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Published: 2014-03-25 00:48:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 522; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 0
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He shouldn't be shivering.It's past noon and the Italian sun is at its highest; blazing down on his bare back and legs. When they'd parked and left the car fifteen minutes ago, he found it unbearable. Yet as he shuffles closer now and the waves lap over his toes, a chill sweeps over him.
There's nothing he can do to prevent the gasp slipping out. His pulse is throbbing and urge of adrenaline in his legs is so insistent. 'Run!' it screams 'run, run, run!'
He doesn't, though. She might not have voiced the desire for a beach trip while they were visiting, but he could tell that she really wanted to come, deep down. So he forces himself to stay calm for her, manipulating his thoughts into false reassurance.
'It'll be just like swimming in the Danube. Think how many times you've done that together.'
The memories are sweet- laughter and damp hair and half-submerged kisses- but they do little to comfort him. Out of the corner of his eye he catches sight of a white /something/ bobbing on the surface and stiffens. Only when he sees the shop logo printed on the
side can he believe it's a plastic bag and not some... creature.
He doesn't realise that she's standing next to him until he feels a coaxing scrabble against his palm and their fingers intertwine. Her hand is the smaller of the two, but it's firm and soothing and it fits so securely into his.
"It's going to be okay." just a whisper, but with such a fierce conviction behind it too, "I'll protect you, Roderich, I swear it. I'll make sure nothing bad happens."
Biting his lip, he glances down at her and is memorised enough by the new bikini and her shimmering, sunlight-dappled skin to temporarily forget his fear. What harm can the sea do him when she's standing by his side and their hands are locked together? There
are so many things he wants to say to her at that moment; he wants to sing her odes and ardent promises of undying love. Yet when their eyes meet, he can only struggle out three words.
"Erzsébet... thank you."
She seems to understand, though, because she smiles at him in /that/ way- the way that never fails to make his throat constrict. Stroking his cheek with her other hand, she elevates to tiptoes and her lips brush his fleetingly. Already, he can taste salt.
"Come on, let's get this over with."
She gives his hand a squeeze, and the tenderness of the gesture sends tingles up his arm. Clutching onto her like a lifeline, he exhales deeply, and lets her lead him into the sea.
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Comments: 25
Now you got me feeling all giddy. ^^ this is a really lovely story for these two, it's just so simple and calm-like. Protective Hungary is adorable, there is really always room in my mind for protective Hungary. Again, great job here >w<
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Awww, thank you 
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That was adorable~ I love the way you write interaction. More stories like this and you're going to end up converting me to AusHun!
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Thank you! It's good to know you think the writing is okay.
Heh, well as I said there's another, longer AusHun story coming soon (And that one is semi-historical). But I would never attempt to convert you! *Hides evil grin* Certainly not...
*Whispers*
"Come to the AusHun side, come to the AusHun side..."
(Crapsticks, I've just remember that you wrote a historical fanfiction that I forgot to look at! *Runs off to read it*)
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(Ironically, I was on the confession story reading the comments where I gave you that like about an hour ago 
I can't wait to see the longer one~ I used to be a PruHun fan, but after a while I lost interest and now have an OTP of PruCan owo So AusHun is certainly an option for me. I'm open-minded to all pairings 
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(Ah, I'm really sorry for giving that impression! I think I must have deleted the original comment by accident. I just read the first chapter and... well, I left a comment on there if you're interested in my opinion
It'll be up by Friday at the latest, hopefully. Hmmm, while I respect all pairings and pairing/choices, I have to admit, PruHun... is not my cup of tea. I love them as best frenemies, but just not romantically. PruCan though! I wouldn't say I full-on ship it, but the inferiority-superiority contrast is adorable <3. And I think Prussia being in love with cute, forgotten little Canada would bring out such a thoughtful side to Prussia which would be impossible to see otherwise. Plus, it's an ideal allied ship for AusHun 
As for AusHun itself... well, it's my OTP, so I'm obviously going to be biased. But there's always been something about it- something about the Ninja Maid and Sheltered Aristocrat combination, something about how they're both so caring and protective of each other in different ways- which makes me feel all tingly.
So, in other words, I'd recommend it !
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Like the Japanese, I am quickly and easily influenced
I think the Frenemies thing of PruHun is kind of like FrUK to me, which is probably why it appealed to me at first (That's just me though, since a FrUK fan such as yourself will of course have different views) Then again, I also like PruAus to some extent, certainly not enough to be anything more than a casual ship. It's usually just PruAus cosplay videos which I find fascinating.
