"Just face it Gilbert. You have no idea how to treat a lady."
Germany was sitting back in his new lawn chair after discussing with Prussia the fundamentals of treating a woman properly.
The white haired man would only give out an abrupt laugh.
"Ha! And you do? How many girlfriends have you had west! Just tell me!"
Ludwig's face flinched once he heard this, and he turned so that his back was facing his brother.
"That's what I thought! You couldn't get a girlfriend even if you tried!"
"I could." Germany grumbled. "If I wanted to. But I'm better off single as it is!"
"How about this? We'll make a bet. Whoever can get a girl to like him in the next twenty-four hours will be getting free beer. The loser will pay! Who will obviously be you. You are a loser. I will win. You will loose. Free beer for the awesome me. Startiiiing..." Prussia looked around until he saw a lady walking across the street from them on the sidewalk, her hair covered by what appeared to be a beautiful new hat. "NOW!"
He rushed towards her like lightening, leaving Germany to drive his hand right into his forehead from embarrassment.
The woman jumped slightly when she saw the man quickly coming her way and hid her face behind the large frame of her hat.
"D-d-don't come any closer!" She said. "I'm just on my way to the super market! Nothing to see here!"
"That is quite a heavy basket you have lady!" Prussia said after suddenly stopping before her. "I'll just take it off your hands and bring it to the store for you! Isn't that polite of me?" He gripped onto her basket, much without her permission and began to tug. She of course, would tug back and was having none of this man's crap.
"I can take it myself just fine thank you!"
"No you can't! I am a man and you are a lady! I am stronger! It'll be much easier for you if I help you with your heavy basket!"
The woman gasped angrily and tugged back again.
"How dare you be so judgmental of a woman's strength! You know nothing about women you freak!"
"I will help you and you are going to like it!" Prussia tugged back again.
From a distance Germany was still staring at his ridiculous brother with his hand dragging down the side of his face. It was high time he came over to help.
"What the hell are you doing brother! This is no way to treat a lady. I'm sorry about Gilbert h-"
It appeared that as Ludwig had been speaking, he was too far away from the two for them both to hear. However, when he did get close enough he was interrupted by another strong tug from the woman trying to get back her basket. Then of course, it turned out that she pulled so hard, that she tripped backwards, causing Prussia to fall right on top of her. Just her luck. Her hat flew off her head, and she landed with a thud.
Gilbert's eyes opened like a lightning bolt when he realized he had a face full of breast pressing into him. His eyes then drifted up to see the woman staring right back at him with an expression of extreme anger. The woman, was Hungary. Just HIS luck.
"Get off of me you, you neanderthal!" She shoved him off and he was quick to his feet.
Germany had reached out to help her up.
"Thank you very much Germany but I am able to get up myself." She was shaken and slightly dirty, but not injured. She got up, blushing with embarrassment.
"Hungary? What are you doing here?" The larger male asked with eyes of curiosity.
"Like I said." Eliza replied. "I was going to the super market for some food as well as going for a nice little stroll. I believe I took a wrong turn though. Silly me. Always daydreaming. You know how it is."
"Oh. Well. If you would like we have a garden out back." Ludwig replied. "There are ripe potatoes and other good vegetables. You can pick as much as you like. On the house!"
"Oh." The woman blinked. "Well you are being very kind today. I would love to try some of your fresh fruits. Thank you."
"Um. Of course!"
"Out back right?"
"Yes. Here, let me and my brother show you the way."
Germany dragged Prussia with him so that they were ahead of their new guest. He had a face of seriousness about him.
"Hey brother? You don't happen to have the hots for her do you?" Gilbert almost glared.
"No. It's called being polite. You should try it some time."
"Well good because you would never hear the end of it from me if you did!" Prussia laughed his ridiculously strange little slither of chuckles and put his hands on his hips.
Germany looked his way.
"Why? Do YOU like her or something?"
Gilbert blinked hard, trying not to look like a guilty sap but failing mightily.
"AKESESESESES! That's so stupid broha! I would never have a crush on someone w-with such a high temper! And besides that! Everyone knows that...that blondes are far prettier than pale brunettes!"
A sudden darkness emanated from beyond Gilbert's shivering shoulder. Hungary was arising.
"Something wrong with pale brunettes Prussia?" The woman twitched.
Prussia's face grew pale with fright. He tried to scream, but the only thing that came out was the tiniest squeak.
"Ah look at this wonderful garden!" Germany interrupted as they had stopped just out back. "It is as though just looking at it would take your mind off of all things possibly violent or coma inducing! Am I not right?!"
