back and holding several bags of potatoes. "o-*oh*," She gasped, feeling her stomach flutter

giddily. She found herself drawing closer to him a ligt blush making its way to her cheek as she stood beside him, staring at

the cakes that he was looking at, thinking of what to do.

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decides that no cake is good enough for Roderich and sighs.

The Ukrainian girl figdeted as the other sigh, glancing up at him shyly. "i-is something wrong...?"

blinks, then turns his head to face the girl with the... biggest 'eyes' he has ever seen on a woman.

Her eyes widened slightly, blushing dark red before averting her eyes away.

"Uh... no..." he mumbles, forcing himself not to look at her 'eyes', but her eyes.

"o-*oh*.... I-I just thought--," she fiddled with her fingers, blush darkening. "--I-I could help you...some....how..."

smiles a little at her blush. If his mind wasn't set so much on Roderich right now, he would probably set his eyes on him. "I... was looking

for a cake for... a friend. But none of them look right."

"H-have you thought of baking one....?" She asked, daring to look back up at the other.

"I did... but... I don't have time for that," he adds sheepishly.

"O-oh... w-well, I could bake you a cake if you are too busy t-to..." She suggested shyly, grip on her basket tightening.

"Oh, um... do you think you could have one ready to eat in... 3 hours?" he asks sheepishly. "I guess I will just buy some flowers," he says

with another big smile. "But thanks for the offer, that's really nice of you!"

"I-Its my pleasure," She smiled, nodding her head. "a-any particular flavor in mind?"

"Um... something basic, like, cream or chocolate," he nods. Then frowns. "Wait... why...?"

"H-huh? why what?" She asked, blinking up at him with blue eyes.

"Why did you ask... for a flavor? I mean, I just want flowers now..." Maybe a woman's taste would be better to choose these...

"o-oh!" She hadn't heard the rest of the german's words, mind wrapping around baking the other a cake. "A-are you sure? It won't be any

for me at all if you want a chocolate cake..."

the offer is seductive, and he has a hard time refusing it. "Uh no... I... don't want to be a bother to a...complete stranger."

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"O-oh! I'm Yekaterina Katyusha Braginskaya, n-nice to meet you!" She extended a hand, blushing at the other.

Took the offered hand and shook it firmly. "nice to meet you, my name is Ludwig Schmidt."

"L-ludwig.... It's a very strong name," She complimented, amazed at how big the German's hand was.

"uh... Thanks, i guess," he mumbled, hands lingering together for a little longer than necessary. "um, would yiou like to help me pick some

Flowers for a... Friend?"

"S-sure! I=I

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"Sure! I-I would love to help in any way possible!" She chimed, quickly taking back her hand when it was released.

"Thanks," he says and gives her a small smile. "I mean, only if you have time now."

"I-I have all the time in the world for you!" She exclaimed, completely forgetting about dinner for her siblings for once in her life...

flattered by her exclamation and momentarily doesn't know what to say. "Th-that's nice!"

"D-do you plan to buy them here? I think the flowers at the market are much nicer," She commented, blushing still.

"Really? I haven'T tried the market yet, because I usually go to the shop," he comments, finding her adorable cute.

"W-well, if you allow me to purchase my items, I-I'll gladly go with you there," she said with a bigger smile.

nods. "Sure. I will wait for you here." There's nothing else that he needs.

"I-I'm so sorry to make you wait on me," She bowed her head slightly, before darting off to buy the food.

Mumbles, "there wasn't much else I wanted to do..." and simply waits, looking at the cakes again.

She quickly comes back with her bags of groceries, slightly relieved that the German hadn't left her behind. "A-all right, I'm ready."

Feels his eyes fall on her 'balcony' again before they snap up to her face. For a splitsecond, he imagines austria in female with such nice

boobies, then quickly shakes his head to get the image out of his head. Still, he blushes embarrassedly. "do you need help carrying these?"

"oh no! I wouldn't want to trouble you," She said as she headed for the exit, body set on going to the market.

"You wouldn't be troubling me. Those bags look quite heavy..." he wanted to say 'for a woman', but for the sake of emancipation, he just

swallowed the last bit.