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Chapter 4: What Just Happened?
That dark cold voice sent chills down Germany's spine. He tried to reply as calmly as he could, but a slight quiver fluttered, "Hello, Ivan. How are you?" Ludwig could sense a smirk cross the Russian's lips as he seemed to think about his next words. Russia breathed through the phone with some sound of amusement.
"Wonderful, Ludwig, just wonderful. You're probably wondering what I wanted to talk about, correct?"
"Yes, I've been curious all week about it."
Russia chuckled making Germany's heart stop for a moment. "I knew you wouldn't be able to stop thinking about me." Germany raised a brow with a slight blush crossing his cheeks. He coughed lightly winning another chuckle from Ivan. "I hope you can wait a bit longer. I don't really enjoy talking business over the phone. I hope you understand, Ludwig"
"That's fine." Germany began to feel a little worried. "Where would you like to meet to discuss this further?"
"I would like you to come over to my house. You haven't visited my home in a very long time." The mood in Germany's living room turned cold. He wasn't too sure that he should meet Ivan at his house. Russia could do whatever he wanted to in his own territory. Though, Germany couldn't deny him; it would probably be more dangerous not to. He glanced around the room before saying.
"That would be fine." There was cheerfulness in Ivan's voice as he set a time and date for their meeting. "Good bye, Ivan."
"Good bye, Ludwig, can't wait to see you again." A hint of wickedness sounded as Germany heard the click of the phone sit back on its holder. When will the sudden sinking feeling in Germany's heart ever go away?
Prussia burst into their house and ran around the house looking for Germany. He checked every room in the house to find no one at home. Panic started to sink in as he ran around again to make sure he didn't miss Germany. After checking each room for the fifth time, Gilbert couldn't think straight as he found that Ludwig wasn't home. He ran outside to the back yard about to jump the fence to get to his motorcycle to ride all the way to Russia's home, but he stopped before he did. Prussia got a glimpse of blonde slick backed hair out of the corner of his eye. He turned and saw Germany kneeling at a flowerbed pulling weeds. Tears started to weld up in Prussia's eyes as he stared at his little brother. "W-West…!" Ludwig turned at his name being said then looking at Gilbert caused him to raise a brow. Prussia wiped his eyes, but the tears kept on pouring down his face. He hiccupped, "Oh thank god you're okay." Germany still gave a puzzled look as his brother took hold of him and held him tightly. Ludwig dropped the weeds he had in his hands as Prussia nuzzled into his hair. He sighed silently and stood up with Gilbert still attached to him. Germany took his brother's shoulders and pulled him away.
"Bruder, what's wrong?" Prussia was silent then he looked at Germany who had a worried face. His eyes began to squint and more tears started to pour. Ludwig froze; he had never seen his brother this messed up before. Gilbert reached out for Germany and hugged him again. Germany looked down at him and slowly wrapped his arms around the albino. "Bruder… What's wrong?" He repeated.
"W-West…" Prussia began as he nuzzled his face into Germany's chest. "I was… I was scared that…" Scared? Ludwig blinked at the word. Prussia was never scared or at least he would never admit to being scared. Gilbert began to cry more muffling his words.
Germany gently tightened his grip on his brother trying to comfort him. "Breathe… Take it easy… Tell me what scared you." Gilbert hiccupped a few times as he slowly began to calm down. He let out a quivering sigh as he steadied himself.
"I was scared that…" He began to cling onto Ludwig's shirt more. "I was scared that you went to Russia's house. I was scared that he did something to you." Germany's heart dropped. Prussia felt his brother tense up at his words. He looked up seeing his brother's face emotionless. "West…?" Germany's eyes fell and locked onto Gilbert's.
Prussia's sad red eyes made Germany want to just die right there and then. How can he tell Gilbert that he was going to Russia's house, and know that his brother was going to worry the whole time he was over there? Germany frowned, he had to tell him. "Bruder, I have to… I'm going to Ivan's house this coming Friday." Oh dear god shoot me down now. Prussia's eyes widened and quickly closed tightly as he began to cry again. Germany could feel his heart break as he watched his brother pound onto his chest screaming at him.
