A/N: A lot of people seriously wanted me to write this. Oh well, that's fine with me. I wanted to do this anyway because I had extra ideas I wanted to throw in about Arthur's Hetalia life, but I didn't want to make, like, whole chapters for it. So you get these. :) Enjoy!
And yes, there's some…stuff…in here. ;)

They're mostly short things but there'll be the occasional long one. It's a series of one-shots in different chapters.

Sleep

Something's wrong with Arthur. Alfred noted as he watched his mate stumble for the third time in the past fifteen minutes. It was the middle of the very first day of Arthur being on planet Hetalia after moving from Earth and he didn't look good at all. His eyes drooped and the excited luster he had held yesterday and earlier that morning had faded to this…walking zombie. Alfred fretted. He didn't understand what was wrong with his mate.

Alfred wasn't the only one to notice. "Is something wrong with Arthur?" Gilbert muttered to him in the Hetalian language so that Arthur couldn't understand. Nicole was teaching Arthur, Zack, and Roger the Hetalian language but Arthur looked dazed –downright out of it, actually- and didn't appear to be learning anything. Alfred, Matthew, Gilbert, and Kiku sat watching, soaking in the rays of the Starlight (humans would call it a 'sun' but it was even farther away from the planet system so it was considered the Star) and Nicole shot them worried looks.

"You see it too." Alfred muttered and stood to rush over to Arthur. His pack followed. "Hey Artie?" Arthur blinked open his eyes and slowly turned his head to look at him.

"Yes?" He asked.

"Are you…feeling alright?"

"You didn't get attacked by a Shadow or anything, right?" Matthew asked.

"What? No. Why do you ask?" Arthur asked, frowning.

"Are you sure you're feeling okay?" Nicole asked. "You look out of it."

"Sorry, I must be a little homesick, is all." Arthur rubbed his face and stood. "Let me go wash my face. That'll clear my head."

"I'll go with you." Alfred offered.

"Actually, I think we could all use a bath." Kiku stated. "It has become quite hot."

"Yeah, let's go cool down." Nicole agreed and Matthew picked up Roger and Gilbert grabbed Zack. The kids looked cheered to go take a dip. They couldn't quite speak yet but they were getting there. They could only say a few words in various languages. Arthur agreed and the pack travelled to the closest stream. It was wide and Alfred saw Arthur's relief when he told him that the water was like that of Earth, only cleaner.

Nicole carefully walked into the stream and Kiku helped her because the rocks were slippery and she was still pregnant after all. The kids easily scrambled over the rocks, not minding the little slipping. Arthur and Alfred got into the water together with Matthew and Gilbert and Arthur kneeled to splash water on his face. Alfred looked up into the sky and sighed. The weather was really nice today. He kept an eye on Arthur though, concerned although the man seemed to have returned to himself some.

Nicole splashed Alfred then, distracting him. She laughed. "You!" He laughed and kicked water back at her. Gilbert jumped in, using a large leaf that had blown from one of the trees to scoop water up and dump it on Alfred. Matthew had Zack on his back and spun around with Roger in his arms. Arthur chased after them as they migrated further into the stream to where it became a river, careful to avoid slipping. They played in that river until the Star began to set and then Alfred noticed something. He turned around and he saw that Arthur was gone.

"Artie!" He called, scared. His pack froze and looked about them. "Did you guys see Arthur?" He asked them.

"I didn't!" Nicole said, looking scared as well.

"There!" Roger called and pointed and they looked in the direction. On the shore a bit down Arthur had collapsed. Alfred cried out and they rushed over to him.

"Artie!" He shook his mate but Arthur was unresponsive.

"Move!" Matthew pushed Alfred out of the way –being the one with medical experience- and checked Arthur's pulse. "He's still alive. Let's get him to Yao's." Alfred nodded.

Alfred hated being around Ivan and his pack. He didn't really have a problem with Yao's siblings –most of them actually really liked him- but it was Ivan and his sister Natalia. She was still furious that Ivan had acquired Yao as a mate instead of her and constantly tried to convince him to get rid of Yao because 'she would take him even if he had Yao's mate-scent on him'. Katyusha, Ivan's older sister, wasn't bad though. And she had a nice rack too.

But Alfred knew he could put up with anything right now as long as Arthur would be okay. Was he sick? Did he get hurt? Was being on this planet doing something to his system? Alfred didn't know and it was worrying him dearly.

"Alfred, if you do not rest, you will lose your hair." Kiku joked lightly to try to calm him. Alfred smiled at him to thank him for the effort, but it didn't help. His hands ran into his hair and gripped it tightly.

"Did I do something wrong, Kiku? Did I not plug in the right directions for the pod?" He asked him.

