Italy: Germany had came down and when I had pretended to be asleep I actually fell asleep. When I woke up I smelt bacon and sausages. I went to the kitchen and discovered that Germany had actually cooked. I sat down and ate and then asked " Hey Germany can we go see Romano today? Please he was texting me and he wants to see me. And could I possibly stay the night with him?" " well we can go see him, but you can't stay you need sleep, and worrying about him is not going to help." " but Germany." "No fighting otherwise we won't go at all." at that I stopped talking because I really wanted to see Romano. Later we went to the hospital, and I was really excited to see him. " hey romano." "Italy!" " hey you hurting any less?" "Not really but I'm really happy that you are here." " me too i miss having you at home." "I miss home too, your cooking is a million times better than the crap they give me here." " next time i'll see if i can bring you some." "Yay! Hey Germany, could...could Italy stay the night? Please just one night...I'll sleep if he's here with me...I couldn't sleep last night I was really lonely...oh please Germany. Please." he sighed and said "I'll talk to spain about it, but just to let you know Italy already asked and I said no." "But...if I don't sleep I'll only get worse and I can't sleep when I'm alone..." "Well Italy won't sleep here unless something happens to you again and he cries himself to sleep." "But...okay Germany." I looked over at Romano and saw the sadness and loneliness in his eyes. Germany ruffled his hair and smiled "Don't worry you'll be out of here before you know it, and you and Italy can hang out in your house with you're annoying cats." "But Germany it seems like I never will...I hate it here." "I know you do Romano, but if you just listen to the doctors you will be out of here soon." "I am listening to them, really I am..." I gave Romano the best hug I could since he was wrapped up and everything. "Don't worry eventually we will get to leave and you can see Souve, and Axis, and I can make you anything you want." Then Romano started crying. I didn't know what to do usually I was the one who cried. "Italy, I...I wanna go home now..." "I know... but we can't yet... the doctors would have told us if you could leave." "Oh Italy...I hate it here...it smells weird, the bed is horrible, and the food tastes nasty. Worst of all you aren't here with me except occasionally." " I know I'm sorry, lets just hope we can take you home soon." "Ok Italy...wh...what should we do till then?" "Well Spain and Germany will probably make me go home every night, but I promise I'll come every day until they let you go." "Okay Italy..." Then Spain came in "Hey guys what's going on here?" "Nothing really Spain can I spend the night here with Romano please?" "Please Spain, I'll actually sleep at night with Italy here and it will be just one night. I'll be happier too, that should help with the healing process." Spain turned to me and asked "How much did you sleep last night?" "Um... Well...only two hours..." "Then not tonight Italy you need to get more sleep before you stay up all night watching Romano." "But he won't watch me, we'll both sleep, won't we Italy." I looked at the ground knowing that Spain was right. I would probably just end up watching him sleep all night. "Oh, I see you will end up watching me..." "Ya... I'm sorry Romano..." Then Spain went next to Romano "See you don't need him getting sick, because he stays up all night." "Okay..." We stayed until dark, and Germany and Spain had to basically drag me out of the hospital. I really wanted to stay with Romano. Germany took me back to his house, and Spain stayed at the hospital. I sat on the couch again next to the phone again hoping that Spain or Romano would call. It was about four in the morning when I fell asleep.

