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Kartlos Beridze
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The State of Florida and The State of Tennessee


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Florida only chuckled nervously when Leah confirmed his fears that she had no problems with dicing him up with her chainsaw. "B-But I'm too sexy to kill?" he said weakly in his defense. Thank goodness Cuba intervened! Rutilio sighed in relief when the nation hurried to the rescue. You could always count on Cuba to help when you were in trouble~!

Tennessee made an odd sound as Massachusetts snagged him up in a hug. His eyebrow twitched and he maintained a highly disapproving, flat expression but for the moment he was just glad his less than sane sister wasn't trying to hurt anyone. Well, no one that was present at the moment. Poor New York...

Quickly recovering from the terror of nearly being cut apart by a chainsaw, Florida instantly went back to his normal silly antics and made a quite but dramatic swoon at Andrew being hugged by his big sister. "How precious, little baby brother~!" he mouthed at Tennessee and took delight in seeing the younger, more conservative state stiffening and flushing with a lovely combo of horror, rage and absolute humiliation yet again. Luckily for Florida, he wasn't willing to risk doing anything that might cause the ever unpredictable Massachusetts from going off again.

"You shouldn't kill nobody, Leah," Andrew muttered even though that was probably a little ironic coming from the Volunteer State.

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The State of Florida and The State of Tennessee


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Florida pouted a little at her comment. "Impossible," he denied. There was no way anyone else in the states was sexier than him. He wouldn't believe it until he saw it with his own eyes.

What? Massachusetts didn't know who Florida was, either? Andrew was more than a little stunned that these two didn't recognize each other. The Union was big, but he never thought it was that big before. "That's Florida... The State of Florida. He lives on that big peninsula in the South. You know? The one that looks like a big... um..."

"No, it does not!" Rutilio objected with a little blush of his own. Just because he was that part of America didn't mean he looked like it! There was nothing phallic about his home! NOTHING. It was a beautiful place that everyone else was just jealous of. So there.

Tennessee wasn't convinced but he decided not to argue about that in the presence of ladies. "He's an idiot. Ignore 'im," he grumbled in retaliation for Rutilio making fun of him.

"See how they abuse me?" he complained as he turned miserably to Cuba with a pout. "Be glad you weren't forced to be a state after the Spanish-American War! They are all abusive. Every last one of them!" Usually people would think he was just being dramatic but after this little episode it looked pretty valid.

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For a moment Florida was just stunned to have someone hugging him. Even though he did have other siblings and former members of New Spain living within America they were all so far away from his remote peninsula that he'd never been particularly close to them and rarely exchanged any form of affection with his siblings. California was probably the only exception to this rule, but for the most part Florida just didn't get hugged even though he had no problem hugging others. It felt a little odd to actually be comforted instead of teased.

Rutilio tried to think of something silly to say, but nothing came to mind. He really had missed Cuba all these years. Being separated by the petty political squabbles of their governments had been a very difficult pill to swallow. Instead of acting out or trying to brush Juan off with some sort of joke, the Sunshine State found himself hugging his "big brother" back with a very faint blush.

Slowly he began to smile although it wasn't that silly, ditzy smile he usually flashed at tourists or random acquaintances. It was a rarely seen sincere smile that most of America probably didn't know he was even capable of.

The State of Florida and The State of Tennessee


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"Si!" Florida agreed cheerfully with Cuba. Now that the chainsaw had been turned off they could focus on having some real fun. "Let's party all night long~!" He cheered until he heard a light thud and glanced over to see Slovakia on the floor with only a table cloth covering her. He just stared.

Then he grinned.

"Haha! This really is a great party~!" Rutilio said to Cuba. People were already passing out from partying too hard!

Tennessee quirked a brow at Florida, wondering what his idea of a party was. Well, it looked like the "fairy" had been telling the truth after all. He might need to apologize to Zlata later, but for now he was just glad Rutilio didn't seem to hear Leah's comment about being part of Georgia. That could have started a nasty little spat given the intensity of the Florida and Georgia rivalry.

"Ow!" Andrew objected when Massachusetts thwacked him on the head and he rubbed it sorely. Everyone seemed to be getting a real kick out of hitting him today, but he did nothing more than sulk a little at being scolded by his big sister. "Yes, ma'am," he grumbled unhappily.

Florida blinked when Massachusetts claimed she didn't want to be a state. Huh, so he wasn't the only one? He knew Hawaii and New Mexico had been basically conquered like him, but he'd never realized anyone else honestly felt that way. "M-Murder who...?" he asked awkwardly, wondering if there had been other states in the past he didn't know about that got killed off. Was America a serial killer or something? Rutilio paled a little at the thought. He'd always thought of Alfred as a well meaning idiot, but never as a person who would purposely kill people off like that.

Andrew wasn't too worried about that so much as the Cuban he had just noticed. "Um... Rutilio, didn't America say we ain't s'pposed to talk to him since he's a commie or somethin'?" he asked slowly.

Florida wrinkled his nose. "Si, but Juan is a good guy. I swear! Didn't you two meet during the Spanish-American war?"

"Not really. I was mostly sent to Philip's place..."

"Her name is Philippines! Not Philip!" Florida objected almost as if he was the one offended.

"... Yeah, so Philip's place," Tennessee said in a dismissive way that caused the semi-Caribbean state to fume a little. Andrew was so stubborn about weird things like people's names! Did he do that on purpose or what? It was sometimes hard to tell with Tennessee. Oh, well, there was no point in arguing about it.

"Cuba is my roommate so it doesn't matter what America says. I can hang out with him as much as I want to here," Rutilio said although his fellow Southerner didn't seem so sure this was a good situation.

"Ameirca's gonna be mad..." he muttered.

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