K for Kandi

Bittersweet

A Prussia One Shot

"Kandace darling wake up, you are going to be late for work." my mother sing songed up to me. I groaned, it was way to early for anyone to be that happy. Then I remembered, my parents were always happy. It was actually a very annoying thing to live with 24/7. I forced myself to sit up and stretched, blinking hard as the sunlight hit my eyes.

"Stupid sun about as annoying as my parents ..." I grumbled as I started to change out of my pajamas and into my disgustingly bright pink and blue striped uniform. You see my parents own this Candy Shop and when I was little it was the best thing ever. But when you get older the constant happiness starts to get on your nerves and eventually turns you mad. Which is how there lovely sweet little "Kandi" had turned into a gothic princess.

Of course even though I now detested anything happy or bright my parents still loved me and embraced my "new outlook on life". It figures even when I tried to annoy them they accepted it as a wonderful thing. Most kids my age would love that but for me I just wanted my parents to get mad at me at least once. It seems like a weird goal in life but you try living with my parents for sixteen years and you would feel the same way I did.

But as much as their happy go lucky attitude bothered me I still loved them so I forced myself to lace up my shoes and head downstairs . "Morning Kandi girl." I heard my father say as I took a seat at the table, helping myself to a big batch of chocolate chip pancakes. No matter how much time I spent in a candy store I would never get tired of chocolate chip pancakes.

The morning went by the normal way with my mom and dad exchanging lame corny jokes and giving each other those big googly eyes. It was cute but at the same time completely stomach turning. At last though my dad stood up with a large stretch and said with a loud laugh "Well time to go sell some candy Kandi." I rolled my eyes and waved good bye to my mom before running out the door.

I spent the first couple of hours rearranging the stock room, which to me meant sitting down and stuffing my face with free samples as I watched videos on my phone. As always though I got caught by my goody goody cousin forced me to go work the register. Ugh I really did dislike people, but most of the people who came through the store weren't that bad so I didn't mind that much. Just as I was actually starting to enjoy myself I let out a groan, my three least favorite customers came in.

They went to my school and I had dubbed them the bad touch trio due to there less then subtle obsession with girls. First there was Antonio who never dated anyone less then four years younger then him, he wasn't much of a threat according to me but still creepy. Then there was Francois a rather cute guy with blonde hair and blue eyes but he was constantly trying to grope anything that crossed his path. Then last there was Gilbert, who was defiantly the most threatening out of them all. It wasn't that he groped people such as Francois or that he liked younger girls such as Antonio but what made him dangerous was that he never gave up.

It was because of this that I hated him, at first I didn't have a big issue with him but ever since the start of this year I had been the new object of his desire. Now even I had to admit that he was cute with his white hair and red eyes but when he asked you out every day you learned to hate his adorableness, not to mention his pig headed attitude. I gritted my teeth as I saw them whispering and looking at me, using all my self control to not throw my tips jar at them.

Finally after ten minutes Antonio and Francois gave Gilbert a push and, much to my disdain, he came walking over to me. I glared at him as he leaned against the counter popping a handful of gummy bears into his mouth. "Hey there sweetie how is work going?" he asked with a smirk as he leaned in closer to me so I could smell the sugar on his breath.

"I was until you arrived and don't call me that." I snarled at him, snatching the candy out of his hand and dumping it back into its jar. "Also how many times do I have to say you have to pay for the candy!" I said crossing my arms over my chest. There was just something about this guy that never failed to get on my nose.

"Yeah yeah I know so how about I make it up to you sweetie?" he asked laughing his creepy little kesesese laugh. I raised an eyebrow at him wondering what in the hell he could be talking about. "Yeah how about I take you to the fair this weekend. We can go on some rides get some food, all on me of course. That should make up for everything so what do you say?" he asked with a grin.

I was just about to tell him where he could shove that smile when suddenly my mom decided that was the perfect moment to come in and say "She would love to!" I turned and stared at her in complete horror, how could she do this to me! "Dont worry you can thank me later!" she whispered with a giggle as she arranged my date with the boy I hated with all of my being.

The week went by to fast for my liking and before I knew it I was being nagged by my mom to dress nice. "Kandi this is your first real date and you are going to wear that!" she whined, motioning to my large hoodie with the sleeves rolled up, dark jeans and sneakers. I shrugged, I wasn't going to dress in anyway that allowed Gilbert to think I was enjoying this date.

"I wouldn't even be going on this date if it weren't for you mom so I am going to dress however I want, thank you." I said as I crossed my arms. She sighed and threw her hands up in defeat, muttering something about her real daughter being switched at birth. I couldn't help but smile, it was the first time I had ever seen her even remotely upset about something.

