hadn't slept for days. Too excited. Finally, finally, it was time! His time to shine! People would start to take him seriously, and everyone

-was coming (or, mostly everyone), and the Soviets and East Germany promised to come, and everyone would be paying attention to him--

-and he'll show them all, he's not a little kid! He's a fully-fledged nation! He'd -been preparing for ages, cleaning, buying new clothes --

-and the like, but the day was here. The opening ceremony was just a few hours -away, and they'd all be blown away! But for now, he was --

-looking for the others, ready to brag about how great Seoul was.

isn't too far from him. She's still not too happy about the "Chinese Taipei" deal, but at least her boys and girls are here and she--

--won't let anyone ruin her joy at that!

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sees her, and waves her down! He's grown quite a bit and wants to show off that he might be taller than her now!

grown a lot, too! But she can't help pouting because with all of it, Korea is now taller. She still waves at him.ç

sees her waving, and waves back, hurrying to her. "Mei!"

quickly fixes her hairpins before he gets close, then. "Yep, Yongsoo! It's me. I promised to come, and here I am..."

laughs, and straightens up. "Isn't Seoul great? And look, I'm tall now!"

can't help self and tiptoes. "I, Hong Kong and Singapore managed to catch up to you, don't think we can't do it again!"

straightens up. "Ahahaha~!"

tiptoes more. "You'll see!" It's clear she may be close to lose her balance at any moment, though!

pats her head. "Sure, sure~!" He replies.

pouts. "No, really. Don't think you'll be alone on top, all of us are doing out best whether here on in other things."

waves his hand. "Well, I'm sure I'll be on top! I mean, it's my city! And plus, even though you may not think so, I'm actually really

good at a lot more things now!"

stops tiptoeing, but only because her fet hurt a little! "Never said you were bad at anything, Korea. If you were, we wouldn't be here--

--celebrating the Olympics!"

grins and nods at that. "Of course!" He then frowns a little bit. "Oh, but. Not everyone is."

nods. "Ah, yes..." It's even worse this time, considering who isn't there with them. Not to mention, that reminds her how what they went--

-- through to reach the high economic rating they are in now. . . and what happened to their people as well.

*of what they went through

sighs quietly, then perks up after a moment. "Oh, well....it's their loss! We can have lots of fun without them!"

it'll be better to leave the rest unsaid by now. "I guess you have a point. No use crying over spilled milk, some say!"