Colors and Life / Soviet x Reich

Chapter 11

He kissed my cheek over and over again. It felt so good and Soviet Union was always so gentle with me. It tickled and felt so nice. He always made me feel so incredibly good. "I never want to be separated from you again. You are the love of my life and you are the most important thing in the whole world for me.", Soviet said to me. His words were full of heart. As I was about to say something back, I heard: "Son?" I looked to the right where the voice was coming from. Soviet Union father stood there looking extremely angry. I buried my face in Soviet's jacket in fear.

He held me tight, which gave me a little more security. "D-Dad?", asked Soviet. Russian Empire roared: "What are you doing here and why are you kissing this guy?!" "Dad, I love him, that's why I kiss Reich.", replied Soviet Union. I heard Russian Empire growl. I was really scared. Soviet took me carefully by my chin and lifted my face up to his head before placing his lips on mine. It felt very good, but in front of his father, I was a little uncomfortable especially because his father was in a really bad mood.

"Reich!?", I heard from the left. It was my father. Now the fathers of both of us were on both sides. We didn't have a chance to escape. After the kiss, Soviet looked me in the eyes and whispered: "See you in 88 moons my beloved Reich. I'll be there and wait for you.", he kissed me one last time before we were grabbed and torn apart.

I love Soviet Union so much. I just want to be with him and snuggle up to him. Why were we just torn apart? Once I'm with him, I'll never leave him again. But what if he does love Afghanistan and has already forgotten me? What if he wants to kill me just like my father? What if Afghanistan loves him? What if he forgot our time together? What if he thinks I'm dead? Why do I ask myself so many questions? Soviet still loves me and he's just waiting for me to come to him... at least I hope so. I don't know what to do when he doesn't love me anymore.

I draw a little before I make myself invisible and walking through the woods to get down. I'll take some herbs with me so I can make more of the strong negotiation potion. I have enough of the Reconversion Potion for more than one moon, but I need more of the negotiation potion because it would only last for a few days. I noticed that I was missing the last ingredient. I have to steal this one. Immediately I make my way into town. At the market I look around and grab the ingredient. After I steal another apple and a pear, people recognize me: "This is the thief from before!" And again they chase me.

It gets noisy, especially because those idiots who are chasing me tried to shoot me. Have they completely lost their minds? The animals nearby go crazy. Suddenly I see a presumably 5 year old girl on the street who is concentrating too much on the apple she is eating. A panicked horse runs straight towards the little child. I don't care about the stupid people behind me, now I have to save the child. I run as fast as I can in the direction of the child and push her to the side before the horse can hurt her. I fall stomach first on the floor, which hurts and slide a few meters further until I stop against a wall.

That was a terrific crash landing, the main thing is that the child is not hurt. Immediately I get up as if nothing had happened and go to the little girl. "Are you all right?", I ask . She replies: "Y-yes, thanks for saving me!" I smile at her and I tell her: "No prob-" I'm being held on by both sides. "Now we have you!", says one of the guards excited. Well, really great! I completely forgot about them. I'm being taken away from them. I'm being taken away from the castle. I shouldn't have tried to steal anything from here. I might even be late for my meeting with Soviet. Why did I get this stupid idea?

"Stop!", I hear a woman calling behind me. The men stop. When I look, Afghanistan is in front of me. I've never been so happy to see her. "What did this man do?", she asks. One of the guards replies: "He stole food." "And that's why you're making such a huge riot? If this man hadn't saved the child, it would have died because of you.", she growls. She asks me: "What's your name?" "M-My name is Nick.", I answer her. "Nice to meet you Nick. Why are you stealing food?", asks Afghanistan. I answer her: "I have no work and no money." "Do you have any special skills?", she asks me.

Will she help me? Other than supposedly bringing bad luck to everyone, I have no skills. "I... I can draw.", I answer, as it is the best I can think of. "I would like to help you. Let go of him!", she orders the guards, who let go of me immediately. "If you want a job, come with me.", she clarifies and walks towards the castle. Is she really that nice to me or is she hiding something? I don't quite trust her. But this is my only chance to come to Soviet Union. I follow her to the gate, where she stops and smiles at me.