Out of the storm, everyone huddled around Prussia. Faces of concern surrounded him as he lay motionless in Lithuania's lap.
"He's not dead is he?" Hungary worryingly asked.
"No, he's sleeping." Lithuania said. "See?"
He pinched Prussia's cheek causing the nation to furrow his eyebrow. He would be much cuter if he shut his mouth like this all the time.
Hungary sighed of relief. Despite their routine bickering, Lithuania could clearly tell Hungary cared about Prussia. Seeing her genuine concern gave Lithuania a tinge of guilt for being the one caring for Prussia at the moment.
Prussia would probably prefer waking up on her lap.
Lithuania quickly pushed the thought out of his head. There were more important things to do.
"All that's left to do is to call Russia…"
After all, Prussia went through all the trouble for this moment. Lithuania cautiously reached for the phone dialing the dreaded numbers he knew by heart.
"Lithuania!? It's so good to hear your voice!" Russia sighed. "I was worried sick when I watched the weather report. Are you guys okay?"
"Everything is fine, Mr. Russia. We somehow managed. How soon should we be expecting you back for dinner?"
"Oh about that... I'm still in the US. Home is on the no fly list until tomorrow."
"Oh I see…"
No Russia for one night?
"Be good while I'm gone, okay? Don't accidentally get electrocuted! Ha ha ha, that's impossible, right?"
Russia hung up the phone. Everyone nervously anticipated what they thought would be the due date of Russia's arrival.
"Russia said that due to the storm his return has been delayed until tomorrow…"
There was a brief silence. Then a devilish grin appeared on everyone's face.
"IT'S TIME TO PARTY!"
The house erupted in chatter almost louder than the raging storm.
The previously unconscious Prussia sprang back on his feet shocking Lithuania. He grabbed the zombie nation.
"You're in critical condition!"
"I'm in perfect health!"
Prussia smiled as blood leaked from the side of his mouth. Lithuania put his hand on Prussia's forehead. It wasn't hot or anything, so he didn't have a fever. "Still you need to lay down..."
"And miss this chance to drink!? No way, Kesesese!"
This is why worrying about you is pointless, Lithuania thought.
Prussia ran off to join the other nations at the alcohol cabinet.
Latvia, however, remained restless.
"We shouldn't get too crazy! What if Russia finds a way to return early!?" Latvia turned to Lithuania wanting a hand. "Right?"
Lithuania yawned.
Looking outside, he noticed the thunder ceased as the wind continually raged on.
"I'm going to take a bath."
Lithuania left, leaving Latvia by himself in a panic. Estonia was long gone with the others leaving Latvia with no other place to turn.
He sighed, "A few drinks shouldn't hurt…"
The water was more cold than hot but Lithuania learnt to take what he could get.
Lithuania rarely had time to enjoy himself. Most of his time was spent working, pleasing Russia, and overseeing the other nations. The last time he had a bath was when he worked for America.
Now that he thought about it most of his recent good memories involved America. Of course concerning his other two options were Poland or Russia.
Neither choice offered him as much freedom as America.
The only other time Lithuania could think of was his short-lived treaty with Prussia.
That didn't end well so it didn't count.
In the midst of his reminiscing, Lithuania heard a loud sound from outside the bathroom.
"Hello?"
No response. Lithuania didn't believe in ghosts, so he assumed it must have been Poland playing a trick.
Lithuania opened the door ready to confront the noise. He was met face to face with Belarus. Belarus looked down, her face twisted in disgust.
"Put that disgusting thing away or else I'll cut it off."
Lithuania forgot Belarus was a shy girl. He quickly covered himself with a nearby towel. "Pardon me! You're not drinking with everyone else?"
"I rather die than get involved in such pointless nonsense. I came here to talk to you."
This surprised Lithuania. Before, Lithuania would have to chase Belarus down for a simple greeting. While he moved on from his crush, he felt his face get hot. He couldn't help smile like an idiot.
Belarus, however, remained serious. "What is your relationship with Prussia?"
Lithuania's smile dropped.
"We used to work together."
Belarus eyed him up skeptically, "But there's something else. I can recognize the eyes of lust."
"There is no lust!"
"So there's love?"
Is this women's intuition!? Should he just tell her? It's not like he actually loves Prussia or anything.
"We never dated or anything, but we do have a history. What I said before is true, there's nothing now." Lithuania said. "May I ask why you're curious all of a sudden?"
"I came to issue a warning," Belarus got closer to Lithuania, staring him deep in his eyes. Despite being shorter than him, Lithuania felt small. "Either fully commit to big brother or leave him alone."
Commit? There's only one thing she could be talking about.
Lithuania could barely form any words, "How did-"
"I know everything about brother," Belarus instantly replied.
Lithuania's heart began to pound. How much does she know?
Belarus ignored Lithuania's inner plight. Her eyes still focused. "If you keep up this ambiguous relationship with big brother you'll find yourself caught in an inescapable position."
