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It’s the little things

It was always the little things that made Feliciano smile. From the odd compliment to a smile on the street from a stranger, the little things are what mattered most to him. He rarely needed extravagant or expensive gifts. This also meant that it was the little things that hurt him most. When a stranger would glare at him for no apparent reason when he witnessed someone yelling at others. The little things were what both made and broke the Italian.

That's why, when he met his soulmate through a small smile, his heart soared.

Feliciano had been visiting his brother, Romeo, in the hospital. Romeo wasn't his biological brother, unlike Romano. Feliciano had adopted Romeo once he had turned 23. Romeo being 15 at the time, Feliciano felt it would be a bit weird to have him as his child, so he raised him as a younger brother. That's why it broke his heart when he had gotten the call from the hospital, stating that 'We are calling to inform you, as Romeo Vargas' emergency contact, that Mr Vargas has been in a severe car accident, he was transported via air ambulance to Queen Elizabeth's hospital' That was the moment that his heart had stopped for the first time.

Feliciano did anything a good older brother would do and packed a bag of Romeo's belongings, a bag of his own and rushed out of the door, running for the train station. He made it to the hospital 2 hours after receiving the call. He rushed in through the front doors a panicked expression on his face. Feliciano told the person at the desk who he was, who he was there for and his relation to him. The receptionist just nodded her head sadly and told Feliciano 'Romeo Vargas is in room 21, it's up against the stairs to your right and then the fifth door on the left side'. Feliciano ran off up the stairs, barely remembering to yell a thank you over his shoulder.

It was only once he had reached Romeo's room that the reality of what might await him had set in. 'My brother could be in a coma, he could be dying, he might not even remember me.' Feliciano had thought before pushing the door open. What had been waiting for him was both better and worse than he could have hoped for in this situation.

Romeo was laying on the slightly raised bed, attached to a heart monitor that was bleeping evenly. His face had a rather large gauze, which supposedly hid stitches, but other than that he was fine. Until Feliciano got closer. As he got close enough to see the right side of his body, he realised something was missing. His younger brother, whom he had been raising for the past two years, had lost his right, dominant arm. Taking a deep breath, he dumped the bags at the other end of the room and pulled the plastic chair near the white hospital bed, being careful not to disturb any wires. Feliciano sat there staring at the major injury, taking in every detail, while the body was still asleep. The arm had been amputated just under the shoulder, leaving a little stub. The red bandaging had no traces of blood, which led Feliciano to assume he had already been through surgery. Having had enough of staring at his broken brother, the Italian looked down at his hands, seeing the two different red strings that had twisted together five years ago, telling him that his two soulmates had met.

Feliciano loved having two soulmates, though he was constantly shunned for it. It was the reason his parents had given him and his twin up. Not that Romano had two red strings, but Lovino had refused to let Feliciano leave without him. They were given up to the same orphanage that he had adopted Romeo from. That is how Feliciano and Romano had received their names, they had been changed from 'Mark' (in Feliciano's case) and 'Peter'(In Romano's case)to Feliciano and Romano. They had not been born to Italian parents but were both only two when they were adopted by Romulus Vargas, leaving them to pick up both the English and Italian languages and cultures. It also meant that both had an Italian accent. Being Italian was a big part of both of the boys' identities that most day they didn't even recognise that they weren't born in Italy. Romulus was already getting into his late forties and already had two children who had passes away 5 years prior to adopting the twins, so he opted for them to call him Grandpa, he eventually ended up being called grandpa Rome, considering he had come from Rome, and loved the nickname. That's also where Romeo got his name from, Feliciano wanted to honour his saviour, who was sick at the time. so he asked Grandpa Rome his opinion of the name Romeo, a mix between his Grandpa's name and his brothers. Both of the men liked it and when the idea of changing his name was presented to Sammy(Romeo) he loved it, a new name and a new start.

"Sir?" Feliciano was broken from his stroll down memory lane by a quiet voice and a tugging of his string. He snapped his head up and looked at one of the most beautiful people he had ever seen in his life. The man was donned in white animal printed nurse's scrubs, he had deep, seemingly neverending brown eyes, short, choppy black hair. The two men stared at each other, shocked.

"Umm H-hello I'm Umm Feliciano Vargas," The red-haired Italian stated, still shocked from meeting one of his soulmates. The other man smiled sweetly, shifting his smile from the sad, respectful smile that was normally plastered on.

