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Verita Carro is Carlos's older sister

Novia Carro is Carlos's grandmother

Ron Beilschmidt is Monika and Bianca's step son

Jessie Beilschmidt is Monika and Bianca's step daughter and Ron's younger sister

Ron and Jessie's formal surname was Stewart.

Trigger warning: Another child abuse case and a child's death

I don't own Hetalia nor Nyotalia.

4 year old Carlos Gomez Carro didn't remember much with his family. All what he remembered was that his older sister, Verita, was sick. His parents seemed 'scared' and 'worried' about her. They tell everyone on how badly sick she is.

It wasn't until Carlos spoke to his sick 8 eight year old sister.

Verita had curly dark brown hair, dark brown eyes and a skin tone that was a bit lighter than Carlos's. She laid weakly in her bed looking at her younger brother weakly.

'Sis... How did you get sick again?' Carlos asked his sister innocently with a worried voice. He hoped that he could settle this situation with ice cream, but she refused to.

'Please, Carlos.' Verita gasped at him. 'I don't want you fall for anything that mom or dad gives you.'

'Why?' Carlos asked in curiosity. Why shouldn't he trust his parents?

Knock! Knock!

'Verita my dear?' A elderly voice asked through the other side of the door. 'May I please come in?'

'Yes, grandmother.' Verita said.

A elderly woman woman came. She was Novia Carro, Carlos and Verita's grandmother. 'I've wanted to give you this.' Novia said as she holds up a teddy bear.

'Thanks, grandmother, please put it on my shelf.' Verita said calmly as she tried to smile at her grandmother.

Novia placed the stuffed bear onto the shelf. Carlos eyes it suspiciously.

...

The next few days... Verita passed away from her illness.

Carlos finds himself being dragged away from his parents as the police escorted them.

Flashback mode now off!

'They were using Münchausen proxy to get their stupid attention.' Carlos says to himself under his breath.

He was in his in office thinking of the next biggest thing for his report.

'Carlos?'

'Yes, Matthew?'

Matthew pokes his head in calmly. 'How's everything coming along?'

'Can't come up with a thing.' Carlos says bluntly.

Matthew and Carlos work as crime journalists. Well Carlos is the journalist and Matthew's his assistant. With this kind of job, they have no clue where it will take them, but sometimes never boring.

'Well our boss wants us to do a report on the robbery that has happened last night.' Matthew says calmly.

'Really?' Carlos asks in amusement. 'You mean the one with the stupid teen that believed that he could get away with stealing from a convenient store?'

'Yes.'

'This isn't going to a boring day after all.' Carlos says in interest. Finally something that doesn't involve harming another person.

'I'm with you on that.' Matthew says calmly as they prepare themselves.

Carlos noticed a photo of a younger version of himself, Matthew and Lin in their middle school years. He smiles at the photo happily.

They were the only people that helped him recover from his depression when he was 14 years old after finding what truly happened to his sister.

Flashback mode now activated!

'What do you mean that my parents were only hurting Verita just to gain attention?' 14 year old Carlos asked his grandmother in shock.

'I've told my son to not go for women like your mother.' Novia said calmly.

'What do you by that?' Carlos asked.

Novia explained to him that his mother was a dirty manipulator and desires attention.

'So when my sister was born. They've been planning to use her for attention?'

'Yes.' Novia said. 'In the end, I've couldn't even convince your father to leave your mother. He was completely obsessed with following her and loved more then anyone else. Heck he'll even get a rid of us if she hated us.'

'So our parents didn't love us?' Carlos asked in a sad tone.

'Yes.' Novia said as she nodded at him.

...

Ever since that day. Carlos refused to leave his household and locked himself away from others for almost the whole summer.

Knock! Knock!

'Carlos?' Lin spoke through the door in a worried voice. 'Are you okay?'

'You've never seem to hang with us any more like you used to.' Matthew said in concern.

'Carlos, your friends want to talk to you.' Novia said calmly.

'I DON'T WAIT TO TALK TO ANYONE!' Carlos yelled. 'I just want to be alone.'

Obviously, Novia let them and told them about Carlos's past.

'Carlos.'

'LEAVE ME ALO-'

Lin hugged him.

'We know how you feel, Carlos.' Lin said to him.

'We've been through sad relations with our parents, too.' Matthew explained to him. 'My father neglected me and mother. He cheated on her many times. We've managed to leave him and make a better life with ourselves by living with my aunt.'

'I was a child of teenage parents. My family hated us and shunned us, because they hated me from being a accidentally born child. My parents were once nice people, but they soon grew bitter and blame their problems on me. They soon kicked me out of my home I was 5 years old and had a sore throat and a fever.' Lin explained her past. 'My neighbor found me and nursed me back to health. Then, my cousin, whom was kicked out of family too, took me in.'

'So... you had just as cruel parents?' Carlos asked them.

'Yes.' Matthew said calmly. 'We'll help you recover and deal with your past.'

'Really?' Carlos asked.

'Yes.' Lin said with a smile. 'You were always there for me. Now I want to support you.'

Matthew nodded in agreement.

'Thanks you guys.' Carlos said with a grin. 'You're the best.'

Flashback mode now off!

'Carlos, are you ready?' Matthew asks his friend.

'Yes.' Carlos says as he snapped out of his memory. 'Sorry, I've just spaced out.'

'Okay, let's leave.' Matthew says.

...

In a building with children running around happily and in enjoying themselves.

All except two kids. A boy and a girl. They've have some bags around them.

A young boy that was around fifteen years old. He had short curly dark brown hair with peek a boo bangs, calm hazel eyes, freckles and fair skin. He was wearing a lime green jacket and blue jeans. The boy seemed soaked into reading his book.

