A/N: And we're back, with the last chapter here. *tear* And then we move on to the sequel! So, yeah. Be on the lookout for that in a bit/while. Now, let's get started, shall we? By the way, kind of short chapter is kind of short.

Warning: Romano. Yup. He gets his own warning category.

Chapter Start

Alfred thought for a moment. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

Several of the members of the group appeared to be very deep in thought. Vash spoke up first.

"I don't think this is a safe environment for my sister. She and I will go home after the end of this year." He said.

Lilli looked down. "...yes, bruder..."

"Umm, sister and I have decided to go home as well." Katuyasha said timidly. "I mean, we'd love to stay, but, we think our people need us right now..."

Heracles raised his head and the pile of leaves and grass fell off. "...me too... you know, the whole economy thing..."

"Oh yeah. I totally understand, dudes...if this would have been...maybe, 80 years ago, I would have gone too." Alfred said, nodding.

Yong Soo jumped slightly, startled by the sudden ringing of his cell phone. He excused himself and took the call. He looked down-cast when he closed his phone. "...that was Taiwan...she says that my country is having some problems with North Korea... I have to go home..."

It took all of Yao's willpower not to cry out in joy.

"Does anyone else need to go home?" Ludwig asked. He received no replies, so he assumed naught.

"So, what now...?" Matthew asked quietly.

Alfred started to speak, but was interrupted.

"I finally found you guys! Do you know how long I've been searching?" a familiar voice called.

"Oh! Arfred-kun, your strange friend is back." Kiku said.

Alfred looked over. "Hey, Z! You're back!"

"Of course I am, idiot. Family doesn't kill you." Z scoffed. "Hello everyone!"

"Oh...it's you..." Roderich sighed.

"Oh, cheer up, Roddy." Z said. "I even got you a present."

"...what?"

"Look! It's a little piano fridge magnet! Happy early birthday!" the red-headed girl said, pulling said fridge magnet out of her pocket.

Roderich took the magnet, obviously not amused. "How did you know my birthday was soon?"

"I work with the people in the admissions office. Like I said, I know almost everything about you! They let me read your guys' files. Well, a bit of them." Z said. "So, what's up with everyone?"

"Oh, nothing much." Alfred lied. He glanced over at Ludwig as if to say 'I forgot about her! What are we supposed to do?'

Ludwig gave a small shrug. "He's lying." He pointed out.

Alfred's eyes widened. "What do you mean?"

"He got in an accident und had to go to ze hospital." Ludwig said.

"Yeah...that." Alfred gave a sigh of relief.

"Is he ok?" Z asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Alfred told her.

"Oh, that's great...but I was referring to Roma. Did someone get him drunk or something?" Z pointed to the half-German.

Roma had jumped on Roderich's back and was making the Austrian carry him around.

"Feliciano, get him off!" Roderich demanded when they approached the Italian.

Feliciano laughed bit. "...can you keep him for a bit? I'm tired..."

Roderich sighed. "...I'll watch after him for a bit..."

"Vee~ Grazie!" Feliciano chirped before running off.

"So, is anyone up for lunch?" Z asked. "I can order pizza."

"Hai, that sounds good." Kiku said with a nod.

"Great. I'll call it in. You guys can just sit and wait." Z took out her phone and went into the dorm building to make the call.

"What are we going to do?" Alfred asked once they all sat down. "We can't just tell her..."

"We'll have to hide the truth, no?" Antonio said. "I mean, it'll be hard, but we can do it!"

"Ja. Ve should only use our country names vhen ve are sure zat no one else is around..." Ludwig suggested.

They all stopped talking when Z returned.

"Ok, it should be here in...eh, half an hour, I guess." She said, sitting next to Yao on the end.

"I sense a sudden lack of an annoying spazz..." Lovino muttered. "What the **** happened to cross-*******?"

"He fell asleep." Roderich commented flatly.

Roma had indeed fallen asleep. He was leaning on the Austrian's shoulder and his hat had fallen off and landed in Roderich's lap.

"Vee~ Finally!" Feliciano cheered. "Maybe giving him so much candy wasn't such a good idea... He's hard to keep track of."

"Aww... poor little guy. He looks beat." Z said.