"Hello, I'm Kiku Honda," The nurse stated, almost shy sounding. The two continued to stare at each other for a while, Kiku didn't fail to notice the tear tracks on his soulmates face or the messiness of his hair.

"Well Feliciano, I've been your...son's? nurse for the past few hours of him being here," Feliciano giggled when Kiku said 'son'.

"He's my little brother...Kind of. I guess?" Feliciano giggled when he paused, understanding the Japanese man's confusion."It probably says that I'm his legal guardian or something like that, I get your confusion"The Italian continued.

"Oh. I'm so sorry, but you are correct in your assumption," Kiku said, laughing a bit when he saw Feliciano laugh as well. "I thought that I should inform you of your brother's condition."Kiku looked to the only other person who was awake in the room." as you probably know he was in a severe car crash, his arm was completely crushed, the shattered bone had crushed his nerves beyond repair, the only thing that could be done was to amputate the arm." Kiku looked up from the clipboard he was holding, he saw the tears forming in his newfound soulmate's eyes.

"Feliciano, it's okay, he's going to be fine, you don't need to worry," Kiku said, his voice slightly louder, but more comforting, his more dominant side taking over. This was something that shocked him, in the relationship with his other soulmate he was always the more submissive part of the relationship, so to find himself being dominant if only slightly, was something completely new to him.

Feliciano's head looked back up at him, grateful for the words of comfort. He gave a nod, suggesting to Kiku that he was ready to hear the rest.

"We had a chance to give him a brain scan to check for any damage, to everyone's relief there wasn't any, we are also concerned that he may have lost some of his memory, but he's shown no physical signs associated with amnesia, he obviously has a few cuts which required stitching, but there were no further severe injuries other than the arm," Kiku finished, grateful that there were no further injuries to the 15-year-old, for both the child's sake and his soulmate's.

"Thank you for looking after him, Kiku, I'm glad it was you," Feliciano said, genuinely smiling.

For the first time since meeting Kiku, he thought to look at his strings, only to see that the one attached to Kiku had come loose from its tight twist with the other string, he smiled a bright smile and looked up at Kiku, who had been looking at the Italian and taking in supposedly all the details about him.

"Kiku look, the string's gone!" Feliciano said, excitement filling his voice, his golden-brown eyes.

"hai, it is"Kiku confirmed, smiling.

Both of the men turned when they heard shifting in the bed behind them.

"Fratello?"Romeo asked, his voice scratchy.

"Ciao, Fratello, sono qui*" Feliciano said, automatically switching to Italian, knowing that it comforted Romeo, who had spoken Italian for about 3 years before being adopted by Feliciano. On top of this, they tended to speak more Italian than English at home.

"Cos'è success? Perché mi fa male il braccio?**"The smaller Italian asked, green eyes wide with fear. Feliciano's heart broke at what the younger boy said.

"Umm Kiku, he wants to know why his arm hurts, what do I say?"Feliciano asked his black-haired soulmate, whose heart also shattered at the question that the smaller Italian had posed.

"does he speak English?"Kiku asked, figuring it would be easier if he were to explain what had happened to the smaller boy.

"Yeah, I think he's just speaking Italian out of shock at the moment," The older Italian explained."Pensi di poter parlare inglese in questo momento?***"He continued this time looking at his younger brother.

"Oh, non-parlavo Inglese?****"He asked a small, confused smile on his face. Feliciano laughed.

"No, Fratello, you weren't, "The older boy said.

"Oh, I'm speaking English now, right?"Romeo asked, a small laugh in his voice.

"Si, Fratello, this is Kiku, he's your nurse and he's one of my soulmates," Feliciano said, a large smile on his face as he looked at his younger brother.

"No way, are you being serious?!"Romeo asked, his eyes lighting up.

Kiku smiled at the scene, he loved seeing the way his soulmate was with his younger brother.

Feliciano's face took on a more serious expression, his eyes sadder and darker.

"What's the last thing you remember, before you woke up?"Feliciano asked, his voice serious but sad as he looked at his, broken, younger brother. Romeos face scrunched up, in an attempt to remember what had happened.

"I remember getting into Peter Kirkland's car, he is one of the safest drivers that I know, a car came into my side of the car, I remember the car going into the wall nearest where we were. I remember Peter yelling but after that, I'm not sure," Romeo stated his voice sad.

"Is Peter okay?" he asked concerned for his friend. Kiku smiled.

