Yao (present)
"This is bullshit!" My young apprentice said crossing his arms. "We both know Arthur was too much of a stuffy old fart to be involved in something even slightly interesting, he probably just lost his leg in a car accident when Alfred drove on the wrong side of the road when they were younger not because of some mutant wolf."
"Leon aru!" I scolded clipping his head; it was not polite to speak like that of the dead, god knows my turn was next being ninety-three and the last of the surviving six alive at least we all died of old age, we only just arrived back after Arthur's funeral when I started telling the old tale. "Listen till I finish at least aru!"
"Fine, whatever I'll just ask Aurora afterwards." Leon muttered rolling his eyes but staying nonetheless, a story was not a story without an ending after all. "Just get on with it."
Arthur
When I woke up the light was much too bright and I was in a world of pain.
"Urgh!" A moan escaped my lips as my eyes blinked rapidly adjusting to the bright light, the room was white washed and- Wait this wasn't the house! I shot up right looking around.
"Wow Artie you shouldn't move to quickly you only just woke up!" Alfred put a hand on my shoulder grinning down at me, he seemed to be attached to a moving drip and I narrowed my eyes at the sight.
"ALFRED!" He flinched nervously, his baby blues wide open. "Why the hell are you up, you must be injured, what are you thinking?" I reached to touch the tube of clear fluid.
"I-It's just you were still asleep even after the operation and, and oh fuck it!" He cursed surprising me not that he stopped there yanking me into a dip kiss, to say I was surprised would be an understatement I just woke up the idiot! Lucky for him it was only a second before I kissed back with as much passion able to think straight. My best friend was kissing me! Alfred was kissing me!
"I better not still be asleep." I muttered as we pulled away needing to breathe the both of us out breath from the lack of oxygen.
"You better not be that was scary enough the first time, I'd thought you would push me away and start calling me a freak." Alfred laughed rubbing the back of his neck relieved. "I hope it ain't too quick but I love you Artie."
"It's Arthur you prick!" I huffed before crossing my arms and mumbling. "But I love you too Alfred."
"Aw Artie!" Alfred cried and engulfed me in a hug.
"Arthur!" I shouted as he cut off my oxygen, trying to move I felt something strange. "A- Alfred?" My voice wobbled worried dread filling my emerald orbs as they met his sky blue.
"Yeah? Are you okay?" He let go in a second and examined me with his eyes looking for what could be wrong.
"Why can I not feel all of my leg?" I questioned hand hovering over the hospital cover, shaking not knowing if I really wanted to pull it up and see what had happened. Dread filled my stomach. "What happened?"
"Um well, look whatever happens I love you okay?" Alfred said desperately suddenly looking very relieved for his earlier actions now, why did he seem so worried? "Arthur?" My hands pulled up the cover and a scream left my mouth. The bottom part of my left leg was gone.
Yao (present)
"I meant to hurry up and give me an overall summary not Arthur having a heart attack." Leon cut me off rolling his eyes. "Always an old man no matter what."
"Arthur adopted you five years ago and this is how you repay him aru?" I sighed at the constant insulting of his adoptive farther, in truth after Alfred died Arthur was very antisocial and it was my suggestion, the two of us raised the twelve year old together.
"I turned up at the funeral." Leon yawned, his eyes were still red and puffy from where he had been crying not that I bothered pointing that out to him. "Just carry on you won't stop going on till you finish just don't take forever, okay?" I just laughed at that and continued he knew me to well.
Ludwig
Arthur much like Yao fell into depression after that, he kept complaining about it feeling as if his was leg was there when it wasn't a horrible trick his body played on him. Alfred stayed with him regardless even after when he was finally discharged. Kiku visited everyone from time to time but was under a lot of pressure from some 'very important people' who did not like the leaked evidence and mostly stayed with Yao rather than face the curious media outside the hospital. I still was at the hospital even after the two other blondes were discharged and finally left for home, they visited, but still I felt empty without Feliciano's smile and bubbly attitude. One day Kiku came to the hospital with news.
