I don't own Hetalia. Please read/like/follow/review and whatever else. I promise I'll get back into writing more; life just got the better of me for the past few months.

I sat there for a long while after my younger brother stormed out. I was numb. Empty. I didn't know what I had done – or rather, what he thought I had done. I knew that in the end this was going to be a bad idea, and yet, I went with it. Making someone jealous and upset is definitely not a way to win them over, but it was too late for that now.

I played the scene over and over in my mind, trying to pick it apart. What was the part that had set him off? What do each subtle gestures and facial expressions symbolize, what had I been missing all this time?

I reached over to the nightstand and turned off the lamp once more. It's almost 2 am. Another sleepless night for me. When will this end? I asked myself. Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow morning and this all would have been just one long awful nightmare...

Another knock on the door. I glanced over at my phone, noting the time: 11 am. I slowly sit up on my bed, not knowing exactly when I had fallen asleep last night. Another knock. "Okay okay one sec!" was all I could muster. The fact that this visitor hadn't barged in on me yet pointed away from Dan and towards Ice or Finny, though I doubted it was Ice from what happened last night. I combed my hair with my fingers then opened the door.

"Hey," I said.

"Hey," replied my kid brother.

"What's up?"

"I dunno. Sorry about last night. I guess."

"It's okay," I said, then went in for a hug. However, Ice quickly escaped my grasp, pushing me away.

"But that's not why I'm here," he said coldly. "I'm here to take back what you've taken from me."

I was confused. With my brows furrowed, I spoke up after a short silence. "What do you mean?"

"You know exactly what you took from me. And I'm here to take it back."

I was even more puzzled. "Ice, I really don't understand what you're trying to say." I took a step forward towards him. "Please tell me, what did I take from you?"

He sighed. "Do you really think I'll fall for your 'I'm innocent' bullshit again? Do you seriously think I'm some dumb kid who doesn't know what's going on? You took my brother from me. Give him back."

I paused. "Do you mean... Are you saying I haven't been acting like myself? And you want the old me back? Is that what you mean?"

"No."

"Then what?"

"Dan. I want Dan back."