I'm stuck with you, and I like it (OLD AND DISCONTINUED)

13 - The Breakup

I yell "Then why was he screaming and crying?!??"

"Because he was scared of you!"

Meri hugs me tightly, crying on my shirt.

The officers take him from me. They keep their weapons pointed at me.

I can't move without getting hurt, but Meri will get hurt if they believe the girl.

She grabs his arm and starts walking back to the house. They walk past me, and she kicks me in the shin. I turn and glare at her.

Meri suddenly slaps her across the face and runs over to me.

He hugs my waist tightly, crying.

I gently pick him up.

He hugs me, burying his face in my shirt and sobbing.

I rub his back gently. "It'll be okay. Do you want to go home?"

He nods.

I start walking to the car, when the officers hold their guns up. "Oh... Right..."

I sigh, then turn to the closest officer. "Can we please go home? I have to deal with the glass in my eye and my crying boyfriend."

The crazy girl yells "Boyfriend?!! He can't be gay!!"

Meri glares at her and yells "Too bad! I'm gay!"

"But-"

"Stop trying to get in the way of my relationship!!"

He buries his face in my shirt again. He mumbles "Can we please go home now?"

I start walking to the car again. One of the officers asks "Sir... Will you be able to drive like that?"

I shake my head. Meri says "I'll be driving, not Russia. I doubt he can see with that eye."

I get in the passenger seat, while he gets in the drivers seat and heads home.

When we get there, we go inside and he helps me take care of my eye and back.

I need an eyepatch though...

I'm not using Fathers eyepatch.

I'll figure something else out.

Meri pulls an eyepatch out of some box somewhere.

"Where did you get that?"

"I was gonna dress up as a pirate for halloween, but you need the eyepatch."

He puts it on me and smiles. "Perfect!"

I look in the mirror.

I feel like I see Father, and I look away.

We head up to bed, and cuddle.

I feel like I see someone standing in the corner of the room, but when I fully turn my head, no ones there.

Meri snuggles against my chest more, yawning.

I gently rub his back.

He smiles and mumbles in his sleep. "Yes, Russkie, I will mmm..." He hums the rest of the sentence.

I wonder what he was agreeing to.

He shifts in his sleep, his face getting red.

He hugs me tightly, smiling. He mumbles in his sleep. "It's perfect!"

And soon I fall asleep as well.

Father's standing in front of me.

He smiles. "You're doing good. I'm glad you're taking good care of America. I only wish that I had been able to save him earlier."

I hug Father tightly. He rubs my back.

When we separate, he puts a box in my hand. It's a ring box. He winks "For when you're ready. I know he'll love it. Don't open it until you're proposing to him."

I put the box in my pocket.

Father hugs me one last time.

I wake up.

I can hear America singing, and I smell his cooking.

I put my hand in my pocket and pull out the ring box.

"How..?"

I look up and for a split second I see Father winking at me in the mirror.

I hide the box. It's not time yet.

I go downstairs and join Meri in the kitchen.

He finishes breakfast and kisses my cheek. I smile, and we go sit in the living room.

We watch TV, eating breakfast and enjoying the show.

He leans on me.

I smile and wrap my arm around him.

He says "I like this. It's nice to just be here with you."

"I like this too."

We cuddle and continue watching the show.