Failed domesticity

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Characters: Prussia, and anyone else!
Date: After the fair.
Summary: Not everyone is happy by the change in weather.
Warnings: None yet.

Fall is here, and leaves are in the air. And on the ground. And some are drifting peacefully in the streams were Prussia's trying her hardest to wash her clothes. Someone looks quite unprepared for the change in weather, punctuated by how her jacket is hanging on one of the higher branches on the now almost bare branches. Out of reach.

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"Riveted," a small smile curved the corner of Prussia's lips. The air was cooling, if not beyond comfort at this point. She leveled Austria with a stare, her eyes not straying from hers, "Do you really find me unsightly, Österreich?"

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A soft "hmph" was the only response that Austria gave initially. After carefully thinking over her words, she answered.

"Have you ever witnessed something so horrifying that you could not tear your eyes away?"

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"Maybe I could help you along with that, push you into the stream so you could stop looking." Sweet-talking Austria was akin to warming an ice queen, but Prussia persisted. She started moving in the shallow waters, splashing with her feet, if not with enough force to reach Austria before she stretched her arms over her head. The sleeves extended with the effort, inching the hem of her shirt up her thighs.

"My question was serious." she added as an after thought.

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"As was my answer," Austria retorted, her expression still cold as ever, "but I suppose 'unsightly' is not the most accurate description. You are obnoxious, irritating, and generally unpleasant, yes, but perhaps not unsightly."

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"And shallow, impatient, and perhaps even annoying," Prussia added, little disturbed by the distaste in Austria's voice. "That should all make you abhor my company, but it shouldn't stop you from looking at me."

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"Precisely. And am I averting my eyes?"

She isn't. Austria's stare is leveled at Prussia.

"What point are you attempting to make?"

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Hands on her waist, a measure of seriousness returned to Prussia's eyes, replacing the aloofness from before, "Why are you really here, Austria?"

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"No particular reason. I was passing through and surprised with what I saw. You flatter yourself far too much if you think there's anything more to it than that."

She absently ran her fingers through her hair as she spoke, her tone of voice icy as ever.

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"Then leave already," Prussia all but ordered, hands on her waist. It was somewhat unnerving, especially when it was usually herself who went out of her way to annoy Austria.

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"Hmmm, I was considering being on my way, but I do not take orders from the likes of you, so I do believe I shall make myself comfortable."

The look on her face was every bit as condescending as her words. Stepping back to lean against the tree again, she kept her eyes on Prussia.

"Though, perhaps if you ask nicely, I will consider your request."

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"Don't get any bugs on your pretty dress, then," Prussia called out just loud enough to be heard, ignoring entirely Austria's implication of the need for her to beg. The nerve! If only the brunette were any closer for her to be splashed properly...

Turning her back to the other, Prussia stretched in the water, muscles taut as she did, before lifting the shirt over her head leisurely.

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A soft "hmph!" was Austria's only response to the comment about bugs. That...was a valid point, now that she thought about it, but she wouldn't be deterred. She'd hold her ground.

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With her shirt flung a safe, dry distance away, Prussia sank down, ignoring Austria for a good five minutes before her impatience got the better of her. "Having fun yet?"

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"The weather is pleasant today. I'm actually rather enjoying being outside, thank you."

The reply was terse, and not entirely untrue, though she had spent that past five minutes keeping an eye out for bugs landing on her.

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"You could join me," she knelt in the water, the small waves lapping up at her shoulders, "You look like you could use a bath. or two."

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Of course, she huffed at that in annoyance.

"I am quite clean, thank you."

This was, of course, the truth. She'd made sure her house was built with certain necessary amenities, including but not limited to the piano.