Once the micronation was  filled up with gummy worms and licorice, Denmark suggested another round of hide and seek. It was Norway's turn to count this time, and he was determined to make this last as long as possible. He knew what happened when you pumped a child full of sugar, and he wanted to make sure he could keep the kid subdued for the longest time possible.

Denmark immediately knew where to hide. The last time he had been at Sweden and Finland's house was to borrow their vacuum since he accidentally broke his and Norway's when he dropped it down the stairs. He remembered the vacuum being in a closet on the second floor that had enough room for someone to stand in comfortably.

Norway continued to listen on as he heard someone scurry up the stairs and then the sound of a few cabinets opening and closing. He was almost sure Sealand was trying to mess with him. When he finally reached zero, the house was completely silent. Norway searched the entire first floor before he realized both of them must have been hiding upstairs. Norway crept up the stairs slowly just in case Sealand wanted to move his spot again. Norway was sure he could catch him in the act. 

Norway went into Sealand's room first, and noticing some rumples in the bedsheets that hadn't been there before, he knew he had found somebody. Norway made sure his footsteps were light as he approached the bed. He waited a few seconds until he heard breathing, and then dropped to the ground and lifted the covers to reveal Sealand curled up under the bed. 

"Found you!" Norway called out, eliciting an annoyed groan from the micronation. 

"I thought I was gonna win again!" Sealand whined endearingly, eliciting a smirk from Norway. Norway grabbed his hand and helped him out from under the bed. Sealand stood up and waited a moment before tugging on Norway's shirtsleeve. 

"What?" Norway asked, bending down towards the boy.

"I know where Uncle Den is hiding" Sealand whispered in his ear. Norway gave a thumbs up and stayed quiet as he and Sealand tiptoed out of the room and into the hallway towards the storage closet. Sealand pointed towards the door and Norway mouthed 'in here?' as Sealand nodded. 

Norway flung the door open, revealing a surprised Denmark, and didn't even have time to yell "Found you!" before Sealand shoved the Norwegian inside the closet and shut the door behind them. The two nordics in the closet heard a click as they fumbled about in the tiny space. 

When they finally straightened themselves out they were face to face, with barely a centimeter separating their bodies from touching. The two stared at each other for a moment before Norway felt uncomfortable and looked away. The two hadn't been so close to each other in years. Norway tried to reach the door knob and turned it, only to find that it was locked. 

"Very funny Sealand, now let us out!" Norway called out, tugging harder on the doorknob as the panic settled in. He seriously could not stand being in a space this confined with Denmark to share it with. 

"I'll let you out when you tell me the reason why you don't sleep in the same bed!" Sealand teased from outside the door. Norway's face immediately flushed and he banged on the door with a closed fist as Denmark stood frozen next to him. 

"This is hardly appropriate Sealand. Do you want me to tell your dads?" Norway threatened, surprised at the sudden turn in attitude of the child. Denmark's lips were parted slightly as the shock started to settle in. The kid was playing them like instruments. 

"You won't tell my dads, because then I'll tell them that you fed me candy before bedtime" Sealand shouted, smiling triumphantly from the other side of the door as the Norwegian groaned. 

"We don't sleep in the same bed because we are not together" Denmark stated, trying his best to satisfy Sealand's curiosity. 

"That's not what dad said! And now that you've lied to me, I think I'll just leave you two in there" Sealand exclaimed, eliciting another groan from Norway. Denmark looked over and watched as Norway clenched his jaw and stared at the door with enough rage to kill an entire army. Denmark knew that look. This meant war. 

"Open this door or you will not see the light of day for another hundred years. I'll make sure of that" Norway said calmly, his jaw still clenched as the boy remained outside the closet door. Denmark's face flushed as he began to think about how hot Norway looked when he was angry. 

"Denmark and Norway sitting in a closet, K I S S I N G!" Sealand sang, giggling to himself as Norway fumed from the other side of the door. 

"That doesn't even rhyme!" Denmark exclaimed, eliciting an death glare from the Norwegian. Soon after that they heard the footsteps of the boy going down the stares, leaving the two alone in the closet with no way to get out. Norway tried to kick the door but instead hit Denmark, who let out a yelp as he reached down to grab his ankle but proceeded to bump heads with Norway. 

"Ow!" they yelled in unison, both rubbing their heads as the closet seemed to shrink in size. Norway shifted uncomfortably as he felt the Dane's eyes on him. He didn't want to make eye contact. This was already awkward enough as is. 

"Nor-" Denmark began, reaching his hand over slightly to grab Norway's. Norway quickly jerked his hand away and looked at Denmark with a pained stare. 

"We're not doing this right now. Unless you have a plan on how to get us out of this closet, I don't want to hear a word out of your mouth" Norway shot back coldly, his voice laced with venom as Denmark quickly moved his hand back to its original position. 

"Fine" Denmark replied, his voice sounding slightly hurt as Norway continued to stare anywhere but Denmark's face. The two stood there for a couple minutes, Denmark staring at Norway, and Norway staring at the woolen carpet beneath them. After a few minutes, Norway finally looked up at Denmark. "What?"

