Hey everyone. I know starting another story while I have many still to finish is not good, but I've been having writers block with those stories and don't know how to continue so I'm going to start on this story.
This story maybe historical in some parts and not historical in other parts. So in a way, this story is not fully historical.
Also I don't own Axis Power: Hetalia.
Summary: After decades of not seeing each other, Austria is ordered to take care of Prussia. Once seeing the albino, he is surprised at what he sees. What has happened to the Prussian to cause him to be this way? How will this change the Austrians views and the future?
I'll Protect You
Chapter Two
Over a week had passed since Austria arrived at Prussia's manor and most of his time had been spent cleaning the manor. He had cleaned most of the rooms in the manor except for a few rooms, including Prussia's room.
Since then, Austria has barely seen hide or tail of the boy. He only saw Prussia when he was running away from him, which was a few times. Austria was worried about him. Mostly that he wasn't eating because he never came out when breakfast, lunch, or dinner was ready to eat so he would leave some food by Prussia's room. By the time of the next meal, Austria would see the empty dishes by Prussia's room, except for the last time.
Austria was walking to Prussia's room with breakfast and saw that Prussia's dinner was untouched. This worried him. He set breakfast down next to the room and went in search of Prussia.
As he searched, there was sudden banging on the front door. Austria went to the door and opened it, revealing Paul on the other side, who was gasping for air.
"Paul, what is wrong?" asked Austria.
"Its Mr. Prussia, something is wrong with him. He is in the stable. I think he is sick or something. Please hurry," said Paul.
Both Austria and Paul ran to the stable and Paul led him to the back of the stable. Lying on a pile of hay was Prussia and Paul was right, he wasn't doing well.
He seemed to have some difficultly breathing and his face was a bit red. When Austria touched him, Prussia was as cold as ice.
"He's freezing. He must have slept here all night. I need to get him inside," said Austria, taking off his jacket and wrapping it around Prussia. He then picked the boy up and carried him back into the manor.
Austria carried Prussia into his own room so that he could be in a clean room. He left the room and came back with a bowl of water and a washcloth. He put the bowl on the nightstand and then soaked the washcloth, squeezed the excess water out, and placed it on Prussia's forehead, trying to cool his fever down. Austria pulled the covers and sheets up to Prussia's neck and tucked him in.
He then left the room and started to cook some soup for Prussia. Letting it cook, Austria walked back into his bedroom and saw that Prussia was still sleeping. He took the chair from the desk and placed it by the bed. Taking a seat, Austria watched Prussia sleep.
A couple of hours had passed when Prussia slowly opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was Austria smiling down at him.
"Thank goodness," said Austria, letting out a breath of relief. He placed his hand on Prussia's cheek, gently. Prussia tried to move away from the hand, but he was too weak to do it. Suddenly a growling echo through the room.
A small laugh came from Austria and he stood up from his chair.
"I made some soup for you. I'll bring some for you," said Austria. He walked out of the room.
When he came back with a bowl of soup, Austria saw Prussia sitting up in bed.
"Prussia, you should waited until I came back before sitting up. You're sick," said Austria.
"Here Prussia, the soup is a bit hot so be careful," said Austria, gently placing the soup on Prussia's lap.
Prussia looked at the soup and then at Austria. He seemed to not know what to do.
"Come on, you need to eat to get stronger," encouraged Austria. Prussia looked back at the soup and then picked up the spoon, but the spoon was shaking in his hand.
Austria saw this and took the bowl of soup and the spoon from Prussia. He then scooped a bit of soup into the spoon and held it out for Prussia to eat.
This confused Prussia quite a bit. He looked up at Austria.
"Come on Prussia, eat," said Austria.
With one last look at Austria, Prussia began to be spoon-fed from the Austrian.
Once the bowl was empty, Austria set the bowl on the nightstand and said, "Now its time to sleep."
He slowly helped the now sleepy Prussian into bed so not to startle him or anything. Tucking him into bed, Austria placed the wet washcloth on Prussia's forehead. He then settled back into his seat.
"I'll stay here until you fall asleep unless you want me to stay longer or leave now," said Austria. Prussia looked at him, but didn't say anything.
