North Korea POV

Russia, China, and I were all running to Soviet's hospital room. After Russia checked his phone, he started freaking out over something he saw. He showed me and China Soviet's message and we had sprinted out of his house, his siblings that were there close by us.

Down the hall we went, glancing at doors as we ran to make sure we didn't pass it. When we finally reached it, we all sat down in the chairs and waiting for the doctors inside to come out.

German Empire POV

I was visiting my son at his house. He had invited me over for the night and I had accepted, since I had nothing to do. Russian Empire, Serbia, and Austria-Hungary were all visiting the country Switzerland for a month. They had invited me but I had declined since I wasn't feeling well. I'm better now.

We were watching a horror movie on his couch when his phone got a notification. I continued watching the movie while he checked it. From the edge of my vision, I could see him freeze. I turned to him and saw his face was pale.

"Sohn? Bist du in Ordnung? (Son? Are you okay?)" I asked him.

Without answering me, he jumped up and ran upstairs. Not even two minutes later he was coming back down and was tugging a jacket on in the process. "Ich komme später wieder, Vater, mach dir keine Sorgen um mich! (I'll be back later father don't worry about me!)" He called as he grabbed his keys and raced out the door.

"Okay... ich liebe dich... (Okay... Love you...)" I murmered, staring at the closed front door. I sighed and turned back to the movie. But I couldn't enjoy it. A feeling of loneliness and something else swept over me, preventing me from enjoying whatever I was doing, and preventing me from smiling.

France POV

Britain was laying on top of me in our bed. He had had an exhausting day at school and finished his stack of homework. He was really tired and wanted company, so here we are.

Britain was sleeping and my arms were wrapped around him. I was about to drift off to sleep as well when both our phones got a notification. Unfortunately, it woke Britain up. But he was groggy and didn't want to move.

"Mm... France check the message.." He murmered, snuggling closer to me.

I smiled. "Sure, mon amour (my love)." I reached for my phone and unlocked it. I checked the message and froze in shock. Britain felt me freeze and tiredly looked at me. "Is something wrong?"

He rolled himself off of me and I sat up. "Bretagne, (Britain,) look." I showed him the message Soviet sent to everyone.

The cute sleepy Britain disappeared in an instant. He was wide awake, and dashed out the door. He ran down the stairs and to the front door. "Be careful l'amour! (Love)" I called after him.

Italian Social Republic POV

My son and I were cooking food together. It's something we both enjoy doing and we were hungry. I was humming a song I used to sing to Italy when he was little while dividing three tablespoons of whole butter.

After we set up the ingredients, we started actually cooking. Italy hummed along with me, sometimes even saying the words aloud while we cooked.

The 40 minutes that it took to make the Risotto felt like 4 minutes. Italy and I sat down at the table and chatted with each other. "Come state tu e l'Impero giapponese? (How are you and Japanese Empire?)" I asked Italy.

He blushed a little and chuckled. "Papà, quante volte ti devo ricordare che il suo nome è il Giappone adesso? (Dad, how many times must I remind you that his name is Japan now?)"

I laughed. "Giusto, scusa. Come state tu e il Giappone? (Right, sorry. How are you and Japan?)"

Italy finished the last of his food before replying. "Buona. Tuttavia, la sua ossessione per gli anime è ancora fuori controllo. (Good. His obsession with anime is still out of control, though.)"

"E le sue navi? (What about his ships?)"

"Uno di loro si è avverato poche settimane fa. (One of them came true a few weeks ago.)"

"Deve essere davvero felice. Quale? (He must be really happy. Which one?)"

"Oh, lo è. È molto contento La nave che divenne realtà era la Cina e la Corea del Nord. (Oh, he is. He's very happy. The ship that came true was China and North Korea.)"

