Romania x Reader: Remember Me, Forever and Always

She’s singing softly in the night
Praying for the morning light

~*Romania's P.O.V.*~

I awoke from the slip of consciousness by the soft singing of my partner. My eyes fluttered open and I found her standing by the window of our little sanctuary with a dreamy look of wishful hopes and melancholic pain adorning her beautiful face. I didn't pay much attention to the words she sang, but the emotions she put into it.

And judging by the feelings I felt touch my cold heart, I knew she sang about us. She put our story into a song, and made it into a beautiful melody that would touch anyone's heart.

I went up to her and enveloped her in an affectionate and attempted comforting hug. My presence didn't disturb her song, if anything it added more meaning. I caught a few bits and pieces of the words she sang. She prayed that the sunrise came quickly and that the liberating morning light would come.

As did I. I too waited for the morning sun to show its beautiful, illuminating soft rays of life that lights up the entire world, and may our prayers be answered.

She dreams of how they used to be
At dawn they will be free

“I wish things were different.” she murmured quietly, but I still heard her. “I wish they could be like they used to be.”
I nuzzled into her neck lovingly. “I know. I do too, dragă.” I whispered.

She wrapped her arms around my torso buried her face in my chest, seeking some sort of comfort from my presence. I stroked her hair lovingly to show her that I was there and always would be no matter what came between us.

“I dream of the times when everything was different. When we could freely be happy.” she whispered in my shirt. I could feel the silent tears that fell from her eyes, and I wanted nothing more than to take away all her sadness, but I also knew that it wouldn't disappear until we were completely safe and happy again. That was something I knew wouldn't happen unless we did this.

“Da, I know, dragă.” I murmured in her hair. “But at dawn we'll be free, you know that.”
“Da, dragă...” she mimicked me softly, letting my native language roll perfectly off her tongue, which sent figurative shivers down my spine.

Memories they haunt his mind
Save him from the endless night
She whispers warm and tenderly
Please come back to me

My consciousness slipped again and pictures from so long ago started flowing and flooding my head. No matter how much I didn't want to see these pictures and images they were what kept me going. They were what made me go through with this, and I knew it was the same for my partner.

While our memories were what made me go through with this, my partner was what made me take this decision.

[Name], that was her name. She was my partner in life, my other half, what made my life complete – made me complete. Without her I was nothing and I wouldn't be able to live, and without doing this we wouldn't live long.

The memories haunted my mind and just waited for those few moments where my mind slipped so they could enter it and torment my thoughts and psyche.

Just as I felt my sanity slip more though, I heard my beloved's voice call out to me and save me from its evil clutches.

~*Your P.O.V.*~

You saw your partner's mind slip and the pain that immediately registered on his face revealed what coursed through his head, and you wanted to erase it all from him. You loathed to see how much your shared memories of pain tortured him. You wanted him to have just one night of peace. But there was no real way for you to grant him, so you did the only thing you could do.

You sat down by him and placed his head in your lap, where you started to comb through his soft locks with you pristine skinned hands – which you shared with you loved one – and murmured sweet nothings into his ear in hopes of soothing his stormy unconscious mind.

“My dearest, we shall get through this, and then one day we'll be together and loving forever.” you whispered.

You noticed that his expression changed ever so slightly, and not in the good way. You had seen this face so many times before. It was the face he made whenever the memories were on the verge of becoming too much, and you did what you did every time this expression overtook his facial features.

You leant down and whispered in warm and tender voice in his ear with as much love and care you could muster.

“Please come back to me, my love, for I cannot live without you.”

You let out sigh of relief when you saw his gorgeous blood red orbs slowly open and gaze up at you. You had managed to pull him back once again.

And when the golden sun arises far across the sea
The dawn will break as darkness fades forever we’ll be free

~*Romania's P.O.V.*~

I slipped back into conscious state and gazed up at my dear [Name] with loving eyes. She had saved me yet again. Whenever I felt myself slip, she would reach out a helping hand and pull me back.

“Dragul meu Vladimir, I wish for this torture to stop. I want to be able to live without these weighing memories to haunt us. I can see how they pain you.” she whispered in a worry laced voice.
“Da, I do too, but once the golden bright sun arises from across the sea covered horizon we shall we be free.”
“Yes, we shall. How I long for the morning to come.”

I reached out a hand to her and cupped her cheek in my hand and held it gently. I rubbed her cheek with my thumb in a loving and comforting manner I've seen humans do many times to their beloved ones. These small gestures had we both learnt from humans during our lifetime as lovers.

“Once the dawn breaks and shatters the darkness of the night we shall be free.” I whispered.
“Yes, Vlad. We shall.” she responded with a small and gentle smile.

Never forget what I did, what I said
When I gave you all my heart and soul
Morning will come and I know we’ll be one
Cause I still believe that you’ll remember me

The night continued to drag on and I thought about our wishes. Our wishes to never forget one another, oh we so wanted them to come true. That no matter for how long were forced to be apart or separated we would never forget our love or each other. Never would we forget what we did, nor what we said, it would always stay with us.

We gave our hearts and souls to each other and we held the other's pain and memories as if they were our own. Never would we forget this bond, and when the morning came, we would truly be one.

Our memories bound together, just as strong as our love did and that bond would never break I knew it, and I kept clinging to the belief that we would never forget.

“When morning comes we shall be one, and never shall we forget.” I murmured as if it was a spell.
“That's right, love. Never shall we forget.” [Name] responded.

