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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 Seven

Opening his eyes slowly, Austria blinked a few times to become clear. Looking around, he saw he was alone in a bedroom and outside the windows, he saw it was night. He tries to sit up, but winces in pain. Leaning against the headboard, Austria looks down at himself. He sees that he is only wearing a pair of black pants that were a bit baggy. Bandages wrapped around his stomach and torso only cover his upper body. His lower left arm is also wrapped with bandages. He raised his right hand and felt is head, face, and neck. He found that his forehead was wrapped in bandages, a bandage was on his right cheek, and bandage wraps around his neck.

'Whoever had treated his wounds knew what they were,' thought Austria. He looked around and saw that his glasses were on the nightstand next to the bed. Putting on his glasses, Austria slowly sits on the edge of the bed and tries to stand up, testing his legs.

On his legs, Austria felt them shaking and before he knew it, the Austrian fell to his hands and knees, gasping in pain. His body shook a bit as he tried to stand up.

Suddenly the door to the room opened and soon after, there was a sound of quick footsteps coming towards him. Someone knelt in front of him and muttered, "Austria."

Austria looked up at the person his eyes widened at the sight of this person.

This person looked to be sixteen and was five feet six inches. He had short, ruffled white hair and blood red eyes. It was Prussia.

"Prussia," gasped Austria.

"What are you doing, idiot? You're injured, you shouldn't be up," said Prussia.

Austria didn't respond. He was in too much shock.

"Well, come on. You need to get back into bed," said Prussia. He gently took hold of Austria, who finally was out of shock and stood. He walked to the bed with the help of Prussia.

Laying back down the bed with his back against the headboard, Austria continued to examine Prussia, who sat down on the edge of the bed.

He looked to be healthy and fit. He was wearing a Prussian uniform without the bicorne hat or cape. Around his neck was an Iron Cross.

"I know I'm handsome and everything, but if you keep staring at me like that, I'll feel like you have became a pervert or something," said Prussia.

Austria snapped at of this and said, "I'm sorry if you feel like that, but I'm not a pervert or anything of the like. It's just that you have changed so much since I last saw you. Your not that little boy that I remember."

"Of course I'm not. You think I would be after all this time? I'm as awesome as ever," said Prussia, a smirk on his face.

A small blush appeared on Austria's face, but quickly controlled himself.

"You seemed to have become very overconfident as you grown up. That can cost you greatly at times," said Austria, sighing.

Prussia looked away and a pout appeared on his face. "Its better than being scared of everything," muttered Prussia.

Surprised at hearing this, Austria raised his hand and placed it on Prussia's head, stroking his head gently.

"It wasn't your fault for being scared," said Austria, in a gentle tone.

A blush appeared on Prussia's face.

"I should also thank you for saving from your men. If it wasn't for you, who knows what they would have done to me," said Austria.

"Of course I wouldn't let them do anything to you that would hurt in anyway. Mostly what they were going to do," said Prussia.

There was a moment of silence between them before Austria yawned, his hand covering his mouth.

"You should get some rest. You need more time to heal. I'll stay here with you until you fall asleep," said Prussia.

Nodding in agreement, Austria laid back in bed with Prussia's help. Soon his eyes were becoming heavy and the last thing he saw was Prussia watching over him.


When morning arrived, the sun shined through the windows, disturbing the sleeping Austrian. Austria sat up in bed and again found his glasses on the nightstand.

After he put them on, the door to the room opened. Austria turned to see Prussia walking in with a large tray of food and wine in his hands.

"Good. You're awake. I brought a lot of food. You haven't had any food for a while," said Prussia.

"How long was I asleep?" wondered Austria.

"About four days," said Prussia.

Shock filled Austria and he said, "Four…days." Prussia nodded.

Setting the tray on the nightstand, Prussia went to help Austria sit up and placed the tray on his lap.

As Austria ate, he again examined Prussia and noticed that he looked a little tired.

"Did you not sleep well last night? You look a little tired," said Austria.

Prussia blushed a bit and said looking away, "I stayed here last night."

"Why? You should have gotten some sleep," said Austria, confused.

