Hey everyone. Happy holidays everyone. I want to say thanks to those who have read and reviewed my story or stories. Thank you again.
I'm sorry for taking so long to update, but I been have been busy with school, work, and writer's block.
Also, sorry for any mistakes I have made. Also:
This story maybe historical in some parts and not historical in other parts. So in a way, this story is not fully historical.
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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 Ten
Soon after the war, all the armies headed to their home countries.
Since waking up from their night of drunken passion, Prussia and Austria hadn't spoken to one another at all. Though it was mostly Austria ignoring Prussia whenever Prussia tried to get his attention. The Austrian wouldn't even look at him. This saddened the Prussian very much. He wanted to speak to them before they all had to go home, but this didn't happen.
But soon after, Napoleon escaped from his exile and started a big fuss in Europe. So another war started, but soon ended. In this war, Prussia and Austria barely saw one another. Whenever they saw one another, the Austrian would avoid Prussia by running away. Prussia was very heartbroken from all this.
With the end of the war, Prussia was the dominant force in the German Confederation with Austria ruling in the shadows.
The Austrian was confused about something though. He hadn't seen the personification of the Confederation and wondered if there could be one or not. With this thought, Austria decided to build some courage and go see Prussia.
When Austria arrived in Prussia's manor, he knocked on the door and waited. But no one answered. He suddenly heard laughter coming from the lake and looked over in that direction. He saw two figures, one small and one large, running around and playing with one another. Austria walked towards them and saw that the large figure was Prussia and the small one was a little boy.
The boy looked to be 10 years old and was 4'10" with pale skin. He had pale blonde hair that was ruffled and sky-blue eyes. He wore a white shirt and black pants with black shoes, all of which were slightly dirty and ruffled.
What astonished Austria was the boy. He looked just like the Holy Roman Empire in every way.
"Prussia," called out Austria. Prussia and the boy stopped playing and looked up towards Austria.
Prussia was surprised to see Austria there. He looked to the boy and told him to stay here. The Prussian went up to the Austrian.
"Well, this is a surprise. I wasn't expecting you to come here, Roddie. You should've sent a message and I would've been able to properly greet you," said Prussia in a joking manner.
"Most sorry for not sending a message to you about my arrival, but I came here in a hurry," said Austria.
"What is that you want?" asked Prussia.
"Well firstly, who is the boy?" asked Austria.
"He is my little brother, Ludwig," told Prussia.
"Prussia, don't lie to me. I know that it is Gerwig, the Holy Roman Empire. Have you had him this whole time?" asked Austria.
"He is not the Holy Roman Empire, at least not anymore. He doesn't remember being Gerwig or anything at all. I found them among a pile of corpses a few years ago and I've been taking good care of him since then. He is now Ludwig the German Confederation," said Prussia.
"Why didn't you tell me about him? I had the right to know about him. I also rule over the German Confederation as you do so I had the right to know about them," said Austria.
"You would've known if you tried to speak with me when Napoleon came back and started a war again, but you stayed away from me so I wasn't able to tell you. Every time I tried to speak with you, you would run away from me. You only have yourself to blame for it that you are uninformed about him. So don't blame me for it," said Prussia.
Austria was surprised from Prussia's words and didn't know what to say about it. He just stood did there and looked at the Prussian.
"Is there any other reason you're here, Roddie?" asked Prussia.
"What are you going to do with the German Confederation? Many are curious with everything that you're doing," wondered Austria.
"That is not any of your business. What I do is my business and my governments business. It is most certainly not the business of an Austrian like you or your governments," said Prussia.
Astonished, Austria looked at Prussia. The Prussian had never treated him like this, at least not for a very long time. Not since they were kids at least. But no memories came to him of the time where the Prussian treated him like this.
"Prussia, what is wrong? You've never treated me like this, at least not that I can remember," said Austria.
"Then you should have treated it better instead of avoiding me. Now I like you to leave," demanded Prussia, harshly.
At these words, Austria's eyes widened and he took a step back away from Prussia.
"I'm sorry, Prussia. You're right. I shouldn't have avoided you. I hope you will forgive me for my behavior," said Austria. He turned and left the property.
Since then, Prussia and Austria hadn't spoken to each other at all. They barely even glimpsed one another.
Problems were arising in Austria. There are many revolts arise, which caused a massive revolution within the country.
In Prussia, things were doing better. The German Confederation wanted to be friends with the Prussians and started to have good connections with one another if things like trade. When the German Customs Union was created, Prussia greatly benefited from it. But the Austrians were excluded from it, which caused more problems for Austria.
