"W-What!" Feliciano exclaimed as he stared at his older brother with both shock and confusion. He couldn't believe that his brother was going to be leaving so soon after he had gotten here. "B-But…" Feliciano could feel tears forming in his eyes as he stared at his brother with disbelief. Why was his brother leaving so soon? Lovino looked down to keep from looking his brother in the eyes. He didn't want to see his little brother crying since he was going to leave.

"I'm sorry Feliciano," Lovino softly apologized. Feliciano looked down as he clenched his hands, gripping his pant legs. Feliciano wanted to tell his brother so much about his life. He wanted to make Lovino his favorite foods and just get to know his brother.

"W…When are you l-leaving?"

"Tomorrow morning…."

"T-That soon?"

"Si…" Lovino felt bad that he would be leaving his brother so soon since he had wanted to get to know him, but he didn't want to go to that hell hole again. That was the one place he didn't want to end up back in. Feliciano felt his tears finally flowing out as he looked up at his brother, trying to smile even though he was crying.

"T-Then w-will you wait for me to b-bring you something i-in the morning?" Feliciano asked. Lovino looked up and looked at his brother in confusion.

"B-Bring me something?" he asked, seeing both surprised and flattered that his brother would do something like that for him. Feliciano nodded as he tried to wipe the tears from his eyes.

"I… I want to b-bring you something…. P-please?"

"Alright… I'll wait for as long as I can Feliciano…" Lovino knew that he wouldn't be able to wait for long in the morning, but if it meant that much to Feliciano he would wait. Feliciano smiled as brightly as he could at his brother.

"Grazie fratello!" Lovino nodded as his brother hugged him. He didn't try to push him off though. He knew Feliciano wanted to hug him and, after all, this was probably the last that they would see each other for awhile. "I-I p-promise to… to be there i-in time!"

Feliciano was sobbing by this point. He had waited so long to see his brother again and, now, he was being taken away from him again. Lovino, eventually, hugged his brother back in a means to comfort his little brother. Again, he didn't like to be hugged since it brought back painful memories, but he would cast those things aside for his brother. It was his brother after all. Even when they were children, Feliciano always seemed to know when a hug was needed and when one wasn't. That was the weird thing about Feliciano, or at least to Lovino it was.

"Lovi," Antonio softly said as he walked into the room where Feliciano and Lovino were. "We need to go if we want to get you some clothes." Lovino looked over at Antonio and nodded before looking back at Feliciano.

"Feliciano… I have to go…" Lovino commented. Feliciano sniffled with a nod before pulling away from his brother.

"P-Promise?" asked the younger Italian as he held out his pinky to his brother. Lovino nodded as he linked his pinky with Feliciano's, making the younger Italian smile with his brightest smile of all. It made him happy that his brother would make a promise with him after so many years. "Ve~" The younger Italian hugged his brother again before running upstairs. Lovino was a bit confused but only stood up and walked out of the house with Antonio.

0-0-0

Lovino sighed as he waited for his brother to come, wearing the pirate outfit that Antonio had given to him. Antonio, Gilbert, and Francis were making the final preparations before setting sail. Lovino was starting to wonder if his brother would be coming at all with this long wait.

"Lovi…" Antonio said as he walked up to the Italian with a regretful look on his face. "It's time to go." Lovino sighed as he looked back out to where Feliciano was going to come from before turning towards Antonio.

"…kay…" Lovino sighed as he followed Antonio towards the ship. Lovino wondered where Feliciano could be. If it was something important to Feliciano to give him something, then why was his little brother breaking his own promise? It didn't matter now since he was going to be leaving.

"F…Fratello…!" Lovino heard a weak voice call for him, making him stop and turn towards it. Though he didn't like seeing Ludwig standing there but his face paled as he saw his brother being carried by the muscular German.

"F-Feliciano!" Lovino ran over to where his brother was, standing on the side so he could see Feliciano but was concerned when he saw his brother's cheeks flushed red. "A-are you alright?"

"Ve…~ I-I'm okay…" Feliciano softly replied as he kept his head on Ludwig's back with a weak yet sincere smile on his face. Before Lovino could say anything, Feliciano handed him a medium-sized package with a closed envelop attached to the top of it. "T-This is for you f-fratello…"

"G-Grazie Feliciano…" Lovino took the package from Feliciano, making sure the envelop wouldn't fly away. "Just get better, okay?" Feliciano smiled with a nod before covering his mouth and coughing. Lovino patted his brother on the head before walking back over to Antonio and slightly turning towards Ludwig, glaring at him. "I swear that if you let anything happen to my little brother I'll personally come and give you a piece of my mind!"

