This chapter is extremely long compared to the others. I just couldn't bring myself to stop! I hope it's as fun to read as it was to write. .w.

Also, I realize that I never had any real time (months) going on here...so I came up with something that I think works alright. If the day of conception were to be July 10th, then that avoids the problem of the time zone of pregnancy overlapping Hong or Ice's birthdays. And so...in this chapter, Ice is 6 and 3/4 months in, so I believe the date would be February 3rd...? I think that's right. So then the due date would be around April 10th.

I should have done this much sooner...heh...so then I could have had China making a big deal about Hong missing the family Christmas...oops. Well, I suppose I can just use the excuse that they were all too upset to celebrate the holiday anyway.

Moving on to the story. Enjoy~!

-Five weeks later; February 3rd-

"Welcome to our humble home, Sir England," Hong Kong said with a formal British bow as he opened the door for his step-father to enter. He had decided on a whim of boredom that they should hold a baby shower and found it good to entertain himself by letting the guests in.

England chuckled at the boy's act. "Please, call me Arthur," he played along with a bow of his own. "So, about two more months, correct?"

"Yeah," Hong nodded. "Just two months, I suppose..." he said nervously.

England placed a hand on his shoulder and smiled in encouragement. "You'll be fine." He patted the younger nation's shoulder and hung his jacket on the coat rack, following his step-son into the living room, where the Nordics, Sealand, and Ladonia were seated.

Iceland had on a large sweater, making it hard to distinguish just how large his baby bump was at this point. Norway and Finland had tried talking him into putting on something a little more fitting since this was his baby shower, but he was far too embarrassed of his stomach's size to be persuaded by them. Denmark was banned from drinking alcohol at the party, so he found entertainment in making fun of Ice for being so embarrassed. Sweden simply told the boy that there was nothing to be embarrassed about. Still, that did not change how he felt about it. Iceland was not one to like exposure, and so he kept telling them all to drop it and leave him be. After a while of pestering him some more, the group finally decided to give him a break when Norway and England left to prepare something in private; the others opting to follow them out of curiosity, though they forced Ice and Hong to stay since it was apparently going to be a surprise for later.

Hong Kong sat on the couch beside Iceland and took his hand in his own. It would be a while yet before the Asian family arrived, since they lived further away, and all of their current guests had left to prepare something elsewhere. All they could really do was wait for something to happen. But they didn't have to wait long.

Iceland suddenly sat straight, scrunching his face in confusion and moving his free hand to his stomach. Hong Kong looked at him, worried. "Ice?"

"I think..." Iceland began and then felt something hit his hand. "F-feel this," he said and pulled his confused boyfriend's hand up under his shirt, holding it against his bare stomach. They waited.

"Ice, what-" he stopped when he felt his hand get hit twice. His eyes widened and mouth hung open. Iceland quietly laughed at his expression. "Is that...Is the baby, like, kicking?!" Hong asked in excitement and smiled like an idiot. Ice nodded, also smiling at the fact. He didn't know what it was, but something about the baby kicking just made him...happy. It was like proof that his child was alive and, well, kicking.

Just then, England re-entered the room and paused at the sight of the two smiling like idiots. "And what are we so happy about?" he asked jokingly as he made his way toward them. Hong Kong quickly turned toward him, not removing his hand from Ice's stomach, and told him that the baby was kicking. England grinned and asked if he could feel it as well. Iceland blushed in embarrassment but allowed it, feeling awkward as the Brit placed his hand on his bare stomach and waited. Before long, the others rejoined them in the room and saw what was going on, also wanting to partake in feeling the baby's kicks. Iceland wanted so badly to not let them touch his stomach, but it would have been rude to do so since they were all guests at his shower...and so he was forced to put up with the embarrassment of having his entire family touch his extended belly in hopes of receiving a kick.

"Okay, that's enough," the now red-faced Icelander declared when Denmark continuously tried to feel his stomach. Though Norway thoroughly enjoyed embarrassing his brother, he knew just how uncomfortable it was to be touched so much, and so he took the liberty in choking the Dane to help his brother. "Thanks..." Ice offered Norge for getting everyone to stop.

