It was a very cold morning of the 4th of April. The trees swayed as the wind blew, the sky looked like it was going to rain, and an audible, heavy sigh could be heard amongst the bustling of people, boarding off the plane. A girl with light brown hair, sadness reflected in her eyes, stepped down and unto the cold, damp soil, heaving a sigh mixed with sadness and relief. She went inside the airport, took her bags and stuff, and proceeded to a nearby café to sit down and relax, before going to the apartment where her friends are also staying, in Vienna.

She heaved a heavy sigh again as she sat down, and placed the heavy bags on the ground. It was her first time being and living this far from her family; living independently was one thing she hasn't been used to, since she was used to living with her family, and having someone to take care of her needs and anything, but now.. She doesn't know what to do, where to go.. in this alien and strange place that soon she would call her 'home'.

She looked at her cell phone. "Damn, that Gilbert. That jerk.", she muttered under her breath, as she slid the phone back in her pocket. Her childhood and family friend, Gilbert, who had been living in Austria for a while now, was supposed to go and pick her up in the airport. She sighed again. She didn't know how many times she had sighed that day already.

As she stood up, her phone in her pocket rang and vibrated. The sound of a symphony from Haydn rang around the café, and made some people stop and look at her. As her cheeks went pink from embarrassment as she tried to get her phone and answer it, a loud voice rang as she answered the phone.

"Hey, bitch, where have you gone off to, making me wait out here?! You know that it's too damn cold and I feel as if my fingers are gonna fall off.."

Gilbert. Still the same with that mouth of his.

She ended the call and slipped the phone again in her pocket, then picked up her bags, when she heard a familiar voice out of nowhere..

"Elizaveta!"

Elizaveta turned around, looking at a short girl with short blonde hair waving at her, with a sweet smile on her face. "Lili.", she muttered.

As Lili was about to approach her, she saw two familiar people nearby, also walking towards her. A white haired man with ruby red eyes, looking irritated and looked as if he was arguing with the guy who had blonde hair, and green eyes.

"Gilbert... and Vash. Long time no see.", Elizaveta said, as she approached them, and Lili took a hold on Elizaveta's arm.

"Long time, no see, Lizzie.", Lili said, looking up at Elizaveta with a sweet smile on her face.

Gilbert just gave a lazy wave of a hand. "Yo, Liz. Looking more feminine now, hm?", he commented, as he looked at Elizaveta from head to foot.

Elizaveta just gave him a soft chuckle. "Ja.. I guess it's been a long time since I wore guy clothes, don't you think?"

Gilbert gave a small smirk and slumped his shoulders as he walked towards her baggage. He carried most of her bags, as they walked towards the exit of the airport.

"So.. how's your parents in Budapest, by the way?", Gilbert asked as he opened the trunk of his car and began stuffing the bags in.

"Well, they're perfectly fine. Mom's feeling better, I guess.", Elizaveta said, as she opened the passenger door. "She's been doing well lately, and can do things without my father's or any nurse's help by herself. She's doing better.", she continued as she sat on the passenger's seat and slamming the door shut.

Vash opened the door and sat on the driver's seat. "We're glad to hear that.. Lili's been really worried and had been asking me to ask you about it..", he said as he closed the door. Lili got in the car and hugged his brother from behind his seat, her arms resting on Vash's shoulders. "Huh? When did I ever ask that, brother? You were the one getting worked up by all—"

Vash tried to turn his head to glare at Lili, but then sighed, and his cheeks turned a faint blush of pink. "It's.. Well.. I'm just worried for Elizaveta, okay? You know how she's been these days.. With her family and all..", he muttered to himself, but still audible for the two girls to hear.

"Aww.. But Vash.. You don't have to worry about me. I'm perfectly fine, okay?", she told him, as she pinched Vash's cheeks lightly. Vash blinked and his face turned a brighter shade of red as she looked at Elizaveta. "Oh, man! Your stuff was so heavy, Liz. What were in those bags, anyway?", Gilbert asked, as he sat and settled down on his seat, next to Lili. Vash coughed twice and started the engine of the car, as Elizaveta placed her hands back on her lap. She ignored Gilbert's question, by the way.

