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Summary: After decades of not seeing each other, Austria is ordered to take care of Prussia. Once seeing the albino, he is surprised at what he sees. What has happened to the Prussian to cause him to be this way? How will this change the Austrians views and the future?
I'll Protect You
Chapter Five
The next day around late morning, some movement on Austria's lap awakened him. When he slowly opened his eyes and blinked them a few times, he looked down at his lap and saw Prussia sitting up on his lap, looking up at him.
They looked at each other before Prussia said, "Austria."
Austria smiled at this and said, "Good morning, Prussia." He wrapped his arms around the boy and hugged him.
"Austria," again said Prussia, who wrapped his arms around the Austrian.
When they broke apart, Austria said, "Prussia, I want you to stay here until I come back. I need to take care of something and I would prefer if you stayed here."
A confused expression appeared on the boy's face.
"I just want you to stay here for your safety. You should get some more sleep. You had a hard night," said Austria. He smiled down at Prussia and patted him on the head.
Austria picked up the sword from the foot of the bed and left the room. Prussia watched the Austrian leave the room, still confused. He lie down in bed and soon fell asleep.
A few hours had passed before Prussia wake up. He sat up, looking around and saw that the room was empty. He got out of bed and went to the door, opening it just a crack to peek out. When he saw that the coast was clear, Prussia left the room to search for Austria.
He searched through the manor and couldn't find Austria. Prussia continued to search for the Austrian until he heard voices from outside. He looked out of a window and saw Austria talking with a few Prussian officials. Next to them, on his knees was Jerg. His hands were tied behind his back and he was gagged.
After a few minutes, the officials left, taking Jerg with them. Austria turned to go into the manor. When he entered, Austria saw Prussia looking out the window, watching the officials take Jerg away.
Walking up to the Prussian, Austria said, "They're taking him away so that he will never bother you again. They'll make sure of it. I promise."
Prussia continued to watch until they were out of sight and then he turned his gaze up to Austria.
"Austria," said Prussia.
"I have some food cooking. I bet you're hungry," said Austria, picking up the boy and carried him to the dining room.
When they finished eating, Austria dressed Prussia and said, "How about we go out? We should get some fresh air. It'll be good for us. We can go into town and look around, if you like. Or go around the area and explore."
Prussia looked up at Austria and nodded.
Time passed and the two of them were always together, even at night. Prussia wouldn't let Austria leave him at night so the Austrian would stay with the Prussian, who would curl up on Austria's lap every night.
Prussia was changing also as time went on. He had aged a bit from a five-year-old to a seven-year-old and grown about two inches. He was starting to talk, but mostly to Austria, rarely did ever talk to other people.
Weather was changing from fall to winter and the days were getting colder. Soon a few inches of snow covered the ground.
In the manor, Austria was getting an eager Prussia ready to go outside.
"Prussia, calm down. The snow is going to there when we finish getting your coat on. Now hold still," said Austria.
Once Austria finished dressing Prussia, they headed outside with the boy leading the way.
"Prussia, slow down," said Austria.
"But I don't want to. It'll melt by the time we there," said Prussia.
"No, it won't," said Austria.
"Yes, it will. Your so slow," teased Prussia.
Before Austria could say anything, Prussia ran out of the room and out of the manor, into the snow covered ground. Austria quickly went after him. Once the Austrian was outside, he looked around, but couldn't find the Prussian.
"Prussia, where are you?" called out Austria.
He received no voice answer, but he did receive a snowball in the face. Quickly wiping his face, Austria looked around again and saw Prussia heading to the now frozen lake. Austria went after him.
Fear went down the Austrian's spine when he saw Prussia stepping onto the frozen lake.
"Prussia, get off the ice. It's dangerous," shouted Austria, but Prussia walked farther onto the ice.
Austria ran towards the boy, but stopped at the edge of the frozen lake.
"Prussia, please come back here," begged Austria. Prussia turned to look at him and started to head to him, but suddenly the boy slipped and fell onto the ice. He was sprawled on his back.
Gasping in fear, Austria quickly went onto the ice and was soon at Prussia's side.
He gently helped the boy sit up and asked, "Are you ok? Are you hurt anywhere?"
