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PrussiaXReader .: As You Were By My Side :.
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Gilbert sat down on a wooden chair in the classroom, staring at the plain white ceiling. He just sat there, without doing anything. Even his two best friends, Francis and Antonio, could not help but sigh, not understanding his situation.

What Gilbert craved for was not above their imaginations. He craved for only one thing and one thing only. Your love and attention towards him. He still remembered the days when you sat beside him in every class, smiling to your heart’s content. He really loved that about you, being optimistic and smiling all the time. He loved you, but he was too afraid to be open. He was frightened of approaching you. He was cowardly; hiding his true face behind a façade, calling himself awesome and bluffing all the time. The day when he managed to gather up his courage and ask you, he saw Alfred, the star of the football team, asking you to be his girlfriend and you accepted with a big smile on your face. His heart broke into pieces, and since then, he felt that it was harder and harder to keep up his façade, harder to face you, the first love of his life.

*****

“_______!” You heard your boyfriend Alfred calling you. “Hey, what’s up, Alfred?” you smiled sweetly to your boyfriend, despite being bullied by other people for being the girlfriend of the star of the football team. You had been waiting for him, after he finishes his game. “______, I… have something I want to tell you.” Alfred puts on his serious face, and talks calmly, as if he were doing some mental preparation. You knew what he was going to say. You learned to trust your hunches, and this is definitely something to consider. “I’m sorry.” Alfred started. “I wanted to break-“ Alfred did not get to finish that sentence after all. You ran out of the door, not caring one bit that it was pouring outside. You wanted the rain to wash away the painful feelings. You were on your way home, dragging your backpack along with you. When you found a bench, you just flopped down, and just sobbed. Where did it go wrong? You wanted someone to comfort you, but there was no one in front of you. The rain was unrelenting, as if the heavens wanted it to help wash away the memories of the painful encounter.

*****

Gilbert left the classroom he was in. He couldn’t stand the thought of seeing Alfred with you. He had tears in his eyes, but he wiped them away, seeing how unawesome it would be to have you see him crying. He walked out to the school doors, and saw something outrageous. Instead of having ______ in his arms, he was hugging another girl from the cheerleading squad. Alfred spotted Gilbert, and wore his usual goofy grin. “Hey Gil! How’s it going?” Alfred shouted to the outraged albino. Gilbert was too infuriated to say anything. “What’s between the two of you?” Gilbert finally spat, distastefully. “Oh! She’s my new girlfriend, Gil. I just bro-“Apparently, the Prussian ran out of patience. He pushed the cheerleader girl to the side, and hit Alfred square in the jaw without caring about the rules. He kept socking Alfred, until the latter was bruised and battered, and dragged him out into the pouring rain, not even looking at the shocked cheerleader even once. “Mein ______... is very important to me! What have you done?!” Gilbert hollered furiously, holding Alfred up. “Is that ALL you’ve got to say, you conceited Prussian prick? ______ is useless anyway. She can’t even provide me the money to go out with my other chicks!” Alfred smirked. What little that was left of Gilbert’s tolerance finally snapped. This stupid worthless idiot, the star of the football team was a two-timing bastard who only wants his nice girlfriend’s money?! Gilbert continued to kick and punch Alfred without remorse.

