Knock knock.
Roderich looked at his clock; it was already almost ten at night.
'Who is here at this hour?' he wondered as he walked to the door.
He opened the door and was surprised to see Liechtenstein standing outside it.
"Liechtenstein? Vhat are you doing here?"
She looked nervous, but she was sure of why she was here.
"Is my big bruder here?"
Roderich looked stunned.
"Vh-Vhy would he be here?"
"Because I can't find him anyvhere else and he loves you."
"Vh-Vhat makes you think that?" he stuttered.
"Big bruder sneaks out after he zhinks I'm asleep. I didn't know vhere he vas going until I saw him vith you." Roderich blushed slightly. "So I zhought he might be here."
Roderich cleared his throat.
"Vell he's not. Are you sure you looked everyvhere for him?"
She nodded.
"Vhen vas the last time you saw him?"
"A few days ago."
Roderich stared at her.
"You haven't seen him in zhat long? Vash doesn't tend to just disappear."
"So he isn't here? You're sure?"
"I haven't seen Vash in a week," he said simply.
"Big bruder was acting very veird before he vent avay."
"How so?"
Liechtenstein thought for a moment.
"He always seemed to mistrust everyone and he vas on edge. It seemed like he was trying to avoid someone, but I don't know who."
Roderich's eyes widened.
"He was feeling zhat vay too?"
"You feel like zhat?"
Roderich nodded before looking around quickly.
"Can you come in?"
"I've got novhere else right now."
Roderich stepped out of the way and let the girl enter.
"Zhis way," he said as he pointed down the hall.
"Okay."
She followed him to a sitting room in the middle of the mansion, carefully noting how Austria looked around as he walked like her brother had been doing.
"You may sit down," he said when they reached the room, pointing to one of the delicate couches.
"Zhank you," Liechtenstein said politely as she sat down gently.
"It feels like someone's been vatching us," Austria started bluntly. "I don't know vhy, but it's definitely a strong feeling."
"What would make anyone vant to vatch us?"
"The only zhing I can zhink is that someone knows that ve're Austria and Liechtenstein. If Vash is missing, zhen someone might have caught him because they found out that he's Svitzerland."
Liechtenstein looked a little scared.
"Vhat do ve do?"
Roderich shook his head.
"I don't know. Ve should just vatch ourselves and try to keep safe."
Liechtenstein looked and her lap and started fumbling with her hands.
"Vhat is it?"
"Umm…" she looked him in the eye. "Can I stay here? I don't vant to stay alone."
Roderich stared at her.
"I vasn't going to let you go back zhere. I was going to insist zhat you stay here."
"Zhank you."
Roderich nodded.
"Of course. You're Vash's little sister and vhile he's missing, I'm not going to let you stay alone."
A noise caught their attention and they turned to where it had come from.
"Vhat vas zhat?"
"A maid dropped somezhing." He stood up. "Vould you like to see your room?"
Liechtenstein stood up also.
"Yes please."
"Follow me."
Austria walked out of the room and made sure that Liechtenstein was behind him.
He walked back to the foyer and started to walk up the stairs.
"Vhere are ve going?" she called after him.
He turned to look at her.
"All my sleeping rooms are upstairs," he said simply.
"Oh."
'Mr. Austria's house is much different than big bruder's,' she thought as she caught up to the man. 'It's so much bigger and has so many rooms. It's nice but I like big bruder's house better.'
"Zhis vill be your room," Austria said suddenly, knocking Liechtenstein out of her thoughts.
He opened the door for her and held it open.
She walked in to a rather large room with a four poster bed with purple sheets.
"I'm just down zhe hall, third door from zhe end on zhe left, if you need me. Get some sleep. I vill leave so you can change."
He walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.
Liechtenstein didn't know what to do so she walked over to the dresser and opened one of the doors.
She was surprised to find clothes inside it that looked like it would fit her.
'Vhat is zhis?'
She pulled a nightgown out and entered the attached bathroom to put it on.
'Zhis fits perfectly and it's very nice. I vonder vhy it's here.'
She climbed into the bed that was a little like her own and closed her eyes.
Austria made his way to his security office.
His three personal guards where sitting in the office watching several monitors.
"Vhat vas zhat noise earlier?"
They turned to face him.
"Sorry about that sir," one started. "Someone was trying to get past the gate."
"Vho?"
"We don't know. He wasn't familiar."
"Vell make sure you vatch very carefully. Ve have a guest staying here if you didn't notice."
He indicated the screen that showed Liechtenstein sleeping.
"Who is that girl?" another asked with interest.
"A friend's sister. He's currently missing so she came here. Vatch her closely; more closely zhan me if you have to."
The guards stared at him.
"Ar-Are you sure sir?"
"I just told you to vatch her so do it. If anyzhing happens to her you VILL be zhe ones I blame. If anyzhing happens or someone breaks in, you protect her. I'll be fine."
"Y-Yes sir," they said quickly. They were still confused but they followed everything Austria told them to a 'T'.
AN: I wanted to include Rody and Lili because Rody and Vash love each other so of course Rody has to be included if Switzy was!
Yeah...sorry about nothing about the main characters, the back up characters, or even the villain, but I didn't have anything on that subject right now...^^;
Oh...and yes! Rody DOES have a security booth in his mansion. . Specifically for times like this.
Anyway! See ya soon!