I don't own Hetalia okay? I don't have much else for this opening. Anyway, enough of this A/N, on with the fic!
October 9th 1919
(from the journal of Matthew Williams)
We tried again today to have Ernest meet with Al and Natalya. First we went to Ivan's grave though so Ernest could pay his respects. Made me think about maybe looking up Wayne's family and doing the same for them if I ever get the chance. I had done much the same thing Ernest did when Wayne was injured. But I do know he didn't make it too. To be fair, Ernest didn't know what happened to Ivan so any faux pas he made was not intentional. From there we went to Al and Natalya's house. And thankfully it went a lot better.
Al was with Natalya and holding onto her shoulder close. The twins were on their lap, Anya in Alfred's Ivan in Natalya's and Nikolai was sitting nearby looking at us rather sternly. Well Natalya was, Al was a little more warming. With this Natalya had apologized for her reaction yesterday. Ernest nodded and apologized for his ignorance. He had said it was kind of stupid for him to show up at her house before trying ours, which was Ivan's when he was alive. He expressed his deepest sympathies and regretted he couldn't have done something more. Natalya understood he did the best he could in war and that sometimes it just doesn't work out. She thanked him for taking the time to write her about what had happened. He didn't have to. Al said he understood Ernest's feelings. Al said he regretted he couldn't have joined up with him. Then it got rather quiet and awkward. The only reason Al didn't join was that Ivan had made him promise to take care of Katyusha and Natalya (well Natalya is his wife after all.)
Nikolai then looked at Ernest and asked him what he did. Ernest said, well I am just traveling seeing my old friends. Apparently he knew what little kids were like. Then Nikolai said "I'm learning piano, want to hear?" He then took Ernest to the piano and played it a little for him. He's a good kid. Very friendly and even though Roderich is a complete prick, he's apparently a good teacher. He seems to have a knack for music. It's only a few scales at this point, but Nikolai is only four and a half so I can't expect much better. I told Al this and he said "I hope he can be good at both baseball and piano. I want to play that with my boys so much." I swear he's a good dad but can be such a kid sometimes. "Or they can play with your kid when they're older." I just laughed. I don't know if we're having a boy or a girl yet. Besides he didn't like the names I picked. Chadwick Wayne Williams and Louise Alberta Williams are good names. Al can suck it.
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