AN: Hey. I know I haven't updated Espionage and I'm sorry but it's been stressful lately and my mom's in the hospital so it's depressing over here. Anyway, this idea has been sticking with me for awhile so enjoy.

The blare of a semi-truck horn went off like dynamite continuously in his head. Behind closed eyelids was darkness that was not all black. Little images fluttered through his brain in little, hazy flashes. In those little pictures all sorts of people and things appeared. They were his memories being filed away until he could grasp them again. But the man remembered one person from all the little memories flying away. A blonde who was rugged and fit, and had the most striking baby blue eyes.

The man's eyes snapped open as he shot up. Pain seized him in waves as he moved his stiff body. The man glanced around the barren room only to come up with the logical explanation of being in a hospital. Of course the IV's hooked up to him, helped in that conclusion. Like any confused patient would, the man unhooked all his IV's and walked into the connecting mini-bathroom.

A reflection looked back at him due to the rather large mirror, and he was surprised. Cloud-white hair, pale marble-like skin, and mischievous blood-red eyes. 'Albino.' The word popped into his head without much thought. The man could remember everything he ever learned but there was a larger problem…

"Uh…Sir?" The man whipped around having his eyes fall upon a woman nurse. "You shouldn't be out of bed."

"Who am I?" He raised one of his alabaster brows.

The nurse avoided the man's gaze. "Sir, you should really lie-"

"Who the hell am I?" His voice was reaching angered levels. It took most of his willpower not to grab the woman by the shoulders and shake her violently.

"W-we don't know. You were in a horrible car crash. We didn't think you would wake up for a while, so we were going to put your picture on the television tonight and see if anyone would come and see if they knew you…"

The albino stared at her stupidly. What the hell was he? A dog? Chained to a person he can't even remember or perhaps even know? The person who walked in could be a raging psychopath for all anyone knew! When, and if, someone came for him, he was going to request some sort of proof that they knew him.

He did nothing as he was led to the bed, reattached to his IV's and given a lecture he really didn't listen to. The albino wondered what was going to happen to him or if he was ever going to remember anything at all. He didn't need a nurse or even a doctor to tell him he had amnesia. The man didn't know how, but he knew someone who had had it before. He just couldn't remember.

Katherine was meandering down the hallways of the hospital to go get some food for her patient. The man himself looked interesting enough due to the fact he was albino, but she could also see that underlying proud personality waiting to be remembered.

As the kind, busty nurse was exiting the cafeteria with the food, she saw a tall blonde running down the hallway looking frantic. "Hello? Sir! Could you please walk?"

The blonde spotted her and slowed to a stop before her. "I'm here about Gilbert!"

"Who?" Katherine looked very confused. She really looked at the blonde now. His baby blue eyes were slightly puffed from supposed crying and he looked exhausted and ready to collapse.

"Gilbert! He's about an inch or two shorter than me, white hair, red eyes-"

"Oh! You're here for the amnesiatic albino?" The woman wasn't positive amnesiatic was a word but she used it anyway.

The tall blonde seemed to stop dead. "What?"

Katherine gave him a look of sorry. "Just follow me. I was about to go see him." She wove down the hallways with the blonde in tow. Once they reached the patient's door, another nurse walked out. "Natalia? Could you bring this food in to him?"

Natalia just grumbled something and took the food so Katherine could talk to the frantic blonde. "Now, what's your name?"

"Ludwig Beilschmidt. I saw Gilbert's face on the television and It said he was in this hospital and I didn't know what happened and…" Ludwig choked on a sob. The nurse could tell this was a man who rarely cried, but Gilbert must be important to him.

Katherine placed a caring hand on his shoulder. "No need to worry. His life is not in any danger." That calmed the blonde down a bit. "He was in a car accident and didn't suffer any major injuries, except maybe the blow to his head. He had a severe concussion which resulted in his amnesia. The doctor believes it's temporary, but will take a tremendous amount of time to recover."

Ludwig stood there and absorbed the information. He seemed a little relieved. "At least his life's not in any danger." The blonde placed a hand on his face. "I don't think I could live without him."

The busty nurse did her best not to squeal. "Ah, so he's your husband?" Katherine watched as the blonde's face went red. "That's so sweet. Well let's go see him then!" With that she marched into the room with Ludwig trailing behind her.

