Hey. It's been a couple days, but this chapter was actually really hard to write because I have no experience in these things whatsoever. For now, this is the end. I meant to finish this story like three chapters ago, so this was very unexpected. I don't know what else to write. If I think of something, I might write it, but it'd just be an omake. Actually, no, I just thought of something. There will be more, but it's done for now.

Happy reading, and thank you all.

Friday, August 20th. 4:00 p.m. Galante Household.

Ding Dong! Ding Dong! Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong!

I groaned inwardly when the doorbell rang. I was already stressed about my… date… with Eduard. I did not need Peter or someone coming around, prying into my business, and making me nervous. However, I knew there was no way around answering it, so I (very reluctantly) went to open the door.

"Oh my gosh Raivis hi!" Aw, crap. Feliks. My brother's boyfriend stood there on my porch wearing a white sweater and a red plaid skirt, Matthew standing behind him looking sheepishly apologetic. I sighed.

"Hi Feliks. Hi Matthew. What do you want?"

"Well that's totally, like, really rude. We're here to, like, help you!" Feliks announced.

"Help? With what? I don't need any help." I was confused, and slightly (read: very) worried. It almost sounded like…

"We know about your date!" Yeah. That. Crap.

"Tino and I may or may not have invited everyone over to Eduard's house to listen when he called you." Matthew admitted quietly. My eyes widened. The traitor!

"Who, exactly, is included in 'everyone'?" I growled.

"Um… Tino, Berwald, Peter, Toris, Feliks, Katyusha, and I. Yeah. That's all." Matthew listed with a laugh. I sighed.

"You do realize that's basically everyone I know, right?"

"Yeah."

"And you're here why, again?"

"Well. Tino and I planned out what you and Eduard were going to wear on your date. Tino is at Eduard's house right now getting him dressed and it was my job to get you dressed, but Feliks overheard us and insisted that he come because apparently I can't even dress myself. According to him, that is." I resisted the urge to rub my temples in an attempt to ward off the headache I could feel approaching.

"You guys can go, then. I don't need any help." I said.

"Like, no way! I am so dressing you up right now! Like, whether you want me to or not!"

In the end, Feliks forced me into far more dresses than I ever could have imagined while Matthew oh-so-cheerfully held me down. They then proceeded to take plenty of pictures of each dress, much to my supreme embarrassment.

After what seemed like forever, Matthew seemed to realize that I was torn between imploding and bursting into tears, so he made Feliks settle down and get out the outfit that I was actually supposed to wear on my date.

To my relief and surprise, it was pretty close to what I would have picked out myself. A dark red shirt, black slacks, and a black tie. And having my clothes provided also told me that we were probably going somewhere a little nicer. That actually made me even more nervous. I would have preferred to go somewhere casual so I could relax. Alas, I didn't have that option. Thanks, Tino.

All too soon, it was time.

Ding Dong! Ding Dong!

I anxiously opened the door and was met with a sight that would have been amusing if I wasn't so jumpy. A harassed looking Eduard was standing there wearing a similar outfit to mine- the only difference was that his shirt was blue instead of red. Tino and Berwald were standing just off the porch, and Peter could be seen hanging out the window of one of the car in the driveway.

"Tere, Eduard." I greeted happily despite the strangeness that our friends surrounded us with.

"Sveiki, Raivis. I….um. Are you ready to go?" He coughed slightly.

"Sure! But, well, they're not coming with us, are they?" I didn't think they would, but you could never be too careful when Tino was involved.

"Not if I have any say in it." I smiled at that and followed him back to the car. Peter jumped out at a glare from me and we sped off before anyone could say anything. "I'm sure they're all capable of walking to Berwald's house. He literally lives four houses away from you."

"Oh yeah. I kinda forgot about that." I laughed. "So where are we going?"

"Well, I'm not exactly sure. I had some ideas, but Tino basically insisted that we don't really get any choices in what we do, as I'm sure was clear, so I didn't really think about it. At this point, I figure we can toss the ties and go wherever we want. I don't want to go to some fancy dinner on our first date. If you want to, I suppose that's fine, but I'm used to just being myself with you and I don't want that to change." I blushed at his little speech. Really, how did I find someone so incredibly perfect for me?

