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Elizaveta's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open in shock. "Rescue? He hasn't come out of his room since?" she gawked in horror as she gripped the material of her shorts. Was he really hurt that badly? Austria hadn't even sent her a single message in days. Had he even woken up yet...?

Hungary hesitated when she remembered Lili and she certainly didn't want to alarm the petite girl that it wasn't a good sign at all for someone to be in a coma that long. Quickly she shook off her own distress and smiled at Liechtenstein. "S-Sorry... I just can't believe he's been laying around so long!" she tried to cover. "Ludwig never should have allowed Mr. Austria to start mooching off others. It has made him so lazy since then!"

"You said you made a friend? Why don't you tell me about that," Elizaveta said to change the subject. "I'm glad you're getting to know others. I know you miss Vash, but I'm happy to see you branching out a little more."

Hungary listened patiently and tried to keep a straight face, but when Lichtenstein brought up her friendships with France, Spain and Leah her eyebrow twitched subtly in annoyance. To her credit the smile on her face never faltered even as she internally cursed Switzerland for letting poor Lili grow up so sheltered and naive.

"W-well... It seems you've met a lot of interesting people, haven't you?" she chuckled wearily. Just hearing about it and refraining from any negative remarks had nearly worn her out. "I'm sure you'll be able to get along well with Peter and America again soon. You need to be patient with those two since they're still little kids deep down," Elizaveta pointed out. "They still have a great deal of growing and maturing to do. You can't take what they say personally."

"That's the spirit," Hungary said with a soft chuckle and warm smile for the younger nation. It was good to see Lili bright and cheerful again. Elizaveta gave the girl's hair a gentle ruffle, making sure not to mess up her cute little ribbon in the process. "I'm so proud of you. Sometimes it seems like things are bad or upsetting, but even those are good experiences to have every now and then. Try to learn something new from everything you encounter."

"But, remember, if anyone bullies you, just come to me and I'll straighten them out, ok?" Hungary said as she pretended to make a muscle while giving a playful wink.

Hungary blinked when she heard her cell phone give a little chime announcing she had a new text. The lonely wife nearly snatched it out of her pocket with the anticipation that Austria might have finally contacted her. Her eyes flickered with momentary disappointment to see Italy as the sender, but she smiled anyway. It was always good to hear from him.

"Excuse me, Lili," she apologized for checking her text in the middle of their conversation. As Elizaveta's eyes scanned the message they narrowed with suspicion. Germany was on a date with a girl? Why would he do that when he had sweet little Italy? This was most peculiar and it certainly couldn't go without investigation.

"Say... how would you like to go see a movie with me?" Hungary asked as she smiled at Liechtenstein. "It sounds like Ludwig and Italy are watching something..." Very un-Germany. "... interesting. You enjoy romantic comedies, right?"

Elizaveta almost felt sorry for the cashier as she watched Liechtenstein in action. He nor Lili had no idea what a vicious cycle they had begun. She chuckled and shook her head with a soft smile. One day maybe she would tell Lili what a terrifying power she had, but for now it was something the younger nation didn't need to know.

"Let's go then," Hungary said cheerfully as she lead the way. She was going to get to the bottom of Ludwig's supposed date and Lili's unique talents might actually come in handy for fishing information from him. That and the little princess really did need to start spending more quality time around other girls.

Hungary chatted with Liechtenstein the entire way back to the General Store about various topics ranging from the weather to recent politics in Europe. It was good to hear the little nation's opinion even if she didn't have the loudest or most influential voice among their neighbors. Lili was a very smart young lady and could be quite intuitive about many things even if she was painfully naive at times. More than once Elizaveta was surprised by her observations. Between bickering with Romania and Prussia or working with Austria and Poland she was sometimes too swept up in everyone's chaos to sit back and properly evaluate things.

When they reached the General store she allowed their current conversation to die out before turning to the younger girl. "Are you done with your shopping? I haven't even started mine, to be honest," she said with a chuckle. "Next time we should plan to do our grocery shopping together. Would that be alright with you?"

"You have my phone number, don't you?" Elizaveta asked knowing she had told Austria many times to make sure he gave it to Liechtenstein in case of emergencies. Primarily emergencies that had to do with a certain trio giving their little princess a hard time... but also so Lili could contact her for anything else she might need. Roderich could be a little spacy at times so it was possible he had gotten lost in his own contact list and given up. "When you want to talk with me feel free to call or text at any time," Hungary encouraged the shy girl. "It would hurt my feelings if you didn't." She chuckled to let the girl know she was only teasing her about that last part.

The green eyed nation picked up a shopping basket of her own and pulled out a nice sized list. Really! It was a wonder Luz Maria and Maureen hadn't starved without her to look after the pantry. "I have a lot of shopping to do and I wouldn't want your food to spoil, so why don't you go ahead?" She paused when a thought came to her that Lili might not realize she was also invited to dinner. "I hope you'll also be coming to dinner tonight. Feel free to bring a friend, too."