Dead to me Dark!Italy

Waking up does not make the nightmare end

Italy awoke to find himself in a bright white room, the only sound was of a machine beeping measuring his heart rate and various other vitals, the room smelt strongly of chemicals allowing him to work out that he was now in a hospital.

The Italian tried to get up off the bed but found himself too weak to move around at all "I wouldn't move around too much if I were you" a voice spoke, Italy strained his eyes to look around the room to find the owner of the voice "over here hun" Italy turned slightly to see who was speaking, only to see himself looking back "who are you?" Italy asked timidly, after realising that it wasn't his brother

"oh, don't be silly, you know who I am, I'm you and your me we are one and the same. I'm just here to help you out for a bit until, well you stop hurting" the other Italy answered sweetly

"ah so you're going to be my friend si, I could introduce you to Germany" Italy replied

"you can't do that" he said sternly before changing back to sweet "I mean as fun as it would be only you can see me, so sadly I couldn't meet them" the 2nd Italian replied

"aw that is sad, is there something I could call you?" Italy asked

"of course, you may call me Luciano anyway I suggest you prepare yourself someone is about to enter the room don't forget my little Italy don't tell anyone about me."

Not a moment later Germany walked through the doors and into the room along with a doctor "its goods to see you awake Mr. Vargas" the doctor said checking over the Italians bandages and burns "these burns should start to scar over in a few weeks, though it'll be months before you'll recover fully. Before you leave, I will prescribe you some cream to rub over any of the burns if they start to get irritating Mr. Beilschmidt you may leave with Mr. Vargas whenever you're ready" he said turning to the German

"thank you, Feli are you ready to go" the German asked

"Si Luddy but you are going to have to help me up I'm all numb" the Italian said, whilst this interaction happened Luciano sat in his seat grinning like a madman.

Germany carried the smaller nation through the hospital "Luddy can I ask you something?" Feli asked

"if you must" the German replied navigating the maze-like halls of the hospital

"what happened, I don't remember how I got here?" the Italian asked

"oh... there was a fire it spread to some of the tents including the one in which you were in the fire spread around and by the time I got there it was already a blazing inferno, I went inside to find you and to get you out but you had already sustained a lot of burns from the fire if I had been just a little quicker you wouldn't of got so badly hurt" the German said his voice started to break near the end

"no don't be upset Luddy, I'm happy you got me out when you did anyway, we won't know how badly burnt I am until, well until we get these bandages off when we are home right so don't be sad" Italy said cheerfully

"Sorry I didn't mean to seem sad, it's just I shouldn't of let you get hurt like that and when I find out who started that fire they will be punished thoroughly, but right now I'm going to take you home " Germany replied

"Si lets go home"

When Italy said home, he was referring to the Germans house, since he spends most of his time there, since they both enjoyed spending time together though the German would always deny this.

Once they made it to the house Italy insisted that Germany made him some Pasta with the excuse of it would make him feel better, leading to the both of them sitting at the table with big bowls of PASTA "Italy do you mind if I ask about your injuries? Are they still hurting?" Ludwig asked quietly

"No, they don't hurt anymore, though I think I'll need your help to change my bandages later I don't think I will manage by myself. Luddy you shouldn't blame yourself for what happened" Feli said grinning at the German sitting opposite him,

"Of course, I'd help you change your bandages, its not like your any good at that kind of thing" The German replied happy that the Italian was recovering well.

Once that pasta had been eaten and Germany had cleaned the tops, tables, chairs, forks and anything else that he had deemed to be dirty and needed to be cleaned, before they made their way upstairs to the bathroom.

Germany slowly unwound the bandages from the Italians arms the right first followed by the left after that he carefully undressed both of his leg's Germany felt tears prick his eyes slightly as he saw the disarray of colours that was showing up on each of the damaged limbs, he continued to slowly take the bandages off knowing if he tried to do it any quicker it would hurt them both more.

The Italians neck and right side of his face were also showing signs damaged, it's a wonder how the Italian wasn't in unbearable pain. As the German finished his delicate job of removing the bandages, the Italian was stood in only his boxers the rest of his body was painted with burns and scars, his gently tanned body was no longer smooth as the damaged tissues stood out like a sore thumb "Lu...ddy, I look horrible" the Italian said tears streaking down his face, irritating his already red skin, the German stood up and pulled the upset nation into a strong embrace being careful of the already present injuries

"There not that bad and soon it will all go away, so don't worry about it" he replied with a calming voice

"Everyone will make fun of me, more than they do already. I don't think I would be able to take it" the Italian sobbed

"It's okay if anyone tries, I will beat them up for you your still beautiful to me" the German replied.

It took some time for the German to Calm the Italian enough so that they could get ready for bed and redress and medicate the wounds that needed it. Together they settled down into Germany's large bed and before long sleep overtook both nations.

The silence of the night was short lived as Ludwig awoke to hear screaming, Feli still deep asleep was thrashing around, shouting and screaming calling out for help "please Germany help me" he cried out the German carefully brought the Italian out from his nightmare by waking him up, Feli latched onto the Germans vest crying into it

"shh it's okay my Italian it's okay your awakenow nothing bad will happen whilst I'm here, I'll protect you this time" theGerman said with a soothing voice, gently rocking the smaller nation until hereturned to sleep, with the German falling asleep soon after.