Revenge Is Always Fun... [An Axis Powers Hetalia Fanfiction]

Chapter Two

One of the Bad Touch Trio's songs plays. My alarm. Seven a.m. I sit up, and pick up my phone, turning the alarm off. The song I chose as my alarm is one of their songs that I don't particularly like. Gil's screaming, and his voice doesn't sound as good as it usually does.

I get up, have a quick shower, and get dressed, into the Edelweiss uniform: a pale yellow top and long with pants, with covered shoes and a white apron. I put my hair up in a bun, before going out to the living room. I remember just now that Bella's already gone.

With nothing else to do, I head off to the café. It's a little early, but oh well. I know that Roderich will be there. Just as I pull up, Roderich is seting up the sign with the edelweiss flower, and the tables and chairs.

"Want some help?" I ask, getting out of the car. He looks up, eyes wide in surprise.

"Oh. Good morning, Erzsébet. N-nein, it's okay." He stands up, stretching his back. "You're here early."

"Well, it seems as though everyone's gone to Europe, so I've got nothing to do."

"Ah, yes. The concert for that... band." Geez, he said 'band' with so much hate... ah, of course. Roderich is into classical music. He doesn't like much new stuff. "You don't think they're actually good, do you?"

"Um... well..."

"Honestly."

"Igen." He 'hmph's, and sighs.

"Whatever. Come and help me set up the tables." What happened to 'I don't need help?' I follow him inside, anyway. Welcome, to Das Edelweiss Café, where we serve breakfast, lunch and an early dinner! I hope you like German food! Lili's cheerful voice said, on that first day. Oh! Hi, Erzsébet! You're working here too?! I smile. At least Lili will be here.

Today's been a slow day. It's now my lunchtime break. I don't know what to do... I usually go and visit Gil at his and Ludwig's house during this time, and bring him some lunch. Well, really, it's Ludwig's house. Gil just lives in the basement. he's made it all really cool. Oh! That's what I can do! I can go feed Gilbird! Yeah... he named his pet bird after himself. Isn't that cute?

"Lutz!" I shout, running into the kitchen. ("No running!" shouts Roderich). "Can I have the keys?"

He looks up from the cake he's making. "Keys to what?" he asks, confused.

"The house. Gil said I can feed Gilbird for him."

"Erzsébet, he took Gilbird with him."

"W-what...? Are you sure?"

"Ja. I haven't heard chirping all morning."

"Oh. Well, that's nice." Great. Now I've got nothing to do. I check the time. It's one here, and Gil left at six... there's no chance he'd be in London by now, so I can't Skype him yet.

"Are you alright, Erzsébet?" Lili asks, over at the sink. She's got a whole ton of plates spotlessly clean beside her.

"Yeah, just don't know what to do during my lunch break."

"Oh. Well, I always go to the library and meet my friend there during my lunch break. You can come, too, if you like. I've got five minutes left until my break."

"No, it's alright. I'll just end it now, get some extra money... that'll be nice."

"Are you sure? We could always use another person, the more the merrier, they say, ja?" I don't know if I'd like to hang out with anyone else like Lili... probably this friend is like her, too. Plus, libraries remind me of Roderich.

"Yeah, I'm sure."

"Would you like me to tell him you said hello?" Him...? I turn and wink at Lili as I near the door that leads back into the main room, and her face goes red. "It- it's not like that!" she shouts.

"Sure~" I sing, walking back to the main room. Well, that's the excitement of the day. I'm only teasing Lili. Vash would never let her have a boyfriend anyway, even though she's twenty. The fact that she's even friends with a guy would confuse me, if she hadn't been the only friend of this boy in high school. Pretty much everyone was afraid of him- and it didn't improve the situation, when someone spent the weekend at his house, and came back to school on Monday with a broken arm. He insisted that he'd fallen out of a tree, but no one believed him.

I barely concentrate on the road as I make my way home in the car. The road's empty, anyway. Usually after work, I'd go over to Gil's again, and we'd... uh... watch a movie. I brought him leftover cake or something from the café, and we'd enjoy having the house to ourselves. (Ludwig stays at Edelweiss until later, helping Roderich clean up and deal with the left over food.)

Now there's no point in me going over there. I walk in the door, saying "Hi!" before remembering that Bella left too. I flop down on the lounge and turn on the TV. There's gotta be something on.

Today has been one of the only boring days I've had since high school, when I started dating Gil. Something Lili said before came to mind. Surely Gil would take me along next time they went on a tour... I couldn't just ask, but maybe I could drop a hint?

I don't know. But tomorrow, I'm going to go to the library. There's free internet there, so I can Skype Gil. (I don't have internet here... we should work on that.) He'll remember tomorrow's Tuesday, right?