Eight

Five years have passed since then. Toris never regret a day without spending time with his little one, like right now. Alexis were playing hide and seek along with his father and uncles. And right now was his turn to look after them.

"Uncle Raivis~. Where are you?~". Alexis call the young Latvian.

Yes out of all the Baltics and Poland, he loves to bully the Latvian. One of the traits he inherited from his mother. Toris was shivered by the thought at first, but when he look back at Alexis, he notice Alexis inherited only a few traits from his mother such as her pale complexion, her eyes colour and her cute sleeping face.

"FOUND YOU" Alexis shout when he found his father hiding behind a tree. He quickly hug his father and snuggle on his shirt. Toris pat Alexis's hair and mutters 'good job'.

"Come on, Pa. We still need to find the others." Alexis grab his father's hand and drag him.

"Alright, alright. Slow down, Alex" Toris chuckles.

By the time it is almost dark, Alexis and Toris found all of them. Some (Poland) even when far to hide on the tree.

"Man~ I thought it would be a perfect place to hide" whines Feliks.

"It is. But didn't you went too far for a little boy, Feliks?" Toris remind him.

"Okay. But you did help him to find all of us, Liet. Plus you're the one who found me on the tree~"

"Yeah, yeah. Quiet down. Alexis sleeping" scold Toris while patting Alexis back slowly.

"Oh, Lithuania-san there's a mail" Raivis pass the envelope to Toris.

"Hmm.. in the evening?.. Isn't that weird.. unless there's something important from… no.. It's impossible." Toris deny his instinct that the letter from Ivan.

"Ed, care to take Alexis to his room?"

"Sure. Anything for my little nephew." Toris pass Alexis to Eduard and walk toward his room.

"Ne Liet. Come on. Open up the letter. Who knows it might be from that woman who always stalk over you." Feliks giggle as he refer to the Lithuanian neighbor.

"No, she's not. I know she's a widow but deep down she still love her late husband." Toris fluster as he explain about the Lithuanian woman who was his neighbor while opening the letter. At the moment he saw the crest mark on the letter, he could feel blood rushing out from his body.

"Hey Feliks… do you know about Mr. Russia habit to send letters to us in the late afternoon?" he gulp

"Hmm how should I know. I'm not staying with him lol."

"Then I guess you know now" Toris show the letter to Feliks.

Silent come upon between them, once all of them gather in the hall again, except Alexis.

"What does Mr. Russia wants with us again?" Raivis break the silence with his whisper.

"I…I don't know Raivis.. but it's an invitation to a party he hold."

"A party huh?. I guess when we arrive it's gonna be like a party for us to become his servants again." Eduard feel rage. He cannot sacrifice his freedom for a party, which might be a trap from Ivan.

"Hey hey, quiet down. Alexis sleeping… Anyway we might want to confirm this with others." Toris suggest.

"Who?"

"Alfred, of course. If he invite us, he must have invites Alfred too. Plus, America was one of the country who have the veto power now.

Toris quickly pull out his phone, but when he about to call Alfred, his phone rings. On the screen, Alfred name was written on. He push the green button.

"Hello, is this Toris?" the cheeky voice from the other side of his phone rang

"Yeah, it's me Alfred."

"Oh thank god. Hey I wanna ask something. Do you get the invitation from the commie?"

"Commie?" Toris furrow his eyebrow

"Errr… Ivan you know. Well commie is like a short name from me for him…."

"Okay… yeah I did. I was about to call you about that."

"Did you go?"

"I…I'm not sure… I don't want to fall into his traps again. Not when I already gain my freedom after so many year. Besides, I have Alexis now. It would just become worse if he know Alexis was Natalia's too." Toris rant. He pour out all his feeling when he still under Russia. The unbearable pain was too much if Alexis involves in this matter.

"True…As a father of course you want the best for him. But.. it would be rude if we don't attend this party."

"You're going?!" Toris shout. It's unbelievable when the American still insist to attend the party.

"Well….the thing is.. We're not the only one get this invitation too, you know.." explain Alfred.

"Oi, Alfred. It looks like that frog also got his invitation" Arthur shouting voice rang from the speaker.

"Seriously….. You heard that Toris?. If Francis also got commie invitation…that means he really meant to hold a party. But if he have another agenda…THE HERO WILL SAVE YOU AND " Toris put away his phone while Alfred laugh in his way.

"Okay… thanks for the information, but I'll inform you later if we attend or not."

"Sure bro. Oh, gotta go now, bye."

As the call ended, Toris punch the red button and put down his phone. He sigh. There is a lot of thing play in his mind right now and mostly it is about the party.

"So….are we going.. or not?" Raivis ask.

"There's no point if we still trying to run away from him, even after we gain our freedom. If we keep doing this, that's mean we're a coward. So…"

"So?" The three of the adults ask.

"We're going." And that is the last decision Toris make before he regret about it.