Looking at his face, Austria saw that tears were in Prussia's eyes, but saw that the boy was trying to stop them from falling down his cheek.
Picking up the boy, Austria held him close to his chest and whispered calmly, "Its ok. I'm here. Were you scared? There is nothing to worry about. Now, are you hurt anywhere?"
Prussia looked at Austria and then raise his hand to the back of his head. He at once winced in pain.
"Your head. Let me take a look," said Austria. Looking at the back of Prussia's head, he saw a bump that was starting to appear.
"You're going to be alright. It's just a nasty bump. It'll go away soon. Now, lets get off this ice," said Austria. He slowly stood up with Prussia in his arms and gradually walked off the ice. Austria carried him until they were in front of the manor.
"Do we have to go inside already? We just came outside," said Prussia.
Austria looked at the boy in his arms and then sighed.
"Fine, but no risky stuff. I don't want you to go hurt yourself again," said Austria, gently setting Prussia on the snow-covered ground.
"Ok," said Prussia before running off. He went down the side of the snowy road and Austria slowly followed behind him.
He stopped at the edge of the forest and turned to look back at Austria, smiling. Austria smiled back at him.
Suddenly snow from a tree branch fell and landed on the Prussian. Shock filled Austria, who ran to the buried boy. He started to dig through the snow, looking for Prussia.
It took a moment until Austria found the boy and then began to dig him out. Finally digging his head and torso out, Austria picked him from the snow.
Austria felt the boy shivering and saw that his lips were a hint of blue. His skin, if possible, was a tinge paler.
He held the Prussian close to his chest and said, "Lets get you inside." He quickly went inside the manor and into Prussia's room. He changed him out of his now wet clothes and into pajamas. Austria put the boy into bed to warm him up, tucking him in bed.
"Today just wasn't your day," said Austria, stroking Prussia's head. He felt the boy was still shaking.
"Can you…stay with me?" asked Prussia.
Smiling at him, Austria said, "Of course I will." Taking off his boots, Austria got onto the bed, laying down next to Prussia, who moved closer to the Austrian and nuzzled into his chest. He soon fell asleep. Austria watched him as he slept.
A moment later, Austria closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Soon winter turned into spring and when the weather was warm enough, Austria began to plant Eglantine Rose shrubs around the manor with Prussia's help. They then started to plant a huge garden in the back of the manor. The planted light yellow calendulas, lilac, white, yellow, and mauve crocuses, white, mauve, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple gladioluses, white, purple, yellow, and blue German irises, an ultra-violet jacaranda, yellow, white, red, pink, and orange garden lilies, white Yulan magnolia, white and yellow daffodil, pink, white, purple, orange and red azalea, red, pink, orange, white, and purple tulips.
They had just finished planting the last of the flowers when it was starting to get dark. Austria was carrying Prussia to the bathroom to take a bath.
"You know, you should walk on your own. You're getting too big for me to carry you around," said Austria.
"But I like it when you carry me," said Prussia.
"Doesn't mean I can do it forever. You're going to grow up one day and then I won't be able to carry anymore," said Austria.
There was a moment of silence before Prussia said, "I don't want to grow up then."
Austria chuckled at this and said, "Of course you want to grow up. You need to become big and strong. It means your country is doing well."
"But my country is doing well. Why am I not big and strong already?" asked Prussia.
At hearing this question, Austria stopped walking and looked at Prussia.
"I'm not sure about that. It could be due to stress or how you have been treated or both, but I'm not really sure. But you are growing, slowly, but still growing," said Austria. He started to walk again.
When they entered the bathroom, Austria set Prussia on the sink counter and went to fill the tub with warm water. Once the tub was filled up, the Austrian went to the cupboard and grabbed some towels and placed them on the counter next to the Prussian.
"Can we take a bath together?" asked Prussia.
Austria quickly turned to Prussia, a slight blush on his face.
"Why do you want to do that?" asked Austria.
"I just want to. Please, can we?" begged Prussia.
Sighing, Austria said, "I guess we can."
Hearing this, a big smile appeared on Prussia's face.
Once they were undressed, Austria carried Prussia into the tub and he sat down with the Prussian sitting on his lap.
