Hello everyone! Welcome to chapter 4! This fanfic will be a possible 6-chapter story, depending on how long Chapter 5 will be. I'm sorry for taking so long in getting these chapters out. I'm very busy with school and musical (which was on April 11-13). So, now I'm going to be a little more free.

Arthur:

Light came into the darkness as I slowly awoke on the padded bench. I yawned as I sat up. Slowly, I gazed around the hospital room to the bed. A sense of peace came over me as I saw Alfred sleeping soundly. Then, I noted the bandages and sorrow overpowered the joyous feeling inside of me.

I wonder if they change them... I thought, curious if Alfred gets new bandages. Just my luck, a nurse came in with a small cart with a roll of bandages and a small trashcan. She looked over to me and smiled.

"I'm sorry. I'm just going to change his bandages. I won't be long."

I shook my head, "No, it's fine. Take your time. I just have a few questions." The nurse started taking the bandages off.

"Yes, what is it?" she asked, finally taking them off. There was the face. The peaceful Alfred, sleeping like he was in a beautiful dream. Probably saving someone.

I smiled a little and looked to the nurse who was getting new bandages ready. "Does he have any surgeries or anything?"

The nurse looked up, "No, but he will be examined to see how he's doing. We want to know if his eyes are healing well. Then if so, the bandages can come off and we start to get his eyes used to regular light again. Since he hasn't been in here for a while, the process shouldn't take too long."

"I see...So, if he does get them off...How long is he going to be in the hospital?"

"Well, it should be two to four days, depending on how his eyes are getting used to the light." she explained as she finished putting on the bandages.

"Thank you."

She looked up, "No problem. It's my pleasure helping." With that, she left. A few minutes passed and a familiar grunt came from the bed.

I smiled and moved to the chair near the bed, waiting for Alfred to wake. "Good morning Alfred." I smiled. Ever since this happened, I've seemed more relaxed...I wonder if it's him.

Alfred yawned, showing he was fully awake, "Morning."

I smiled, "Good morning. How do you feel?" I kindly asked.

"The hero feels amazing!" he smiled, stretching his one arm up.

I smiled in return, "A nurse came in and said that your bandages might be coming off soon."

His face seemed to light up, and if the bandages wouldn't be covering his eyes, his eyes would've been wide open. "Really?" he beamed, opening his arms, asking for a hug.

I smiled, going in the embrace. I tensed up a little as he brought me into a tight hug. "Bloody hell, Alfred!" I pushed my arms against him to tell him to loosen his grip.

Loosening his grip, he looked to me confused, "What?"

"You can't fuckin' hug that tight! You could have fucking crushed me!"

He softly smiled, "Don't worry, the hero always knows what he's doing."

I smiled, noticing him becoming more like himself. Over the time he's been in the hospital, he seemed so gloomy. Thankfully, he's getting back to normal…If you call being super hyper and kiddy normal…Though, since Alfred's like that, he's normal. To tell the truth, I like him like that, just don't tell him.

A faint knock was heard at the door. I turned to see…Canada? The small nation held a white bear tightly. "Um…May I come in?" he quietly asked.

"Of course Matthew! Come on in." I smiled, as he walked in and sat down.

Alfred sat up straighter when he heard Matthew's name, "Mattie?" he smiled

"Y-yes?" he responded. Alfred's face lit up and opened his arms.

"Come over here!" the frail nation got up and nervously walked to the bed. He slowly leaned into the taller nation and was brought in a tight embrace. "Oh Mattie, I missed you for so long. Thanks for coming!"

"No problem, Alfred…Once I heard at the Nation Meeting that you got hurt, I just had to check on you." Mattie voiced.

What was going on? I thought I was the only one that had a nickname. Hm, but then again, Alfred always called Mathew Mattie ever since they were young. Wait…Was I – jealous? No, me? Jealous? Ha! I studied the two closer.

They just looked like brothers, embracing. What was I getting so worked up about? Another knock at the door. The three of us looked to the male doctor.

"Sorry, but I must examine his eyes. I would like to ask the two of you to leave the room for a bit, please." He said. Alfred sighed, letting Mathew go as I stood up. We left the room and went to the waiting room and sat down.

"Do you think he'll be alright?" Mathew was the first to speak. I was taken back from his question.

"Why, of course he will be. It was his eyes, and knowing him as the hero, will heal quickly." I voiced my thoughts.

The quiet nation bit his lip and looked straight into my eyes, "Yes, but what if he doesn't heal? He would be blind!"

I swallowed hard, knowing this myself, "The bloody hell, I know that very well! I'm just staying positive for him! If that happens, we'll think of something!" I exclaimed harshly.

The smaller nation's eyes widened as he tensed up a little, then he looked away, "Right…Sorry."

I looked to him, seeing him sad like this made me feel bad. What was going on with me? I was becoming aggressive. Was it because of this accident? Was the stress of everything weighing me down? I swallowed, "No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled."

In response, Mathew shook his head, "I shouldn't be so negative." He then looked up to me and smiled, "I'm sure he'll be okay."

A few minutes later, the male doctor came to the waiting room. We stood up, anxious to hear the verdict. The doctor smiled, "His bandages will be coming off tomorrow."

A feeling of excitement came over me as a smile came to my face, "Oh, thank you doctor." I exclaimed, "Can I go see him again?" The doctor nodded. I literally sprinted to Alfred's room, busting the door open, and in result Alfred jumped.

"Alfred! Alfred! Did you hear the news?" I excitedly asked.

"My gosh Arthur! Don't scare me like that…" Alfred sighed, calming himself down, "What's the news?"

I threw myself in his arms, "Your bandages are coming off." I embraced him tightly.

He smiled, "Oh my goodness! I'm so glad! Then I can see you again… Your beautiful face, mindless body."

"Oh stop it." My face flushed as I cupped his chin, moving his face to me. I brought my lips to his, and we sat, me next to him on the bed, like that for a couple of minutes. Something red caught my eye at the door.

I looked over in horror to see Mathew, eyes wide and mouth wide open in confusion. "Ma-Mathew?!" Whoops, I forgot Mathew was with. Stupid!

His face then turned to a huge smile, "I knew it! I knew you guys would become a great couple!"

I flinched a little, face pure red, "Wha-?"

Mathew kept his smile, "Don't try and hide the facts. You two have been staring at each other after Alfred's birthday."

How did he know that? I thought, looking to Alfred, "You idiot! How dare you stare at me!" was all I could say.

Alfred smiled, "But you look so cute~" he smirked, bringing me into a hug.

"Wait." I said, pushing him away for a moment, "Why didn't you say sooner about this."

"You would have freaked out, probably when I would tell you." He shyly smirked.

"Why you…" I grabbed his shirt, pulling him in for a kiss, forgiving him of the child-like game of staring, even though I, myself, stared at him too. We broke and I gasped. Mathew!

I looked over to see Mathew gone. "I hope we didn't scare Mathew away." I hoped, feeling bad that he had to watch us…do that.

"I highly doubt that if he told us that." Alfred put his arm around my waist.

"Hm…true." I sighed, putting my head on his shoulder. Soon, my eyes got heavy, and slowly, I fell asleep.