She mourns beneath the moonlit sky
Remembering when they said goodbye

I could almost feel the dawn creeping near when I saw [Name] wear a sorrowful expression on her face as she once again looked out through the window. I went up to her to try and comfort her in whatever way I could in her moment of depression.

“What's wrong, frumoaso?” I asked her.
A silent tear ran down her face and I gently wiped it away.
“I was thinking of the time when I thought I would never see you again.” she muttered sadly. “I just looked at the moon and remembered it was a full moon that time too.”
“Da, it was. I never thought I would see you again either that time.” I smiled sadly. “But Fate brought us back together, in a way we could be together forever.”
“Yet here we are trying to escape into a better life.”
“Da. Fate was not enough, but perhaps this is fate as well? We were allowed to love, but perhaps our love was not meant to be in this era?” I pondered out loud.
“Perhaps. It does not matter, however, as we shall be reborn and then we shall be able to love in peace.”
“We shall.”

Where’s the one he used to know
It seems so long ago

I didn't quite like this melancholic [Name]. She used to sparkle with happiness and life, with a radiant smile on her lips, now because of Fate that smile had vanished and had been replaced by a sullen and pained grimace. One which I did not enjoy to see. Where was the [Name] I used to know?

I cursed Fate and the world for changing the life of my loved one so much. Why did she have to suffer? She did not deserve it.

It seemed to be so long ago since I had seen a true smile adorn her beautifully curved and perfectly shaped lips. It seemed to be so long ago since I had seen life burn in those beautiful [e/c] orbs of hers, and so long ago her hair sparkled in lively luster.

I longed to see life in her again.

And when the golden sun arises far across the sea
The dawn will break as darkness fades forever we’ll be free

I saw the sun creep out from the shadows of the horizon and took my [Name]'s hand and started to walk out of the little cottage by the seashore we had called our temporary sanctuary. Out and towards the shoreline at the stinging cold waters, however the waters did not affect us, since we were already as cold as we could get.

“Dawn is here, and when the darkness fades we shall be one.” I mumbled.
[Name] turned to me and flashed me the greatest smile she could muster, one that radiated hope and happiness. Our suffering would finally end and make way for a better future for us.
“Yes, love. Forever and always.” she smiled and I found myself smiling along with her when she repeated those words we used to tell each other when describing our love for each other.
“Da, pentru totdeauna și întotdeauna.” I replied happily as the rays of golden light consumed us and turned our vampiric bodies to ashes while our souls were set free.

Never forget what I did, what I said
When I gave you all my heart and soul
Morning will come and I know we’ll be one
Cause I still believe that you’ll remember me

As I felt my soul float down into eternity I heard the heavenly voice of my darling [Name] call out to me.

“Never forget what we did nor what we said, and I shall do the same. I am yours, just as you are mine. We are each other's heart and soul.” her angelic voice rang out and I smiled.
“I promise. I promise I shall never forget, [Name] [Last Name], you, who are my heart and soul. I promise to never forget for as long as I remain yours, and you mine.” I replied before my soul drifted off to nothingness and everything went blank.

'Because I will always believe that you'll remember me.'

~Centuries later~

I sighed in boredom at yet another World meeting as Britain and France continued to fight over every useless little detail. I had that dream again. I knew it was something about it that clang in truth, but I couldn't quite place my finger on it. I had had that dream ever since I woke up all those centuries ago in Romania – the country I represent – as a country personification with vampiric blood running through my veins.

I wish I knew what it meant.

No sooner had I thought that had the doors to the meeting hall opened and a bright young woman waltzed into the room, gaining all representatives eyes on her person.

I was mesmerized by her appearance. She had shining and glistening [h/l], [h/c] hair, vibrant with lots of luster and life, and lively and bright deep pools of [e/c] for eyes, and long eyelashes. She had nice body curves and an outfit that complimented these curves perfectly. A slightly nervous smile danced on her lips as her gaze wandered the room.

Then I heard Germany speak up. “Everyvone, zhis ist [Name] [Last Name], zhe country representative of [Country Name], und she's a new country zhat's just formed. Jou are to treat her vizh utmost vrespect!” he declared.

I still couldn't tear my gaze of the woman, but vaguely, somewhere in my mind, it registered that she had the same name as the woman in my dream.

Then our eyes met and everything clicked instantly. The dream was never a dream. It was a memory, and it was a memory from my previous life, where Fate and the world had torn me apart from my lover, [Name].

We had both been vampires that had been shunned by society and hunted down like animals until we finally had decided to end our existences in hopes of to reincarnate into a better life.

We both got our wish, and we both ended up as countries. But I was still stuck as a vampire, although a vampire country, and I remembered our promise to never forget.

I saw the same wheels click in her mind as well when our gazes locked, and tears sprung up in her eyes, and I felt tears prick mine as well. I felt that all the other countries were looking at us, but I didn't care. I got up from my seat and walked up to her – carefully as if she was an illusion that would disappear if I moved too quickly.

When I reached her I immediately wrapped my arms around her and held her tight. I could feel her hold me just as tight in return as her tears fell from her eyes, and it made me feel all warm inside. I had my entire life felt a hole that was aching to be filled. Now that hole was filled and I knew that it was her I had needed all this time.

“I promised I would never forget.” I mumbled into her hair.
She smiled warmly and happily to me. “And now we shall never part again, for now we shall forever be together.”

“Forever and always.” we both repeated those words we said all those centuries ago as wide, happy smiles adorned our faces.

Oh I still believe that you’ll remember me