"Thanks, what?" Norway asked, smirking mentally. Iceland got flustered.

"I'm not saying it!"

"Come on, I helped you. Just say it."

"No."

"Please?"

"Can you not?" Iceland asked tiredly, rubbing his temple. Norway frowned and decided not to push his brother any further. He knew the whole pregnancy thing wasn't exactly easy on the young nation, and so he did his brother the favor of not pushing him too far. After all, he'd witnessed just how moody the boy could be nowadays. England had even informed him that stress was bad for pregnant women, and he opted to look after his unborn nephew or niece.

After a while of just relaxing and talking, the group heard a knock on the front door. Hong Kong immediately jumped to his feet and ran to the entryway, opening said door and promptly being tackled by Korea before he could even welcome them properly.

"Now what would you have done if it, like, weren't me who opened the door?" Hong asked the grinning Korean as they got to their feet. He never received an answer and was instead bombarded by his close family. Macau and Vietnam had joined them, for they had been told about the situation soon after the Asian family had found out. Hong had given them permission to tell the two, since they were close family as well. After that, Macau had called him and practically wouldn't leave him alone. This was the first time he'd seen the youngest Asian in person since he'd found out, and of course, he started asking a million questions. After getting them to quiet down, Hong lead them into the living room, where everyone had gathered. They had all gone straight to Iceland, of course, and fussed over him too. The Asians apologized repeatedly for what they'd done, since this was the first they'd seen of him since the incident.

"It's fine," Iceland kept telling the Asian group; some of which were actually in tears. "No harm done." Norway stepped up and patted him on the back.

"Though if there had been, we would have killed you," he intervened.

Iceland moaned, knowing that his brother had probably just made it worse for the Asian family. He looked at them to see that they were all staring at their feet in guilt, Taiwan sniffling a bit. He sighed. "But nothing happened, so it's fine. We forgive you." The other Nordics nodded in agreement, and the Asians smiled sadly and thanked them.

From that point on, the baby shower began, and the lot of them started to enjoy the party. They munched on snacks and talked for a while as they sat around the living room. They really seemed like one big family, just talking and laughing away. Eventually, Denmark declared it time for Ice to open the gifts everyone had gotten them for the baby. Though Iceland was embarrassed to have everyone's attention solely on him, he didn't complain since Hong had noticed his discomfort and decided to help in opening the gifts so that the spotlight was divided between them.

Finland's gift was first; some machine that you used to make your own baby food out of fruit and such. Iceland was thankful for that, since he really did not want to feed his child that unhealthy crap they sold in stores. He'd also bought them a little activity gym to entertain the baby.

Next was Denmark's gift; a bunch of baby clothes that could be used for either a boy or girl. A onesie was included that said, "I -heart- Denmark" across the front. The Dane grinned widely when Iceland and Norway gave him that "Really?" expression of theirs. He got that a lot.

Sweden had made them a nice crib for the baby, but he had actually given that to them when the Nordics initially arrived, since it wasn't really something that could be opened and would only take up space. It was up in the spare bedroom.

Norway told Ice to open his next, and so he did. What he found inside was a dark blue, velvet stuffed bunny with a baby's bib around its neck. The bib was printed like the Norwegian flag and had the words "Uncle's favorite" etched into it. Iceland thought it was adorable but refused to show it. Instead he sent his brother an "I'm really not surprised" look, in which Norway replied with a smirk and "Upset that you're not Big Brother's favorite anymore, Iceland?" Ice simply took a deep breath and shook his head, slightly biting his lip. He continued to open gifts before he'd lose his patience.

