Seven years ago

"I'm pregnant." Those two words, those two frightening words changed Lovino's life forever. The sixteen year olds eyes widened in shock, not believing the words his ex girlfriend had spoken. After a moment of silence the young man finally spoke up. "Are you sure?" His voice quivered as he talked. Angela tried to avoid his stare "I'm positive. I thought about having an abortion.". Lovino's heart sank as a cold sweat rushed over his body. "But I just couldn't do it. We were both raised Catholic and I hadn't even told you yet, it didn't feel right. " There was another silent pause, both teens looked at anything but each other, not knowing what to say. Angela was the first to break the silence "Lovino, I don't want this kid." She muttered.

Lovino was afraid but at that moment he realized he wasn't the only one. She was just as terrified as he was, maybe more. After all, it will be her body that will be at risk, it will be her who's reputation will be ruined, she will be the one who will get humiliated when out in public, not him. Lovino slowly made his way towards Angela, gently pulling her into his embrace. He could feel her starting to tremble as she let out a whimper than a choked sob not moments later. "God Lovino, what are we going to do!" She cried out. The young man gulped not knowing what to do himself, he stroked her hair and gentle pulled her face up to look at his. "It will be okay, I'll quit school, get a full time job or two, whatever it takes. I will take responsibility, and if you really don't want this child then I will take full custody." He felt so ashamed that he had ruined this girls life. "Have you told your parents yet?"

Lovino sat on the chair opposite of his grandfather. Both teens decided that tonight they would tell their parents and guardian the news. The room always had a warm comforting feel to it. The walls were painted a flax yellow with a bronze colored border at the bottom. The floors were made from dark oak wood, there are scuff marks and dents from wear and tear over the years. There is an off white fireplace that sat in the center of the east wall, it had these elegant golden designs. There is always a fresh arrangement of flowers in the vase that sat on a table in front of the north window. Tuscan red curtains hung loosely from the curtain rod above it. Next to it on the right was a heavy bookcase, full of wonderful reading material. Photos, new and old, were placed everywhere. Some on tables, some on the mantel but most were hung on the wall. One of them stuck out from the rest, it was the last family photo the Vargas siblings had taken with their parents. A month later they had died in a car accident, killed instantly on impact.

The teen looked back to his grandfather who was deeply consumed by thought. The boys heart started to speed up with fear of the elders reaction. Lovino felt tears sting his eyes as he dared to break the silence. "Nonno?...I'm so sorry! I messed up, I messed up bad! I'm so scared nonno, I don't know what to do, tell me what to fucking do!" The boy hugged his knees to his chest and hid his face as he shamelessly wept. Romulus made his way over to his grandson, wrapping his arms around him as the young boy latched on to the old man for dear life as if he would fall off the planet if he let go. "My dear boy, everyone makes mistakes. You are only human after all, it's how we learn. But it's not the mistakes that make the person, it's how one responds and handles these unfortunate events that does."

The boy looked up at his grandfather with teary eyes. "But what do I do?" There was so much desperation in his voice. Romulus ruffled the teens hair "You have to become a man, you have to take responsibility, do what's right. Do what your father didn't do for you or Feli." Lovino quickly wiped his eyes before he made a response. "Be a man?" He scoffed "How can I be a man when all I do is cry? I am going to do the right thing though, I'm going to quit school and find work." The old man chuckled to himself. "There is no shame in crying, and Lovino Romano Vargas your ass will be graduating, you can get a job on the side. How about you talk to that nice Belgium lady that works at that cafe with her brothers? I hear she's looking for more waiters." Lovino nodded and continued to cling onto his grandfather allowing the man to cradle him like a child as he place gentle kisses on top of his head and sang comforting old Italian lullabies until he fell asleep.

There was a faint sound of footsteps that entered the room. He carefully turned towards the two figures in the doorway. Fifteen year old Feliciano was standing there awkwardly holding his ten year old brother, Marcello's, hand. "Nonno?" Feliciano hesitantly asked. Romulus smiled warmly at his grandsons and hummed giving the child the okay to continue. "Is it true that fratello is going to be a daddy?" The old man turned his gaze back down to the sleeping boy in his lap. "That's right, boys. He's going to need all the help he can get from us."

The teen was apprehensive as he sat in one of the uncomfortable hospital chairs. His grandfather placed a comforting hand on Lovino's shoulder and his younger brothers held him, all trying so hard to show love and support. Angela's father sat on the other side of the room, thinking about bashing Lovino's skull in, no doubt. After six excruciatingly long hours of waiting, the mother of Angela finally stepped out of the delivery room, she held harsh resentment in her eyes as she looked at the new young father. It wasn't that hard to figure out why.

"Congratulations, it's a girl. You can go see her now." The mother spoke in a bitter monotone voice as she found a seat next to her husband. Lovino's eyes lit up as he jumped to his feet with joy. "A girl, I have a baby girl!" After being congratulated by his family the teen made a dash through the doors. It wasn't that big of a hospital so it didn't take Lovino much time to find where his daughter was at. He hurried towards the nurse who was currently cradling her, she saw the young man and smiled handing him his beautiful new child.

Lovino tenderly held the infant in his arms being cautious of her head and neck. His eyes started to tear up as he watched his precious bundle of sunshine coo. He took a quick glance at the mother of his child. "How are you feeling?". Angela lazily turned her head away from him before she spoke. "Tired... In pain." Lovino nodded because honestly what more could he say, she just pushed a tiny watermelon sized human out of her, he would be in bad shape too. He took his eyes away and looked back at the baby in his arms as she grabbed onto one of his fingers with her own tiny ones. "What do you think we should name her?"

Angela brought her focus back at her former boyfriend. "YOU can name her whatever you want Lovino...Just get you and that thing out of here." Lovino's face fell as he came back to reality. "Oh yeah, I guess you're right, and she's not a thing. She's ou-MY daughter...my little Rosa...Rosa Romana Vargas." He reluctantly handed the bundle back to the nurse to be taken care of. After the nurse left with the infant, Lovino sadly said his goodbyes and turned to leave. "Please take care of her." She said in a whisper so small Lovino barely heard it. He paused in the doorway without looking back. "Always." and with that he left to join his family in the waiting room.

A/N: Thank you so much for reading. I really hope you enjoyed this first chapter, I worked so hard on it. I will update as soon as I can.

Originally I made the Angela out to be the bad guy on accident.

And just real quick, I would like to explain or clear up any confusion with this chapter. I do not have anything against abortion or adoption, I was simply trying to think like the characters would. Lovino wanted to keep the child even if his girlfriend didn't, she agreed to give him full custody of Rosa. It's not hard to figure this out but I just wanted to be sure readers understand.

also in case you hadn't noticed, I dropped a tiny hint about Lovino's parents. I will mention something about them later on but I would like to explain the situation. Lovino and his brothers all share the same mom but not dad. Lovino and Feli's father left them as children but their mother remarried and they had Marcello. Their father/step father loved and cared for all three of the boys as his own and they loved him back. And that's all I have to say on that.

Disclaimer: Do not own Hetalia or characters except for Rosa. (Do people even still do these?)