Repairing Our Relationship

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Tall POV

Well that wasn't hard. Kidnapping Palestine was easier than I thought. After Middle disabled the lights in the locker room I managed to quickly grab Palestine, cover her mouth, and then take her to an area no one was at. I had pressed the cloth with chloroform on it onto her mouth and nonexistent nose.

By the time the lights were back on and everyone was freaking out, I had handed an unconscious Palestine to Middle in a secret hole to the male locker room. All the male countries had been quickly getting dressed to see what was happening or already were. No one had been paying attention to him, so Middle says, so he was able to take Palestine and hide her somewhere.

I felt someone hug me tightly. I looked down at them and saw Colombia. I could feel her trembling slightly. "I'm scared, [redacted]... I'm really scared..." She sniffed.

I hugged her and rubbed her back. "It's okay, Colombia. I'm sure nothing will happen to you." I said to her.

"B-But Ecuador got kidnapped! And so many other countries... How can you be sure that I won't be a target..?" Tears slid down her face.

I wiped them away. "It's gonna be alright. And trust me when I say this: nothing will happen to you."

Colombia wiped her remaining tears away. "O-Okay...I trust you..." She managed a smile. "Thank you..."

"No problem." I smiled back at her.

"I better find Venezuela..." Colombia waved goodbye and left the locker room.

I crossed my arms and began thinking of ways to get Palestine from the other locker room. I'll ask Middle about it later.

Buff POV

Wow, already? Jeez, they work fast. I don't even think I asked them to kidnap Palestine but I'll take it.

I was standing in the crowd as the male countries asked the female ones questions while others rushed off to either search for Palestine or tell some authority figure. I went to the back of the crowd and stretched my wings. I noticed Small at the back also. He didn't seem to notice me.

Something about Small looked...off. He wasn't acting like he was worried or nervous, that's for sure. He actually looked nervous.

I shrugged it off and flapped my wings a bit. Small's always been nervous recently. I'm sure it's nothing.

I mean, it's not like I care, anyway.

Nonetheless, I tapped him on the shoulder and he flinched. "[Redacted], you okay?" I asked him.

Small looked up at me. "Uh..yeah..! I'm fine..." He looked away.

I could tell something was wrong. Fortunately for me, I don't give two craps about how he's feeling so I just shrugged and pretended to not notice. "Alright then."

I walked back to where I was and leaned against the wall. I soon heard quick footsteps down the hallway and turned to them. Third Reich was running down with two teachers close behind him, Mr. Hound and Mrs. Applebloom.

Mrs. Applebloom rushed into the female locker room while Mr. Hound asked everyone questions. I pretended to not know what was going on when he got to me. Soon enough, he moved on to someone else.

~Timeskip~

Annnd school's over. Yay. Time to go to the hideout. I checked my text messages and saw that Middle had told me he and Tall might be a little late. I put my phone away and started walking home. "Hey! [Error]!"

Oh god. I turned my head towards the voice and saw Kazakhstan running up to me. "Hey!" He said when he reached me. "How are you?"

Seriously? That's what he comes to me for. I just stared at him. "Why do you want to know?" I frowned slightly.