I wrote this at three a.m. so my brain died again (I really have to stop doing this!). I had to go on Wikipedia to look up the simplest of words. While I was there I found some articles about Ukraine. Yay for accidental research! I have Russian words in this chapter! *feels proud*

God if my geography teacher somehow found this and read it he'd be so pissed at me!

"Wikipedia is not a reliable source! Have I taught you nothing?"

"But…it's a fanfiction, I don't need-"

"Wikipeia. Is. Not. A. Reliable. Source."

*nods solemnly* It really isn't, so the information I have on Ukraine and Russia is probably very inaccurate..sorry :(

Mathew opened his eyes and saw Nikita sleeping next to him. Her head
was resting against his shoulder. He gently brushed her hair away from
her eyes. She looked so peaceful.

Mathew wasn't sure what was going to happen now, but he'd find a way
to make this work. He wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.
He knew Kumajiro wouldn't be happy, but his son seemed to be getting
along with Nikita a lot better than before. He really loved Nikita,
she was the only one who understood him. He was going to ask her to
marry him someday. He really hoped his son would eventually accept
this.

He held her tight and kissed her forehead. They needed to talk about
what they were going to do now, but he didn't want to wake her. She
had been through so much these past few weeks. He just wanted to let
her sleep.

"And I was like baby, baby, ba-"

He quickly picked up his phone.

"Hello?" he whispered, trying not to wake her up.

"Hi Mattie, it's me. Everyone was worried about you. Is everything alright?"

"Yeah. Kumajiro is still breathing. He doesn't have much time left,
but he's ok for now..."

"I'm so sorry buddy. We're all here for you."

England looked up at Prussia. Oh God. Was Mathew alright? Was his
grandson dead?

"Is he...?"

"He's fine for now." Gilbert told the Britt before turning back to the phone.

"So I'm guessing you aren't coming back to Florida, right?"

"No. I need to be here right now. I left my notes in my hotel room.
I'll email you more later."

"Why are you whispering?" Gilbert whispered to his friend.

"Ni...Ukraine is still sleeping, I don't want to wake her up." Mathew explained.

Ukraine? Why would she...Ooooh! Oh. Damn. He didn't know Mattie had it
in him. It took some real guts to screw Ivan's sister. Ivan...shit.
Gilbert backed away from Ivan. If he found out that Mattie was
sleeping with his sister...

"Put him on speaker phone comrade! I want to ask him about Katyusha!"

"...I'm putting you on speaker phone Mattie. Ivan wants to ask you
about his sister. So, um, tell Kuma to be careful and watch his
health...and don't worry too much... because we're all here for
you... and we're all relived he didn't die."

Gilbert hoped Mattie got the message.

"Hi everyone! Sorry I left like that yesterday. Kumajiro's ok for now.
He still has a few months left." Matt said, speaking a little louder.

He got the message. He'd have to be careful around Ivan.

"Thanks for all the support. You guys are the best! I'm going to stay
in Russia for a while, but I'll see you guys at the next meetings.
Gilbert will fill in for me."

"How is Katyusha, comrade? Is she ok?"

"She's fine. She was really upset yesterday, but she's ok
now...Ivan... Your sister and I ... are dating now."

Everyone looked at Ivan, waiting for his reaction.

"Wow, he has guts!" England thought.

"He's suicidal!" Gilbert thought.

"...Take good care of her comrade..."

"I will!"

"Or I will fucking kill you."

"...ok..."

"...Katyusha is really important to me, comrade."

"Don't worry Ivan. I'm taking good care of her-"

"Nngh! Matt, come back to bed!" Nikita mumbled, half-asleep.

"I gotta go… Bye!" Mathew said hanging up. Shit! Did they hear that?

Yes. Yes they did. They had all heard Ukraine moaning and the sound of
sheets rustling. An awkward silence filled the room.

"That son of a bitch! I'm going to kill him! That lying bastard! How
dare he sleep with my sister and then fucking lie about it to my face!
Kolkol, by the time I'm done with him, he's going to wish he'd never
been born!" Ivan yelled, griping his pipe.

"Don't you dare lay a finger on my son you wanker!" England shouted back.

"...it's not fair." Alfred mumbled.

Everyone stared at him.

"Why does Mattie get the boobs? I should get them!" he shouted.

"Better him than you..." Ivan grunted.

