For Ch276Zj Just a heads up Tylers in this!
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America let out a sigh of relief as the meeting was finally called off for lunch. He was really hungry since all he had been able to eat this morning was a protein bar and some water to wash it down. So when it was time for lunch, America grabbed all his stuff and bolted out of the conference room ignoring the snickers thrown his way.

He really didn't care about what the others thought at the moment because he just had to get some food in his stomach before he went completely insane. America made it out of the entrance to the conference hall and was walking down the sidewalk wondering what he should get to eat. The American had been so focused on what he was going to eat he didn't notice where he was going. He bumped into something causing the person to fall on the ground.

America heard someone yelp in shock and surprise then realized he ran into someone. "Ow, watch where you're going dumbas-" the person started to say but stopped when they made eye contact with each other. "Tyler?" "Alfred?" Ice blue eyes stared into Sky blue ones as both of them took in the sight of each other.

Tyler's once annoyed expression morphed into a soft smile that she only used when she was with her close friends with Alfred mirroring it with his own. "Here, let me help you up." Alfred said offering his hand to the human girl witch she took gratefully. Alfred then pulled her up to her feet and soon they were standing eye to eye. Well as eye to eye as you can get with their height difference.

"What're you doing here?" Alfred asked her noticing she was picking up something that she had dropped when they had collided with each other. "Oh I'm just looking for a place to have my lunch." Tyler answered a large picnic basket now in her arms. Did Alfred mention that the picnic basket smelled absolutely delicious? Alfred's mouth watered as his nose caught the scent of spices and sweets coming from the slightly large basket.

Tyler noticed her friend looking at the picnic basket with hungry eyes and giggled. "So you're on lunch too I'm assuming?" Tyler inquired since she knew there was a conference going on in the town they were in. Tyler's giggle broke Alfred out of his temporary food entrancement and he blushed in embarrassment.

"Yeah and I don't have anything to eat.." Alfred huffed mad at himself for not packing anything for lunch but then reminded himself that he was late this morning and didn't have the time to put something together. "Well then, would you like to eat lunch with me? There's a park about a block from here." Tyler suggested smiling as Alfred perked up and grinned widely at her but it quickly went away.

"Are you sure? Do you have enough food to feed us both?" Alfred asked nervously not wanting to be a burden to his only human friend. "Hell Yeah I do. I have enough in here to feed at least five people!" Tyler reassured him which made his previous smile return to his face. "Cool!" Alfred exclaimed as they started walking in the direction of the park that Tyler had mentioned earlier.
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When the pair reached the park they took a seat at one of the many picnic tables around the area. "So what've you been up to recently?" Alfred asked as he helped the human unpack the food from the basket. "Well I've been thinking about opening a recording studio here in Denver." Tyler replied pulling out a few containers from the picnic basket. "Really? I thought you wanted to stay in the East." Alfred said surprised that his friend was expanding her business to the West.

"At first yeah but now I see the potential clients that are around here. California is full of musicians who want/need a break and not to mention Hollywood." Tyler explained to him pulling out more containers of food from the basket. "God woman, why do you have so much food?" Alfred asked his eyes looking over the massive amounts of food coming from the now almost empty picnic basket.

"Hey! Don't you judge me, I like my food!" Tyler snapped at him finally getting all the food out of the basket and closing it up. Alfred raised his arms in surrender looking slightly awkward. "I'm not judging you. I have my eating habits too, y'know." Alfred fired back trying to tell his friend he wasn't judging her. Tyler smiled at his awkwardness and laughed as they both sat down on the picnic table.

"Good now eat up." Tyler said passing Alfred a container with a burger inside of it along with another container that had fries and ketchup. "Thanks dudette!" Alfred thanked grinning at Tyler before opening the container with the burger grabbing said burger and taking a huge bite out of it. The taste was heavenly. Different spices danced on his tongue and mingled with his taste buds. So I'm short it was the greatest, most delicious burger he's ever had.

Tyler grinned at her friend's reaction before taking a bite of her own burger. In less than three minutes, Alfred had already finished his burger and was reaching for another one. "Where'd you get this much food?" The Personification asked the black haired girl who just shrugged at his question. "I made it all." She answered noticing how Alfred's jaw dropped to the ground and he was now staring at her with widened eyes. "Seriously?" Alfred blurted out shocked that his friend knew how to cook. "Yeah. It's a lot cheaper and easier than fast food." Tyler replied.

