Gilbert sighed out a small yawn as he walked downstairs, letting Matthew sleep over for now. He went to the front door and picked up a newspaper. The war was over….it was finally over. Matthew had come downstairs unbeknownst to Gilbert and wrapped his arms around the Albino's waist and smiled

"Morning Gil~" He cooed sleepily, making the albino jump

"M-Mattie Look!" He said, turning to the blonde and showing him the paper

"O-Oh my goodness...It...It's finally over~ Gilbert your not the enemy anymore!" He said happily, jumping up and wrapping his arms around the Prussian's neck, kissing him lovingly. Gilbert smiled happily, leading Matthew inside and closing the door behind him

"How about you make us some coffee...I'm going to see if I can call West." He said softly, realizing he'd walked out on his brother what seemed to be forever ago and it pretty much was. It was almost a year ago… Matthew nodded

"Of course Gilbert. You haven't seen him in so long. I'll call Alfred too and see how he is." Gilbert nodded

"Ja…" He quickly sat down and pulled his cell out of the table by the couch. He hadn't had it out or turned on in forever. He had been using the one Matthew had given him. This one didn't have service here anyways. He pulled both phones out and dialed his brother's number. Suddenly on the other phone about two hundred calls, texts, and messages popped up. So many were from his brother with things like

"Where the hell are you?"

"Gilbert, pick up please…"

"What happened? Are you okay?"

"Are...are you alive."

"Please come home Gilbert."

"Bruder I need you.."

Gilbert's heart sank as he read through the messages from his brother, tears starting to fight their way out of his eyes. He listened as the phone rang, gulping slightly

"P-Please pick up…" He muttered softly. When the ringing stopped he waited for a moment and then a small

"Ciao…" Was heard from the other end

"F-Feli? Is that you?" a small gasp was heard on the other end

"Gilbert! Si! Si it is me! Dios Mio where have you been!" The petite Italian worried, obviously shaken

"I'm fine Feli. Where is West." Silence on the other end

"L-Luddy…" He said softly, earning a groan from another person in the room

"H-He's hurt real bad right now Gilbert….I've been taking care of him and Kiku for the past few weeks...They're both hurt. Especially Japan…" He said softly, a small whimper escaping

"C-Can you come home Gilbert...Please...I-I need your help…" He said softly, whimpering and crying softly as Gilbert's mouth remained slightly ajar

"J-Ja...I'll get on a plane as soon as I can…" He said softly, shuddering with a small gulp

"I'll be home soon okay." He said reassuringly. Feli sniffed

"S-Si...Grazie…" He said softly, whimpering softly as Gilbert hung up. Gilbert's body was visably shaking as he let the phone fall to the couch. Matthew came into the room, his face as pale as a sheet as he looked over at Gilbert

"H-How bad…." He muttered, his body shivering a bit. Gilbert bit his lip, holding back his tears so hard that he felt his body go numb, he couldn't speak or he would cry but he had to.

"B-Bad…" was all he managed to get out before Matthew ran over and wrapped his arms around Gilbert, crying into his shoulder

"G-Gilbert I'm so sorry…" He whimpered in between sobbs. Gilbert suddenly wondered who else was hurting right now that Matthew cared about...Alfred, Ivan, Francis, Arthur...One of them could have been affected, apparently the end had been hard on everyone. Gilbert finally calmed himself and Matthew down enough to speak

"I'm taking a plane back to Germany in an hour. I'll be back as soon as I patch things up with mein bruder." He said, kissing him gently. Matthew nodded

"I'm going to New York. That's where Alfred is now. I'm taking a plane to get there faster." He said, kissing him gently

"Let's get packing then Mattie~" He Gilbert cooed, petting his hair and sighing softly as they both got up and walked upstairs.

~Time Lapse~

Gilbert held Matthew's hand as they walked through the airport when they finally got to the place that they were going to separate and board their planes Matthew turned to Gilbert

"S-See you in two weeks." He said softly. Gilbert smiled softly

"Ja. Two weeks. I have my phone if you need to call me." he said softly, kissing him gently. Matthew smiled sweetly and nodded with another small goodbye before Gilbert pulled him into a soft and passionate kiss

"I love you Gilbert."

"I love you too Matthew~" He cooed, kissing him gently as they finally went their separate ways. Gilbert boarded the plane and after a while they finally took off. Gilbert dozed off on the plane and when he woke up they had arrived in Germany. Gilbert got off the plane, rushed through the airport, stopping for a quick snack to ease his stomach and soon getting in a cab. When he arrived at his brother's home and knocked on the door it was answered by a very sleepy looking Feliciano Vargas, in only a loose fitting tee and some underwear

"C-Ciao...Gilbert~" He cooed happily through a yawn, going over and hugging the Prussian weakly. Gilbert smiled a little bit for the Italian, he always thought Feli was cute but he never really had the feelings for him that his bruder had. He hugged him back gently, carefully, hoping not to break his fragile little figure.

