【 十一 】 ｎｅｖｅｒ ｏｎｅ ｆｏｒ ｓｌｅｅｐｉｎｇ ｌａｔｅ

[politerudeness]

[ so the day after the whole Valentine's day event ended for real, Japan got droned! And then, almost ten days later, on the 26th, Japan wakes up to the realization that he had fake memories of an affair with a certain someone implanted into his mind and that he and that someone- ohgodohgodohgodohmygod  he better fix this mess and fucking now. ]

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[hwamei]

[ She calls out from the second floor. ]

Don't work yourself too hard, Kamina!

[ hehehe ] You look like you need a break. Do you want a snack?

[politerudeness]

Taiwan-san? [ w-where... searches for you with his head for a while ] Thank you, but I am in the middle of very intense, serious training at the moment! I mustn't lose my concentration! Ah... where are you?

[hwamei]

Up here, up here! [ She waves at him. ] Ah, I'll be right there, just a sec.

[And sooner or later, she's there. ] Why is Japan training at a time like this? [ in a quieter voice ] I don't think you can fight off being droned.

[politerudeness]

I wish to be prepared. In this town, something truly dangerous might happen at any time, and if I am out of practice with this...

[hwamei]

Mm, mm, I know. [ Look, she brought a small towel with her. Let her wipe his forehead with that. ] And it's always good to be prepared!

But when things like Valentine's Day happen, I wonder if training will help, too.

[politerudeness]

[ aaah so cute- wait did she just mention--

freezes. ]

Valentine's day?

I do not know what Taiwan-san speaks of at all.

[hwamei]

Nothing happened to you on Valentine's day? [ as she wipes his forehead, brushes his bangs up and firmly keeps her hand there. ]

[politerudeness]

[ raises his hands ans waves them repeatedly ] Nothing! Nothing ever happened that day at all! O-of course, it isn't as though I received fake memories or something truly silly and impossible like that! There were no embarrassing or strange events that involved Korea-san in the least!

[ he laughs nervously. yes, laughs. Japan, forever the master of denial. ]

[hwamei]

You too!? [ -wait... ] With Korea?

[politerudeness]

O-of course not. That didn't happen at all!

[hwamei]

[She claps her hands together.] You're right. There's no way that'd happen!

[But there was her and Hong Kong. At this point she looks unsure about she just said.] Ah... um. Mm. No way.

I heard a lot of people were affected, though. Japan's lucky!

[politerudeness]

I'm glad we agree, Taiwan-san. Ah, but it's not luck. It simply did not happen. So let us not speak of it again.

[hwamei]

Okay. [ sighhh ] I really hope they don't change my memories like that again... I'm not sure about this, but I think I've forgotten about Mayfield too many times by now, you know! And now they give fake ones. Don't you think that's annoying? I'm suing.

[politerudeness]

... It's a bit frightening, isn't it? The way they can manipulate our memories with such ease...

[hwamei]

What else can they do? What else do they want to do with us? If they wanted to play a prank on us last time, it wasn't funny at all. What if, what if something else happened? Or something... Ooh, that Lucy...! [ punches her palm! repeatedly! ]

[politerudeness]

Let us concern ourselves with such matters at another time-- although, Taiwan-ask brings up an interesting point, but...

[ brings a finger to his lips- a "please be quiet" sort of gesture. ]