"Why would you do that? Don't you know what he could do to you? You're stupid, West! You're stupid!" Gilbert continued to pound onto Germany's chest as he cursed and yelled. Ludwig stood there and took it. He knew his brother had to right to be upset with him, but Germany had to continue being a good nation. He had no other choice but to see what Russia had to say. It could be very important, so he just had to go even if it meant making Prussia worry.
"Bruder, I'm sorry… I… I just have to go." Ludwig grabbed Gilbert's wrists to make him stop. Prussia glared at him as Germany sadly looked back. This caused Prussia to start crying again. Germany let his grip off of Gilbert's wrist, and the albino slowly made his way back to Germany's chest. "You don't have to worry about me. I'll be fine."
"You don't know that." Prussia mumbled as he held onto his brother. "What will I do if something happens to you?"
"Nothing's going to happen, Bruder." Prussia was about to protest again, but Ludwig continued. "I promise." Gilbert took in his words then whispered softly that Germany didn't catch. "What was that?" Prussia's face flushed.
"Nothing, but you better keep your promise or I'll kill you if Russia doesn't." Germany forced a smile hoping that his promise was kept, and that neither Prussia nor Russia kills him.
Prussia had locked himself in his room for the rest of the day. Germany thought this was punishment for making him worry. This had happened before when Ludwig caused his brother to worry. He had locked himself up in his room for the whole day and didn't come out. When he eventually did, Germany had asked why he did so. Prussia's response was that it was punishment for Germany so he wasn't blessed by his awesome presence. Of course, how could anyone live without a day of Prussia's presence? Germany could, but when he did this; Ludwig couldn't help but worry if Gilbert was okay by himself in his room. He slowly made his way to Prussia's room. Germany jiggled the door handle slowly to see if it was truly locked. Sure enough it was; he sighed deeply. Ludwig knocked on the door saying gently, "Prussia please come out and have dinner with me. You can't stay in there all day, you'll starve."
"I won't starve! I've survived longer than a day without eating!" That was true; Gilbert had even survived a bullet that had grazed his heart. God only knows how he survived through it, but he did. Germany pressed his forehead to the cold oak door.
"Bruder, please, I don't want to eat alone. I made your favorite, pancakes." Ludwig hoped that would work. He really truly hoped that his brother wouldn't be too stubborn tonight. Germany heard some shuffling on the other side and the door started to slowly open. He took a couple of steps back and saw a red eye look out at him.
Prussia furrowed his brows, "How can I trust you?"
"Why would I lie to you, Bruder?" Germany gave a gentle smile.
Gilbert thought for a moment then swung the door open. He stepped out and started towards the stairs. He stopped at the top and turned to his little brother. "I'm only coming out for the pancakes. You're still being punished, got it?"
"Got it." Germany smirked as he followed his brother down stairs to eat together.
After Germany's "punishment", Gilbert went back to what he normally did. Annoy the hell out of his brother. Prussia skipped lightly into Germany's office and did a little twirl in front of the desk. He bowed and glanced up at his brother who ignored his little display. He scoffed and did a couple more twirls around the desk and ended with a pose. Still Germany ignored the little albino which caused Prussia to snort in frustration. Why wasn't Ludwig paying attention to him? Gilbert pouted and went over to the desk. He silently watched his brother write and read the papers. There wasn't that many papers for yesterday Germany was able to get work done while Prussia locked himself away in his room. So, why couldn't Germany take the time to pay attention to Gilbert? Prussia threw his upper body onto the desk making some papers fly into the air. Ludwig stopped and glared at his brother who smiled up at him. Ludwig's brows began to twitch slightly, he didn't find this amusing. He sighed annoyed at it all, and pushed the albino off of his desk. Prussia pouted as the blonde went back to writing. Gilbert picked himself up off the floor. He went over to Germany and sat down in his lap. Germany stopped and looked down at the albino.
