I'm sorry that I didn't update last weel! 3: I was very busy (which I still am, but yeah). I hope this chapter can please you and make you fogive me XD
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Lili shivered; the cold was affecting her tiny body badly.
But admittedly, the coat Russia had given her was surprisingly warm and thick; besides that, the warmth of his tall body also was a source of heat, which she needed very much.
"I noticed you get along with my sister Ukraine rather well, da?" his voice was soft and dull as his words formed little clouds in the cold air.
Liechtenstein nodded while looking at the destroyed field of sunflowers in front of them, "Yes, we do get along."
Now that she actually spend a while staring at the withered leftovers, she noted that the view gave a very depressing, gloomy effect.
"She doesn't want to talk to me", he said blankly; then a smile cracked on his face, one of those little, psycho smiles, that made Lili highly doubt his sanity at times.
"I must be a horrible, terrifying person, a monster, to make a big-hearted, kind person like Yekaterina not want to talk to me."
His smile was like a crack on his face, a burst through his façade; it plainly showed the pain and hurt that were screeching inside him.
"She doesn't want to see me anymore, how ridiculous is that?" he asked and Lili started feeling uncomfortable and in danger.
Her eyes observed his face and she saw that past the hard features, the tough looks and psychopathic smile, there were two eyes.
Two bright violet eyes, filled with bittersweet tears.

"And I only intended to help everyone", he whispered before blinking a bit of the tears away.
Now she was a bit confused, and carefully she spoke up, "You wanted to help everyone?"
He broke his stare from the field and looked down at her; just like all other nations, tiredness and hunger were drawn on his face.
"Da. Communism is so great, Lili. Lenin, my boss before Stalin, told me all about it!"
Suddenly Ivan's voice was brighter, a vivid tone broke through it.
His eyes turned softer, they coloured mild purple.
"Lenin explained how amazing communism works! You see, Lili, with socialism things will be much better! Mister Lenin told me how all people will get the chance to go to school. Then the government will decide where they work, so there where work is needed, people will be send to. So everyone will also have work! And many more good things, it's very interesting, da? I wished he was still alive, because he was a very inspiring man! Wouldn't you want to become one with Russia? Then you can have communism in your tiny nation as well!"
For a split second Liechtenstein thought he was just kidding.
But the eager, honest look on his face made her silent for a moment and she blinked, slightly confused.
"Communism, is good?" she asked, very basically.
The girl herself had heard and seen what in was in real life, but she had never thought that the theory would sound so logic and actually, good.
Ivan nodded happily, "Yes! My people fought a lot for it, the Red Army, I'm sure you heard about them!"

And so, with a form of enthusiasm, Russia started explaining the principles of Socialism to Liechtenstein.
She nodded every once in a while and looked at him, the forest behind them or the slightly dark sky above them.
Lili felt that with every sentence he spoke, the image of the reality flashed past her mind.
She felt sad for him, sad that he didn't know how terribly wrong this so called solution had eventually turned out.
It probably weakened him more then he would like to admit.
Eventually the tall nation sighed, "Da, I wanted all nations to live like that."
"I think I understand", she spoke softly, and a shiver tiptoed over her whole body.
Russia looked down at her, observing her a bit, "I thought you didn't have a death wish, little girl. We'll go home and Lithuania will make some good soup that will warm you up, da?"
She smiled happily at his suggestion and they stood up.
Sadly enough, the cold, and having sat down for so long, had their effects on Liechtenstein and she stumbled and fell back on the ground.
Russia's coat, that she still wore, weighed heavy and her legs weren't ready to support her for a walk like this one.
even though a hike through the mountains had always been fun at her place, this was slightly less appealing.

