Dear Reader:
Thanks goes to The Scheming Turtle for being my Beta-reader again.
I hope you enjoy this chapter. I know it's short, but I had nothing more to say.
The pioneer with a heart for people and a thousand stories to tell ~+~
Chapter 21
When a man is in love or in debt, someone else has the advantage.
~Bill Balance
((((ppppqqqq))))
((ppqq))
(pq)
One day, Belarus was brushing her hair in her room. She methodically swept the brush through her platinum blonde, silky hair, making sure to get all of the snags out of her locks. At length, she was finished, and then looked around to see what accessory she should put on for the day. Her eyes rested on something. It was a bottle of perfume that Lithuania had purchased for her quite some time ago. Picking it up, she sniffed it, and instantly fell in love with the scent. After running her brush one last time through her hair, she put on some of the perfume carefully.
As she put on the sweet perfume, she wondered if Lithuania would notice. In truth, she hoped that he would. She walked into the hallway and spotted Lithuania carrying a basket filled with clothes.
"Do you need help, Toris?" She asked politely.
"Yes, please, Tasha," Lithuania responded as he made his way down the stairs and to the laundry room.
Belarus followed and helped him unload the basket into the washer. As they pushed the clothes into the machine, Lithuania smelled Belarus' perfume.
"Did you put on perfume?" Lithuania asked curiously as he turned the machine on and closed the lid.
"Yes-do you want to smell?" Belarus offered, a slight look of excitement and hope dawning in her eyes as she spoke.
Interested in what perfume Belarus was wearing, especially since she usually didn't wear perfume, Lithuania leaned close to her neck and breathed deeply. Immediately, he remembered the sweet perfume from many months ago, when he hoped to win Belarus' affections with a gift.
He closed his eyes and breathed deeply again, relishing the flowery scent. He wondered if Belarus had any idea how tantalizing that aroma was-did she know how much it made him remember how much he wanted her? Slowly he drew away from her in order to control himself, and remarked, "That was the one I bought for you."
"Yes, it was," Belarus acknowledged, noticing how he closed his eyes and enjoyed the scent. For some reason, the knowledge that her perfume was attractive to Lithuania made her heart beat just a bit faster, and made her glad.
Lithuania walked out of the room, wishing that Belarus loved him while Belarus followed him, wondering why her heart was racing.