"Big brother! Big brother!"
Ludwig shouted as he ran to the meeting room in the house of Germanic regions. As he swung open the door, everyone looked at him.
"Is that the boy?" Austria said, raising an eyebrow.
"You know Austria, he has a name. So call him Ludwig." Prussia gritted his teeth. Prussia turned his head to look at the little boy. "What do you want, Ludwig?"
Ludwig ran up to Prussia and whispered something into his ear. Austria and several other regions observed Ludwig. It was obvious that he was related to Germania; both of them have blond hair and ice blue eyes. Ludwig has paler skin though, probably because he doesn't go outside as often as they did when they were children.
"Gentlemen." Austria said calmly; when he got everyone's attention, he continued talking. "I nominate myself to raise young Ludwig. Who agrees with me?"
Hesse and Saxony looked at Prussia, who instantly began to argue with Austria. Hesse's gaze slowly moved towards Ludwig, who was clinging to Prussia. Saxony, on the other hand, noticed sheets of paper in Ludwig's free hand. "Ludwig, may I see what you have in your hand?" Ludwig quietly walked over to Hesse and showed the pictures.
"This is big brother and I. We went to a market last week. Big brother bought me a new pair of shoes and several new collars for my puppies." Ludwig then showed the second picture. "This is you, Hesse and Bavaria. Big brother told me you like coffee so I drew you with a cup of coffee." Ludwig gave Saxony the picture and told him he could keep it. As Ludwig was about to say something, Austria called him.
"Ludwig." Austria said ever so seriously. "You're going to live with me. Hungary and I will take good care of you. Go pack your –"
"NO."
"Excuse me?"
Everyone looked at Ludwig. Prussia was very surprised, since Ludwig is usually soft spoken. This was the first time Ludwig interrupted someone so angrily.
"I said no. I'm not going to live with you. I'm going to stay here with big brother." Ludwig exclaimed.
"Ludwig, we think that it would be best if I am the one raises you and not-"
"Who is "we"? From what I understood, "we" is you. Do I not get a say here?" Ludwig paused for a moment and glared at everyone before he continued speaking. "Is it because you think big brother is irresponsible? I was told that Hungary, whoever she is, does your cleaning. Sure, big brother can be a little bit unpredictable but he's my big brother nonetheless. I am going to live with big brother, and if you don't like it, well then it's your problem, not ours. What gives you the right to decide who is going to raise me?" Ludwig stared at Austria before he looked at Prussia. "Big brother, I'm hungry."
Prussia scooped Ludwig up and walked out of the room, telling everyone that he'll come back after feeding Ludwig. As they walked out, Bavaria let out a chuckle, earning him a punch from Austria.
"Would you look at that," Frankfurt said slowly, "that boy has a way with words. He beat you just then Austria." Frankfurt said with a smile. "It is pretty obvious that Ludwig has no desire whatsoever to be with Austria so I say that he stays with Prussia."
"Frankfurt, are you serious?" Austria gasped. "Prussia?" Frankfurt, along with everybody else stared at Austria. "Fine. Prussia it is." Austria paused for a moment before saying "Ludwig is going to play at least two musical instruments and I won't take "No" as an answer."
"As you wish, Austria." Frankfurt shrugged. "I'll go tell that to Prussia."