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America had been forced to go to Germany’s house by his boss. He would have been happy with just staying home and playing video games. He had even gotten a new game from Japan and was itching to play it. Yet, as a Nation he was bound by his duties to his country. Recently, he had gotten into financial trouble. His people were suffering and unemployment was high. America himself had not been eating well, rather giving his food to people who were begging on the streets. He could go long without food. He sighed as he looked at the landscape of Germany. It was lovely land. Simply lovely. Germany had sent him a text awhile ago. It said that he had work and that his brother Prussia was going to pick him up, due to him almost getting into a crash last time for driving on the wrong side of the road. He snicked at the memory. They were driving on the wrong side of the road. Touch down. Sharp jerk. Dock. He unbuckled his seat belt and headed for the door. Germany held the key to his people’s well being. It was Germany who could help him gain money to repay China. He sighed. This was going to be a headache.
Gilbert had planned to sleep in this morning. He had planned to wake up, have an early beer, and sit in front of the t.v. in his boxers till Ludwig got home. Instead, Ludwig rudely woke him up at six in the morning, and told him he had to go pick America up from the airport. Gilbert agreed to whatever the hell Ludwig wanted just because he was still half asleep. When the younger had gone to work, Gilbert had fallen back asleep and had forgotten all about Alfred at the airport. He was only reminded by a can of Coke-a-Cola he had in the fridge. By the time he had even gotten to the airport, he had almost hit an old lady, ran several red lights, and was still about an hour and a half late. On the bright side, he didn’t really have to pick through any crowds to find Alfred. He was surprised he was still even there rather than finding his own means of transportation to Germany’s house. And so, here Gilbert was, walking towards America, hoping he wasn’t too aggravated just for the sake that he didn’t need anything more to irritate the headache he was already battling.
Alfred sighed heavily and looked at the watch. According to him, it was 7:30 am. Where was Gilbert? Alfred face palmed. He forgot about the time zones! He snickered at his stupidity and reset the clock to 6:30. Okay, so he was a half hour late, no biggy. He walked over to a vender and bought a coke before sitting down playing on his game system. Japan was letting him test it out. He looked at his watch again. 6:31. Rolling his eyes he scanned the crowd. It took him no time to spot his former mentor. He seemed irritated. Alfred shrugged and decided not to piss him off. He remembered the harsh treatment he received for roasting a marshmallow on his bayonet. Packing his gaming system away he walked over to the annoyed Prussian with a goofy smile. “Dude, you’ll never guess what happened to me! I forgot about the time zones! Isn’t that funny or what?” he said chuckling.
“Yeah. Very funny. C’mon. The sooner we get back to West’s place, the sooner I can go back to bed.” Gilbert sighed before grabbing the American and tugging him along. Not only did he want to go back to bed, but he secretly didn’t like being in places with large crowds now a days. People stared at him a lot and it creeped him out a little. Then of course, you get that nice dosage of assholes here and there and it just made Gilbert really not like going out to places. Gilbert got in the car with Alfred, hesitated a moment, but then proceed to put on a pair of glasses before starting the car. He usually didn’t wear glasses but when he had gotten ready, he hadn’t put in his contacts. He though his glasses made him look really un-awesome, so he tried to wear them as little as possible. Unfortunately, the curse of his albino genes caused him to have vision problems. “So why are you here anyway?” He asked as he pulled back out onto the street.
Alfred looked curiously at Gilbert’s glasses. He never knew he had vision problem, much like himself. He looked away when Gilbert turned to him to ask his question. “My boss wants me to try and work for your brother. Pay off some of my Countries debts to China.” He sighed and looked out at the landscape. It hadn’t been too long since he was last here for a World meeting. He turned back to Gilbert who was looking at the road. He could tell Gilbert wanted to get home quickly. It was sad to see his former mentor, a man he had always looked up to even today, was slowly changing into something he wasn’t. People stared at him because he was an albino and some called him a demon and/or devil because of his red eyes. Alfred hated that. Hated when people spoke of others behind their backs. Much like the other Nations who called him fat, or made fun of his glasses and the fact that he was now “China’s bitch”. He hated it. And because of it had done things he wasn’t proud of. He looked to the long sleeved shirt he wore, gently rubbing his wrist feeling the bumps that were covered by the soft fabric. Things were getting difficult for him. Hopefully, Germany would help him.
Gilbert glanced over at Alfred for a moment before looking back to the road. “You know we’re still paying war reparations, right?” Thankfully, WWI was payed for a couple years back, but they still had that insane debt to pay to Israel. Gilbert didn’t want to say it, but if they helped America out at all, it wouldn’t be much if at all. While Gilbert would love to help America with his financial problems, he honestly thought that he and his brother needed to work on their own debt first. It was estimated that they wouldn’t be finished paying off their debt until 2034. It took them 92 years just to pay off for WW1 so he wasn’t surprised at the notion that it would probably take almost that same amount of time for WWII.
Alfred let out a heavy sigh. He had told his boss this. Had told him they owed money from the war. His boss just told him to shut up, that he was an immature kid with no idea of how the world worked. If it were anyone else, Alfred would have told them that he was over two hundred years old, young for a Nation and no where near China’s four thousand years, but it was his boss. “I know, my boss doesn’t listen to me, he thinks I’m an ignorant kid.” he looked out the window. It wasn’t long now until they were at Germany’s place. He knew it wouldn’t take him long to speak with Germany and get the signed report that Ludwig couldn’t help him. The next option was for him to go to Russia for help and he really didn’t want that. Ivan and him have never really gotten along. He refused to walk up to him, tail between his legs begging him for help. He didn’t want to give that damn commie the satisfaction. “Hey, Gilbert. Do you think I’m stupid?” he looked to him. “You know, for my debt and all.”
Gilbert parked the car in his brother’s driveway and leaned back in his seat after turning the off the ignition. He looked over at Alfred then. “I don’t think you’re stupid for it, but I do think that there are some things you should have done to prevent it.” He took his glasses off then and put them in his jacket pocket. He got out of the car then, waited for Alfred, and headed to the porch. He began unlocking the door, grateful to be home, before he continued. “You’re young and you still have a lot to learn, yet you’re doing well for such a young nation. Almost all of us has dealt with this sometime in our lives. Being in debt to another country is a pain but I guess you get used to it because it’s always gonna be there.”
Alfred nodded his head and pulled the bags into the house. He had stayed there many times, mainly after WWII for business and gain when he was asking Russia to destroy the Berlin wall and return Prussia to Germany. “Yeah I guess. England told me that he was in debt to France for years. He told me I was stupid for getting myself into this mess.” another sigh as he sat on the couch. He pushed Texas up and leaned his head back. “My bro Matthew is worried. He knows I haven’t been eating well and thinks the economy is going to get me sick like during the Great Depression.” He faked a smile. “Can you believe that? The Hero can’t get sick.” he said more to himself then to Gilbert.
Gilbert frowned as he listened to Alfred. This was really eating away at him. He walked into the kitchen for a moment and grabbed two beers. When he came back to the living room, he pushed one into Alfred’s hand. “It could get you sick. It probably will get you sick.” Gilbert plopped down next to the American on the couch. “No offense, but your economy is some serious shit right now.” Gilbert used the bottle opener that was on his key chain to pop the top off his beer before handing it off to Alfred.