The girl looked about thirteen years old. She had shoulder length wavy red hair pulled into a side ponytail, bright curious blue eyes, fair skin, youthful freckles and seemed to be dangerously thin. She wearing a light blue jacket and dark blue pants. Unlike, the boy, the girl seemed very anxious and looking around.

'Calm down, Jessie.' The boy says as he didn't take his eyes off of his book. 'They'll be here shortly.'

'But, Ron.' The girl whom happened to be Jessie, spoke in a nervous voice. 'This is the biggest day of our lives.' She waves her hands excitedly.

'I know. We've finally get adopted for the first time, since we've waited here for three years. Now please calm down.' Ron says. 'I've honestly don't care if we're going to be raised by two women. I just hope that they'll help you eat more.'

Jessie has been on her own personal diet for about a year ago. It's mostly because that Jessie's concern on gaining weight, after stuffing her mouth with comfort food when their parents were killed by a drunk driver. She ran a lot and ate half of what's on her plate. There's only a rare occasion that she'll eat everything on her plate. Either way, she's dangerously thin to everyone's concern.

'Kids.' A woman came up to them. 'They're here.'

'Okay.' Ron says calmly.

They took their stuff and head into another room. There were two women in there.

A young woman with short blonde hair and baby blue eyes. She was wearing a dark green suit.

The other woman had long curly brown hair pulled into a side ponytail, bright brown eyes and a slightly darker skin tone, then Ron and Jessie's were. She was wearing a red suit with a pencil skirt.

'Are you Monika and Bianca?' Ron asks the women.

'Yes, we are!' Bianca chirps cheerfully.

'You'll be living with us from now on until you're both independent to take care of yourself.' Monika tells them.

'Yay!' Jessie cheers as she ran up hug Bianca. 'I love you Mama Bianca! Mama Monika!'

...

Monika, Bianca, Ron and Jessie were all in Monika's car driving their way back.

'So... what's your favorite sports?' Bianca asks the kids.

'I love swimming!' Jessie beams cheerfully.

'I like baseball.' Ron says calmly.

'What's your favorite animal?' Monika asks.

'I love dolphins!' Jessie energetically answers.

'Ah... bears I suppose.' Ron says calmly as tries to read his book.

'What's your favorite kind of music?'

'I love listening to any kind of music that's energetic and up beat, but I really dislike metal or slowly played music.' Jessie replies joyfully.

'I'm okay with anything that's my taste.' Ron says in a bored voice.

'Okay, that's good.' Bianca says cheerfully.

'It looks that we're here.' Monika says as they made it to their house.

As they help out with Ron and Jessie's stuff.

'We have a step uncle that's albino?' Jessie asks them. 'Cool!'

'I hope that we'll get to know more about our adoptive family.' Ron says as grabs his belongings.

'They will.' Bianca says with a grin.

...

'Erika?'

Erika was currently in a grocery store shopping for food with Kenny. She turns to see a very unexpected person.

'Chiara?'

Chiara stood there. She was wearing a long sleeved purple dress with a bateau neckline that reached her knees and matching hair band.

'I've never expected to ran into you, Chiara.' Erika says politely.

'Same here.' Chiara says awkwardly.

'Are you still caring for your father?' Erika asks her in interest.

'Yeah... he's still suggesting me to get married and start a family.' Chiara says in annoyance as she grabbed a can of soup from the shelf. 'I don't need a...'

Erika glares at her.

'Fudging man.' Chiara says as Erika smiles slightly.

'I understand you.' Erika says calmly.

'No you don't.' Chiara says in annoyance as they bought what what they've needed.

Kenny soon reached his arms out his arms out to Chiara.

'Oh?' Erika notices his actions.

'What's wrong with him?' Chiara asks Erika in Ina confused tone.

'I think that he wants you to hold him.' Erika says as she smiles at her son.

'I don't think that I'm not suitable for him.' Chiara says awkwardly. 'I'm not the best with babies.'

'Why won't you give it a try.' Erika says as she holds her son.

'... Okay...' Chiara uncomfortably holds her arms out.

Erika gently hands the boy to Chiara. Kenny started babbling a little bit looking at Chiara with his curious dark brown eyes. 'How old is he?'

'He's almost seven months old.' Erika says as she smiles. 'He's becoming more independent his motor skills over the time.'

'He seems very healthy and happy.' Chiara says as she finds herself smiling at the baby.

'I won't say that. There are times where he just cries endlessly.' Erika says as she remembers.

Kenny soon giggles.

'I think that he liked you.' Erika says to Chiara with a smile her face.

'He's not as bad as I thought he would with me.' Chiara says with a smile on her face. 'Anyways, I'm pretty sure that you've heard that my sister and her wife were going to adopt children.'

'Yes, I actually do remember that.' Erika says as she smiles.

'Today, Bianca and Monika just got their kids.' Chiara tells her. 'Would you like to join me on meeting them?'

'Why sure! I'd love to meet them.' Erika says excitedly. Those two kids are lucky to finally have a home. Bless Bianca and Monika!

'Come on, you know where they live.' Chiara says as she gave Kenny to Erika.

'Of course I do.'

That's it for chapter 9!

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Carlos's past involves a rare type of abuse called Münchausen Syndrome by Proxy or MSBP. It's where parents get their children purposely sick and get attention. Thankfully Novia placed a hidden nanny cam to catch their actions. Though, she was too late save Verita.

We've get to meet Ron and Jessie. Monika and Bianca's adoptive.

Ron is a very anti social boy, but he does have a lot of patience and observant. He loves reading books and bluntly stating his opinions. He's very aloof to others, but he'll tag along if his sister is involved.

Jessie's the opposite of her brother. She's bubbly, cheerful, naive and a huge social butterfly. She suffers from underweightness and it's unhealthy as well.

Kenny's been aging over time, too.

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