Chapter 2: Imaginary

England lowered the revolver from the familiar nation hiding behind the couch.

"Dude! You don't point a gun at people! Dat's not cool bro!" Yes, it was the one and only Alfred F. Jones, America. He jumped up, surpassing England's height, and rubbed his head "Dude I ran into something and I fell and I hit my head."

"You ran into a vase a broke it, you hit your head on the table." England said annoyed.

"Iggyyyy, my head hurtsss" America complained. England signed and walked away to find a light switch. Once he did, it lighted the room to see that the area above America's right eye was all red, even a bit black and blue.

"Well no wonder it hurts. Are you dizzy?"

"You got two heads Iggy."

"Yeha your not okay at all." England signed and left the room for a moment. America stood there and rubbed his head. After the Brit being gone for so long, maybe 20 seconds, he whined "Iggyyyyyyyyy".

England came back with a first aid kit, "Quit your whining, sit on the couch." America whined again and then sat on the couch like England ordered. England sat next to him and looked through the first aid kit. He took out an ice pack and cracked it, then put it on the table to get cold. While that worked, he looked at America and turned the American's head toward him. He got a better look at the injury, it was really red, already black and blue, maybe even bleeding.

"Is it badddd?" America whinned.

"Shh!" England hushed him. It was bleeding, it finally started to as a delayed reaction. "Don't move," He reached back to the first aid kit and took out a band aid. He looked back at America and something clicked. He had done this before.

America was a child, he had hit his head on something hard, England believed it was a table back then too. America cried and cried, the wound was over the same eye, it bled fast and England had hurried to take care of it. He took a cloth and wet it, then placed it over the child's eye.

"Shh," England said. "Just relax, it will be okay."

"I-It hwurts Iggy," America would say in his cute little voice, sniffling and trying not to cry.

"You said you were going to be a hero right?" England asked. America nodded and sniffled again. "Well America, heroes don't cry." England smiled as America sniffled again.

"Heroes don't cry" He whipped his eyes "I'm not crying, I don't cry."

"That's right," He took the cloth off and the bleeding had almost stopped. "I'm going to wrap your head up okay?" America nodded and England took out a few bandages, He wrapped it around the child's head, making sure it covered the wound. America had stopped crying by then, he still sniffled but he was fine now.

"All bwetter?" America asked.

England nodded, "Yes all better my brave little hero." He kissed America on his head as the little one giggled.

England had froze, he looked at America and thought about that moment.

"Iggy, dude?" America asked. "Yo!" England snapped out of it.

"S-Sorry." He put the Band-Aid on the wound, he even wanted to kiss America's head but held back the urge, and threw away the wrappers. He picked up the ice pack and pressed it to America's head.

"Dude! That thing is freezing!" America jumped away.

"It's an icepack you twit," he pulled the American back over and pressed it to the wound again. "Take it like a man."

"I'm a mannnn, you know I'm the Hero, I can take something like this." America whined. After a few seconds of fidgeting and whining a bit, America finally sat still and let the Brit take care of him.

"Alright. Why are you here?" England finally brought up.

"Wellllllll," America started stretching the word "Mattie told me" Oh of course the Canadian told him, "that you were sick and I wanted to come and be the-"

"Be the what? Hero?" England interrupted, he hated when America did that.

America got the hint of shut up and replaced his sentence "I came to take care of you."

"Oh?" England said. "I do not need you to take care of me, I am fine."

"You look pretty pale." America noted. "You don't look good at all." England started to feel the effects of his illness again, they had disappeared when he had the adrenaline had been really pumping when he thought someone, well a threat, had broken in. Now that he had clamed down, the adrenaline was gone and all the effects came back with a vengeance.

He shook his head a little and kept the icepack on America's wound. He didn't look at the American's eyes, it would start to hurt, it would bring back too many memories that he has tried to hard to forget. America noticed he wouldn't look at him and out of nowhere, grabbed onto the Brit's hand. England immediately jumped away.

"W-What do you think your doing?" He stuttered, he had felt his heart skip a beat with America's touch. America took the icepack and England's hand and pulled it away from the wound.

"I'm feeling better now." he said. "It's you that needs the help now." America moved closer to England and put his hand on the Brit's forehead. "Damn, your hot as hell." In more ways then one you could say, but that's not what he meant, and England misunderstood that.

England felt himself flush and his face turning red. "W-W-What!"

"Yea dude your burning up, looks like you need the icepack." America said, England then got what he meant, it was the fever not what he thought. America put the icepack on England's forehead and laughed a little bit.

"W-Whats so funny?" England's face was still red.

"You look funny," he laughed. America's obnoxious laugh started to set England's head ache pounding. America became quiet as he saw England was struggling with the pain. He took the icepack off England's head. "You need to go to bed."

"No I don't, you need to leave because I am-" England was cut off by a sudden and hard cough. America watched with worry as England tried to control the coughing and stabilize his breathing, it didn't work though. His cough was so hard, it made him grab onto his chest and stomach just to get through it. A cough like that wasn't there before, he had gotten worse.

Finally, he managed to stop coughing and got his breathing back to normal. He gave a little one here and there and finally clamed down after a few minutes. America didn't know what to do.

"E-England? You okay?" He asked. England continued to focus on his breathing and ignored America for a moment. America repeated, "Are you okay England?"

"Y-yes." he managed to chock out. "I-I think so." America grabbed England and looked closer at him.

"Your really sick England. I'm gonna take you up to bed alright?" For once, America was being seriously worried. He grabbed England's hands and pulled him to his feet. He then picked the Brit up and held him like a child, like the way England used to do to him.

"W-What are you doing?"

"Taking you to bed." He carried England out of the room, up the stairs, and into the Brit's room. He gently laid England on the bed. It felt cold, he was cold, shaking actually. America made England comfortable in the bed and gently put a few blankets on him, his fever was a bit high but he was just so cold. The blankets were light so he believed it would be fine.

"Tired yet?" America asked. England's eyes were already closing and he was drifting off. America smiled and left for a moment. England closed his eyes until he heard the American coming back. He opened his eyes again and saw him sitting down on the edge of the bed next to him. He gently placed a cooled cloth on England's forehead. "That should help you a bit." His voice was soft, it was so unnatural, but he knew he had to be quiet and let England fall asleep.

"Good night Iggy," America said softy. England saw a glimpse of America leaning over as he finally fell asleep. He thought he felt America kiss his head, but he figured it was just his imagination.

Thank you~

I do not own the characters used in this, nor do I own the anime they are from. No profit either.

I'm working on it! I'm working on it! _ The chapters will be longer but I kinda wanted to end it with that "imaginary kiss" (hint hint, it was real). So I'll be working on this over the weekend and stuff, it will get better I swear! I'm working on it!

Eventually, there will be yaoi…. Not now or soon but later on~