Hey guys, Zane here. I come with bad news. I'm discontinuing this story. Those of you who know me in real life already know this, but the rest of you do not, and I blew off making this announcement because I know how much it sucks to have a story discontinued, but I also didn't want to give you guys false hope that I'd eventually update. I left the Hetalia fandom a while ago, and have pretty much lost interest in it, and with school and depression and a lot of personal issues, I was too anxiety-ridden to even think about writing any new chapters. I really really wish I could finish this story, but if I'm honest with myself I know that I can't and it'll only stress me out more to worry about it.

I never really had a plan for this story when I started writing it. It was simply an idea I had and I started writing, not realizing at the time that'd it become what it has. After I stopped updating frequently as my stress settled in and there were weeks or months between updates, I lost a lot of readers. I still wanted to write for the few who stayed and really seemed to enjoy it, though. It came to the point where I was no longer writing for myself and my own enjoyment and I was writing for everyone else, and let me tell you that is not what writing should be about. It should be fun and thinking about your next update should bring you excitement, not dread and anxiety.

I'm really really sorry, dear readers. This is my last update on this story, although certainly not my last work. I intend to keep writing (although it's taken me several months to work up to it again). I probably won't be writing for the Hetalia fandom anymore, unless the occasion strikes me. Those of you who have me on author alert, that's pretty much useless, because I'm not really going to be publishing on this website anymore. I'm moving to Archive of Our Own. It's better organized in my opinion and I have the power to post from my phone (muahahaha. Just watch upload porn on a road trip. WATCH ME.). Plus you don't have to do all the weird, round-a-bout posting things that they do on here (those of you that have published know what I'm talking about). Plus they allow smut without repercussions /shot/. It looks really nice as well. :D

Anyway, if anyone ever wants to see any of my future work my username on AO3 is Irekyn

I won't delete this account- Confidential will not be deleted, but it will no longer be updated. I have no idea how it was going to end so don't ask me XD use your imagination and make something up. Ship state incest pairings I don't care. They weren't actually biologically related, if anyone wanted to know. That was GOING to be revealed later but eh. Marissa turns into a good guy and helps them. When she finds out it's her dad she throws a bitch fit. He cries and get's thrown in prison. The Men in Black get involved somehow...no wait wrong fandom. I mean the government covers everything up and everything is happy and Aspen/Marissa becomes canon.

The end. I'll leave it up to you to decide whether I was serious or not.

Thank you for sticking with me through this, those of you who are still here. I also want to give a shout out to all of those who messaged me a lot and helped me figure out plot points. I would list names, but you know who you are :) You guys are wonderful people, and it's been a pleasure interacting with you.

As my last gesture, I would like to hand out metaphorical homemade ice cream to everyone. I'll miss this story, and these characters, but it was worth it to develop my writing skills and to bring some happiness to the few people who really enjoyed this. This is goodbye to a lot of you, but I do hope to see some of you join me on AO3! We'll have a lot of fun throwing lemons at each other.

*puts on sunglasses* Zane out.