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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 Eight

Austria arrived at the Austrian camp that night and then was taken to Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.

"Austria, I'm glad you are back with us," said Maria Theresa when she went to meet him in front of the palace.

"Thank you, my Lady," said Austria.

"I hope the Prussians treated you well," said Theresa.

"They did. Most Prussia and their King, Frederich," said Austria.

"You met with their country and their king?" questioned Theresa.

"Yes, I did. Prussia took care of me and I had some pleasant conversations with their King," told Austria.

"Interesting," said Theresa.

The war continued until a few years passed and then the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle was signed, which ended the war.

But last then ten years later, war started up again when the Prussians invaded Saxony. A few months after that, Maria Theresa declared war on the Prussians. This time, Austria had several allies and Prussia had fewer allies, which included Britain. Both sides had many victories and many defeats. The war went on for years and it looked like everyone was out to get Prussia, who was surrounded by several enemies, but after several treaties went out over the years and in the end, the Prussians again were victories.

As years went on, problems appeared such as the weakening Commonwealth between Poland and Lithuania and the Russian Empire gaining strength. With this, Fritz had started the First Partition of Poland, mostly to prevent Austria starting a war and gain a territorial bridge. Because of the First Partition of Poland, Prussia, Austria, and Russia gain territory.


A few years had passed since then.

In Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, Prussia and Fritz were in the study. Fritz was doing paperwork and Prussia was reading a book. Suddenly there was a knock.

"Enter," said Fritz, not looking up.

The door opened and in came a messenger. The messenger was a man in his twenties and was five feet six inches with tan skin. He had messy, short brown hair with hazel eyes. He wore clothes of a messenger uniform. The messenger went up to Fritz and handed him a roll of paper. He then left.

Fritz unrolled the paper and read it. After he finished reading it, Fritz sighed sadly.

"Fritz, what's wrong?" asked Prussia, standing up from his chair.

"Maria Theresa has died," told Fritz.

Prussia's eyes widened at this news and sat down back in his chair.

Silence filled the room until Fritz said, "Prussia, you should go. At least be there for Austria."

"What about you?" asked Prussia.

"I had official business to finish here," said Fritz.

Sighing, Prussia said, "Fine, I'll go there alone."

"Good. Say hello to Austria and give him my condolences," said Fritz.

On the day of the funeral at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, Prussia walked to the service, but stayed in the back. He saw Austria in the front with Theresa's children. Instead of listening to the service, Prussia kept his eyes on Austria.

When the funeral was over, everyone was leaving. Prussia saw that Austria was sitting where he was as people left. Soon the room was empty with only Prussia and Austria.

Prussia slowly walked up to Austria and sat down next to him, causing Austria to look up to see who was now sitting next to him.

"Prussia," said Austria, surprised.

"No, I'm the Easter Bunny," joked Prussia.

"Funny," said Austria with a hint of sarcasm.

"Sorry, wrong time to be joking," said Prussia.

"What are you doing here?" asked Austria.

"Well, Fritz and me heard about Theresa's death and Fritz sent me here. Also, Fritz says hi and sends his condolences," said Prussia.

"Thank him for me," said Austria.

"I will," said Prussia.

There were no words between them for a while until Prussia said, "Come on, we should get out of this place. It doesn't seem healthy to stay in such a depressing place."

He stood up and took hold of Austria's arm to get him on his feet.

"Prussia, I want to mourn for my Lady," told Austria.

"Well, I think you should go outside and get some fresh air. You've mourned enough. Its not healthy to mourn too much," said Prussia, pulling the Austrian out of the building.

Once they were outside, Austria pulled his arm away from the Prussian and said, "Prussia, I don't want to do anything, but mourn for my Lady today. Now, please leave me alone."

But as soon as Austria said this, he regretted it. He saw the hurt expression on Prussia's face.

Sighing, Austria said, "Prussia, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that. Today is not a good day. Please forgive me."

Prussia looked at Austria and then wrapped his arms around the Austrian, hugging.

