A/N: I don't own Hetalia, or any of its characters. Normal text is the awesome Prussia, bold text is Germany, and text in italics is both of them.

What Brothers Understand

The sun was bright that day, and the sky was very blue, wasn't it?

Gilbert. Get up.

Did you know…? How odd it was, to hear you speak? Speak words to me in that tone? With that condescending hate?

Stop this. Stop it right now!

I don't think you did. Did you worry later, when we couldn't see each other? You shouldn't have. It didn't suit you, that worry.

Wake up! S-stop! You need to

wake up!

I think maybe I could feel it, even on the other side. There was this huge wall… And I could almost feel it. When I put my hand on it, that you were on the other side… That you were crying. Crying like I was. I don't feel any shame about that. Do you?

Gilbert! Bruder! Get up!

I remember when that infernal thing was torn down… You apologized, over and over again. It was a silly thing to do. I didn't blame you. But I just stood there… Wasn't I supposed to be comforting you? I'm the older brother, right? But I couldn't move. I couldn't feel. Not anything.

H-help! Somebody, help!

Anybody… He just collapsed… He…

You know, I was never a good brother. Even I know that. I'm not the responsible one. Maybe that's why you are…? It doesn't hurt as much as I thought it would, to admit it to myself. That I probably wasn't ever really good for anything, as family. Were you lonely?

Please… Somebody… Make

him wake up… He… I tried so

hard… He has to wake up! Just let him speak to me…

Did you die?

Did you die?

When we hurt each other.

I attacked you. I took what was yours, to make it mine.

I never told you that I really cared about you. That I felt that you really were a brother of mine.

I pushed you away, after the war… I let us be split up, because I didn't want you to get hurt by Russia. But I never told you that was why. I let you think I wanted us separated like that. Because even if I didn't want Russia to hurt you, I wanted you to be hurt.

I've been a terrible brother.

"G-Gilbert…?"

"You didn't think… Somebody as awesome as me would… Die in such a stupid way… And leave you all alone, did you?"

I cried.

When I woke up.

When you woke up.

It was such a relief.

I was too awesome to let you see me like that though.

I didn't want to look weak in

front of you, not after

everything else I did.

Because your eyes were wet too. And it made me smile. Because I think… We finally…

Understood.

Each other, that is.

We were both on the same page:

And it was so calming to

know…

That at least you weren't against me.