She sighed and shut the door to the room to give them a small bit of privacy. "He loves you Gil... To quote him 'The way you love Arthur'" She said, using air quotes.

Gilbert's eyes went all wide like golf balls. "Holy shit!!! Wait..I mean..he..." Gilbert couldn't finish a sentence. "I don't believe you at all. Why would he love me like that? That does explain why he acts like an ass when I meet a girl..or a few.."

"It's what he said, and Gil, given your present state, I wouldn't lie to you." She frowned at his state. "Anything else you want to know?"

He sighed. "So what do I do? I mean, Raven and I haven't really started anything yet. I could give it a try? But Vix...tht would be so looked down on...even though we're not really related.."

"Well..." She sat on a chair beside him. "What do you think you should do? I mean, if you were to go with Ludwig, Feliciano would be heart broken, even though, I think he has a right to know about all of this."

He just sighed. "I don't know.." He said softly. "I mean..o god..this is so complicated..."

"Well, what do you feel for Ludwig, and then compare that to what you could feel for Raven"

"Well..I mean...I would die for Ludwig. He's my baby. Ugh. This is stressing me out." He held his head in his hands.

"But do you love him romantically. Because, I would die for you or Russia, but I only love Arthur romantically."

"Vix..I don't know. Wouldn't that be wrong? I mean, I raised him. If I were to admit that I was..romanticfor him.. Wouldn't that be immortal?"

"I suppose in a way, yes.. But don't let that bug you." She smiled softly. "Don't answer these questions with your head. Answer them with your heart."

Gilbert closed his eyes. "I choose to remain alone." He said, seeing that as the best way to handle this. "I've done it for a long time, and I can do that now."

"And you are absolutely sure with this?" She asked, looking at him sincerely, only wanting the best for her brother.

Gilbert nodded again. "Yes. I am positive."

"Okay." she smiled at her brother. "I think, for you, it's best that way... Until you meet someone truly life changing..." She hugged her brother very carefully as to not hurt him. "Do you still want to see Raven? As a friend I mean..."

Gilbert was rather disheartened. "I don't care."

She frowned. "You seem sad brother... Maybe it would be best for you to not see anyone..."

Gilbert refused to open his eyes. "I'm not sad at all. I'm just to awesome to care."

"Open your eyes and look at me then."

Gilbert cracked open his eyes a bit. "Can I go to sleep now?"

She sighed. "Of course bruder. I'll tell them you don't want visitors." She put her cellphone on silent and set it within hand reach of Gilbert. "If you wake and need anything, call Arthur's phone. Speed Dial 2."

Gilbert nodded in agreement. "Very well.."

She walked out, explaining to the nurse that he didn;t want any visitors at all, and returned to Arthur's room to ecplain what had happened. It was obvious Raven was hurt, but she understood Gilbert's choice.

Gilbert was glad when she left. He sat up and then stood, nearly screamed at the pain that caused. He was really distraught. He hadn't wanted to be alone for the rest of his life, not that he expected to live much longer. He wasn't even a nation, he felt like he wouldn't live much longer. He was down a lung now, that made him even weaker.

Raven chose, that even though it was against both her leader, and Gilbert's wishes, she would go to his room to see him. She left the room and made her way to the room labeled with his name on it and knocked. "Gil, may I come in..? She asked softly.