"Goodbye, Doitsu..."

Italy rolled over onto his side, half awake. He subconsciously went to wrap an arm around the man beside him, only to find empty space as his hand hit the cushions of the bed. The Italian nation opened his eyes in shocked, but then he remembered. Germany wasn't there anymore... He was never going to be there anymore. The small man curled into a ball, stifling a whimper. He was ashamed of himself for what he had done, but he missed Germany much more than anything. Then there was a knock on the door and he heard it open.

"Veneziano...? You awake...?" Romano's voice called hesitantly. He was wearing a black suit.

"W-Wha...?" Italy said, a bit startled as he looked over his shoulder. "Oh... u-uh... y-yeah..."

"A-Alright, well... uhm... you need to get dressed... Shanna invited you to hang out with her and Alice for the day." Romano said. "It.. It's not good to keep yourself locked up."

"...Okay..." was all the smaller Italian said, laying his head back onto his pillow. "I'll... I'll be out in a minute..."

Italy heard his brother shut the door and walk away. How could he face his friends? His family? After what he did, he perfectly could understand it if they hated him. He almost burnt the world out from the inside... all from taking in too much power. He knew for sure he'd never touch, use, or read about anything relating to magic again. He hesitantly got out of bed and began to dress himself, becoming more and more reluctant with each article of clothing. How was he going to continue without Germany? Who would take care of him? Back sweets for him? Obsess over the messes he made? Yell at him for not training? ...Love him? Italy was completely lost. Nothing was the same and never would be. As the Italian nation finally was dressed and had his shoes on, he hesitantly walked out of the room and into the living room of Germany's big house, secretly hoping Germany was there and that all of this was just a dream. However, it wasn't a dream, and Shanna was standing with Alice, talking, until they noticed him.

"Hey Italy. You ready~?" Shanna asked, seeming cheerful.

"Huh? Oh... y-yeah..." Italy muttered.

"A-Alright. Let's go~" Alice said, walking over to her brother and hugging onto his arm. It was the only thing she could think of as an attempt to get him to smile, but it didn't work. Italy still had that dazed, sad look on his face.

After a while, Alice, Italy, and Shanna stopped at an ice cream shop and ordered their cold desserts. Shanna had chocolate chip, Alice had moose tracks, and Italy had Hagaan Daz. Italy was simply picking at his ice cream, whereas Alice and Shanna had almost finished. Italy seemed to be spacing out and lost.

"Hey Shanna? Have you noticed that Italy's been sort of... spacey? In... a bad way?" Alice whispered to the brunette.

"Yeah... I have. What should we do?" Shanna whispered back. "I can't stand seeing him like this. It's sad."

"I don't know... Maybe we should take him somewhere with less people and... maybe talk to him?" Alice suggested. "He's not being himself at all..."

"Right." Shanna agreed.

"Hey fratello!" Alice said in bubbly voice.

"Ah! W-Wha?" Italy looked up, startled.

Shanna giggled. "How about the three of us go to my place. We can play some pretty awesome video games!"

"Huh? O-Oh... s-sure..." Italy muttered.

Once at the castle, Italy sat in a chair and stared out the window. He couldn't looked anywhere else. Images flashed in his head of how mangled everything looked after he had badly beaten his sister, mother, and Shanna. And the two girls picked up on that.

"Italy...?" Alice said sweetly, tugging on his arm.

"A-Ah! W-Wha? Oh, hey sorella... w-what is it?" Italy replied.

"Italy... Shanna and I... We want to talk to you." Alice said, concern in her eyes.

Italy tensed and he gulped. "A-Alright."

The blonde walked him over to the table and sat him down, then taking the seat beside him.

"Italy... what's the matter? You're not being yourself. You're being quiet and spacey." Alice stated.

"Oh... I have...?" Italy replied.

"Italy... we're concerned about you. Are you alright?" Shanna asked.

"I guess so..." was all the Italian said.

"Italy, if something is bothering you, you can tell us. You know that, right?" Alice told him, looking him in the eye.

"Y-Yeah, I know..." Italy gulped.

"...Then why haven't you talked to any of us? You're friends? Your family? You've been keeping yourself shut up in that bedroom." Shanna stated.

"H-Honestly... nothing is bothering me..." Italy lied.

Alice stood up and looked her brother in his eyes, her own green ones sparkling as she held back tears. "I thought you'd have learned from being in that mansion that you come to us if you're uneasy... but I guess you couldn't trust us enough even after that incident."

"Alice!" Shanna scolded.

Italy simply lowered his head and looked at the ground. "...I'm sorry..."

"Huh?" Shanna was confused and looked back over at the nation.

"I'm sorry..." Italy muttered. A few wet droplets fell onto the table. "I'm sorry..."

"Italy..." Alice said, looking at her brother in concern.

"What's the matter?" Shanna asked.

Italy broke down in tears. "I'm sorry...!"

Alice then hugged her brother tightly, allowing him to cry against her shoulder. "Shh... its alright. What's the matter?"

"I'm sorry for hurting all of you...!" the Italian cried. "I'm so sorry...!"

"Shh... calm... calm down. Italy, it's alright. We're not mad and understand that you were grieving, even if you really didn't have to go insane with the magics." Shanna stated. "All is forgiven~"

"R-Really...? Y-Y-You guys aren't mad?" Italy said, shocked.

"Not at all, fratello. It may have been wrong for you to do what you did, but you weren't in your right mind and were hyped up on magic." Alice told him, gently rubbing the back of his head, avoiding his curl.

"There's more than that... isn't there?" Shanna asked, walking over and hugging him, as well.

Italy hesitantly nodded. "I miss Germany so much...!" He began sobbing again.

"I know you do... and I know it hurts... Trust me... I know the pain you're going through... It'll get better eventually. And you can come to me or any of us for help if you need it." Alice told him.

"We care about you and we love you, too. We'll help you get through this." Shanna said.

"...Grazie~" Italy murmured.

Italy returned home around 8pm and went back to what was once his and Germany's room. He picked up a picture of him and Germany ffrom a dresser and looked at it.

"Goodbye, Doitsu... I'm miss you so much. You'll always be in my heart. Ti amo."