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Where Is Home
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It was Wednesday, Kagome thought as she swept the hallway by Roderich's piano room. She tucked a stray strand of ebony hair behind her ear under the handkerchief and smiled a little at the thought of the piano room. She couldn't remember most of the music that Holy Rome had played that one night, just a few notes, but she still knew it was a very sweet song. But as she turned to clean out the closet behind her, she couldn't help but cringe. Closets were now officially weird places...
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Kagome was just doing her job, humming slightly as she swept the floors in this part of Roderich's mansion. She twirled around in her adorable green maid dress and emptied the pan of dirt into the garbage can behind her and smiled at the small length of hallway she had left to do.
She paused in her sweeping. What was that? She frowned, looking around the hallway. She could've sworn she heard voices a second ago...
"...no! I-"
There! She heard it again! It was a male's voice. She slowly crept towards the closet closest to her and pressed her ear to the wood.
"Ahhhhhh~ you are so cute when you blush like that~"
"Sh-shutup...!" the sound of cloth rustling, "A-ah! Hungary, n-no-!"
A creepy giggly floated eerily and she could hear the person, whom she now identified as Holy Rome, give a girly shriek. Eyes wide in shock, Kagome jumped away from the door and immediately swung open the door.
...One embarrassed shout later and an angry Holy Rome was on the floor, beneath a blushing Hungary.
"I thought I locked the door so that we-we..." Holy Rome faltered when he looked past his mother-figure's flushed face to stare up at the disturbed expression that was Kagome's.
Holy Rome stared at Kagome, then looked at the compromising position he and Hungary were in.
...Aw shit.
He shoved Hungary off of himself- a little harshly, but I guess you can sense his distress- and flipped onto his hands and knees, staring up pleadingly into Kagome's eyes.
"Pleasa! It'sa not what you think! I'ma not-" Kagome seemingly slid away from him, a confused and extremely disturbed look plastered to her face. "-No!, Kagomeeeee!" he cried, hand outstretched to her retreating figure.
A waterfall of tears cascaded goofily down his cheeks as he sat in a far corner, having what can only be described as a "Tamaki-Suou-Emo-Moment".
"Why did this have to happen..." he muttered, all color leaving his form and a black cloud forming around him. "I'm not some sort of freaky pervert...why can't she understand...?" Hungary laughed nervously.
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Kagome shuddered once more and turned away from the closet. Of course, Holy Roman Empire had caught up with her and explained that he was just having some sort of private conversation with Hungary. She apologized and so did he.
But still... Kagome could tell she wouldn't be investigating anymore closets anytime soon... especially not with her experience with Francis...
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Holy Roman Empire was, officially, flipping shit.
He raced down his hallway, cape fluttering above the flame-marks he left on the floor after him. Wasting no time, he skidded to a halt in front of his room and threw open the door.
No sign of Kagome there, either.
Now, of course he was aware that his room wasn't the first place Kagome would be, but he'd already checked everywhere else; the living room, the kitchen, the courtyard, the music room, Kagome's, Hungary's and even Roderich's personal rooms, in the branches of all the trees, the town, behind the couches, underneath the beds, in the dungeon (which was supposed to stay a secret, dammit!), in the closets, literally everywhere. It had been hours since he'd seen her and it was starting to get dark.
And that was why he was nearly ripping his hair out in frustration. Kagome was missing! Kagome was nowhere- well, nowhere easily assessable in the community- and she hadn't even bothered to tell him that she might've been going somewhere! This both annoyed and hurt him. Damn emotions, he thought as he got increasingly antsy. Suddenly he stopped short, a shocking and hurtful thought buzzing through his mind.
What if Kagome went back to the other countries? Holy Rome thought for a moment. It was only Wednesday. She was leaving on Saturday, not Wednesday. Or had she been lying? What if She'd left because she hadn't really forgiven and accepted his explanation of the stupid "Closet Incident"? Then she'd think he really was a freaky incestuous pervert! She must hate him if she left so early! Or what if one of the other countries found out where she was by some stroke of luck and stolen her away while he wasn't aware?
An image of France, complete with creepy rape face and perverse laugh came into mind, and France had his arms wrapped tightly around a crying Kagome as he dragged her away.
Fear gripped his gut and throat as he sped off again, this time fueled by rage. He had to find and help Kagome! She wouldn't be able to survive with the real freaks and perverts out there! He stalked towards the front door, a dark and malicious aura surrounding him while he continued on his small quest.
He reached for the door knob, ready to face the world and tear it apart if he had to when he heard a giggle from the other side. He froze. A very feminine giggle it was. Another giggle and Holy Rome blinked.
"Thanks for taking me, Roderich! It was amazing!" the now-identified voice of Kagome resonated through the door and Holy Rome frowned, still in his frozen position. Kagome and Austria? What?
