((A/N Duo to the story line, this is the version where Alfred is Arthur's brother))

What's one thing Gilbert, Romano, Lukas, Yao, Yeka, Arthur, and Allistor all have in common? A little brother. But... they hardly see them anymore duo to... things that have happened...

How can I repay you, brother mine?

How can I expect you to forgive?

Clinging to the past, I shed our blood

And shattered your chance to live.

Arthur stared down at the red uniform in his hands. He was the reason Alfred was gone now... his little Alfie...

Though I knew the laws, I paid no heed

How can I return your wasted breath?

What I did not know has cost you dear,

For there is no cure for death.

Allistor just stared at the gun he had found while cleaning. The same gun he had used to fight against little Arty so many times...

Beautiful Mother, soft and sweet

Once you were gone we were not complete

Back through the years we reached for you

Alas twas not meant to be

Romano had stayed up late, staring at his little brother who was cuddled up next to him, asleep. He looked cute till you realized he was mumbling about missing his Mama, all he had after  Grandpa Romulus died. Romano wrapped an arm around his little brother, seeming he only had one more day with him before he had to leave again...

And how can I make amends

For all that I took from you?

I led you with hopeless dreams

My brother, I was a fool...

Yeka rubbed her eyes. She used to tell Ivan things would get better for him, but he was all grown up now and a lot of people still hated him

Don't cry for the past now, brother mine

Neither you nor I are free from blame

Nothing can erase the things we did

For the path we took was the same

Gilbert punched his wall in frustration. He still hadn't gotten over the news he learnt after WWII. He led his little brother into that war, he was the reason his little brother was a hated nation...

Beautiful Mother, soft and sweet

Once you were gone we were not complete

Back through the years we reached for you

Alas twas not meant to be

Lukas tried not to let the tears stream down his face as he remembered his true mother, the one who committed suicide after Emil was born... Emil didn't even talk to him anymore. And Emil was all he had for family...

My dreams made me blind and mute

I longed to return to that time

I followed without a word

My brother, the fault is mine

So, where do we go from here?

And how to forget and forgive?

What's gone is forever lost

Now, all we can do is live...

Yao broke down sobbing into his pillow. He missed his little Kiku so much. He just wished Kiku could be little again.