A/N: chapter two! this would be a good time to say that there are no pairing in this (fyi) and that I plan to be very mean to poor Latvia, sorry... also I don't own Hetalia!

Lithuania stood behind Russia's desk as he watched Ivan drink his tea. The oldest Baltic didn't dare leave without being dismissed. he waited as the Russian opened a drawer and took out stack of papers. Sighing, Russia figured he should get to work on all the documents his government needed.

"oh, you're still here, da?" Russia said, suddenly realizing that the Lithuanian was still there. Toris snapped to attention.

"y-yes Mr. Russia" he replied much to quickly, making the Russia laugh, which in turn only made the Baltic more nervous.

"you can go now, you can also bring my dinner up here da?" Russia said, giving his servant a big childlike smile.

"yes sir." Liet responded quickly, hurrying out of the room. upon leaving, Lithuania let out a sigh of relief. he glanced at a clock that was hanging on a wall nearby and noted that there was two hours before they needed to prepare supper. He decided to go see how Estonia and Latvia were doing with all the fish, so, walking down two hallways and three flights of stares, and finally taking a left, he got to the back kitchen just in time to see Latvia trip, and a bucket of ice fall on him.

"Latvia!" Estonia shouted. Lithuania rushed forward, and together they lifted the bucket and moved the ice aside to find Latvia unconscious with blood coming from the side of his head.

"I-I'll go get the bandages" Estonia managed before rushing off.

"Raivis... Raivis wake up!" Lithuania said, shaking Latvia's shoulder lightly.

everything was white when Latvia opened his eyes. He seemed to be floating in mid air. Shapes slowly formed around him and the youngest Baltic found himself sitting in snow. A shadow loomed over him, shivering, Raivis looked up to see Russia standing over him, his smile seemed plastered on his face and he was holding a disconnected faucet. Latvia shook further, though not from the cold, Russia raised the faucet over his head. Latvia quickly got up, adrenaline now fueling his actions and took off running. he could here Russia running after him ("come back, da?") and his legs were going numb from cold. Still the young nation continued to run, cold air ripping at his throat and lungs until they felt like they were on fire. He ran through the trees as it got darker and darker, until he could barley see anything in front of him. He tripped over a tree root, landing in a pile of snow. Some snow clinging to his face and hair, Latvia got up, holding back tears, and kept running... he had to get away from Russia's laughter and his fixed smile. He wondered where Lithuania and Estonia were, were they trying to find or help him? had they been caught? or had they sold him out to be punished in their place? He forced himself to focus on his predicament rather than worry about the worst, picking up his pace in the hopes that Russia would give up.

Eventually he hit what seemed to be an invisible wall and fell back. he looked up to see Russia standing directly in front of him, arm raised. Latvia shut his eyes tightly and used his arms to protect his head.

"look up." what?! the youngest Baltic thought, still braced for an attack.

"Look. Up." Russia repeated. Latvia looked up to see a bucket of ice falling towards him.

"Raivis..."

"Raivis!" Latvia slowly opened his eyes to see Estonia and Lithuania's worried expressions directed at him.

"hi..." he mumbled. His head stung and he felt as if everything was moving in circles.

"how are you feeling?" Estonia asked, doing nothing to hide the concern in his voice as he took a wet cloth and dabbed at the wound on his head.

"my head hurts" Latvia winced. "and I'm k-kinda cold." he added, he was sill sitting in a puddle of recently melted ice and was soaking wet. Lithuania bent down to pick up the shivering nation.

"come on" he said with a faint smile. "let's get you cleaned up ok?"

Not much later, Latvia was sitting on the one bed the Baltics shared, a bandage wrapped around his head and a blanket draped over his shoulders. Still, something was wrong, despite being dry now, Latvia still shivered. The little country also seemed pale, and tired looking. Lithuania expressed this to Estonia, who placed a hand on the youngest nation's head. The Estonian was shocked to find that, in fact, Latvia was burning up.

"I-I feel kinda funny..." Latvia mumbled, confirming the elder nations' fears.

"Here." Estonia said "Lie down." Latvia did so and promptly fell asleep.

Later that evening, Russia was walking by his servant's room and over heard something,

"I hope he's ok..." Lithuania said, looking down at Latvia, who was still fast asleep.

"he should be fine, though he'll be sick fro a couple of days" Estonia assured the other. "I'm sorry..." he continued to no one in particular, as Latvia could not hear him... "I shouldn't have set the bucket on such an unstable shelf."

"it's ok Eduard, it's nobody's fault, I'm sure Raivis would agree"

Russia continued walking by Latvia, sick for a couple of days? the Russian smiled evilly to himself, this was going to be a fun few days!

A/N: This was going to be longer, but I need to study... exams... yay! reviews would be LOVELY.