"My family have decided we are moving back to Japan." Kiku didn't look me in the eyes.
"Vhat?" I blinked thinking I misheard my best friend.
"We decided as soon as we started receiving abuse from the public, some think us foreign traitors but I got my parents to agree to wait until Feliciano to wake up however…" Kiku's voice trailed saying more than words could.
"It's been two months and they can no longer vait." I sighed; one part of me feeling betrayed yet another side of me understanding because he was dealing with the consequences of his actions of helping the rest of us. "Feliciano vould understand it's not your fault we can skype you as soon as ve can and he would vant you to be happy vhich is no longer possible here."
"Thank you, I-I'm leaving now at least until I finish my education." Kiku stuttered seeming saddened he probably did not want to leave having lived here most of his life, it wasn't fair. "I'll visit you and Yao in the holiday's sometime."
"Ve will try to do the same." I nodded which seemed to surprise him. "What we are best friends and my grandfather would be willing to pay, we all owe it to you, Gilbert would have wanted to have died some sort of hero and weather intended or not the media made him out to have tried to hold off the monster while Toni and Matthew ran for help."
"Ow I am glad to have brought some relief." Kiku smiled it was small but it was more than enough from the passive boy. "Goodbye Ludwig, Feliciano." Kiku nodded before leaving the room on his way to the airport.
"Goodbye Kiku." I said as he left not noticing the Italian wake up at the same time.
"Ludwig? Kiku?" Feliciano mutter sleepy. "I had a nightmare but we can have pasta to make it all better, si?" The brunette muttered rubbing his eyes still not fully awake. "Ow pasta! Ludwig you're the best boyfriend ever!"
"You are awake!" I exclaimed uncharacteristically overjoyed at the Italian who seemed muddled as he subconsciously reached to the table next to him where my noddles from last night was still leftover.
"Mm hm." He tilted his head stuffing a handful in his mouth. "Did I miss something?"
"Dummkopf you scared me so much you were unconscious for two months." I kissed his check lightly over a small scar before closing the distance and hugging his small body, he was stronger than I gave him credit for; the doctors thought he would die but I knew he would pull through. "Never do that again!"
"Ludwig?" Feliciano pulled away seeming to wake up completely, looking around unsure, shaking in realisation of where he was and what he was hearing. "Where's fratello? Weren't we at Arthur's other house?"
"We are in hospital Feli." I told him as his eyes widened and his shaking worsened.
"I-It wasn't a dream? The monster? Fratello?" Feliciano questioned looking down at his arms, noticing tiny scars dotted here and there, it was his stomach that had the most damage not that it mattered to me but as he pulled up the top he was horrified.
"It was real only Yao, Kiku, Alfred, Arthur, me and you are still alive." I admitted as tears fell down his face quickly. "I am sorry, if only I was stronger or if we hosted it at your house like you wanted too."
"It's not your fault." Feliciano said as he began sobbing and dug his head onto my chest, the tears leaking through my top not that I would say anything, this was his moment. "Fratello! Mi fratello!" He bawled gripping onto me as I kissed the top of his head lovingly, drawing circles on his back trying to calm him down.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." I told him holding him closely not able to pass of the blame maybe if I did something or argued with Lovino less on the way there he wouldn't have had the headache and then left for a drink.
"Excuse my interruption?" Kiku bowed in the doorway. "I forgot my glasses here from my visit last night, if I could-"
"Kiku!" Feliciano jumped from me and the bed over to the Japanese boy hugging him tightly sobbing into him seeming happier to see him. I smiled at the two sadly I would miss the times like this.
Yao (present)
"Wow supper happy moment." Leon rolled his eyes sarcastically, he had learnt too much of his dry humour of Arthur and used it way too often. "What next the hospital blows up?"
"No aru! That would be horrible aru!" I made a cross and sent a prayer to the heavens against such a fought, all those people who would die.
"It was a joke Yao." Leon muttered kicking the floor. "It's not like this is real anyway."
