Hetalia Oneshots

[ℝ] Japan - Sacrifice

A/N (Please read)

I was initially hesitant to write this one since the exact same idea that was requested was also used in @/ Cherimoya 's Hetalia one shot book (which was written way before mine), and it was my favorite one out of all.

I tried my best to make it as different as I could from that one, but it still makes me feel a little odd... almost as if I stole the idea or something.

Nevertheless, please enjoy!

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Requested by Mystic_Shipper

It's been five months since you and Kiku got married, and while it was nice, it was a little unpleasant. You loved him with all your heart, and you wanted nothing but one single thing from him:

And that was for him to touch you.

You were aware of his personal space issues, and for a while, you tried your hardest not to let that issue of his get to you, but lately, it had been growing on you like moss. It was difficult to deal with, and it almost felt like he used that issue to stay away from you or something.

The only intimate thing both of you did was share a bed, but he would sleep at the edge of the bed, saying that he wanted to respect your personal space, but little did he know that you badly wanted him to invade it.

The lack of touch started to wear you out tremendously as time passed painfully slow. What was the point of a relationship if there was no hugging, or kissing, or holding hands?

You wanted to confront him about this, but it scared you to hear the same dreaded words,

"I have personal space issues."

You wanted to respect that, but sometimes it felt like you were being selfish. Was it too much to ask him to touch you?

That's what you kept wondering about while you were in bed, huddled in the blankets, in the darkness of twilight, waiting for Kiku to come back home from his meetings. He had been busy lately, but he always managed to get time to talk to you.

Speaking of talking, your phone started ringing. Your hand reached out and slammed the bedside table, in search of your phone. Upon finding it, you looked at the caller ID and picked up.

"Hello, Kiku." You said emotionlessly.

"Hello, ____. How's everything going?" he asked.

"Same as usual."

"Are you feeling alright?" he asked, "You don't sound well."

"I'm fine, I just woke up from a nap." You lied.

"I see." He hummed, "Anyway, the meeting is done and I'll be home in a few minutes."

"Alright, see you later." You said quickly. He hummed in response and then hung up.

Sighing tiredly, you tossed your phone aside and tried to catch some sleep. Minutes passed and you just kept tossing and turning until eventually you got into a little fit and punched the blanket.

You took your pillow and put it over your face, and thankfully, you managed to get a few winks of sleep until you felt someone shake your shoulder.

"____?" you heard Kiku call, "Please wake up."