Next, an ecstatic Sealand pushed his gift into Iceland's arms. Ladonia walked up shyly and handed him his gift as well. Ice opened them to find a toy model of Sealand's 'ship' with wheels. It was built to be used like a little car for a toddler. The young boy admitted that Sve had helped him make it, but Ice didn't really care. It was a nice gift, though the baby wouldn't be able to use it until he or she was older. He then opened Ladonia's and found an adorable painting of Mr. Puffin to hang on the wall in the baby's room. The young redhead proudly (though shyly) admitted that he'd done it from memory. The Nordics were all fairly amazed by the accuracy of the portrait. Sealand was pouting in jealousy, saying that he could have done better. Mr. Puffin seemed delighted.

"Hey, hey! Tough guy! Open mine next," the puffin demanded as he flew over to Iceland with a tiny box in his beak. Iceland lifted the lid of the box and found a little bow tie that matched the one that the bird was wearing. "Now yer kid can match me," Mr. Puffin said, nodding his head in satisfaction. Everyone laughed.

"Your turn," Iceland said to his boyfriend, who was then bombarded with gifts from his family members.

"Okay, okay. What should I, like, open first?" Hong Kong asked.

"Why don't you start with mine," England asked in more of statement, calmly handing his gift over. Hong took it and began to remove the British-flag wrapping paper. Inside was a bombardment of things; baby clothes, tiny converse shoes, a British-flag baby blanket, a stuffed Flying Mint Bunny, and a little baby bottle. Hong Kong held up each piece of clothing so everyone could see. They all rolled their eyes at the blanket, unsurprised. Hong thanked his father for buying so much and placed everything in a pile of the stuff they'd already opened, moving on to the next gift.

He grabbed a random gift from the pile of unopened ones his family had made beside him. Korea squealed as Hong began to open it, making him guess that it was his. And sure enough, it was. Inside was a DVD of SHINee's Hello Baby series. He said that it might give them ideas for things to do with their own child. Hong Kong rolled his eyes and pulled yet another thing from the open gift. It was a pair of red panda footy pajamas that matched the ones Korea had bought for Hong's birthday a few years back. The whole Asian family awed at the little outfit; Denmark and Finland as well. Hong Kong blushed. He tried not to show it, but he really loved this gift. Red pandas were his favorite.

The next gift was from Macau and Vietnam combined. Inside their gift set was a little jumper chair for the baby to sit while the parents were busy. It had a bunch of little built-in toys to keep the child busy. Along with that were some necessities; a lot of diapers and wipes, another baby bottle, and some toothing rings. He thanked them and continued to the next gift.

Next was China's; a giant plush of Shinatty to help decorate the baby's room. There were some Shinatty clothes in his gift box as well. He'd also given them a bunch of little baby toys; all Shinatty-based, of course. Hong snorted and rolled his eyes. Typical China.

He moved onto the next, which was Thailand's. What he found was a rice maker, a blue baby shirt with a cute elephant on the front, and an elephant pillow-pet. "Ana~. The rice maker is more for you, brother," Thai said with a smile. Hong nodded and thanked him for the gift.

Taiwan's was next. He opened her gift to find a beautiful picture frame. It was silver metal with fancy swirls and flowers etched into it. At the bottom were the words "Family is most important," written in beautiful cursive. Everyone was amazed by the gift. It definitely looked expensive. "That's for your first picture with my adorable niece or nephew," the cheerful nation told her brother. He blushed and nodded, thanking her greatly and agreeing to use it as she wished.

And finally was Japan's turn. His gift included wall flags of both Hong Kong and Iceland, an air purifier for the baby (mainly for when they actually stayed in HK), and a mobile to hang from the ceiling above the baby's crib. Attached to it were little stuffed cats and anime-styled plushies of Hong Kong and Iceland. Everyone fussed over how cute the little plushies of them were and asked if they could have their own. Hong and Ice thanked Japan for the thoughtful and very personalized gifts.

After opening everything, everyone got up to stretch. The couple received a lot of nice gifts. And this was on top of the assortments of things they'd been given for Christmas, including many late gifts from the Asian family, since they had been unable to contact Hong Kong during the holiday season.

