I do not own Hetalia okay? I am so surprised at the response this story has gotten. Frankly I am really humbled by it. Anyway, I don't have much else to say, so enough of this A/N, on with the fic!

"You did not have to do this for us Mr. and Mrs. Laurinaitis" Natalya said as she headed to pick her suitcase from the trunk. She had just planned on calling a cab to take her and Toris to the airport and let his parents sleep, but they had insisted on seeing the two off.

"Save you college kids some cab fare" Mr. Laurinaitis laughed as he took Natalya's bag out of the trunk and pulled it behind him into the airport with Natalya trying to grab it as they headed to the check bag desk. "You may have to spend it on airport food but I figured I'd help you out."

"That is quite thoughtful Mr. Laurinaitis." Natalya bowed. Once Mrs. Laurinaitis had finished hugging Toris and turned to Natalya and gave her a book. She looked up at Toris's mother confused.

"Oh this is all of my own personal recopies with some of Toris's favorites as well. They boy is so smitten with you and you seem to like him a lot too. And here is this, I didn't have it quite ready at Christmas but I finished it while you two were having your little road trip. At this she handed Natalya a gift bag.

Natalya looked down at it and pulled out the hand knit sweater. "This is very thoughtful" She said with a blush. I had not expected Toris's family to take such a liking to me.

"Well I already gave my little Toris his." Mrs. Laurinaitis said as she grabbed her son's cheek.

"Mother!" He pleaded as he placed his bags to be checked on the counter. "Not in front of Natalya."

"Oh you are 23 and embarrassed by your mother. How cute." Mrs. Laurinaitis said. "I haven't flown in a while but I some of our friends have and they have told me it gets pretty cold on the plane, even if it is the summer time. One of our friends went to Las Vegas Nevada last summer. Didn't win big but they also did not pack any coats thinking it was going to be so hot they didn't think of the plane." She laughed as they headed to the security checkpoint.

"Well. I thank you for thinking of me as such." Natalya said as she tied it around her waist. "I actually layer up myself for that reason."

"She thinks ahead." Mr. Laurinaitis laughed nudging Toris. "Natalya is a keeper son."

"Dad!" Toris said as they headed to the security gate blushing.

"Thank you so much for everything Mr. and Mrs. Laurinaitis." Natalya bowed as they waved back.

"Let us know when you get back safe you two!" Mrs. Laurinaitis said.

"Doesn't matter the time difference! I want to know you are okay!" Mr. Laurinaitis said.

"I will do Dad!" Toris said as him and Natalya headed through security and to their gate to await their flight. Once they had approached the waiting area for their gate, Toris sat down and held his backpack close to him as he fell asleep. Nataya rolled her eyes as the smell of a coffee shop opening up for the day wafted to her nose and she headed over to buy her and Toris something to eat before they headed on the plane. Looking of the itinerary of their flight, they were to stop over in Frankfort before heading to Chicago then back to the airport they had left from. Stupid having to go to Chicago before we head to home…. Natalya thought as she sipped her coffee and took a bite of the egg and cheese breakfast sandwich she had gotten. She nudged Toris awake.

"Huh…." He asked as he looked over at Natalya. "Talya…." He moaned.

"I got you something to eat. It's an egg and cheese breakfast sandwich and a cup of coffee." She said with an almost imperceptible smile.

"Thank you Talya." Toris said as he took the bag and cup from her.

"Can you please stop calling me that." Natalya sighed slightly. "It's only slightly less annoying that what my brother in law calls me when he isn't trying to piss me off."

"Which one? Alfred or Matthew?" Toris asked.

"Alfred." Natalya bit her breakfast sandwich fiercely at his name. "I hate being called Nattie. Just…." She shuddered. "Sounds like I never bathe or something like that. Then again I don't think he is afraid of me like Matthew is."

"Maybe he is just trying to be friendly and thinks you're being hostile to him." Toris said. "But I could be wrong." He added trying to soothe her.

"Maybe. And if I really should try to not piss him off so much. I mean as much as I hate that Vanya loves him," She began.

"Your brother loves him." Toris said. "You can't help who you fall in love with and you can't help who your brother falls in love with."

