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Who: Poland [reckless_eagle] and Ryohei [kyokugen_sun]
Where: A tearoom
When: March 12...sometime
Rating: PG?
Summary: Ryohei talks to Poland. Because Poland is awesome. And not deaf.
the Story:
There were a lot of things that Ryohei was fed up with, and at the top of the list was "dealing with people named Seimei and Hibari." It wasn't that he was particularly angry at either of them; he didn't mind helping Hibari whenever he needed it, and right now he definitely did, and he hadn't seen Seimei for days. He knew wasn't likely to see him again any time soon, either. But dealing with Hibari meant dealing with Seimei at least mentally, and at the moment that was more than enough.

The whole situation had gotten more complicated than Ryohei liked, and for once, he felt like he needed to talk to someone about it. He couldn't go to Hibari, though, so the next person to come to mind had, somehow, been Poland. Even if the nation didn't remember it, he'd told Ryohei an awful lot about his own problems, and Ryohei felt like it would be okay to talk to him.

He'd sent the nation a message asking him to meet him in a certain tearoom, and that was where he was now, juggling two balls idly with one hand while he waited.

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[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

Ryohei shrugged. "I think it's more because it was Hibari. 'Cause he'd been sleeping with Seimei for awhile then...you know I extremely shouldn't be telling people that."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

How do two men even do that? he wondered. It was possible that Ryohei knew--he seemed to know a lot of stuff about all this--but he didn't want to embarrass himself asking. Instead, he tried to ignore his own blush and replied. "Oh. Ummm... it's cool, I won't tell anyone?"

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

"That's extremely good, because Hibari would kick my ass."

Or possibly kill him. Hibari could have pretty extreme reactions to people not doing what he wanted them to do.

"But I extremely think it wouldn't be the same with your friend! He's a lot nicer than Hibari."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, for sure," Poland agreed, with a soft smile. Liet was nicer than... most people, really. He was just really, really nice. That smile faded, though, when he realized something.

"Wait, since when do you know Liet?" And did that--oh, God. If Liet and Ryohei were talking, that meant Liet might have found out about the whole... dressing up like a girl and going home drunk with a stranger thing. Which was not an appealing thought in the slightest.

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, Ryohei had to confirm Poland's fears. "I talked to him after we first met. I dunno if he liked me much, but I wanted him to know you were okay."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Poland's face went bright red in an instant, and he made an effort to hide it behind his knees--not like that was a particularly subtle move, but it seemed somehow better than letting Ryohei see how much he was blushing.

"Ohmigawd," he groaned, embarrassment eating a hole in his stomach, "what did you tell him? Like, how much does he know?"

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

"Um...I just told him we were drinking together and you stayed with me just 'cause you'd probably have broken some bones going back downstairs."

Ryohei wasn't sure what Poland was embarrassed about, and it seemed awkward to ask.

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

"Okay," he mumbled into his knees. "Okay, it could totally be worse..."

He could know about the dress, for instance. Or that he'd gone to sleep practically on Ryohei. He wasn't sure why the thought bothered him so much--it wasn't like Liet was ever going to like him back, so it wasn't like he'd be jealous or something--but it made him feel weird to think about him knowing, anyway.

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

"I think my communicator had turned on while we were asleep. That's why I ended up talking to him."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Poland didn't think that his language had yet developed an oath strong enough for his present situation. He was fairly sure that he was never going to be able to stop blushing ever, ever again, so long as he lived.

"I--You like--Ohmigod, you mean like, everyone could have seen?! And he--ohhhhhhhhh, God...."

Heavenly Father, Almighty God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, this is Poland again. If you were planning on smiting me into nothing at any point, now actually sounds pretty great...

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

Ryohei blinked at the nation. "...Are you okay?"

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Poland was a little bit too busy trying to hide behind his own knees again to reply. "Oh, God," he whimpered, "this is so not cool!"

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

"Does it matter? I mean, you already said he doesn't mind you wearing a dress, right?"

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Poland half-glared over the top of his knees, the part of his face that was visible completely pink.

"There's like, a difference between just wearing a dress and going home drunk with strangers in a dress! Ohmigod, what if people saw? Everyone probably thinks I'm a total slut now!"

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's another part of the reason you stayed."

Ryohei shrugged. "Most people probably thought I did something to you. That guy on the horse did to the extreme. He yelled at me."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Another little groan. "What guy on the horse? Like, what'd he say? Oh, God..."

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

"I met a guy on a horse. He's not from earth..." He paused, trying to remember the name. "Wolfram? Something weird like that. He yelled about how I was standing in the way of love or something."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Poland facepalmed. "Yeah, that like, sounds like Wolfram. He's like, Liet's and my next door neighbor here... Um, I hope he didn't say anything too bad about you? 'Cause he totally means well, but I think he can get kinda hot-tempered..."

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

"No. I don't really remember most of what he said, but I think he thought I was taking advantage of you. He seemed okay though."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

"I should like, probably talk to him and clear that up..." That was a conversation he wasn't looking forward to.

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

"I kind of explained to him what was going on. And that we didn't do anything." He shrugged. "He calmed down after awhile, so I think he was okay."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

"Oh. Um, I like, guess that's cool, then..."

So. Awkward.

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

Poland's embarrassment was starting to make Ryohei feel awkward, too. Which was quite a feat, considering Ryohei was only one click over from America on the scale of "obliviousness to the situation".

"It was awhile ago, so I extremely don't think anyone really cares anymore."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Poland shook his head. One of the things about being a few centuries old was that a couple of weeks stopped seeming like it was any time at all.

"They like, probably still all think at least one of us did something bad," he grumbled. He wasn't sure what he liked less--the idea that people would go thinking he was a slut, or that they'd think he'd been taken advantage of. Ryohei looked pretty bad in either of those scenarios, he guessed.

[kyokugen-sun.livejournal.com]

"What other people think doesn't matter to me very much."