"Nice, you gotta cook for me sometime. So how's the studio doing?" Alfred asked Tyler who shrugged at him again. "Maybe I will and the studios doing just fine so thanks for asking. Speaking of which, you need to come in for a recording session sometime, mister." Tyler said reaching over the table to playfully punch Alfred on the shoulder. "Ow." Alfred fake hissed gaining a smirk from Tyler. "Oh shut it, you baby. You can hit a lot harder than I can." Tyler pointed out munching on her burger while grabbing a few fries from one of the containers.

"Touché. I'll stop by when I can, I got a lot of paperwork to do." Alfred explained after finishing his second burger now eating fries from the container that Tyler had given him. "Sounds good. What song do you think we should do?" Tyler asked grabbing a coke that was near the containers and grabbed another tossing it to Alfred which he caught with ease.

"I don't know. Maybe we should have a little warmup first." Alfred suggested a challenge brewing in his ocean blue eyes. "A warmup? Alfred Freedom Jones are you—are you challenging me to a sing off? Tyler inquired giving Alfred a smirk that said she had already excepted his challenge. "Why yes I am Tyler Jericho Smith." Alfred retorted wearing a smirk that matched Tyler's own. "Fine then. What song?" Tyler asked as she pulled out her phone opening YouTube. "Hmm, how about Dusk Till Dawn by Zayn ft. Sia?" Alfred suggests. Tyler gave him a nod and found an instrumental version of the song before setting it down on the table and pressing play.

Alfred-italics
Tyler- Bold
Both- bold italics

"Hello, it's me
I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet"

Tyler smirked at him ready to sing even though she was a little insecure about her own voice. Tyler look a deep breath before singing.

"Send me your location
Let's focus on communicating
'Cause I just need the time and place to come through~"

Alfred smiled at her as he knew how insecure she was about her voice though it truly was beautiful. By now a few people were looking over at them with interest for the both of them had good, clean voices. Neither of them noticed the staring or just pretended not to.

"You were the shadow to my light
Did you feel us?
Another star, you fade away"

Now more than a few people were looking at them. It wasn't often you see two beautiful people with amazing voices singing in public. Speaking of beautiful people, a group of them just rounded the corner. They all looked to be foreign and were wearing high class, tailored business suits. One of them was even carrying a pipe. They seemed to be minding their own business but they stopped walking once they saw the two people singing. They were staring at the pair or more specifically, the blonde. Once again the looks few over their heads and they just continued to sing.

"'Cause you are unforgettable
I need to get you alone (Oeh)"

The G8 and a few other nations looked across the park in surprise as they saw America sitting with a girl and they seemed to be having fun. America was wearing a very bright smile, a lot brighter than anything he'd ever worn at world meetings. Some of them actually recognized the girl he was with. It was America's only human friend, Tyler. They'd all met her awhile back and were told that she and America were just friends. Were they lied to? And why were they singing?

"Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well, that's all right
Because I love the way it hurts~"

Tyler notice people staring at them from out of the corner of her eye but shrugged it off. Though she did a double take when she saw a group of Personifications looking at them with their jaws dropped. Had none of them heard Alfred sing before? Tyler felt a smirk stretch her lips. This was going to be fun. Tyler decided it was time to amp up her voice.

"Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now"

Unlike Tyler's keen eyes however, Alfred failed to see the people watching their little 'warmup' let alone the nations now sitting down at one of the table watching them with interest. What he did notice though was Tyler's increase in tone. So he upped his game too.

"So love like you do, la-la love me like you do
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do (Ohh)~"

The nations that were now watching America sing didn't know what to think. America had a beautiful voice, almost like a sirens call. It was hypnotizing and they couldn't get enough of it. Though they were jealous of Alfred's human friend. She was closer to him then they were and that didn't sit well with them. Not one bit.

Tyler could practically feel the jealous glares she was receiving from the table full of nations. Oh, did they have a crush on her friend? Well things just got interesting. Tyler ignored them for now but decided she was going to confront them after her and Alfred were done.

"I remember years ago
Someone told me I should take
Caution when it comes to love
I did"

By now a lot of people were looking in wonder at the two singing young adults. Some assumed they were a couple while others thought they were just friends having a good time.

