also in the grocery store, staring at cheeses. He is oblivious to her existence.

wanders over to the cheeses, looking for a good goat cheese perhaps, sheep if not that.

trying to reach for a more expensive brand with a shaky hand.

glances over at the man without a thought. "I wouldn't if I were you. The cheaper one is just as good granted you find the fresher packages.

"

glances over at her. "...I prefer the cheaper kind." He just didn't want someone to think he was cheap.

looks down at the cheeses and grabs the last package of the cheaper kind. "Then I suppose you should go for what you want then and stop_

trying to impress others." Just walks away.

frowns and glares a little. Something about that woman sort of pissed him off! He took the cheaper cheese and followed her to the register.

couldn't tell that he was following her and she adjusted her glasses as she got in line. It seemed like it would be a while before she would

get to the front.

stares, or rather is glaring at the back of her head.

can feel the glare on her, and she turns to him, giving him a distinctly Austrian look of annoyance. "Yes? Can I help you?"

like he knows her. He wasn't so sure he liked that. "Who are you?"

"I'm Analiese Edelstein. Might I ask who you are?"

twitches at the last name. It was Austria, the girl one. "Basch Zwingli."

"Zwingli... I should have guessed it was you by that glare."

huffs a bit. "Why are you here?"

"To get cheese, obviously." She held the package up to his face before putting it in a basket with chocolate cake.

this Austria is a bit more bold than his. He was not sure whether it was good or not. "...So close to my house?"

"This place has the cheese that I like, and I won't settle for less." That and the delightful cake.

she is right about that fact. He can't blame her for that. "Analiese, you said?"

"Ja, Analiese. Some have taken to calling me Liese as well."

just stick to Analiese. Liese sounded too friendly. "I will keep that in mind."

thought as much. "Though I'd rather you call me Analiese."

scoffs. "I planned on it."

"Good. Because if you're like my Switzerland we probably won't get along."

points ahead of her. "Stop gabbing. You're holding up the line."

rolls her eyes. "Go in a different line then." She walked up the two step gap she had accidentally left.

follows behind her. "None are open."

sighs. "I suppose I'm stuck with you then."

shakes his head. "That is my line."

"... Nein, it is mine."

shakes his head. "I am stuck with you. Chances are the moment you leave here, you'll be lost."

| Oh yeah. That's why she doesn't usually go shopping alone. "... Absolutely not. I'll be perfectly." She flushes out of embarrassment.

sighs. "You're every bit as hopeless as mine."

huffs and turns to face him. "I can find my way back no problem. I don't need your help." Most likely does though.

follow her anyway. He was used to this. "If you say so."

walks up to the counter and pays for her food, trying to get a headstart on him by leaving while he was paying.

still be able to find her. After he pays, he goes out to look for her.

paused on the sidewalk, looking both directions. .... Left looks good to her so she starts walking that way.

follows along behind her.

comes to a three way intersection now.... and she's stumped. She starts to go with the 'eeni-meeni-meini-mo' method.

coughs. "Right."

... she turns around and gives him another look of annoyance. "Have you been following me?"

crosses his arms. "We are going the same way.'

| This was the same excuse she gave to her too. "Fine. Right it is then." She starts walking that way.

walks alongside her now, quietly.

looks down at the hem of her dress, swishing by her feet. She supposed he wasn't that bad... not as annoying as the other.

nicer to women. That and he didn't know her that well. "Is your Hungary not here?"

looks a bit more down at that, and in the emotional sense. "I don't know where he is... it's not like him to leave for so long without a_

word."

didn't mean to bring up anything sensitive. "Ah...I'm sorry.

"It's okay, you didn't know. I'm just worried about him..."

knows the feeling. He hasn't seen his Liechtenstein. "He will show up..."

"Yeah..." It was odd being kind of comforted by Swiss. ... Very odd.

also finds it odd, but. It slipped. He didn't like seeing a sad Austrian as much as the other bugged him.

"... And when I do see him, I'm going to lock him out of the house for a while for scaring me like that."

snorts. "He'll cry."

"No he won't. He may act girly but I don't think he'd go that far."

if that's true. Hungary played tough for Austria. "Hn..."