Norway and Finland cleaned up the wrapping paper, and they all began to converse; mainly about all of the gifts and stuff. They were all pretty excited about the unborn child and said they'd probably buy even more baby stuff if they see something that really catches their interest.

"So, you guys don't know the baby's gender yet?" Finland asked. Iceland shook his head.

"We didn't really want to know. We'll find out when it's born anyway," the Icelander answered. To this, Denmark awed just to piss off the young Nordic. Norway's lips curved upward a bit. He was really happy to see how adult-like his little brother was becoming. After all, he probably would have done the same. Not knowing the baby's gender ahead of time may be a bit inconvenient, but it was better than spoiling the surprise.

"Aw, come on. Aren't ya guys the least bit curious?" the Dane continued. "I mean, don't you wanna know?"

"I don't really care," Hong Kong told him. He and Ice both looked as if they genuinely didn't mind whether it was male or female.

"Aiyah, I hope it's a girl!" China exclaimed. Vietnam and Taiwan agreed with him. They definitely needed more girls in the family.

"No way, da-ze!" Korea argued. "Boys are best! Uri nara mansae!"

"But if it's a girl, we can buy her cute little dresses and ribbons," Thailand countered.

"Yeah," Taiwan agreed with a sharp nod of her head. "And I can get her pretty flowers to match mine! And we can go shopping and have girls time and-"

"No!" Korea interrupted dramatically. "It should be a boy so I can teach him to grope people!" he exclaimed with a fist in the air. China slapped him upside the head.

Hong Kong looked at him blankly. "You are not, like, teaching my child to grope people."

"Why not?" the Korean whined in response and then pouted irritably at all the blank stares he was receiving. "So what. You're probably gonna teach him to play with fireworks and prank people anyway."

"I will not," Hong denied, earning many questionably stares, since both of those were kind of his things. "Least not 'til the kid's, like, older..." he mumbled. Iceland glared at him, not wanting his child to ever do that stuff. Denmark laughed. The room went silent for a moment, everyone still arguing their thoughts in their heads.

"Ye come up with n'mes yet?" Sweden asked out of the blue. Everyone looked at the couple and waited for an answer. Iceland nodded slowly, for some reason embarrassed to tell them the names.

"What are they?" Finland asked cheerfully. The others were eager to know as well.

Hong Kong shifted awkwardly, afraid to say the names since they were far more European-sounding than Chinese. And he knew how much his eldest brother hated anything European. But he figured that they really couldn't please everybody. It was their child, after all, so it was their decision. "Um..." he began, "Liam Xiaosson for a boy...and Emilie Chunsdóttir for a girl...I suppose." The Nordics and England seemed fairly pleased with the naming choice. The Asians, on the other hand, thought the first names were cute but needed explanation for the last names. After Iceland took the time to explain how his naming system worked, the family seemed to like the names even more. China was happy that both last names were based off of Hong Kong. He was glad they used his Chinese name, too, rather than the name England had given the boy. And so, in the end, everyone was pleased.

Norway and England shared a look and nodded. "Now then," England said to the group of nations, clapping his hands together. "Norway and I have set up a bit of a surprise, and I believe is about time for it, so let's get going." Denmark and Sealand jumped up in excitement and ran from the room. Hong helped Iceland to his feet, and everyone followed England out of the room. They arrived outside, where soft quilts and blankets were spread across the ground for them to sit. It was dark out now, so it was only lit by a couple of lanterns.

Hong Kong and Iceland sat down among the others, looking a bit confused. The Asian family was even more confused and simply waited for the surprise to happen. The two magical nations disappeared over the hill. And soon enough, a blue-violet stream of light shot into the air from over that hill, followed by a smaller green one. They exploded into the air like fireworks and morphed into dancing streams of colorful light. They changed again into animal shapes. Everyone was amazed by the show of magic as England and Norway began to tell a silent story in the sky, using the animated lights alone.