Still looking away, Prussia said, "Well, our people are still at war with each other so it might not have been safe if you had been left alone for too long."

"I guess you are right," said Austria and then a shocked expression appeared on his face.

"Wait a minute, have you been by my bedside since I was brought here?" asked Austria.

The blush on Prussia's face grew and he muttered, "Yes."

"Why?" questioned Austria.

"Well, you did the same thing when I wasn't well so I thought it would be right if I did the same thing for you. It seemed right," said Prussia, looking away.

Austria continued to eat with Prussia watching him from his place on the edge of the bed.

"So where are we?" asked Austria.

"We are in the Castle of the Dukes of Głogów in Silesia," told Prussia.

Austria was about to speak when the doors of the room burst opened and a man came in.

This man wore a Prussian uniform with the rank of a General. He was in his forties and five feet four inches with slightly tan skin with brown eyes and brown hair that was tied with a black ribbon into a ponytail.

"General Zieten, what are you doing here?" asked Prussia, standing up from the bed.

"I came here to ask why isn't this Austrian in the dungeons, imprisoned and chained to the wall. I'm wondering why he is being taken care of by you, Prussia. He is our enemy and what's worst, he is Austria, their country. Our enemy," argued the General.

"He is injured and is to stay here. You have no say in this, General," argued back Prussia.

"He is our enemy and should not be shown such kindness by us," bickered General Zieten.

"Well, I say he stays here," asserted Prussia.

"Why you little ingrate," spat the General. He raised his hand to slap Prussia across his face.

"Prussia," cried out Austria.

But before the hand came down, a voice said, "I wouldn't do that, General Zieten."

All three of them turned to the doorway to see a man standing there. This man showed to be in his thirties and was six feet tall with pale skin. He had short blond hair with blue eyes. He too wore a Prussian uniform.

"Sire," said General Zieten.

"Fritz," said Prussia, joyfully. A smile appeared on his face from seeing this man.

"General Zieten, if you ever lay a hand on Prussia, I swear you will feel all the power I have in my domain," said Fritz.

This caused Zieten to sweat.

"Also, I allowed Austria here to be well taken care of under Prussia's supervision. He is our guest after all. Now, I would like you to leave Prussia and Austria alone," ordered Fritz.

"Yes, my lord," bowed Zieten and he left the room.

Once he was gone, Fritz turned to the two countries and said, "I'm sorry for his rude behavior, Austria. War something makes people forget their manners."

"I accept your apologize, but may I ask, who are you, Sir?" wondered Austria.

"Forgive my rudeness. I guess war has also made me forget my manners. I am Frederich II of Prussia, King in Prussia and the Elector of Brandenburg. It is nice to finally meet you, Austria. Prussia has told me much about you," said Fritz.

As soon as Austria heard this, he tried to get out of the bed.

"No, no Austria. Stay in bed. You are injured. It is best for you to stay where you are," said Fritz, which stopped Austria in his place.

"It is a honor to meet your Majesty," said Austria.

Fritz nodded to him and said, "I would like to talk to you, Austria, but I think it is best to wait until you are better. I need to leave anyway. Matters need to taken care. So please get well Austria."

Turning to Prussia, Fritz raised his hand and placed it on Prussia's head, ruffling his hair, playfully.

"And you, my Country, stay with Austria and don't cause too much trouble," said Fritz with a grin and he too left.

"Great man, isn't he," said Prussia, turning to face Austria.

"I guess you can say that. He is interesting and very kind," said Austria.

"Yeah, he is the best," said Prussia. He plopped himself on the edge of the bed with a smirk on his face, he turned to look at Austria.

Austria smiled and said, "I'm glad you finally found someone who cares deeply for you."

This statement confused Prussia and he said, "But he isn't the only one that has cared for me. You cared for me before he even existed."

Austria blushed at hearing this.


A few days had passed before Austria was fully healed and allowed out of his room as long as he was with Prussia, who was always by his side.

They were walking outside the grounds around the castle. Prussia had lent him some of his clothes. Austria was wearing a light gray button shirt and black pants with brown boots. Prussia wore his uniform.