Romano: Italy left and Spain stayed. He stayed up and watched over me till about four in the morning when he fell asleep. Only reason was because he thought I was asleep. I double checked he was asleep then I pulled out my phone. I figured Italy was asleep by now too so I just looked at the phone and cried silently. Once again I got no sleep. The next morning Italy came back. "Hi Romano." "Oh, hi." "Hey what's wrong? I came back like I promised." "I know." "So what's wrong?" "I didn't sleep again last night and the pain is really bad today. Don't tell Spain about either of those things. He thinks I was asleep before him and I sorta told him I was feeling better..." "But Romano... shouldn't you tell someone though? What if it gets worse and you get stuck here even longer." "Fine I'll tell him..." "Good, because I really want you to come home." "I know and I want to come home too." "Hey Spain Romano has something to tell you!" "Italy!" I glanced up at Spain "Spain the pain is really bad today...and I didn't sleep last night I was only pretending..." "Romano! I'm going to go get one of the doctors to make sure you are not getting worse." I sighed and looked up at Italy. I saw the sadness come into his eyes as he saw the fear in mine. "Italy, I'm scared. What if I am worse? What if...what if I don't make it?" "Don't say that! You promised me that you wouldn't leave me alone." "I know but..." "No buts Romano you will be okay you promised." "Okay Italy." Just then the doctor came in and kicked everyone out of the room. Italy wouldn't leave so Spain dragged him out of the room. The doctor came over to the bed and pulled the sheets down. Because of last time and the problem my shirt had made when I passed out I had no shirt on. He took a device, I don't know what it did. He was checking me for about half an hour before he called everyone back in. He sat everyone down since there were only two chairs Italy sat on the bed beside me. He was holding onto my hand really tightly. "Mr. Vargas is doing well, his pain is from the internal bleeding that is still going on. I'm afraid there is nothing we can do about that but let the blood clot on it's own. The pain should go away soon. With how fast he is healing he should be able to leave in about a week." "Really?" "Yes, really. Just so long as he starts sleeping." I let out a nervous chuckle as Italy and Spain gave me looks. "I..I will. I promise." "See I told you that you would get to come home soon!" "Yes you did Italy." The doctor interrupted us "Once Mr. Vargas gets home he won't be able to eat a lot. We've kept him a strict amount of food. I will give you the portioning when he leaves. How the bullet hit him and the fact of his eating disorders had made it so he can only eat just enough to keep him from starving to death. Also he can not have a lot of liquids for a long time. Water and milk and an occasional drink of his choosing." "Ok then I'll try to not get carried away when I make food for him." "That would be best. Also he won't have much strength. I'd have him sleep in the living room for a while before he can climb steps again. He'll have barely enough energy to get from the living room to the kitchen and eat then go back before he will pass out. He'll be sleeping a lot as well." "Ok then at least Souve will be able to stay with him while he sleeps." "Who is Souve?" the doctor asked. "He's my kitten." "A cat will be fine. Now I must leave you." He left and I looked up at and Italy. "What do you want to do?" "I want you to sleep, so we can take you home in a week." "Right now?" "Sure plus I kinda have to make sure our country is okay. We kinda forgot about it." "Oh, right. Okay you go check on home and I'll sleep." "Sleep good I'll be back probably tomorrow." "Okay Italy." "See you later Romano." "Bye Italy." He left and Spain helped me lay back down. From not having slept for two nights in a row the second my head hit the pillow, I was out.

Italy: I left the hospital with Germany and I felt better knowing that I would be able to have Romano at home again. Germany dropped me off at my house and said he would come back later to take me back to his house. I cleaned up the living room, and the kitchen thinking of when Romano would be here. I checked on the country and everything seemed just fine. Then Germany came back and we went to his house. I played with the kittens and fell asleep before I even ate dinner. The next couple of days went about the same I went to see Romano and then went back to Germany's ate, and slept. Sometimes I texted Romano. It was finally the day when I would get to take Romano home. I packed up the kittens and some of my stuff and put it in the car. When I got to his room I found Romano sitting on the side of his bed. "Hey Romano ready to go home?" "Hi Italy, yes I'm ready to get out of this living nightmare they call a hospital." Then the doctor came in with a wheelchair to put Romano in, and piece of paper with all the instructions. "This is the instructions of all the things you will need to do to get Romano back on his feet again. The proportions of food is on the back and everything else on the front. Such as exercises to make sure his muscles don't stop working and things like that." I took the paper from him "Thanks. Come on Romano get in the wheelchair and we'll go home." "I'm not getting in any wheelchair. I don't need one." "You sure Romano? I don't want anything to happen to you when you finally get to leave." "Yes Italy, I'm sure." I looked at the doctor to make sure it was ok. He nodded and I helped him get on his feet. I made sure he didn't fall and helped him into the car. I drove him, and then got him on the couch. "Now don't you dare try to go anywhere I'm getting the kitties." I went to get the cats and brought them inside. As soon as I let Souve out of his carrier he jumped onto Romano. "I missed you too Souve." I smiled, and went in the kitchen to make some food.

Romano: I was playing with Souve when Italy came to get me for dinner. I put him down and followed Italy into the kitchen. I sat down and he handed me some food then got his own. I looked down at the amount on my plate and frowned. "Italy can't I have just a little more?" "Nope." "Why not?" "Because your not supposed to have more than that." "But." "I'm sorry Romano I wish I could give you more but I can't." "But...fine..." I ate what I had but I was still starving. "Italy please, I'm still hungry. Just a little. A roll or something?" "I can look at the list but I think no." I sighed and looked down and my hands. "Okay well I'll be in the living room." I stood up and stumbled back into the living room trying not to fall over. I sat down on the couch then everything went black.

Italy: I felt bad that I couldn't give any more food to Romano. I had already given the max amount that he could get. I couldn't even give him a roll. Romano went back to the living room, and I cleaned up the kitchen. When I went to check on him, I saw that he had passed out on the couch. I left him alone knowing that the doctor said that this would happen. I picked up Axis, and went upstairs for a while and playing with him. Then we both got tired and fell asleep