I do not own Hetalia okay? I honestly don't have much to say on the opening of this one, so enough of this A/N, on with the fic!
December 25th 1918
(From the Journal of Matthew Williams)
Well we have 5 more days to finish up the renovation and I want to make this all as effortless as possible for when Katy has to take care of Ivan when he gets back. He's a big guy and I know that while she is strong, do not get me wrong, I doubt she could handle taking nearly 200 pounds of 5 foot 11 Russian up the stairs in the middle of the night. And no, Ivan is not fat, he's a sturdy built muscular guy. Probably part of the reason they put him out on the ambulance corps maybe. Don't need your medics throwing their back out trying to carry patients who can't move much. At the same time I know Ivan would probably not want to have Katyusha help him in such a way but crawling up all those stairs in this house. Maybe they ought to just see if they can't find a job and one story house out in upstate New York or something. Not like I would think Ivan would like me to see Katy more than I have now. I am Al and Natalya's burden. I mean yeah I can pay for my share of food and some of the bills but damn it! I thought I had found the one for me but she and I cannot have a proper family if she is having to take care of her brother. She would be overwhelmed with both. Not like I wouldn't do my best obviously but arrggh! Maybe I can find me a place of my own when I save up enough. I mean I will try to offer emotional support to Ivan when he gets back like she asked me to, but I don't know how well that will work. And not like I can as Katy to run off with me and leave Ivan to Al and Natalya. They'd kill me for suggesting that.
That may just be my darker side talking, the one that Al said he noticed show up after the war. But come on, who was Ivan kidding when he signed up? I was told it was because of some honor notion so that Al would stay behind? There has to be something deeper because frankly if Al's number came up for the draft, he couldn't say that his brother in law went in his stead. They wouldn't take that and if he wasn't as lucky as he was and so good to Ivan's request then there could be the both of them ruined from the war. God knows Al would do something heroically stupid for honor. Ugggggh. I know I should be happy for Katy, she's getting her brother back alive. But would it be worth living? I mean I curse my half blindness and limp but I still can move around on my own accord. I still can see half of what I could. Who knows, I guess I will have to see how things go from here.
So how was that? Good? Bad? Short? Long? Let me know in a review. Matthew seems a little angsty here, and remember that this is a spin off from The Longing of the Heart so some things will be different, happen later, or not at all from they do in that and The Healing of the Heart. So that warning in mind, remember to read (well you just did) and to review. Ciao for now,
otherrealmwriter
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Realm.
