Stalker | Delusional Love

26: Moving Closer

Reich woke up alone in his bed around seven in the morning, which seemed to have become a regular thing, now that he had been living with AH for almost a week.

It was peaceful really.

Besides the whole baby thing, Reich's schedule and mind almost seemed to be cleared.

He had called JE, in the middle of the night just to make sure it would go to voicemail. Explaining to her that he was fine, and had a place to stay for the time being.

He honestly wanted to hear back from her, but he couldn't help asking to not be contacted.

If Soviet showed up they would not be getting injured again. Never again.

Though now thinking of it, Reich was willingly putting his mother in danger then. Doing so without care or with any thought really.

But this was Austria-Hungary. And in the end he did care more for his friends than that country.

But no one needed to know about that except for him.

Reich sighed softly, looking around AH's large back porch. Though the house was small from the front, the backyard was a decent size, and was where the nearly blind country kept his rather large garden.

This has become a part of Reich's routine a bit.

Whether his day be spent with cleaning, gardening, cooking, or board games. He always ended up doing it with Austria-Hungary.

It really was a good thing that his mother had let him stay here. Honestly AH's retirement life was very peaceful, and certainly full of things the country loved to do.

One of them happened to be tending to his garden for hours on end, and currently Reich was just watching.

Usually he would help, or offer to, but AH didn't want him ruining his plants. They were apparently too delicate for Reich's lack of plant knowledge to handle.

The German may be a guest here but he would not, under any circumstances, be killing any of Austria-Hungary's plants.

That was a line to never be crossed.

As Reich sat back in a chair, watching the other country work, his brain was just left to itself. As he had some cold beverages in front of him, along with some snacks.

AH never wanted him to go hungry, which also meant there would always be something for him to peck at.

Austria-Hungary had also provided many clothes for Reich to wear and to look through, but had promised to buy the German some new clothes that would be more comfortable to wear.

He even had some baby clothes stored up in the attic, but Reich wasn't ready to look at those yet. He didn't want to really.

He was still questioning himself every day. Then again, this was probably the safest place for him to be if he was going to have this baby.

Reich glanced up as he leaned back in his seat, seeing AH stepping onto the back porch with a rather large hat on his head. He shook off his gloves that were covered in soil and dirt.

"Are you feeling alright dear?" The red and green country took a step towards the little seating area. Which was accommodated by multiple little cushioned benches and chairs.

"I'm fine." Reich nodded at the other, holding a pillow in his lap to cover himself with. A cup of lemonade sat near him, the ice cubes melting away as the heat dawned on them.

The two chatted a bit about some little things.

Apparently Austria and Hungary tended to visit the retired country every once in a while. Not too often now but they still made an appearance sometimes.