Through Nation's Eyes (Under Repairs)

Why Are You Here?

"Where the hell are Kiku and Hyun-Jae?!" Osaka shouts, running into a house belonging to one of the US states.

"Where the hell are our siblings?! They're all missing!" Virginia shouts back. Ontario places her hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"We were told people would be coming here. All of our siblings are missing too." Bavaria says.

"We heard from Hebei that China is missing. So are Hong Kong and Macau." Kyoto adds.

"Shit... Now what?" Almería asks.

"We can try calling them." Puebla says.

"What if we can't contact them?" Mackinac asks.

"Do you think the other nations had something to do with this?" Maranhäo asks.

"Maybe... You've seen how he is after returning from meetings!" North Texas says.

"What if they kidnapped him?!" South Texas adds.

Several of the non-North and South American nations purse their lips and back away slightly from the angered siblings and cousins.

"Heeyy~ How about before we start blaming our siblings, we try calling them first?" Pavia says awkwardly.

"Yeah, let's do that." Shiga says. He pulls out his phone and types in Japan's number.

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Romano, Centro, and Veneziano all pull Seborga into a random bedroom. Seborga seems nervous as his siblings stare him down.

"Well, Sebo? What are you doing here?" Romano asks.

Seborga looks down at his feet, doing his best to not make eye contact with his older siblings. He feels as if something is caught in his throat, not letting him speak.

"Sebo?" Centro asks.

"I-I- uh..." Seborga trails off, not sure what to say to them.

He suddenly stands up and makes a break for the door. Veneziano, Romano, Centro, and San Marino aren't able to stop him as he darts out of the room.

The nations look between each other in concern before trailing Seborga. It takes several minutes of running, but they finally find the room that Seborga escaped to.

"Sebo, what's wrong?" Veneziano asks, softly. He crouches next to the micronation, who is sitting in a fetal position, and places a hand on his shoulder.

Seborga looks up to his brother with tears in his eyes, causing his siblings to look at him in concern.

"Oi, Seb. What's going on? You're never this secretive." Centro asks, also crouching in front of Seborga. Romano and San Marino also crouch next to them.

"I-I-I'm... I'm-!" Seborga trembles as he begins to sob again. His siblings quickly embrace him, allowing him to sob into their chests.

"It's okay, Sebo. Just let it out." Veneziano smiles.

It takes a short while, but he finally manages to run his tears dry. The triplets calm down as Seborga's trembling stops.

"See? Everything will be alright, Seb. We just want to know why you're here." Veneziano smiles.

Seborga takes a deep breath before looking back at his older siblings, his eyes still glossy.

"I wanted to be recognized as a real nation, like you three." He admits. The triplets back away slightly, but have an expression of pity rather than anger.

"So that's what it was." Romano sighs, softly ruffling Seborga's hair. "You know just wanting to be recognized as a nation isn't something to give everyone a heart attack over."