"You take after Arthur too much aru." I told him with a gentle sigh as tears gathered in the corners of his eyes again though he was to wipe them away, now being his legal guardian I decided to go to the kitchen before coming back and handing him chocolate.
"What's this?" He sniffled.
"The best cure I know aru." I handed him with a small smile it had been a tough day for me too after we had become closer during the years we had alone everybody else dead and all our friends moving to retirement homes which we avoided like the plague. After all it was Arthur who cured my depression…
Yao
Ivan's funeral had been not three months ago and yet everybody acted as if it never happened, as if they never existed. Kiku had moved away about a month ago leaving me by myself at home holed up in my bedroom. Everybody else? They went to school carried on with their life without a second thought. It made me sick!
"Cousin Yao?" There was a knock at the door, it was Im, he was the only one I allowed in the room normally with food and water.
"It's unlocked aru." I sighed tired dragging myself to stand up and reach the door, in truth despite not leaving the room sleep evaded me; every time I closed my eyes I could hear the gunshot and see the life drain from his body until he had fallen to the floor, amethyst eyes wide open staring at me.
"Sorry." Im muttered and I looked up to see Arthur, my face dropped and my thoughts quickly went to screaming at them so they would leave and locking my door behind me. It seems Im had betrayed me too. I had been alone in this world ever since Ivan left.
"At least hear me out; it is harder getting up the stairs with crutches." Arthur tried a weak smile as I looked to the empty space of his air where his left leg just seemed to stop. "Please?"
"Sit down aru." I huffed pitying him even with all my attention he had lost a limb, I was never good enough not to save Ivan or to help Arthur, Kiku told me that Feliciano's body was covered in tiny scars it seems I failed there as well. "Im you can leave aru." My voice turned cold at the traitor.
"O-Okay I'm sorry da-ze." He muttered leaving quickly, closing the door behind him leaving the two of us alone.
"Don't blame him he refused the first ten time you would not bloody believe how much blackmailing I to threaten him with to even let me in the house." Arthur said falling onto the bed letting the crutches fall to the floor, sighing at the new found freedom. "Bloody sticks are so annoying it is like I am a puppet."
"Whatever aru." My back was on the bed looking straight up at the ceiling thoughtfully, all the dark thought swirling around. "What's it like aru?"
"What? Crutches?" Arthur frowned looking to me his emerald eyes seemed duller, no fight left in him. "They are a pain but what can I do?" He shrugged seeming uncaring or more like he didn't have the energy to care.
"No I meant school." My chocolate orbs met his emerald green, Arthur bit his lip playing with a bit of his messy blonde hair that had grown long, uncut just like mine.
"I have not been." The Brit admitted his eye looking out the window to a tree where a rope hung attached to a tire. "My parents are out of prison and Alfred is round my house nearly every day, Kiku skypes me most days too but…" Arthur trailed in a world of his own. "I should be grateful yet every time I try to sleep my dream are haunted by their faces, it was my holiday home maybe if I refused Alfred or did it at my actual home they will be alive. They blame me I see it in their eyes, it is my fault they are dead, I should have died with them, I do not deserve to live." He turned to me his eyes as wide as saucers. "You were able to help everybody, you saved both mine and Feliciano's life and kept Alfred alive too I owe you everything yet Ivan died in my house. I'm sorry Yao! I'm so, so sorry! Please stop avoiding everybody because of me-"
"Wait, stop aru." I cut him off confused. "You are saying sorry to me aru?" He nodded. "But you lost your leg and Francis died aru!" It made no sense it was all my fault. Why would I avoid him?
"Kiku told me I lost the leg as soon as it dug its claws into the tissue hitting bone, you saved my life Yao it is a wonder I am still alive, you are gifted with a talent." Arthur muttered. "I was useless and Francis' death is on me, his step-sister Monica made it more than clear you were a hero and everybody's deaths were my fault, have you not seen the news recently?"
"I haven't left my room aru." I told him surprised; I thought everything had been dealt with after Kiku and Im's intervention, then again in this world nothing was solved neatly. "It isn't your fault though aru."
