War or Love / Reich x Soviet

Chapter 19: Liar

As Reich slowly came to consciousness, he felt pain, but also a pleasant warmth that surrounded him. He snuggled up against this warmth and he felt someone stroke his back with a large, warm hand. As previously suspected, it was Soviet Union who moved one of his hands to his face to place it under Reich's head like a pillow. With Soviet's hand under his head, he moved his thumb in a circle on Third Reich's cheek. When Reich finally opened his eyes, however, he saw a bandage around Soviet's arm. Third Reich looked up at Soviet Union, who looked at him with a happy and warm smile. The Soviet saw that Reich was a little insecure because of the bandage.

"Nothing bad!", he assured him. Reich turned his head so that his face was on the hand of the other and gave him a kiss. After the kiss he asked: "What happened?" "You saved my and Estonia's life!" "Really? I can't remember!... And how did you injure yourself?" "It was kind of you, but not on purpose." Third Reich shrank back a little when he heard this and looked at him in shock. "It wasn't your fault, you no longer had control over your body! Please calm down, Reich everything is fine!" Soviet pulled him a little closer and pressed a kiss on his lips. Third Reich then made it clear again: "I still don't want anything to happen to you!" "I know."

"What exactly happened?" "After you were shot, you turned into a dark creature, similar to your mother. You attacked the Deep's and you... killed everyone who was there. You hurt me slightly after that, but you saved our lives!" Third Reich pushed away from Soviet Union and curled up with his back to him. "Reich, it wasn't your fault!" "I could hurt you again, or even kill you!", he sobbed. Soviet lay closer to his friend and stroked his wing. "Reich I know you can't hurt me anymore and I was the one who managed to transform you back. I now know what to do and you shouldn't be scared of yourself or be so scared for me."

"Just go away!" Soviet managed to put his hand on Reich's cheek. Soviet positioned himself a little above Third Reich and buried his head in the feathers of his friend. "I love you Third Reich and I won't let a little accident, destroy our coexistence!" Soviet emphasized this sentence very strongly. These words touched Third Reich so much that he took the wing off his face and immediately got a kiss. Reich hugged him as tightly as he could. "You are absolutely right Soviet. I'm sorry." "Everything is fine!" Third Reich clung to him as he ran his hands over every part of Reich's body. Shortly afterwards they were lying on their side again and only now did Reich notice that his stomach was a lot bigger.

"How much time has passed?", he asked. "One night." "Why is my belly so big?" "Luxemburg said that it had grown very strongly thanks to an enormous surge of energy and that it would be born in one or two months." Third Reich didn't believe him and gave him a strange look. "Everything will be fine!" Third Reich pushed him away from him, then he repeated the words: "Everything will be fine, everything will be fine!? What if everything won't be fine?" "What can happen in the worst case?" "I don't know and that's exactly why I'm scared!" "Reich just imagine, this little baby. How it lies laughing in your arms and how I am with you, with the rest of the children."

"You are right, I should rather imagine the wonderful times afterwards!" Reich snuggled up to him again, but suddenly his head went to Reich's stomach, then he began to talk to his stomach: "How are you there?" He put his ear down on it and felt the child's movements. "And what did it answer?" "She is fine!" "Why she'? Is it a girl?" "I think so." "Don't you think, because we are two men, it will be male too?" "No, I think it can be anything." Only then did the gunshot wound come back to Third Reich's mind, so he opened the bandage, but there was not more than a crust left and he felt no pain coming from there.

Soviet noticed what he was doing and looked at the injury, but it was healed. He scratched the crust off quickly, it was really completely healed. Reich asked: "How long has the injury healed?" "I don't know!" Only now did he ask about Estonia: "What about your daughter?" "Estonia is in another room, Luxembourg said that Switzerland had said that she is already a lot better!" "Luckily! Wait Switzerland?!" "Yes, he's her doctor. He asked about you too, he got no answers and left offended." "Yes, that sounds like him! Can we go to Estonia?" "Yes, she will be happy to see you!" Soviet Union stood up and wrapped Third Reich in the blanket to carry him.