Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia. Please read the Author Note at the bottom, as it contains very important information.
3rd Person POV
Alex jumped up when the doorbell rang and ran to get the door before Arthur could. She threw it open and smiled when she saw Lucy and Ivan on the other side. Alex practically jumped on Lucy, laughing as they spun around and into the house with Ivan following. "Happy anniversary Lucy! It's been a whole year!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah, it has, and I'd like to live to see another without dying of strangulation," Lucy choked out, feeling her oxygen supply getting cut off. Alex quickly loosened her grip and laughed again while Lucy took deep breaths.
"Come on, Arthur's in the kitchen making food for the party," Alex said happily. She dragged Lucy behind her, unaware of the horrified looks Ivan and Lucy are sharing. "Arthur, some of the guests are here!" she yells into the kitchen. For the next half hour this process repeats itself as more guests arrive.
By the time everyone had arrived they had been subjected to Arthur's cooking, at the insistence of Alex, and had managed to hold everything down. The bright side, however, was that Arthur's ego had risen through the roof. "Ok everybody, please go into the living room," Arthur says, him and Alex starting to herd people out of the kitchen.
"Thank god, one more scone and I would have died," Gavin muttered under his breath. Gilbert laughed quietly and looped his arm around Gavin's shoulder.
"I would say that is impossible, but you're probably right," Luke whispers, not wanting Alex or Arthur to hear him. The group burst into quiet laughter as they sat down in the living room, noticing the four glass cups on the table. They seemed to be filled with a dark blue liquid that was bubbling slightly, making the others feel slightly sick to their stomach. Alex and Arthur stood at the front of the room and waited until everyone was seated.
"We have great news about something everyone has been thinking of. I'm just going to let Arthur explain everything," Alex said, stepping aside slightly.
"As you know, it's been a year since we all came back. It was brought to my attention that the permanence of the relationships would be a problem. I have been spending the past year looking for a solution to this problem. Finally, a few weeks ago, I found one. So, I made enough of the potion for each of you," he explained. Alex pointed to the four cups on the table.
Luke, Gavin, and Lucy gave her a frightened look, not trusting the contents of the glasses. "Don't worry guys. I made sure Arthur triple checked everything," Alex reassures them, picking up her own glass.
"This is going to make us live forever? As in, we never die?" Luke asked, looking down at the glass.
"I don't know if that is such a good idea," Elizabeta said. The other countries nodded in agreement.
"We can't really say anything though, it's all up to them," Arthur commented, nodding his head towards the teens looking at the cups.
"Guys, if we do this, we do this together," Gavin says, looking between Luke and Lucy. "There is no going back. We will live forever. Is that something we want to do?"
"We get to be with them, but we wouldn't be able to die. There would be no end, we would just keep going," Luke tells them, picking up a glass and examining the contents inside. He swirls the liquid around and scrutinizes it.
"Look, I've been through a lot. I've seen the worst in people, myself, and the world. I used to think that there was nothing, but then I found everyone. If I drink this, then I get to spend eternity with the people that made me stop hating the world. That sounds like a pretty good deal to me," Lucy says, picking up her glass and ready to drink it.
Gavin looks at his glass uneasily, and then glances over at Gilbert. "It's your choice Gavin, but I'll be your awesome support either way," Gilbert promises. Gavin nods and picks up his glass.
"Well, are you ready?" Luke asks. Alex, Lucy, and Gavin nod, holding their cup up to their lips. They count down from three together before downing the contents, each resolving to spend eternity with the ones they love.
Author Note
This sequel was, quite honestly, one of the most painfully enjoyable things I have written so far. The amount of times I have contracted writer's block is unsightly and I'm pretty sure the crossover chapters are cracked up. I wouldn't change it for anything though, so I don't have any regrets when it comes to this.
I just want to thank everyone who has commented on this story. Your reviews have been really helpful and always make me smile, no matter how short or long they may be. I would like to give a huge thank you to thinkitover and sally3015 for all the help they gave me. I'm pretty sure some of these chapters wouldn't be here without them. Please go check out their profiles and read their stories, because they are all really good.
Now I am going to address the future of this profile and my work on here. I currently have two different stories in the works and one song fic. The first story is the sequel to my unit fic, so please go read that if you haven't already. The second one is a 2p!Hetalia version of Alice in Wonderland. Both of these are reader inserts, but I am also going to offer a male reader version of the Alice in Wonderland story. The song fic is based on The War Was In Color by Carbon Leaf, so go listen to the song if you like. Past these three works I have nothing else.
This problem leads me to the conclusion that I may be coming to the end of the chapter in my own life that involves writing these stories. I don't want this to be true, but it may be. I'm hoping to have more story ideas before that happens though. I just thought it was fair to inform you loyal readers of this issue.
I would like to once again thank all of you for reading this. I truly appreciate the support and positive comments you leave for me. And now for my signature closing. Thank you so much for reading this, leave comments or thoughts you had about the chapter or whole story, and look forward to life itself, because you only get one and it shouldn't all be spent with your eyes glued to a computer screen.