Chapter 27

Warning! Chapter contains potentially disturbing actions!

( Russia's POV)

       Russia walked with Germany to Japan's house. As much as Russia wanted to pick him up and carry him, he knew that that would not end well. It could potentially hurt Germany more. Russia would have to settle for walking beside him.

     He looked at Germany. He was walking with his eyes low. He had always done this, but Russia was never sure why. Germany was holding his arm, which looked limp.There was dried blood running down his lip. Russia could feel mild guilt rising inside of him, but he was able to subdue it for a while.

     After several minutes of walking, they reached Japan's house. Japan opened the door with a key that hung around her neck. She let South, Germany, and Russia go in before her. 

" Germany, can you sit on the couch for me and wait until my mom comes?" She asked.

" J-ja.." Germany responded quietly. There was something melancholic in his voice that made Russia's heart ache.

     Germany sat on the couch like Japan had told him. Russia went and sat next to him. Germany was shaking. He seemed a little scared.

" Do you want me to call Israel?" Russia asked him. He knew how close the two were, and he figured it would help calm him down.

Germany nodded but said nothing. Russia picked up his phone and dialed Israel's number.

" Hello?" Israel said over the phone.

" Hey, Iz. Can you come over to Japan's place?"

" Sure, but why?"

" Germany got into a fight with China."

" He what?"

" Yeah. Just come over."

" Okay!"

 Russia hung up.

" Israel is on his way," Russia told Germany. Germany nodded again.

      Japan came back from another room. She had left so quietly that Russia hadn't realized that she had actually been gone. Another country had followed her. She was slightly taller than Japan. Her ears were longer, and her tail was bushier. She looked at Russia first. When she laid eyes on Germany, she was shocked.

" You're Reich's kid, aren't you?" She asked, walking over to Germany and taking a knee.

" Y-yes," Germany said shyly.

She chuckled.

" I am Japanese Empire. I know you're dad. You could say that we're..friends. You said your shoulder was hurt, yes?"

" Yes."

      The adult country pulled out a screen. After telling Russia to move over, she took an x-ray of his shoulder. She soon left. A little while after, someone knocked on the door. South went over to answer the door for Israel, who had brought Belgium. Israel immediately went over to Germany, while Belgium stopped to talk to South.

" Germany, are you okay?" Israel asked. Germany nodded.

     Russia was concerned. Germany had said very little since they had left the school. He couldn't help but wonder what was on his mind. Had China said something to Germany? Russia could feel rage rising in his stomach. He had to calm it down; he had to keep himself in control in order to keep Germany calm. Israel sat on the floor next to Russia. South sat further away, but was still watching everything that was going on.

Japanese Empire walked in a few minutes later.

" I have good news and bad news. The good news is that your shoulder isn't broken. The bad news is that it's dislocated, and I'm going to have to pop it back in place."

     Russia shuddered. This was going to be SUPER painful for the German.

" I'm going to grab a few things and be right back."

      Flicking her tail, Japanese Empire left.

      Russia looked at Germany. He could see the panic in his eyes. He saw a few tears run down the German's cheeks. Germany knew it was going to hurt. Russia grabbed Germany's hand and gave it a squeeze.

" It's going to be okay," Russia said, trying to comfort him. " I'll be right here the whole time. You can always squeeze my hand when it hurts, okay?"

" O-okay," Germany replied. It was one of the only things he had said since they had arrived. Russia gave him a kiss on the cheek and hoped that things would be okay.

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     Empire brought back bandages from her office. She moved over to Germany's left side.

" Can you take your shirt off for me?" She asked. Germany did as much as he could, but he had to have Russia help him with the rest. Russia felt his cheeks heat up. Now really wasn't the time, but Russia had to admit.... Germany looked kinda hot with his shirt off..

" Okay. I'm going to pop your shoulder back into its socket. You have every right to scream in agony, as this is going to hurt. A lot."

     Germany nodded. To Russia, it looked like he was on the verge on tears. Russia tapped him on his non-hurt shoulder and took a deep breath. Germany did the same.

" Are you ready?" Empire asked, placing her hands on Germany's shoulder but not moving or applying pressure.

After taking another breath, Germany said yes.