"Here I came to say sorry but look, it is you bloody comforting me, uh maybe the damn therapist is right." Arthur muttered rubbing the tears from his eyes.
"Therapist aru?" I questioned the boy who just laughed in a manner that was dead and hallow it wasn't anything a laugh was meant to be.
"I am messed up Yao." He explained to me. "They say it is depression all of us had to go at first but Alfred, Ludwig and Kiku were cleared after the first session."
"Im did mention something about it aru…" I thought back trying to remember when really everything was just a stupid blur I didn't care. "Maybe next time you go I'll come with you aru."
"What? Are you not angry with me? Do you not want me dead?" Arthur blinked at me baffled as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Nobody talks about them, it is as if they think we would break down at any second so they tip toe around us, with Ivan gone is that not what you were doing?"
"No aru!" I hit him earning a look of pure shock. "I'm not angry with you and defiantly don't want you dead aru! Do you know how much effort I put in too keep you alive aru? You are all Alfred had left; he chose you over his brother though he never said it aru! Francis would laugh at you for acting like this knowing him he would pretend to be glad you aren't up there with him aru!" I snapped at Arthur unable to keep quite at how stupid he was acting beating himself up over something that wasn't his fault. Westerners were idiots!
"Then why are you avoiding school and locked up in here?" Arthur muttered his green eyes glue to the scarlet carpet next to the double bed covered in dragon printed covers. "Ivan would not want you moping about him your entire life, he was trying to protect you and he did. Do not waste his sacrifice, he would have wanted you to live a happy life." His words stroke a cord and he reached down for his crutches before hobbling to my desk writing down something on a blanc piece of paper something before leaving without a goodbye. His word's echoed in my head; Ivan would want me to be happy. Was I disrespecting Ivan?
"Stupid Brit making me doubt myself aru." I mumbled looking towards the door despite him being long gone, not long after that I moved to the desk curious to see what he left bothered to write before leaving.
I am not saying forget; never forget just give life a chance because your never alone - Arthur
Below that was the address and date of his next appointment, it was in an hour.
"狗屁(Shit!) Im we are leaving I need you to drop me off aru!" I sprinted down the stairs grabbing my very surprised cousin and hurried out the door hoping the traffic wasn't too bad. If this is what you would have wanted Ivan I'll try, just for you.
Yao (present)
"Okay now is that the end?" He asked impatiently, heartless idiot!
"No, not yet aru." I sighed my bones were too old for this and I moved to the kitchen to sit down. "Patience is a virtue you know aru?"
"Ow Yao!" He whined. "You sound like Arthur! Be cool and just let me let off my fireworks!"
"Yes, yes I am sure Arthur will love you respecting him by letting off his favourite firework aru." I rolled my eyes at the memory of him setting off the same firework when he was twelve and had just moved in but instead of going outside he let them off in the living room, setting the whole house on fire.
"It was one time!" He complained.
"Yes, yes aru." I smiled at him, glad that Arthur had agreed to adopting him; after Ivan I never fell in love again and never thought of adoption but Leon had been healing not just for Arthur, but me too. "We love you, you know that aru?"
"Jez dad I know." Leon rolled his eyes. "Just go on with the stories it's almost eight o'clock!"
"Well to be honest you now everything that happens next aru." I sighed truthfully it was nothing out of the usual.
"Ludwig proposed to Feliciano at prom, who agreed the two going on to collage afterwards and marrying in their second year. Feliciano stayed at home after that since he insisted in adopting a child called Lucas for Lovino and Antonio while Ludwig went to collage studying law until he became a lawyer. He became very respected and fought in particular for gay rights or cases involving cover ups by the government, Feliciano also managed to get him to agree to adopt a small homeless girl named Heidi that came across there house searching in the bins one day aru."