Well he certainly wasn't wrong. The garden was so green and lush and filled with good plant life! The perfect garden really. Then off to the left was a saddening sight. It was a garden covered in dead plants and weeds galore. Hungary was impressed until she saw that part.
"Um. What happened over there?" She asked while pointing to the apparent Sahara Desert.
"That would be Prussia's garden..." Ludwig answered dryly.
"MY GARDEN COULD BE JUST AS GOOD AS YOURS! It just needs a little more Prussian touch is all!" He had touched one of his plants as he said this and it withered away immediately.
"Oh this is just sad." Eliza said while shaking her head. "Look." She went over and grabbed a leaf of a large weed. "The weeds here are strangling your plants. That is why they are dying so much. Not to mention it is so dry. How often do you take care of your garden anyway?"
"Once every five days? What? I have better things to do than mess with this silly garden! Like improving my pecs and cleaning the mirror! It's hard work being as awesome as me!"
The woman rolled her eyes and knelt down at his garden, pulling out weeds as she went.
"Here let me help you."
"My garden could be awesome! It could be awesome if I wanted it to be! I WILL HAVE THE BEST GARDEN!" He quickly got onto his hands and knees and began to dig into the dirt frantically to pull out all the dead plants and weeds. "KESESESESESE! SEE? I WILL GET DIRTIER THAN YOU AND FIX MY GARDEN IN NO TIME FLAT!" There was dirt flying everywhere.
Behind the two Germany was standing and twitching from embarrassment being caused by his older brother and he figured now would be the appropriate time to get as far away from him as possible.
"I'll just be...in the house. Have fun gardening and what not byyeee!" He backed away, went into his house, and slammed the door.
Prussia wouldn't be stopping anytime soon with his obsessive digging and mud flinging. This was getting to become slightly insane. Finally, as though right on cue, a wad of mud flew up in the air and landed right on top of Hungary's new hat and dripped onto her face. She knelt there agape.
"THIS WILL BE FINISHED IN NO TIME! ARE YOU WATCHING HUNGARY? ARE YOU WATCHING HOW GREAT AT THIS I AM? Oh." He finally turned his head, looking at her almost apologetically as he saw that there was a trail of mud on her cheek. He held in a laugh, then covered his mouth to hide the fact that he wanted to smile.
"That's it." Eliza cracked her knuckles, then grabbed a good handful of dirt. Tossing it up in the air a few times to give Prussia the hint.
"Oh shi-"
WAM!
The huge clog of dirt flung at Gilbert's face and a big grin appeared before he burst out laughing.
"THERE'S THE HUNGARY I KNOW!"
It wasn't long before there was a long and drawn out dirt battle between the two countries. It could have been either the most amusing, or the most embarrassing sight to anyone depending on who was watching. It was beautiful.
"You can't CATCH me Prussia! You know that already!" The dirt covered Liza laughed as she went to hide behind a tree.
Gilbert grinned widely.
"Oh Elizaaa! I have a special gift for you if you come ouuut!"
The girl giggled from her place.
"Eehehe. No way! You've got to catch me first!"
"Alright fine. If you don't want to see your present then I'll just go inside and leave you out here to die. It's fine."
Gilbert smiled smugly, placing his muddied up arms behind his head and walking as though he was about to go inside.
"And if you leave me then I'm just going to have to go home and tell Austria that you ruined my brand new hat!"
"I can't hear youuuu~!"
Soon, he disappeared behind a bush to the walk out front.
"A-are you serious? He's not really going to leave me here like this is he? I hope he realizes that even if I do go home and tell Austria what happened I will only get in trouble for getting myself into such a mess! He did not just leave. My god Prussia you can be such a dick sometimes!"
She was about to walk out from behind the tree and go into Germany's house when she was stopped abruptly by two hands covering over her eyes.
"Surpriiiiiise!" It was Prussia's voice.
"AAAH! But how did you!? I saw you go back out front!"
"Out of all the doors to the basement there are three. One out front, one in the house, and one that just so happens to be behind the tree you were trying to use as a shield. I used that one."
"Ok ok! I admit it. You're smarter than you look. But could you please remove your hands from my face?"
"First, I want to ask you a question."
"Oh? And what is that?"
"Do you trust me?"
"Aha! Now what kind of a question is that? No I don't trust you! At least. Not most of the time. Why?"
"There is something that I want to show you..."
"Again? It isn't a creepy magic cave again is it?"
"No. Nothing like that. It's something that I have been working on for a very long time now."
"Oh?"
"Yes. Now, I'll uncover your eyes but you have to promise me that you will keep them closed until we get there. I want it to be a surprise."
"Well ok. If you insist. But I swear if this is a trap I will not hesitate to hit you!"
