I do not own Hetalia okay? I am thankful for all you who have read and faved and reviewed this so far. I don't have anything else to say so enough of this A/N, on with the fic!
February 14th 1918
(from the diary of Matthew Williams)
Al had arranged a romantic day for Natalya so he sent me over to Katyusha's with the children. She agreed to do so of course, she loves those kids as much as I do. I did give her a bouquet of pink carnations and some chocolates. I did make sure to make sure it was an odd number. Al warned me of the mishap he had giving Natalya a dozen sunflowers when he first dated out Ivan didn't tell him that even numbers of flowers are seen as a death wish and yellow isn't seen to well either. Although I don't think she'd have the same reaction, but the meaning at this time, isn't a good one. Honestly it's not like I am trying to court Katyusha, I just think she shouldn't get something. She's a sweetheart. She's the one who suggested I take up wood carving as a way to help cope with what happened and it seems to be helping, a little maybe. I don't have as many flashbacks but that's mainly when the trolley goes by. It's pretty regular so I know when that is coming and I can tell myself that "no, it is not something to worry about." Things like trucks backfiring, someone lighting off fireworks, things like that when I don't know it is going to happen cause those. I guess that's why I didn't have an issue with the fireworks back on the fourth of July but I was not expecting ones on New Year's so I had a bad flashback then. Back during the war, I swear a barrage came almost at the strike of midnight on the New Year. Some of those krauts can be crafty.
As I put Ivan, Anya and (to much resistance) Nikolai to bed, I have to wonder if I would ever have children of my own because of this. Katyusha says any woman would be lucky to have me. Well thing is she knows me so she sees past the limp and the injury and the depression and the flashbacks. That's also if the shrapnel hasn't hit me in an unfortunate place either. Doctors say it didn't but it got a little too close for my liking. Don't get me wrong, I love Al's kids to death and love being their uncle but I want to make him an uncle too. Katy says to focus one day at a time for now and I guess I'll try that. She's picked up a lot since she did that stint as a nurse in England.
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