Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia. If I did, it's not going to be as famous as it is now.
His flower.
Vash and Roderich had been very close friends. Vash would always run and bail Roderich out of trouble and he'd be paying his savior back by playing Vash's favorite song on his piano. He would then be sleeping on Roderich's couch, or on his lap, everywhere as long as it looked cute.
Roderich usually carries the younger boy to his bed and sleep beside him. Vash doesn't care about what people think about their friendship, he stayed cool about it and the only thing that he could ever deny was his budding feelings toward Roderich—which Elizaveta had always pointed out before.
As they grew old, things got more awkward. Whenever he wakes up on Roderich's bed and not on his, Vash would start to panic—or so what his heart does. He starts to get worried about what the people think of them. Roderich does the same, he panics and worries about the people's thoughts about them, but he continues to maintain the friendship they have. They'd give each other gifts and incentives, but the people rather saw it differently.
The malicious thoughts darkened when Vash was sent to the hospital for hemorrhage and abdominal pains. He started bleeding suddenly and the tides switched. He became dependent on Roderich after having the massive monthly bleeding. Vash didn't actually choose to become weak. Roderich demanded it from Vash that he would not do strenuous stuff whenever his bleeding fits attacked him. He then became the official 'boyfriend' of Vash.
When Vash was thirteen, during the Halloween, Roderich and Vash were both intoxicated by the spiked drink that Elizaveta, Kiku, and Mei had prepared. The three seemingly worked according to their plan: Elizaveta spiked the drink, Mei locked them both in a bugged room, and Kiku had set all the cameras beforehand.
That was when it happened. The two, being drugged into a heated and aroused mess, had passionate sex in the room. They did as much as five rounds in the entire night, leaving the three BL fans bleeding an ocean of blood after seeing the love making couple in the computer room.
After two weeks, around the fourteenth of November, Vash started to get worse in his condition. He started barfing out whatever he ate and lost his appetite. Roderich advised him to consult his physician about his condition. Sadly, Roderich was still in America after having his piano recital in Seattle. Vash went to his physician alone to have his check-up.
Yet, Vash decided to keep the results to himself. He wasn't ready to tell Roderich about his condition…he couldn't afford to see Roderich's reaction to the results. Hence, the break-up on the fifteenth of November.
"Roderich, I want to be free from you."
"What's wrong, Vash? Tell me. Have I done something wrong? Did you regret what we did on Halloween?"
"No, there's nothing wrong, Roderich. I just want my freedom. That's all."
"I-if…that makes you happy, then…I don't have a right to stop you."
"Thank you, Roderich…and goodbye," was the last words that Roderich heard from Vash before he proceeded to the door and left the estate.
"Ich liebe…dich, Vash," he muttered out as he knelt on the cold floor.
Until now, Roderich has been pondering about his mistakes. Vash has thoroughly minced his heart. He couldn't think of a proper reason why he suddenly decided to be free from him. Was I being too harsh on him? Did I abuse him? Was I becoming a bore?
After four long years, he'd always play the piano and cut it in the middle. It was his composition for Vash, ever since he chose to break up with him, the music remained incomplete. Elizaveta starts to worry about her fiancé's state whenever he plays the unfinished melody. Nothing seemed to fit in the piece.
Absolutely nothing.
"Roderich," called Elizaveta, "I think you should go and check this recital. I heard that those kids from this music school are music prodigies. Maybe it could help complete your music?" She handed him a ticket of a music recital.
He took it and smiled to his fiancée after four years.
"Thank you, Elizaveta."
Roderich immediately propped himself and headed toward the music recital. He loved those, but they were nothing compared to his Vash. Sure, music made him happy, but he wasn't as happy as he was when he was with Vash.
The program went on. Just as Elizaveta said, the performers were obviously prodigies. From the way the young teens played their chosen instrument, he could really see the mastery of the child with his own naked eyes. When the emcee stepped in for the last time to introduce the last performer and their best performer, Roderich stared hard at his program copy.
"Let's give it up to our best and youngest prodigy at four, Lily Zwingli," the emcee introduced and a toddler with brownish blonde hair with a purple ribbon on her hair stepped in and was carried to reach the piano seat. Roderich immediately stood up and stared at the young kid.
'She really looks like Vash…'
Her petite fingers created magic when she started pressing the keys of the piano and played Minuet perfectly. Roderich melted as a wave of shock and impression brushed him. Lily felt and captured the beauty of the piece and played it very well. After the end of the first song, she shifted to a modern song, River Flows in You.
Everyone went 'awwwww' in the theatre. Some sobbed into the melody and as she reached the climax, everyone, even Roderich, rose up to their feet and gave her a standing ovation. As she ended her piece, she gave the audience a cute bow and ran to the exit.
The memory about the four-year old pianist lingered around Roderich's mind as he went home. Shock covered Elizaveta's body as he heard the once incomplete music to be finally complete, but unknown to her, it wasn't done…yet. It still lacked something. Deep in Roderich's heart, he was positive that only Vash Zwingli could finish his music.
By the next day, he was walking around the city, trying to find the four-year old girl and ask about his supposed father, Vash. He happened to enter a convenience store out of a random instinct. After browsing the store, he decided to buy himself a drink…until he heard sobs.
It came from a little girl who had the same locks as the girl in the recital. "Hey, little girl, are you…?"
Roderich was taken back as he saw those emerald orbs which he thought Vash only had. "L-lily Zwingli?" asked Roderich in shock.
The girl shivered at the mention of her name, "Who are you? Where is daddy?"
Roderich was about to answer the young girl's question just in time when a blond man rushed in the store and made a commotion.
"LILY! LILY?! WHERE ARE YOU?!" shouted a man's voice.
"Sir, please calm down," a saleslady called.
"I'M NOT CALMING DOWN UNTIL I FIND MY DAUGHTER! LILY?!" The voice got louder as the person approached where Roderich and Lily was. Roderich brought the child to his arms in an attempt to save the kid from the enraged man, until he saw Vash running toward their aisle.
Both Swiss and Austrian paused.
"Vash?" asked Roderich.
"What are you doing to my daughter?!" Vash yelled and pulled Lily away from Roderich and checked the young girl from injuries only to find out there wasn't any. He glared at the Austrian.
"Is that why you left me?" asked Roderich with a straight voice, "Were you cheating on me the entire time?! So you had another one all along and impregnated her and took responsibility?!"
The Swiss felt like he was slapped a million times on the face and punched the Austrian. Vash never liked to be called a cheater because he never did.
It was his decision to keep the entire thing a secret.
"Mr. Zwingli, you're actually pregnant, around a week now," was his doctor's reply when he had his check-up four years ago.
…and he never wanted it to end up with a misunderstanding and decided to leave him.
"Don't you ever say that I cheated because I will never cheat on someone I love," replied Vash and left the store while looking down. His tears leaked out. He wanted no one to see his pitiful state, but his daughter could hear his sobs.
Because he wasn't planning on telling Roderich about the truth…
Because he decided to call Lily his flower…
Only his…
AN: I know that this fic is a oneshot and I made it seem like it's gonna have another chapter. Well, it depends on you, readers. If I get more than 3 requests to continue this thing, I'll be willing to put an epilogue~ :D
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