"Hallo Feli. Gott you look like you haven't slept at all." He said softly, pulling back and carefully brushing a strand of hair from his face to reveal sleepy amber eyes with dark circles under them

"I haven't been able to. I've been looking after Japan and Germany…" He said softly, yawning a bit, stepping aside and letting Gilbert in. Gilbert smiled happily as their German Shepherd Blitzkrieg came up to him with a small bark. Gilbert chuckled softly and leaned down, petting the dog playfully

"Hallo buddy~" He cooed sweetly before standing back up. Blitzkrieg whined and trotted up the stairs to Ludwig's bedroom. Gilbert followed him and went to the door. The big German Shephard was laying next to Ludwig's leg as he lay sleeping in his bed, or what appeard to be sleep, his face was twisted up in pain as he lay their. Feli walked over to the side of his bed and put a hand on his forehead. That was when Gilbert noticed a big bruise on Feli's leg and another on his arm and a few more on the back of his neck. Gilbert went over to Feli and got his arm which also had a bruise on it

"Feli...What happened to you?" He asked. Feli whimpered

"G-Germany got mad when you left Gilbert...His boss made him go crazy for a while...He took out his anger on me…" He muttered softly, pulling his shirt off and revealing a few more bruises on his back and sides. Gilbert's eyes widened as he gently placed a hand on one on his back

"Mein gott…" He muttered softly, gulping a little as he looked over at his brother.

"W-What about Kiku…" he asked, looking up at him. Feli put his shirt on and led him to the guest bedroom where Kiku was. He was laying up on the bed, his torso almost completely enveloped in bandages

"W-What happened to him..?" He asked softly, looking down at the injured country. Feli sighed

"When America bombed his country Kiku was effected. He has two big wounds on his back." He said softly, putting a hand on Kiku's chest with a sigh

"Will you help me change his bandages?" He asked, looking over at Gilbert. Gilbert nodded and helped Feli take the bandages, leaving him on his back. Gilbert looked down at the two gaping wounds on his back, one on his left shoulder and the other in the middle of his back. Gilbert's face was absolute shock

"Oh mein gott…" He muttered, his fingers gently touching his skin slightly

"Si...It's very bad.." He said softly. Kiku suddenly woke up, looking up at Gilbert

"O-Oh...Gilbert-san…" He muttered, smiling a little bit and looking up at him. Gilbert gave him a small smile. Gilbert smiled softly

"Hallo Kiku~" He said softly. Kiku sighed

"I..I got hurt." He said softly, as if ashamed of his current position on the bed. Feli started to change his bandages and wrapped it around him. Gilbert helped him do this. When they lay Kiku on his back he cringed a bit.

"I'm sorry...I hate for you to see me like this. You should go see your brother." Kiku said softly. Gilbert nodded

"Feel better okay." He said, slowly walking out of the room and going back to his brother's room. The blonde was awake now, sitting up and looked over at his brother when he walked in

"Gilbert?" He asked lightly, looking up at him with wide eyes. Gilbert smiled and walked over to the side of his brother's bed and smiled as he kneeled down beside his bed

"Ja. Hallo bruder." He said, kneeling down and smiling a bit as he rubbed his brother's hand.

"How are you feeling?" He asked

"A lot better now that you're here~" He said softly, smiling a little bit as he looked to his brother. His blue eyes were full of pain and suffering and there were dark circles under his eyes

"What happened to you?" he asked. Ludwig wrapped his arms around his brother, hugging him tight

"I-It was my boss...I-I-I'm so sorry…" He said softly. Suddenly Gilbert was reminded of his brother as a child, clinging to his shirt like when he was scared or hurt and Gilbert was there to comfort him

"It's okay Ludwig~ It's alright~" He cooed, petting the mess of blonde hair beneath him

"It wasn't your fault~" He cooed. Gilbert moved and sat on the bed beside him. Ludwig looked up at him

"Also...I wanted to give you something…" He said, going over to the bedside table and opened it up, pulling out a box and handing it to him

"If you ever propose to Matthew. Give him this." He said softly, looking into his brother's eyes

"I was wrong about the two of you. I figured out a while ago that you had gone over to his place. I'm sorry if I stood in the way of your love. Feli didn't let that Armistice pact with the Allies get in the way of our relationship. I shouldn't have let the Allies get in the way of you and your Matthew~" He said sweetly, rubbing his hand

"I want you to be together." He cooed, smiling a little. Gilbert smiled softly and pet his hair

"Danke Ludwig. Danke so much~" He cooed sweetly. Ludwig smiled sleepily, looking up at Gilbert as he rested back on the pillow of the bed

"Now. Go home. Go back to your lover I'll be fine." He said softly, looking up at him

"Feli will take care of me...I have to make some things up to him...I...I assume you saw the bruises…" He said softly, sighing softly. Gilbert smiled softly and stroked his hair

"Alright. I will. Only if you promise that your alright here with Feli." He said, smiling softly. Ludwig nodded and smiled

"Ja I am fine." He said softly.

"Okay. I'll see you later~" He cooed sweetly.

~Time Lapse~

Gilbert stared out the window of the airplane, twisting and twirling the little box around in his hand, opening it up as the flight attendant came by, revealing a little ring in it.

"Do you need anything sir?" She asked. Gilbert snapped out of his trance and looked up at her

"Nei..I mean...No I'm fine…" He said softly, smiling up at her, tired appearance showing completely

"Are you going to be proposing to a special someone anytime soon?" She asked, gesturing to the ring. Gilbert looked back at the box with a small smile

"Ja...Mein Little Birdy~" He cooed dreamily, smiling as he looked at the little diamond in the box.