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Chapter 3
"Norway! Hey, where are ya buddy?" Denmark called out as he entered Norway's house. A little over one month had passed since the event at the meeting, and since then Denmark had tried to be with Norway as much as he could. How he rationalized it, that Troll could come back at any moment and hurt his friend again; and this time if that happened he swore to be ready. The fact that Norway had recently started acting weirder than before was also concerning him.
Since the event Norway seemed more cautious than usual along with thinking more about things which he refused to tell anyone else. Denmark expected this, remembering that Norway had gone through something difficult and would need time and space to recover. But a couple days ago Norway started being sick in the morning and lashing out even more than earlier that month. This only made the Dane worry more.
"Norway?" Denmark called out again after hearing no response. Again he was given only silence, making his stomach begin to do flips for fear that something had happened once again to the other.
Due to this fear, he began to franticly go through the house for any sign of him. Norway, however, was nowhere to be seen; along with several objects from the house. The objects were not exactly anything pointing to a theft or something, mainly consisting of a raided food pantry, the area where Norway kept his old camping gear drastically emptier, and some of the clothes Denmark left there also missing.
"What the hell's going on now?" Denmark asked confused as he looked around the living room for any sign of the house owner. After looking through the house once more, Denmark came to the kitchen where he noticed a note which was covered by his jacket before.
It was a short note, simply reading:
Denmark,
I've left for a while and I do not know when I'll be coming back. Do not look for me.
Norway
Denmark re-read those two sentences several times, each time feeling his head rush more with worry. It was not like this was the first time Norway ever went anywhere by himself, and usually Denmark would be spending the time pouting at being left behind than worrying. But with everything that had been happening Denmark simply could not help but feel concerned. Wondering if anyone else had heard from Norway, Denmark decided to call the other Nordics over; figuring if Norway was going to tell anyone anything it would first be his family. When he showed the note to the others, however, they all gave him the same concerned look that he already had.
"You know, this isn't the first time he's been by himself before. I'm sure he just left to spend some time alone and he'll be home soon," Iceland began, not all that convincing.
"I don't know about that last bit. He had to have grabbed enough stuff to last him several months. Longer if he rations it or starts hunting or stuff," Denmark replied dismally.
"Since he grabbed stuff for camping we can probably assume that he's staying somewhere in his country. And he's always known his house like the back of his hand. I can hardly remember him ever getting lost or anything like that," Finland commented, trying to lighten the other's worries.
"That's true, and maybe this all has to do with what happened to him, but...," Denmark began only to quietly continue, "He's been acting sick lately."
"Sick?" the other three asked in unison.
"Ya, like throwing up the last couple morning and stuff. Then yesterday he left to talk a doctor about it and came back even quieter and angrier," Denmark explained.
"Maybe he found out he was pregnant," Iceland commented bluntly, all the while not really believing what he was saying. The whole idea seemed as bizarre as what Troll did. Nevertheless, it caused the other three to pause.
"Could that really be the case? Man, if that's so then I need to find him now! You guys gotta help find him too!" Denmark called out.
"Norway told ya to not look for 'im. Ya should follow 'is instructions," Sweden commented.
"Oh, come on Sweden! If what Iceland thinks is correct than Norway is not thinking correctly. It's our job as his brothers to get him back here before he hurts himself or whatever else!" Denmark rationalized.
"He probably just didn't want this getting out of hand and having to deal with you," Iceland muttered.
"What was that?" Finland asked upon hearing part of the sentence.
Iceland sighed and said, "Look guys, this is Norway we're talking about, and I doubt he would have left for places unknown without planning ahead. That's why he grabbed all that stuff. He's probably on his way to some safe place only he knows about as we speak and won't come back until he's good and ready."
"You know, that does sound like something Norway would plan if he really wanted to get away. Do you have brother-telepathy or something? 'cause if so then you should totally tell me where he is so that I can get him back here," Denmark said, slightly too impressed by Iceland's reasoning to fully remember his worry.
Iceland rolled his eyes to this and was about to say something before Finland pointed out, "You know, he did also decide to leave almost right before the European meeting this month. Maybe he also just didn't want to face the other nations after what happened."
The others nodded at this idea, realizing that Norway probably would still not feel ready for that. The idea also caused the others to realize that they would need to figure out what to do about their friend's country if Norway failed to return in time for it. Due to this, the four of them began discussing the idea of explaining why Norway was not there for some time before ending the conversation.
The next week Denmark walked down the hall headed towards the meeting room. He knew that as soon as the meeting began the odds of someone noticing Norway's absence would happen and Germany or somebody would begin to ask questions. Because of this, the Nordics had planned out a neat lie to tell the others until Norway finally did return.
Soon the meeting began, and as they expected someone noticed that Norway was missing during roll call. However, Germany was not at all concerned and explained that he was called the week before that Norway was taking a leave of absence for the next several meetings with a list of things to do if he was needed for something; most of which simply said to give the problem to Norway's boss or to Denmark.
Nobody felt up to questioning this, and soon the subject was dropped; most of them assuming that he would simply return in a couple months like how it sounded. It would not be until almost half a year passed and word got around that no one could reach Norway that the rest of the world began to once again worry and search for him.
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