"No, that sounds great." I said. "Perfect, actually."

We ended up going to a small Greek restaurant, which was actually very nice. We talked and laughed and I could almost forget everything and imagine that it was a dream, but each little touch from Eduard grounded me, assured me that no, this was real. This was my life, which had taken such a surreal turn in that past week.

After dinner we returned to my house, since it was already getting dark outside. Eduard suggested that we could go to a movie on the next Friday, and I agreed rather enthusiastically. I'm sure I would've agreed to anything he suggested we do together, but I don't think he knew that.

It was only when we were walking up the steps to my porch that I began my panic cycle again. What was going to happen? W-would he kiss me? Did I want him to kiss me? I almost snorted at that. Of course I wanted him to kiss me. B-but I had never really kissed or been kissed before. If he did kiss me, would he be disappointed? I didn't know what to do!

"D-do you w-want to come in f-for a little w-while?" I stuttered. Oh, gosh, I was stuttering. I mean, sure, I always stuttered when I was nervous and should have expected it but couldn't something be easy for me at least once? No, of course not.

"I'd love to, but I can't." Eduard replied. I frowned a little. So he apparently found out that he didn't like me as much as he thought he did, so I would never see him again after this. Despite our shared friends, he would avoid me as much as possible and I would be too embarrassed after being rejected and I'd never hear his wonderful Estonian voice ever again. "My dad gave me a curfew because he doesn't understand what it's like to have a social life- although, granted, neither do I- so I'd better get home. I would love to do this again sometime though."

"O-oh." Well. That was a relief. "Alright then."

"Um, Raivis?" He began again. Crap crap crap what was he going to say?

"Yeah?" I tried to sound calm, but goodness it didn't work. My voice was shaking- actually, everything was shaking and I knew if he didn't say the right thing I was going to start crying simply from all the built up pressure.

"Can… Can I? ... Can I kiss you?" My brain just shut down. What was even happening? Did he… did he just ask permission? Oh, but that must mean he wanted to!

"What?" I couldn't stop my mouth from blurting out the most ineloquent thing I could have possibly said at that moment. I turned bright red.

"Oh. I-I'm sorry. I just… I don't know. I … well, never mind then. I guess I'll be going now." He gave me a strained smile and turned to walk away. Wait, what? Why was he leaving? He hadn't kissed me yet! That wasn't fair!

"Where are you going? Eduard? D-do you not want to… to kiss me?" I couldn't just let him leave!

"What? Raivis… of course I want to kiss you." And then we were both blushing furiously. "I just thought… that you wouldn't want me to." Oh. Well. He was very wrong about that.

"N-no… it's okay." I replied softly, embarrassed.

"Are you sure?" Eduard asked. "I don't want you to say that just because you feel like you have to."

"No, really. I… I want you to." Gosh, could this be any more humiliating?

"Alright then." He murmured. "Come here."

I shuffled to the edge of the porch, opting to stay on the step to make life as easy as possible. Eduard smiled at that as he closed the distance between our bodies and wrapped his arms around my waist. I leaned into his strength and nuzzled my face into his shoulder. Gently, he lifted my chin and our lips met.

Wow. I hadn't known what to expect. But whatever miniscule beliefs I might have held in some dark corner of my mind were blown away. Eduard was perfect, and he had given me a perfect moment that I would hold onto forever. We separated after only a few moments, which was okay because it was our first kiss and I was sure there would be others to follow.

"Thank you, Raivis." Eduard whispered as he finally pulled away. "And goodnight."

"Goodnight." I breathed as he walked back down my sidewalk. "Eduard?" I called hesitantly.

"Yeah?" he asked, turning to face me one last time.

"Call me?"

"Of course."

Haha. It wasn't until this chapter that I realized I had Poland at my beck and call. That was a great epiphany.

Tere- Hello (Estonian)

Sveiki- Hello (Latvian)

I know I switched who was speaking which language, because I think it's cute when a Hetalia couple speaks each others language.

Also, there is a 15 inch difference between Eduard and Raivis in this story. The average stair step is 7 inches, so if Raivis stands on the step there is still an 8 inch gap to make up. I didn't know how to mention that, but it's relatively important.

Oh well. Until next time, Tchuess!