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Chapter 20
"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. "
~Audrey Hepburn
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Thankfully, not all cleaning days were as awkward as that one. For example, on a different day, Belarus was dusting the banister, when she wondered where Lithuania was. After a few moments, she decided to search for him outside, remembering him saying something about the garden. She stepped outside, and spotted him carefully weeding the flower beds near the front door. For a few moments Belarus studied the way he plucked the weeds, and noticed that he had his hair back, which looked quite attractive to her. She had seen his hair tied back many times, but never took much notice until now, when she wasn't doing anything but looking at him.
"Your hair looks nice that way," Belarus finally complimented him.
Turning his head, Lithuania stopped what he was doing for a moment and gazed at her. He couldn't remember the last time she complimented him about his hair.
"Oh... well... you do?" He asked, straightening up as he spoke to her.
"...Yes," Belarus admitted as she stared at her feet awkwardly. Suddenly her face began to burn and she wondered why she was telling him her thoughts like this.
"Well... I'll pull it back more often, then," Lithuania decided with a smile as he continued to weed flowers. After that, Belarus looked up at him and grinned. Lithuania grinned back.
Although Belarus still wasn't sure what she thought of Lithuania, she was finding something new to like about him every day, and Lithuania was finding more and more ways to please and impress her as those same days passed. Indeed, not every cleaning day ended in heartbreak.