As I stood by the hallway mirror putting my strawberry blonde hair back into a messy bun on top of my head, I heard the doorbell ring. Followed shortly after by my mother saying in her best sugary voice "Gilbert it is so good to see you! Come in come in Kandi will be out in just a second." With a sigh I walked out into the living room to see Gilbert looking slightly uncomfortable with my mom forcing cookies down his throat.

I smiled and took a minute to enjoy the picture but as I did I suddenly wish I hadn't, he actually looked really good. He wasn't dressed up or anything, I mean we were going to the fair, but he looked nice in dark skinny jeans, a tight fitting band t-shirt, and converses. It figures with my luck that as soon as a blush formed on my face he turned and saw me. "Hey Kandi! You ready to go?" he practically begged as he eyed my mom from the corner of his eyes.

I forced myself not to grin an nodded my head saying "Sure lets go get this over with. See you later mom, I wont be out late." before we headed out the door. When I turned the corner of my house to see the driveway I whistled, he had a really nice car! It was a sleek black ferrari with blue under glow and I couldn't stop myself from running my fingers down the side. "Are you like rich or something?" I asked as I walked around to the passenger side.

Quick as a blink he was there opening the door for me, it caught me a bit off guard since he didn't seem the gentlemanly type but luckily that was covered up when he said "Well sort of, my parents are ambassadors for Germany so people kind of give us what we want. I don't really care though I just like that my brother and I got to move here with them." I nodded politely but didn't say a word, I always thought there was some sort of accent in his voice but I never knew he was german.

The car ride was silent, except for the occasional song that Gilbert would sing along to horribly off key, until finally we arrived at the fair grounds. "Dude this place is packed! I am far to awesome to have to park all the way in the back like this." he grumbled as we got out of the car. I shook my head it wasn't really that far of a walk but I guess he wasn't use to parking anywhere but the front.

"Why don't you stop complaining and start walking." I snapped already a few feet in front of him. He caught up to me fairly quickly but still he grumbled underneath his breath. It seemed that all he did was complain as we stood in line to pay and get our hands stamped. My eye twitched slightly and I finally asked bitterly "Do you do anything but complain?"

Gilbert look slightly hurt at my question and looked down at his feet with a blush. "I just wanted today to be perfect is all, and waiting in line is totally not awesome!" he said unable to look me in the eye. I couldn't help but blush a little to, what he said was actually kind of sweet.

My anger died down and I said more gently "Hey just relax its no big deal really now come on we got some rides to go on." He grinned up at me sheepishly and nodded taking my hand as he ran off to the nearest ride. Normally I would have hit him so hard he would see stars but I decided since he was being nice I would let him have this one small thing.

As it turned out I actually had a pretty fun day. We rode all of the rides three times, had some pizza and cotton candy for lunch, and he even won we a tiny stuffed bird (that had cost him $100 to win at the ring toss). Overall I had to say I enjoyed spending time with him. As the sun started to set and the lights to the rides came on Gilbert said "Come on Kandi lets ride the ferris wheel one last time before we go."

Before I could even agree he was dragging me through the crowd and into one of the small swinging seats. We talked for a few minutes about video games, one of my favorite past times, until we came to a stop on top of the ferris wheel looking down at the whole fair grounds. "Wow it looks kind of amazing up here." I whispered holding my stuffed bird closer to me.

"I guess but I think you look even better." Gilbert said turning my head so my green eyes were meeting his own red ones. I blushed unable to say a word, no one had ever said anything so nice to me. Especially not a guy. I opened my mouth trying to find words to say but I couldn't seem to string together a coherent sentence.

"Um thank you Gilbert … no one has ever really been this nice to me before." I said closing my eyes, unable to think straight as his big red orbs seemed to see straight into my soul, and not in a bad way either. It was like he was seeing the real me and not the me I showed the rest of the world.

"Kandi you deserve so don't thank me." he said and right as I opened my eyes to reply it happened, he kissed me. I figured that a kiss from him would be forced and harsh but it wasn't it was actually really sweet. He tasted almost like cotton candy to. He finally pulled away with a smile and said "There the perfect end to the perfect day with the perfect girl." as he hung his arm around my shoulders.

I laughed and rested my head against his shoulder. I wouldn't say it had been a perfect day but it was the closest I had ever gotten to one.

A/N: Awww how cute is Prussia! I know he is a bit ooc but I couldn't help it this idea was stuck in my head for like days so I just had to write it out. Besides righting out cute little one shots helps me get out all my fan girlness haha. So I hope you enjoy it as always and I love all of the reviews I am getting! I never thought this would be so popular to be honest but I am so happy and I love all my pretty little fans out there! So next up is a guy who really doesn't get enough attention for how cute he is, Canada!