A three-panel Hetalia comic. The first panel opens with Japan as the focus and two smaller heads of his friends, North Italy and Germany. Japan is remarking on the difficulty of keeping appearances in the workplace while in a relationship. "It's so sad, we must act PROFESSIONAL so we cannot act like a COUPLE." says Japan. North Italy concurs with a "Ve, ve, so sad..." whilst Germany notes "Well, ja, but it isn't THAT strict...". Panel two switches focus to England in focus, with France and America presented similarly as smaller heads. "We must be so stoic for the sake of NORMS and DEOCRUM despite our FEELINGS" laments England. France remarks "I think you're being MELODRAMATIC." as America comments "No one cares if you HOLD HANDS." The third panel shows the two woefully tradition-bound island boyfriends swooning. "It's CRUEL" Japan says. "It's INHUMANE" England says. They each have a hand near one another but pointedly are not holding hands, as they assume it improper for the setting. Meanwhile, North Italy, Germany, France, and America stand in the background, all shouting in unison "SHUT UP!" because they cannot take this bullshit. Really, it is a marvel when the only two people who assume there are these strict workplace boundaries end up in a relationship and make their own obtuse interpretations of propriety everyone ELSE'S issue. Actually, this might be more obnoxious than overt PDA...
Tragic: The only two who care about workplace appearances assume they can't act like they're in a relationship and make this everyone else's issue!
[ #myart #hetalia #asakiku #hetaliaworldstars #axispowershetalia ]