"Are you ready, England-san?"

nods up to him. "How do you put it on?"

"Well first you must remove your dirty clothes."

nodded, moving to take them off. "I can keep my cloak right?"

"Hai...you may." *although it needed washing as well he doubted he's get him to give it up*

smiled and took off his clothes, handing them to him.

"Arigato." sets them on the counter to wash later. "Now please come here so I can help you."

nods, following him so he can put it on.

"Please stick your arms in the sleeves."

blinked at them, before doing so.

*gently wraps the yukata around the boy' small frame followed by the obi, tying it* "There England-san. Do you like it?"

nodded. It looked generally comical, with the cloak, but he wasn't going to give that up, and he didn't seem to notice. "Yes!"

"I am happy you do, I will put these in the washing machine." *picking up his dirty clothes*

blinked at him. "Washing machine?"

"Hai. Come I will show you."

followed behind him, a little wobbly from the fact that he wasn't used to wearing one of these.

*notices this* "Do you need help, England-san?"

shakes his head. "I'm fine..." he said, concentrating on his feet as he's trying to walk.

"Be careful...it does take some to get used to." *leads him into the laundry room*

sort of gets the hang of it... after awhile. He points to the dryer. "What's that?"

"That is how we dry your clothes. " * he gently picks up Arthur and sets him on top of the dryer so he can see* "We put your clothes

in this machine with the rest and with some soap. It cleans them for us." *drops Arthur's clothes in with the load he had in there*

curious as to how all these things work!! "Magic?"

"Um...not really. *tries to think how to explains it but cannot think of a explanation that would make sense to him*

shrugs. "They'll be clean soon?"

"Hai..in a bit. They need to wash and then be dried....is there anything you would care to do till then?"

"I want my bow!"

"We would need to return to your home for that. I did not bring it."

"Let's go get it!"

*nods* "Can you walk alll the way there or shall I carry you?"

looks down at the yukata. "I don't think I can walk that far!!"

"I understand. *gently picks him up off of the dryer and is read to carry him all the way* "Ready?"

flails a little before getting re-situated. "Yes!"

*carries him out of the house and down the street* "When we arrive you will need to show me where it is."

doesn't exactly know where it is...

if it in his attic.

wouldn't know where his older self put it, but that's a start.

*they arrive at his house * "Let's look in the attic, okay?"

nods. "I'll look!" he wiggles to be let down.

"Wait till we are up the stairs, it may be difficult for you to climb them."

sighs. "Okay..."

*carries him up the steps and gently sets him down* "I do not know what your bow looks like so you lead but be very careful."

runs off into attic. "I made it myself!" he chirped, pulling a box down to look inside but instead tripping and falling inside it. Whoops.

"England-san! Are you okay?"

pops up out of the box. "Found it!" he holds up his bow. That was fast... but he was kind of sore.

"Um that is good, but you need to be more careful."

reaches out for him to be picked up. He can't get out on his own in the yukata.

*carefully lifts him out of the book and gently sets him on floor* " I am surprised you found it right away...I was not aware you owned

this much stuff in here."

smiles. "I gotsa' lot of stuff in here!" He had never seen so much stuff.

"Do wish to look more since we are here?"

hands him his bow before going back into the box. One could probably take that as a yes.

*chuckles lightly as he watches him*

"Hey hey! Look what I found!" he held up a locket.

*looks closer at it* "That is very nice locket." *curiously wondered why it was here* "You should try too open it. I have heard people

place pictures in it."

nods and opens it carefully, but frowns when there's nothing in it.

"That is odd. Is there any writing on it?"

looks for some, but shakes his head. "Nope."

"Hmm...I am not sure what is from then.."

places it back in the box. "Hey look, I found a ring." he smiled, grabbing it, but hesitating to put it on his finger. It was too big,--

anyway. It looked like a gold band, a wedding ring.

*eyes widened when he saw the ring* "May I see that?"

had a bad feeling about the ring, though. "I dunno..." he mumbled quietly, still staring down at it.

"Are you okay, England-san?"

shakes his head, putting it back down. "Mhmm I'm fine." he moves to climb back out of the box, but fails miserably.

*looks at him very concerned and gently lifts him out of the box, hugging him some*

smiles. Something told him not to take the ring out. " 'm tired." he mumbled.