As Austria was washing the boy's hair, Prussia asked, "How long are you going to stay here?"
This really surprised Austria. He said, "I'm not really sure. I guess until our governments say so. Why do you ask?"
"Because I don't want you to leave," said Prussia, who closed his eyes and lay back against Austria's stomach. A small smile appeared on the boy's face.
Austria was a bit shock at hearing this and looked down at the boy.
When they finished taking a bath, the two of them headed out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around Austria's waist and carrying a half sleeping Prussia, who was wrapped in a towel. He went into Prussia's room and dried and dressed the boy, tucking him into bed. Austria placed the boy's bunny near him and then he left the room.
Once in his own room, Austria got dress and went to bed himself.
Before long, it was summer again and with that, Prussia had grown even more. He now looked like a ten-year-old and was four feet four inches tall.
The two of them were out in near the lake on horseback. Prussia was riding on Wodan and Austria was riding Germangabis.
"Prussia, slow down. Your going too fast," shouted Austria as he watched the Prussian galloping on his horse.
"But its fun," shouted back Prussia.
"Please Prussia, slow down," begged Austria.
With this, Prussia had his horse slow down to a walk, heading to Austria. He stopped right next to the Austrian with a smile on his face.
Austria sighed and said, "You shouldn't be so reckless. You might hurt yourself or others."
"But I'm fine," said Prussia.
"For now, but some other time you may not be fine," said Austria and then said, "Come on, lets get these horse back to the stable. They probably need a break."
They headed back to the stable and put the horses back into their stalls. As the two of them headed back into the manor, a man on a gray Lipizzaner rode up to them.
This man was in his twenties and was five feet ten inches with slightly tan skin. He had short, ruffled blond hair and brown eyes. He wore a gray shirt with a tan cloak and brown pants with black boots.
"Sir, are you Mr. Austria?" asked the man.
"Yes. Yes, I am," said Austria.
"Then I'm to give you this," said the man, pulling a rolled up piece of paper from a messenger bag and handing it over to Austria.
Once Austria took the paper, the man bid them goodbye and rode off.
Austria unrolled the paper and read it, sighing when he finished.
"What does it said?" asked Prussia.
"My country's leader is coming here in about a week to talk about something," said Austria.
"What about?" asked Prussia.
"I'm not sure. I guess we'll find out when he gets here," said Austria.
When a week had passed, Austria and Prussia waited outside for Austria's leader with Prussia slightly behind Austria. They waited for about an hour when a horse pulled carriage came and stopped in front of them. A servant came out from the carriage and held opened the door, helping a man out of the carriage, who wore clothes of royalty. It was Austria's country leader.
Austria bowed to this man and said, "Hello Sir, its good to see you. Welcome to the countryside of Königsberg." Prussia simply stared at him.
"Hello Austria, it is good to see in good health," said his leader.
He then looked down at Prussia and said, "So this is Prussia. It is nice to meet you, little one."
Prussia tried to hide more of himself behind Austria's leg.
"I'm sorry, Sir. He is a bit nervous about meeting new people," said Austria.
"Is that so. Well, we have some things to discuss about," said Austria's leader.
"Please, come in," said Austria, leading him into the manor.
He led him into the living room to be comfortable. Austria sat across from his leader with Prussia sitting next to him.
"I would first like to ask how has your stay been here, Austria?" the leader asked.
"It has been good. A bit hard at first, but everything has been good so far," said Austria.
"That is good," said his leader and then he looked at Prussia, asking, "How have you been, Prussia?"
Prussia was surprised and quickly said, "Fine. I'm doing fine."
"That is good. I'm glad to have finally meet you, Prussia," said the Austrian leader.
"Sir, not to be rude or anything, but why are you here?" asked Austria.
"Well Austria, it is my opinion and many others' opinion that it is time for you to return back to Vienna," said his leader.
This shocked both Prussia and Austria. Soon Prussia quickly ran out of the room.
"Prussia," called out Austria. He stood up and watched Prussia leave the room.
Austria then turned to his leader and asked, "Why now, Sir? It's only been about a year since I arrived here."
