You awoke to the familiar ceiling that's neither any of your rooms in your house. Hint of déjà vu rushed through your veins, patting your pockets, you felt the phone. The feather that Belgium gave was still inside the phone case, it lost some saturation compared to before.

The door opened, North Korea appeared behind the door like before. Are you going crazy? Crazy? I was crazy once. They put me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. They put me in a rubber room with rubber rats. Rubber rats? I hate rubber rats. They make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They put me in a room....

"North? Why am i doing here?" You rubbed your head in pain, the country looked at you with curiosity, tilting his head.

"You know me? Ah i'm sorry that I can't remember you, though you look familiar, my memory is in a haze when I think of you." North frowned, in his hands are the same bland soup. " And for your question, I found you in the well inside the jungle that's next to the house! " He smiled, handing you the soup. 'Oh.'

The soup was bland but a bit less bland? Probably you're getting used to the bland tastey taste. You took your time to consume everything as it is quite hard to take in everything at once.

Loud thumping was heard before South Korea broke the door into pieces and jumped on North, blud was on his period today. "North why'd you-"

A loud knock was heard from the front door, like before, Belgium was standing outside but it tad a bit to early for her to come deliver the mail like 'yesterday'.

"Delivery for Mx YN..." She read out, handling you the box. The box wasn't heavy at all, it was the box that is contributing to most of the total weight.

Opening the box like a surprise reveal, a nice fragrance came out. In it revealed a bunch of Heliotropes nicely packed together.

"I wouldn't consume that if I were you." Belgium warned, even though you weren't planning to take a bite of the pretty flowers. "Welp, my job is done here."

'Strange... ' You thought to yourself, observing the mail person fly off in a distance. Underneath the flowers was a note. On it wrote: ' Don't bother. Any method would get you nowhere. '

"So... YN, you got any guardian to contact and pick you up?" North chuckled nervously.

You shook your head, eyes still plastered on the note in your hand. " I'm not from this world. " Both of the twin's eyes became wide due to the sudden truth, no one spoke for a while.

"Then, we should take this matter to the higher-ups or Belgium to help you get home." North broke the silence between the three of you. You frowned, showing the note to the clueless country.

"How would the person or country know? We're not stuck in a timeless loop aren't we? At least try to get back! Don't let a single note discouraged you! " North tried to shake his optimism into you.

" The- the thing is that, it didn't work last time! I got home and I got back here again! " You shook the country hard.

" Second time is the charm- STOP SHAKING MEE! "North cried out, reaching out desperately to his brother. South Korea merely snickered at the sight, crunching on his KitKat bar before snatching North out of your grasp.

" Ehem... We can... Wait for an opportunity for a portal to open up and get you back to your own world?..." North said unsurely, his eyes panned somewhere else trying to think.

"You wish. The only living being that can only open up a portal is Belgium." South spat. Just as he finished a portal opened up, an elegant person stepped out of it.

"That's not true. Even us, Unions can summon portals too." The United Nations gleamed, staring at South Korea down. They had two pairs of wings stuck to their head and back like Poland.

"What the?!- Do you guys actually have ears everywhere?! Where's your sense of respecting people's privacy?!" South Korea jumped from shock.

" Err... I just managed to stumble onto your home by accident while traveling to my destination." United Nations faked a cough. " We do not have ears everywhere, it is not possible for us even to have a big range of hearing."

" Just on time! UN! We actually need your help to get YN home! " North beamed, pulling you infront of him. " They are not from this world and needs to get home!"

"I'm afraid I can't, it'll disrupt the timeline we have. Let fate decide when they can go back home. " United Nations said, swear trickling down their forehead. "Apologies for stumbling into your estate, it is totally not by purpose but I have matters to attend." They bowed before slowly backed off into the portal.

" Told you not to put fate in the higher-ups, this is what they always say when people begged for them to help." South twirled his hair as he spoke. " They are useless. "

"We aren't useless!" Half of United Nations' figure popped out from a portal right beside you.

" Thought you have matters to attend? Are you skipping that matter or are you spying? " South glared at the Union.

" Partially skipping since the meeting is boring. "

...

" Not cool of you to punch UN... You know that could end somewhat worse right? " North mumbled, placing an ice packet on South's black eye.

"I bet they have ears everywhere, I don't really trust 'em." South pouted, crossing his arms.

"Doesn't give you the right to punch someone who HOLDS a higher POSITION than YOU right?" North clenched his teeth.

" YN, I remembered that there's a Chinese lion and dragon dance held in that popular mall near the HQ. Why don't you go there while I tend to this country's wounds? "

" I don't even know which mall you're talking about. "

" Give me your phone and I'll type the name of the mall then you can find the directions. "

You watched as North Korea slowly typed the name into Google, his speed was comparable to a grandma getting used to a keyboard.

...

"Oh he was talking about this mall."

Just on time, the performers finished setting up as soon as you reached the mall. There was two performers that caught your eyes, it was Taiwan and China. Taiwan had Chinese dragon like features whilst China didn't which intrigued you. The two got into the lion and performed.

People of different races began crowding around the show. The Chinese lions peeled the cabbage before doing some cool stunts as the drummer beat the drum hard(😳). The dragon dance was followed after the lion dance soon after.

Before you know it the show is over, chocolate coins was thrown to the crowd. The performers packed up and everyone went on in their days.

Author's note:

Happy Chinese New Year! I wish you all happy CNY to those who celebrates LNY and a happy early Valentine's day to those who don't.

Here's China and Taiwan's concept art but I can't draw Masculine men.

Chinese lions are so cute i love them :3