Fanfic [Lithuania/Belarus]

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Title: A country that never was
Author: Tastymints
Rating: G,PG
Characters: Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, Russia
Warning:  none (Mind you, English isn't my native language and I apologize for any grammatical mistakes.)
Summary: Natalia's tragic youth and how, after losing everything, she fell under Lithuania's influence.

Previous chapter:  http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/9506330.html

Chapter 4

"I hope you slept well, Miss Natalia" - said gentle voice of a young blond boy.

" Yes, indeed, I slept very well, thank you... um, I don't know your name. What is it?"- Natalia asked a young boy who has just entered her tent.

"My name is Raivis, excuse me for not introducing myself first"- said the boy and bowed gracefully.

Natalia thought that Raivis was a pretty name for a pretty boy who looked a little bit like her brother. He had wavy blond hair, purple eyes and was dressed very well. However, she senced something in him. Something dear and akin to herself. Could he be one of ...

" Are you... one of us?" Natalia asked with unhidden curiously in her voice.

"Yes, I'm a country too. I live with Lithuania, he takes good care of me. I am his younger brother. I'm Latvia" a boy answered and smiled shyly.

" I had no idea there was another one of us here!" Natalia exclaimed. "Why haven't Toris introduced you to me earlier?"

"Well...I... I was sick actually. I caught the nastiest cold and just got better this morning. Toris wanted me to wait one more day before meeting you but I sneaked out from my tent. I really wanted to meet you. Toris said you were really pretty and I wanted to see for myself" Raivis said, blushing slightly.

Natalia blushed at that herself. She heard people calling her pretty before but it felt different knowing that Toris thinks so too. Could it be that he likes her more than just a guest? Natalia thought that Toris was very noble and kind but she haven't even suspected that he thought of her as of someone "pretty". She tried to search her own feelings to decide whether she could describe him as "handsome" in return. She realised that she viewed him more like a brother figure. He looked very good, she liked his face, his hair while slightly messy looking were a nice, light shade of brown. She decided that he was what one could call " handsome". But she couldn't tell it to Raivis. Natalia smiled, imagining what reaction Toris would have if she told Raivis that she thought that he's handsome as well. How would he react?

"What's so funny? Why are you smiling?" asked Raivis suspiciously.

" Oh, never mind, I'm just very happy today. In the past 3 days I've met 2 new nations like me" Natalia lied. She felt slightly guilty lieing to her new, ususpecting friend.

"Me too! I'm very happy to meet you too. Is it true you are coming to live with us?"

"Yes"

"Latvia! What did I tell you? When will you start listening to me?" came a familiar voice.

Both Natalia and Raivis turned to see Toris walking into the tent.

" Good morning, miss Natalia, how was your sleep?" asked Toris.

Belarus remembered what Raivis said and blushed. She wondered what Lithuania was thinking now while looking at her. Was he thinking that she's pretty?

" I slept well, thank you, Toris"

" I'm happy to hear that. We will leave in couple of hours. We'll go back to the castle. Our military campaign is over and it's time to go home. We'll be taking down all the tents but don't worry, we'll take down yours last" Lithuania looked at Raivis and added" stay with miss Natalia, if you like, keep her some company".

It was three hours into the journey. Some men, including Toris were on horses some were on foot. Natalia and Raivis were sitting ontop of a large cart. They were chatting non stop about this and that. Toris would switch between them and his men. He'll talk for sometime to them then he would ride off to talk to some soldiers then back to them. Toris said that they are getting close to his castle. He decided to have a quick stop so that people can attend to their natural needs.

"Boys left, girls right" Toris said loudly. His men and Raivis, wasting no time, hurried to the left of the forest.

"Take this horn, Miss Natalia. Please, use it if any trouble befalls you or if you see any dangerous beast and I'll come to help you as soon as I can" said Toris, handing her a white horn with some silver decorations on both sides of it. "Also, please, take this" he added, handing her a small, black dagger. "Just in case".

"Thank you, Toris. Don't worry, nothing would happen to me, I promise. Don't worry so much about me." Natalia said smiling.

It was a sunny day and the forest was quiet and beautiful. Natalia could hear some birds chirping. She has never been in the forest completely alone before, it was somewhat new. She felt very free and it was very relaxing. The ancient Pine-trees were oh so tall and hazel. Natalia heard a twig break and quickly looked to the direction the noice came from. She saw a thin figure in what looked like very tattered cloths quickly hiding behind a tree about fifteen metres infront of her. Natalia started to wonder whether it was perhaps a forest troll since there weren't any villages around this place.

"Hey there, show yourself whoever you are. I promise I won't hur you!" Natalia said loudly but made sure she didn't scream, the didn't want to scare him away.

The figure peeked out from behind the tree. Platinum blond hair, purple eyes...