"It's been a long day without you, my friend
And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again"

England didn't know what to make of this. His little brother was with a human and he seemed happy. Normally nations are more comfortable around their own kind since they all were immortal and could form bonds with each other without the fear of out living one another. 'So why was America so happy with this girl?' England thought to himself as he gazed at both their widened smiles. The girl's smirk looked to be more of a smirk though as she looked at them every now and then. Just what was she planning?

"So, shine bright tonight
You and I
We're beautiful, like diamonds in the sky~"

Alfred was having so much fun. He was with the one person he could be himself around and that was all he needed. He also remembered the meeting but decided that this was more important than some stupid, pointless meeting. It's not like any of them gave a damn about him anyway.

"Why, why
I tell them that it's human nature
Why, why does he do that way"

Tyler looked back at the nations at the table and saw a few of them stared back at her with glaring eyes. Like she had taken something precious from them. Maybe she did. Tyler looked back at Alfred then back at the Personifications. Maybe there was something going on she didn't know about. Anyway it was her turn.

"Oh, won't you stay with me?
'Cause you're all I need"

At this point a few nations were getting pissed. Pissed that a human was closer to America than they were. Well they did usually treat him like garbage and trash talk his country every chance they got, so maybe it was that? Russia looked about ready to go over and drag America back to the meeting hall but was stopped when China grabbed his coat grounding him to the table. They didn't want to make a scene.

"We're going down, down in an earlier round
And sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it, Yeah"

Alfred noticed that Tyler was looking around so he did the same. He saw a few people were watching them sing. They all looked at them awestruck at what they were seeing and hearing. A lot of them seem to be enjoying the music as well so it was a win win. If his people were happy than he was happy.

"Is it too late to say sorry?
'Cause I'm—"

Tyler made a gesture with her hands silently telling Alfred to pick up where she left off. He did just that.

"—Missing more than just your body~"

And now they were singing about love. Just great. Even though it was surprising to see America so happy with someone who wasn't them it still pissed them off. Though more kept a cooler head than others. Like how Canada kept Prussia in place as Prussia was about ready to do what Russia wanted to do earlier. Also like with Russia, they couldn't afford to make a scene. Yet.

"And I don't, And I don't, And I don't, And I don't
No I don't, it's true
No I don't, No, I don't, No, I don't, No, I don't
Want anybody else but you"

Alfred was blushing slightly at having people watch them sing but found he didn't really mind much since he was among his people. So he could let his true colors flow without fear of judgment unlike the stuff he would get at meetings from people he had known for centuries. So he just throw himself into it.

"You say you can't live without me
So why aren't you dead yet?
Why are you still breathing?
And you say you can't live without me"

Tyler saw Alfred brighten up a little more than before as he sang. Tyler guesses he hadn't noticed the other nations watching them sing together or how jealous they all looked. Were all nations like this? If that's the case then Tyler needs to protect Alfred. Can't having some nation stealing his virginity, now can we?

"How can I sleep when you're out there
With all my love?"

Alfred felt free. Free from his boss. Free from the snide comments of other nations. Free from being America. He was just..Alfred. And no one was here to tell him otherwise. That just made him feel so happy. Especially since he was with his friend.

"I've become so numb, I can't feel you there—"

Tyler did the hand gesture for Alfred to pick up where she left off and he did that again.

"—Become so tired, so much more aware."

Italy was normally a cheerful, happy go lucky nation like America but something inside him was just crushed when he saw America being happy without him or another nation. It was like this human was closer to him than he was and that pissed the cowardly nation off a little. Italy didn't know it but everyone around him was feeling the same way.

"But you'll never be alone
I'll be with you from dusk till dawn
I'll be with you from dusk till dawn
Baby, I am right here
I'll hold you when things go wrong
I'll be with you from dusk till dawn
I'll be with you from dusk till dawn
Baby, I am right here~"

Right after the last verse Tyler swooped in and planted a kiss on Alfred's cheek as the crowd applauded them for their spectacular voices. That seemed to be the final straw however, because as soon as the nations saw Tyler kiss Alfred on the cheek they got up from their table marched over to Tyler and Alfred. Russia proceeded to grab America by the back of his jacket and swing him over his shoulder. Ignoring the American's protests, the Russian started walking away with him while the others followed but they all looked back when Tyler yelled,

"Call me!"
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