"I'm sorry too. For your lost," said Prussia.

"Thank you. Lets go for a walk," said Austria, quickly changing the subject.

They walked in silence for a while.

Prussia was the one to break the silence first.

"You should come to Berlin some day. Get out of Vienna and see new places. It'll be good for you. Or we can go somewhere else. That would be awesome," said Prussia.

Sighing, Austria said, "I guess that would be nice, but it would have to wait a little while. There are things that need to be taken care of. Mostly with a new ruler coming into power."

"I guess your right, but we should do it soon," said Prussia.

"Ok," said Austria.

For the rest of the day, Prussia and Austria walked around the city of Vienna, talking and enjoying each other's companion.

As night approached, Austria said, "We should head inside. It's getting dark."

"Alright. I'll head back to where I'm staying," said Prussia. He turned to leave, but was stopped when Austria grabbed his arm.

"Wait," said Austria.

Prussia turned to look at Austria and saw a blush on his face.

"Can you stay with me? Just for tonight?" asked Austria, not looking at Prussia in the eyes, but staring down at the ground.

A little smile appeared on Prussia's face and he took hold of Austria, pulling the Austrian towards him into a hug. Austria's eyes widened at this contact from Prussia.

"Of course I'll stay with you," whispered Prussia into Austria's ear. The blush on Austria's cheeks grew.

When Prussia released him, it took a while before Austria recovered from the shock and led the Prussian to the palace and his living quarters.

In Austria's room, Austria changed into some a white nightshirt and gray pants and then turned to Prussia, who had his back to the Austrian after being asked to.

"You can turn around now. Do you what to borrow some of my clothes to sleep in?" asked Austria.

Turning to face Austria, Prussia said, "No, I'm fine as I am." He took off his boots, socks, and cloak, now only wearing a blue-gray shirt and black pants. He then sat down on the edge of the bed. Austria sat down next to him.

"Thank you for coming and staying with me," said Austria, looking down at his lap with a small blush on his face.

"No problem, I'm awesome like that," said Prussia, looking at him, also blushing.

When Austria turned to face him, to his surprise, Prussia pushed his lips to the Austrian's lips. The kiss was sweet, but then turned passionate and hard. Suddenly Austria was forced down on the bed with the Prussian on top of him. Austria was completely frozen by all this contact.

Prussia continued to press his lips on Austria's lip and then he started to move down his face to his neck, leaving a trail of kisses. On his neck, Prussia bit him, leaving a red welt.

"Prussia," whimpered Austria. Prussia then went back to his face and kissed him on the lips again. One of the Prussia's hands went under the hem of his shirt and started to glide up the Austrian's stomach. It went up to one of Austria's nipples and began to press down on it.

Finally Austria unfrozen and he lifted his hands to push Prussia off of him.

"Prussia, stop it now," ordered Austria once their lips were apart.

Prussia looked down at Austria and saw the fear in his eyes. Quickly getting off of him, Prussia backed away and said, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have done that. I'm just like him."

Hearing this, it took a little while Austria figured out whom he was talking.

Quickly standing up, Austria said, "You're wrong. That isn't true. You're not like Jerg."

"How can you say that? I was forcing you to do something against your will," said Prussia.

"But you stopped. Jerg didn't. You're just confused and part of it is my fault. My actions made you think I was leading you on. I'm also sorry," said Austria. He went up to Prussia and raised a hand up, placing it on the Prussian's cheek.

"I'm sorry," said Prussia.

"Its alright. Lets just forget about it and go to sleep," said Austria. He then got into bed.

Prussia slowly up to the bed and then got into the bed, but stayed close to the edge of the bed, trying to put distance between him and Austria.

Austria sighed sadly, but didn't want to try anything with the way Prussia was acting. He fell asleep with a trouble mind.

After that night, Prussia had become a bit distance with everyone, besides Fritz, who was the only one Prussia allowed to comfort him.


As the years went on, Austria stayed in contact with Prussia with little response.

