Author's Note: Yay, new work~! I know, I need to update my other stories and I'm working on that, but I thought it would better to introduce something that seems a little bit different from my usual light-hearted works. I guess you can call this a crackfic, but my inspiration came from silly nicknames a friend and I call each other by. So yeah, enjoy!

Warnings: None.

Disclaimer: Hetalia and its lovely characters are owned by Hidekaz Himaruya. I own nothing but the idea of the plot.

Prologue

I was running. I couldn't remember who I was running from or where I was running to. All I knew was that I was running from something, along with my little brothers right behind me. Or so I thought. I ran along the city streets, eventually running into an alleyway between two brick buildings. I struggled to catch my breath. As I panted, I looked toward the alley's opening to the next street; the sunset's golden glow lighting our path.

"If we keep going," I said, panting in between. "We'll make it! We'll be free!"

Silence responded to my words.

"Hey!" I said, rather annoyed at the lack of a response. "This is no time for a siesta you two!"

I turned around to face them. I was struck by horror at what I saw, or rather what I did not see. My brothers were missing. One of them must have tripped, and the other must have went back to help him.

"Damn it!" I screamed as I bolted out of the alley the same way that I had entered it.

However, a hand grasped onto my shoulder, pulling me gently back into the alley. I spun around, getting ready to head-butt my attacker in the stomach, but I stopped as soon as I saw that my "attacker" was a friend.

"Lovi," He spoke to me. "You must keep going." He took hold of my hand and led us to the opposite end of the alley.

"Wait!" I cried out. "What about my brothers?"

He looked down at me, his green eyes connecting with my hazel ones. "They will be fine." He answered. "I'll go back and stay with them."

"But-"

"You really have no say in this." He smiled at me. "Come on, I think I saw an orphanage near here."

We paused at the opening to the street; the sun had already sunk to the bottom of the skyline, getting ready to say good-night to the rising moon. With a gentle tug on my hand, we ran down the empty street. We were followed by the street lights and darkened buildings as we headed towards an old brick building, which seemed to be the center of the on-coming city street.

Pausing for just a second, we made a dash to the great door of the building before us. He knocked on the door immediately after we reached the steps. Though the door was heavy and thick, we were able to hear footsteps coming closer to the door.

I caught my breath as the footsteps drew closer and closer. I turned to look at my friend, but he was not beside me. As I panicked and looked around to find him, an elderly woman opened the door to the building. The light poured onto me as I turned my attention to the woman. Her face seemed to twist from a gentle smile to one of sadness; it must have been that my eyes had betrayed me and started to tear up as I thought of being alone.

"There' there, sweetie," She said to me as she took my hand and led me inside the building. "It's alright. Goodness, you must be lost." She closed the door as I stood watching her with curious eyes.

"No," I answered her. She stiffened. "I don't have a home anymore." Her sad expression returned as she smiled gently at me.

"Then I guess I'll have to find you a new home." She walked towards a staircase that just so happened to be nearby. "You can stay here if you'd like." She turned towards me. She noticed that I was staring out a nearby window. "It's better than staying out there." I looked up at her. "It's far too dangerous for a child like you."

I nodded as I followed her up the staircase. We walked through a desolate hallway as the sound of rain and thunder began to draw closer to the building. I shook slightly, but I would never confess such a thing to anyone. She saw me though and put her arm around me.

"Now let's see," She said as we walked past various doors. "I'd hate to put you by yourself, but I guess I must." I gulped at the statement. "Don't worry though, if you get frightened you can always go to the last door and stay in there with the other caretakers and myself."

I nodded, not sure of how to respond to her words. The door creaked open as she showed me my room. It was dark, empty, spacious and had two windows on the north wall and a row of windows on the west and east walls. I shivered a bit, knowing that it's exactly what I had dreaded; being reminded that I was alone.

"This is where you will be staying," She said as she turned on the light. "Until I find you a new home." She smiled at me. "I'm sorry that it's so empty."

"No, it's fine." I reassured her as I tried to convince myself. "I'm used to be alone." And that was not far from the truth.

She stared at me a little longer. "Good-night- I'm sorry, I never asked your name."

I smiled at her. "My name is Lovino."

"Good-night Lovino."

"Good-night signorina." And with that she turned off the light and closed the door.

I felt my way to the bed closest to where I stood. After finding it, I laid upon it listening to the drops of rain. It made my mind wash away all that had occurred to me that day, except for what could have happened to my brothers. A clap of thunder and a flash of lightning made me lose my train of thought as I involuntarily grasped the blanket tighter.

Come on, Lovino. I thought to myself. It's just the stupid weather. Another clap of thunder and a flash of lightning sounded. I pulled the covers over my head.

"Damn it," I whispered to myself. "Why did he leave me all alone?" I sniffed as I listened to the storm. Somehow through the storm, I managed to fall asleep.