Summary: What happened in between 'Happy Birthday' and the time skip in 'Funeral Dirge'? Who found Canada's body and what was the immediate reaction to it all? A series of HAU side drabbles.
Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia.
"Canada, aru? Are you home?" China pushed the ajar door completely open and poked his head inside the entryway of the house. Receiving no reply, he stepped inside and looked around for the owner of the house. Something didn't feel quite right. "I've come for our visit!" China called into the empty halls, trying to calm himself. Where was he? Where was Canada? He usually answered right away. And he wasn't out. China and Canada had set this visit up months ago. They were going to share their cultures with one another to add some diversity to each other and better their friendship. Canada never forgot an appointment. Never. Something had to be wrong!
Pulling a small knife from his pocket, China slowly crept farther into the house. Dishes sat unwashed and days old in the kitchen sink. The entire house had an abandoned feel to it. 'Creepy,' China thought as he approached the door to the library/study warily.
China pressed his ear to the door and listened carefully. He heard nothing. This room was most likely safe. Hesitantly the Chinese man turned the doorknob and pushed open the wooden slab. The door wouldn't open all the way. Half way open it hit into something and was stopped. China slipped inside the room and turned his attention to the object blocking the door.
China screamed.
America sat up on his black leather couch, feeling around in his pockets for his cell phone. The annoying ringtone repeated for the third time just as he managed to find it. He flipped it open and set it to his ear.
"Hello!"
"America, aru, this is China..." America frowned. Something seemed off about China's voice.
"Sup dude? You seem upset." China was heard inhaling shakily across the phone line.
"America you need to come to your brother's house right now!" America's brain was running a mile a minute. What was happening?
"Canada's house? Why? What's wrong? Is he hurt or something?"
"It's... I can't- Is England with you, aru? He needs to come, too."
"Something is wrong! Tell me what the Hell is going on!"
"I came to Canada's home this morning... We had a meeting you see... and... and the front door was open but no one answered my calls..." America's blood ran cold. He couldn't see himself happy with the direction this was going.
"AND?"
"And so I went inside to look for Canada, aru... but the house had this strange feel that made it seem abandoned even though... even though everything was in its place, aru... and I opened the door to the study... and I... I... Oh, Gods!" China broke down into sobs. England walked into the room and rushed over to his dangerously pale lover after seeing the look on the American's face. America pushed away his Brit's fussing and took a breath, switching his phone to speaker.
"Tell me what's going on China. You tell me or I swear to God I will not ask you nicely next time! What is wrong with my brother?" England jerked his head to stare at America, his mind conjuring a thousand awful scenarios that were nothing compared to the horror of what they were about to hear. China's sobs quieted enough for him to speak again.
"Canada was on the floor in front of the door, aru..." China's sobs renewed. England sat down and gripped America's hand in fear. The next sentence China uttered made America drop the phone and England burst into tears along with China.
"And he was DEAD!"