A Belarusian-American Blessing (Alfred/America x Natalya/Belarus)

Chapter Four

A/N: Prepare, Hetalians, for a baby shower of the ages. I made up some of the human names for some countries, and I will leave you references in case you don't know the human names.

Normally, it would make Natalya extremely uncomfortable to be surrounded by all of her sister's friends. Each and everyone of them gave off a vibe that would scream "feminine" whilst she gave off "murderous." But then again, she can't really say no to cake, presents, games, free advice on babies, or her sister. 

Katyusha Arlovskaya (A/N: Does anyone know Ukraine's real human name?) managed to turn Natalya and Alfred's living room into an adorable little place topped with white ribbons, decorations of bunnies and ducklings, blue and pink balloons, and little, baby shower games. 

At the current moment, all of the guests were in the living room talking. Elizaveta (Hungary) had been raving about how her three-month-old daughter, Annette Beilschmidt, was developing. Everyone else, afraid to invoke the frying pan, had sat and listened patiently.

"Oh!! Having a baby does sound like a lot of fun!!" Michelle (Seychelles) gushed, staring into space thoughtfully, "I wish I could have one."

"You will," Elizaveta said reassuringly. 

"It's not so bad," Alfred said proudly.

"What do you know," Katyusha said, raising her brow, "You're not carrying the baby, are you?"

"Uuuuhhh..... no?" Alfred asked, shrugging his shoulders.

"You're not pregnant, so you can't relate," Katyusha said haughtily, "So you can't say it isn't that bad."

"True," Gilbert (Prussia) replied, "But I gotta say. We have it hard, too."

The room went silent. One could hear a pin or two drop onto the ivory floors. From the corner of her eye, Natalya could see that her big sister was seething, as well as Elizaveta.

"Gilbert Beilschmidt," Elizaveta growled, "How could you have possibly had it hard!?"

"That, my dear Lizzy, is simple," Gilbert smiled, "The awesome me had to get the partially-awesome you any food you desired, even if I had to go across town. I also had to deal with your anger and cry-AAH!!"

He never got to finish his sentence, considering Elizaveta had whipped out her frying pan.

"You're lucky I am crazy in love with you, Gilbert!!!" Elizaveta screeched, "Otherwise I would have been married to Roderich Edelstein (Austria) and said 'Gilbert who?'"

To this day, Natalya and Alfred were lucky that they made it out alive, limbs, phalanges, fetus and all. What went down after that was a whole catfight on who had it harder during pregnancies. It eventually went down to roasts and insults. So, without further ado, Al and Natalya had slipped out of their living room into their bedroom, where they remained until things calmed down.

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"Time for the cake!!" Katyusha called, allowing everyone to go into the kitchen/dining room. Everyone had been tired due to the games they played, which included Baby Jeopardy, Guess the Baby, Mommy and Daddy's Secrets, and many more.

Their cake had been a three-layer chocolate cake with a filling in it. This filling was going to be special, as it would determine their baby's gender. Of course, Alfred and Natalya knew, but they couldn't wait to see the looks on everyone's faces.

"Veh!" Feliciano (Italy) said airily, "Make a wish!"

"It doesn't work that way, Feliciano!!" Lovino (Romano) shouted.

"I'd appreciate if you didn't yell at my boyfriend like that," Ludwig (Germany) growled, scrunching his blonde brows.

"What are you going to do about it, Potato Bastard!!!" Lovino shouted.

"Lovi, por favor, don't shout like that," Antonio (Spain) shouted, "It will make the baby sad."

"It can't hear me, Toni," Lovi said.

"It has five channels of sound," Elizaveta replied. 

"TIME FOR CAKE!!!!!!" Katyusha shrieked as her stomach groaned, "Hurry up and cut it, Naty. I wanna see if I'm having a niece or a nephew. Plus I'm hungry."

"Patinece, Big Sister," Natalya replied, gingerly cutting the cake as Alfred's hand layed on top of hers.

With careful and precise movements, the two had the cut the cake up into even, little squares so everyone could get one. Though no one could see the gender-revealing filling.

"Are you ready?" Natalya asked. Everyone nodded their heads eagerly.

The room was once again silent as Natalya and Alfred had laid the knife underneath a slice, where they gingerly raised it high so everyone could see. Everyone gasped as they saw the filling. Some cheered, whistled, and shrieked in happiness. Others paid one another, proving that there were signs of bets.

I should probably explain. Between the chocolate cake was a... dark blue filling.

Yep, it's a boy. Somewhere in the room, Arthur Kirkland had hidden under the table and cried knowing that another, "independent" bugger would be running around soon.

A/N: Yay!! The next chapter will be the last, considering that I want to work on my Attack on Titan fanfiction after this.