Sitting on a hill, relaxing, Prussia was sprawled on his back with his eyes closed and Austria was admiring the view of the city.

"Prussia, I was wondering if you could tell why this war is happening? Is it for the land or to rule over us? Or is it to disgrace us?" questioned Austria.

Prussia's eyes widened and then he looked away.

"I don't want to talk about it," said Prussia.

"But Prussia, we are in war against each other, which you started. Please tell why did you start this war. Was it for power or to gain something? Please tell me," begged Austria.

Quickly standing up, Prussia shouted, "I don't what to talk about it." And he stormed off.

"Prussia," called out Austria as he stood up. He went to follow the Prussian, but he lost sight of him.

Heading back to the castle, Austria let his thoughts wonder.

"Austria," someone called out.

With his train of thought broken, Austria turned to see Fritz walking towards him.

Your Majesty," said Austria.

"Please call me Frederich or Fritz. I prefer it. It gets annoying when everyone calls you by one thing that isn't your name and I have grew fond of this nickname. You know it was Prussia who gave me that name," told Fritz.

"Really, that is interesting. Why did he give you a nickname?" asked Austria.

"It is because I gave him a name. A human name, but you would have ask him what his human name is," said Fritz and then he asked, "Speaking of Prussia, where is he?"

"He ran off. It's my fault. I asked him a question that he didn't want to answer," told Austria.

Fritz chuckled a bit and then said, "If that is so, then I will accompany you."

"You don't have to, Sire. I'm fine alone. You are probably busy anyway," said Austria.

Placing a hand on Austria's shoulder, Fritz said, "It is fine. Everything is done for today. Also, it wouldn't be good if you were alone without a friend or ally around. Anyway, what was the question that you asked Prussia that made him mad." They started to walk together.

Austria sighed and asked, "Why did you start this war? What was the reason?"

Sighing with a smile on his face, Fritz said, "No matter what people will say, this war wasn't started to because of politics, land, or disputes. I'm going to tell you something that must be kept a secret. Though I doubt anyone would believe, but can I trust you not to tell?"

"Of course, I wouldn't tell another soul," promised Austria.

"Well then, the true reason that this war was started, the reason that no one knows besides Prussia and me is that Prussia wanted be with you," said Fritz.

"Wait a minute. You mean that the only reason that this war is happening is because Prussia wants to be with me," said Austria.

"Well, it's not the only reason. Others wanted this war for expansion of land and other reasons, but Prussia's reason is to be with you. War wasn't our first situation. I did ask Lady Maria Theresa to marry me, but as you know she rejected me," said Fritz.

"But why? Why would he have started a war just so that he could be with me?" wondered Austria.

"Because he missed you. In my opinion, he grew fond of you when you lived with him and he was probably lonely since you left. I understand why. You saved him in more ways than one and he is grateful towards you. You were probably his first and true friend," said Fritz.

"But starting a war," said Austria.

"Well in a way, he still is a child. But I'm pretty sure this war would have happened. Many wanted to fight and gain land or take out another kingdom or for some reason to you and the Austrians. I guess this is just another reason to add to the pile. The death of your Lady's father had also been a big reason why this war had started. But even of this war ends, there will probably be more war after this," said Fritz, but then he said, "But let's talk about something other than war. War will only make us more bloodthirsty than we already are. Lets see, Prussia told me you are a great musician."

"Well, I wouldn't say great, but I guess I would say good," said Austria.

"Modesty, a good quality. Well, maybe one day when everything cools down, we could play together," said Fritz.

"You play an instrument, Sir?" asked Austria.

"Yes, I play the flute," said Fritz.

"Well, I would like the day we would play together," said Austria.

"You know, Prussia is learning to play an instrument also," told Fritz.

"Really, what instrument?" asked Austria.

"I won't tell. Don't ask him though. He'll deny it. You have to listen to him in secret," said Fritz.

"That maybe worth listening to," said Austria.

"It is. He is very good," said Fritz.

The two of them talked for a little before it started to get late. They walked back into the castle and went to their separate rooms.

