"I brought you some flowers."

"Thanks."

"...What's wrong?"

"... Did you hurt Feliks? With Lud? (1)"

"What? Of course not!"

"...Sorry Gil. My parents don't want me to be with you anymore."

"Don't move Gil," Ivan repeated. "Do you want me to rape your little Elizaveta again?"

Gil froze. Old memories ran through his mind. No, he would never let that happen again.

"Please Ivan, just put Elizaveta down. What do you want?"

"I want you dead, Gil. No one disobeys Ivan and gets away, da. Come along and I'll kill you back home, 'kay?"

"No! Don't go with him, Gil!" Elizaveta struggled in Ivan's grasp.

"..."

As Gilbert hesitated, a voice came through the broken door.

"Hey! What's going on?"

Alfred F. Jones, a student at their school, was outside their room with his arm around a blond girl. Ivan glared at him. Alfred was the only one who could match his strength and always being the "hero", he always opposed Ivan.

Gil breathed a sigh of relief. If Alfred was here, Ivan wouldn't do anything.

"What are you doing Ivan? Put Eliza down, " Alfred, along with the rest of the town, all knew about what Ivan did.

"...Fine," Ivan said, throwing Elizaveta down onto the ground. He walked out of the room, but as he passed Gilbert, he whispered, "I'll be back, little Gil~!"

Alfred quickly fixed their door and said goodbye. Elizaveta sat huddled against the bed and Gil in the chair. Elizaveta was breathing hard and holding a tissue to the thin cut on her throat.

When Gilbert finally recovered from the shock of Ivan barging in, he slid onto the floor next to Elizaveta. "You okay?"

Elizaveta was shaking, but she nodded. Gilbert hugged her to his chest and she didn't pull away. Despite the scary event that just happened, it felt nice, just like old times. Elizaveta closed her eyes and fell asleep against Gilbert.

Gilbert smiled, for the first time in a while.

"Elizaveta?"

"..."

"Are you asleep?"

"I was about to."

"Oh sorry."

"It's okay, I can go back to sleep quickly. I feel safe with you."

So sorry for the short and boring chapter! This is just kind of what happened after Ivan came. Alfred the Hero! Even in this world. So many filler chapters.

(1) Poland (Feliks) is Hungary's (Elizaveta) friend, right? So she would be mad at Lud for hurting him and Gil was probably somehow involved. Therefore, Elizaveta and her parents don't want to be involved with gil anymore. Even if he wasn't involved, his family still has a bad reputation.

Ivan raping Elizaveta is referenced from the Siege of Budapest in 1944-1945. I feel smart! I'm using historical events for my characters, even in this AU! :)