That day. That faithful day. The fall of Prussia. This was the day where Gilbert finally saw his brother begin to grow up. He was his hero now.
This made him think back to that very day. "One day, you'll be my hero."
The two sat in the small home in the middle of Germany. It had been years since then and they had settled on living together until the older could find himself a place to live on his own. The younger, who now looked much older than before, sat silently nearby, while the other sat quietly.
"One day...I'll be gone...and you'll have to take care of yourself..." He spoke up, breaking the silence. Ludwig looked up, curious.
"What are you talking about?" His voice barely hiding the growing worry.
"I can't...be here forever, you know. I can't just not be Prussia...the country has fallen and so must I... So...one day you'll be alone...and I know you'll be fine...but I can't help but worry that..maybe I wont even last long enough to see you grow up...I mean, fully grow up. I don't want you growing up without me, because I know how scary it can be to not have anyone to care about you... But...I know you'll prove you don't need me...because I raised you to be strong...stronger than I ever was." Gilbert had began to tear up as he whimpered out his words. "but...promise me one thing...you wont forget me.. And...you wont forget when I was your hero, okay?" His head rested in his hands, tears falling silently.
"You'll always be my hero, big bruder. You should know that. I just wanted to prove you don't have to worry. I never said I wouldn't need you." The younger smiled, something that had become even more rare as the years went by.
"Just..don't grow up before me.." Gilbert muttered the words, wiping his tears as he hugged his younger brother.
There came a day not too long after, where Prussia never woke up.
"hey..do you remember the other day where I told you that 'one day, I'll be gone'? You know...never mind.." His voice fulled with depression as he made his way towards the steps of their home, smiling back at his brother. "I'm going to take a nap..." Without another word, he ran up the stairs and into his room, and he never came back out. When Germany came to find him later that day.. All he found was a note.
"One day, I'll be gone, and you'll have to take care of yourself. I know you can do it, because I raised you to be strong..
I'm sorry that I can't be there to help you grow up.. I'm sorry you wont get to prove to me you don't need me anymore... I'm sorry...I can't be your big brother anymore.
I'm sorry you have to grow up without me.
One day, I'll be gone...
And I'm sorry that day is today."