Please don't ask me to dance!

Kaisa Sepp. Age: 20 Occupation: Part-time waitress, full time drama student [Nyo!Estonia dependent blog for Modern Hetalia]

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She nodded her head almost enthusiastically, as she tucked her hands underneath her armpits, keeping the extremities warm. 

"The snow here is pretty. It gets quite deep, but you never have to wade through it, or trudge. It’s a lot less bleak than at home, especially in the city lights," Back home, the snow was a chore, providing a bleak outlook which was grumbled at in a disgruntled fashion every morning on the trek to school, but here… Apparently, here was a lot nicer.

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"That sounds wonderful." Kaisa muttered and smiled wider. Her dormmates told her that the snow would come down in flurries and that it would be beautiful but honestly, she just wanted to see for herself. "I can't wait for it then," She made sure to mentally plan for a day of running around the snow in central park in the future, if it was as pretty as Kaija had said so.

Playing with the strings on her gloves, that if she asked herself, she would have to admit she didn't truthfully need at the moment, Kaisa laughed. "Oh, I've yet to ask you!" She paused, "How have you been?"

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Grinning slightly, the Finn nodded.  "The one and only, of course," Despite spending the majority of her summer vacation either in Finland or recovering from the jet lag associated with travelling to Finland, she’d managed to do a little bit of the reading her professor had set over the holidays, although she still felt like she was floundering a little bit. It was tough to study when you had to keep a dictionary nearby to translate between languages. "The snow over here’s different, you know. It’s softer; the city looks prettier than the onslaught of white back home,"

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"It's nice to see you again," Kaisa said before nodding, "I remember hearing that from everyone in my dorm. It can't honestly be that different, can it?" She smiled, thinking of the snow falling back home and how normally, she'd be wondering when it'd go away, but since this would be her first official winter in the States, she was wishing for it to hurry.

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"I wonder when it’ll snow?" Kaisa asked herself as she sipped the drink in her hand. As it was already October and with Halloween on the hill, it seemed the winter months were coming as fast as they could, which made Kaisa feel heavy anticipation, She loved the snow, from a purely aesthetic point of view, and wondered when she’d have to be slucking through it.

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"Winter is coming, huh?" Kaija grinned as she sidled up beside the girl she’d ran across a couple of times before during her time in the city. They’d chatted a couple of times, and the future broadway hopeful wasn’t half-bad, in terms of conversation. Better than the dull mechanics in her classes. "Kaisa, right? From Estonia?" 

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Kaisa blinked for a second at the new arrival before she got the reference and smiled lightly, "Well, hopefully." She said, and nodded, "Right, and you're Kaija, the soon to be mechanic?" In truth from her vacation to her classes, Kaisa could barely remember anything besides how to do a correct plié but she was positive she got the name right.

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"I wonder when it'll snow?" Kaisa asked herself as she sipped the drink in her hand. As it was already October and with Halloween on the hill, it seemed the winter months were coming as fast as they could, which made Kaisa feel heavy anticipation, She loved the snow, from a purely aesthetic point of view, and wondered when she'd have to be sluckigng through it.

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"The Earth continues to turn regardless if we humans allow it to or if we struggle to stop it. That, for a fact, is inevitable. The past is the past; the future is the future. Live in the present and you will be rewarded." Lee Mei slipped from the aisle and strut toward the register to pay for the book she picked out. The fading sound of her high heels on hardwood.

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Kaisa blinked as she watched the other woman walk off before she shot up to her feet, some books tumbling as she did so and walked to the end of the aisle, "Hey!" She called, "Thanks for the interesting conversations! I'd love to do it again!"

With a smile on her face, slight reassurances in her brain, she picked up the two fiction books she wanted before moving on to the self help books, Kaisa needed more information on her dance classes and her teacher had recommended a certain book. ''Live in the present, you will be rewarded,' I really hope I run into her again,' Kaisa thought.

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Tired, Kaisa dropped down in the cafe's chair, stretching out her feet. Her classes were driving her crazy, and though she loved them, the extra time focused on her dancing wasn't really the best part of her day. "I should've taken ballet as a kid," She groaned, but she didn't, and though she had fun running around going to every single library that she could find, in the long run, it didn't work out.

Because really, who decides to become a Broadway star without at least a little amount of actual knowledge of dancing, "This girl," She muttered, reaching for her hot coffee. New York was such a cold place this time of year, not as cold as her home, but cold enough that she had begun to start drinking more hot coffee instead of her normal iced. "I can't wait for the snow," She rolled her eyes, wishing for the fifth time this year that she had chosen the Los Angeles preforming arts college, instead of this one.

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"It.. Was post-American Civil War. It should be pinned right before the start of World War I." Lee Mei raised an eyebrow at the word ‘triggering,’ and the thought of someone complaining a book was sensitive. "Yes… Most books are read at your own risk, but it’s illogical to complain about a book’s topic or setting when there are similar issues across the world. That gets overlooked with a blind eye." Her timid exterior still remained; her hands folded neatly in front of her and her eyes shifting to and fro in an effort not to keep much eye contact.

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"I agree," Kaisa smiled lightly, "unfortunately in this day and age, I'm pretty sure people will find anything to complain about, even old books that have beautiful messages and amazing writing that connects with the readers in ways unimaginable."

