don't worry about it! You'll be okay! Did dad tell you what the meeting is going to be about?"
I shook my head and raised it to look at UK
"No, what is it about?"
"It's about finalising the choice between you leaving and you staying. Also about what we're going to do about your father."
Guilt flooded in and I felt as if the fate of my whole world rested on the shoulders of all the countries in front of me.
"Hi! How are you?!"
A voice piped up from behind me
"You must be Y/n! I've heard so much about you! Only good things of course!"
"Oh hello..? Do I know you?"
"I don't think so, I'm South Korea! But you can call me South!"
"Nice to meet you South!"
"Okay. That's enough formalities for now. It time for the meeting."
And the huge wooden doors were opened.
Countries flooded into the building.
South took my hand and brought me to the entrance.
I took a deep breath.
And stepped inside.