"...but so cute..." Francis muttered.

"Careful what you say. He might hear you." Antonio said, remembering what happened with the pillow, and elbowed the Frenchman in the shoulder.

"I don't think we're in any danger of him hearing you." Roderich said, shifting slightly.

Roma didn't move whatsoever.

"Vee~ He's totally out of it!" Feliciano said, poking Roma's shoulder. "I mean, that's what I would have expected...he was running around a lot..."

"***-******! Just let him ******* sleep! We finally got him to shut up and stop bugging everyone!" Lovino snapped.

"Hey, don't be rude." Z said. She got up when she saw the car from the pizza place pull in to the parking lot. She took Yao with her to get the pizzas.

"Kesesese~ Hey, Roddy. Hand me Roma's hat." Gilbert said.

"Why?" Roderich asked warily.

"Just give it."

Roderich picked up the hat and cautiously handed it over to Gilbert.

Gilbert took the hat and promptly placed it on Ludwig's head.

"Bruder, vhat are you doing?" Ludwig asked.

"See? He looks just like him. But Roma's older." The albino said.

"Woah, dude! But Ludwig's so much taller than him! That's weird..." Alfred said.

"And Luddy's eyes are lighter." Feliciano pointed out.

Z and Yao soon returned with the boxes of pizza.

"Hey, Ludwig. That's a nice look for you." Z commented as they set down the boxes.

Ludwig practically ignored her and handed the hat back to Roderich. Feliciano snatched the hat and placed it on his own head.

The group at lunch rather quickly then went about their usual conversing.

Eventually, they all went their own ways to go about doing homework and/or practicing their instruments. Several of the students went back to the dorms to clean up their rooms a bit.

Feliciano and Roderich were trying to wake Roma so one of them wouldn't be stuck carrying him.

"Vee~ Roma! You gotta get up!" the Italian insisted.

"...make me..." Roma mumbled.

"Fine. I will. Get up." Roderich demanded, shoving Roma off the bench of the table and into the grass.

"Geez..." the half-German sighed, sitting up. "...don't you think you could have been a bit nicer..." he flopped back down into the grass.

"Roma, if you don't get up, I'll tickle you." Feliciano threatened.

"...we're not little kids anymore, Feli..." Roma sighed. He stood up anyway.

"Vee~...you're right...because if we were, you'd still be in love with me." Feliciano said with a small laugh.

Roma said nothing and simply started walking back towards the dorms.

"Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if he hadn't left." Roderich thought aloud before heading back to his own dorm.

The Italian thought about this for a moment before walking after Roma.

When Feliciano arrived in his dorm, he found his room-mate sweeping the floor. "Vee~ Roma, you really kept my broom! I can't believe you've had it for all these years."

Roma looked up and paused sweeping. "Well, of course I did. It's quite useful, really."

"...that makes me happy... can I help you clean?" Feliciano asked.

"Yeah, sure. I could use an extra hand." Roma replied with a small smile.

Alfred sat on the edge of his bed. "Mattie, what should we do? It's gonna be really hard to have Z not know who we are..."

"I guess we'll have to be careful." Matthew said as he put away from freshly folded laundry.

"I suppose you're right." Alfred sighed. "We'll have to be really careful next year."

A/N: Like I said, kind of short chapter is kind of short.

Well, we've arrived at the final note of this story. You should keep an eye out for whenever I get the sequel up. It'll be called 'Presence' and of course it'll be by me with my crazy screen name.

Since the sequel won't really need a plot, I'd love you guys' suggestions on topics to write a chapter or two about.

It may be a little while 'till I finish the first chapter though, because I have to write the summary, find a way to summarize the summary and fit in the box, fix my character profiles, write new schedules, and rearrange the dorms (I'd love help with this last one.)

So, farewell, sayonara until next time, my friends!

Reviews are love, so be sure to leave some!

DISCLAIMER!

Alfred: Terach doesn't own Hetalia or any of the characters associated with it.

I must say. I think this story had a great run and I hope the next one does even better! Thank you to all my faithful readers and reviewers who encouraged me and gave me suggestions and pointed out my errors. I love you all (in a not France-ish way) and hope to see you all next time!