Nodding, Kaisa began putting away books that she didn't like enough to buy at the moment, though she silently promised to buy them at a later time, "The world is a tumultuous place and instead of trying to deal with the issues out there, people ban the books that deal with them. It's upsetting, the whole world could go downwards in a spiral spin while we're just sitting here and there might've been something we could've done if people tried to solve the problems everyone ignores." She paused, before shrugging, "I've always been consumed with thoughts of feeling the world spinning, but with what happens on a daily basis all around, I'm surprised it still is turning."

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"I come here whenever I have no classes and my siblings are at school." The Macanese paused, looking at her hands in a spur of shyness. Her voice cracked somewhat as she spoke once more, smiling somewhat, "I’m not sure if someone would agree that they’re fun, but they’re quite enjoyable."

She ran a hand through her neatly styled hair and then reached out to grab a book off the shelf across from her. “Beloved” is what she pulled out. “Say, is this one well written? I have never read it before. It’s by Toni Morrison.”

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"Reading's the only thing that takes me away from this world and implants me somewhere where magic exists and I don't have to be completely perfect in my toe touches." She laughed before nodding, "It's one of my favourites, my roommate let me borrow it and it made me think." And cry somewhat over the papers. Still, that was a little too personal for anyone else to know besides her.

"Toni Morrison is a good writer, I enjoy pretty much all her books and "Beloved" is high on my top ten list." She added, trying to keep herself from giving too much about the book, "Though some people I knew thought that the material she wrote about was a little sensitive and that it slightly triggering. Though I think that all books are a read at your own risk, especially about post American Civil War, and that if you give it a chance, you'd might like it." Closing her mouth with an airy chuckle she slightly chided herself, "Sorry, I can talk a lot if given the chance about books."

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Lee Mei simply stared then shook her head. Her voice was still very faint, and hitting a higher octave than normal. This made her sound like a mouse, but she wasn’t aware of this. “N-No, you’re not. I just wanted to know why you were sitting on the floor in the fiction section. Since… it’s empty and no one is here.”

The young woman shifted, so that half of her face was  somewhat hidden behind her bookshelf. She wasn’t the most confident in her English due her thick accent when she spoke, but it was more of a spur of shyness.

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"Oh," Kaisa blinked before looking down at her stacks of books. "I'm just here for some books," She answered after a second, "something to do when I'm not in classes or working." She laughed at this, not a loud laugh but a small one.

Honestly, besides wanting a new adventure in books, there was no reasons for Kaisa to go to the bookstore, especially since she really didn't have the money or time to spend buying then reading a book but it was a splurge she was willing to take. "Plus, reading, um, is fun, so there's that." She forced down a look. "Sorry, I'm bad at explanations." She smiled before asking, "What are you doing here?"

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Lee Mei allowed herself to calmly walk down the aisles of books, running her fingers over the backing. Read this, read that. This author isn’t that good. Her heels made quiet clicks on the hard wood flooring as she paced. She didn’t have classes today, and her siblings were at school, so she found herself browsing books in bookshops.

A soft plunk caught her attention. Who was in the fiction section? Her curiosity compelled her to investigate, and only found a girl staring at a book in her hands. So much for a zombie or something. She spoke, but it was very quiet and almost shy of reaching the ears of the other.

"U-Uhm.. Hello."

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Kaisa blinked and looked up, her eyes gazing just ever so slightly to look over the girl who stood above her. Her mouth agape, Kaisa quickly stuttered out, "Am I in your way?" before scooching closer to the book case. That did nothing though about the pile of books she had that cluttered the walkway.

"I'm so sorry," She said, leaning to grab at them, "I'm..- I'm scatterbrained." Once the books were settled beside her, Kaisa looked up once again and began to talk calmly. "Sorry, I thought I'd have the bookstore alone for a while and didn't even pay attention to the fact that I'd be in people's way."

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Anya nodded, holding her drink up the same way. “Yes, may it rain.” She took a sip of her drink and turned back to the woman. “Nice to meet you, I’m Anya.”

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"I'm Kaisa, it's a pleasure to meet you too," Kaisa gave a quick smile before biting her lip, "Your accent..." How to proceed, how to proceed, "It's not like most accents I hear around here."

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"I could do for some rain," She muttered to herself  as she sat down at a random outside table with her coffee and pastry, "It’s been way too hot."

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"Hmm?" Anya hummed, overhearing her comment from the table next to her. "Ah, yes, I really could go for some rain as well. The heat is too much for me."

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Kaisa smiled, "Nice to meet someone who agrees with me," She said, holding up her drink in a salute way, "May it rain soon."

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Kaisa ducked into the old bookstore she had found her first year in NYC; she was bored and she wanted something to do before she had to go back to school. Not that she didn't like her classes but they always worked her to the bone so that she became too tired to do anything. Which was understandable, she was a full time student but enough about school, she came to the bookstore to have fun.

Walking over to the fiction area, she began to browse, seeing names that she had read multiple times before and wouldn't mind reading again. Though, she thought, she did come here looking for a new adventure and wanted to get a new book where she didn't know the ending too. Sighing, she plopped to the floor to start looking at the lower shelves.

"I feel like a child," Kaisa muttered to herself, "absolutely foolish."

But this was the best way to get to books that no one wanted, and she had made sure that no one was in the fiction area beforehand so she felt safe enough to lean a little to the floor. "I've never read this Veronica Roth, but this book looks interesting," She murmured to herself, her hands grabbing at the blue colored book.

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"I could do for some rain," She muttered to herself  as she sat down at a random outside table with her coffee and pastry, "It's been way too hot."