"Alfred adopted a baby for him and Arthur in their last year of university; unfortunately for him he accidentally adopted twin boys which when Arthur pointed out the mistake he kicked his head in not mentioning his secret glee. Arthur was at home anyway having studied English at University and went on to become a international author while Alfred became a solider in the army after failing his last year in astrophysics. Arthur wasn't very happy about him risking his life but accepted that it was Alfred's choice and ended up supporting him though made him promise to run away before getting killed, Alfred didn't die from combat but well, he had more than enough calls where he didn't runaway and Arthur went off on pizza buying sprees using Alfred's pay check. The children never minded those type of arguments. Alfred also came home to a surprise one day in the form of baby Aurora who had been Arthur's oldest sister's child but sadly she gave her up not able to cope after her boyfriend left her during the pregnancy aru."
"Lastly cousin Kiku finished his education in Japan where he met Hercules; the two bonded over their love of cats and eventually moved over to the England next door to Feliciano and Ludwig and opposite Arthur's. Hercules worked at the local museum with an unusually strong passion for history while Kiku worked hard on his manga not that you wouldn't know that aru..." I looked to Leon smirking who blushed embarrassed and looked away.
"Nothing wrong with a bit of manga." He said not looking me in the eyes.
"You are right, used to read more than my fair share back when I was your age aru." I agreed. "For me I live here with Arthur though I used to live next door before you came along and we both agreed on looking after you aru."
"You went to university and became a doctor and never fell in love again, see I know this." Leon grinned proudly of himself, I smacked the cocky idiot.
"A happy ending I guess aru." My eyes turned to the wall where there hung a picture of Ivan taken only a few nights before."Do you mind if I have a quick nap before we start the fireworks actually, I just feel so tired aru..."
"YAO!"I heard a scream as my body fell yet this did not feel like sleeping it was slightly painful, then numbing, I felt strangely free in the complete darkness that followed afterwards.
"Kitty?" A familiar voice made me turn around to see him standing in the middle of the darkness, my face lit up.
"Ivan aru!" I yelled running over to him and hugging him tightly. "Never leave me again aru!"
"Love you too." He kissed me before I pulled back in surprised realising I appeared to be sixteen all over again. "Did you ever find someone else, da?" He questioned ignoring my confusion, his eyes were looking slightly sad though it was only a passing sign of hurt in those beautiful, beautiful eyes.
"No I only ever loved once aru." My smile seemed infectious as we kissed once more.
"True love~" Francis sighed making me jump looking behind me where everybody seemed to be waiting. "Just like me and Joan ~"
"You took forever literally, how long did you want to take bastard?" Lovino cursed as Toni kissed the fiery brunette who stood next to his more peaceful brother and stone faced husband whose arm was tightly wound around Feliciano's waist.
"It has been an unawesome amount of time." Gilbert rolled his eyes as Matthew hit him telling him to be quiet.
"Ivan never believed me that you never fell in love." Arthur rolled his eyes at Russian as Alfred laced their hands.
"Ivan aru?" I turned around hurt.
"Someone as beautiful as Yao would have lots of admirers, da?" Ivan played with his fingers seeming dismayed.
"He wouldn't believe any of us." Kiku sighed.
"Why is it hard to believe that I only love you aru?" I questioned taking his hand as my own.
"Aw!" Feliciano smiled bouncing on the spot.
"Come on dude kiss him!" Alfred shouted as he did that to a surprised Arthur, not that he argued kissing back with enough strength that it felt intimate and I looked away uncomfortable, looking up to Ivan unsure of what he wanted.
"Kiss, kiss, kiss..." They chanted in the background yet all I could see was him as our lips met and our new life began.
NOTE: Okay I am no good at endings... So you get to see what happens after (Alfred & Arthur, Kiku & Ludwig & Feliciano, Yao & Arthur and hinted Leon & Yao & Arthur) then an overall of what they did with their lives if you don't get the pizza reference look back to my over story Bun :P After that Yao died... but he got to see everyone especially Ivan! Happy ending with him, also Francis got Joan and Kiku was with Hercules so whoop!
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Characters
Leon - Hong Kong
Joan - Joan'd arc
Children - OC's