"I doubt that you did something wrong." Kiku said. He had begged Nicole and the rest of the pack to entertain Ivan's pack (for whatever reason Nicole got along well with Ivan. It tended to worry Kiku and Alfred about her mental state) so that Alfred and Kiku could be left alone.

"But what caused him to collapse?" Alfred placed his hands on Kiku's shoulders, teary-eyed. "What if I killed him somehow?"

"Calm down-aru." Yao walked out of his and Ivan's house from where he had been caring for Arthur. He had a small hospital on the second floor. "You didn't do anything."

Alfred jumped up. "How is he?"

"He collapsed from exhaustion." Yao stated.

Alfred was confused. "But how? He's only been here for a day."

"And he slept through the night." Kiku added.

Yao put his hands on his hips and frowned disapprovingly. "Did you forget-aru? A day here is three days worth on Earth! Arthur hasn't slept for three days-aru!" Alfred froze. He hadn't even thought about that. He had just assumed that Arthur would adjust immediately. He didn't even think of the time difference.

"Crap." He said.

"What do you recommend, then?" Matthew asked, coming up behind them. He was always learning about how to be a doctor for the sake that Alfred's pack didn't want to have to keep on bothering Yao. They needed their own doctor even though Ivan's pack wasn't too far away from Alfred's.

"He needs to take at least two naps a day so that his body can gradually adjust to the time change. Humans are extremely adaptable to these types of things-aru. Eventually he should be able to stay up for longer periods of time, but I think he'll still need a nap in the middle of the day no matter what-aru." Yao said.

"Thanks a bunch, Yao. Can I see him?" Alfred asked.

"He's asleep right now but you can take him home. Just be quiet about it." Yao nodded to them and then left to go over to his mate. Yong Soo was throwing a fit at Natalia and Ivan appeared to be having a rough time handling it. Gilbert and Nicole quickly joined Alfred while laughing.

"What happened?" Kiku asked as Alfred ran inside to get Arthur and Nicole handed Zack to Matthew.

"Yong Soo ran over and groped the hell out of Natalia when he was playing with his sister and Natalia was threatening to kill him and Ivan was all upset because he was pissed that Yong Soo groped his sister but he didn't want to anger Yao." Gilbert chuckled.

"Ivan has it rough." Nicole said although she still laughed. "Yao seems to be more of the Alpha." Alfred came out carrying Arthur then and they lowered their voices as they began walking back to their house.

"So what's wrong with Arthur?" Gilbert asked.

"He collapsed because of exhaustion." Matthew said.

"I should've seen that coming." Nicole scowled a little, angry at herself. "I had forgotten about the time difference."

"It's nobody's fault." Kiku assured her.

"But why would Artie not tell us, or something? We would've let him go to sleep if he wanted to." Alfred murmured. They didn't respond.

"You'll just have to ask when he wakes up." Gilbert said. Alfred nodded.

"And we'll have to let him sleep during the day two times." They arrived at the house and Alfred left his friends to enter his floor and carefully laid Arthur onto their bad before turning on the fan to the room and curling up with him on the bed. He buried his face into Arthur's hair and held him as he slept but didn't fall asleep himself.

About an hour later Arthur stirred and blinked tired eyes open. The sky was becoming dark and the other Hetalian planets were becoming visible along with many stars. He frowned not understanding how he had gotten to where he was and for a moment he freaked out and tried to sit up before he realized that he was being held down by a pair of arms. He looked to the side and Alfred smiled at him.

"Evenin', sleepyhead." Alfred said. Arthur breathed out a sigh and relaxed back down, turning over to face him. He had a look of utter relief on his face before it disappeared into a confused frown.

"How did we get here? I thought we were at the river?"

"We were, but you collapsed." Alfred frowned at him. "If you were tired, why didn't you say so?"

Arthur looked away. "No particular reason. It was my first day here. I didn't want to waste it sleeping."

"That's not good, Artie! You need to let your body adjust!" Alfred sat up and loomed over him.

"It's fine, love." Arthur touched his cheek and met him in a soft kiss. He was still tired.

"It's not fine. Yao said that you should take two naps during the day until your body adjusts more and even after that you should have an afternoon nap."

"Then that's what I'll do." He shifted to get some more sleep and Alfred lay back down with him curled up in his arms. He felt a little bad for worrying his pack. "I heard that when it came to adjusting to a new time zone that you should stay up so that your internal clock adjusts." He yawned.

"Well you did that, so you should listen to Yao."

"Okay."

"Do you want to move outside?" Alfred asked.

"No, I'm still tired. I'll sleep here."

"Then I'll stay too." Arthur closed his eyes and breathed in Alfred's scent and sighed contently. He hadn't wanted to tell Alfred the real reason why he hadn't wanted to go to sleep. It was too embarrassing and stupid.

I didn't want to wake up and find myself without you on Earth.

A/N: There's more to come, but here's one part!