In Sanssouci Palace, Prussia and Fritz were in the study with the ruler doing paperwork and the country resting.

As Fritz worked, he began to have a series of coughs. Looking up at his king, Prussia waited until the fit was over and then asked, "Are you ok, Fritz?"

"Yes, Prussia. I'm fine. Just a bad cough," said Fritz.

"Maybe you should rest," said Prussia.

"No, I'm fine. Anyway, I need to finish this," said Fritz, getting back to work.

Sighing, Prussia asked, "Is there something I can get for you?"

"Maybe a nice cup of tea. Something to help my throat," said Fritz.

"Alright, I'll be right back," said Prussia. He stood up from his chair and left the room.

Fritz watched him and then put his quill down on his desk. He stretched his arms and then let himself rest against his armchair. His body felt tired and slowly he fell asleep with a small smile on his face, but he was never to awaken again.

"Hey Fritz, I got your tea," called out Prussia as he entered the room, carrying a tray of tea.

But he received no response.

"Fritz," said Prussia looking at his ruler, but no response.

"Fritz, did you fall asleep? You should have gone to rest like I said earlier," said Prussia, walking up to the desk.

Setting the tray of tea on the desk, Prussia went up to his leader and tried to wake him. But as he was greeted with no answer, fear filled the Prussian.

"Fritz. Fritz," called out Prussia, shaking his leader. Tears started to appear in Prussia's eyes.

"FRITZ!" shouted Prussia.

A several days later, a messenger quickly delivered a message to Austria, who was in his study.

"Sir Austria, I have news from the Prussians," said the messenger.

"What is it?" questioned Austria.

"King Frederich II is dead," said the messenger.

Austria widened his eyes at the news. He quickly dismissed the messenger and collapsed in his chair.

"Oh Prussia, I'm so sorry," muttered Austria.

He sat there for several moments before he stood and went to pack his things.

When he arrived at Potsdam, Austria headed to the Garrison Church, the site of the funeral. The place was packed with people. He tried to find Prussia, but couldn't find him. He decided to wait until the funeral ended to continue his search.

When the funeral ended, people started to leave, which took a while because the amount of people that came. Austria searched as people left, but still couldn't find him. But when these people were gone, Austria was about to leave, but something caught his eye.

In front of the church, Austria saw someone sitting on the ground with his or her back against the church. Stepping closer to the person, Austria realized that this person was Prussia.

"Prussia," called out Austria, running up to Prussia. He didn't receive a response.

Once Austria was standing next to Prussia, he knelt down next the Prussian. Worried filled Austria at the sight of Prussia.

The Prussian looked exhausted and his eyes were unfocused like they were lifeless. Dry tear tracks littered Prussia's cheeks.

"Prussia," said Austria, hoping to receive a response, but it didn't work.

"Prussia, its me, Austria. Please say something," begged Austria.

But still no response.

"Gilbert Beilschmidt, you answer me," demanded Austria.

This caught Prussia's attention, who turned to look at Austria.

"Oh, Roddie. Didn't know you were here or that you were even coming," said Prussia.

"Gilbert, are you ok?" asked Austria.

"Yeah, I'm fine," said Prussia. His voice sounded drained. This worried Austria even more.

"Come on, Gilbert. Lets get you home," said Austria.

"I don't want to go home yet. I like it here. Its quiet here. Anyway, I have to wait until Fritz wakes up. Then we can go home together. All three of us can go together," said Prussia.

Austria looked at Prussia with a heartbreaking expression on his face.

"Gilbert, I'm sorry, but Fritz isn't coming back. He's never coming back. He's dead," said Austria in a gentle voice.

"No, he just sleeping. When he wakes, we'll go back to the palace and you two can play some music together. Fritz always went to play music with you," said Prussia.

"I know, but Gilbert, he gone and he not coming back," said Austria.

"I don't want to hear that. It's a lie," said Prussia, covering his ears with his hands.

Austria tried to pull the Prussian's hands away from his ears and there was a struggle. Suddenly Austria slapped Prussia across his face.