Ivan frowned, then came to stand in front of her and easily, as if she was a tiny kitten, he scooped her up in his arms.
He carried her like a woman would carry her baby, and he held her fragile figure closely to his warm, broad torso.
During the serious part they had to get through to get home, the Russian walked rather fast and with big steps.
Lili felt like she was being gently rocked in his warm arms, and her eyes slowly started closing.
His scent crawled in her nose, sweat, vodka, and the vague metallic scent of blood.
Right now she really wished her dearest Prussia was now with her; Liechtenstein wanted to catch his scent, she wanted to cuddle up to him and she wanted him to stroke her softly while muttering sweet words in her ear.
She truly hoped Gilbert hadn't freaked out too much on her disappearance, but then again, what else could she expect?
If he would be chilling on the couch or something, she would be mad and hurt at him for not being concerned about her at all.
But on the other hand, she also wouldn't want him to track down the entire forest to find her.
Because that would cost him a lot of time and energy, things she wanted him to keep for himself so he could go on fighting against the everyday cruelties.

Meanwhile Gilbert was together with Lithuania and Poland, nervously searching through the woods for his little girl.
It made him a bit graceful when he noted that Feliks didn't seem to plan on calling him names for losing his girl in a forest in Russia on a day like this.
It was getting cold, but he didn't feel it; he only felt the heartbeat in his chest go faster at the dramatic scenes his mind came up with.
His eyes carefully looked over every part of the forest they passed, and regularly they shouted her name.
Gilbert was determined to find her, even if it would take the whole night, and nights in Russia weren't to be taken lightly.
He hoped dearly that Liechtenstein would be fine; he'd do anything to find her and make sure she was safe, to feel her warmth in his embrace.
"Prussia", Lithuania said and tapped his shoulder; he looked up with a slightly disturbed look on his face.
Toris pointed to a figure that appeared a bit further away.
"That's so Russia", Feliks commented and started to walk towards the tall man in the distance.
Prussia frowned and Lithuania stopped him, "Why would you want to go to Russia?"
"Doh, maybe he saw Lili somewhere!" was Feliks' answer; the two other nations shrugged with a sigh and followed the Pole.

When the tall nation noted them and stopped, a cold feeling screeched through Gilbert.
What if Russia had found Lili, and had done terrible things?
His heart skipped a beat when he saw the little, motionless body in his arms; for a moment he had been happy, but now cold fear seeped into his veins.
"Gilbert~" Ivan said happily and he stretched his arms to show him the unconscious body.
She was breathing faintly, and looked rather cold; "Russia! If you did anything to her-"
The tall nation cut him of with a poisonous sweet smile, "shht, you wouldn't want to wake her up."
Without saying any more words he handed the little body to him and started to continue walking back home.
A few seconds passed, and Gilbert just held the body of his girl tightly against his torso, feeling her breath in his neck and her smell lingering in his nose.
Lithuania and Poland turned to follow Russia, and Prussia shook his head for a moment and then followed them.
He held her in his arms and his face was blank; he had no idea about how he should be feeling exactly.
Of course he was very happy that Liechtenstein was back, and in his arms.
But who knows what had happened in the time that Prussia had been looking for her; she had been with Ivan for a while, which could be highly dangerous.

He shot a glance at her and smiled softly; she looked fine, no, she looked utterly beautiful, certainly with his strong, protective arms around her sleeping, innocent form.
Prussia took a deep breath and followed after Lithuania and Poland; a feeling of relief was warming his body again.
Only now the knight realised how tired and cold he actually had gotten because of the long and tiring search.
He pressed the fragile body a little closer to him and inhaled her scent; it made him calm down a little and made him feel like everything was going to be okay.
The Prussian also smelled a bit of the air Russia would usually have, and he didn't really know whether that was a good sign, but he paid more attention to where to go now.
The walk back homewards was long, cold and there were no straight paths to follow, at least none for the fastest way home.
For a moment Prussia looked up and saw how Poland had cuddled up against Lithuania to share a bit of warmth.
Toris lay his arm around the slender man and they continued to walk closely; Feliks would note a few little things, which he'd whisper to the Lithuanian, but except that there was complete silence.