The story was of about a puffin and a panda who fell in love but were forbidden by their families to be with one another because they were so different. They fought often with their elder siblings and were treated rather unfairly, and so they went behind their families' backs and continued to be with each other. One day, the little puffin became sick, and the panda traveled across the world just to be with him and to nurse him back to health. The other puffins realized that the panda truly meant well for their little brother, and so they finally decided to accept him into their little family, even though he was still so different from them. The panda's family, however, did not like this. They wanted the youngest bear to stay with them in the bamboo forests; not to leave them for the faraway nest in which the puffins lived. The little panda was saddened and went to live with his friend, the rabbit, for a while...but then, his family went behind his back and kidnapped the little puffin. This upset him greatly, and he turned against the other pandas very quickly. After saving his love, he decided to stay with the puffins. They were there for him when the little panda started to cry. For a long time, he did not see his family. And when he did, they were sad for what they had done and wanted him to come home again. The panda shook his head and pointed back to the little puffin, who was still very sick. They came to accept his love for the bird and let him go again. The last part of the story showed the puffin and panda cuddling together with a big heart around them.

The lights crackled and dissolved in the sky. Everyone cheered for the awesome story. The Asians were pretty much all crying now; they had actually bawled at the scene where the puffin family had comforted the crying panda. They were now hugging Hong Kong, who was refusing to cry in front of them, even though the story had touched him dearly. Iceland just sat in silence as the other Nordics hugged him. His pregnancy emotions were telling him to burst into tears right then, but he was also doing his best to keep calm.

Norway and England re-appeared over the hill and sat down with the group of nations, who began fussing over how amazing the show of lights was. They certainly couldn't deny the existence of magic now. England smiled and asked if the young couple if they had enjoyed the story. Ice and Hong nodded but didn't say anything. Norway smirked a bit and bent down to his brother's ear.

"Do you wish to call me a certain name now?" he whispered into the boy's ear and got swatted away. He frowned and thought for a bit, then looked up at the stars during the silence. "You know, the puffins are very happy for their little brother," he said, and the other Nordics nodded sincerely.

"The pandas are happy too, aru!" China shouted, the other Asians agreeing as well.

And that was when Iceland's hormones kicked in, and he began to cry (out of happiness, of course). The Nordics smiled and held him in a group hug as the tears poured from his eyes. Hong Kong smiled at the sight before he was attacked from behind and brought into his own group hug. When they had finished crushing him, England placed a hand on his shoulder and smiled down at him in a fatherly way.

"And the bunny will always be there if the panda needs him," England said and brought the boy to his chest in a hug. A few tears escaped Hong's eyes, but they were only noticed by the Brit, to the Asian boy's relief.

"Thanks, Dad," Hong whispered into his father's chest. England hummed and stepped back from the hug, smiling again.

"Alright," Japan said as he stood in front of the mass group of nations, catching their attention. He pulled a digital camera from his pocket and gestured for them to clutter together for a picture. He set it on a tripod and put on a timer, adjusting the angle and zoom so that it framed the group perfectly. He clicked a button and then joined the group of nations; Asians on one side, England in the middle, and Nordics on the other side. Hong Kong and Iceland were in the middle; Ice blushing at the thought of having a pic with his extended belly included.

In the end, the now-massive family had gotten a great photo together, as well as some others. They took pictures with just the Asian family, just the Nordics, Hong Kong with England, and Hong with Ice. Other pictures were taken throughout the night, as Japan went a little camera happy.

By the time the baby shower was over, everyone had passed out in the spare bedrooms, the couch, and even on the floor.

Hong Kong pulled his boyfriend up against him as they lay in bed. They whispered about how great the day had been and how happy they were to be together as one family now. Hong wrapped an arm around Iceland and placed a kiss on his cheek. The two of them drifted off together.

I think this may have been one of my favorite chapters to write. I just had so much fun with it! Hope you enjoyed it too!

On another note, I got to experience an ultrasound on my neck. haha It was weird. And also, I went to a baby shower today (like a week or two after writing this chapter), so I actually discovered that certain things have names. Such as the mobile; I had called it a spinning ring before, but I came back and fixed it before posting. XD

Thanks for reading and please review!