watches with interest on a bench from a distance. He hadn't done that for a while... Skipping rocks.

doesn't notice another person. Even though he's been doing it for a little while now, he still isn't very good which isn't helping.

decided to relive a little of the past. He walked over to the waters and picked out a flat stone, before flicking his wrist and managing to_

_get about five skips.

looks over at England and watches as he gets five. "How do you make it do that?" He's only gotten to 2 skips himself.

blinked and looked at the other when he spoke. He furrowed his eyebrows. "Well..." He looked down for a few rocks before picking up a good_

_one. "Try to find one that has a smooth, flat surface. Then--" He held the rock horizontally and curled his index around one edge before_

_throwing it low and parallel to the water surface. Six skips. "--throw it."

watches and tries to see what's going on. He looks for a smooth rock. "Okay so like...." he throws it, getting it to skip 3 times. "Oh!

thank you! That's much better than my last few!" He beams.

nodded a little but said nothing. Come to think of it, this young man kind of looks like someone he knew. Perhaps he is a nation? "Say,_

_don't mind me being rude but, are you all right?" He had noticed the other's expression. Well, he could have mistaken but it would not_

_hurt to ask.

remembers why he was skipping rocks in the first place. His face expression drops back. "Well... I wouldn't want to burden you with my

problems..."

frowned a bit at that and tapped on his own cheek. Whenever he himself had problems, he always needed one thing. A listening ear. Albeit it_

_was hard to get anything out of the Englishman but regardless... He shook his head "Oh no, it would be no trouble at all."

about that. "Well, I've been having adjusting to this new situation... I've been here for months and I still don't feel right..."

mostly beating around the bush.

raised an eyebrow now. That sounds awfully like the situation many of the counterparts is having. But then again, it might not necessarily_

_be the case. "Ah. You have just moved to this place, I presume?"

"Well, just a few months," he said again, "There's a certain... aspect of this place that you could say bothers me."

frowns just a little. "... Certain aspect?"

nods and thinks about how to put it, especially to the person in front of him. "W-well... where I come from... there isn't a lot boys s-so I

always felt kind of special; here there's a lot...” He feels more replaceable.

's frown deepened. That had sounded completely odd... That is, unless... "I-Is that so?" A pause. "Say, what is your name?" It had just_

_occurred to him that they had yet to introduce themselves.

nods again. "Mhm. Oh, I-I'm Liechtenstein," he said, feeling embarrassed for sharing so much with a stranger.

blinked. "Liechtenstein?" A pause before he gave a polite smile. "Pleasure to meet you. I am England."

smiles as best he can with his current temperament, "Nice to meet you, too, England."

could tell that the smile was forced..A sigh as he looked away and towards the waters. "Why do you feel uneasy?" A pause. "About the fact_

_that there are a lot more male nations here."

"It's along those lines. It's hard to explain..." He scratches the back of his head as he tries to figure out how to word it.

furrowed his eyebrows. "Well, you did mention something about being 'special' in your world because there are less males..." He tried to_

_guide him.

"R-right... but it's not just about being special, it's more about b-being special for someone..." He's pretty sure it's about to sound

either petty or silly.

about it for a moment. "Ah. Don't mind me saying this, but is it Switzerland?"

blushes. "A-ah it is b-but it's not what you think or uh maybe it's not what *I* think... I'm not even sure anymore..."

eyes him for a moment before slowly nodding. Admittedly, he was bad at matters concerning relationships."What do you mean, exactly?"

frowns. "I'm not really sure... I never had to think about it before..."

"Well, what do you think about the male Switzerland, the one from our world?"

taken off guard by that question. "Um... he's pretty nice, well actually he's been very nice to me."

"Is that so." A pause. "Well, even so, which of the Switzerlands do you prefer more?"

"Mitzi, no doubt about it." There was no hesitance in his voice.

guessing that Mitzi is the name of the female Switzerland. "Well, then. There is no doubt about being special to her, hm?" A pause before_

_he continued. "Even after being brought here, even after you meet the Switzerland here, she is special to you. It would be the same for_

_her, is it not?"

not sure it works that way. "But I know why I love her, I've never been able to figure out what she sees in me..."

taps on his chin a little. "Then all you have to do is ask, I suppose." Although, seeing how the Swiss was... The task almost seems_

_impossible to achieve. But he was sure Switzerland had a soft spot for Liechtenstein.

already approached the topic and didn't really understand the answer. "Yeah... I could try that."

raised an eyebrow before sighing. "A-Apologies... I am not very good at this." He admitted with an embarrassed flush on his face.

looks worried. "Oh no! I really appreciate you listening to me! I-I'm probably being difficult!"

relaxed and chuckled at the worried expression on the other's face. He shook his head. "Not at all... Mister...?" He had yet to learn of_

_his human name.

kept a concerned expression. "A-Aloys. Aloys Vogel. R-Really, thank you for trying to help, you didn't have to."

"Ah. Mister Aloys." He nodded in acknowledgement. "It is not a problem really. I had not helped much... And besides, it is always good to_

_have someone to talk to."

nods in agreement. "I... I didn't get your name, either,

"

"Apologies. My name is Arthur, Arthur Kirkland."

smiles a little, "No need to apologize. Thank you for being that person I could talk to."

shook his head. "Oh no. There is no need for thanks. I did it on my own account." He returned him with a small smile of his own.