NOTE: I do not own Hetalia, it belongs to Hidekaz Himaruya. I am merely a fan of the show
It had been several years since The Holy Roman Empire had left for war and Chibitalia was worried about him not coming back but he couldn't ask Austria about it since he had to obey Austria's order about not asking questions.
One day, while Chibitalia was out doing chores, France walked up to him, he had blood on him making Chibitalia a bit scared. France bent down to be at level with the small nation and said,"Italy, I'm sorry but The Holy Roman Empire is dead." Chibitalia stared at France in disbelief, it couldn't be true, but then again, why would France lie about that? France left before Chibitalia could ask anything so he was left to wonder about it.
That night, Chibitalia couldn't sleep because of what France said so he decided to see if he was lying. Chibitalia got out of bed not bothering to change into something warmer than sleepwear because he didn't want to wake anyone up with the noise it would probably make.
Chibitalia shivered as the cold wind hit him under his thin clothes but instead of going inside, he went to the flower garden and made a bouquet of flowers, even if this was all a joke he would still give them to his fallen family members.
He made his way to the graveyard where Holy Rome was most likely to be buried. When he got there, he walked through seemingly endless rows of graves looking behind him every so often because he had the feeling someone was watching him. Eventually, his eyes wandered onto a large grave that said:
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
962-1806
Chibitalia dropped to his knees, bent his head and a tear fell then another and another, the wetness of them brought the cold which made his face sting, but he soon felt comforted as he felt a cold hand rub his back. Then he heard a voice say," Don't cry over me, Italy, in the end, I was meant to die, I wanted to be more powerful than I could have handled, I am sorry I couldn't return but please, find someone who can keep those kinds of promises," It was Holy Rome's voice, but the words just caused the Italian child to cry harder. For Chibitalia wanted to stay with Holy rubbing on Chibitalia's back quit for Holy Rome's ghost could not stay forever, Chibitalia just needed to calm down without him.
Eventually, Chibitalia had to go back to his house if he wanted to be there before Austria and Hungary woke up, so he stood up and started to walk back after muttering," Goodbye, Holy Rome, I will never forget you."
