Chapter 8

You remembered your position in Nikolai's house after that. How he had still kidnapped you, and how he was still so much stronger than you. He never apologized for chocking you, and he pretended like it had never happened. The only thing that kept you convinced that it really did happen was the slowly fading bruises on your neck. You rubbed at them constantly, as if that would make them disappear faster than they were.

You had gotten your first taste of freedom though, and you wanted more. You began to ask Nikolai to go with him to more places, and surprisingly he had said yes. He never did let you talk to anyone, but it wasn't like you tried to though. Whether it was going to get the mail to going to the store, you always wanted to go with Nikolai, and he was more than happy to let you go with him. There was a world meeting coming up, you begged for days to go with him, and after much bargaining and pleading he said yes.

Now was that time, you were so eager to see all your friends, even if they had stopped looking for you. You had been friends with other people besides Anya, and you had missed them terribly while you had been with Nikolai. He held your hand in a tight grip as he led you through the winding halls to where everyone had been waiting for him to show up. You stared at the ground as you walked nervously anticipating what they would say.

"Stay quiet, I want to see how long it takes them to see that you're there." Nikolai said, before he pushed open the door.

No one noticed the door opening. Alfred was busy shouting about how he was the hero and everyone needed to listen to him, Francis and Arthur were strangling each other, Feliciano was going on about past, and Ludwig looked about ready to burst. You giggled a bit at the sight, how you had missed this. Everything froze though when you laughed. Everyone turned to where you and Nikolai were standing at the door. You clamped your hand over your mouth, while Nikolai gave you a look.

"(Name), love is that you?" Arthur asked, breaking the silence. You meekly nodded, looking at the floor.

"You're back!" Alfred shouted before he ran over and grabbed you around the waist. You let out a surprise yelp as he spun you around the room, making you really dizzy. Nikolai looked as if he was about to murder someone.

When Alfred finally let you back on solid ground, you stumbled a bit, trying to regain your sense of balance. Suddenly everyone was around you, asking questions like where you had been, why you were with Nikolai, and if you were okay. You didn't know what to do, should you answer them or try to find Nikolai and have him answer for you? After a couple more seconds you figured that the safer bet would be to find Nikolai. You saw him still standing at the door, looking as if he was going to leave. Pushing your way through the crowd you made your way over to his side, taking his hand.

"Have you been with him all this time?" Arthur asked. You nodded, standing behind Nikolai.

"Well come on, I'm sure your family is worried about you. Lord knows we all have been." He said, trying to get you away from Nikolai.

Nikolai growled. "She's mine." He said, wrapping an arm around your waist. Arthur started to look concerned, along with the other guys.

"Brother, did you kidnap her?" Anya suddenly spoke up, coming forward from the depths of the crowd. Your face darkened at the sight of her, remembering what she had said about her. Anya came closer to you and Nikolai. "I'm your friend (name), let's go catch up."

"Ah sister dear, why don't you tell (name) all that you have told me about her?" Anya looked scared.

"She doesn't have to, I already know. But do tell Anya, how were you going to use me?" Anya took a step back at your tone, while Nikolai looked proud.

"We all have explaining to do though, don't we? Like, why you all stopped searching only after a few weeks? You all should know her family isn't around anymore (ya that's right for some reason your family isn't around anymore), why did you al stop looking?" Nikolai said, his smile becoming more manic by the second. No one answered him.

"I thought so. (Name), I have something to ask you though." You looked up at him, still upset over the words being spilt.

Nikolai got down on one knee in front of you. "(Name), marry me." He said, showing you a beautiful diamond ring.