Don't Forget Me

by Pharisee

"I promise," he said as he boarded the ship. That day a promise was made between two brothers to one day reunite. But was that promise kept? A Hetalia Fanfiction about Alfred and Arthur and the events leading up to the American Revolution.

1. A Promise

"Come back soon, okay?" Called out the small, blond haired child.

His beloved Arthur was leaving him to attend to business back home once again.

"I will," replied the older, emerald eyed man.

"And don't forget about me! Ok? Promise!" cryed out the blue eyed child while trying to hold back his tears.

"I promise! I could never forget you, Alfred!" replied the older man as he boarded the ship that would take him home. Alfred stood there at the dock, waiving goodbye until the ship was no longer in view.

Tears began to stream down Alfred's cheeks. Without Arthur he was all alone. He hated being alone.

A couple minutes passed and darkness covered the night sky. He slowly walked back to his house. He crawled into bed and hid his tear soaked face in the pillows.
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The sound of birds singing made Alfred realize that morning had come. The sunlight shined through the white curtains directly onto his face. He opened his eyes which were red from crying all night. He didn't sleep a wink. Just layed curled up in a ball wallowing in his sorrow. This wasn't the first time Arthur had left him but that didn't mean it had gotten any easier.

He hesitantly crawled out of bed and made his way to the kitchen. His stomach began to grumble. He looked through the cabinets in search of food. Most were filled with stored away dishes but the last one had something different.

It was a plate wrapped in tin foil with a note on top.

"I know how much you love my cooking, so I left you a couple weeks supply. The day you finish your last plate will be the day I return. I promise. But until then I want you to try to learn to be self-sufficient so you won't have to struggle when I leave for business. I know you can do it Alfred!
Love, Arthur"

A smile began to crawl upon Alfred's face.

The small boy dryed his eyes with his shirt sleeve.

"ALRIGHT!" he shouted. "No more crying, no more tears, no more sadness! From today on I will be a self-sufficient man! And when England comes back, he'll be so impressed that he'll never want to leave!"

The boy quickly ate his (terrible) breakfast then ran outside to begin his journey to become a self-made man that England would be proud of.