To Find Where You Belong (Hetalia)

Chapter 15

“Prussia, can I please just open my eyes?” Matthew asked quietly as Prussia held his hands over Mattie’s eyes.

“Kesesesesese~ Sorry birdie, but then it would ruin the surprise!”

“Where are we going and why, eh?”

“Birdie, where we are going is a secret but I am taking you here because I want to make it up to you for what stupid France did yesterday!” Prussia exclaimed, while making sure Matthew didn’t run into a pole.

Matthew stiffened at what the albino said, and Prussia knew instantly that he said the wrong thing. “Listen, I’m sorry birdie. I shouldn’t have brought that up, hell, I should have been there to save you before it got out of hand.”

“It’s okay, I’m fine. Really…”

But, Prussia knew it wasn’t fine when he felt the warm tears on his hands from streaming down the blonde’s face. Taking his hands off of Matthew’s eyes, he brought the blonde into a tight hug. Matthew stiffened at first, not sure what to do. But, almost immediately he leaned into the hug and buried his face in Prussia’s neck. Prussia felt the warm tears on his neck and wished that he hadn’t of said anything.

Stupid France for making birdie cry…

Remembering where he was taking Matthew to he slowly eased out of the hug. Matthew reluctantly let go of Prussia and turned his head away so the albino couldn’t see his puffy eyes and tear stained face. Leaning in close, Prussia took Matthew’s face in his hands and gently wiped the remaining tears away.

“Come on, birdie! This is meant to be fun! Lets not think about the past or future, just what is happening now!” With that, Prussia took Matthew’s hand in his own and continued walking to their destination, not caring to cover Matthew’s eyes.

~~~~Time-Skip~~~~

“Prussia where are we?” Matthew hesitantly asked as he looked nervously around the forest they were currently walking through.

“Kesesesesese~ This is Black Forest, I thought you would have heard of it birdie!” Prussia glanced over his shoulder at the curious boy.

“Why are we here? I-I mean, why did we come here? What is so special about this place that you wanted to show it to me?”

“This forest has many different tracks! Each turn takes you to a different place! I still haven’t visited every single place this forest leads to yet, I was hoping that I would be able to find a few more with you.” Matthew could have sworn he saw Prussia blushing, but he just shrugged it off as his imagination.

Walking down the forest trail they came across many different paths but ignored them all. They were heading deeper and deeper into the forest and Matthew was starting to worry. What if they couldn’t find their way back?

Prussia noticed his crushes nervousness and squeezed Matthew’s hand, that he didn’t realise he was still holding, in reassurance.

“Listen, birdie. We will be fine, trust me. Oh, and if all else fails and we end up lost and cant find any food, I promise you I wont try and eat you. In fact you can eat me if you want to!” Prussia grinned over his shoulder at the blonde.

“Thanks Prussia, but I think I’ll be fine.”

“No worries then.”

Not long after did they come across a wide river blocking their path.

“What are we going to do now?” Matthew asked, letting go of Prussia’s hand and walked closer to the river, inspecting it.

“Look, there are rocks going across the river. We can cross walking from rock to rock.” Prussia said looking at the trail of rocks leading to the opposite bank.

“Okay… But, the water is going pretty fast… We might fall off and hurt ourselves, eh?” Matthew was starting to panic and Prussia grabbed his hand once again in reassurance.

“Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to save you.” Prussia grinned and brought Matthew closer to the rushing water. Cautiously stepping out onto the first rock he ventured further into the river, making sure not to let go of Matthew at all.

Prussia was just about to step on the bank when he felt Matthew’s hand leave his.

“PRUSSIA!” Prussia turned in time to Matthew falling back into the rapids. Not thinking, the albino reached for Matthew’s small hand. Grabbing it he pulled Matthew back up before he hit the water and they both went toppling onto the bank.

Prussia opened his eyes and saw Matthew lying on top of him. Smiling softly he ran his hand through Matthew’s hair which caused the blonde to open his eyes and blush at the position they were in.

“Ya alright, birdie?” Prussia asked quietly, just loud enough for Matthew to hear him, which was quite unlike the loud Prussian.

“Y-Yeah, I-I am fine…” Matthew tripped over his words as got off the albino. Prussia went to get up himself when he saw a hand reaching out for him to take. Looking up he saw Matthew blushing and averting his gaze from the Prussian’s crimson stare. Not liking the lack of attention, Prussia smirked and grabbed Matthew’s hand. But, instead of getting to his feet he instead brought Matthew back down to his level.

Matthew tried to get back into a sitting position, but was pushed down by the Prussian who decided to sit on the blonde, knees on either side of the boy’s waist.

“P-Prussia… W-What a-are you d-doing?” Matthew was blushing so madly it would put Romano to shame. “P-P-Pruss-“ But Matthew was cut off when he felt Prussia’s lips pressed against his own. Matthew felt his own heart beating rapidly, but it was just because he had never been kissed before, right? He surely didn’t have any feelings for the Prussian, right? He only met him yesterday… yet he had still slept in the same bed with him… The more Matthew thought about it, the more he thought that this feeling in his stomach couldn’t merely be a first kiss… Could it be something more?

Matthew was interrupted from his thoughts when he realised he was kissing Prussia back. But, no matter how much he denied it he couldn’t help but love the feeling of the Prussian’s lips on his own… Snapped out of his fantasy by Prussia running his tongue across Matthew’s bottom lip, Matthew gasped and pushed the albino away, quickly getting to his feet.

“Aaah, b-birdie! I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that to you! Especially after what happened last night. I’m really sorry, please forgive me!” Prussia begged, now standing up and holding Matthew’s hands in his own.

“I-It’s fine, Prussia. Really, it’s fine.” Matthew whispered and shyly smiled at Prussia. Prussia just returned the smile with a cheeky grin.

“Well, we should be-“ But, stopping mid-sentence he looked ahead of them.

“What it is Prussia?” Matthew asked.

Not answering the boy, Prussia took hold of Matthew’s hand once more and walked across the forest trail. The further they walked the more Matthew could hear the sound of laughter and music. It sounded wonderful and lively and he couldn’t wait to see what was lying ahead.

Taking a sharp turn they immediately found themselves faced with a celebration. They were looking at a little village, balloons and streamers littered the houses and grassy field that lay next to it. Small children were chasing each other and laughing loudly. The adults were seated at several tables, eating and drinking with each other.

“H-Hello, misters?” Matthew and Prussia looked down to see a small girl with black braids look up at them. “W-Would you like to join our celebration?” She asked shyly, a faint blush playing over her cheeks.

“Yes! I think that would be wonderful! What do you think, birdie?” Prussia exclaimed before Matthew could talk.

“Yeah… That does sound like fun.” Matthew said as the little girl lead them towards the large table of adults.