Romano x Reader: Faded to Black Part 1

You were happily walking down the hallway, humming on a song. You were on your way to meet up with your friend – and crush – Romano now that school was over for the day, you had planned to go to his house to watch a few movies. You giggled – he was probably already impatiently waiting at the gate.

Suddenly you were shoved into the lockers, hard. You winced when you body came into contact with the hard surface. You opened your eyes to see who had shoved you and were greeted by the sight of a group of some of the popular girls, who glared angrily at you. You bit your lip to prevent any scared squeaky noises to slip out. These girls had been tormenting – both physically and mentally – you for quite a while now, bluntly put, ever since they found out you were friends with Romano and the others – which was a few months ago.

"Hey, ugly. Where do you think you're going?" the leader asked menacingly.
"T-to see R-Romano..." you stammered.
"No, I don't think so, pig." the leader said. "Girls." she called out and immediately the torture started. They went up and surrounded you and started beating you up. First they kneed you in the stomach to force you to submit and make you an easy victim. They clawed your face, yanked your hair and clothes, and kicked you in the stomach, all while they pushed you around in their circle and laughed.

Soon enough you didn't know what was left, what was right, up or down. All you knew was pain and you happy mood was long gone by now. You screamed out, begging them to stop and to please let you go.

"If you leave Romano and the others alone and forget about them, then maybe we'll consider it." one of the girls said.
That made you quite angry. How dare they tell you to leave your only friends?! "Why would I listen to a bunch of jealous bitches?" you snarled with new found courage. That was a bad move though, as they started beating you even worse and you screamed louder.

You started to wonder why no other students or teachers had come to see this yet. Or why Romano hadn't come. Surely he must be wondering where you were by now? You soon got you answer.

"Scream all you want. No one will come. All teachers are having a meeting in the gym and all students have gone home, including Romano." one of them said triumphantly.
"Yeah, he got tired of waiting for you." They all laughed at your miserable state.

They kept beating and mentally tormenting you for a bit more before your body became numb to their assaults. After that you just let them do as they pleased.

'Please, just let this end! I don't wanna endure this anymore! I don't wanna see this world anymore! I've had it! Please just end it!!' you screamed desperately in your mind. 'If this is the world, I don't wanna know it, nor do I wanna see it!'

You were barely even conscious anymore, your knees started giving out on you and you fell down to the floor. They yanked you up roughly by your hair and was about to throw you into a locker and lock you in when a chorus of angry voices rang throughout the hallway.

"[NAME]!!!"

The girls quickly let you go and scrambled from the scene. You fell to the ground – bruised and injured – with closed eyes, numb and on the verge of unconsciousness.

"[NAME]! [NAME]!! [NAME]!!!"  The voices came closer and started to recognize them as your friends Romano, Feliciano, Antonio, Francis, Gilbert, Ludwig, Elizaveta, Arthur and Alfred. Romano reached you first and picked you up in his arms.
"[Name]! Can-a you hear me?! - Hey potato bastards, call an ambulance-a!" he yelled at them.

Ludwig took out his cell phone and called for an ambulance.

"Mon dieu, zis is not good! She's badly 'urt!" That was definitely Francis.
"Those wankers are going to pay for this!"
"Hey, sveetheart. Open your eyes if you can hear us, please." Elizaveta coaxed and you did as she asked and your eyes fluttered open. You were met by the worried look of your friends.
"R-R-Ro..." you tried to say Romano's name but failed.
"Shh, chica." Antonio cooed. "You're safe now, chica."
You nodded slightly.
"Sveetheart, who vere those girls?" Eliza asked worriedly.
You swallowed before you tried to answer. "I-I-I don't... know... T-t-they j-just... s-start-ted b-beating me... up... a-and..."
"'Ow can anyone be so to cruel to beat up ma belle?!" Francis exclaimed upset.
"Shut up and let her finish, you git!" Arthur yelled. "Please continue, love."

You nodded again and continued. "T-t-they also t-threatened m-me t-t-to... l-leave you g-guys and f-forget about... you..." your voice grew quiet at the end and your eyes closed once more, and everyone freaked out.

"Bella!!"
"Chica!"
"Frau!"
"Belle!"
"[Name]!!!"
"Love!"

After that everything went black.