"Guess not." Natalya sighed. She looked at her phone and saw the time. "It should be around 10 pm their time. Our flight doesn't leave for another hour. I could call them and let them know we are heading out." Before Toris could reply, she hit call on the house phone and tapped her foot.

"Phone's ringing!" Matthew yelled from the kitchen. He was making a late night snack for Katyusha when it began to ring.

"Who could be calling at this hour?" Ivan said as he knew the voice in the back of his head. Natalya's flight back to America is leaving today and it is very early in the morning in Lithuania. He remembered. "Pryviet" Ivan said as he picked up the landline phone. Why do we still even have this?

"Oh hello big brother." Natalya said as she sipped her coffee. "Just calling to let you know Toris and I are leaving Lithuania soon. Our flight leaves in an hour. The itinerary has a few layovers one in Germany and the other in Chicago. To think I must head west to go east…." She said with some disdain.

"Well some flights to places like Lithuania are like that baby sister." Ivan said as he stood by the wall watching Matthew cooking boxed Macaroni and cheese. He looked at him curiously when Matthew said under his breath, "Katy was having a craving for this" and Ivan nodded in understanding.

"I guess you are right." Natalya said. Thinking of what Toris said, "How is Alfred and Katyusha doing? She called and told me about what happened." She added before Ivan could ask how she knew.

"She's adjusting okay to being on bedrest. Matvey has a television set up in there. She loves seeing him on the news now that he's got that anchor job and Fredka had Matvey get her a game system with a few games. So he got her that Nintendo switch and a few Pokémon games and that new Animal Crossing one…." Ivan mused as he heated up a tea kettle to make some hot chocolate for Alfred before he went to sleep. He was going to have to get back to work now the holidays were over and Ivan still had an Epiphany to plan. He told Alfred he would handle everything, seeing as Alfred's leg was broken and he was going to get the recopies from Katyusha and cook it himself. Matthew did help to keep things going in the house but he did have to leave for work and was gone most of the afternoon. So it was up to Ivan to make sure that Alfred didn't make his injury worse and Katyusha didn't get stir crazy. That is why he didn't say anything to Alfred about getting the gaming system for Katyusha. It was something that could keep her from indeed going stir crazy and finding some way to violate the doctor's orders.

"Well yes, Katyusha would find those games cute…." Natalya sighed. "I guess it was thoughtful on Alfred's part." Vanya loves him. He sounds like he is having a hard enough time when Matthew is at work…. She told herself. "Oh and Toris and I will stay with you until it is time to head back to Campus next week."

"WHAT?" Ivan yelled.

"Is there a problem Vanya?" Natalya asked.

"No, just surprising is all. I don't know about the room we have but we can find something for you…." Ivan panicked. God, I can see at least some of Fredka's annoyance with Natalya's attitude.

"We won't take up too much room. The couches will work." Natalya said as Toris looked at her with a nervous smile. "Unless there is an issue with that guest room Matthew and Alfred's parents stayed at."

"No, may be a little messy is all. We moved some extra things in there when Matthew and Katyusha moved in." Ivan said nervously.

"That will be fine. I want to make sure Katyusha is fine and that you are not overwhelmed before I have to go back to school. I would stay longer but Katyusha scolded me thinking about it even." Natalya said.

"Well I would say so." Ivan said as he turned the heat down on the stove as the teapot started to whistle. "She made sure that you and I were taken care of during our schooling that she wants you to do well."

"I know; I know…." Natalya said. So I should be in around midnight local time. So in factoring time difference, it would be 5pm tomorrow or so. I'll call you when I hit Chicago as that would be easier to figure."

"Sure. I will be able to pick you and Toris up." Ivan said as Natalya hung up and he sighed placing his forehead against the cabinet.

"Everything alright Ivan?" Matthew asked as he put the cheese powder in the macaroni as to the directions on the box.

"Natalya and Toris are being so generous as to help us before they will need to go back to campus after the Epiphany." Ivan sighed as he poured the hot chocolate.

"Sounds nice of them…." Matthew began knowing there was more to it. "It will be very busy with them around."