After about a half hour they all returned home, safe and sane, for as far as that was possible.
As soon as they entered the mansion, Latvia appeared to take their jackets.
A delicious smell lingered through the house and made their empty stomachs growl; someone had made dinner for them while they had been gone.
Latvia explained, with a slightly trembling voice, that miss Ukraine had prepared food for everyone, including the five nations that had spend quite some time outdoors.
"Liebling", Gilbert whispered in Lili's ear, silent enough so no one else would hear, "Meine kleine Prinzessin? Your knight is back for you."
Her eyelids twitched, and then they fluttered open; her big green pupils stared at him in surprise, a pleasant, good surprise.
She smiled softly and softly kissed his neck, then his cheek and eventually his lips.
"You're cold", she muttered as he carried her to the dining room.
The Prussian smiled, proudly, "Ja! I carried my Liebling home for quite a while! I'm so happy you're back and safe now!"
He nuzzled his nose in her hair and filled his lungs once again with her specific odour.
A bit of concern prickled him, "Tell me, meine Dame, are you alright? I'm so sorry that this happened! I was supposed to guard over you. Please tell me nothing bad happened to my darling?"
Some nations looked at them, but because their voices were low and hushed, and there was the usual tumult around the table, the other's couldn't eaves drop their conversation.

"Nein, meine Ritter, I'm fine. I found mister Ivan and, as you see, he gave me his coat. It kept me warm enough for a while. I remember that I was quite affected by the cold so he carried me. Then I fell asleep. Nothing to be worried about."
He stole a butterfly kiss, "Nothing to be worried about, but maybe something to be jealous about?"
Honestly, the white-haired nation only now noticed the huge coat that limply hung over her shoulders.
She smiled sweetly, "Ich liebe dich."
The food was served and they al started eating, there was still the general rumour around the table though, and Liechtenstein looked up to Prussia.
"Gilbert, I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention at all and just wandering around. I should've known better and stay close to you in a big and dangerous forest like that. I'm sorry I made you worry."
The Prussia smiled tenderly, "Liebling, I should've paid more attention to whether you were with me, not only in my thoughts but also in reality. But we can discuss who should apologize the most forever. I'm just glad that you're here again, that you're safe and with me."
Lili held his hand for a moment, and his thumb stroked over her skin; she loved how smart he could actually be, even in those small things that seemed just like unimportant details.

What Liechtenstein noticed quickly, just like most other nations, was the slight change in Ukraine's attitude.
At least, towards Russia, the Ukrainian woman didn't say a word; she ignored him completely, but chattered happily with other nations though.
Dinner passed fluently, both Lili and Gilbert were starving and they complimented Yekaterina on her great cooking and she smiled happily.
After they were done, Estonia went to gather the plates and nations went back to their usual chores or other activities.
Prussia scooped Liechtenstein up and carried her to her room where they both sat down on her bed and softly, tenderly sealed their lips.
Gilbert leaned over her and she lay down on the bed, he hovered over her and they kissed passionately.
Her fingers danced through his hair and they enjoyed each other's taste.
Both nations were filled with warmth and vividness at each other's touch, drawn to each other with love and care.
Prussia caressed his girl and was filled with an emotion of gratitude.
He didn't know why, or how, but he was so grateful that he was blessed with a great gift like Lili.
They drew their tongues back and parted their lips, simply staring in each other's eyes for a moment.
Liechtenstein softly rubbed her nose against his, "This is how people that live in arctic places kiss."
He smiled tenderly and moved his head a bit so his nose softly stroked over hers.

A few knocks on the door disturbed them and quickly the Prussian got off his girl and they sat up on the bed.
"Ja?" Gilbert asked, not expecting anyone, he and Lili stared at the door with familiar, slightly confused expressions.
Lithuania opened the door and smiled politely, "I'm really sorry to disturb you-"
"Then don't", Prussia cut him off with a mocking tone.
Lili nudged him with a displeased frown and he looked away.
Toris spoke up again, "As I said, I'm sorry, but I was requested by mister Russia to ask Liechtenstein to make her depart."
Both German nations sighed, they knew she would be send home soon, but they had hoped it would last longer.
"Of course, Lili can stay for the night, and tomorrow she will be brought back to Moscow. Mister Russia has indicated both you and me, for this task."
Gilbert nodded slowly, "Sure, understood."
It was a good thing if Ivan had chosen him for that task, because it ment the tall nation was okay with them.
Lithuania nodded and went away, leaving them alone again.