      Japanese Empire grabbed Germany's shoulder. She pushed in and moved his shoulder upwards. As soon as she did so, Germany squeezed Russia's hand tightly and screamed in pain. Russia saw Japan flatten her ears, and Israel cringed at the noise. Empire stopped for just a moment. Russia squeezed Germany's hand back. Once he did, Japanese Empire continued. Germany yelled again, and Russia was almost sure that his hand was going to break.

      Empire finally stopped. Germany's shoulder was back it its socket, and she had begun to wrap it up. Germany was panting; he hadn't let go of Russia's hand yet. Israel rubbed his leg, and Japan, South, and Belgium came back over from wherever they were.

" You're shoulder's all wrapped," Japanese Empire said, breaking the silence that had called over the group.

" You should probably rest and not go to school tomorrow, but besides that, everything else is good. Oh, and you should get some ice for that nasty bruise on your eye."

       Russia hadn't noticed a bruise over his eye. He grabbed Germany's face and gently turned it towards him. That was when he saw it. The bruise was semi-long and stretched over his eye and stopped at his cheek.

" D-did China do that to you?" Russia asked in disbelief. It certainly was nasty.

" N-nein.."

" Who was it?"

     At first, Germany didn't respond. He let go of Russia's hand  looked away from for a second. Now Russia really had to know.

" Ger....who gave you that bruise?"

" I-it was my father.."

     Russia looked at him in shock. Had his father really done that to him? To be fair, Russia had known that Reich was not a great guy, but..had he really down this to his son?

Russia reached for Germany's hand, but Germany pulled it away from him.

" I don't want to be like him!" Germany yelled. Russia realized that he was starting to cry.

" China said that I was like him! My father is rude and greedy and mean to everyone! I don't want to turn out like him! I don't want to be anything like him!"

     At this point, Germany was sobbing. His unwrapped arm was shielding his tear-soaked face.

     Russia's heart ached for the German. His father really wasn't a good person. He had been compared to someone who he wanted no association with. Russia knew he would never be like his father, but how could he assure Germany that he wasn't the person his father was?

      He reached for Germany's hand again. Russia held it in one of his and used the other to place on the German's face. Germany looked up at him with fat tears running down his face.

" You are nothing like your father," Russia said sternly while trying to be as gentle as possible.

" You are a sweet, intelligent person with a beautiful mind and heart. You're works of art are glorious, and you can be funny when you want to be. You may be the son of a bad person, but that doesn't make you one. You are Germany, not Reich."

  Germany's eyes widened. They were bloodshot around the sides from his crying, but they sparkled in the room light. Russia gently kissed his forehead and carefully hugged him.

" I love you, okay?" Russia said, gently running his fingers through Germany's hair.

" Ich liebe dich auch," Germany mumbled. He had buried his face in Russia's shirt.

     Russia gently put Germany in his lap. Germany relaxed his shoulders and laid his head on Russia's lower shoulder.

" Are you sleepy?" Russia asked. He figured Germany was. From all the stress and pain and crying, he must be worn out.

" Y-yeah, but what about our presentation for class?" 

" Already handled it," Belgium said from in front of them. " South and I called the school. We can all stay home from school tomorrow."

    Russia sighed in relief.

" Wait, do they know about-" Israel started.

" No," South cut him off. " It wouldn't be a good idea anyway."

" Why not? We have witnesses, right?"

" Well yes. However... we would risk getting Germany- and all of us- hurt. China may just be one person, but he knows people. If we become a target...there's no telling what would happen."

" So we have to keep this a secret?"

" Yes."

      Russia looked down at Germany. He had dozed off at some point during the conversation.

" You all are welcome to stat the night," Japanese Empire said as she walked in. Judging by her tone, Russia figured she hadn't heard anything.

"Russia, do you need me to get you a change of clothes?" Japan asked.

" No, I'm good." 

     Russia didn't want to wake Germany; he needed all the sleep he could get. Besides, Russia was okay with sleeping fully clothed. He wrapped his arm protectively around Germany.

He wasn't going to let anything happen to his friends.

Or Germany. 

( Hope you all like this chapter! Originally, I was going to post this one later, but I decided against it. Might as well give you funky bunches of oats something to read earlier :P)

All of this will have holds/ italics later, so be patient!

Translations:

Ja- yes (in German)

Ich liebe dich auch- I love you too ( in German)

Story word count: 1, 683 words