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That would be fantastic
Actually, I sort of see what you mean, especially with the interactions during childhood. Yeah, I just love seeing England and France together, I don't quite know why XD. I think it might be because of the real-life relationship to some extent. In real life and history, FrUK is more comparable to PruAus, I think. I'm okay with PruAus, although it has to be done really well for me to like it. I quite like most Austria ships to be honest (though none anywhere near the extent to which I love AusHun), I just don't ship any others. (Apart from SpAus, but only in the past term.)
Here's a random interesting fact for you; on May 29th 1867, the day that the Austro-Hungarian Compromise was officially signed, the Dominion of Canada was also first established. The exact same day. Significant day for Gilbert, don't you think?
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RoBul? ... Romania and Bulgaria? Russia and Bulgaria? .-. I'm not too sure who that pairing signifies I'm afraid.
FrUK is just that hilarious love-hate everyone needs. As a quote from our past prime minister "France is our dearest enemy". I think I may have to read up more on Prussia's and Austria's history though, since I'm not too familiar. Maybe I'll find something interesting that would make me turn to AusHun a little more. The one who I seem to like most ships to is Germany for some reason. The only Germany pairing I've come across which bothers me is Germancest, but that's only because I do not support any incest pairings ever.
As for that fact... That is one bloody coincidence 
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Right first time; Romania and Bulgaria
That quotation has always made me snigger. I think it's true though. We'd help each other out if either of us were in serious trouble, I reckon. Something interesting about Austria and Prussia's history you say? How about this little fact:
For centuries, Austria and Prussia had been competing over which one was the more prestigious representative of the Germanic people. This was all brought to a boil when Germany started to become established as a country in the mid-1800s and they had a fight over who was going to have control over it. Sort of like the British-French fight over America, but worse. They had a massive war over Germany in 1866 and, surprise surprise Prussia won and was allowed custody. Austria lost so badly that they almost faced collapse as a nation, and badly needed a solution to keep the Empire together. At that point, Hungary had been under Austrian control for several hundred years, but was practically functioning as it's own country anyway (and honestly, without the power of the Hungarian Hussars, Austria's army would have collapsed long before). They could have used to opportunity to declare independence (which really would have set Austria's deterioration as an Empire and a country into motion), but instead, the government proposed a compromise where they would have joint control with Austria over the Empire. Marriage time!
That's why I find it slightly annoying when Prussia is always portrayed as disproving of the compromise. He practically arranged it, and got what he wanted anyway, so I don't know why he'd care. Besides, looking at it from a Hetalia perspective, Roderich might have died if it hadn't happened, and I'm pretty sure Gilbert wouldn't really want that to happen. *Ahem* Sorry, I got carried away.
Actually, I ship one definite-incest and a couple of dubious-incest pairings. I completely understand and respect it when people don't like it, but in my mind the characters are not people; they're abstract personifications in a world where nation-incest/being in love with a sibling-nation is already established as being perfectly ordinary. That's the way I see it anyhow. I'm not saying that everyone should like it or forcing it upon you or anything, I'm just justifying myself 
I know, right?! Oooh, that sounds good!
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... *Sits down quietly and reads/listens* owo You are my new history teacher. You give me Hetalia inspiration and I shall take all of it to heart. Having the idea of Prussia arranging the marriage can also have a heavy heart. The thought of the love triangle between Hungary, Austria, and Prussia could work out. If Prussia had finally admitted defeat to losing Hungary's heart to Austria, so on their wedding day, he goes to his best friend's home to try and take his mind off of things... That friend being France, who is on his way to see Chibi!Canada. o7o Then Prussia can go see Chibi!Canada and... *w* The friendship, soon to become love would begin... This shall be written~ My first PruCan and my first AusHun story~
As for Romania and Bulgaria, it's going to sound strange, but I rp a lot (as in every day) with my best friend, who happens to be obsessed with Romania as much as I am with France, so I don't have any Romania pairings, or even thought about them. I know there's a lot of RoHun because everyone loves a couple who hate each other in some way or form. I do find Romanian history quite interesting though.
I understand the fact that nations are of course, not related, so I understand it when people support them too. I just think there's a firm line between relationship love and sibling love, so that's why I support siblings and pairings.
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Heheh, sorry if I was showing off a little bit
One possible problem though; I think Canada may have been under British control at that point. I'm not completely sure, though; you may need to look it up.
Does your friend ship themselves with Romania, then
Yeah, I don't like USUK either... for different reasons, though.
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Yes, Britain took Canada after the Seven Years War in 1763, but France had still had a strong influence on Canada and, if my history is right, France was a part of that confederation, allowing Canada to become the bilingual Anglo-France it is today. The Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years War and allowed France to rule over Quebec, so even though England had control over Canada, France's rule was not completely demolished. Much like to America, France had visited frequently.
