Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia, nor am I, in any way, affiliated with the company that does.

Warning: Obvious things.

I sat and stared in the mirror, the burn marks on my face making me unable to look away, and too horrified to blink. As if the image might attack me if I dared to turn my back on it.

I sat and stared for hours. It wasn't as if I had a choice.

I was locked in my room. Arthur had decided that since I couldn't behave like a grown up, I wasn't allowed in a grownup world.

So he locked me in my child's world.

In a room with only a bed, a dresser, a mirror and some old toy soldiers Arthur had made for me.

And a bloodstain.

A small one on the wall, not so far out of reach.

I paced around the small room, trying to resist looking in the mirror.

It was a horrifying notion to look in that damned thing.

But what else did I have to do?

Arthur came in my room five times a day.

Breakfast.

Lunch.

Reading or a game.

Dinner.

And...something I could never find the right words to describe.

I could have called it our nightly ritual...but that wasn't what it was. It was different than that.

During that time he was always so sweet...gentle...loving. He proved to me he could love me, even if I was ugly.

My heart skipped a beat as I unknowingly looked back into the mirror.

But when he came in at night now...

Even if I begged, pleaded, cried- he still made me...bend to his will. Whatever he wanted.

I can't even describe what occurred at night- sex, love making- hell, even 'shag' didn't sound right.

Nothing ever could.

I sat on the floor Indian style, staring into the mirror.

I knew the marks would fade away soon enough...but...I couldn't bear how ugly they were.

I touched my neck, where new hand prints covered the old bruises.

I smiled at my reflection.

But I can't remember him smiling back.

I never could.

Another figure stepped into frame.

I looked away from the mirror, outside.

It was too dark for dinner, so it had to be time again.

I blacked out.

I know that chapter was ridiculously short. I'm posting the second half of it tomorrow.