Lithuania sighed. "I can't end it. Only Russia can."
That's what they agreed to long ago. Lithuania would remain loyal to Russia, and Russia would help him when he needed it.
A clear relationship.
Belarus's face twisted in anger. "Of all people, why did big brother choose an indecisive person like you!?"
Lithuania didn't know either. Russia likes to dominate people, yes. However, for him, there's no fun if there's not a bit of defiance. Lithuania wondered if he even had the defiance spirit that initially attracted Russia to him.
"Or maybe I should end it now?" Belarus brandished a knife.
Lithuania never knew she was such a dedicated collector.
Before Belarus could act, a frantic Latvia appeared. His face full of panic. Lithuania snapped out his daze.
"Lithuania, we seriously need your help!" Latvia pleaded.
"What's going on?" Lithuania asked.
"A revolution."
Lithuania followed Latvia into the kitchen. The alcohol cabinet was open with everything surrounding it a complete mess. A trail of empty bottles led towards the nearby study.
"SCREW COMMUNISM!"
"YEAH!"
"SCREW CAPITALISM!"
"HELL YEAH"
"WHERE'S OUR MARSHALL PLAN!?"
"WHO THE HELL KNOWS!?"
The place was in complete chaos.
Lithuania witnessed Prussia, Hungary, Czech, and Romania drunk off their asses. Ukraine was aimlessly drinking with a drunk Poland and Slovakia. Estonia poorly tried to calm down the rioting nations.
Prussia was on top of a table not caring about the loud creaking noises caused by his weight.
"How long was I in the bath!?" Lithuania quickly looked around the area. "Where's Moldova!?"
"The moment Prussia climbed on the table Bulgaria took Moldova to bed."
Thank God, Lithuania thought. Romania would die of embarrassment if his drunken display burned itself into Moldova's mind.
The drunken nations continued shouting nonsense into the night.
"Hungary sucks!" Prussia roared.
"She majorly sucks." Romania cheered.
"My spas are better than hers!" Czech whooped.
Hungary drunkenly smiles, "I'm pretty popular, huh?"
In all his time working under Russia, Lithuania never imagined a drunken Hungary hate mob forming.
He decided to end it now by grabbing the ringleader. He yanked Prussia off the table. Prussia miraculously prevented his glass from spilling.
"You need to calm down!" Lithuania shook the drunken nation.
Unaffected, Prussia glomped on Lithuania, "You smell real good."
"Hey get off!"
"Your skin is really soft too."
Lithuania nervously looked around. Luckily the nations that were sober were too busy handling the drunken remnants.
"I'm taking this one to his bed. Can you handle the rest?"
Estonia and Latvia nodded.
Lithuania struggled to lead the deadweight nation. Prussia kept dozing in out of consciousness making Lithuania's job just a bit harder.
"What are we doing," Prussia asked for the tenth time.
"We're going to bed."
"Bed? Are we gonna do it or something?"
"We'll do whatever you want if you follow me."
Lithuania leaded Prussia to the closest bed. The infirmary. He left and came back to find Prussia immediately passed out on the bed. Although leaving him here would be the easier option, Lithuania decided to sober him up a bit.
He didn't know how early Russia might return tommorow.
Lithuania handed Prussia a glass of water, "drink this."
"I don't want that! I want beer!"
Lithuania felt like he was dealing with a five year old.
"It is beer."
"Really?"
Prussia skeptically drank the water.
Lithuania noticed a glimmer of something silver fall to the ground. He intended to just toss it back into Prussia's pants, but he froze the moment he realized what it was.
A Saint Mary locket.
"...you still have this?"
"Give me that!" A drunken Prussia made a sloppy reach for the locket. Lithuania easily pushed him off. "That's a valued treasure!"
Lithuania flinched at those words. He shouldn't take a drunk's words so seriously. He mockingly lifted the locket out of Prussia's reach.
"This thing? It's merely garbage."
"No it isn't!"
Prussia managed to wrangle the locket back. His eyes lit up with pure joy seeing it back in his hands. He clutched it to himself very closely.
Seeing this ticked Lithuania off to no end.
"Out of all the things you could bring here, why did you choose that!?"
Prussia didn't understand what Lithuania was getting at. The booze didn't help. "Are you mad at me?"
"Of course I'm mad at you! I'm always mad at you!" Lithuania couldn't control the tears coming from his eyes. "I'm so tired of being mad…"
Prussia didn't understand what was going on, but he didn't like seeing Lithuania cry. He sloppily rubbed his shirt sleeve on the other nation's face. However, in his drunkeness, Prussia rubbed with more force than he intended.
"Ow! Okay, stop!" Lithuania stopped the drunken Prussia's assault. "Just lay down and don't do anything."
Prussia did lay down but continued to gripped at Lithuania's arm. Lithuania tried to get himself free. Where did this strength suddenly come from!?
"Let go!"
Lithuania looked down to see Prussia fast asleep.
He was stuck.