A/N: Yes I made it to the second day ;u; (so proud of myself) Today's prompt is "Beach day!" but .. I didn't write the cliche beach story. I don't know why, it just seems too uncomfortable for me to write :c Fun fact: I don't like writing conversations, it's ... awkward ;_;

The sun shone weakly through the thick clouds that had formed in the grey sky. The wind gently rocked the cold sea, making sea dance. Forwards, backwards, sideways, it was as if the sea was doing strange waltz to the gentle music that came out of Julchen's black headphones. Actually, that wouldn't make sense. The music was in 4/4 so it couldn't possibly be a waltz, not that Julchen cared much about music theory. Light snowflakes begun to fall into the sea, quickly disappearing just after they had formed. Some of the snowflakes fell on Julchen, camouflaging with her messy silvery-white hair, but she paid no attention to it, allowing some of the snow to do into the soft hood of her dark blue jacket.

Suddenly, Julchen felt a sharp, cold push on her back. She turned around, surprised to see Daniel walking towards her with a few rocks in his hand. "Hey Prussia! Or East Germany. Or ... Whatever you are now," Daniel greeted, interrupting Julchen's peace and quiet.

"You can just call me Julchen. What are you doing here anyway?" Julchen muttered, taking out her red iPod and lowering the volume of the music that was playing.

Daniel smiled in amusement and replied, "Ha, Julchen isn't even a proper name! Oh well, it suits you nicely. I should be asking you the same thing, I invited you to a nice sunny beach during the summer last time but you refused. Now I find you on a cold, rocky beach while it's snowing. You're such a strange and lonely person. What happened to your friends?"

Julchen stood up, whistled a high pitched tone at the sea, and turned around to face Daniel. A small yellow bird with a ribbon tied on it flew down onto her, creating a makeshift nest on her head. "Who said I was lonely? I do have friends with me right this moment! I have my awesome bird and you too are my friend, right? Besides, even if my wonderful friends weren't here, it would still be nice to be alone and not be concerned about anybody," Julchen suggested with a smirk while pointing at Daniel.

Daniel chuckled and patted Julchen on her head, causing the little bird resting on her head to fly down to land on her left shoulder. "Now that's the Julchen I know. You didn't seem like your regular self just now, what happened?" Daniel asked.

Julchen cringed a little at the question and answered, "Well actually I've been worried about disappearing ever since my country dissolved. I feel like even though I've been alive for such a long time, I don't want to leave this world yet. I don't really regret what happened to me though, I'd much rather disappear than have Monika disappear. She's an awesome sister with a great sense of responsibility and she's much better at taking care of a country than I ever was. She's always trying hard to improve Germany's economy while managing foreign and national relations at the same time. She's so cute when she's working hard too. She's actually the best sister I could ever have. I'd miss her so much if I had to disappear. Obviously I would miss you too; I would even miss messing with Anneliese... Sorry, I'm just pointlessly rambling, aren't I?"

Julchen looked like if she was about to cry. She turned around and sat down facing the sea, leaving Daniel to think about what she had said. Daniel watched her silently as he thought of what to say to comfort her. Julchen quietly watched the waves gently hit the shore as the snow fell, creating a thin layer of slush on top of the smooth pebbles. She suddenly felt a warm touch on her hand and turned around to find Daniel sitting beside her and smiling weakly. Unsure of how to react, Julchen just remained on the rocky beach watching the sea with Daniel by her side, holding her now warm hand. Suddenly, Daniel shouted at the sea, "CHEER JULCHEN UP!"

Julchen looked at Daniel confusedly but let out a small laugh. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"Trying to make you feel better? Looks like it worked."

"You were just lucky, the sea doesn't grant wishes."

"That's what you think."

"... Sorry for making you worry, I wasn't feeling too well."

"Don't worry! It's fine. Everyone has their bad days."

"LET DANIEL NOTICE MY FEELINGS FOR HIM!"

"What?"

Julchen, with her face flushed a bright red explained, "you heard what I said, besides I just wanted to see if it works or not. Daniel, I love you."

Daniel, surprised but happy with Julchen's confession, wrapped his warms arms around Julchen. "Don't worry, you're not embarrassing yourself, I love you too," he replied, noting the coldness of Julchen's body and the scent of saltwater in the air.

The two stayed at the beach until it was too dark to see. While walking to the house that Julchen shared with her sister, Monika, Daniel commented, "Hey, you should have believed in the sea in the first place."

"You're not awesome enough to tell me what to do," Julchen replied with a friendly laugh.

Grabbing onto Daniel's hand with her own warm hand, Julchen exclaimed, "let's go home, I'm hungry!" while running and dragging a laughing Daniel along with her.