Italy got a notification as I took our plates. He immediately jumped up. It caught me by surprise and I almost dropped the plates. "Scusa papà, torno subito, non preoccuparti, sarò al sicuro e ti amo! (Sorry Dad I'll be right back don't worry I'll be safe and I love you!)" Italy said, running to the living room.

He had said it all so fast that I barely caught what he said. But nevertheless, I called back to him before he ran out the door, "Va bene! Ti amo anch'io! (Okay! I love you too!)"

Japan POV

I was watching Attack On Titan in my bed. I was getting ready to scream after Eren's arm got chomped off and he was swallowed when I got a phone call. I groaned and paused the anime. I checked whoever was calling me and saw it was Italy. I immediately answered. "こんにちは (Hello) Italy-senpai!"

"Hey Japan, did you see his text?" Italy seemed weird, and I was worried.

"What text?" I asked. I had ignored all the notifications I got from my phone while watching Attack On Titan.

Italy sighed. "You must be watching anime or reading a gay manga. Soviet texted."

I almost dropped my phone. My ears went flat. "何? (What?)"

"We can talk more once I pick you up, I'm driving to your house right now." And then Italy hung up. I sat staring at the wall for a good minute before jumping up and putting on my clothes as fast as I could. I rushed downstairs and swung open my door just as Italy pulled into my driveway.

I rushed to his car and hopped inside, pulling the seatbelt on. Italy and I then drove off to the hospital.

North Korea POV

Several minutes had passed and everyone close to Soviet (and for some reason Britain) was there. No one was crying, obviously. But we were waiting anxiously for the doctors to let us in.

Finally, the doctors came out and told us we were allowed to enter. We all went into the room (the rooms are pretty big) and saw Soviet awake in the hospital bed. He waved at us and smiled. "Zdravstvuyte." (Hello.)

"Papa!" Russia wailed and hugged him. All of his siblings followed suit.

Soviet hugged Russia back. "How has my little Russian been doing?"

Russia sighed, wiping away some tears. "Decent."

"Ever since you were put in the hospital and Russia took over in running your country, he was stressed and his mental health was down the drain. Since your capital came back he has been doing much better." Belarus explained.

Soviet looked guilty. "Really? I'm sorry you went through that Russia."

"Papa it wasn't your fault, don't blame yourself. Besides, I'm okay now." Russia hugged Soviet tighter.

"Uh...Russ? You're hugging me a little too hard.." Soviet murmered.

Russia backed up. "Sorry."

Everyone started talking with either Soviet or each other. I was chatting with China and Belarus. I saw Britain walk over to Soviet and start talking to him. I stopped talking so I could hear what they were saying.

"You doing alright?" Britain asked, scooting a chair closer to Soviet and sitting down in it.

"Yeah. I barely feel anything now, but it could just be the aspirin."

Britain nodded. "So how is France and the kids?" Soviet asked him.

"Good. Ame built a new gun, Aussie hasn't brought any rodents inside or caught on fire, Kiwi got a new sheep, and Nada started reading biographies and watching documentries."

"Ame? Aussie? Kiwi? Nada?"

Britain was confused for a second. "Oh, you don't use those nicknames for them. Ame is America, Aussie is Australia,  Kiwi is New Zealand, and Nada is Canada. Though America sometimes calls Canada 'Maple' or 'Maple Leaf', and Canada sometines calls America 'Meri'."

"Your kids sound happy, what about you?"

Britain smiled. "I've been good. I've been really worried about you."

Soviet chuckled. "You worried about me when I was gone for five minutes."

"Oh, hush up! We were kids!"

Britain and Soviet laughed, catching the attention of everyone. They didn't seem to notice and continued chatting. "I loved when we were kids. So many dumb things happened!" Britain said, laughing.

"Remember when we got chased by that guard dog because you threw a tea bag at it?" Soviet said, trying not to burst out laughing again.

"How could I forget? You were fuming afterwards!"

They burst out laughing again while everyone else in the room looked at them in confusion. "Er...papa?" Russia spoke up.