It took them an hour before they reached the apartment where her friends stayed. Gilbert still carried the bags, and into the apartment. Elizaveta, Vash and Lili followed him until they reached the second to the last door from the hallway, in the second floor of the building. "Here we are, home sweet—"

"Elizaveta!", a blonde guy opened the door and leaped towards Elizaveta, giving her a fierce hug. "Oh, girl, how I, like totally, missed you! It's good that you're now with us!"

"Feliks.. I.. can't breathe..", Elizaveta said as she gasped for air. Feliks laughed and loosened her arms around his best friend. "Like totally, we're already cramped in this apartment, but you should totally, you know, make yourself at home!", he said as he ushered Elizaveta inside the apartment.

The apartment looked decent enough. It was rather a big apartment as she can see; she would definitely have a place in a big apartment such as this, and fit in. Feliks ushered her inside, excitedly telling her, "I like, totally designed your room for you. Lili and Vash helped me too, unlike a certain someone over there."

Gilbert coughed as he tried to look into the refrigerator and grabbed a can of beer. He plopped himself down the couch and started to watch some TV.

"Hmp. Don't mind him. Let me show you your room, Liz!", Feliks said as he pulled her hand and guided her towards her room. "Here we are."

Feliks and Elizaveta entered the room. She can still hear the noise from the TV outside, and a heated debate from Gilbert and Vash over football. There was a clanking noise in the kitchen, maybe Lili was cooking something for dinner.

"I totally know that you're gonna like how I designed your room. Am I right, or am I totally right?", Feliks said, beaming with confidence.

Elizaveta looked around. The room was painted a pastel hue of green, and Feliks commented that he felt as if it was Elizaveta's favorite color and it was the same color as her eyes. The bed had a fluffy comforter on it, and Feliks told her that Vash specifically bought it from Hungary so that Elizaveta wouldn't feel that homesick and at least, it would warm and 'comfort' her, if ever she felt sad and lonely. Feliks continued on and said that the only thing Gilbert helped was putting and setting up the electrical stuff in her room, like light bulbs, etc. and nothing else, and that it took Feliks a lot of convincing to make Gilbert help them in any way, at least. Elizaveta just smiled and chuckled as she let herself fall onto the soft comforter on the bed, it still smelled of Hungary as she can remember correctly. The thoughts of Vash being thoughtful of her, and Gilbert's unwillingness to help but still helped anyway, and her best friend Feliks remembering her favorite color and even designing her room, made her smile a bit, feeling loved and cared for by her friends, washing down the sad and depressing feeling she had earlier when she arrived at the airport.

"Food's ready, everyone!", she heard Lili's voice, as she called everyone for dinner.

"Yay, food!", she heard Gilbert's annoying, obnoxious voice, as he headed towards the dining table. She can even hear Vash mutter some unkind words towards the Prussian, as he also headed towards the dining table.

Feliks walked over to Elizaveta and offered her a hand. "It's time for dinner, Liz."

She smiled as she took Feliks' hand and got up, and the two began to walk outside Elizaveta's room and shut the door behind them.

A/N: It's been days since I posted the prologue, and now.. My new chapter, or rather, first chapter for my story is out. I'm just inspired by all the fanfics that I have read so far, and now I'm writing like crazy even though it's already 2AM in the morning. But I hope it's all worth it. As I had said in my profile, I may update my stories in a slow basis, since I don't have much time on my hands, since I have school and other stuff.. The AusHun stuff is still far away, I guess, because I want to develop the story and not rush into things like other writers do.. I want to make you feel what the characters are feeling, a gradual, slowly but surely kind of feeling.. You know what I'm talking about.. And because I'm also a Switzerland x Hungary shipper (they need more love, okay), I incorporated some cute stuff for my second OTP, besides AusHun, of course.

Thank you for reading and see you on the next update! [BTW, Happy Valentine's Day~! This is my gift to all of you~]