Hi! Thanks for reading my fic! Don't be frightened by the list below..it's not that bad and I don't expect you to memorize it. If there's anything that doesn't make sense if you haven't read the prequel I'll be sure to explain it in the author's notes.

In case you didn't read the prequel, here's some info you need to know:

-Ukraine, Russia and Belarus are orphans.

-Ukraine raised her siblings all by herself and is really protective of them.

-I call Ukraine Nikita(for no particular reason) and she is married to Canada and they live in Russia.

-They have a daughter, Mia, who is now five years old and a son, James, who is still a baby.

-Their adoptive son, Kumajiro, passed away two years ago.

-Canada snapped at his parents (France and England) and his brother, America, for ignoring him and everyone pays more attention to him now. A lot more. Like he runs the G8 meetings.

-Prussia and Hungary are married and have a 4 year old son, David.

Natalya had never been in love before. Not like this. She had always
thought her feelings towards her older brother were love. She realized
just how wrong she was as she stared at Ivan who was sitting across
the table, holding hands with China.

It had already been two years since he had convinced her to give up on
Ivan. He helped her realize she didn't really want to become one with
her brother; she was just afraid of being left behind. She followed
his advice and gave her brother some space. She and her brother had
been getting closer ever since.

She loved him. He was always there for her. He listened to her
problems and didn't judge her like everyone else did. He was the most
amazing person she had ever met. And he belonged to someone else.

"Sorry I'm late!" he said, sitting down next to her.

"Where's sis?" she asked him, trying not to stare.

"Gilbert cancelled at the last minute so Nikita had to stay home and
watch the kids." he sighed.

"You would really trust that idiot with your kids?" she sneered.

"Well I would have asked you to babysit hon, but you have to go to these
pointless meetings too." he chuckled.

"This seat taken bro?" Al asked, pointing towards the chair across from
Mathew and, more importantly, Natalya.

"Nope."

Natalya tried her best to pay attention to the five hour long world meeting. She tried to ignore her brother being all lovey-dovey with China. She tried to ignore Mathew who showing pictures of his kids to Cuba. She tried not to think of her older sister who had raised her all by herself as she fantasized about her husband.

God, she was an awful sister! Ukraine was finally happy. She couldn't screw this up! She just had to keep her feelings to herself. He could never find out how much she loved him.

Mathew noticed that something seemed to be troubling his sister-in-law. He wondered if she was upset that Ivan had started dating. Mathew bit his lip. Why was this so complicated? He wanted to encourage Ivan. He was glad he had finally moved on from Lithuania and had found happiness. But he also wanted to help Natalya. Mathew knew she had abandonment issues, especially when it came to her older brother. He wanted to make sure she knew that her brother still cared about her. He wanted to cheer her up.

"Natalya? Do you want to…do something tonight?" Mathew asked her as the meeting was coming to an end, "Like maybe go out for supper or something?"

Natalya's heart skipped a beat. Was he…asking her out? But he was married to her sister! She couldn't do this to her...but it was Mathew.

"…I…uh…sure…" she replied, feeling guilty for betraying her sister.

"Great! I'll ask Ivan if he's free!" he exclaimed, getting up and heading towards Russia.

Natalya blushed realizing she had misunderstood him. She felt disappointed and a little relieved.

Alfred sighed. He wished he could join them, but Mathew always lectured him about inviting himself to other people's parties. Besides, he didn't want his brother to find out about his feelings for Natalya. Not until he convinced her to go out with him. It wasn't Hero-like to be rejected.

He frowned when he noticed a few tears roll down her face.

"Natalya? …Are you cryin-"

She punched him and ran out of the room. No one noticed however because they were all staring at England and France who were in a fist fight again. Alfred ran after her. She was a lot faster than him and he lost her after a while.

"Fuck!"

He searched through every room, trying to find her. Why was France's house so big? He eventually found her sobbing in a small blue room at the other side of the mansion.

"Natalya…" he panted, collapsing on the floor next to her, "Why the hell do you have to be so damn fast?"

"Fuck off Alfred," she mumbled, curling up in a ball and avoiding his eyes.

"No. Heroes don't run away when there's trouble. I want to help."

"Just leave me alone," she ordered him.

"No, I want to help."

Stupid fucking American. Why couldn't he just mind his own business? She didn't want to talk with anyone right now. She didn't want anyone to see her cry. It was a sign of weakness.

"I don't want your fucking help!" she shouted.

"…Just tell me what's wrong."

"You want to know what's wrong?" she asked him, getting up, "My brother is dating China, my sister is having her happily ever after with your brother, and I'm all alone no one gives a shit about me anymore!"

Alfred froze. That's not true, he wanted to say. Belarus had a lot of people who cared about her. She just didn't realize it. She had Russia, Ukraine, Mathew and her niece and nephew. And, whether she liked it or not, she had him.

"Nataly-"

"Just fuck off Alfred," she sighed.

"I love you!" he blurted out.

Alright…that's it…first chapter...it will get better…

I had such an adventure trying to find a title for this! Thank you KazeRose, MoriOokami, my wonderful little sisters and my dad for all the help! And of course Yumi-Tsubato for butting in and coming up with this title even though I didn't ask her to.

DON'T WORRY GUYS, I DIDN'T REJECT YOUR SUGGESTIONS (except for "Suicidal Cucumbers...Time For Bubbles!"...wtf dad?) ALL(OR MOST) OF THEM SHALL BE USED AS CHAPTER TITLES!

WARNING...maybe :There may or may not be a sex scene in the upcoming chapters (Sealand and Ukraine keep pressuring me to write one ^^; ) but I don't know if I can write that…I'll probably chicken out and write an implied sex scene again :(

I'll give you guys a warning and change the rating if there is one…