Britian and Soviet stopped laughing, but were still giggling here and there. "Da, Russia?"

"What are you and Britain talking about? Did you know each other way before this?"

Soviet and Britain shared a glance. "Da. Britain and I have known each other for a long time, actually."

"How long?"

"Since childhood."

My and everyone elses jaws dropped. "Since childhood?! Soviet-kun, are you sure you're alright? Maybe that headache did more damage than you thought." Japan said, setting his hand on Soviet's forehead to check for a fever.

Soviet moved Japan's hand away. "I'm fine, Japan. And I'm telling the truth, right Britain?"

"Correct. Soviet isn't lying. We really have been friends since childhood. If you still don't believe us then ask my parents or Soviet's dad, they'll confirm it." Britain said.

Everyone else was still trying to process what they heard. Well, everyone but Third Reich. "It makes sense. You two never really had the 'I hate you' or 'We're not friends' vibe." He stated.

I closed my mouth and leaned on China since I was getting sleepy. He wrapped his arm around me. Russia got up. "I need to go, papa. I'm really happy that you're okay now." He said, giving Soviet a little hug.

"Alright Russia. It was nice seeing you." Soviet said, returning it.

Russia nodded and left the room. From there, all the countries left one-by-one, and the last ones only leaving because Soviet was getting sleepy.

China picked me up bridal-style since I was also close to falling asleep. It wasn't until he walked past the receptionist was when I drifted off.

China POV

I glanced down at North. He was sleeping soundly in my arms as I carried him. I smiled and blushed a little bit. He looked so cute and peaceful when he slept.

I saw Russia walking ahead and called out to him. "Russia!"

I'm surprised North didn't wake up. Russia turned around and waved at me. He stopped walking and allowed me to catch up. "Hey China, what's up?"

"We're still doing the sleepover, right? My and North's stuff are still there." Russia and I started walking again.

"Yeah, we're still doing it. But we might have to calm down or my siblings will yell at us."

I glanced at North. "Well, North is already asleep so we have to be quiet nonetheless."

Russia glanced at him and chuckled. "It seems so."

We continued chatting as we walked back to Russia's house. At one point, Kazakhstan flew over us with his wings.

We reached his house a few minutes later, and Russia unlocked and opened the door. He let me enter first and then locked the door. "Take North to the guest bedroom by Belarus' room. I'll get his stuff." He said, walking into the living room and asking Kazakhstan something.

I walked up the stairs and found Belarus' room. Her door had her flag on it. I went to the room beside it with no decoration and opened it up. I went to the bed and tucked North in. I kissed his forehead before leaving the room.

Russia was outside the room when I left. He nodded hello. "Hey. I'll join you in a second, okay?" He said, walking inside with North's things.

"Sure. I'll be in your room."

I walked to the door that had Russia's flag on it and walked inside. I went and sat on his bed. I tried looking for something to do while I waited. I looked at the books he had but obviously, they were written in Russian.

Russia came in a few minutes later. "Privet. (Hey) What do you wanna do?"

I shrugged. Russia turned on his TV and switched to the fire-stick. "How about we watch a movie?" He suggested.

I nodded. "Sure, what movie?"

Russia smirked and scrolled through the movies on the screen. "I don't know, I was thinking Mulan-"

I snatched the fire-stick from him and quickly found the 1998 movie as Russia laughed. "这将是我第875次观看此影片，但我不在乎. (This will be my 875th time watching this but I don't care.)" I murmered and clicked on it.

I don't need to describe what happened, but I did sing along with every song. I don't think I should have, because I woke up North Korea. He walked into the room when the movie ended.

Russia and I looked at him as he rubbed his eye and yawned. "Who's singing..?" He muttered sleepily.

Russia cast a smug look in my direction. I chuckled nervously with my hand on the back of my head. "That was me...sorry."

North climbed onto Russia's bed and crawled over to me. He layed down in my lap and smiled. "You have a great voice..."