Ludwig sighed. "Understood…" he wasn't going to argue with Lovino since he had promised Feliciano he wouldn't. Lovino glared at Ludwig for a few more seconds before following Antonio onto the ship.

"Ciao Fratello…" Feliciano softly said as he weakly waved to his brother. Lovino slightly turned and waved back before getting onto the ship. Feliciano smiled as he watched the ship slowly set sail out of the harbor.

"Feliciano…."

"Yes Ludwig?"

"You didn't want him to go, ja?"

"I didn't…"

"Then why didn't you just beg him to stay?" Ludwig asked, wondering why Feliciano didn't insist that his brother stay, especially since Feliciano and Lovino hadn't seen each other for such a long time. Feliciano snuggled into Ludwig's back, making the German blush a bit at it.

"I… could tell that Fratello... needed to go…" Feliciano softly replied as he slowly started to drift off to sleep. "I… could just… tell…" With those last words Feliciano fell asleep against Ludwig's back. The German smiled a bit. He didn't blame Feliciano for falling asleep. He was sick after all. He turned around and headed back to the house.

0-0-0

"Are you going to read the letter Lovi?" Antonio asked as he walked into his room where Lovino was sitting on the bed, staring at the present his brother gave him. Lovino said nothing as he continued to just stare. He wanted to open it, but he couldn't read so there wasn't really any point to it. "Lovi?"

"No…." Lovino finally replied after awhile.

"Why not? Feli worked so hard to make it for you." Antonio was confused on why Lovino didn't want to open the letter. He would've thought that Lovino would enjoy reading the letter that his little brother wrote and got sick over. That's when it clicked. "Lovi…" Antonio walked over to the bed and saw on the edge of it. "…can you not read?"

Lovino looked away a bit but nodded. "I-I can't…." Once again Antonio had a look that it was the worse thing in the world. He hugged Lovino, rubbing his back.

"Ah! That's so horrible mi amor!" Lovino said nothing as Antonio hugged him. With the thickness of the letter, Lovino knew Feliciano wrote a lot that night. It was probably also Feliciano got sick in the first place. "Would you like me to read it for you?" Lovino shook his head. "I-I see…"

Antonio seemed to understand why Lovino didn't want him to read it. After all, it was a letter from his brother and there were probably important things in there that he wanted to read himself. Antonio stood up as he looked over at his table there before smiling cheerfully and turning back to Lovino.

"Would you like me to teach you to read?" he offered brightly. Lovino looked up at Antonio.

"T-Teach me…?" Lovino asked, seeming slightly confused.

"Si~ I can teach you to read if you really want me too~" Antonio seemed extremely happy to say this. It'd give him an excuse to spend more time with Lovino if the Italian agreed. Lovino was silent for several minutes.

"C-Can you..?"

"Of course~" Antonio hugged Lovino again. "I'd be more than happy to~" Lovino blushed as he nodded. He was glad that he would be able learn how to read again. He didn't really know how he was able to keep himself from not needing to read for things.

Lovino remembered when he was able to read that he would be beat for doing so, being told that he needed to learn to tell what they were without reading it. That took a few days to actually get the hang of and it was a brutal time as well. Now he'd be able to learn to read again, which was even better. Though, he hoped that they wouldn't be caught since he didn't want to be back in that hell hole. He knew that he would probably keep wondering how long he'd be able to hide, but he would try to keep himself from being found. He wanted to stay with Antonio and not be back to people using him like before.

"I have to go back outside Lovi," Antonio commented as he took Lovino's hand and placed a gentle kiss on it. "But I'll come back a little later."

"O-Okay…" Lovino mumbled. Antonio nodded as he set Lovino's hand back down before exiting the room. Lovino stared at the door that Antonio had gone through before opening the package part of Feliciano's present. Inside was a hand knitted scarf, gloves, and hat that were all white. They were fairly well done for seeming like they had been made in a hurry.

Lovino smiled a bit as he looked down at them. Stupid Feliciano… he thought with a slight teasing. He held them close to him. Grazie…

Lovino yawned as he laid down on the bed, still holding the present close as he slowly fell asleep. His brother was still the same and was happy, that was all that mattered to him right now. Hopefully all of this would be over with so he could go back and talk with his brother someday.

A/N: Not as long as I was originally going to make it, but I thought it was a nice short sweet chapter. So~ I ended it with it being on that note.