Chapter 1
Italy had been incredibly depressed recently and it seemed like he spent just a bit less time around others. He'd hide in his room or something if he felt too smothered by his acting. He'd had to force up an extremely happy and bubbly facade to convince everyone he was still okay. Hours in front of his mirror gave him an incredibly realistic smile that was close to his natural one. He'd been insulted, mocked behind his back, and even yelled at by the man he'd considered to be his best friend. The world meetings were where he'd be mocked the most, so he'd made an excuse to skip the last one. He'd started cutting a few months ago, and he'd went from just wearing a bracelet or something, to full on constant long sleeves and never going to sleep in Germany's room for fear he'd find out... He'd carved useless into an arm, and it was surrounded by many other scars and only some were left alone enough to heal.
Here he was training harder though, urged on by the German who he struggled to please even when he barely felt up to speaking. As far as he knew, his facade was believable enough, no one seemed to question it. Today though he looked tired from the lack of sleep. Still he pushed himself to run as fast as he could manage, despite the thoughts that had been plaguing him for so long. 'Run faster idiota' he scolded himself as he began to slow slightly from growing tired. At that thought he sped up. Germany was in front of him also scolding him for slowing down, he didn't say anything just kept pushing himself harder. 'Just another lap idiota. You can do that' he told himself, But halfway through the last lap he tripped.
"You alright?" Germany asked after he stood up.
Italy could tell he didn't really care he was just asking to be nice. Italy nodded and brushed the dirt off of his clothes before finishing the last lap for the training session
AN: ok so this is my first story. I'm posting the first chapter and if a lot of people like it, I'll post the next chapter. So, if you like it let me know.
Idiota - idiot (Italian)