I blushed. "U-uh...thanks.."

North giggled a little and cuddled closer to me. I held onto him. It wasn't long before he fell asleep again. I looked up at Russia and he had the lenny face.

I would've burst out laughing if confusion didn't sweep over me first. "What?"

"Do you think North is a virgin?" Russia asked, still mantaining the face.

I blushed, a lot. I'm pretty sure I was darker than my flag. Russia slapped his hand over his mouth to keep his laughter from waking up North.

After my shock, my embarassment turned into anger. I would've started shouting if I hadn't felt North's sleeping form. Instead, I just glared at Russia as he caught his breath again.

"你是个傻瓜，你知道吗? (You're a douche, you know that?" I muttered.

Russia wiped away a tear and looked at me, confused. "Uh, what?"

I continued glaring at him and didn't bother translating. If North were awake he'd be eating popcorn and watching, or he'd be trying to calm me down.

Wait, if North was awake he'd be too flustered to say or do anything.

Russia continued looking at me, expected a translate. "我不给你翻译. (I'm not giving you a fricking translate.)" I spat.

Russia looked shocked at my tone. "Woah, China... It was just a joke." He said.

I rolled my eyes. "Bozhe, ty vedesh' sebya kak rebenok..." (Jeez, you're acting like a child...) Russia muttered.

I took a deep breath to calm myself down. I then yawned, frick. I don't wanna go to sleep yet!

Russia noticed and smiled. "Let's go to bed, it is pretty late. Kazakhstan will be in here any minute to tell us to go to sleep."

Right as he said that Kazakhstan walked in. "We've let you guys stay up long enough. Time for bed."

Russia groaned. "China is sleepy, I'm not."

"So? It's a school night."

"You're no fun!"

I chuckled and got off the bed carefully as to not wake North. I walked to the guest bedroom North had his stuff in and went inside it. I tucked North in and then climbed into bed with him.

I snuggled him and then drifted off.

South Korea POV

America and I were watching TV on his flat-screen in his room. Well, I was watching, America was on his phone.  I was watching a Korean drama and America was probably scrolling through a social media site.  I jumped when I heard screaming from downstairs.

"Get it away! Get it away!!" I was able to recognize Canada's voice.

"Relax mate, Bertha just wants to say hi!" Australia shouted from downstairs.

"Australia! Get your spider away from your brother!" A British accent yelled.

"Fine! I'll show Kiwi then!"

"Keep Bertha away from me, Aussie!" New Zealand shouted.

"Don't you want to pet her, though?"

"No!"

Britain interrupted them. "Get that creature out of my house!"

I looked at America. He hadn't even moved from what he was doing, I don't think he even flinched. "Uh.. Ame? Is this normal for you?" I asked.

America nodded. "Wasn't the first time something like that happened."

We then heard screaming again, but I recognized Australia as the one screaming. His screaming was a mix of fear and pain. "America! Get down here, Aussie's on fire again!" Canada called up.

At those words America jumped out of his bed and sprinted downstairs, I followed the best I could. "Australia, go outside so you don't burn the house down. Canada, grab water. New Zealand, grab an ice pack and a pillow." France commanded.

Everyone scrambled to do what they were told, Australia's screams still able to be heard from inside the house. America ran out from another room holding a fire extinguisher. He ran outside with Canada at his heels.

I looked around and saw France getting the couch ready for Australia to sleep on, and Britain was checking for any burn marks on things. I went outside to see how Australia, America, and Canada were.

Australia was running around the front yard, still screaming. He was waving his arms around in the air and his signature hat had fallen off his head. Countries had come outside their houses to see what was going on.

America and Canada were chasing Australia. "Aussie, You need to stop moving so we can help you!" America shouted.

Australia stopped running and started jumping in place. He was still screaming and I could tell he was crying, but before any tears could crawl down his cheeks they evaporated.

