What if I Wanted to Break, a hetalia - axis powers fanfic

What if I wanted to break

Laugh it all off in your face

What would you do?

It was then, trembling in front of Prussia, getting battered and beaten to the ground with jibes and insults and mocking sneers, that Austria snapped. He started laughing, making Gilbert pause mid-tease. The look of surprise on the Prussian's face only made him laugh harder.

What if I fell to the floor

Couldn't take all this anymore

What would you do, do, do?

Roderich's knees gave out and he fell, landing on the floor with a thud, still laughing. The pain, stress, suppressed emotions. Gott he couldn't take it anymore, and he half-wondered how on Earth he hadn't broken sooner.

You say you wanted more

What are you waiting for?

I'm not running from you

Finally, he stopped laughing, taking deep breaths and opening his eyes to look up at Prussia. "Well?"

Gilbert blinked, looking down at Austria as if he'd gone mad. Well, he had, as far as Gilbert was concerned. "'Well' what?"

"What are you waiting for?" Roderich asked with a strange smile.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Austria raised an eyebrow. "You said you wanted more. I'm not running from you."

Come break me down

Bury me, bury me

I am finished with you

Look in my eyes

You're killing me, killing me

All I wanted was you

Prussia merely stood there, staring at Roderich incredulously.

Roderich growled and stood up, glaring heatedly at Gilbert with sudden fury. It was all Prussia's fault. Everything was Prussia's fault! "Look at me!"

Before Gilbert could tell him that, damnit Roddy, I am looking at you, Roderich punched him. Hard.

Gilbert stumbled back, instinctively reaching up to touch his abused cheek. "The fuck-"

"Do you have any idea what you're doing to me?!" Roderich demanded, cutting Prussia off. "You're killing me, damnit! All I ever wanted was you!" Austria bit his lip, tears pooling at the corners of his eyes and spilling over.

I tried to be someone else

But nothing seemed to change

I know now, this is who I really am inside.

Finally found myself

Fighting for a chance,

I know now, this is who I really am.

Gott was he really this pathetic? Apparently, he thought dully, sinking back to the floor with tears running down his face.

Come break me down

Bury me, bury me

I am finished with you, you, you.

Look in my eyes

You're killing me, killing me

All I wanted was you

Gilbert blinked, slightly afraid now. He hesitantly leaned down in front of Roderich, wondering what the hell had happened to the Austrian to make him snap.

Roderich weakly punched at Prussia's arm. "I hate you...I hate you..." He chanted through his tears. He pulled Gilbert closer and rested his forehead on the Prussian's shoulder, sniffling pathetically. "I hate you...all I wanted was you...I hate you..."

Gilbert, thoroughly confused by Roderich's contradictory words, cautiously patted his head in a pitiful attempt to make him stop crying. "Erm...okay..."

Austria relaxed into Gilbert's arms, exhausted. "I hate you...I love you..."

Come break me down (bury me, bury me)

Break me down (bury me, bury me)

Prussia frowned. "Do you hate me or do you love me? Make up your mind, already."

Roderich laughed humorlessly. "Both." He sobbed.

"How can you hate and love someone at the same time? That makes no sense."

"I just do..." Austria muttered. "I hate you."

(You say you wanted more)

What if I wanted to break...?

(What are you waiting for?)

Bury me, bury me

(I'm not running from you)

What if I

Bury me, bury me...

Damn you, 30 Seconds to Mars, for giving me irresistable plotbunnies.
Not that I don't LOVE that band. Because I do. =D

The song is The Kill by 30 Seconds to Mars. Every time I heard this song, this idea would come to mind, so eventually I was just like: You know what? Fuck this, I'm going to write it.
So I did!
I love this pairing. So, so much. These two are love.