"Gilbert, get a hold of yourself. Frederich is dead, but he wouldn't want you to act like this. He would want you to be strong and not be like this. Even you know this is bad. Remember when Maria Theresa died and came and told me that being depressing and mourning too much is bad for me. Well, you were right. Now you have to do it yourself," said Austria.

Prussia's eyes were widened from all of this and he turned to face Austria.

To Austria surprise, Prussia suddenly flung himself at Austria, pushing the Austrian into a sitting position and cries into his chest. Once the shock fled his body, Austria wraps his arms around the Prussian, stroking his back to soothe him.

It felt like forever before Prussia's cries subsided, but he was completely exhausted. Austria had to help him stand up and then they headed to the palace with the Austrian partially carrying him.

It was dark when they entered Prussia's room. Austria partially carried Prussia to his bed and once he was on the bed, collapsed onto the covers and sheets in exhaustion. Sighing, Austria took off the Prussian's boots and socks.

Once he tucked Prussia into bed, Austria turned to leave, but was suddenly stopped when Prussia took hold of the Austrian's hand to stop him. Austria turned to face him.

"Please stay with me, at least for tonight," said Prussia. Austria saw a sense of begging in the Prussian's eyes.

Sighing with a small smile on his face, Austria said, "Of course I will." With that, Austria took off his boots, socks, and then his traveling cloak. He sat down on the bed with his back against the headboard. Prussia moved himself so that his head was on Austria's lap.

Austria was shocked, but then a smile was on his face. "I remember when you were small enough to curl up on my lap, but now only your head can fit my lap."

He received no response. Austria looked down at Prussia and saw that he had fell asleep.

Smiling sadly at the Prussian, Austria gently ran his fingers through Prussia's hair.

"It kind of feels like how it was when you were little," whispered Austria before he fell asleep.


The next morning, Austria awakened as the sun's rays hit his eyes. Slowly he opened his eyes and looked around. He saw that Prussia was still asleep with his head on the Austrian's lap.

Austria slowly moved to get out of bed, making sure not to wake up Prussia. He moved to the windows and covered them with the curtains so that the sun wouldn't wake the Prussian up. He went back to the bed and sat down on the edge of the bed. He again ran his fingers through Prussia's hair.

He stopped and lay down on the bed next to Prussia so to rest. He was surprised when he felt Prussia wrapping his arms around his body. Austria turned his head to look at the Prussian and that he was looking at him through half-opened eyes. He pulled the Austria close to him so that the Austrian's back was against his chest.

"Prussia, what are you doing?" asked Austria.

"I don't want you to leave. I want you to stay here with me," said Prussia.

"I'll stay here so you can let go of me," said Austria.

"I don't want to. You'll leave me again," said Prussia, closing his eyes.

Austria moved so that his body was sitting up, he looked at Prussia.

"Prussia, I'm going to stay with you for a while, but I'm sorry. I will have to leave you," said Austria.

Prussia unwrapped his arms from around Austria and sat up on the bed.

"Its best you leave now then," said Prussia with his eyes hidden behind his bangs.

Austria was surprised to hear this.

"But Prussia…" he started to say, but he was cut off.

"Just leave," shouted Prussia, getting out of bed.

"Prussia, what's wrong?" asked Austria. He too got out of bed and went up to Prussia.

"You wouldn't understand," said Prussia, keeping a distance from Austria.

"Tell me, Prussia. Tell me so I can understand you," said Austria. He walked up to Prussia and took hold of him. His eyes widened when he saw the tears in the Prussian's eyes.

Suddenly Prussia closed his eyes and shouted, "I…I love you."

Somehow Austria's eyes widened.

"NOW GET OUT OF HERE," screamed Prussia.

Austria jumped in surprise and fear and ran out of the room, closing the room behind him. He quickly ran out of the palace.

Once he was outside, Austria backed himself into the wall of the palace with his hand over his mouth. He soon left to head home.


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