Canada ran up to him and threw the water from the bucket he held onto him. It got rid of most of the fire, but there was still some left somehow. America used the fire extinguisher on Australia, getting rid of the remaining flames.

Once the flames were gone, Australia collapsed onto the ground and started sobbing. His clothes were burnt but there was still a lot on him, not much had burned away. His skin had probably second and third-degree burns. Canada set his bucket down and rushed to him. He picked up Australia and carried him back inside the house. America started walking towards the bucket, still holding the fire extinguisher until I told him, "It's okay, I got it."

I walked to the bucket and picked it up. America nodded gratefully at me. "Can you pick up his hat as well? It's over there," he pointed to a fairly large bush by the front door. "I think he threw it over there so it wouldn't burn. He loves that hat."

America walked inside the house while I walked to the bush. I reached down to grab the hat when I heard a rustle from the bush. I quickly grabbed the hat and backed away, staring at the bush. I wasn't very far from the bush, and I heard a female voice whisper, "Ow! Cut that out!"

"Sorry!" Another voice whispered back.

Before I could process what I heard, a little girl tumbled out of the bush. She looked up at me and froze. Her flag looked like Netherlands' flag, with a symbol in the center. I really don't know how to describe it.

The girl stared up at me with a horrified expression. I smiled and waved to her. "Hi, what country are you?" I asked her.

She scrambled back into the bush. The bush rustled for a bit before stopping. "South! Where are you?" America called from inside.

"Coming!" I walked inside the house. Australia was laying down on the couch, he had multiple ice packs strapped onto his burns. He was wearing new clothes, too. New Zealand was talking to him.

America walked in. "There you are. I'll take the bucket." He took the bucket from my hands and walked off. I walked to Australia and handed him his hat. "You left it outside." I said.

Australia took the hat and set it on his chest. His eyes were half closed. "Thanks, mate..."

"How are you?"

"Everything hurts... But I'm okay..."

I nodded and walked into the kitchen. France and Britain were talking quietly. "Excuse me?"

The older countries turned to me. "Yes, Corée du Sud?" (South Korea)

"Will Australia be alright? He told me he'll be fine but I'm still worried."

France sighed. Britain made some tea while she explained. "He should be alright, but he's been going on fire for a while. A whole week to be exact. Normally, he just screams and yells, but he cried this time. We're really worried as well."

"We thought it was over," Britain sighed, a hand on his forehead. "But we were wrong. Now is seems they're getting worse. It takes a lot to make Aussie cry."

I nodded and left the kitchen for the parents to continue talking on their own. I went to America's room to find him playing a game he called Call Of Duty, except I think it was the fourth one. Maybe the third or second, I don't know.

America didn't glance at me when I opened the door. He knew it was me, though. "Hey South."

"How did you-"

"My family knocks, you don't. Simple."

I shrugged and jumped onto the bed beside him. I watched as he played the match. I always giggled when he fell off the stage or got killed, causing America to cuss loudly.

After the match when his team lost, he rage quit and switched to Minecraft. "You wanna play?" He asked, offering a remote to me.

I agreed since I wanted to get my mind off things. I took the controller and America selected Sweden's server. Every country likes playing on Sweden's server.

Sweden had built a castle and was decorating the inside. America ran inside it and kept placing random wood blocks everywhere, making Sweden frustrated and angry.

Eventually he chased America out of the castle.

Estonia joined the game a few minutes later. "Hey Sweden, is Finland on?" He asked.

"No, but he's in the same room as me. I can get him on if you like." Sweden responded.

"That'd be nice."

After a few minutes of muffled talking on Sweden's mic, Finland came onto the server. "Hei (Hey) Esti."

"Tere (Hi) Finland!"

They started talking, and eventually the rest of the countries in the server joined the conversation.

We were all having fun and enjoying ourselves when we heard singing from Estonia's mic. It was distant, but it mose certainly was there. "Estonia? Are you singing?" Sweden asked.

