Sealand opened the door and Found Spain and Prussia holding a cake and smiling the same way that Finland smiled when Sweden announced they were going to ikea for a quick trip.

"Moi Moi!" they both chanted. Behind them, a goat bleated, and two others started to eat the grass on the garden. "We brought cake!"

"Dad, Spain and Prussia brought goats!" called Sealand.

"No, no, we brought cake," said Spain, shoving the cake into Sealand's hands. "Tell your dads we brought ca- oh, hi Sve."

Sweden took the cake from Sealand and looked at the goats.

"Come in," he said after a moment.

They were served spiced wine, and neither Sweden nor Finland mentioned the goats. Despite the fact that Sealand and Ladonia took turns riding them.

"France didn't come with you? You usually go everywhere together" said Finland.

"No, he…had something to do," said Spain.

The kids brought the goats in.

"It started snowing really hard!" said Ladonia, bringing them up to their room. Above them flew all the different birds that had followed Spain and Prussia all the way there.

"But you can't keep them in the house!" said Finland. "Sve tell them they can't keep them in the house!"

"…You can't keep them in the house," repeated Sweden, without much conviction.

"But they'll be cold! And we already named them! That one's Pikachu, and this one is WiFi, and that's England-Sucks," said Sealand.

"They already named them," said Sweden, and Finland sighed.

"Fine, you can keep them inside. But don't let them eat anything important!" said Finland.

Ladonia pulled Pikachu up the stairs, but Sealand seemed to have more trouble pushing WiFi and England-Sucks. Prussia laughed and got up to help him. He clapped his hands as he approached.

"Up! Up you do and behave," he told them and the goats did as directed.

"Wow, how do you do that?" asked Sealand. "And how do you keep those birds sitting on your head?"

"Uh? I have a bird in my head?" asked Prussia.

"You have two! Teach me how to talk to animals. Come, and teach Ladonia too!" he said, pulling Prussia up to his room.

Sweden smiled, looking at them, then turned to Spain. "You should stay for supper," he said. "Where are you going from here?"

"We planned to see the northern lights. Up in the laplands," said Spain, smiling.

Sweden nodded. "Yes, it will not be too cold the next few days," he stated. It was a fact, he would make sure of it, and the snow outside started to let up.

"We'll be fine, thank you. That's not necessary."

"Your van doesn't have snow tires," said Sweden.

Spain gave a nervous laugh. "I didn't…think we would need them."

Sweden nodded. "You can borrow some of ours."

"Thank you."

When Sweden left, Spain started snickering.

"Oh my god. I should have thought of that!" he said.

Finland laughed too. "Come on, I'll help you install them," he said, and they went to the garage.

"Ah~, you and Sweden seem so happy together," said Spain while Finland changed the tires.

Finland blushed. "W-well. I suppose. It's a peaceful time now, and that has helped. We're just as happy as you and Romano are, I guess."

Spain gritted his teeth and smiled, trying not to think about the sharp cold pain in his chest when he heard Romano's name.

"Y-yeah," he said.

"Yup. And how is he right now? I've heard he's been meeting with the International Monetary Fund lately. His economic grow lately has been fantastic."

"I… yes, it has."

"I guess after so long together, a relationship just blooms, don't you think?"

"…"

"I used to think about that a lot, when I started living with Sve," said Finland, screwing the tires and failing to see Spain's forced grin. "We had known each other for so long that it would be as hard as I worried, right? I mean we had always been so close and lived under Denmark's rule so there wouldn't be anything to fear. And there wasn't. I made it worse with all my worry. How silly, don't you think?"

"Ha, ha, well, that's…" started Spain, but Sweden calling them from the dinning room saved him from having to answer.

Prussia came down the stairs carrying Sealand on his shoulders and Ladonia on his arms

"Aren't you amazed at my awesome strength?" said Prussia.

Ladonia scowled. "The bet was carrying us and a goat. You still have to take us to the movies," he said, and stuck his tongue at Prussia.

"Ladonia! Don't do that!" cried Finland.

Prussia just laughed and let the kids down. Spain tried to smile. He loved kids. He had loved his years as a parent, but they were gone now, and the price he would have to pay for them was to always treat Romano as his child. No matter how many centuries passed. And no matter how his feelings for him changed.