Of forgiveness

"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget." Thomas Szasz

Forgotten

China hates England—for the opium, for taking Hong Kong, for ruining his family—and he reminds the former British Empire every so often of this hatred, because Yao does not intend to ever forgive or forget Arthur's sins…but that doesn't mean that they can't be friends.

Cruel

Eduard apologizes—too many times to count—to Raivis, for every occasion Estonia has failed to keep the Russian away from the Latvian, but every murmured word of forgiveness that falls from his brother's trembling lips only breaks Eduard's heart further.

Unwilling

It is not in Berwald's nature to hold onto grudges, but the nation cannot deny that he is pretty much forever unwilling to ever forgive Francis, because really, the French nation should know by now to keep his hands off of Tino…

Secret

Austria stiffens a little whenever Switzerland brushes by, with memories and nostalgia trailing behind the Swiss nation's coat in Vash's scent, but little does Roderich know that Vash smiles silently, no longer harboring any negative feelings for his once charge.

Belated

Yong Soo watches his northern counterpart bleed, his other half slowly disintegrate before his eyes as their nation is unified once more, and Korea, now neither South nor North, lets the tears fall as he whispers into the ear of his dying sibling, "I know I'm too late, but I love you."

Sarcastic

"Like, I totally forgive you, you son of a bitch," is what Poland says to Germany's face, to the bowed head and apologies, but the sarcasm cannot mask what Feliks means to say, what Ludwig needs to hear from who he has destroyed: it is not your fault.

Hypocritical

Heracles is restrained by Gupta when Turkey, the annoying bastard that he is, comes up and states that he can forgive Greece for being such an insolent, bratty nation with no gratitude, and long after the ex-Ottoman Empire takes his leave, Heracles growls into Gupta's shoulders, "how dare he say that to me like he's been wronged!"

Unworthy

Every time Kiku tells Alfred that he does not blame America, does not hate him for the bombs and death and pain, Alfred starts to scream, scream until he is sobbing into Kiku's arms because he can't stand being forgiven by Japan, by Kiku, when America is the one who tore down who Alfred loved most.

Benevolent

Ivan fears each morning, each day that brings the possibility of Toris walking away from Russia forever, and he secretly sobs into his scarf when the fear is chased away with Lithuania's smile and hands and lips, because Ivan knows he is forgiven…and that Russia will hurt Toris again.

Absent

Lovino is harsh with his words after he finds fault with others, wielding his tongue bluntly and using it like a knife, but Feliciano would have it no other way, because Veneziano knows that in the case of Romano, it is the silence that is unforgiving.

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." Mahatma Gandhi

Reference:

Poland was the nation that lost the highest percentage of its population during the Holocaust, and the notorious death camp Auschwitz was stationed there.

/ Most of the stories up there are pretty obvious about the historical references (Opium War and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), and some of them aren't even historical (Greece and Korea). The SuFinf story was totally the comic relief up there, sorry if it wasn't funny.

And I want to clarify some things that pertain to the entire series of this:

1. I really try not to add OC nations in. I want to keep the cast sort of limited members who have appeared in canon. So far two OC nations appeared (North Korea and India) and I have purposefully wrote them is without any hints to their gender. You can imagine them in any gender and appearance that you prefer. So unless I feel like it's necessary, not many OC nations will appear.

2. If you've noticed, I use both country names and human names in the sentences. If it bugs you, I'm sorry. But I do this purposefully and I choose to use a country/human name in that particular part of the sentence for specific reasons. I am fond of the idea that there is a 'nation' personality and a 'human' personality coexisting in the nation-tans.

3. Unless I mention otherwise, every single sentence for all chapters are set pretty much in canon, meaning that there are no AU settings unless stated.

And since I'm on a short break, updates will come soon.