"No." Estonia responded.

We all listened a bit more, no one's character moved. After ten seconds, America said, "I recognize the lyrics. They're from Disney's Mulan."

"Wait, then-" Norway was cut off by Estonia.

"Oh, of course! Russia invited North Korea and China over. It must be China singing since Russia doesn't know any of the lyrics to Mulan songs, and I don't think North sings."

'He used to.' I thought in my head. There's no need to say it aloud, they wouldn't believe me anyway.

"Okay, let's continue." Estonia said.

"Wait, I wanna hear China sing." Vietnam said.

"Well, TOO BAD!" America yelled.

Everyone started talking again and playing the game.

Time skip

America, New Zealand, and I all sat on chairs in front of the living room TV. Australia was still laying on the couch, and Canada sat next to him. New Zealand and America had wrapped Australia in a blanket since he started getting cold.

The movie we were watching was Terminator. I told America and his siblings I had never seen it and they freaked. So here we were, watching Terminator.

I was getting bored but didn't show it. I pretended I was interested in the movie. I didn't want to hurt their feelings.

New Zealand suddenly grabbed a pillow and tossed it to Canada. Canada caught it and then placed it under Australia's head. I noticed Australia looked sleepy. He closed his eyes and got comfortable, and somehow drifted off despite the loud volume of the TV.

Once Terminator ended America turned to me. "So, what did you think?"

To be honest, I didn't really like the movie. But I didn't want to hurt his feelings so I smiled and said, "It was good. Can't believe I didn't watch it sooner."

America beamed and got up. Canada picked up Australia and carried him upstairs. "Do you want something to eat?" America asked.

"Sure, but not McDonalds, or Burger King, or...you know." I chuckled.

America pouted. "Fine, but I can't believe you don't want the miracle life created."

We walked into the kitchen. America reached into the cabinet and pulled out a box. "Mom and Dad don't let us eat anything close to a meal after 7, and it's pretty late. So, we'll have to get a bag of Nilla Wafers each."

"Nilla Wafers?"

"They're small cookies that I eat as a snack. Want some?"

(Low-key, Nilla Wafers are so good. I haven't had them in a while and now I want some.)

"Sure."

America grabbed two plastic bags from another cabinet. He washed his hands and then pulled two handfuls of the cookies into each bag. He handed me mine and then put the box back.

I bowed. "감사합니다. (Thank you.)" I said.

America giggled. "Am I your king now?"

I raised the upper part of my body. "No." I said and then ran to his room.

America laughed as he followed me. I threw myself onto his bed just as America looked inside. He laughed as I started eating the small cookies. "Well you're full of energy." He said as he sat down beside me.

I shrugged and continued eating the cookies. Once America and I finished eating we got ready for bed. America slept in his room while I slept in the guest bedroom near America's room.

Japan POV

Italy was driving me home. He was talking to me but I couldn't hear him because I was deep in my thoughts. What Britain and Soviet had told us still shocked me, and I was probably thinking about it a bit too much.

"Japan?" I snapped out of my thoughts. Italy wasn't looking at me because he was driving, but he did glance.

"Huh?"

"Are you listening to me?" He asked.

"N-no...sorry, Italy-senpai."

He sighed. "It's alright, are you okay?"

I nodded. "Yeah." I turned away and continued looking at the houses we passed by.

A couple minutes of silence go by. I feel a hand on my shoulder and turn back to Italy. He looks worried now, and was probably looking at me more than the actual road. "Are you sure your okay?" He asked me.

I sighed and decided to tell Italy what was on my mind before we got into a car crash. "I was just thinking about how Soviet and Britain had been friends since childhood. Like, a British guy who is obsessed with tea and a Russian who loves vodka being friends since they were kids? That's a little hard to believe but..."