He growled, "Get off, now."
"No." Was the response he got as Prussia wiggled in his lap. Ludwig threw his pen down on the desk and sat back glaring at his older brother. Gilbert looked back innocently as he wiggled again in Germany's lap.
"What do you want?" Germany said harshly not having the time for these games his brother liked to play. Prussia shrugged as he wrapped his arms around Ludwig's shoulders. A sigh escaped Germany as he rubbed his temple. Why? Just why must Gilbert be this way? Then again, Ludwig couldn't remember when Prussia wasn't like this. His thoughts quickly stopped when he felt something wet slide across his face. He looked down at Gilbert who grinned slyly with his tongue out. Germany grimaced, he hated saliva and his brother had just licked him. Oh god! Prussia chuckled at the look on Ludwig's face as he quickly wiped the saliva from his face. Germany raised a brow in annoyance as he stared at his brother. Prussia grinned as he went and licked Ludwig's neck slowly. A blush crossed Germany's face as the sensation flowed through his body. Gilbert started to nibble gently receiving a silent moan from his little brother. Ludwig gripped the arms of his chair as Prussia began to kiss his neck. What the? Why wasn't he stopping his brother? This was wrong! They were brothers for god's sake! But, this feeling felt so down right… Amazing. Germany felt himself tilt his head so Prussia could have more room to work. Gilbert laid into him making his kisses more sloppy sending tingles down Germany's spine. Another moan slipped from Ludwig's lips as Prussia bit at his sensitive skin. The red eyed albino back away causing Germany to whine not wanting him to stop. Gilbert smirked and started to lean forward. Germany's eyes started to close as his brother's lips neared his. His heart began to pound as he could feel Prussia's breath. Both stopped as they heard a phone ring loudly. They stared at each other in slight surprise. Ludwig cleared his throat, "I need to answer that." Prussia nodded and slid off of his lap to allow the German to answer the phone. The conversation was short and once Germany hung up the phone he looked over at the albino. There was an awkward silence as they both stared at each other. Prussia bit his lip and decided to kill the silence.
"So…?"
"So…" Germany repeated now regaining himself. There was still a slight blush upon his face, but his heart had slowed. Prussia glanced down at the floor feeling uneasy.
He looked back at Ludwig asking, "What now?"
Germany stared for a moment before answering, "Nothing." Prussia stared back looking hurt. "You go back to doing whatever, and I go back to my work. Simple as that."
"How is that simple?" Gilbert yelled out frustrated. Germany looked at his brother with a brow raised. "How can we just go on about our day when… When that just happened!" Prussia frowned as his brother said nothing for a long minute.
Germany sighed deeply and said sternly, "It's simple because we are bruders, Gilbert. It is wrong for us to be doing such things. It was just a mistake."
"Mistake?" Prussia said back. "So, you're saying that we are a mistake?" Ludwig sighed deeply.
"I'm not saying we are a mistake, Gilbert. I'm saying that that incident was a mistake." Prussia clenched his fists and spun on his heels. He left the room swiftly not saying a word. Germany watched him as he slammed that door behind him shut. Another sigh slid through his nostrils as he shook his head. What the hell just happened? He and his brother were doing something so inappropriate with one another. Had Ludwig lost all morals and was now being reckless? It must have been an accident. They were both stressed and were looking for some kind of comfort, and just picked the wrong type of comfort. That's it; picking the wrong type of comfort. Germany tried to reason with what happened, and that made sense to him. He nodded to himself knowing that Prussia would think the same thing and everything would be better. At least that's what he had hoped.
I feel like this chapter was short… Oh well, I guess I wanted you guys to wait some more before Germany FINALLY finds out what Russia wanted to… 'Discuss'. X3 And hmmm… What's going to happen between Ludwig and Gilbert? Hmmm… I do wonder… :D