Time passed and soon revolutions broke all throughout Europe.
The German Confederation created the Frankfurt Parliament, which offered King Frederick William of Prussia a crown of the united Germany, but the offer was refused by the King of Prussia. His reason was that he would not accept a crown from a revolutionary assembly. This angered many people including Prussia. Soon the Frankfurt Parliament dissolved and not long after by the authority of the King of Prussia, the first Prussian Constitution was created. This allowed it to house a two-house parliament.
Years passed and in Prussia, the King Wilhelm I had appointed a new Prime Minister of Prussia. His name was Otto von Bismarck. He was interesting man who wanted to increase Prussian supremacy and influence over the German states. He started three wars.
The first war was the Schleswig Wars against Denmark. The First Schleswig War had resulted with Denmark as the victors, but the outcome of the Second Schleswig War was with the Prussians as the victors. The result of this had gain control over lands from the Danish.
Soon there was talk in the Prussian government of going into war against Austria. When Prussia heard about this, he went straight to speak with Bismarck.
He entered Bismarck's study install the man sitting as desk, reading over some papers.
Bismarck was fifty-one years old and was 5'10" with pale skin that had a slight tan. His hair had gone white and he was balding slightly and he had brown eyes. He was wearing a black suit and brown dress shoes with an Iron Cross necklace around his neck.
Hearing the doors to his study open, Bismarck looked up and saw Prussia enter the room.
"Prussia, what can I do for you?" asked Bismarck.
"What is this I've been hearing about going to war against Austria? Why would we go to war against them? They helped us fight the Danish not that long ago and now you want to fight them," said Prussia in anger.
"You know that we need to fight the Austrians to gain control over this German states that they have control over must be done. We must gain control over those lands so that we can create a German Empire," said Bismarck.
Prussia didn't like this at all. He didn't want to go to war with Austria even though the two of them weren't on good terms. He still cared for the Austrian very much in a way.
"I know you have a past with the embodiment of Austria, but you must see past that if you it's best for your country and for your people and this is what is best. The war against them will most likely not last long. Now I must get back to work," said Bismarck. Prussia nodded and left the room.
Entering his room, Prussia fell onto his bed, landing on his stomach with his head on the pillow. In his mind, he was thinking that he wasn't going to like this fight at all.
Soon the Austro-Prussian War began, but as Bismarck said it didn't last long. The war ended in Prussia gained the land and dissolved the German Confederation to create the North German Confederation. Bismarck quickly made King Wilhelm I make peace with Austria instead of continuing the war with them. But this war had forced Austria out of the Confederation so that they couldn't have any power over the German states. But not many like this peace that was made with the Prussians.
But after the Austro-Prussian war ended, Austria made in agreement with Hungary and became the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Prussia couldn't believe that was happening. He didn't want to believe it. But there was nothing he could do. There were other matters he had to take care of.
With peace made with the Austrians, Bismarck set his eyes on the next and final war, which was against the French. This war lasted for less than a year with the Prussians as the victors. With the land they gain from the French, the German Empire was created.
But when the German Empire finally created, Prussia didn't have to do much anymore. Ludwig or now Germany was the embodiment of the Empire. They didn't even stay with each other anymore. Germany had his own mansion, which was larger than Prussia's manor. This left Prussia in his manor for days and sometimes weeks at a time with no one, completely alone. He was told by the officials not to come to the Reichstag unless called upon.
In his room, Prussia was laying on his bed, completely bored. He had been sleeping for most of the day and was about to fall back asleep when he heard a knock on the door. Surprised, he got out of bed and headed to the front door. Opening the door, he was surprised to see Austria standing there. His eyes widened at the sight of the Austrian.
"Good afternoon, Prussia. How are you doing these days?" wondered the Austrian. No answer came from Prussia.
"Can I come in?" asked Austria. Still not answering, Prussia let him into his manor.
They headed to the sitting room and took seats across from each other.
"So how are you, Prussia?" asked Austria.
"Awesomely," said Prussia, but his gaze was on the floor.
Austria was about to say something, both cut off by Prussia.
"Why are you here, Roddie?" asked Prussia.
Sighing, Austria said, "I came here as a guest. I've heard that you've been alone for a while, no company at all. Not even Germany visits you much. "
"So you're here out of pity for me. Well, you can leave them. I don't mean any of it," said Prussia, angrily.
