Author's Note: Wow. I didn't think that this final part would be..long..haha. I'm kind of sad that this is over but I guess I kind of liked how it turned out. I seriously did not expect this story to have some sort of lesson to it...I guess that's what happens when you let your fingers type anything that appears in your head...

Hetalia by Hidekaz Himaruya

Check Yes Juliet by We The Kings

You by You

Run Sunflower Run!

We're flying through the night

We're flying through the night, way up high

The view from here is getting better

With you by my side

You and Ivan decided to settle at his house for the night and maybe longer if Ivan asks you. Sinking into the couch in his living room, you waited for Ivan to return from upstairs. The both of you were going out for breakfast later and you were going to discuss with him the subject on what was to happen to you in your future. As you waited, your thoughts couldn't help but wander back to the home that you ran away from. You sighed, remembering the times where your adopted family were so close together. As children you and your step-siblings would always play in the back garden together, while Yao watched the five of you from the back porch. You smiled as you remembered one of your favourite games that you would all play.

"Come on big brother Kiku!" you cry, playfully tugging on the hem of his sleeve, "It's just this once! You never really play with us anymore!" Kiku stared at your small, seven-year old pleading face before he stopped resisting and allowed you to pull him along.
"Just this once [Name]-chan. I'll play with you today." Spoke Kiku quietly. You squeal in delight upon hearing Kiku's words. You quickly drag him to the back of the garden where there was a small fort that your late father had created for the five of you years ago. As you approached a loud battle cry was heard and your youngest brother; Yong Soo jumped out from behind and dashed towards you wielding a toy sword. You scream at the sudden attack and immediately hid behind Kiku. As Yong Soo made his way closer to you, you heard Kiku smirk before he swiftly grabbed the toy sword that was in its sheath around your shoulder. Within moments you watched as Kiku blocked the attack and push Yong Soo making him stumble backwards.
"Wow Kiku!" cried Yong Soo in amazement, "Where did you learn to do that?" Kiku returned the toy sword to you before replying,
"It was only reflexes."

You giggle to yourself as you remembered those days. In all honesty, you felt slightly guilty for leaving them behind and running away but you knew that you had to leave. Your thoughts lazily wondered to your family's schedule. You checked the time and knew that Mei would be up preparing breakfast for the family. You also knew, just by looking at the time that Kiku had probably fallen asleep recently since you had discovered that a new game was out. You chuckled as you assumed that Kiku was playing the game all night long, and you assumed that Yao would be yelling at him later for staying up so late.

You smile as you began to play the events of your family's day in your head. After Yao yelled at Kiku, Kaoru would then walk up to Yao and try to calm him down. If that didn't work, you thought then that Mei would calm him down by saying that breakfast was ready. As soon as everyone was at the table you knew that Yong Soo would be sleepily walking down the stairs indicating that he had just woken up, courtesy of Yao's yelling. Once everyone was settled you knew that your siblings would begin to wonder where you where and so Mei would get up from the table and fetch you from your room.

You froze at that thought, guilt flooding immensely into you making your heart feel heavy. You had run away, and you knew that once Mei unlocks the door and enters your bedroom all hell would break loose. Mei would run downstairs announcing that you were gone and everyone would rush leaving their unfinished breakfast on the table. Knowing how observant Kiku can be, he would have found the letter announcing that you had run off with Ivan. Yong Soo would begin to cry, Kaoru and Kiku would be painfully silent while Mei attempts to comfort their youngest brother. You also knew that Yao would be silent too and knowing him, he would be deeply hurt by your actions and would retreat into his bedroom instead of break out into a tantrum like he normally would. Tears began to fill your eyes once you realized what you had dismissed from your mind before you left your house. Even though you were only assuming that the said events would happen, you have known your family long enough to know that it wouldn't be far from the truth.

At that instant, you couldn't help but run upstairs and burst into Ivan's room. Luckily he was only writing when you swung open the door. Ivan frowned upon seeing your crying face, he set down his pen and made his way towards you.
"What's wrong Sunflower?" he asks pulling you close, "Are you not happy with me?" You shake your head,
"O-Of course not Ivan!" You exclaim, "I am very happy to be with you but" You were cut off as you broke down in front of him. Ivan stroked your hair and comforted you as you sobbed in his arms; he patiently waited for you to calm yourself down. As soon as you did, Ivan held you at arm's length and asked you once more,
"What's wrong?" You sniffle as Ivan takes out a handkerchief and gently dabs your eyes with it.

"I'm sorry for breaking down like that Ivan." You say calmly, "It's just that, I really feel bad for running away like this." Ivan raises an eyebrow and you get flustered, "I-I don't mean that I did not want to run away with you! I love being with you! It's just that," you sigh, "I did not want to run away from my problems. From the trouble I was facing." Ivan sighs before patting your head. He smiles at you sweetly,
"My Sunflower is a smart girl. I know that she wants to be free and being free doesn't mean running from your problems da?" You nod you head, knowing all to well that Ivan would never run from his problems. In fact, you knew that he would deal with them in his own special way. Ivan pulls you in once more and pecks your forehead, "Do you want Ivan to take you home Sunflower?" You wrap your arms around his neck in reply,
"Yes please." You say.