It wasn't long before Prussia's eyes were becoming heavy and soon, he fell asleep. Austria smiled at the sight of Prussia sleeping. He looked so peaceful and innocent.
Austria watched him for a little while before standing up for his chair and quietly walking out of the room. He went across the hall and stood in front of Prussia's room.
"I need to find out what has been happening here and his room may give me a clue or something. It the only way since he isn't talking," muttered Austria to himself.
He entered Prussia's room and began his search with the wardrobe, but only found clothes that were untouched. He then checked the bed, but couldn't tell anything if anything was wrong because the sheets were black. The next place he checked was the closet, which brought a surprise to Austria. In the closet was a pile of torn clothes. Austria picked a pick up and examined it. To him, the clothes looked like they were ripped apart by force. This confused him. As he started to look through the pile, he saw that some of the clothes seemed to have dry blood on them. This confused him even more. When he finished looking through the closet, the Austria moved to the chest at the foot of the bed. Opening the chest, the first thing he saw was Prussia's Teutonic Knight's uniform. He took out the uniform and studied it. It seemed to be in good condition and well taken care of. Laying it aside, Austria continued to explore the chest. The next thing he found confused him. It was a cute white stuffed rabbit with small black button eyes. Giving it one last look, he placed the toy on the floor and continued to look. He found in the chest several quilts that had different designs. Looking at the quilts, Austria set them on the floor and looked back into the chest. There was only one other thing in the chest. A sword. It was Prussia's Teutonic Knight's sword. He picked up the sword and unsheathed it, carefully examined it. The sword was in good condition. It was a long, steel blade, but was lightweight. At the end of the hilt was an Iron Cross.
After putting the sword back into its sheath, Austria started to put away the things that were in the chest, but he didn't put the sword in first. He started with the quilts, then the Teutonic Knight's uniform with the sword on top of them. He didn't put away the rabbit. He left the room, carrying the rabbit with him back to his room.
Entering his room, Austria saw Prussia still asleep, but curled up in a ball.
Austria quickly went up to the bed and placed the rabbit on the nightstand so to check on Prussia. He felt the boy's fever was a bit higher than before and that he was covered in sweat.
Sighing, Austria picked Prussia up and carried him out of the room, heading to the bathroom. As he walked from the room, Prussia slowly woke up and turned his head to look at Austria.
"Its ok, Prussia. I'm going to give you a bath so you can freshen up a bit," said Austria.
Prussia groaned at this, but didn't struggle or couldn't. He just watched Austria.
When they entered the bathroom, Austria set down on the sink counter and went to the tub. He turned on the faucet and let the tub fill up. He collected some towels from the cabinets and then went to turn off the faucet. He turned and walked up to Prussia, rolling up his sleeves. He started to undress him. Prussia tried to put up a struggle, but he was to sick and weak to do anything. Once all his clothes were off, Austria carried him to the bathtub and carefully put him in.
He let Prussia soak before he started to wash him, slowly and gently. He felt the tense Prussian began to relax bit by bit. Once Austria had finished bathing him, he drained the tub and grabbed a towel, wrapping it around the boy. He picked him up and grabbed the other towels and left the bathroom.
Carrying him back to his room, Austria placed him on his bed and started to dry him off. He wrapped him in the towel so to keep him warm and said, "I'll be right back. I'm just going to get you some fresh clothes." He gently patted Prussia on head and left the room.
He quickly came back with a fresh set of clothes and started to dress Prussia. When he was done, Prussia was wearing a set of creamy white pajamas that fit him perfectly. Austria placed the boy in bed and tucked him into bed, making sure the covers and sheets keeping him warm.
"I have something for you," whispered Austria. He took the rabbit off the nightstand and showed it to Prussia, who quietly gasped at the sight of the rabbit. The boy reached up for it, trying to grab it from Austria.
Smiling at this, Austria placed the rabbit right next to Prussia, who wrapped his arms around it. He snuggled into the toy with closed eyes.
Austria's smile became even bigger and he whispered, "Now, go to sleep. I'll stay here until you fall asleep." He sat back down in the chair and watched Prussia.
Prussia opened his eyes a bit and stared at Austria, but a moment later, his eyes slowly closed and he fell asleep.
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