Ivan nodded. "I do not want Natalya to cause a fight with Fredka like she does sometimes." Ivan sighed. "It's hard enough with him injured, work and this holiday we said we'd have. Before I was planning on having Katyusha help, especially with the cooking and such as she is very good at it but now…."

"Well I'll have Katy get me the list we need for the food and I'll pick it up on the way home from work." Matthew said.

"Please." Ivan said rubbing his temple. "I may need you to get me some vodka too," At this, the phone rang again. "Can you get that? If it's Natalya, I am not here."

"No." Matthew said. "Papa."

"You handle it." Ivan sighed as he took the hot chocolate and headed up to the bedroom to make sure that Alfred took his medication and was comfortable. "Why did I think that trip was a good idea?"

"How could you have known Al would actually break his leg and even if you were thinking it might, how did you know this would happen to Katy?" Matthew shrugged. He picked up the phone. "Hello Papa." Matthew sighed.

"'ello Mathieu!" Francis said. "How was your New Years. Sorry I am late on calling you but I saw it and was so proud of you! And despite my misgivings Miss Katyusha was beautiful. The dress she picked really did suit her."

"Told you Papa." Matthew said as he spooned the creation into a bowl. It may have been a simple box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, the kind he loved in college when he had a chance to use a pot, although he had lived off a lot of microwave versions that just looked funny when he had added the cheese powder. Katyusha had not been so passionate about the dish herself but was more than willing to eat it. However recently she had taken a strong craving to the simple dish and had even demanded Matthew make it when he had gotten home from work that day.

"Well I should trust you more. She is your wife after all. How is Miss Katyusha doing?" Francis Inquired.

"Okay." Matthew led as he walked into the bedroom and placed the tray with the macaroni and cheese on her lap. She smiled as Matthew sat down beside her and looked at the game screen she had paused. "She has taken a craving to Marconi and cheese."

"Like you loved as a kid." Francis said with a memory. "And you would never eat the good stuff I made from scratch. No you had to have the cheap boxed stuff."

"That was the kind she requested." Matthew sighed laying back. Katyusha took a bite and smiled at Matthew.

"Thank you so much. Who is on the phone?" She whispered.

"Papa." Matthew said back.

"Well if she is craving that, then I can assure you that is your daughter." Francis sighed. "You boys were adopted but you still have times that make me wonder with your tastes. You are not as bad as Alfred is sometimes but when you declared your love of Poutine at that family trip to Niagara Falls…. I wonder…."

"It has a French name Papa." Matthew said, knowing he was going to annoy him.

"That's how Alfred justifies his love of Cajun to me." Francis said.

"But you like some of that." Matthew teased.

"I will neither confirm nor deny." Francis said. "So how is Katyusha?"

"On bedrest by doctor's orders. Had some signs of preeclampsia and they think if she stays on bedrest for a few weeks it won't be so bad." Matthew said as he heard Francis and Arthur who was listening in the background gasp.

"Don't fret you two. I am taking the doctor's orders seriously and Vanya and Matthew are being so helpful. Even Fredka and he broke his leg." Katyusha said.

"What happened?" Arthur asked.

"Snowboard trick gone wrong. Simple fracture, makes moving around a pain." Matthew said.

"Well that does it." Francis said.

"THAT DOES WHAT?" Katyusha, Matthew and Arthur all said at the same time in shock.

"I will head up there tomorrow after work and help you out until I can feel that Katyusha has nothing to worry about." Francis declared.

"I am not heading up there Frog, at least not right now like you are. You may be able to abandon your post like that but I cannot. The new semester starts Monday and I cannot just up and leave because my daughter in law has a slightly complicated pregnancy. Do not think I am dismissing what you must be feeling Miss Katyusha."

"No, no, I understand. Natalya and Toris said they would stay until they had to go back to campus much around the same time your new semester starts. Fredka and Vanya both work from home most of the time so they can help me if I were to need it if Matvey is at work himself. You and Francis still have your own lives. We will make sure the baby is healthy so you can spoil her as soon as she's born." Katyusha said.

