Sooooo. This took a while; but I did say it would so that's okay! I have been swamped with assignments so early in the term (more I had three to do over the holidays and did not do that, but let's ignore that fact) and haven't really had time to write (more I have spent all my time crying about how much work I have to do and not doing it so I still have three assignments to do but I decided to write this instead, but let's ignore that fact). I have been doing other work though, (Yes I actually accomplished something!) and I'm now officially going off to Germany for three weeks in September! How much fun will that be! It means of course that if I'm still writing this (which I doubt) or any of you are reading the fanfic I am writing at that point, whatever it may be (which I seriously doubt) I will be going on hiatus for that time. ANYWAY that's not important! What IS important is that you guys are crazy nutjobs for reading this far. And thankyou for reading this far, it's seriously awesome. I used the line thing which signifies a skip in time (it's a common thing in fanfic so you should probably know it, but I realised it's the first time I put on in so I figured I better explain in case). Blah de Blah Blah. ETC. And as always; enjoy!

Silent. That best explained the walk home and the sitting afterwards. Granted, sitting in a small lounge room didn't hold the danger that walking through a dead city in the moonlight did, but it still had a certain creepiness about it. No one uttered a single thing and the first movement came when Lili, still in the jacket, began to shiver which was shortly followed by Gilbert leading her down the hall to gather some clothes. The silence, which excluded Lili and Gilbert's muffled conversation, was broken when Amy and Meagan simultaneously excused themselves to their bedroom, leaving the shaken Italians alone.

"Are you okay?' Feliciano heard his brother mumble.

His arm was still in an immense amount of pain, so much so that he couldn't move it without fear he might cry out again. This along with his worrying meant that he was in no way okay, but he didn't want to cause his brother to worry as well so he nodded shortly "Y-yeah I'm okay." His brother nodded, but by the repeated opening and closing of his mouth it was clear he didn't know what to say next. "I'm sorry Lovi"

Lovino shook his head "It's not your fault Feliciano. Stop apologizing for everything like an idiot" smiling a little at that, and Feliciano smiled in return. "It's just-"his brother looked torn but before he could say anything, the small Italian was pulled into a hug "I feel so useless. You almost died but I couldn't do anything and if it wasn't for those two you would be dead. I'd be dead too. I'm just really really sorry Feli".

His brother, clear to anyone who knew him, had never been someone for voicing his emotions or for hugs either, so Feliciano felt touched by the words. He was unsure how to reply though, it was true that Lovino couldn't have done anything, but nor could Lili, Gilbert or himself and he shouldn't feel bad for that. Feliciano doubted this answer would be satisfactory and awkwardly returned the hug "Thank god for humans, right?"

"Guuuuys?" Gilberts sung coming back into the room.

"Yeah Gil?" Feliciano smiled.

"Where are our beds?" he asked, both turning to Lovino who sighed in thought.

"There's a spare bedroom upstairs to the left. It's a double bed, so you'll have to share I suppose"

Just for a moment a grin appeared on Gilbert's face before being replaced by blankness "The world has ended, I'm sure we'll manage. Night guys" after a moment adding "Umm Feliciano, can I talk to you before you go to bed. Alone."

Feliciano was confused but he nodded in response "Sure. I'll come talk soon", not noticing or perhaps paying no mind to the sour look on his brother's face as he waved to Gilbert. Once alone again, he turned to his brother "Perhaps we should go to bed then? And don't worry; I'll make sure he tells you what it's about tomorrow"

Lovino didn't look any happier that his brother managed to recognize exactly what was wrong, but he had more important things to talk about and shook his head "I have to ask you something."

Feliciano's brow furrowed, "Okay, what is it?"

His brother let out a sigh, as if convincing himself to continue "I want to go find him- Spain that is. But, I" there was a long pause "I was too scared, please come with me to get him. He's such an idiot sometimes and if I don't find him soon he'll probably get himself killed."

There were some mixed messages, but he was used to that from Lovino and pulled him back into the hug "Of course Lovi, We'll go find him and he'll be safe. He's a little silly, but he's not weak."

"Thankyou" the Italian nation pulled out of his brothers arms "Now, I think you should go find out what's so super amazingly secret that I can't know."

"Hey Gil?" Feliciano asked cautiously in the air that felt so much emptier than it had mere moments ago, still managing to cause the other nation to jump. Gilbert gestured wordlessly to the chair opposite his, in a manner that really creeped the little Italian out, but he did it anyway "So what did you want to talk about?"

"There's no easy way to say this Feliciano, so I'm just going to say it outright but you need to hear me out and not…freak out." There was a quick nod in response. "I got bit."

At first the words didn't register in his mind, it felt as though he had reverted and the words meant nothing deadly and threatening. After that though, the realisation sunk in and he with it felt as though he was sinking. A broken "What" was all he could reply with.

"When China threw me out, I got away but-"Gilbert hesitated before pulling the bottom of his shirt up slightly. Sure enough, just above and to the right of his belly button, was a large, bruising, oozing mark. It didn't look like Feliciano had expected, no flesh had been bitten away but it had indeed been pierced. "I got bit in the process".

The shirt was lowered again and Feliciano stared absolutely stunned and the Prussian, his voice sounding strained as he spoke "What do we do? You'll turn. Do we have to… Do I have too-"

Gilbert, who managed to have a calm demeanour about him, interrupted "No. I think that it's possible nothing will happen. But in the case that something bad happens, someone should know what's happening?"

"What are you talking about? You were" Feliciano's voice lowered dramatically from almost shouting to a whisper "bit."

"We have no idea what effects it has on a nation though. Have you ever seen one of us turn?"

The realisation dawned on Feliciano, that perhaps his worrying was for nothing "Oh."

"So, I don't think we should jump to conclusion. I have been bit, and as a result I'm feeling under the weather" Feliciano narrowed his eyes at this, but Gilbert brushed that off, "But, it is not unheard of for nations to catch deadly viruses, they just don't die from them".

"But you're not a nation anymore, what if it's different from you" Feliciano said, not realising exactly what he said until the brief flash of hurt in the other's eyes.

"I'm aware of that Feli. However my body is still the same and it heals the same as any nation."

Although the atmosphere was tense, Feliciano felt a mutual agreement to just leave it be had been made. Not the safest or nicest plan, but he was not going to remove hope if hope was there. "Why me?"

"What?"

"Why did you tell me and not someone else, or everyone else?"

"It was going to be you or Lili, humans wouldn't understand and I didn't think your brother would handle it calmly enough for me to explain myself. Lili- I didn't want to worry her is all, besides you'd tell me the truth Feli."

The Italian nation nodded in satisfaction with the answer "I suppose we should sleep after such a long day"

"Yeah. Night Feli."

"Goodnight Gil", he chimed, uneasy with how lightly the situation was being taken, though if talked about otherwise he may have cried.

Gilbert got up too and, just before he left, turned back to add something "If I don't wake up in the morning…you know". His tone was carefree, but there was a hint of seriousness that scared Feli.

Feliciano nodded and left quickly, wondering if he would be able to sleep at all.