It all started when Lithuania moved to America's house. Estonia winced as his clothes brushed painfully against the bruises covering his skin. Ever since Toris left Russia had been drinking more then usual, and that meant that neither he nor Raivis went unscathed by his wrath. Eduard knew why the Russian drank; he drank because he was depressed by his older 'brother' leaving. Even though the Russian was a bit abusive and mentally disturbed, Eduard had long ago realized that in his own twisted way Ivan cared deeply for all three of the Baltic's, seeing them all as one big makeshift family.
The blonde let out an exhausted sigh as he leaned slightly against the walls of the hallway he was walking down. He body was sore all over having had a small run in with Ivan two nights ago. He closed his dark emerald eyes and remembered quite vividly what happened.
Eduard crept silently through the enormous hallways in Russia's house. Being unable to fall asleep due to the tension within the Russian's house since Lithuania's departure the blonde sought out the only place where he could find inner peace; the library.
The Estonian quietly shut the library's heavy door behind him and flipped the light switch on not expecting to see what, or to be more precise who was in front of him. Eduard froze as he recognized Russia sitting in one of the large chairs, his silvery hair covered his eyes making it difficult for Estonia to tell if he was awake or asleep. Hoping it was the latter he moved to shut off the lights only to stop mid-way as Ivan stirred glancing over in the smaller male's direction.
"Ah, Eesti, I was wondering when you would get here…" he murmured. The taller nation's violet eyes were glazed over, a clear indication that he had been drinking. The blonde tried his best to suppress his growing fear and nodded looking for a possible chance to get away as quickly as he could.
"O-oh, I'm sorry, forgive me Mr. R-Russia." The blonde forced out trying to maintain a steady tone of voice. The Russian cocked his head to the side and stood up staring at the other. Estonia made every little note of what the other was doing. Dealing with Ivan when he was drunk was like a deadly dance, one had to be careful not to misstep.
"He's gone Eesti, are you going to leave me too?" Ivan asked. Estonia flinched at the accusing tone and look in the larger nation's eyes. In truth yes, Estonia wanted to leave, he wanted to leave the Russian's house and be independent, though he still wanted to at least be friends with the other male. He tried to find the right words to appease Russia but found that his fear had prevented him from thinking fast enough. Ivan took a step forward and out of pure instinct Eduard stepped back. The blonde quickly realized his mistake and looked straight up into now enraged violet eyes. He had made a deadly mistake in this lethal tango.
"Вы разве не так? Янепозволю!" The Russian growled before rushing forward and gripped the smaller male's wrists painfully. Estonia yelped in hurt as he was yanked forward.
"Н-нет! Пожалуйста, яне-!" He tried to explain speaking in Russian trying to calm Ivan. It was no use, once enraged the Eastern European giant glared even more and backhanded him sending the blonde flying into a bookshelf. His back hit the edge causing him to bite his lip in order to try and hide the groan of pain. One eyes squinting open he stared up in fear as Ivan's massive figure loomed over him.
His luck had seemed to have run out.
Yttrium, atomic number: 39, atomic symbol: Y, atomic mass: 88.906 amu. Estonia silently recited the periodic table in his head in order to try to take his mind off of the amount of pain his body was in. He had started with Hydrogen after the Russian had backhanded him and the beating began. His eyes were unfocused and nearly sightless since his glasses had been knocked off him some time ago. The blonde was curled up in a ball trying to protect his torso and stomach, breathing heavily. Zirconium, atomic number: 40, atomic symbol: Zr, atomic mass: 91.224 amu.
Eduard was brought out of his trance as he felt Russia gently brush his bangs out of his face. He flinched barely making out Ivan's blurry form directly in front of him.
"Shh, shh, Не беспокойтесь, мало одного, мать Россия позаботится о вас." Ivan whispered softly reaching out and gently lifting Eduard to his chest. The smaller male whimpered in a mixture of pain and fear as Ivan gently cradled him in his large arms. The blonde's eyes started to water, tears threatening to fall as he braced himself for even more pain. Stroking the teen's hair he hummed softly still rocking the now shaking Estonia. Still humming the Russian quietly sang,
"Где мечтательный потоки Волге
Там's Одиноко Роза Русский
Глядя нежно
Вниз на коленях
Где ребенок зеленые глаза блестят
Слушать
Каждый вечер вы услышите ее напевать
Русский колыбельная
Просто немного жалобный настройка
Когда ребенок начинает плакать
Рок ампер пока мой ребенок"
Eduard tried not to cry as the other finished and gently kissed his forehead before taking him back to his room and tucking him into bed.
"I will not lose you too..." Russia whispered.
Estonia suppressed a shiver that ran through his body, he clutched at the papers he was carrying against his chest. He was off to the library again to work on some accounting having finished his other chores. As of now Russia was doing a bit better, from what Eduard could see he had not been drinking that much today but the fact that he was drinking at all made him horribly uneasy. While he was lost in his inner thoughts the blonde didn't notice the other behind him.
Estonia gasped as a large hand covered his eyes making his glasses go askew.
"Guess who!" A childlike voice giggled in his ear. Estonia forced himself to stay still and he stuttered out,
"U-uh, Mr. Russia..?"
Russia giggled and still covering Eduard's eyes said, "Eesti, I'm bored, let's a play a game, da?" Using his other hand Ivan took the papers from Estonia's hand and set them on a side table on the side of the wall in the hallway. Eduard tensed unsure of what to do considering the position he was in.
"Ah! M-Mr. Russia! W-what are you-?" he yelped as the other wrapped his arm around his stomach holding him close.
Ivan giggled and whispered, "I wanna play Eesti, come play with me."
Eduard had no choice but to nod a shaky 'Ok'.
Translations
Вы разве не так? Янепозволю- You are aren't you? I won't let you!
Н-нет! Пожалуйста, яне-!- N-no! Please, I'm not-!
Не беспокойтесь, мало одного, мать Россия позаботится о вас- Do not worry little one, mother Russia will take care of you
The Lullaby
Where the dreamy Volga flows Rock-a-bye my baby
There's a lonely Russian Rose
Gazing tenderly
Down upon her knee
Where a baby's green eyes glisten
Listen
Ev'ry night you'll hear her croon
A Russian lullaby
Just a little plaintive tune
When baby starts to cry
-is bricked for writing this- Okay this idea has been bugging me for a long time so now I'm posting it, originally it was suposed to be a oneshot but I divided it into two parts... so yeah... chances are you people won't like it and yeah I might end up deleting this all together... Well the lullabye was something I found off the net and just translated into Russian, the Russian is more than likely awful due to my only source is an online translator... and yeah also been wanting to write something with Eduard since he's my fav out of the Baltics. Anyway sorry if this is absolute crap and if no one is interested in reading this I'll delete it and be done. If you do like it, then go ahead and fav/set an alert/ review please and tell me what you think even if you have nothing but constructive critism on how to make my writing better. Thank you for reading.~ Sandshinobi00