*gently strokes his back and nods* "Shall we head back to my home so you can have a nap?"

sort of wants to stay here, but wants to get his clothes, so he nods.

"Thought for a moment seeing how much it seemed to make him happy back here* "If you would like, we could come back here after we collect

your belonging and I could stay here. I have slept in the guest room here before."

that's a good idea. " M' tired..." was all he repeated.

"I will take to you my home now so I can collect your things...if you are sleepy I will not mind it if you want to rest your head

on my shoulder."

does so, then.

*gently strokes his back to relax him hoping he would fall asleep so he could collect his own things for his stay at Athur's he napped

, as he walked quietly out of the house and down the street*

while he nappeed

straining to stay awake, because he didn't want to go to sleep yet, but it was kind of hard.

*carried he him gently back to his house* "England-san, I need to dry your clothes and collect my things to bring with me to your home. Do

you wish to nap for a little while?"

shook his head. "No... I'll watch..." he insisted.

*nods a little unsure since he looked sleepy and gently sets him down on the ground in the laundry room and while he takes care of the

clothes*

watches him do this with interest, rubbing his eyes.

*gently pats his head* "Come along to my room so I can gather my clothes."

"Okay..."

*gently smiled at him as he lead him there* "You may sit on my bed if you wish."

shakes his head. He didn't want to fall asleep.

*smirked to himself a little, he could tell Arthur was fighting sleep* "Okay, England-san. It may take a little bit."

*begins digging in his closest*

continues rubbing his eyes, watching him try and find his clothes.

*finishes after a bit* "Yours should be dry now. Shall we see?"

trying *really* hard not to fall asleep just standing up now. "Yes."

*can tell this and doesn't want him to fall asleep on his feet, gently picks him up and carries him to the laundry room*

protests a little at being picked up, but then again he didn't feel like trying to walk in the yukata he was wearing. It was a little hard--

to maneuver in to him.

"Shh... England-san, just rest. I can tell you are tired. Mei-chan was the same way she was your age..."

didn't want to rest yet... "Can I have my clothes?"

"Hai..." *gently set him on the dryer and then fished for his clothes below, finding them* "Be careful, they are a bit warm still." gently

handing them to him*

blinks at them drowsily. "Uhm... Can you help me?" he didn't really know how to get out of the yukata.

*Gently sets him on the ground and carefully unties the obi and unwraps the yukata with a gentle smile*

tries putting on the shirt, but sort of fails in his drowsiness.

*chuckles lightly and helps him, figure he would struggle with his pants as well, he holds them out so he can step into them*

steps into them and pulls them up. "Can we go now?"

"Hai." *he gently smooths Arthur's hair before picking him up and grabbing his overnight bag. Before he left he picked up the ribbon and

handed it to Arthur. "Make sure your fairies follow."

nodded, waving the ribbon around, smiling a little when he saw his faeries.

*Chuckled lightly to himself as he carried Arthur out of the house and to his own home*

trying *very* hard not to drop the ribbon so his faeries will follow him.

"Are they following, England-san?"

yawns. "Yes..."

"That is good." *gently brings him inside his house* "Where is your room? "he asked gently*

doesn't really know since he doesn't really live here as a kid. "Uhm... somewhere... on the second floor..." he mumbled.

*nods, he kind of hoped he had remember where he awoke at, but goes up stairs after finding a few doors finds the room and gently lays

Arthur on the bed*

curls up on the bed, not really realizing he still had the ribbon. "M'tired..."

"I know." *gently turns down the blankets so he can climb inside* "Do you want me to stay here with you while you sleep?"

crawls under them. He sort of missed the kitty Japan had, but he liked staying in his house a bit... it just felt comforting. "Yes..."

*carefully sat down next to him and then grabbed his satchel, where Neko always road in. With a smile he gently set him next to Arthur*

"I will stay here then and so will Neko."

pets the cat a few times, happy that he was staying here with him. "Thank you Japan." he smiles.

"It is what friends do, England-san." *he gently smoothed Arthur's hair a little bit gently*

leans into the touch, before falling asleep. He was too tired to stay awake any longer.

[And so am I xD; night. <33]

((night))

*yawned himself and carefully laid down next to him, careful not to wake him and soon fell asleep himself*