"France and England are so gay, why are their sons so straight?"

Now everyone was staring at Hungary.

"Did I say that out loud?" she asked, blushing.

"I love you!" Gilbert said hugging his girlfriend.

Everyone laughed. Everything was going to be ok. They were all getting
along now, except Francis and Arthur of course, and they had actually
accomplished a lot these past two weeks. Kumajiro was still dying, but
they'd all be there for Matt to help him through it.

"What's wrong?" Nikita asked Mathew whose face was as red as one of
Romano's tomatoes.

"...I told your brother we were dating...and he threatened me...so I
told him I wasn't going to do anything to you... And then you... They
probably think we... God, I'm so dead!" he said, hiding his face in
his pillow.

"Oh Matt! Ivan won't kill you! He was just kidding!" she said petting his hair.

Nikita knew her brother seemed terrifying to others, but he really was
a sweet boy. She could never understand why people were so afraid of
him.

She lied down next to him.

"I love you Matt. I always have and I always will. Nothing will stop
me from dating you. Ivan will just have to accept that!"

Matt turned to face her. He looked into her blue eyes.
She really meant it.

"Will you marry me?" he asked her, "I love you and I know Kuma does
too. You're the only one who understands me. I'm sorry. I know I
haven't always been there for you when you needed me, but I'll change!
I want to help you like you like you've helped me. I want to be
someone you can lean on when you need support; I want to make you
happy."

Mathew realized he was babbling but he just couldn't stop! He felt so
pathetic. Why did he ask her that?

"I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to live here
with you and Kuma until..." He confessed, "I just want to be with you!
I need you. ...I can't do this alone."

Matt finally managed to shut up. He stared at Nikita, waiting for her
response. She silently stared back at him.

"Never mind. Just forget it. That was a stupid question!" he said,
getting up off the bed.

Nikita grabbed his arm to stop him from leaving and asked him : "Do
you mean it? Do you really want to marry me?"

He could hear the fear in her voice. His proposal was sudden, but it
was sincere. He really did want to marry her. He took her hand in his
and got down on one knee.

"I love you Nikita Braginski, will you marry me?" he asked her.

Nikita could feel her eyes tearing up. This was happening so fast! She
wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Yes!" she cried, holding him tight.

Mathew held her in his arms and silently wondered how he was going to
explain this to his son. Not to mention his future brother-in-law! He
really hadn't thought this through. He'd just promised Ivan he'd be a
good boyfriend to her and now they were making wedding plans! Ivan was
going to kill him!

"Do you think they're done doing it yet?" Al asked impatiently.

"D-don't just assume they're doing ... that. They're probably just
talking, da?" Ivan said nervously.

"No way! If I had a girl like that, there wouldn't be much talking!
Matt's probably fu-"

"SHUT UP! She's my sister!" Ivan shouted.

"Leave him alone Al." Arthur ordered.

"I just don't want to call him if they're in the middle of doing it!"
Alfred explained.

"...Let's give them five more minutes..." Gilbert decided.

Ivan went to hide in the corner, away from Al, with a pitiable look on
his face. He was happy for his sister, but he felt like he'd been left
out. Why hadn't she told him what was going on between her and Mathew?
How long had this been going on? Had Mathew been lying to him? This
was just too much for him to take in! First he finds out Toris is in
love with another man (if you could even call Poland a man!) and that
his little sister is more twisted than he could ever have imagined.
Now his big sister, the only person he could ever trust, was keeping
secrets from him!

Nikita leaned down and kissed him. Mathew lifted her up and gently
laid her down onto the bed.

"I love you." he said, looking down into her eyes.

"I love you too." she said before pulling him in for another kiss.

"And I was like baby, baby, baby! oh!"

"That's your ringtone?" Nikita giggled.

Mathew nodded, blushing. He got up to get his phone when his pants
began to fall down again. He pulled hem up quickly before they fell
too low. Nikita, who was a little disappointed they hadn't fallen just
a bit lower, came and tightened the scarf around his waist. He pulled
her close as he answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Yo! Bro, it's me! We're just checking up on you again!"

"Where's Katyusha? What have you done to her?" Ivan shouted.

"I'm right here Ivan." she replied. Ivan still seemed to be really upset.

"Why didn't you tell me you were dating him, da?"

"...We just got together yesterday. She didn't have a chance to tell
you." Mathew explained for her.

