After the beans have been spilled, everything went back to normal, but that didn't stop them from finding the lost nation. Arthur was already forgiven yet the bitter atmosphere between Kaoru and him didn't change. Alfred took care of him and Arthur soon realized he loved the fellow nation. They've been dating for the past days and everything seems great.
One week later, a stranger sent a picture to Toris. Eyes widened, mouth hanged open, he hurriedly called Ludwig and told him to start a meeting as soon as possible. The other nations were startled and complied at once.
All the nations were seated at the conference room, waiting for Toris to spill out the beans. Kiku eyed Toris and Ludwig. He noticed Ludwig's eyes widened at whatever he's looking on Toris' phone. Then he nodded and coughed. The nations turned to him. "Good morning. I'm sorry for disturbing your peaceful sleeping." "Yeah right." Francis murmured. Arthur shot a look at Francis and Ludwig coughed again. "Let's get straight to the point. Someone sent Toris a picture this morning. We're both alarmed because the person printed on the picture is . . . Yao." The countries gasped. "Except," Toris interrupted. "His hair was cut short and he had several bruises on his face." "Can we see it?" Kiku asked. Toris glanced at Ludwig and he nodded. Toris nodded and he handed his phone at Kiku.
The nations shuffled toward Kiku and gasped. It was indeed Yao. Only a tad different. His hair was short in the same style as Alfred's but messier, like he just got up from sleep. In the picture, Yao was half-sitting on the hospital bed, looking outside the window. His left hand had a bandage and also his head. The bruise on his jaw was large and very visible from the picture. His right eyebrow was slashed.
"My men are searching for the sender." Ludwig stated. "All we have to do now is to wait."
And thus they waited.
The room was silent, all of the nations lost in their own thoughts. They all jumped as the door slammed open and a dark haired German appeared. He stated the words all of the nations were waiting for.
"We found him."
