The following oneshot is big on feels. I basically started crying two paragraphs in. This beats my other PruCan story's sadness by over 9,000. It is also copyrighted to myself. The characters belong to the creator of Hetalia, and the song "Gone, Gone, Gone" is by Phillip Phillips.
(The story is in third person, but we mostly only get shots out of how Prussia feels.)
Prussia let out a shaky sigh, right hand in his silver hair. He was fading. He closed his eyes and started counting. When he was done, it was 10 minutes before he came back. The albino swallowed nervously. His eyes watered slightly. He didn't want to go, he didn't want to leave. He had his lover, and- and friends. Even people he would never call his friends, but still were none the less!
A slight knocking at the door and a worried, almost-feminine voice. "Gil?" It questioned. He felt a small wave of sadness. He didn't want to lose that voice. That- That sweet voice that charmed him when he hear it. "Canada, I'll be right out." He felt the Canadian's hesitation. "Gil, are you okay?"
No! No, I'm not okay! I need to tell you something. In a few weeks I'll be nothing. Not even you will be able to see me! His inside screamed. "I'm fine, birdie," he said confidently. "You worried, mein liebe?" He heard a small chuckle, "I'll make lunch," his lover said gently.
Prussia put on a fake grin and said in a fake hapy tone, "Alright~," But when he heard footsteps walking away he broke down. He slowly fell to his knees and cried, hands over his face. Why did this have to happen. "I don't want to go.." He mumble under his breath. "I can't.." Feeling a slight presence over him he looked up, red eyes widening.
It was Canada, an angel coming to help him. "C-Canada, I think I'm allergic to something in here," he lied. Canada just shook his head. Prussia put on a fake smile, looking dumb with the tears running down his cheeks. Canada gripped his hand lightly. The albino groaned, closing his eyes. Matthew looked at him curiously. "Gil, why are you crying?"
Gilbert took a long time to process. He was crying. He was dying, the end near and he was crying. Not YOLOing things with his best friends. He let out a strangled laugh. Canada looked at him curiously. "Talk, Gilbert." That voice.. So gentle an encouraging, why did no one ever pay attention to Matthew. Gilbert just looked sadly at Mattie. "Gil!!" Canada said, near to tears.
"Dammit Gil! Just tell me what it is!!" Gilbert flinched as Canada spoke, noticing how fast the words were. His lover, nervous and scared. It was his fault, all his fault. "Mattie, I don't want to go!" He whimpered, tears coming faster now.
He barely heard Canada's voice over his crying. "Gil, if you don't have to go somewhere you don't want to.." Gil started laughing, the sound so broken that Matthew felt his own sadness come out. "Liebe, I have to go. Death wants me." Reddish-violet eyes looked into a blueish-purple. Perfect opposites, yet so perfect together.
He saw the widening of the others eyes. Canada opened his mouth dumbly. "Prussia you aren't going to die soon!! You're so strong!" The smaller man protested, his grip on Prussia's hand nearly deadly. But then suddenly, it was nothing. Canada blinked.
"See!!" Prussia cried, voice broken a long time ago. "I'll be gone in a few weeks!"
Very slowly, tears came from Matthew's eyes as he threw himself at Prussia. He started crying into his chest. "N-No!! You can't be sure yet!!" Was the Canadian's muffled cry.
Gilbert gently ran his hands along the others spine, feeling the different ridges. He needed to remember this feeling. He needed to remember each and every thing about his lover. His boyfriend, his everything.
"I'm sure.. Can we just spend the rest of my days like this? Please? When I go, you need to be by my side." He felt frantic nodding on his chest. Sad indigo eyes looked into his as the Canadian looked up. "Gil, I would never leave you."
Canada started of slowly, "When life leaves you high and dry.. I'll be at your door tonight. If you need help, if you need help.. I'll shut down the city lights. I'll lie, I'll cheat, I'll beg and bribe.. To make you well.. To make you well."
Prussia looked curiously at him, but didn't say anything. He hung onto every word. Every day Canada sung a bit of the song to him.
Everyday, until the day came Prussia could feel the end of it coming. He knew he would fade forever. And never come back. Live on this world, but never be recognized. He couldn't imagine how Canada lived in such similar ways for so long.
Prussia laid on the couch, aware of the Canadian's hand gripping his. Canada started singing, singing all of the parts from all of those days.
"When life leave you high and dry.. I'll be at your door tonight. If you need help, if you need help.. I'll shut down the city lights. I'll lie, I'll cheat, I'll beg and bribe.. To make you well.. To make you well. When enemies are at your door, I'll carry you away from the war. If you need help.. If you need help.. Your hope dangling by a string. I'll share in your suffering, to make you well.. To make you well." Canada's voice cracked, Prussia urging him on.
Canada paused, and Prussia, knowing the song realized by the murmuring that he was modifying the song.
"You gave me reason to believe, that you would do the same for me.. And I'll do it for you, for you.. Gilly, I'm not moving on, I'll love you long after you're gone. Fo you, for you, you'll never sleep alone.. i love you long after your gone, and long after your gone, gone, gone.."
Prussia started to fade, sending Canada in a crazy race to finish the song. He got close to the ending, broken voice slowing. He stopped.
Gilbert opened his mouth. "Canada.. I love you. I want you to know I will always be here, protecting you as best as I can. Do you- do you understand me?"
Canada frantically nodded, crying. His tears fell on his and Prussia's hand. He gripped one hand between the two, holding them close to his chest.
"Finish the song.." Gil muttered.
So Canada did. "I love you long after you are gone. And long after you are gone.. gone... gone.."
Gilbert was only slightly aware of the parting kiss that Canada left him with. He was gone. He saw Canada crumpled up on the floor crying as hard as Prussia thought was possible. How could he have left the most important person in his life like that? He felt the transparent him slip down and hug Canada. Together they cried, one visible, the other not.
END.
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Epilogue;; Canada
Canada cried, but his cries stopped after feeling a presence around him. "Prussia..." He murmured, crying. "Prussia I miss you!! Why did you take him?!" He screamed, yelling up at whatever was up there. "Why do I get to keep going?! I don't want to keep going if Gil isn't here!" Canada started crying again, too tired and sad to be angry.
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Omg I can't breathe. I'm laying down as I type this and my nose is clogged and I can't breathe through it. If you did cry, or even just feel sad, tell me where it started and how the rest of the story was. Emotionally and literately. This took about 45 minutes. I will put up the song on this fanfiction soon. Oh god.. I found this so sad. I guess because my worst fear is being forgotten or replaced. This story got real close to home. Some of you know what happened to my first boyfriend, and some of you don't. I don't want to talk about it, but this was practically exactly what happened. Except I didn't get a warning. I wish myself, Canada and Prussia the best of luck.
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I originally, for some reason, had this posted on my life blog. ( www.hollikyo.blogspot.com ) Not sure why it was there, but I'm reposting this here.
So. The A/N is obviously dated.
Sincerely, HolliKyo