walks past the bench and suddenly stops; she thought that man looked familiar... She turns back and stares a little at him. He looks like_

Chine, somehow... She approaches him and greets him unsurely, "Ah... Chine...?"

"...Yes, I'm China aru..."

beams, she got it right! "Sorry to bother you, I was just passing by and I thought you looked like Chine. Ah, your counterpart, that is."

Smiles at her. "No bother aru"

"So what book are you reading?" She hasn't read a book in a while, if the book seemed interesting, she might get it to read too.

Turned the book over to look at the tilte. "It's "We were there" Some book Japan made aru.@

tilts her head, she'd thought that Japan and China were on bad terms, so why was China reading a book that Japan made? "What is it about?_

"*

blinks. "Well, it's just a book I picked up, so....well, about a guy...and he had bad luck" he says bluntly.

blinks at the very short summary. "That sounds interesting. Would you mind lending it to me when you're done?"

Nods and keeps reading.

takes that as the cue for her to leave. She guessed that he would rather be alone with his book. "Well, I'll just be on my way now."