As the duo walked in, they could see the albino eating some orange jello. "I gotta say Kat, this is some damn good jello." As he looked up, he spotted Ludwig and froze. "You!" The blonde jumped and seemed a bit anxious as to what the albino would say. "I've seen you before! I know you!" The man let out a frustrated growl. "I just don't remember how."

Katherine seemed ever so happy to chime in when Ludwig didn't speak. "Of course you do! He's your husband! Well it's good to see that you at least remember a little bit." She beamed at him.

"I want proof that he knows me." The albino gave the blonde a glare.

Ludwig dug into his pocket and pulled out his camera phone. "Here. It's a picture of us on your birthday. You were showing me how to work the camera on my phone." The blonde's hand shook just a little as he handed the phone over.

The albino looked at the phone. It was himself and the blonde at a house sitting at a dinner table. He was smiling very widely, probably mid-laugh, and the blonde was giving him a soft loving smile. As the man gazed at the picture, he willed a memory to return. Nothing. The only thing he got was an ache in his chest at the sight of such a happy picture. "What's my name?" He asked silently in a whisper.

"Gilbert Beilschmidt. Your favorite color is Prussian blue, you love pancakes, you used to have a pet bird named Fritz, after your favorite teacher, and you have an ego the size of Jupiter." Ludwig seemed to choke up a bit, but the feeling quickly passed. The blonde turned to the nurse. "I brought all his papers just in case. I have the insurance, his birth certificate, social security-"

"All that will do. Well Gilbert, you stay here while we go work through the papers." The two left the room leaving Gilbert alone with the phone and with a name.

When Katherine and the blonde had been gone for a few minutes, the albino got up and returned to the mirror. He stared into his own crimson eyes. "Gilbert Beilschmidt." He tested the name on his tongue and gave a mischievous smirk that fit his face perfectly. It sounded awesome. Perfect, even. He knew the name could only be his.

Gilbert glanced at the picture on the phone again, then returned his gaze to his reflection. He really didn't look that different, minus the fact that he hadn't shaved in a while so there was some scruff on the lower part of his face.

"G-Gilbert?" The albino heard the blonde's voice and walked out to see him standing there alone. The two men just stared at the other for a few minutes. Before Gilbert could even say anything, he was being enveloped in a hug. Neither spoke but the blonde was heard sniffling.

"Uh…Blondie?"

"Ludwig." The blonde muttered sadly into Gilbert's shoulder. "Lutz, Luddy, Lutzy, or even West. All are nicknames you gave me." A deafening silence. "I thought you had left. One stupid…argument and you were gone. Then I saw the picture on the news and thought that you d-died. Or were at least dying." Ludwig moved his head so his face was buried in the albino's neck. "I'm so sorry. It's my fault that you can't remember anything."

The albino had the searing urge to hug the other back, so he did. "Don't worry. The doc said everything would work out. I'm sure I'll be fine and get better in no time." The blonde glanced up from the albino's shoulder to see Gilbert giving him a reassuring smile. That only made him sob hard into the shoulder.

Gilbert was at a loss. He didn't know how to react to a crying person, least of all a person he didn't remember. It was a few minutes before Ludwig calmed down. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but visiting hours are over." Katherine stood in the doorway with a face that seemed as though she were watching a romance movie. "But don't worry, the doctor is willing to release Gilbert tomorrow afternoon. We just need to run a few more tests to make sure he's alright and then you can go home with your husband and help regain some memory." She gave both men a little wink.

Ludwig withdrew himself from Gilbert's neck and wiped away the remaining tears. Neither knew what to say. "I'll be back tomorrow." His voice strained to get the words out as he retrieved his phone and walked out of the room.

"You damn well better be." The albino stared after the only person who knew him. The doctor said it would take some time to remember anything, but he wanted to know now. The memory-less man crawled back into the hospital bed and thought about the blonde. He was in fact gorgeous and he'd like to get to know him again. He wondered what kind of man the blonde was, but even more so, he wondered what kind of man he himself was.

Well There's the first part. This won't be a terribly long fic, but I like this idea. :3 R&R please, it's a drug that I get withdrawals from.