"If my little Alfred hadn't broken his leg, I may have thought the same as you mon amor." Francis said. "Besides I have interests there I want to check on. Au revior!" Francis then ran to pack a bag, leaving the phone on the kitchen table.

"Looks like nothing can stop him." Arthur replied. He then yelled at Francis. "If you must impose on the boys then would you please wait until you get off work tomorrow! I would think they would want to know what the head chef is doing."

"Of course I was planning to do that then." Francis said. "It will take me time to get packed. Do you seriously think I am that irresponsible as to not make the proper arrangements at work?" Francis asked.

"Yes. I do." Arthur said to himself. "I am very, very very sorry for what this may cause."

"That's alright Dad." Matthew said as he hung up the phone. "Fuck."

"Oh dear." Katyusha said. Matthew did not swear as freely as Alfred did so for him to do so, meant it was going to be bad.

"Ivan was already exhausted at the prospect of Natalya and Toris staying in the other room. But to add my Papa in on this when he's already planning Epiphany and taking care of Al…." Matthew snapped his fingers. "I will need you to get me together a list of things he'll need to make the things for the celebration, Katy." Katyusha nodded and took a notebook from beside the bed. "I'll get it after work tomorrow." She nodded as Matthew got up. "Now to tell Ivan the good news."

"Good luck." Katyusha sighed.

"Going to need it." Matthew sighed as he headed to the living room. Ivan was sitting on the couch watching the weather report. He took this as his chance to talk to him. "So, whatcha watching?" He asked.

"Weather forecast for tomorrow." Ivan said as he sipped a glass of vodka. "Tomorrow afternoon Fredka and I will go meet Natalya and Toris at the airport."

He knew about the declaration his sister had made earlier and it was not going to be pleasant when he said what Francis was going to do. He knew he would have more patience with Natalya than he would Francis but even then, there seemed to be waning limits in this. "Looks like they should make it in safely." Matthew said casually.

"No storms over North America." Ivan sighed. "I haven't looked from Lithuania to Germany then Germany to Chicago." Ivan said as he sipped his drink.

"Take it there's a lot of changes in flights." Matthew noted and Ivan simply nodded. "So how is Al doing?"

"Getting better. Getting used to having the cast and such on." Ivan lay back. "He's asleep now, the medications they have him on help him heal make him drowsy."

"So, ummmmmm….. you know Francis called….." Matthew began.

"Yes?" Ivan asked, looking over at Matthew cautiously, gripping his glass tighter.

"Well he found out about Katy's condition and Al's as well and wants to come up to help." Matthew said "He will be leaving after work tomorrow."

"Chert voz'mi, teper' vse slishkom pomogayut. Katyushe nuzhen pokoy." Ivan sighed.

"So if that meant what I think it was, you are just seeing how chaotic all this can get especially when Al can't do as much as he'd like but more importantly this will just increase the stress on Katy when she doesn't need it." Matthew said as Ivan nodded.

"Natalya and Toris have the other guest room. Francis, well he's on his own. If he wants to stay here, best he is getting is the pull out sofa. That Frog can take it or leave it." Ivan sighed as he poured himself another glass of vodka. "Besides, I know when Natalya and Toris are leaving. Francis. I don't know. Did he say?"

"He'll miss Dad after a while." Matthew said as Ivan looked curiously at him. "It's their way. And Dad's staying behind understanding Katy is not dying and needs peace. He won't forsake the start of a new semester unless someone was dying. And Katy being on short bedrest and Al breaking a leg aren't emergencies to him."

"Oh when you go shopping for the items for Epiphany that Katyusha tells you, please add a bottle of vodka or two. I have a feeling I'm going to need it."

"I'll need me something too." Matthew sighed. "No offense, vodka isn't my thing and I won't touch Al's liquor without permission."

"Why are my in-laws so nuts?" Ivan said.

"I'd tell you if I knew." Matthew replied, causing Ivan to smile.

"I'm heading to bed. Tomorrow will be busy." Ivan sighed.

Translation Guide:

(Obtained via google translate)

Chert voz'mi, teper' vse slishkom pomogayut. Katyushe nuzhen pokoy.- Russian- goddamnit everyone is being too helpful now. Katyusha needs peace.

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