HEY! Chapter Four is here!
Tino makes an over-phone appearance! I think Estonia's a little OCC in this chapter, but oh well.
He stayed with Ravis for another day. They went to the market to buy food for dinner, and Ravis clung to Eduard's arm, giggling and kissing him even in the presence of other people.
"Mister Ravis," A young Latvian girl said, pulling on the curly- haired nation's coat, "Who's that?"
Ravis crouched down to meet her eye level, and smiled. "This is Eduard Von Brock. He is Estonia."
"He loves me." He said, patting the girl's head. 'He loves me'. Eduard thought, feeling somewhat insecure. No. I'm the weird one. It was too early to tell him the extent of my feelings. Ravis took the taller man's hand and dragged him towards a vendor selling potatoes.
As soon as Eduard stepped through the door to the Latvian's home, Ravis dropped their groceries and pushed him against the wall. "Ravis?" Eduard asked, confused. Then-all of a sudden-he was all over him again, touching and kissing and begging for sex. "-But we just did it last night!" The taller blond exclaimed as Ravis slipped his hands under his shirt.
The younger man's hands abruptly loosened around his hips, and his forehead wrinkled. "B-But don't you love me?" He stuttered.
"Of course I love you. I just can't handle this much at once." Eduard said, kissing Ravis's forehead.
A kiss on the forehead. That's all it took sometimes.
Ravis stumbled backwards, tripping over the discarded groceries and falling over onto the floor.
He drew in his breath sharply, and shivered.
"Ravis!" Eduard yelled.
He couldn't move or see anything, and it was getting harder to breathe. His face was pressed into a pillow and is arms were bent backwards in an unnatural manner while Mister Ivan fucked him. Ravis whimpered, but then Ivan whispered into his ear: "Shh,quiet. You wouldn't want to bother Eduard or Toris, would you?"
Ravis shook his head, fighting back the urge to scream into the pillow which was currently choking him.
He imagined he was somewhere else. On a picnic with Toris. In his hometown, Riga. Reading a book with Eduard before bedtime.
Meanwhile, Ivan thrust harder. It would soon be over.
He imagined he was somebody else. Toris. Yao. Anybody but himself.
"Ah~" Ivan exclaimed, filling Ravis. The young boy choked on a sob. Ivan then helped him into a sitting position, disregarding the blood and semen running down Ravis's legs. "Good job." He told him, kissing his forehead. Ravis looked away. He'd do anything to go back to doing chores.
"Now kiss me." Ivan instructed.
As gently as he could, Ravis did as Ivan told him.
He had no idea how he had ended up crying in Eduard's arms. "Shh." It'll be alright." Eduard said, petting his hair. "I'm so sorry." Ravis buried his face in the Estonia's shoulder.
"I guess I was a bit hasty in telling you my feelings." Eduard said. "but I really do love you, Ravis. Please don't cry."
"I know." Ravis found himself saying, still shaken.
Then, the Estonian's pager went off. They broke apart, and Eduard checked to see who it was. "They need me back in Estonia." He said. "But I will stay here if you need me."
Ravis looked down. "No, please go. Your country's needs should be valued over anything else."
Eduard took him in his arms again. "I love you, I love you, I love you." He repeated, and then kissed him gently. "I'll see you later." He said as he left.
At times like this, Eduard had no choice but to call his best friend, Tino. He dialed the number with one hand and steered the car with the other.
"Eduard!" The sing-song voice on the other end answered, "I haven't heard from you in a while!"
"I just had sex with Ravis." He blurted out.
"That's great! You've always liked him, right?" The Finnish man said, excited.
"I know. But I'm just confused." Eduard said, turning right. "We just got together yesterday and I told him I love him."
"Already!" Tino interrupted, amused. "You're starting to remind me of Berwald."
"Was I too early?" Eduard asked, feeling regretful. Him and his stupid mouth. "Probably." Tino said, "I know I was super-scared around Berwald when he first told me."
Eduard told him of how Ravis acted around him, one moment he was all over him, then he was crying and screaming. How he didn't believe Eduard loved him.
"It's only been a day!" Tino exclaimed. "Calm down, Ed!"
Maybe I have been a little paranoid. The Estonian thought, driving onto a side-road. "Look, if you two are meant for each other, things will start to get better. He's just nervous!" Tino yelled into the phone.
Eduard smiled. "Thanks, Tino." He just hoped the Finnish man was right.
When he was fifteen, Ravis was developed a profound fear of the dark. He'd run to Eduard's room as soon as Mister Ivan left. "Eduard." He pleaded, "Please let me sleep with you tonight."
And Eduard had never once rejected him.
As they laid there, Eduard would wrap his arms around the Latvian's shoulders. Most of the time, they were silent, but at times either Eduard or Ravis would blurt out a thought which would spark a conversation.
"Why are we here?" Ravis asked one night. "We could run at any moment, so why don't we?"
"Sssh." Eduard whispered, placing a finger over his lips. "Mister Ivan could hear you." The young Latvian pressed against the taller blonde's shoulder.
"If we escaped he'd do something bad to us. Even worse than now." The Estonian told him.
"Worse than what he does to Toris and me?" Latvia asked. Eduard's eyes winded. This was the first time the younger boy had directly addressed the issue. Eduard nodded.
"I wish I could take it all away from you." Eduard mumbled. "So that you would have to deal with it."
He closed his eyes tightly. He couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe there was someone so deranged as Ivan in this world. He couldn't believe that he'd let this happen, and stood on the other side of the door while screams rang through the house.
How could he have let it happen? Someone had hurt his precious friend, and he'd stood y and let it happen.
"I'm so sorry." He whispered into Ravis's hair.