When Austria entered his room, he was surprised to see Prussia on his bed, sleeping. Seeing the peaceful expression on the Prussian's face, Austria smiled and sat down on the bed right next to Prussia with his back leaning against the headboard.

He started to stroke Prussia's hair, gently, and soon, Austria too fell asleep.


As morning came, Austria slowly opened his eyes and showed that someone had taken his glasses off and moved him so that he was lying in bed and covered with the bed sheets. He sat up and looked around to see that he was alone.

But not for long. The door to the room opened and in came Prussia, carrying a tray of food and wine.

"Hey," said Prussia.

"Good morning, Prussia," greeted Austria.

Prussia placed the tray on Austria's lap and then took a seat on the edge of the bed.

There was silent between the two with the only sound coming from Austria eating.

Finally, it was Prussia who was first to speak.

"I'm sorry," he said.

Austria stopped eating and looked at him, both confused and surprised.

"Sorry about what?" asked Austria.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you yesterday and then leaving you alone. It was stupid and unawesome," said Prussia.

"Its alright. I shouldn't have pushed you on the subject. Anyway, Frederich answered me. We also had a nice conversation," told Austria.

"Really. I guess that's cool. He is pretty awesome," said Prussia.

Their conversation soon ended by shouting coming from outside.

"He should be locked, Sire. He is the enemy. Our enemy and shouldn't be allowed to stay here like this," someone shouted.

"That sounds like General Zieten," muttered Prussia.

"As I said before, he is our guest and shall be treated like so," someone else argued.

"And that sounds like Fritz," whispered Prussia.

"They're talking about me," said Austria.

There was more shouting before it finally ended. The door opened and Fritz walked in.

"Fritz, what's happening?" asked Prussia.

"General Zieten and some of the others are complaining about our stay here. Prussia, I think its time," said Fritz.

Sighing sadly, Prussia nodded in agreement.

"Time for what?" questioned Austria.

"Time to get you out of here and back to where you belong," said Fritz.

This really surprised Austria.

"Come on. We might not have much time. Prussia, you know what to do," said Fritz. He then left the room.

"Come on, Austria. We need to leave now," said Prussia, quickly standing up from the bed.

Austria put the tray on the nightstand and he too stood up from the bed. Both of them left the room, quietly walking through the hallways. When they were outside, Prussia took hold of Austria's hand and led him away from the castle.

Prussia led Austria to a stable near by. He took a horse, a black male Trakehner, out of a stall and saddled up the horse. Once he was done, Prussia led the horse outside and turned to Austria.

"Come on. You get on first," said Prussia. Not wanting to argue, Austria went up to the horse and with Prussia's help, he got onto the horse. Prussia too got into the horse, settling himself in front of Austria.

"Hold on. We're going to go pretty fast," told Prussia. Austria quickly wrapped his arms around Prussia and with that, they were off in a gallop.

Austria wasn't sure how long they were like this, but when they slowed down, the sun was close to the highest part of the sky.

"Its best you go on from here by yourself. The closest Austrian camp is a few more hours from here. You'll probably get there by nightfall. Take the horse and go," said Prussia, getting down from the horse.

"Wait a minute," said Austria, also getting down from the horse.

Facing Prussia, Austria said, "Thank you for everything, Prussia. I don't know what would happen for you weren't around. Thank you again."

Prussia blushed and then looked away.

"Gilbert," said Prussia, unexpectedly.

"What?" asked Austria.

"You don't have to call me Prussia when it is just us. My name is Gilbert Beilschmidt," told Prussia.

Austria was surprised at hearing this and then he smiled.

"And my name is Roderich Edelstein," told Austria.

Suddenly Prussia went up to him and wrapped his arms around Austria, hugging him. Austria was shocked by this act and a blush appeared on his face. But what shocked him even more was when Prussia pulled away from the hug and then placed his lips on the Austrian's lips, kissing him with passion and might.

When their lip came apart, Prussia yelled, "Now you have to leave."

Austria was still in shock with a huge blush on his face. Prussia had to push him towards the horse.

"Go now," shouted Prussia. Austria quickly onto the horse and made the horse go into a gallop. He turned to look back at Prussia and saw that he was watching him, back soon he was out of sight.


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