Ivan was speechless. Of course! Katyusha would never lie to him.

"Do you think you could hook me up with one of her friends, bro?"

"She's right here Al! Don't ask stuff like that!" Mathew responded, blushing.

"So you're going to be staying in Russia from now on, son?" Arthur
asked, trying to change the subject.

Mathew looked at his girl. They hadn't thought that far yet. He knew
Kumajiro would have to stay here and he wanted to stay too, but he had
a lot of responsibilities back at home. On top of that, he had to
travel a lot for the meetings.

As much as he'd hate to have to resort to this, he'd have to lean on
his brother until he could figure this out. Mathew hated asking his
brother for help; he wanted his country to be as independent from the
U.S. as possible. People already had trouble telling difference between
the two of them. But Mathew had to do this. He had to ask Al to take
care of his country for him for a couple of weeks...this isn't going
to end well!

"You still there Mathew?"

"Yeah, sorry about that. I'm staying here. Al, can you take care of
things back at home for a few weeks until I figure things out?"

"You mean you're putting me in charge of the Canadian government, bro?
Dude, this is gonna be so awesome!"

"Don't worry; I'll make sure he doesn't screw up." Arthur told his son.

"So you're going to be living with my sister comrade?"

"Yup! We're getting married!" Nikita told her brother.

"Nikita!" Mathew shouted, horrified that she had just said that. Was
she trying to get him killed?

Mathew placed his cell down on the bed and stomped away from her.

"Why did you say that?" he asked her.

He was glaring at her. She didn't know what to do. Why was he so angry?

"B-because you said...I thought you...I'm sorry!" she cried.

Mathew couldn't believe this. How could she be so clueless? At first,
he had thought her affection for her little brother was cute but now
it was just fucking stupid! Didn't she realize how cruel and vicious
he could be? Didn't she realize how protective he was towards her?
Hadn't he just told her that Ivan had threatened him?

"...So you didn't mean it..." she said, sitting down on the bed.

Mathew's heart melted when he saw the look of despair on her face. He
knelt down in front of her and reached out to wipe away the tears that
were rolling down her cheek. He hadn't meant to shout at her. He was just tiered. Neither of them had gotten enough sleep last night and they were still worn out from yesterday's events.

"Of course I meant it! I love you more than anything and I want to
spend the rest of my life with you!" He told her.

"Then why are you angry at me?" she asked, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Your brother's already threatened to kill me and now that he knows
I've proposed to you he's going to-"

"Ivan's not like that!"

"...Sweetheart, I know you just want to see the good in your brother.
I can understand that; I have a brother too and I hate it when I hear
people saying bad things about him. But I'm serious here. I actually
fear for my life!"

"I won't let him hurt you!" she exclaimed, holding him tighter,
"Besides, we have Natalya on our side!"

Mathew chuckled. Nikita kissed his jaw. And then his ear. And his
neck. His hair. She kissed him everywhere. And he kissed her back. She
felt like she was going to melt away in his arms. She pressed herself
against his body. He ran his hands up and down her back.

"Bro! We're still here! Pick up the damn phone!" Al shouted.

He couldn't take it anymore! Why was everyone just sitting there
listening to them making out? It was disgusting! Ivan also seemed to
be ready to snap at any moment.

"...S-sorry..." Matt apologized, still out of breath.

Arthur shook his head. Blimey! He really needed to explain to his son
how a bloody telephone worked: they'd just heard everything!

"Félicitation mon fils! I can't believe my little boy is getting married!"

"Merci papa."

"When are you two going to tie the knot?" Gilbert asked his friend.

"I don't know, we haven't had time to think that far yet." Mathew told
him, "Gilbert...will you be my best man?"

"Of course I will Mattie!" He replied, grinning, "And we'll have to
have a kick-ass bachelor party!"

Hungary slammed her frying pan into the back of his head. She had no
idea how they celebrated bachelor parties in Germany, but she knew
that in North America they were all about strippers and getting drunk.
She'd also heard that there were a lot of strip clubs in Vancouver and
Niagara Falls. She didn't think Mathew was into that kind of stuff, but
Gilbert...

"You do anything stupid and you're dead!" she shouted at her boyfriend.

"Are you Gilbert's girlfriend?" Nikita asked.

"Yeah. I'm Elizaveta. You can call me Liz."