"Switch places with me. I need to get closer to the lock" Norway demanded, scaring the Dane slightly at his deep violet eyes pierced Denmark's. The two shifted around a bit until they had switched places. Norway proceeded to take the nordic cross out of his hair. Denmark watched on in confusion as Norway took the pin and bent the skinny side before shoving it into the lock and moving it around. Eventually, the two heard a click, and Norway sighed a sigh of relief as the knob turned and the two tumbled out of the closet. 

Norway fixed his clip and put back in his hair before turning back to face the Dane. "Now we find Sealand and lock him in his room for the rest of the night" Norway commanded. 

"Wouldn't you rather mess with him?" Denmark asked, "Like pretend we're not mad and then prank him or something?" Norway rolled his eyes.

"Fine." 

Denmark grinned and proceeded to follow Norway down the stairs, where they found Sealand on the couch, rummaging through Denmark's backpack. Sealand looked up at them in horror. "You guys- you got out" Sealand stammered, quickly hopping up from the couch as he pretended not to have been searching through the bag. 

"Yeah, not funny" Denmark said, "We'll forgive you this time but you pull any more stunts like that and you'll be sent to bed."

"I'm sorry" Sealand murmured, looking up with puppy dog eyes as he pulled the two of them in for a hug. Denmark hugged him back but Norway stayed rigid, seeing through the transparency of the not-so-innocent child. He should've known from the start that the kid was cheeky. He was related to England after all. 

As soon as they pulled away, Denmark got a mischevious look on his face, and looked down at Sealand with a smile. "You wanna gave a Nerf battle? I thought I saw some Nerf guns in your toy room earlier" Denmark asked, eliciting an excited clap from the micronation. 

"I'll go get some!" Sealand shouted, still hyped up on sugar as he zoomed up the stairs to grab the toys. Denmark looked over at Norway and winked, knowing that this would be the perfect opportunity to get the kid back. Norway smirked, remembering how good Denmark was during Nerf battles. The two could team up and absolutely destroy the micronation. 

As soon as Sealand came down with guns for the three of them, he ran away to find a spot where he could shoot them from. The two nordics shared a glance and immediately followed him, guns in hand. The boy had assumed the game was going to be 1 vs. 1 vs. 1, so when he saw Denmark and Norway come into the dining room as a team, he squealed and ran out as fast as he could, landing a few shots on his uncles before fleeing into the kitchen and through the living room. The kid was practically running in circles, do Norway suggested they split up. 

Creeping around the corner sneakily, Norway watched on as Sealand cornered Denmark by the front door. Denmark had his hands up in defeat, and the boy let out a laugh before opening the door. Norway watched on in surprise as the boy stomped on Denmark's foot as hard as he could and proceeded to shove him out the door into the cold. Norway continued watching from behind the china cabinet as the kid locked the door and moved forward with a mischevious grin. Norway facepalmed at Denmark's idiocy. Was he really going to let a child defeat him so easily?

As Sealand sneaked around the corner in an attempt to ambush Norway, the Norwegian threw a shoe at the staircase to make it seem as though he had run upstairs. Not knowing if his trick had worked or not, Norway moved towards the door Denmark had just been shoved out of. Opening it, he laughed at the sight of the Dane on the doorstep, clutching his foot in pain. 

"Did you seriously just let that kid kick you out of the-"Norway began before he was shoved out of the door and onto Denmark. The door quickly shut behind him and locked, leaving Norway in shock at what had just happened. Denmark looked up at the Norwegian straddling him with a smirk. 

"Did you seriously just let that kid kick you out of the-" Denmark mocked before Norway shoved him and stood up. Brushing himself off, Norway groaned. From the ground, Denmark let out a chuckle. "This kind of reminds me of when we used to play with Iceland."

"Iceland wasn't nearly as evil" retorted Norway, who held out a hand to help the Dane up. Denmark took his hand and got up with a smile. 

"True. Let's check to see if the slider is open" Denmark suggested. Norway nodded in agreement and the two made their way through the backyard to the other side of the house, where they creeped onto the deck and tried to open the door. Denmark groaned as he noticed it was locked.  Sealand noticed them from inside the house and grinned mischeviously as he grabbed a chair from the dining room table and sat it in front of the slider. 

The two uncles looked at their nephew in confusion before Sealand sat down at the chair and yelled "I have something to show you, Uncle Nor!" Denmark and Norway shared a concerned look with on another as the kid's muffled voice reached their ears. After making himself comfortable, Sealand proceeded to dangle a blue moleskin notebook in front of their face. 

Norway looked over in Denmark in confusion but Denmark was staring at the notebook as if it were a creature from a horror movie. "What is that?" Norway questioned softly, looking over at Denmark, whose face never changed from its horrified state. 

"I found this in Uncle Den's backpack!" Sealand began, "I think Uncle Nor would find this quite interesting." The boy had a devlish look on his face, and Norway looked over at Denmark, who seemed to be panicking at what the boy was about to do next. Norway didn't understand what was going on, but as soon as the boy opened the notebook, his face turned a dark shade of red.