Nico: Hello. Sorry for the long wait. I've been a tad busy with homework, that and I had to change computers. My old one had a full drive, so I had to clean it up, and somehow everything is slower after the clean up. So I had to change to use my parents' computer, which has an older keyboard, which I am currently getting used to. It's a tad bit faster.

I'm hoping to be able to upload a chapter tomorrow, so I hope you all look forward to it!

Please enjoy this chapter of Diplomacy!

I DO NOT OWN HETALIA: AXIS POWERS!

Germany

With his diplomat returning from Sweden, Ludwig went to pick up the growth charts himself. With the year ending, the streets were covered with snow. However, Ludwig was never the man to stop and stare at the scenery(1), and continued his way to back to his house.

An increase of 18,000 troops, Ludwig thought to himself. As expected, out of all the countries, none could beat Germany when it came to the sheer number and power of their troops. Ludwig prided himself when it came to his land army.

"Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha~ Kesesese~" Ludwig stopped in his tracks at the sound of the familiar laughter. He stood just outside the door of his house. His keys dangled from where they were held, with one key held out to the door. It was no doubt who had invaded his house, and if Ludwig had any choice he would have turned around and left. However, Ludwig didn't, he couldn't.

"Bruder?" A barrage of possibilities came to him, possibilities of what was on the other side of the steel-enforced door. Would he meet his clean and tidy house again, or would he be welcomed with by his drunken brother on the ground, surrounded with alcohol? If not, was there something worse waiting for him…?

Taking a deep breath, the tired country opened the doors.

As expected, his entire house looked as though a tornado had passed through it. There were lots of ways to describe the state of his house. Clean and spotless, and their synonyms, were not under that list. It looked as though it was eaten along with one of Britain's scones, and forced back up and out. Surprisingly, Ludwig's brother was nowhere to be seen or heard.

"Westen? Ist das du…?" The white haired country appeared.

"Was hast du zu mir nach hause?" Ludwig's voice boomed, completely cutting off his older brother.

Seeing his brother run, Ludwig gave chase. Gilbert made a quick turn for the stairs, as it was covered with obstacles. As Gilbert tossed more obstacles onto the stairs, Ludwig leaped over and disposed of the obstacles, not concerned of the mess at the moment. Right now, Ludwig had his eyes on the maker of the mess. Ludwig's scowl deepened at the sound of his brother laughing, enjoying their "tender brotherly moment".

When Ludwig was younger, Gilbert was never able to stay at home for long. During that time, Gilbert was busy with seizing Austria's vital regions, and then fighting a seven year long war with the said aristocrat. In 1871, Gilbert, as the Kingdom of Prussia, along with many other states, unified with his younger brother as the German Empire, the German Reich.

Gilbert however met a change after he lost his immortality of a nation(2). While he had the lifespan of a nation, if he were attacked, he would have the chance of survival of a human. He was able to live as being part of Germany, living under his younger brother's house. Gilbert quickly turned childish, having finally been finished with the stress of being a nation. Gilbert however took this chance to finally be the older brother figure for Ludwig.

Nowadays, Gilbert would do this by making his brother angry. The two would end up fighting, and that would be their brotherly moment. Ludwig was questionable about his methods, but sometimes, their fights helped him vent his anger, while the two had consensual fun.

"Kesesese~" Gilbert chuckled, under the vice grip of his younger brother. "Aren't I just awesome? I brought glee to your boring, stressful life!"

"Those papers on the ground… those wouldn't happen to be my paperwork would it?" Ludwig asked. With each word, his grip tightened around his older brother's neck.

"Kesesesesese…" Gilbert could only chuckle.

Ludwig was about to ask once more when he heard a knock on the door. Dropping his brother like a sack of potatoes, he left to answer the door. Upon opening it, he saw his diplomat. Ludwig was about to welcome her, when he noticed the strange sickly expression on her face.

"…M-Ms. Fri…"

"I apologize," Adelheid simply said. "I was unable to secure an alliance with Sweden…"

Nico: Yay! Prussia is back! During the time I was writing this chapter, in school my friends and I had to perform a parody of Macbeth, I was one of the witches. From what I got from the readings, the witches had little screen time and enjoyed causing trouble, that was when I was inspired to act like Prussia as the witch. It was fun, because no one expected me (a silent, modest, and shy person) to yell out in pride, mocking other characters and such. Everybody laughed when I added in the "Five meters" joke (for those of you who don't know the story of Macbeth, the world is in chaos and the witches, who are female look like male. The queen witch was played by one of my friends, who is a guy, and I was mocking how the chaos did a number on "her". Then "she" asked what about me, and I whispered to "her" about the five meters, in which "she" yelled out "IT'S FIVE METERS LONG?" ya.)

Notes:

1. I originally had no idea what to write for this chapter, I was going to fill this chapter with fluffy description, but then I thought about from Ludwig's perspective. Ludwig does not seem like the type of person to stop and stare idly at the scenery, paying attention to every last detail of every sense. (when I say "Fluffy" description, I mean description to fill in the extra space.)

2. I have been reading a couple Hetalia fanfics, and one of them (which I cannot remember the title...) said something about a country losing their immortality after the geographical country had fallen. I liked the idea, and decided to add it in. Besides, it explains how Prussia is alive in the main story (of Hetalia).

Translations:

Bruder? - Brother?

Westen? Is das du? - West? Is that you?

Was hast du zu mir nach hause? - What did you do to my home?

Ah... it's official, Prussia has got to be my favourite character in Hetalia.

That... and I think I may have left a spoiler in the chapter (it's quite obvious really). That and what's wrong with Adelheid? "Sickly expression"? What could have happened in Sweden to have lowered her to such a state? And... is this going to change Adelheid, character-wise? Most of these answers will come... around the end of this arc and the beginning of the next arc!

That's about it! Tomorrow I'll be uploading an extra long chapter! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I hope you'll look forward to the next chapter! Thank you!

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