Italy removed his hand from my shoulder and focused on the road. He sighed. "I was in the same mindset as well, but life is always full of things that are unexpected. My dad raised me that way, so I guess that's why I'm not thinking about it that much."

I nodded. That made sense, life is full of surprises. Italy and I started talking the rest of the way to my house. We were having a normal conversation, talking about ships of countries, when he asked me this: "Japan, have you ordered anything on my account?"

I nodded. "Sorry, but I felt too lazy to switch to mine."

Italy nodded. "It's alright, just ask next time. Oh, did you order an anime school girl uniform?"

"うん！(Yeah!)"

"...Why? You're a boy."

"I can cosplay, can't I?"

"Japan, eventually you'll wear the uniform everyday."

"And?"

I could tell by Italy's face he mentally facepalmed. He sighed. "Fine, fine. I won't bother you with the uniform. But don't be embarrassed if I get perverted at first."

"何？！(What?!)" I stared at Italy with my jaw dropped. I knew I was blushing.

Italy laughed, when he noticed my blush he laughed harder. Luckily, we arrived at my house so he was able to pull into my driveway and lean back laughing with his eyes tightly closed. My ears flattened and I glared at him, my blush still strong. "Why the heck would you say that?!" I shouted.

Italy wiped away tears from laughing so hard. "I'm only telling the truth. And it's not like you to be embarrassed, Japan."

I felt my blush deepen. "黙れ！(Shut up!) You're a different case!"

I angrily got out of the car and stormed to my house. I heard Italy get out as well and follow me. I unlocked the door to my house and before I could slam it in Italy's face he snuck inside. "Don't be mad, Jap, I was just warning you."

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever. When does my uniform get to your house?"

"Tomorrow morning, why?"

"Can you drive it over to my house when you get it? I really want to wear it to school."

"You sure you wanna wear that uniform to school, Jap? I don't want you getting bullied."

"I don't care what the other countries think. I like the outfit, and if it bothers them they can frick off."

Italy chuckled at my determination to wear the outfit. "Well, alright. I'm still not leaving your side, though."

I rolled my eyes. "そして、私たちがすべてのクラスを一緒に持っているという事実は助けにはなりません。(And the fact that we have every class together doesn't help.)"

Italy got behind me and wrapped his arms around me. I blushed for a split second. "私が日本語を話せるのを忘れたと思います。覚えてる？(I think you forgot I can speak Japanese. You taught me, remember?)" He murmered into my ear.

I chuckled. "Hey, sorry about getting mad earlier. I don't like being embarrassed."

Italy shrugged. "It's alright, I knew you still loved me."

He let go of me and kissed my cheek. "I have to go, my dad's waiting. Ti amo. (I love you.)"

"Okay, 私もあなたを愛してます。(I love you too.)"

Italy left my house. At the sound of the door closing I sighed. I've always wondered what it's like to have parents, to have a Dad, a Mom... someone to take care of you as you grow up. Someone to look up to, someone who you strive to impress, someone you can confide to in your darkest moments, someone to ask for advice.

I never had someone to take care of me. 3,000 years ago my people created the Japanese flag, and I just started existed right there as a toddler. Because I was nervous about showing myself to my people, I raised myself in hiding. I finally met them and started being who I was created to be when I stumbled into a village, but I never had parents.

I shook my head to clear my thoughts and went upstairs to my room. I always try to not think about it, or else I get jealous of countries who do have parents, and then I go into a fit of rage that it is impossible to calm me down from.

...You don't want to know what happened the last time...

I went inside my room and turned off my TV. It was getting dark out so I changed into my pajamas. I did a backflip onto my bed and then pulled the covers up to my chin. Although it took a while, I drifted off to sleep.

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I feel like this chapter was anti-climatic in a lot of things. Also, I probably won't update for a while because I have no inspiration, motivation, or ideas. But who knows, maybe my mind will fill up with ideas as soon as I post this, it's happened before.

Aight, see ya later.