Petals

X. 6

Slovakia sat on the couch, next to his sick boyfriend, who was laying down with a blanket around him. Slovakia would often ask if he needed anything, his usual response would be no.

As Slovakia was minding his own business on his phone, he got a message from Poland.

'Kia, something's wrong with your brother'

Slovakia looked at the notification at the top of the screen, before opening it to send his friend a message back.

'What do you mean? Did something happen?'

'Idk'

'He told me something serious'

'Wdym?'

'He told me he wants to die'

Slovakia looked at the message his friend sent him for a good minute. He started to get worried. It must've been a misunderstanding, right?

'Are you sure he wasn't like... drunk or something?'

'The guy drinks at 5pm?'

'Uh no not really'

'I'm sure he wasn't then'

Neither of them sent a message for the next few minutes. Ukraine noticed the concern on his boyfriend's face. He got up a bit, sitting next to his smaller boyfriend and pulled him in a weak hug, slightly suprising him. "Are you okay?" Ukraine asked, resting his head on the smaller's. Slovakia carefully dropped his phone on his lap and stared at the window. "I need to go", he said after a while. "Why? Where?" Ukraine asked, weakly patting his boyfriend on his head. Slovakia picked up his phone and showed the messages to Ukraine, who was silent for a while. Slovakia carefully tried to pull out of the hug, but Ukraine didn't want to let go of him yet. "Ukra, I really need to go", Slovakia said as he tried to get out of Ukraine's embrace. Ukraine still kept his mouth shut. He slowly let go of his small boyfriend, who almost immediatly got up when he felt his boyfriend's arms pull away. Slovakia turned around and softly kissed his boyfriend on his cheek, who plastered a smile on his face. "Just... be back before it gets dark, okay?" Ukraine said. "I will, Ukra", Slovakia answered, as he went to grab his shoes and put them on. He took his jacket and opened the door, putting the piece of clothing on as he left the house. He quickly walked down the street, around a corner, crossed the road, down the street again. Luckily Czechia's house wasn't that far away from theirs.

After 5 more minutes of walking, Slovakia walked down the street where Czechia's house was standing. He quickly made his way towards his brother's house and knocked on the door a few times. After a while of waiting, the door slowly opened, revealing a tired Czechia, who looked like he had just been crying.

"Hey brother... I was worried... I just wanted to check if you were okay", Slovakia said. Czechia was silent for a moment. Slovakia could feel the negative energy coming from his twin brother.

"I'm fine Kia. Really", Czechia spoke up after a while. Slovakia looked Czechia straight in his eye, very concerned about the other. Czechia felt uncomfortable the longer his brother kept staring at him. "Czechia... let me in, please." Slovakia said after a long while. Czechia stood there. He didn't know what to say.

Then, out of nowhere, Slovakia heard someone vomiting. "Was that Poland? He was at your house, right??" Slovakia asked. Czechia looked towards the direction the sound came from. He ran towards a door, which was leading to the staircase, apperantly. Slovakia waited for a while until he let himself in. He felt very unwelcomed. He heard the concerned and tired voice of his brother upstairs. Slovakia slowly made his way upstairs as well. The stairs creaked as he carefully stepped on the wooden steps, making his way to the door where he could hear his brother talk to someone. Slovakia slowly opened the door. He peeked through the opening, seeing Czechia trying to comfort Poland, who was on the ground, crying. Slovakia noticed blood dripping from the sink, onto the floor. Slovakia wasn't sure what to do, so he softly closed the door again and slowly made his way downstairs, to the living room. He grabbed his phone and informed Ukraine about what was going on. After a while, he heard Czechia and Poland coming downstairs. They entered the living room. Poland noticed Slovakia and sat down next to him. Czechia dissapeared in the kitchen.

"Kia, I'm glad you're here... I'm really worried about your brother", Poland softly said, so Czechia wouldn't hear him. "I understand... I know he'd always been more of a upset and sad guy, I just hoped this wouldn't happen", Slovakia replied, as soft as Poland. Poland nodded and the two were silent for a moment. "Kia?" Poland asked, still softly in case Czechia was about to come back. "Yes?" Slovakia answered, putting his phone in his pocket. "This might sound a bit odd but I uh.. I need your advice."