The Wonderful World of Hetalia

Our Family is a Happy One

I wanted to kick this off on a light, happy note, so I asked a friend and she came up with this idea. I think it's really cute ^^
Note: America, Canada and their capitals are children for this chapter.

London sighed softly as she entered the kitchen, where Paris was hard at work cooking. "That was Arthur...apparently the meeting is taking longer than he first expected. He and Francis won't be back for another few hours." She glared slightly at the bleach blonde. "Are you even listening?"

"Of course."

"Then what did I just say?"

"Mon frère and Angleterre are running late. Meaning zat we have to take care of zee children." London rolled her eyes slightly and exited the kitchen, knowing full well that Paris wouldn't let her near the food. She didn't know why; she was a great cook, as was Arthur. But still, neither Paris nor France would ever allow either Brit to cook.

When London entered the living room, she saw America roaming around the room, like he was looking for something. "America? Did you lose something?" The boy turned around and nodded. "What did you loose?" "Emmy, Ottie and Canadia." London raised an eyebrow, then knelt down in front of America. "How did you loose them?"

"We were bored, so Emmy thought we should play Hide and Seek...and now I can't find them!" London smiled softly and stood up, taking America's hand. "Alright, then. Let's go find them." The boy smiled brightly.

It didn't take long for them to find the other three. Ottawa was under her bed, Canada was in his closet, and D.C was hiding in the main bath. After cleaning the kids up, they all had dinner. That was when everything started going downhill.

"Come on you two, it's time to go to bed."

"But we're not tired!"

London groaned and glanced at Paris. She was surprised to see the Frenchwoman heading up the stairs, with Canada and Ottawa in tow. The two followed willingly, but no matter how hard she tried, London couldn't get America and D.C to do the same.

In the short amount of time London had looked away, the two Americans had already run off somewhere. "W-what?" She took a quick look around the room. "Alfred! Emily! I'm not playing around; come out this instant!" No response.

It was a game, she knew that. They were children, of course they just wanted to play. But it's not the time for playing. Of course, she also knew that they weren't going to cooperate with her. So, with no options left, London decided to play their game.

It wasn't long until Paris had the same problem. After getting Canada and Ottawa cleaned up, she went to tuck them in. However, the moment she turned her back, they disappeared. Surprised, Paris quickly searched their room. Zey're zee calm ones...why are zey playing zis game too?

"What are we going to do? If we don't get zem to bed by zee time France and England come back..."

"They'll think we're irresponsible...we'll find them. After all, they can't hide forever." Forever wasn't needed, though.

After an hour of searching and dozens of rounds around the house, the two capitals collapsed onto the couch. "I...I guess we'll just have to tell them..." "I'm sure zey'll understand..." With a groan, the two fell back, drifting off to sleep.

Alfred peeked around the corner, followed by Emily, Canada and Ottawa. "...I think we over did it." Canada nodded at his capital. The group quietly walked over to the couch and crawled onto it. America and D.C laid down next to London, while Canada and Ottawa cuddled up to Paris. All four of them soon fell asleep.

...

France opened the door, ignoring England's comments, and entered the house. He went to snap at the Englishman, but instead smiled at the sight before him. "What? No re-" England stopped when he saw London, Paris, and the kids.

"Our family is a happy one, wouldn't you agree, Angleterre?"

"Yes, it...wait, our family? What the bloody hell does that mean?!" France merely chuckled and went up the stairs, England following. "Don't ignore me, frog!" "Be quiet, or you'll wake zem up."

Arthur stopped, glanced back behind him and sighed softly. "Wouldn't want that." He said to himself, before continuing up the stairs.