If Tomorrow Wasn't Such a Long Time... [OPEN]

[reckless_eagle]

Who: Poland and ???
Where: Out on the mansion grounds
When: 10/7
Rating: Probably PG at most
Summary: Poland's having a bit of trouble dealing with Liet's departure, but at least the revolution has pushed him into accepting it enough to leave the room now and then. Progress?
The Story:

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[demiurgos_girl]

"Hey!"

Elaine's waiting next to his door when he comes through it. And she doesn't try to hide the fact that she'd been waiting since early morning. She greets him with a smile and quickly follows through with a hug to surprise him, forgetting for the moment to remove her iPod's earphones.

[reckless_eagle]

Poland looks startled, even a little bit upset, at being ambushed so unexpectedly. What if he's not ready to talk to people yet?! But, he's been blowing Elaine off for far too long, so he brushes his anxiety aside and hugs her back.

"Like, what's up, Elaine?" He wonders if there's some reason she's at his door.

[demiurgos_girl]

She tucks her iPod away, and takes a good look at him without being too obvious about it. Although she was excited to see him, she was also careful enough to notice his expression, even if he was quick to hide it.

She backs off a bit, just a bit, and smiles. "You owe me vodka, remember?" What she said makes sense to her just a bit too slowly, and when it does she laughs. "It's too early in the morning, I guess."

[reckless_eagle]

He laughs, but there's something just... a little off about him. Nervous, perhaps. His physical appearance is a little suspect, too--bags under his eyes, his clothes fitting too loosely, less care than usual taken in his appearance.

"It is kinda early for that, babe," he teased. "Unless you like, wanna spend all day sleeping in the kitchen floor~"

[demiurgos_girl]

"That doesn't sound too bad." She mocks stretching her arms sleepily. "It's not like there's school here or something."

Although the way he looks does catch her notice, she makes no comment or any other reaction to it. She knew they'd have to sit down and talk serious eventually- but until then, she was just content to be glad he was out and about.

Laughs. "But seriously, were you planning on doing anything? Maybe we could ride the horses."

[reckless_eagle]

Poland laughs softly again, shutting the door behind him. "I was gonna go feed them and stuff," he said, a hint of reservation in his voice. "They'd probably like going for a ride, too. The weather's nice. Wanna come help me?"

[demiurgos_girl]

"Yeah." She falls into step beside him, letting him lead the way down to the stables. Crossing through the Mansion lets her peek out once in a while at the grounds and the sunlight.

"Maybe Wonderland's celebrating." She wants to fly. "It hardly feels like anything's changed, to be honest."

[reckless_eagle]

"If I got rid of that bad a boss, I'd be throwing wicked parties for days," Poland said, half-joking. An odd thought struck him, and he smiled a little, wistfully.

"I wish Wonderland was a nation. Then I could like, negotiate." It was a fun thought--and the idea of being able to talk his way back to where Liet was was perhaps too nice.

[demiurgos_girl]

Her expression lights up. "I never thought of it that way. If it did eat the Queen, then it can do whatever it wants, right? So maybe it is like a nation." She looks thoughtfully over the gardens again. "It has moods and everything."

[reckless_eagle]

"Let's go with that," Poland agrees. "That would kinda mean I'm not the only nation left, right?"

[demiurgos_girl]

She startles slightly, glances at him. There's a moment's pause and silence before she speaks. "I didn't realize..."

It's hard not to stare at his posture and his golden blonde hair, the way he's dressed, the way he says that line (so different from his normal, cheerful self), and she thinks- this isn't right. She doesn't know what it's like to be the last of anything because she's never thought of herself that way. And there's a quiet resignation in her, because she wants to reach out to touch his shoulder, but stays back respectfully instead, watching. Not quite sure what to say, and substituting a lack of words with a willingness to listen.

[reckless_eagle]

He pauses awkwardly for a moment, then realizes she's not going to say anything about it and shrugs. "It's no big," he says, running a hand through his hair. "I mean, like, most of them have been gone for ages, and Japan's so quiet you hardly miss him anyway..."

[demiurgos_girl]

"Mm." She's still watching him, but casually, not being obvious about it. She wonders if she's been too unsympathetic recently. "I still remember what they were like." She practically has to force the words out, because she really has no idea what to say.

[reckless_eagle]

"Some of them were kinda cool, I guess..."

Maybe... most of them. And maybe he missed them a lot--America, Hungary (as little as he'd seen her here), Japan, even Pakistan, even Germany now and then. Never Prussia or Russia, and always Liet, of course always Liet. But he just... wasn't sure he could say it so easily.

[demiurgos_girl]

"They were way cool." She laughs a bit. Come on, the entire idea of being a country! Sometimes she took it for granted, but it always amazed her when she remembered. And she wants him to know that she thinks that.

[reckless_eagle]

Poland frowned. "...America treated me like a kid sometimes," he said, sounding a little sullen. "He kept trying to keep me away from the Major even though I totally started trying to stop him while everyone else was acting like it wasn't anybody's business, and like, he still didn't take me seriously even though I totally held my own against him in my first event here when he was all crazy! And--And Pakistan was always fighting with me and flirting with Liet and it was grody, and I don't care how mature Germany acted, I still totally shoul--don't trust him, and I don't miss any of them!"

He shuffled his feet. "...Good riddance..." God, who was he even trying to kid?