"It isn't a trap. I promise. Now, I am going to take away my hands, and you have to be sure to keep your eyes closed shut tight. No peeking."
"Fine. I will keep my eyes closed."
Prussia smiled, carefully taking his hands away from the girl's eyes before placing her dainty fingers into his palm and holding on tight.
"Good, now come on."
In the darkness Hungary's feet fumbled over grass and gravel. Twigs snapped beneath her heels, and she stayed close to Prussia, making sure that she didn't fall or run into anything. She didn't know much of where she was, but what she did know was that the further they went to wherever it was they were going, the clearer the smells were, and more musical were the birds. A gentle breeze brushed across the girl's cheek, and she touched it with her free hand, blushing within the tasty senses of what she knew of the world around her.
"Ok." Gilbert's voice interrupted the careful quiet. "Open your eyes..."
The girl did; And when she did, she never regretted it.
There before her was a lovely site. It was a clearing; A clearing with grass green as emerald and little white flowers gently dancing in the breeze. Trees scattered lightly above the large hill upon which they stood, and not too far away was a fragile pond rippling from the gentle trickling of a small waterfall. To make it all the better, a sunset, orange and yellow splattered across the sky as bright as fire and caused the place to glow. Below it was as though one could see the entire world.
"What...what is this Prussia?"
"It is my awesome place! Are you impressed? Huh?"
"Impressed? I am amazed! You said you've been working on this?"
"I may not have a good garden at home but that doesn't mean I can't have one anywhere else! Besides, it isn't just a garden, it is THE garden. A field of my awesome legacy as a country. I've been working on it since I was small."
"It's so beautiful..." Eliza couldn't help but be in awe. "Heh heh. But I am so dirty. It feels rather silly to-" She covered her mouth quickly to hold in any loud noise coming from her lips as she looked at Gilbert again. He was sitting on a log as still as a statue with many many birds much like his own perching all over him.
"Be quiet." He whispered. "Any sudden movements and they may all fly away or shit on my head. They like me for some reason and I don't know why."
Eliza held in a giggle when one of the birds that had been perched on Gilbert's head flew up, and landed on her dirty hat that she was still (surprisingly) wearing. It plucked a flower piece from it, then fluttered up and back to the ground. This caused the girl to chuckle even more as she watched it hop a couple times away from her foot.
Soon, the woman decided to sit next to Prussia and look up at the beautiful sky. The birds fluttered away, and she grinned.
"Gilbert?" Her gentle voice quietly escaped her lips.
It seemed the man was spacing off at the sunset just as Hungary was.
"Hm?" He turned towards her. "What is it Eliza?"
"Why did you bring me here?"
Gil was taken aback; Blush crossed his face, and he looked back towards the sunset as though nervous from her question.
"Well...to tell you the truth...um. I made a bet with my brother! Whoever was able to get a date with a girl would get free beer, and the loser would pay! So here you are."
Hungary's face turned into an almost menacing one to that remark, then became gentle.
"You really will do anything for beer won't you?" She laughed to herself. "Is that really the only reason you wanted to show me this? Because you thought it would swoon me and you would get some booze? You can't be that selfish."
"But Eliza. The truth is...I'd prefer you over anyone else so..." He looked at her and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath before saying anything. "...I guess I'm more selfish than you know."
The girl's eyes widened, and she gasped, just barely making a sound.
"Really?"
"Mmf. Don't look at me like that! I'm not use to being romantic so you should at least be satisfied with that!"
"Romantic?" Eliza squeaked.
Prussia covered his mouth as quickly as he could, feeling the warmth on his face create a dark red. He then removed his hands and looked down and away from Hungary.
"Yeah. I guess so."
"Prussia..." She smiled warmly to herself, eyes closed and corners of her lips lips upturned. "I'll play along then. But don't think that we are officially dating or anything! I just...want to help you win that free beer. That's all it is! Ok...?"
Gilbert smiled some, his eyes closed and his head tilted to the side.
"I guess that's fine."
He wanted more. He LONGED to tell her that he wanted more. That he didn't just want to play some kind of game. That he actually...might have feelings for her. But he kept quiet, not wanting to ruin the moment.
"So now what then?" Eliza asked. "Do we kiss?"
Gil's eyes shot open, and he looked at her in shock.
"I...suppose we could? You know...to give it more of a dating illusion."
"Right. For practice!" Hungary said back almost awkwardly.
"Yeah..." Prussia replied.
"So..."
"L-let's do this!"
He closed his eyes, breathing in deeply and leaning his head in so that their mouths were only inches away. It was just so hard for him to go any further! The awkwardness didn't last long tho. For as they had been so close, Hungary laughed and then leaned right in, pressing their lips together into an immediate kiss.