Author's Note: Hay! Sorry for such slow updates, my schedule is shit. Forgive me!

"Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep." Valentin stared listlessly at the ceiling of his hospital room, his tears of worry causing his bandages to peel away from his face and stinging his cut. "Gil…" he choked out quietly. "Vali?" Valentin looked over towards the door, seeing his brother. "Valentin!" Aleksander rushed over to the side of Valentin's bed, gripping the rail. "Oh, Бог (God)! Valentin! I'm so glad you're okay! I was so worried about you!" The Bulgarian rest his head on the rail as if in relief.

"Uncle Vali!" Konstantin rushed into the room with his arms out. Aleksander stood back up and picked up his son, whipping the tears out of his own green eyes. "Uncle Vali! I found you!" Kosta squealed gleefully. Valentin showed no emotion throughout the whole visit. Konstantin continuously tried to get his Uncle's attention, talking about nothing and waving his tiny arms with tiny hands in the Romanian's stoic, unblinking face.

"Aleksander…" Valentin spoke up " The Bulgarian jumped up from his seat next to his injured brother and gripped the railing once more. "Yes brother?" Valentin didn't look at Aleks as he spoke. "Yes brother? What is it?" Aleksander asked almost desperately. "Kosta...will you take him out? I don't want him to hear." Aleks hesitated a moment before doing as told. He asked his wife to take their son out of the room.

Konstantin looked absolutely devastated His expression was one of as if his father had just said "Son, i ran over your dog." The little boy stuttered "B-But...Daddy, i want to talk to Uncle Vali..."

"You will, Kosta. Uncle Vali and I just have to talk first." Aleksander tried reassuring his son. Konstantin trudged out of the room, his mother practically dragging her reluctant son behind her. "What is it Valentin?" Aleksader asked when he heard the door click closed. For the first time since his brother came to see him two hours ago, Valentin looked at the Bulgarian. "Who did this to you, Vali? What did they do to you?" Aleksander asked frantically, inching closer to his brother. "Aleksander. There are somethings you need to know. And somethings that...that I am not really ready to divulge just yet... But...Gilbert..." Aleks swallowed hard as he remembered the argument he had with the German the last time he had seen him. He had tried calling his brother's fiancé during the duration he was out looking for the lost Romanian, with no answer.

Valentin choked on his worried tears, trying his hardest to keep himself calm. "What about Gilbert?" Aleksander asked, reaching for his brother's hand and squeezing it gently. "Gil... was shot. In the back. I asked the nurse about him, but he was in surgery then and they didn't know if he would survive. Th-the bullet was lodged in his lung and he had extensive bleeding... Aleksander...I'm scared that he won't survive. I don't want him to die...I don't want him to die..." By this point, Valentin had started to sob, the thought's of his lover dying because he tried to save him, sending him over the edge.

"This was all my fault! I knew i shouldn't have come, I told you he would come back for me! I told you he would and he did! You didn't believe me Aleks, you said that he was locked away, that they all were, but no...no, he got out and he came straight after me! And he tried to kill Gilbert..." Valentin shouted, his tears coming at full force now. "Who? Who got out Vali? Who came after you?" Aleks shot questions at his little brother, frantic for answers. "It was Sala... He promised he'd come back to finish me off, and he did! But he didn't want to kill me quickly, no, he tortured me and made it a game. He's a sick twisted bastard and he might've killed Gilbert!"

Aleksander swallowed hard. Fane Sala? He was out of prison? But that's impossible! But that gives so much clarity to what happened to Valentin... "Vali...what happened to him? To Sala?" he asked, fearful that that man would come back to try and harm his family once again. "Gilbert shot out his knees so he couldn't follow us. He left him there to bleed. It's what he deserves." The blond replied with little emotion.

Valentin lay awake in his hospital bed. He could hear the doctors and nurses outside, cars passing by, and the sound of his own heart monitor beeping incessantly He couldn't get Gilbert out of his head, he was too worried about him. With a sigh, the Romanian closed his eyes and tried to focus on the monotonous beeps of his heart monitor. "Well, Salut, new room mate." A hideously familiar voice yawned from the bed next to Valentin. The boy's red eyes shot open and his head swung to the left to see who had spoken. Those eyes widened in horror and fear as he realized who it was.

Fane waved jollily from his bed a few feet away. "I would say it's good to see you're doing well, but, that would be a lie." He smirked. Valentin's heart raced and he suddenly felt he couldn't breath, the heart monitor going a million miles a minuet.

Doctors rushed in and nurses tried to shake the Romanian awake. Valentin's eyes shot open and he inhaled air in gulps. Doctors and nurses asked him questions he couldn't hear as he regulated his breathing. Valentin looked over to his left, to the bed where...where it lay empty? The bed next to his sit perfectly made and completely empty.

It was only a dream. No, a nightmare. Vali swept a hand over his forehead as the doctors began to leave, only one nurse remaining "Are you alright, Mr. Nicolae?" It was the nurse from before. Her name was Ruxandra. Valentin nodded and swallowed. "You're fiancé survived the surgery, but he's been put in the extensive care unit. We're watching his vital signs carefully but there's still a chance... that he doesn't make it." she said with sorrow in her voice, trying her hardest to avoid the patient's eyes.

Valentin soaked up the news. Gilbert was alive and that was all Valenin could focus on. "Can...can i see him?" he asked with a hint of hope. "It's best you didn't" Ruxandra answered. "But, I can definitely keep you informed until you can." she offered. Valentin looked up with the slightest of thankful smiles, "Mulțumesc.. (thank you)" Ruxandra nodded and left the room, closing the door quietly behind her.

Valentin woke up to the feeling of someone lightly touching his cheek the next morning. When he opened his eyes he was more than surprised to see Gilbert, of all people, sitting in a chair next to his bed and stroking his cheek lightly, lovingly. "Gil..." Vali spoke quietly, a smile spreading on his face. "Guten Morgen mein liebe." Gilbert replied with a smile, not bothering to stop his ministrations. "I missed you." Vali said with a smile. "I missed you too." Gil replied leaning over and kissing his love gently.

That kiss was as sweet as the first, and just as meaningful. When the kiss broke, the couple only smiled at each other. Finally, the nightmare was over...

Author's Note: Just FYI this is NOT the last chapter. I am so sorry with the late update! Now even my weekends have become extremly busy. FML, no don't, I'm actually very happy where I am :3 anyways, this story should be ending soon, which would then give me a chance to start my new story! Yay! It's one of the some(?) I am (would very much like to be) collaborating with my good friend Deutschamerikaner! I say that because i will be using one of his characters in it and i thought he deserved a shout out:3

Ok! Danke for reading and still sticking with me mah loverlies! The next chapter to Saving Valentin will be coming soon(?)! (I thank God for Google Chrome and it's correct-y red lines!)