"Seems like I'll have to miss you again", Lili pouted and she stole a soft kiss.
Prussia smirked, a vivid and powerful red coloured his eyes, "Not long, meine Dame. You won't have to miss me long."
She smiled softly and kissed his cheek; he took her little hand in his both hands and kissed every single finger of her.
"This madhouse, Liebling, is falling apart. Soon I'll break free. Then I'll go to you, meine Liebe, I'll find you, wherever you may hide. I'll be your knight."
They stared at each other, hearts filled with tender emotions of love, hope and courage.
"Meine tapfere Ritter", Liechtenstein whispered, her breath caressed his skin and she stood up.
He followed her every movement with his eyes as she moved to the other side of the room.
The elegant swing of her hips, the almost soundless steps she made, the way her hair brushed over her shoulders; the blond locks had grown over time.

Lili took a sword that hung on the wall as decoration; it was clearly not a sword strong enough to use for a battle, but made with details, and curly Russian letters engraved in it.
She carefully held it as she turned around and stepped closer to him.
"On you knees, dear knight", she said with a little smile on her pretty face.
He grinned, but his face turned more serious as he got on his knees before her, looking at her in awe before respectfully bowing his head.
The sharp edge of the sword softly touched his left shoulder, "I, the representation of the principality of Liechtenstein, declare you, nation of Prussia and East-Germany,"
She lifted the sword again, and placed it on his right shoulder.
"As my knight, who will protect my at any cost,"
Now she drew the sword away from him and bended to him; Lili raised his head with one hand and looked directly into his burgundy-red eyes.
"And as my love."
They kissed, a slow, deep kiss that was neither filled with fiery passion and lust, nor short and superficial.
It was tender yet deep, touching their heart and making them forget everything that had happened, was happening or might happen in the future.
The kiss was almost as if they signed a contract within their hearts.
When their lips parted, they both softly gasped for air, smiling at each other with an affectionate expression.
"Deine Ritter, un deine Liebe, für immer", he said and he felt as if his heart was speaking, as if that lovesick warmth within him was creating the words for him.

They knew the little act wasn't very correct, nor anything official, but the pride and joy that overwhelmed Gilbert with the feeling that came along through the simple play, it made him smile like a fool.
His lips weren't curved in a grin, not in a smirk or anything alike; the Prussia was smiling like a lovesick teenager and he couldn't rip his eyes off from her beautiful face and forest green eyes.
"You know what's written on the sword?" Prussia asked silently and Lili looked at the Cyrillic words that decorated the old blade.
She looked up at him with a questioning look and he kissed her forehead affectionately.
"Защитаъ и Любов", he whispered in her ear and then his lips gently brushed over hear earlobe before his tongue caressed it.
She blinked, his voice made a shiver run over her spine.
"Protection and Love", he translated and she couldn't help but smile before folding her arms around him and inhaling his scent.
He also lay his arms around her and they just hugged each other like that for a while.
She hid her face in the crook of his neck, "Liebling, can I take a cloth of you with me? At night, it will remind me of you and keep me warm."
He caressed her back, "Ja, meine Dame, of course you can. Then would you mind leaving something of yours for me, so I can hold it against my chest when I can't sleep?"
"Ja", she whispered, the words smothered in his neck, "Gilbert, ich liebe dich."

BAM. That was cute. Fluff, the way I do it. I hope it was a bit enjoyable. The thing with the sword, it is perhaps how their roleplaying later started ^^ (See DrivebyReader's story about Prussia and Liechtenstein). The end is coming near, the next chapter, or the one after that one. I'll see :3

I hope it was enjoyable and kinda cute and stuff :3
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