*****

You didn’t want your parents to find out what you’ve been through, so you walked back to school without actually knowing it. You then saw two guys fighting. You wanted to stop them, despite the danger. You ran up to them and saw that it was Alfred and Gilbert. “PLEASE STOP FIGHTING!!!” You shouted, and the both of them turned around and saw your tears. Despite holding them back, your tears streamed down your cheek. “Mein awesome ______.... Are you alright?” Gilbert dropped Alfred onto the wet muddy ground once again. The first person to come and comfort you was not your ex-boyfriend, but the beloved best friend whom you treasured dearly, Gilbert. Tears clouded your eyes, and you just dropped to the ground crying. “______, I’m sorry. Please don’t cry.” In spite of holding back his tears and being unawesome, Gilbert apologized softly, while kneeling down and cradling you in his arms. “Hey you! Watch what you’re doing with someone’s ex!” Alfred found an excuse to hurt Gilbert, and attempted to strike him. “______ does not deserve a horrible person like you, Alfred.” Gilbert calmed down and stopped Alfred’s strike without malice and effort. “What you had done was inexcusable.” You looked up from the tears that were falling down. Your best friend cared so much for you. How blind were you, to choose a cheater over such a caring person? “Alfred, I’ve always known that you were using me.” You hiccupped. “I didn’t want to face the truth. But now I’ve just realized how stupid I was. I’m sorry to say that, but I truly liked you, not for your looks or anything else. I liked you because you were you, Alfred. Nothing else.” Gilbert was stunned. He never knew from your smiling face that you wore every day that you were in such a situation. Alfred was also at a loss of words, because he had always thought that you would have left him sooner or later, and that you only liked him for his popularity. “______, I’m sorry for hurting your feelings. Please, give me one last chance.” Alfred kneeled and bowed, crying in the process. Gilbert sat down, on the wet bench nearby. You were all soaked to the bone, and the rain was still not letting up. Gilbert looked at your face with a blank vacant stare, and suddenly looked pained.

*****

“Of course, ______ would choose to go with Alfred. I will only be her best friend. But why do I crave for her love so much?” Gilbert felt his heart hurting badly, until it was unbearable. ______ never liked him and never will like him that way anyway.

*****

“I’m sorry, Alfred. Even though I am forgiving, I just fell in love with someone.” Your face showed great remorse, and regret from hurting the guy who had hurt you, but in truth, you weren’t honest with him from the start. You liked Gilbert before liking him, but you thought that liking Gilbert was unrequited. You became more and more drawn to the American’s bright personality, even though you knew he was two-timing you. You had truly liked Alfred, but now, it was time to restart. Alfred laid down on his back, tears streaming down in deep regret from what he did to lose his girlfriend. “Please forgive me, Alfred.” You whispered.

*****

Gilbert was scared; scared and alone. He knew that if you had another boyfriend, he would be alone again. Francis and Antonio have their own girlfriends themselves. But that wasn't even the point. He wanted you, and you alone. He couldn’t stand the thought of having you being taken from him again...

*****

Gilbert reached out to you, and said, “______, Let’s go home.” You walked out hand in hand with your best friend who was always there for you.
After ten minutes of silence, Gilbert spoke up. “______, I have something to tell you.” You (e/c) eyes were still a little red from crying, but you looked up to face the Prussian’s red orbs anyway. “______, I will say this once. Please listen carefully. Ich liebe dich.” You were startled, and just flopped down to the muddy pavement. “Oi, Fraulein! Are you alright?” Gilbert scooped you up, and carried you bridal-style easily because of your small frame. “Gilbert, please put me down.” You protested. Gilbert looked away, hurt and thinking that you were about to reject him. “It seems that my feeling were one-sided, fra-“Before Gilbert gets to finish his sentence, you stole a long, passionate kiss from him. As the two of you pulled away, you stared long and hard at Gilbert’s beautiful pair of ruby orbs. “Who decided that I didn’t like you, Gilbert?” As if on cue, the rain stopped at that sentence, and a rainbow appeared on the beautiful blue sky. You laughed playfully, with the color returning to your cheeks. Gilbert smiled his heartfelt smile, the one that was rarely seen.

*****

“All this time, I…” Gilbert smiled his heart out. His playful ______ returned. “Fraulein ______, of course you would like me. I’m the most awesome person in this whole universe!” Gilbert replied cheekily, holding his smiling face. “Ich liebe dich, _____. Now that I know that you like me, I will say it how many times you want it, _____. Ich liebe dich, forever…”
YOUR POV
Gilbert smiled his trademark “awesome” smile, which you replied with a kiss and one simple phrase.
“Ich liebe dich auch, Gilbert.”