"I'm...Ukraine." she replied. She wasn't sure which name to give her.
Ivan was the only one who called her Katyusha and she never wanted to
hear anyone else call her Nikita. She wanted it to be special, just
between her and Matt.

"Can you be the maid of honor?"

"Are you sure? We've just met!"

"Oh but the best man and the maid of honor have to kiss during the ceremony!"

Nikita and Liz then started to talk about wedding traditions of their
countries and began making plans. Ivan sat silently in his chair,
pondering what he should do next. He couldn't kill Mathew now, not
after he realized just how much his sister loved him. He didn't
approve of their engagement either. As he listened to his sister
dreamily tell Hungary about the traditions of her country, he realized
Katyusha couldn't have the traditional Ukrainian wedding she wanted.
There were a lot of traditions like Blahoslovennia that would be
impossible for her because she didn't have any family besides him and
their sister. She probably wouldn't be able to go on a honeymoon either
because Mathew was so busy with work. On top of that her future
step-son was dying. Ivan felt depressed. Why did his big sister, who'd
already been through so much, have to suffer? She had raised him and
Natalya all on her own when she was a little girl and she'd always
been there for him ever since. He wanted to do something for her for
once. He wanted to show her that he'd be there for her.

"Katyusha..." he said.

Nikita and Liz went silent, waiting to hear what Ivan had to say.

He cleared his throat. This was embarrassing.

"... Bih sviatyi..." he told her.

Nikita smiled. This was how parents blessed the bride and the groom
before they got married in her country. It was a way of showing that
they approved of the marriage. She wished she could be in Florida so
that she could hug him. He was so cute!

"Aren't you supposed to say it three times?" she teased him.

Ivan blushed. Why was she making this so difficult?

"... Bih svi...atyi... Bih... sviatyi." he stuttered.

This was fun, Nikita thought. She wanted to tease him a bit more.

"And you'll come to my wedding and chant Gorko, Gorko, Gorko for me?"

"I take back the Bih sviatyi, you guys get a pumpkin!" Ivan scoffed.

Nikita laughed. Mathew took his cell from her hand.

"Sorry guys, we have to go! Thanks for everything, see you later!" He
said before hanging up.

"Gorko, Gorko, Gorko?" he asked Nikita, who was still sitting in his lap.

"...It's something people chant at weddings. It means bitter. The
bride and the groom have to kiss each other to get rid of the bitter
taste of vodka and they can't stop until the guests stop chanting."
she explained, blushing.

Mathew raised his eyebrows.

"And Be sviati?" he asked.

"Bih sviatyi is how parents bless the bride and the groom. It's Ivan's
way of saying he's happy for us. If the father of the bride doesn't
like the groom he gives him a pumpkin to show that he doesn't approve
of the wedding."

Matt smiled at her. These traditions seemed bizarre to him, but he
could tell that they were important to her.

"Let's have a Ukrainian wedding. It sounds fun!"

"Thanks Matt." She murmured.

She rested her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes. Mathew gently rubbed her back as she dozed off. He was kind of scared of how quickly everything had happened. Two weeks ago he'd been a lonely pathetic guy and now he was engaged to the most beautiful girl in the world.

LISTEN UP! I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

is the last chapter!

the story's not over yet (Mathew still didn't get his hockey stick D: ), I'm working on a two part epilogue that I will post in a few days.

Warning: If you want it to end with a happy ending, stop here! If you want a bittersweet ending, stop after Epilogue Part 1. If you are an evil person like me and you want Mathew to suffer, read all the way to Epilogue Part 2(why am I so mean to my own country?).

3. I SUGGEST YOU READ TO THE END BECAUSE SOME PAIRINGS GOT BUSY AND SOME CUTE LITTLE OCS ARE GOING TO APPEAR!

little sister PrussiaNinjaJr is writing a parody of this fanfic, it's pretty cute so please go check it out! And review it. She's just a kid so be nice!

5.I'm writing a sequel to this(don't know when I'll post it...) and it's CanadaxUkraine and AmericaxBelarus... don't wince! I know it's a weird pairing but it's really growing on me! Even if you don't like AmericaxBelarus, you should go read it for the CanadaxUkraine!

Oh and go look up wedding traditions in Russia and Ukraine!(Just not on Wikipedia XP) It's pretty interesting!