Don't worry about showing off, I actually find it extremely interesting. I've mentioned before that history wasn't a great subject to take in my old school, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy learning new things. I'm very limited on my European history (Not including France and England), so learning about the Prussian/Austrian/Hungary influences are really amazing.
And yes, she does.
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Ah, that's good. I think it works better if he's staying with France. I didn't know most of that stuff; that was really interesting
Well, it's nice to know that you're learning something from my general arrogance
Ah the joys of attractive Hetalia characters.
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Definitely
As a very random thought, ever since watching Hetalia, have you ever seen a British show which brings out our love-hate to France? It seems like it's everywhere to me now, and I want to know if I'm alone or not.
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Yes, I think we could too. I really like the periods of history where lots of different countries (especially European countries) are all interacting together. Power struggles and such like- Cold War, 17th and 18th century etc.
In my mind, there is no way that HRE=Germany can't be true. It has to be. Firstly Hetalia's HRE can't be a representative of the entire territory, since Austria and Hungary and Italy etc who were also part of the HRE have their own characters. And, while it could be argued that he represents the overriding Empire, the Soviet Union (which was historically similar; a collection of countries together, essentially ruled over by the most powerful one) did not have a Hetalia character- it was just what Russia called the house that they all lived in together. So, based on this, the character HRE has to represent the bits of the Empire that weren't Austria, Hungary, Northern Italy, Prussia, Czech, Slovakia, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. What does that leave? All the parts which became modern-day Germany.
That's my justification anyhow.
Any reason to support PruCan sounds like a good reason to me. I think I may have heard of this micro-nation. Wasn't it called 'New Prussia' or something?
Well, did you watch that 37 Days thing about the outbreak of WW1? That certainly brought out the love-hate relationship, with strong emphasis on the 'love' part. Which programmes have you noticed?
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That justification is pretty much exactly what mine is too, just in a lot more depth. Holy Roman's full name is The Holy Roman Empire of The German Empire, which, as you said, represents the colonies of Austria, Hungary, Prussia, North Italy, Czech Slovakia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and also other small nations which lived during that time. The Holy Roman Empire still lives in parts of Germany today as an influence, as well as creating the treaties between these colonies which created Germany today. Despite King Francis II demolishing Holy Roman in the Napoleon wars, the mass in which used to be Holy Rome still had royalty and lords who soon became the heart of Germany.
As for Prussia's micro-nation, there are three accounts when Prussia was almost brought back. I think "New Prussia" was actually when a place in East Germany tried to colonies into Prussia (Hence why in the anime, Prussia refers to Germany as 'West' [or at least, in the Japanese version he does], Prussia is also the representative of East Germany). The one in Canada was known as just Prussia. At the moment, The Kingdom of Prussia is located in North America, on the border of Brooklyn, with five official members. It was founded on September 14th 2012, already had a civil war, dispatched, then reformed on March 24th 2014.
I did see a part of it, but I didn't have time to focus on it that much, sadly. I expect it from historical programs, but I was thinking more along the lines of casual programs. Such as the ones which contain comedians for example, when it's deemed okay to be racial and stereotypical for the sake of comedy, or old British comedies from the 60s - 80s especially. It's amazing just how much the French show up.
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Yep, definitely
Oh, I didn't know all that stuff about the micronation. That's really interesting; thanks! So... it was reformed last Monday?!
Yeah, it was more later on in the programme when Edward Grey and the French Ambassador kissed (on the cheek, mind you, but it was till a kiss) and he told the German Ambassador that even if they didn't invade Belgium, they would still go to war with them to protect France.
Yes, I've noticed it in comedies as well; especially radio comedies. I suppose the rivalry is an integral part of our humour.
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Pretty much, yes. Although I'm not certain on what the laws and such are, and if it's still a micronation or just a civilisation.
Aw~ That really seemed like a FrUK moment in the rarest of occasions where England actually is affectionate about their friendship~ Although, he would never had said that in front of France, and probably would have attacked Germany if he ever said anything about it
I guess it is just a part of our humour, but it certainly works. X3
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But either way, it exists
Yeah, it happens every so often. And by 'every so often' I mean 'only when there's a genuinely threatening crisis.' Oh yes, who doesn't adore FrUK-y comedy?
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Exactly.
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Ah, I really enjoyed it! It's just like-- I can't describe it, but it's just--- something I would definitely want to read about the two of them, you know? And it was really cute too! Thank you~
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Thanks
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Of course
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