[PROLOUGE]

As Austria was working on some business that he had to deal with in his office. He decided that he would look if his so called "maid" called "Italy" was finished with cleaning up the hallway. Austria got up from his chair and opened the door. To his utter disappointment, The hallway still wasn't clean, and his "maid" wasn't here! Austria felt as if anger was rising up above him. He scanned the whole entire mansion to see if the little nation was anywhere in sight. Unfortunately, the little nation wasn't in the mansion. Austria came to the conclusion that Italy wasn't in the mansion, and that he was probably outside. He left the mansion and went to the first place that he could think of, the garden. As Austria was walking down the path that lead him into the garden, he could see that his "maid," Italy was there. But, with someone else... It was none other than the Holy Roman Empire. Usually, he would be doing other things than to hang out with other nations, but why was he with Italy? Austria rushed over to them and yanked Italy by the ear.

"What in the world are you brat doing here!? I asked you to clean the hallway, and you just snuck off onto god knows what with friends, instead of helping me do chores! When we get back, you'll go straight to cleaning that hallway that I asked you to do!" Austria dragged Italy back into the mansion while Holy Rome was just watching the two. He had a sad expression on his face, he was sad that Italy wasn't here. So he left the garden to hang out with the other nations.

Austria threw Italy on the ground and just, began to scowl at him.
"Why the hell were you doing outside when I percisley told you to clean up the damn hallway!? You're so useless to me!" Italy snapped right then and there. It felt as if that was the final straw that tears began to form on the corners of Italy's eyes and he began to yell and scream at his master.
"THAT'S IT! I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU! I CAN'T DEAL WITH A SINGLE DAY OF YOU YELLING AT ME OVER THE LITTLEST OF THINGS! I HATE YOU! YOU HEAR ME!? I HATE YOU!'' Austria immediatley slapped Italy on the face, causing Italy to cry in despair. Austria put his foot on top of italy and began to shout.
"HOW DARE YOU TALK BACK TO ME! NO WONDER WHY PEOPLE DON'T REALLY WANT TO HANG OUT WITH YOU! THEY JUST PITY YOU! YOU'RE NOTHING! NO ONE WANTS YOU!" Due to the pressure that was being put on Italy. It made it really difficult for the little boy to breath. Italy said in a raspy voice, "They do care about me, especially Holy Rome..." Austria picked up Italy from the ground, allowing the boy to catch up on his breathing. He took Italy into a pitch black room and threw him in there.
"Hopefully this will teach you on how to not talk back to others!" He locked the door, leaving Italy in the room crying uncontrollably...

[~Time Skip~ Now Austria and Hungary are having dinner.]

While the two nations were having dinner, Hungary was curious on what italy did wrong that made Austria to lock him up in a dark room. She broke the silence and said, "Mr. Austria? Why did you put Italy in a dark room?"
Austria responds, "Bceause he talked back to me, AND, he refused to clean up the hallway when I asked him to."
"But don't you think that he's had enough? Give him some time outside."
"No, he will stay in that room until the next day, a rule is a rule! And you need to follow it and get used to it!"
"Alright then..."

[Night Time: So, currently, Austria is sleeping, but Hungary is still awake.]

Hungary tip-toed her way downstairs into the kitchen where she left some left overs from dinner. Luckily, she found the keys to the room and unlocked it. When she opened the door, she saw Italy in a ball silently weeping. Hungary whispered to him, "Hey Italy, I have some food for you. Here." She hands Italy the food, Italy gladly accepts it and he hugs Hungary.
"Thank you! Thank you! I wouldn't know what to do without you Miss. Hungary!"
"Shhhh! Austria is sleeping, he might hear us."
"Oh, what time is it? I forgot."
"It's 11:23 P.M. you should go to sleep now."
"Okay, good night!"
"Good night..."
Hungary closed the door. Leaving Italy sleep the night away peacefully...