Run, baby, run, don't ever look back

They'll tear us apart

If you give them the chance

You walk up to your front door hesitantly. Looking back you see Ivan at the end of the driveway, he had offered to come with you but you refused stating that you needed to overcome this problem on your own. Ivan smiles and nods at you giving you more confidence. You take a deep breath before ringing the doorbell. You wait for about ten minutes before the door was opened by Kaoru.

Upon seeing you, Kaoru's eyes widened and you thought that you saw a flash of tears before he gave you a hug. You stood in shock for it was rare for your usual stoic brother to suddenly show emotion. After what seemed like forever you wrap your arms around Kaoru, tears brimming from your own eyelids. "I'm sorry." You whisper into his ear. You feel Kaoru's grip on you tighten and his head bury itself deeper into your shoulder. He held you as if you had been gone for years when you had only been gone for the morning.
"Don't ever disappear like that again [Name] jie jie." He says attempting to sound completely calm, but you knew that from the heaving of his shoulders and from the way that he shook that he was not at all calm.

"Kaoru?" You hear the voice of your youngest brother Yong Soo. You glanced up to see him walk into the hallway from the living room. As soon as he saw the two of you, Yong Soo cried out and he ran to the front door, wrapping his arms around you and Kaoru. "Big sister! Big sister! Big sister [Name] is back!" You loosen your grip on Kaoru and open your arms wider to pull Yong Soo for he began to sob loudly once more. Suddenly you hear a door slam open from upstairs and multiple sets of footsteps dash downstairs. In just a few seconds you were instantly surrounded by your entire family onto the porch.

It surprised you greatly to know that they were so happy you were home, even though you had been gone for only a couple of hours. That was when you realized that your family really did care about you. You realized that even more when you saw Yao breaking down into a flood of tears as he pulled you close. Even Kiku was wrapping his arms around you. You had never seen this side of your family before and it made you cry upon seeing such a side. As soon as everyone stopped crying, Yao ushered everyone into the house for breakfast. They decided to have breakfast twice since their earlier one had gotten cold and you now were joining them. As Yao began to close the door he saw Ivan still standing at the end of your driveway with a smile on his face. Yao walked over to Ivan who cocked his head to one side wondering what Yao wanted with him.

"D-Did you bring my daughter home aru?" asked Yao. Ivan merely nodded and answered with a simple,
"Da." Yao rubbed the back of his neck shyly,
"I guess I owe you an apology then." Spoke Yao, he bowed, "Thank you for bringing her home aru." He said. Ivan's smile widened,
"You have a wonderful sunflower." Spoke Ivan happily, "She is very responsible." Yao nodded.
"Father! Breakfast is ready!" called Mei, she stood at the doorway waiting for Yao to come to breakfast.
"You should talk to her." Spoke Ivan. Yao stared at Ivan, considering his suggestion. After a minute had passed Yao chuckled,
"I should talk to [Name] aru. You're right." Yao patted Ivan's shoulder before making his way back home. "I guess you're not that bad Ivan Braginski. Maybe you would be good for [Name]. Maybe you should join us for breakfast?" offered Yao but Ivan shook his head politely.

You stood behind Mei out of sight from Yao and Ivan. You had overheard their conversation and you couldn't help but wear a goofy smile on your face. Yao had finally taken a liking to Ivan; you weren't so sure if the feeling was mutual for Ivan but you knew it was a start. Yao walked into the house, and Mei made her way to the kitchen as Yao closed the front door. All of a sudden you burst into a fit of giggles since you couldn't contain the humorous thought of your father and Ivan getting along nicely. Yao turned to face you and raised an eyebrow.
"What's so funny aru?" he asks. You clamp your hand over your mouth and shook your head. Yao sighs and the both of you made your way to the kitchen.

Don't sell your heart

Don't say we're not meant to be

Run, baby, run, forever will be you and me

After breakfast you had a long talk with Yao. Since you had run away of course you were in trouble and you were grounded. You didn't mind this time since you knew that your family really loved you. Not only that, you had found out that you were like your aunt who ran away from Yao with another man. You felt more guilt since you understood that you had done exactly the same thing, but fortunately you had looked back on the life you had ran away from and decided to take responsibility for your actions. Yao had managed to forgive you since you had returned.

You then took the whole period of your punishment to spend more time with your family, taking night walks with your siblings and father, etc. Once in a while Ivan visited you after earning approval from Yao which made you very happy. During that time period you had realized that running after your dreams and wishes to be with Ivan was not a bad idea. But when you ran from the problem that kept you from that dream, the freedom that came with it was followed by sorrow. Since that realization, you made it a principle to face your problems head on rather than run from them.

Years later, you and Ivan had gotten married and your dream of being with him was fulfilled.

You and me, you and me

END

Author's Note (Again): OK. So at first I thought I was messing up by writing the opposite of what the lyrics said..but then I saw the irony of it and now I'm quite happy with it~ And also I forgot to define terms and mention who's who so here:

Jie jie: Older Sister in Mandarin

Yao: China

Kiku: Japan

Kaoru: Hong Kong

Mei: Taiwan

Yong Soo: S. Korea

Also, thanks to those who reviewed and favourite this story~ I'm so happy that I made you happy if that makes sense. Thank you all for sticking with this short miniseries~! :D Until next time!