"Peter is okay, once we've finished speaking you can go and see him if you want?"Kiku stated, his voice calm."I'm going to explain what happened once you arrived at the hospital, if at any point you don't understand what I'm saying, please don't refrain from letting me know," Kiku said his face slightly sadder than it was previously,"We'll start with the easy things to explain, you have a few cuts that needed to be stitched, the worst being in the left of your face, that one at least will leave a scar, you have a concussion, but we are pleased to say there are no signs of brain damage. Now this is probably going to be quite a bit harder for you to hear, when you crashed you didn't go into a wall, the car hit your side of the car, we aren't entirely sure how it happened but the bones in your arm were completely shattered, they then crushed the nerve completely. The only thing that doctors could do was amputate the arm," Kiku finished sadly, feeling the sadness rolling off of his soulmate.

"Hey, Fratello, it's okay, I'm okay, it's kinda cool, when I'm old i can make up some weird story to tell my kids, I can say that a shark bit my arm on the bus or something" Romeo said, tears rolling down his face as he tried to comfort his brother.

"Romeo, the reason your arm was hurting was that of something called phantom pain, it should stop doing that after a few months, it's just a side effect of your body reacting to the loss of the limb, "Kiku said, hoping to comfort the teen at least a little.

"O-oh okay" Romeo replied, his face lighting up only seconds later," Can I go and see Peter now?" he asked.

"Yeah, he should still be awake, he's just next door on the left," Kiku said, knowing how much the boy wanted to see his friend.

"Do you want me to-" Feliciano was cut off by his younger brother.

"No, Fratello, it's fine, stay here and talk to your boyfriend~," Romeo said as he made it through the door, Feliciano blushed tomato red. Kiku laughed at the younger boy's antics and his soulmate's bright red face.

"would you like to meet our other soulmate?"Kiku asked, hoping to cheer the panicked Italian up.

"Mio Dio!Mio Dio! Si!Si!"Feliciano said, his face brightened with a large smile. As he ran up to Kiku and held him into a tight hug. He felt Kiku stiffen under his grasp, thinking it was just shocking from the unexpected hug Feliciano kept a tight grip on his soulmate.

Feeling finished with his hug, he released the Japanese man.

"Lets, go!"Felicano half yelled, excitement taking over.

Kiku smiled a small smile at his patient's older brother.

"Okay then, I believe Ludwig is your brother's friend's nurse, so he should be right next door, "Kiku said explaining to his newfound soulmate where they should be meeting their soulmate.

Feliciano beamed, excitement taking over, he never thought this day would come, it was simultaneously the best and worst day of his life.

"Ahhh. Ve~ I'm so excited!"The red-haired Italian said as he grabbed his dark-haired partner's hand and practically ran to the door next door.

They reached the room after about 10 steps from Romeo's room, Feliciano took an excited, shaky breath as he slowly opened the door.

Kiku walked in front of him and opened the door further.

The room was empty of anyone except for a tall, light-haired, pale man.

"Ludwig, I-"Kiku started, causing the man to turn around. He immediately saw the redhead clutching onto his boyfriend's hand. At first, he was confused, but then it hit him.

"Is that him?"Ludwig asked, making his German accent clear as he looked at the two men in front of him.

"Hai, it is, " Kiku said, a large smile spreading across his face as he saw Ludwig's string tug and disappear.

Feliciano looked down at his hand when he felt the tugging and looked up at Ludwig.

"Ciao I'm Feliciano Vargas, "The Italian said, one of the biggest smiles Ludwig had ever seen stretched across his face.

"Hallo Feliciano, I'm Ludwig beilschmidt, It's a pleasure to meet you, "The German said, taking in his newfound soulmate's appearance. In Ludwig's eyes, the young man was perfect, from his honey-gold-brown eyes to his bouncy red curl, that stuck out from the side of his head.

"Wow, you're beautiful," Ludwig said, seeing his soulmate blush.

"thank you," Feliciano said, "Did the boys go to get something to eat?" He asked when he realised that both of the boys should have been there. Ludwig smiled, making the connection that he was the 'older brother' his young patient seemed concerned about making mad.

"Peter seemed quite scared that you would be mad at him, "Ludwig stated, a smile playing on his lips as he tried and failed to imagine the small Italian angry.

"No," Feliciano laughed, "That was probably my twin, Romano, he's quite hot headed and can be quite scary, "The Italian explained.

"The boys will probably both be brought back up soon, visiting hours are nearly finished and mine and Kiku's shift finishes just after, if you want to come back to ours for a bit, so we can get to know you,"Ludwig said, his cheeks a faint pink as he offered Feliciano nearly the exact same offer he had offered Kiku 5 years prior.

