Well, I really wanted to write something like this, so here it is. Hopefully I can remain on top of updates... Sis, that's your job. Remind me.

Disclaimer: Trust me, you could tell if I owned Hetalia. Clearly, I don't.

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"Kiku! There you are!" Arthur Kirkland called out to his friend Kiku Honda when he spotted him across the quad of their high school.

"Ah, Arthur. What is it?" The other boy asked when Arthur caught up with him.

The Brit stopped for a second to catch his breath. He had been looking for the Japanese boy all over the school, after all, "I really need a job. Do you know where I might be able to get one?"

Kiku paused for a second and though when he remembered something, "Well, I do believe Im Yong Soo got fired from his job the other day..." He said, referring to his cousin, "At the video game store."

"Video game store?" Arthur blurted, the distaste apparent in his voice.

"Do you need a job or not?"

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"Well Mr. Kirkland, it seems your credentials all check out. You're hired."

"Yay." Arthur gave his new boss a polite smile, but on the inside, he was grimacing.

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Arthur's first day of work was a far cry from exciting so far. He showed up at the store after school and was instantly stuck manning the cash register. Where he stood two and a half hours later. And not a single customer had come in. To keep himself busy, Arthur had started working on his homework, but he was almost done which would leave him with the task of finding something else to distract him for the rest of his shift. But, he was momentarily distracted when he heard the bell attached to the front door ring. He looked up and lo and behold, there stood Alfred F. Jones. One of the most popular kids in school. The boy swaggered up nonchalantly to the counter where Arthur was.

"Has the copy of the Legend of Zelda Collectors Edition I ordered come in yet?" He asked, then looked at Arthur for the first time, "Hey, you're not Yong Soo. You're that one kid from my history class. Arthur, right?"

"Your intelligence astounds me." Arthur replied, rolling his eyes, the sarcasm positively dripping from his voice, "If you must know, Yong Soo was fired."

Alfred blinked, "Fired? Why?" Arthur's sarcasm had evidently rolled right off of him.

"Don't know." The Brit shrugged, "Kiku never told me."

"Well then. Anyway, has my game come in yet?"

"Let me check." Arthur replied and began looking for it, "Here it is." He stood up and placed the game on the counter.

"Sweet! See you next time!" Alfred paid and bid him farewell. Next time? There was going to be a next time? Arthur could already tell spending too much time around this git was going to test his last nerves.

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There. The first chapter is done. It's really short, but the others will be longer. I promise. Anyway, please review!