Revised Version: This chapter had minor things revised.

Pairings for this chapter:
PolandxLithuania (Oh they are too cute ^^ )

Disclaimer: Guess who Hetalia doesn't belong to! Me! Hidekaz Himaruya (日丸屋秀和) owns Hetalia, Hetalia's awesomeness, all the awesome characters, the entire Hetalia franchise, the Hetalia anime, and the entire Hetalia fandom!

Also, a very special thanks to Brown Feather, who is now helping write this story! And this story is also dedicated to him/her for being awesome ;)

Proceed my munchkins.

Where Loyalties Lie

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved

~She Will Be Loved: Maroon 5

Toris sat by the telephone of Ivan's house. Why is it so hard to just call him? All we ever do when I go over is sit around being lazy. He stretched a hand toward the phone with a determined face, then shied back. I can't do it...

Raivis came up behind him and asked, "What are you doing?"

Toris jumped at the sudden intrusion to his thoughts.

"I'm just trying to call someone..."

"Is it Poland?" Eduard inquired, entering the room behind Raivis.

Toris' silence was enough of an answer.

"Do you think he will try to take you back?" Raivis asked with honest eagerness.

"Your knight in shining armor?" Eduard half-taunted.

"He never struck me as the knightly sort," Raivis mused.

"That's because he isn't," Eduard smirked.

"Maybe he's changed!"

"Oh, you just want all your romance novels to become reality."

Raivis pouted slightly. "Who knows, maybe he will show up at the door one day demanding that Russia gives him back!"

You should like, totally see the look on your face right now!

"He's a bastard!" Toris exclaimed.

Not knowing where the sudden outburst came from, the other two Baltics fell silent. They looked at each other awkwardly, not knowing what to say. But before Toris had to explain his sudden outburst, he was spared.

RIIIIIING! RIIIIIIING! RIII-

"Hello," Ivan said into the receiver.

All three Baltics jumped. No matter how often he snuck up on them, they were still always surprised. How much did Russia hear?

"Yes, he is here," Ivan continued, "Sure. Here he is," he offered the phone to Toris with a smile, "It's your knight in shining armor."

Toris took the phone from the smiling nation sheepishly. Guess it was the whole conversation then.

"Poland?"

Everyone was watching him.

"What was that? About, like, a knight in shining armor?" The nation on the other end of the phone asked.

"Nothing, nothing." Toris said hastily.

"Okay. Well, do you like, wanna come over? I've got some movies and a ton of pocky."

Toris looked to Ivan, who nodded.

"Sounds great, I'll be right over." He hung the phone up and the other three nations were still watching him.

He smiled nervously and shrugged, "We haven't spent much time together lately."

Ivan waved dismissively. "Just don't forget where your loyalties lie, da?"

...oOo...

Toris sat down on his friend's cushy couch. Feliks offered the box of Pocky to him, and he took a couple.

"What do you want to watch?" Feliks asked.

"Mmm, anything is fine," Toris said noncommittally.

The blond nation bent down to search through movies stacked by the T.V.

"How about Peter Pan?"

"Sure," but then the movie request processed and he asked, "But isn't that a bit childish?"

"Nope. You're never too old for some movies," Feliks replied, putting the disc in the DVD player.

He went over to the couch and flopped down beside Toris, instantly taking up most of the space. Then he reached for another box of Pocky and gave his original box to his companion.

They watched the movie in silence. Feliks ate his whole box, then went to get other snacks.

"I wish I could fly," he commented as he came back with a bowl of popcorn, "It would make life sooooo much easier."

"Yeah, I think if I could have anything in the world, it would be the power to fly," the other nation agreed.

"It'd be, like, so much easier for you to come see me!"

Toris looked at his friend in surprise.

"I... Guess it would be," he eventually replied.

Feliks did not find the second silence between them awkward, but Toris did. He had never quite got over how the other nation had just given him up to Ivan, and then thought it was funny.

"Why doesn't Russia let you come over much?" The blond nation questioned as he poured buttery popcorn into his mouth.

Toris shrugged. "I think he's just really controlling."

"You should like, say something to him!" Feliks began excitedly, "Yeah! You, Estonia, and Latvia gang up on him and, like, teach him who's boss!" He finished his declaration with a fist in the air.

Toris just looked away. His mood went unlightened by his friend's antics.

"Hey, like, what's up?" Feliks' voice was tinted with genuine concern.

"It... It's not that simple," Toris muttered.

"What? Why not?"

He rubbed his forehead with the heel of his hand. "Estonia, Latvia, and I depend on him. And he's so much bigger, we couldn't do anything to fight him."

[Russia and the Baltics: Though they have technically been free from Russia since the 1990s, Russia still wields considerable influence. Influence not through economics or politics, but by custom from all of the Russians who settled there throughout the years. But for the purposes of this fanfic, we are going to pretend that Russia still wields political control.]

"Just get another nation to help you. I bet America would, like, totally help. He and Russia have that whole old grudge thing going on!"

"I don't think anyone would be willing to help little countries like us, especially knowing how possessive Russia is over his tributes," Toris sighed sadly.

[How Serbia Inadvertently Caused WWI- 1914: An Austrian diplomat was shot by a terrorist group that happened to station themselves in Serbia. Though the Serbian government had nothing to do with the attack, they were blamed. Protecting Serbia (because of all the Russians in the country), Russia butted heads with Austria. WWI ensued.]

Trying to change the subject, Toris said: "Let's just watch the movie."

"What if I like, help you though?" Feliks insisted.

A little bit of anger flared up in Toris.

"No, we are doing just fine, thank you."

"But you don't like it there." Feliks was confused.

"So? Russia looks after us and protects us! So what if he is a little controlling and intimidating?

The other nation was silent for a moment, but then smiled.

"I could, like, do that for you too!" He said excitedly.

Toris looked at him angrily. "You had your chance to do that before! I fought beside you! We fought Russia together! Then you let Russia carry me off while you laughed. Didn't that mean something to you?! Does it mean anything to you?! Even today?" He took a deep breath to calm himself before continuing, "It's not like it's ideal at Russia's house, but I know he would protect us. He certainly wouldn't let some other nation carry me off. Besides, it isn't as if I could just leave Estonia and Latvia. We aren't best buddies, but it'd be lonely without them."I'm lonely enough as it is...

"What if I tried to like, get all three of you then? I did it once."

Feliks looked like an excited child again. As if Toris had just suggested that they go 'hunting for treasure.' As if this whole conversation was just about some adventure.

"Poland, you couldn't hold onto me. There's no way you could have all three of us... I- I think I'm just going to go."

Toris stood up abruptly and headed for the door.

"Wait!" Feliks stood up hurriedly, and grabbed the other nation's wrist. "Can't you just leave Estonia and Latvia with Russia? If you don't mind it there, I'm sure that they don't. And you won't get lonely here with me around." He tried to smile, but it came across as pleading.

'Just don't forget where your loyalties lie, da?'

Toris braced himself, then looked Feliks in the eye. "I think my loyalties lie with whoever has been loyal to me."

Feliks released Toris' wrist. "Have a little faith in me, come on, please," he said imploringly.

He was genuinely pleading now, but he knew it was a lost cause.

"I did have faith in you, once." Too much faith... Why did I ever expect you to protect me?

With that, Toris left. And Feliks stood there wondering how he could have screwed up so badly.

...oOo...

A/N

In my opinion, Poland and Lithuania are one of the most underplayed couples in hetalia and hetalia fanfiction. I shall not stand for such things XD

All of these chapters so far may seem unrelated, but I assure you setting up the dynamics between characters will be very important later.

~Happy Browsing!