Belarus gasped. " Ivan! Is it really you?" she uttered, not yet fully believing what she was seeing.

The boy smiled then laughed then quickly turned around and ran behind the next tree further away from her.

"Wait! Ivan, please, it's not time for games" Natalia exclaimed and ran towards that tree.

" The boy peeked out again, saw her getting closer to him and ran behind another tree" he was very fast.

"Wait, Ivan, why are you doing this?" Natalia said, her voice sounding desperate.

It continued like that for about ten minutes. Natalia was out of breath and she still couldn't catch him. The boy just laughed and ran off further into the forest.

"Wait!" Natalia yelled with tears in her eyes. She had to go into the direction he had ran off to, she had to find him. Has he gone mad? She wanted to see her brother again. She knew she promised Toris not to run away and that nothing would happen to her but she had to break that promise. "Sorry, Toris. Sorry, Raivis. I cannot come with you " she quietly muttered and ran to the direction Ivan has ran off to.

No matter how hard she looked and how loudly she called she couldn't find a sight of him again. Was it some kind of vision? Maybe it was indeed a forest troll playing cruel tricks on her trying to lure her into a trap? But she wanted to keep looking, what if it really was Ivan? What if he's in-trouble?

"There you are!" came a familiar voice. Natalia quickly turned saw a very dissatisfied looking Toris with some soldiers and with a couple of dogs.

"Did you get lost? Why didn't you use the horn?" asked Lithuania suspiciously. He extended his arm to her "Come".

"No." Natalia answered in a worried voice and out of breath. "I'm sorry but I must... I must go find my brother, I can't come with you. I saw my brother, Ivan, he was here..."

Lithuania's eyes widened but he quickly regained his composure. So it looks like he was here again, that unfortunate country under the Mongol rule.

Toris walked over to Natalia and grabbed her hand. " You are probably still tired after recent horrific events, Miss Natalia".

"No! I know what I saw. You've said yourself that you have seen him around your lands, remember?" said Natalia trying to free her hand from his grasp. She pulled hard, as hard as she could but he wouldn't let go. Moreover his grip on her wrist trightened. Natalia, not knowing what else she could do, brought her other hand towards his and tried to pull up his fingers to loosen his grip, no matter how hard she pulled on them he woulld't give in. She brought her wrist up to her mouth and bit on his hand as hard as she could. She kept biting, leaving pink marks on it. Finally she looked up to see his face, whether he exhibited any sign of pain. She almost gasped, he was just smiling, looking very amused. He looked almost as if he was enjoying it.

" I'm sorry, but I cannot lose you" he said in a low voice. He turned around and pulled her hand, despite her resistance, dragging her behind him.

"Hey! Let me go you, you disgusting heathen!" Natalia exclaimed angrily and proceeded hitting and kicking him from behind.

Luthuania turned around and said something to his men who were looking at them both with very worried and confused eyes. One of them walked over to Toris and handed him a thin rope. Lithuania grabbed Belarus' hands and quickly tied them up with the rope.

"I'll never forgive you, you barbarian, how dare you tie me up umf ffu..." suddenly someone from behind put a strip of cloth around her mouth which prevented her from talking.

"I'm sorry but I had to do this to prevent you from kicking and insulting me, miss Natalia. Please, try to calm down" said Toris and picked her up.

Natalia didn't want him carrying her at all and she tried to wriggle out of his hold as much as she could. He almost dropped her.

"If you don't stop it, I will have to tie your legs together as well" Toris warned her looking in her face, smiling, his eyes looked like two crescents, he looked happy.

Belarus didn't want to do what he asked and kept struggling. Toris said something to his men again and one of them ran up to her to tie her legs.

They walked out of the forest towards the road. This time, instead of a cart, Toris wanted Natalia to sit on his horse in-front of him. He told her that it's so that she doesn't fall off or anything as she's tied up.

It was very strange to sit so close to him, feeling the warmth from his chest on her back. She heard him explaining to Raivis what had happened and why she's tied up like that. Raivis looked worried and upset, but not angry with her. He still seemed to be unable to fully comprehend why she was tied up.

After about half an hour Toris whispered in her hear: "I will remove the cloth around your mouth if you promise to behave and not say anything bad".

Natalia gasped, his whisper felt... ticklish. She quickly turned her head as far from him as she could and did a "Hm!" sound.

"As you wish, miss Natalia" answered Toris smiling one of those happy smiles again.

TBC

I was thinking where does Belarus' habit of twisting Lithuania's fingers come from? And he always seems to not mind her hurting him very much, one could think he's enjoying it or something. Could Lithuania have some strange mental condition, like a form of masochism? XD I've been thinking about it lately. This is probably why the chapter came up the way it did.