"Au revoir, Maman~! Au revoir, Papa!"
"Au revoir, ma chèrie!" France kissed Belgium's forehead.
"Bye, Bel." Germania kissed her cheeks.
Belgium ran back to her new home with her brother.
"Holland! I'll make you some tarte au maton!"
France hugged Germania's waist.
"Just like you said. At least I have you!"
"…" Germania gave him a slight smile before pulling him back to the car.
France leaned on Germania, pulling the covers over them.
"It's so quiet without both of them…"
"We'll get used to it…"
"Hm? What's wrong?"
"Huh?"
"You look like there's something on your mind, oui? It's been like this for a while now… Is it the children?"
"Nien."
"Then what is it?"
"France…"
"Que?"
Germania sighed, nuzzling his nose in France's hair.
"Germania?"
"…ich liebe dich, France…"
"Je sais. Je t'aime aussi. Now what is your problem?"
France craned his neck up, looking at Germania quizzically. Germania hesitated.
"France… I'm… dying…"
"What?"
"I'm dying."
France's eyes widened and he sat up.
"You're serious? What?"
"Ja."
"But you can't!"
"I can't stop it…"
"But… but!"
"France."
"You can't! You absolutely can't leave me!" France grabbed Germania's shirt.
Germania covered France's hands.
"France. Calm down."
"Non! I refuse! You absolutely CANNOT leave me!"
Germania cupped France's face.
"France, please."
France stopped struggling and threw himself on Germania, burying his face in his shirt. Germania wrapped his arms around France's back, hugging him tightly.
"It was going to happen sooner or later. Empires never last too long. I split Roman Empire not long ago, and then killed his western half, remember? I'm about as old as he is. My time is coming."
"…don't leave…"
"I can't help it, France. I don't want to leave either, but I have to."
"…I'll be lonely…"
"There will be lots of other countries, some from my ruins. Like Germany and Prussia, who are there already. Perhaps you'll even find another to love."
"NON!" France lifted his tear-stained face, leaving a large wet spot on Germania's shirt.
"Ja. Perhaps."
"Non! Never. Only you."
"France…"
"Never…"
