Short Little Hetalia One-shots

I Wish You The Best - UsUk

The sound of the sirens was almost ear splitting, every one of them all at once going off, signaling the very end of life as we know it. I'm surprised they even work at this point; all power should have been preserved for the ships to get away faster from the slowly crumbling planet we had once called home.

Now it was gone, everything, the air, the plants, the animals. The only thing left was the cold concrete, and the artificial air, and water, that has been sanitized one too many times, leaving a metallic taste in your mouth whenever you drank it.

I made my way carefully to the ships, trying to weave through the hoard of people running in every direction possible, scrambling to sit down on those precious limited seats. Everyone knew what the government had said was false, not everyone would make it. There was only so much room, and on a planet of eight billion people, there were bound to be people who were just too much space to keep.

Up until this point, I had managed to stay calm, my breathing mask over my mouth, as I took controlled breaths, my bag of minimal belonging slung over my shoulder loosely. That's when the thought hit me, hard enough to make me want to puke. Where was Alfred?

I paused, Hadn't he been beside me just a few seconds ago? Hadn't he been behind me when we left our apartment after the first siren went off? My breathing quickened as I thought of all the things that could have happened to him. I knew that it was dangerous to even come out of the same house as him, even though the rules strict disallowed friends, and even worse a courtship with two people of the same gender. Everything was regulated, but why the hell would they care now?

I ran my now shaking hand through my blonde hair, as my dark green eyes scanned the crowd around me. Though there wasn't a single sign of the loud blonde I was accompanied with. I continued searching, looking, hoping, praying that he hadn't been hurt, or taken away. Something about that thought made me move from my frozen state, something about it kicked me into action. I ran down the corridor, having the feeling that he had gotten ahead of me while I was making my way through the crowd.

The voices around me seemed to slowly raise, and the voices in my head accompanied them in some sort of disgruntled song full of terrified screaming and sirens, yet I was calm, focused on one thing, and one thing alone. I had to find Alfred, I had to make sure at least he got a seat, of anyone, I only cared about him.

The shuttles that would take you to the ship were ahead of me, not much further. I pushed my way through the crowd, as if it were just water that I could move away with a flick of my hand. Sliding my way past so many people, yet being able to remember their faces was horrifying.

Then, I got there, and I saw him. He looked serious for once, at the very edge of the crowd, something about the seriousness on his usually smiling face made the whole situation seem that much more desperate. I finally pushed through the wave of people, only to see the glass door of the shuttle shut before I could get there. Putting a wall between me and Alfred, between me and that wonderful smile on his face, a wall between me and the one I loved.

The pure horror on his face was enough to send me over the edge, I hadn't even notice the tears streaming down my face, until I couldn't see because my eyesight had gone blurry. I managed a small smile, as he quickly tried to open the door, to pull me inside. The desperation on his face, oh I wish he'd just smile one last time, but that would be too much to ask I guess.

I took a step back from the shuttle, feeling heavier as I tried to disappear into the crowd of people. He was trying to pry open the sliding doors now, trying to at least open it enough. I shook my head, giving him a look of slight disdain, I was trying to think of a way to get him to stop, they needed him more then they needed me. He was smart, was very good at engineering, and fundamental design, I'm just a simple university teacher, they have enough of those already, I'd just be a waste of a valuable seat.

I could hear him screaming my name like it was the end of the world....or...I suppose it is, now that I think about it, funny how expressions become literal. I heard the engines start, and the countdown followed shortly after, the rest of us were to be stranded here, living off of what's left of the crumbled society, most of us will go back to our houses and live out our days until we die of starvation, or suffocation, whichever came first.

And I swear, before that shuttle took off, I heard the glass crack, but then...he was gone, gone to a better place, where he belonged, and I wouldn't have to worry about him anymore.

I just hope that he can move on quickly, he was never one to be able to cope with sadness.

Then again, there was a part of me, that died when I saw him leave, a part of me that wanted him to die here with me because at least we'd be together, but that's stupid, and selfish, and a simple teacher doesn't deserve that much.

Yeah....

Live long Alfred, and may you find someone who cares about you, and deserves you more then me.

-Arthur