[~The Next Day`]

Austria woke up from his sleep and immediatley went to the room where Italy was at. He opened the door and realized that Italy was still asleep.
"Italy Veniziano, It's 10:00 in the morning! You can get out of the room now!" Italy dashed out of the room, thankful that the punishment was already over. Italy was ready to hear what Austria wants him to do. Instead, Austria says, "You only have one task for today, you have to clean the kitchen, then you can have the rest of the day off." Then, Austria left Italy with the cleaning supplies that he needed and went to his office where he was ususally at. It baffeled Italy that he only gave him one task. So, he tresured it. He ended up finishing cleaning up the kitchen faster than he imagined it would be. While Italy was on break, He asked Austria if he could go outside to see Holy Rome, luckily, he said yes. So Italy left to go and find Holy Rome. It didn't took Italy a lot of time to find Holy Rome, but, he saw him talking to someone, it looked like a soldier, and there were more than he expected. He went up to him with a smile on his face.
"Holy Rome! I'm so happy to see you!-"
"Wait!"
Holy Rome stopped Italy from running into him, luckily it was in the nick of time that he stopped at the perfect moment.
"Why do you always run up to me like that?!" It doesn't make sense!'
"Uh... What?"
Italy saw the soldiers that he saw earlier running right by Holy Rome.
"I'm leaving! So now you don't have to be afraid of me anymore!"
Italy felt as if his heart was being split in half. Was Austria really right that his friends just pity him because he was lonely?
"Wait! Don't leave me! What will I do without you!? Don't leave me! NO!"
Holy Rome looked back at Italy, Italy gave Holy Rome his push broom
"Here, have this, maybe this will help you remember me!"
"But, how can a push broom help me remember you?-"
Then, it hit Holy Rome. All of those memories he had with Italy, they were meaningful to him, and he would usually have a push broom with him! It all made sense to him now...
"Holy Rome accepted the push broom and said, "Si, i would be honored to have your push broom!"
"Thank you..."
"Well, now that I think about it, I feel like I should give you something in return as well. What do people do when they like each other?"
"I don't know, kiss, I think?"
Holy Rome finally knew what to do. He leaned his face towards Italy and planted a kiss on his lips, it didn't take long until Italy gave in. The kiss only lasted for a few minuets, Holy Rome broke the kiss and said, "Well, I must be going now, farewell..." As Holy Rome left, Italy waved back at him happily.
"When you get back, I promise to make you tasty treats from when you get back, I know we'll see each other again! I know it!
Holy Rome waved back at Italy and shouted, "No matter how much time passes, you'll always be my most favorite person in the whole world!"

[10 years later]

Italy was now 15 years old, he only had a few more years until he was finally free from being with Austria. And Hungary? She was nice and caring to him, she was like a mom to Italy, but living with Austria made it feel like hell to italy. He usually describes it as "a game of dodgeball" where he would try his best to not upset him, but if he did. It usually felt like getting hit with the ball. He hated that feeling. Italy has snapped a few times it was quite rare for him to snap, it was usually caused by Austria. If Austria got on Italy's nerves, it was likely that he could snap at any moment. But today, it was different. It's wasn't Austria that got on Italy's nerves this time who caused this whole mess... it's was someone else other than that...

While Italy was cleaning up some of the rooms that were in the mansion, he heard a noise.
"DIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGG DOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGGGG!"
"COOOOMMMMMIIIINNNGGGGG!"
Italy rushed downstairs to get the door. He opened the door, only to see France and Hungary with really sad looks.
"Is Holy Rome here? Can I see him!?"
France says, "Well, about him... it's just that..." France couldn't think of any words other than that something horrible happened to him...
"Well? Is he here?"
France couldn't take it anymore, he sheds a tear and says, "H-Holy Rome i-is... d-dead.-"
Italy felt as if his world was falling apart. he couldn't believe what France was saying. Holy Rome promised him that he would come back, how could he do this!?
[Italy's POV]
This can't be! He can't be dead! He's still alive! I just know that he is! No... They're lying! They have to pay... THEY HAVE TO PAY!
[Normal POV]
In a flash of a second, Italy got on top of France and began to attack him.
"YOU KNOW NOTHING! HE'S STILL ALIVE! I KNOW IT!"
Italy was practically trying to kill him. Hungary tried to get Italy off from France, but it was no use.
After what seems to be 15 minuets, Italy finally got off of France, leaving him with bruises and slap marks on his face and body.
But since that day, Italy changed his entire persona. From wearing a green puffy dress, to wearing a brown suit with a tiny hat on his head. He was no longer the happy, sweet, and lovable character that he once was. he was now a lost, messed up human being who nobody wanted to talk to. People still believe that Italy is a heartless person, but in reality, Italy didn't know why he was acting this way, was it to be cool, or to defend himself? No one really knows, even him.

Fun fact of the day: this was posted on New Year's Day, so, Happy New year's ^ ^

So, this fanfiction was an original idea that I had back in October of 2019. This story was originally published in late December of 2019. But due to the story having a TON of errors. I had to delete the original draft. So, this is more of a re-mastered version of the AU. I hope you guys can understand. ^ ^