(A/N: Okey-doke! This is going to be a collection of little hetero Hetalia drabbles...as you probably guessed from my summary which says the exact same thing. Anyhoo, every single drabble I write about here is based off of a picture [that does not belong to me]. If anyone would like to see the pictures I based these off of, just PM me your email so I can send the pictures to you.

WARNING: Character death, mild language

Also, for this story, the pair is PruLiech, and Heinrich = HRE and Lilly = Liechtenstein. I came up with neither of these fan names myself. Oh, and of course, Himapapa owns Hetalia, not me...;_;)

Gilbert is oh-so-angry.

His little brother, Heinrich, was just ripped from Gilbert's fingers and killed. Gilbert saw it happen right in front of him, and he is sure the image of his little brother calling to him for help, then fading away will haunt him for years to come. He is an awesome fighter...why could he not protect his brother, Heinrich? Why is his little brother gone from this world?

And like a slap to the face, as soon as Heinrich disappeared from this world, others had come in his place. Perhaps a dozen new people had risen from the exact spot Heinrich had breathed his final breath. One of them is a little blonde girl, and Gilbert cannot stand to look at her.

She bounds up to him carelessly and unguarded, as if she would never expect anyone in the world would ever be out to hurt her. Gilbert almost wants to sock her in the face just to end this naive impression. She politely informs him that her name is Lilly and that she would be his comrade from now on. She curtsies.

At this point, Gilbert wants to shout that she only exists because his little brother died, so Gilbert wishes that she didn't exist at all. But insulting a girl (though one could hardly tell from her non-existant chest, and he's always had trouble with identifying gender in the first place) isn't very awesome or manly, even if it is true, so he says nothing. She takes this as an approval and begins to follow him around.

After some time, Gilbert starts warming up to Lilly. He even gives her Prussian uniforms to wear and shows her how to wield a gun. But he experiences a nightmare with Heinrich dying in front of him, then uttering out in a broken voice, "You've replaced me, haven't you, bruder?" After waking up in a cold sweat, Gilbert distances himself from Lilly greatly.

Lilly has gotten used to Gilbert being cold to her; he is all she's ever known, so she figures the coldness is normal. She has also gotten used to his peculiar brand of narcissism, and in imitation of him, she refers to herself as "ore-sama" one night over potatoes and beer. She finds beer very bitter and usually only pretends to drink it. However, when she calls herself "ore-sama", Gilbert doubles over in laughter at the mismatched pronoun, and Lilly beams. It is the best reaction she has gotten from him since he began distancing himself from her.

"You should cut your hair," he notes idly one time, wrapping his gloved hand around one of her pleated braids. Lilly almosts questions why, but she remembers he is the awesome Gilbert and he has a good reason for everything, so she doesn't bother asking. She assures him she'll get around to it sometime.

One time he does say it. That he's sorry she exists because she took his little brother's place. But instead of crying like he expects, she gives a dubious little smile and says, "I'm sorry. Is there anything I could do better to please you, bruder?" She sounds so grateful and humble to him even as he says that he'd rather she didn't exist, and he can hardly stand it. He tells her not to call him bruder anymore (because that's what Heinrich called him, dammit, and she is not Heinrich) and doesn't talk for the rest of the night.

When they finally separate, it is Lilly who goes away. Gilbert has lost them both, Heinrich and Lilly, and he has even lost himself, he supposes. He doesn't even know what he is anymore as he wallows away his sorrows in beer in Ludwig's basement. Ludwig is all he has left and Gilbert doesn't know what he'll do if he loses him too.

So when Gilbert happens to run into Lilly and her brother, Vash, while he was stalking- observing his enemy, Roderich, he pretends not to notice her. He focuses on Vash as he embarasses his nemesis in front of the assembly, and notices out of the corner of his eye that her hair is now short and she has a rifle at hand. He wonders if it is really Vash's influence that has caused these changes, or...

But that part of his life is over, so he departs without a word to the girl.

(A/N: EDITED on 8/30 with the help of The Fairy Cake. Sankyuu!

Yeaaaah...I wanted to experiment with the fact that Liechtenstein rose out of HRE's demise, cuz she was one of his states. I mean, how would Prussia feel about that? Oh, and *dodges tomatoes* sorry for the crappy OOC-ness. -_- This is probably the longest of all the drabbles I have written.

Also! I have several of these "heterotalia" drabbles already written. I have AmeBela, AmeViet, AustraliaWy, AusHun, BelaRus, CanSey, EngBela, FraSey, HKTai, ItaLiech, JapTai, JoanFrance, KorTai, LietBela, PruHun, RomaniaHungary, RomanoBelgium, UkrRus, and VietFra drabbles prepared. Please leave a review saying which of the previously listed pairs you would like to see next, and I'll try to post a drabble accordingly.

Thanks muchly for reading! Please review as well! And marrymemarrymemarrymemarryme...)