"You're very welcome, Kagome. I'm glad you liked it." he could almost hear the proud smile in Austria's voice. "I certainly enjoyed it." another giggle? What the heck was he talking about?
The door knob jiggled and Holy Rome blinked down at it, just now realizing he was in the way. He jumped back and ran, hiding behind the corner of the hallway. He heard the door open and shoes clicked on the wooden floor. He fisted his fingers into his cape, to drag it behind the wall with him, definitely not because he was feeling strange for some unknown reason...
PFFFT—
He heard the door open again and they stepped into the corridor.
"Thanks again for taking me to your concert, Roderich. I really loved your music!" he heard shuffling and figured that Austria had hung up their coats-
"Th-thank you, Kago-gome!" he heard the Austrian stutter and frowned. Austria was refined and poised, never the type to stutter uncertainly. What the heck? Holy Rome peeked out from around the corner and his heart lodged itself in his throat, a sick feeling sliding around it-
Kagome was hugging Austria, her eyes closed blissfully, head resting on his chest. Roderich was staring down at her incredulously, a wild flush on his cheeks, but a gentle smile slowly soothed his features. He slowly wrapped his arms around the young Asian woman and hugged her lightly, closing his eyes and resting his chin on her head. The light from the bulb above the outside of the door played on the disturbed, ridged glass and lit up their background, their forms outlined by the gentle golden light, since they hadn't yet turned on the lamp by the doorway…
Holy Rome felt pain prickle through his fingers and winced, looking down at them. "…!" he stared, shocked at the –what could only be described as- claw marks in the wood of the wall and the small splinters pricking into his skin, dyed red with the blood they drew. He removed them from the wall, flinching at the sudden pain and pulled his cloak around him, hiding them from sight.
As he walked away from the tender scene, he willed away the betrayed, painful sensation in his chest that constricted his heart and teased his thoughts. He couldn't possibly be… be jealous… of his father figure? He shook the thought away, black hat swaying intone with his short blond locks, but it persisted angrily in his mind, until he was forced to push it away. There was absolutely no way he was jealous of his father-figure's and his love's feelings! But a portion of the jealousy still stirred within his heart, even when he lay down to bed that night, tossing and turning uncomfortably.
But with his thoughts running wild, he failed to realize that Kagome thought the same of Roderich as he did… a father figure…
He also missed the worried gaze she used when asking Elizaveta where he was when he didn't come to greet her a little while later…
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Prussia barged noisily into his rival's house and laughed when no opposition met him.
"Kesesesese~!" he snickered and cupped his hands around his mouth to amplify his voice- "YO, AUSTRIA! HOW 'BOUT I TAKE SILESIA AWAY FROM YOU AGAIN?" he shouted and laughed loudly, stalking through the house. He turned several corners and his glee rose as he continually walked free, the stuffy Austrian not appearing to yell at him and no frying pan meet his AWESOME silver locks. Gilbird trailed happily behind his awesome master, chirping with excitement.
He rounded a corner and strode confidently down the corridor, kicking open the elegant carved doors at the end of it, figuring Austria would be in his music room and-….
"Yo-" the proud Prussian faltered as he scanned the room with crimson eyes, his teasing glare fading. He simply stared for a moment then took a deep gulp of air, not realizing that he'd stopped breathing momentarily.
"Br….Bruder?" Gilbert murmured disbelievingly, already scratchy voice cracking in shock and longing. There, standing in front of him, blue eyes wide with surprise, was Holy Roman Empire. The Prussian raked his eyes up and down his form, scarcely believing his eyes. Same cloak, same eyes, same hair, same proud stature… Every detail was perfectly in order, besides the fact that he was taller and older-looking. A large, heated lump stuck itself in Prussia's throat and he didn't even acknowledge Gilbird fainting and falling to the floor.
"Nani? Woah- P-Prussia-san?" an incredulous voice piped up and he found himself staring at the figure popping up from behind the piano. His face heated up and his heart was tugged at as his eyes landed on Kagome. Although she was wearing that familiar green maid outfit and her hair was covered by the white kerchief, it was undoubtedly Kagome. Her captivating blue eyes widened and she tilted her head in question.
"What are you doing here? You shouldn't be here!" she said hurriedly, rushing over to him in worry. She was even more shocked when she saw tears prick the usually arrogant Prussian's eyes.
The two people he missed most… together in one room… it was like a dream… he never wanted it to end…!
WHAM!
Prussia's face contorted and he went cross-eyed before slumping to the ground, Hungary nodding in satisfaction behind him. She examined her frying pan for a moment and sighed.
"Damn him, that was too close…" she sighed and the two others sweat dropped- she didn't even care about the unconscious Prussian…
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Where Is Home
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*sighs* I had to haul ass to get this finished before curfew… I'm sorry it took so long, but I just got a new laptop and I've been trying to work on it from there…