"I'm not here out of pity. I came here so that you could have some company," said Austria.
"Well, I don't need any, mostly from someone like you, so you can leave," said Prussia, standing up from his seat.
He was about to leave when Austria said, "Prussia, please. I'm sorry for everything I had done to you. Please forgive me. I didn't know what to do or how to react. I was scared."
This caused Prussia to stop in his steps and turned to look at the Austrian.
"You scared? The all-mighty Austria, scared? Is that possible?" asked Prussia, a little tease in his voice.
"Shut up," snapped Austria, standing up.
Prussia walked up to Austria and stood right in front of him.
"Make me," said Prussia, a slight smile on his face. He then pushed the Austrian back onto the couch he was previously sitting on.
Before Austria could do anything, the Prussian sat down on his lap with a leg on either side of the Austria so that he couldn't get away.
Austria started to say, "Prussia, what are…" but was suddenly cut off when Prussia pressed his lips onto the Austrian's lips, kissing him.
This really shocked the Austrian. More pressure was placed on his lips as the Prussian's hands started to undo Austria's jacket and shirt and opening it to show Austria's thin lean chest causing the Austrian to gasp from air hitting his chest.
Breaking the kiss, Prussia placed his lips on Austria's neck and he began to kiss down his neck, nipping along the way that left small red welts. This type of contact caused the Austrian to gasp in pleasure. His breathing was coming out in pants.
"Prussia…stop…I'm…married," panted Austria.
"So?" questioned Prussia as he continued to kiss Austria's neck.
"Prussia, please stop…GILBERT, STOP IT!" shouted Austria.
This made Prussia stop at once. He looked down at Austria and into his eyes. He then quickly looked away and stood up and began to leave the room. At the doorway, he stopped and not turning to face Austria, said, "You should leave. I might not be able to control myself if you are still here."
He was about to walk out the room when Austria said, "Gilbert, please don't leave yet."
Prussia stopped moving, but he didn't turn to face the Austrian.
Fixing himself up, Austria walked up to the Prussian and said, "Prussia, please don't think I don't like you, but I'm married and not to you."
"But do you love me?" asked Prussia, turning to look at Austria.
Austria looked into Prussia's eyes and then he moved forward, placing his lips on the other's lips, kissing him. The kiss was short, but sweet. Pulling his face away from Prussia, Austria looked down at his feet, a deep blush on his face. A surprise look appeared on the Prussian's face and then it turned into a large smirk. He wrapped his arms around the Austrian, pulling him closer.
"You know, you may be married, but we can still be together," said Prussia.
"But that would be wrong, mostly to Hungary," said Austria.
"But you're only married to her by country, not by person. The country of Austria married her, not Roderich Edelstein," said Prussia, placing his hand on the Austrian's chin to lift his head up. Their eyes gazed at each other.
"It would still be wrong to do such things," said Austria.
"But doing the wrong thing can be fun," said Prussia. He then kissed the Austrian on the lips. This kiss was a bit longer and full of more love.
When they broke apart, Austria took a step back and said, "Prussia, I just don't feel right about doing this."
A sad expression appeared on Prussia's face. Looking away from Austria, he said, "Fine. I'll wait for you then."
Surprised, Austria said, "What?"
"I'll wait for you. It might not last. As they say, nothing lasts forever," said Prussia.
"That's a horrible thing to say even if it could be true," said Austria, placing his head under Prussia's chin.
A few hours had passed and Austria was sitting on the couch in the living room with Prussia sitting on his knees with his head on the Austrian's lap, asleep. Gently running his hand through the Prussian's white hair, his eyes closed and a small smile on his face.
Slowly opening his eyes, Austria looked down at Prussia. He saw the Prussian's face relaxed and innocent like when he was little. The smile on his face grew a little. Then the smile turned into a frown. He looked out of a window and saw the sky turning dark. He knew he had to leave.
He slowly stood up, holding Prussia tenderly so not to wake him. Austria placed him on the couch, putting a pillow under his head. He left the room, but came back with a large, thick blanket.
After covering him up, Austria knelt down beside Prussia and kissed him on the forehead.
He then whispered, "I'm sorry, but I have to leave. I don't know when I'll be back." Austria then kissed him softly on Prussia's lips.
Standing up, Austria walked to the doorway, but stopped, turning back to look at the Prussian. He stared at him for a minute and then turned away and left the manor.
Finally done. Sorry it has taken so long. Hope you like it. Please review. Have a nice day. Bye.