"Si, Si!"The Italian exclaimed, making the German and Japnese man smile.

"We should probably go and get the boys back into bed, they are with...Arthur? I believe, he's Peter's older brother," Ludwig said, stalling when he realised he wasn't sure what the blond boy's brother's name was.

"yes, it is Arthur, "A new voice said, making the Italian jump.

"ve~Hello Arther, are the boys with you?"He asked, a smile on his face.

"Yes they are, I just came to bring them back up, because visiting hours are over soon," Arthur explained, his blond hair uncharacteristically flat. "Alfred's going to pick me up, you don' need a lift do you?"The Englishman asked, smiling when he mentioned his fiance and soulmate Alfred.

"Ve~ Thank you but no, I found my soulmates, I'm spending some time with them today, "The Italian explained, seeing the smile on Arthur's face when he explained that he found his soulmates.

The two had only become friends recently because, Feliciano wanted to help Arthur with his frankly awful cooking skills, the two's friendship had blossomed since.

"Well I'm really happy for you, Alfred should be here in a second, he said he's quickly come and see both of the boys, "Arthur explained as Alfred walked into the room.

Alfred was a tall, broad-shouldered man with a kind, mischievous face and glasses.

"Hey dudes, Hey Feli!How's it going?"The American asked, a small smiling playing on his looks, but the look in his eyes a mix of pity a sympathy as he remembers what had happened to Romeo.

The two teens walked into the room. Peter had a few tear tracks, but other than that both were as they had left the rooms.

"We should be getting you to bed, Romeo, "Kiku said as he saw the teen yawn.

"Okay, goodnight Peter, see you tomorrow, Goodnight Arthur, Alfred, "The small Italian boy said, a polite smile on his face.

"You too, Rom," Peter said

"Yeah, goodnight little dude" Alfred replied, smiling a sad smile.

"Thank you, goodnight to you as well Romeo, sleep well," Arthur said, a sad, pitying smile on his face as he looked between Romeo and his brother. Feliciano gave a weak smile in return as he walked back to the doorway where Kiku and Ludwig were waiting. "Hey, Fratello?"Romeo asked, a shyness in his voice. "Yes, 'Meo?"Feliciano quickly replied, looking over at the younger Italian. "Did you- didyouhaveachancetobringmytigre?" He asked, spitting the last few words out so fast that not even Feliciano could understand him.

"Meo, you need to slow down," he said, even though he had an idea of what his brother asked, he couldn't resist tormenting him slightly. "Ugh, I asked, did you have a chance to bring my tigre ?" A small smile playing on his lips, even though he was embarrassed. "Si, Fratello. Of course, I did, I know you can't sleep without it" Feliciano said as they entered the room. "I brought a bag of all your things, including pyjamas, but I don't know if you'll be allowed to wear them"He trailed off as he looked to Kiku for an answer. "Hai, He should be allowed to wear them, just, if they have long sleeves, make sure that it's tied up in his arm, so he doesn't suffocate, "Kiku explained, allowing a sigh of relief to was over both Feliciano and Romeo. After a few minutes of helping Romeo into the most comfortable pair of pyjamas he owns, the boy was ready for bed. "Okay, I'll be back in the morning, ready for when visiting hours start okay?"Feliciano said, feeling guilty for being excited to leave the hospital. "Okay Fratello, Will Roma be there?" He said, hope lacing the young Italian's voice. "Si, I'm going to tell him tomorrow, he will be here like the mother hen he is."Feliciano lent down to kiss the small boy on his forehead, "Ciao, Fratello," "Ciao Feli," The other boy replied, hugging his stuffed tiger as tight to his chest as possible with one arm. Feliciano looked behind him once and walked back to the doorway where he saw his soulmates looking at him. "Did you finish your shift yet?"The tired Italian asked. "We cleared it with our boss, we're leaving early under special circumstances," Ludwig said, smiling a rare smile. "Aww, Ve~ You didn't have to do this, I could have easily waited for you," Feliciano stated, a cheerful smile spreading across his face. From now on his life was going to be made out of the smallest happy moments, these moments would be what brings tears of joy to him. He was completely happy with life and that's all that he could ever ask for.  

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* Hi, Brother, I'm here

** What's happened? Why does my arm hurt?  

*** Do you think you can speak english right now?

**** oh, did I not speak English?

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