"There have been certain situations since you left and we would prefer if you were back in Vienna," said his leader.
"But Sir, what about Prussia? He needs me," said Austria.
"So do your country and your people, which are more important than this little boy," said his leader.
"Then who will take care of him? His government haven't been doing the best job doing that," argued Austria.
"We have discuss about this matter and steps are being made for this boy. Now, please start packing up. I would like to leave by this evening by the latest," said the Austrian leader.
Austria knew there wasn't anything he could say so he nodded and left the room. He headed to his room, but at the door, he stopped and looked at the door that led into Prussia's room.
Making his decision, Austria walked and entered Prussia's room. He saw the Prussian sitting on his bed, curled up, holding his bunny close to him with his face on the back of the bunny's head, which he was quietly sobbing into.
"Prussia," muttered Austria as he went up to the bed. The Austrian sat down on the edge of the bed. He raised his hand and placed it on top of the boy's head, ruffling his head as a sign of affection.
"Prussia, I'm so sorry. I didn't know about at all. Please forgive me," said Austria.
Prussia moved his head to look at Austria. Tears were pouring down his cheeks and his face was slightly red.
"I don't want you to leave," cried Prussia.
Austria picked the boy up and placed him on his lap. "I don't want to leave either," said Austria. He held the boy close to his chest.
He stood up with the boy in his arms and said, "I need to go pack. Come with me."
Prussia nodded and they went into Austria's room. Austria placed Prussia on the bed and he then started to pack. It took only about an hour before Austria finished packing. He sat down on the bed next to Prussia and looked sadly at the boy.
Suddenly Prussia placed his bunny on Austria's lap, which surprised.
"Are you giving this to me?" asked Austria, holding the bunny in his hand. Prussia nodded.
"I can't have this. Its yours," said Austria, giving the bunny back to Prussia.
But Prussia pushed it back to Austria. "I want you to have it," said Prussia.
Sighing, Austria looked at the bunny and said, "Thank you, Prussia. Its very kind of you." He then packed the bunny with his things.
Austria then knelt in front of the Prussian and said, "Prussia, I knew that you're sad about me leaving, but you need to be strong. You need to grow strong and become big for you, your country, and your people. There will be lots of troubles and hard times, but don't let them get to you. Good things will always come in the end," said Austria.
More tears appeared in Prussia's eyes and down his cheeks.
"Are we going to see each other again?" asked Prussia, trying not to cry.
"Yes, we will. I don't know when, but we will see each other," said Austria.
Prussia then pushed himself onto Austria, causing the Austrian to land on his butt on the floor. The Prussian was crying on his chest.
Austria wrapped his arms around the boy, holding him close.
"I know. I'll miss you too, but we will see each other. I promise," said Austria. He then kissed the boy on his forehead.
Standing up, Austria set Prussia on the floor and went to pick up his bags. He held out one of hands for the Prussian, who took it. They walked together to the front door. Setting his things by the front door and looked down at Prussia. He ruffled the boy's hair with his hand.
"Uh, good Austria. Your ready. Lets go," said Austria's leader, coming towards them.
"I'll be there soon. Please giving me a moment, Sir," said Austria.
"Of course, I'll see you outside then. Goodbye Prussia, it was nice to meet you," said the Austrian leader and he walked out the manor and to his carriage.
Austria knelt down in front of Prussia and gently stroked the boy's face.
"This is not goodbye, Prussia. We will see each other. Maybe sooner than later," said Austria.
"Ok," said Prussia.
"Come here," said Austria. He gently pulled the Prussian towards him, hugging the boy. Prussia hugged him back.
Pulling away from the boy, Austria kissed his forehead again.
"See you later, Prussia," said Austria. He picked his things up and walked out of the manor and to the carriage.
Once he was in the carriage, Austria looked out of the window at the manor and saw Prussia looking out of a window of the manor at him.
The carriage started to move and Austria stared at Prussia's manor until it was out of sight.
When Austria arrived back in Vienna after many weeks with his leader.
He was in his room unpacking his things when the Austrian came upon Prussia's bunny. Austria sat on the edge of his bed, staring at the bunny.
"I hope we see each other soon, Prussia," muttered Austria.
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