01 - Comfort
He was cautious about the scar whenever he rubbed China's back, until one night a mumble interrupted him: "You can touch it, aru."
02 - Kiss
If China really wanted a kiss done his way, he'd have to initiate it, because as far as England was concerned, he was the one risking his neck, so he should get to call the shots.
03 - Soft
"I'm only hugging you because you're warm, aru," China insisted in a sleepy haze.
04 - Pain
"You know it actually hurts when you hit with that wok, don't you?"
05 - Potatoes
These were going to be the most delicious potatoes ever baked, and China would finally admit that his cooking was not terrible.
06 - Rain
"So this is why you're so gloomy all the time, aru; with this weather, I would be too!"
07 - Chocolate
"I am not letting you lick chocolate off of me, aru."
08 - Happiness
He was never happier than he was when China stopped with the insults and the glares long enough to just sit and have tea in England's embrace.
09 - Telephone
"So, England, I totally heard from Japan that Greece mentioned something that Hungary told him about a thing Poland said that Lithuania saw you and China doing, and- why are you looking at me like that?" America queried to England's very interesting facial expression.
10 - Ears
When they went to bed and England laid his ear against China's chest, the other nation's slowing heartbeat was his quickest way to the sanctuary of sleep.
11 - Name
It sounded like an ego trip, asking China to say his name when they were between the sheets, but it wasn't, honestly; that was the only time he could get away with asking, and it seemed to be the only time China was actually willing to do it.
12 - Sensual
England was starting to think China was perfectly aware of how eye-catching he was when he did the simplest things, like stretching up or crossing his legs.
13 - Death
Honestly, his tombstone was going to end up reading "The wondrous nation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: struck down by a wok-wielding Hello Kitty lover and thoroughly whipped by the same".
14 - Sex
He swore China wore shirts with a zillion frogs on purpose, just for the purpose of embarrassing England when he tried to undo them.
15 - Touch
China, with his terribly old-fashioned ways, complained sometimes about the already sparse physical contact in their relationship, but sometimes England had to reach past the barriers, just to make sure he was really there.
16 - Weakness
There was something about the look that China got in his eye when Hong Kong was brought up that made England try to avoid talking about it.
17 - Tears
He learned not to mention Japan around China after a while.
18 - Speed
The time always went too fast when he spent it with the older nation.
19 - Wind
England had to hold back a laugh at the deep frown cut into China's face as his long hair whipped wildly into his vision, and he had to quip, "Come now, China; it's just a little wind."
20 - Freedom
He missed the days when he could sail to China whenever he damn well pleased.
21 - Life
He'd lived centuries trying to get China's attention, and now that he had it, hopefully it would last him millennia.
22 - Jealousy
England pretended he didn't feel a bit of the green-eyed monster whenever Korea managed to get his hands on China.
23 - Hands
China's hands were a marvel in his own and a foggy reflection of the ancient himself; soft as velvet with immaculate nails on the top, yet rough with warrior's calluses from palm to tip when you turned them over to look at the bottoms.
24 - Taste
"You just wouldn't know good food if it bit you in the arse," sniffed England indignantly.
25 - Devotion
Would China maybe treat him differently if he mustered the courage to say he'd run through a minefield without a second thought if China was on the other side?
26 - Forever
As China stared up into the billowing Union Jack, he remarked, "Blue symbolizes immortality, aru; did you know that when you came up with your flag?"
27 - Blood
It sickens him to know that he once had (still has) China's blood on his hands.
28 - Sickness
China sighed as he rubbed a hand along England's shuddering back, stating, "I told you not to drink so much, aru," even as the island had to heave into the toilet bowl again.
29 - Melody
"I still don't see why I have to dance the girl part, aru!"
30 - Star
England smiled as he pointed upwards to indicate one of the many twinkling lights dotting the sky, and explained, "That's the North Star."
31 - Home
The days of silence after they fought brought with them a sense of homesickness- even when England was safe in his house in London.
32 - Confusion
He wasn't quite sure how he ended up on a roof in Shanghai with no pants on and a torn paper lantern stuck on his head, but he was willing to bet there was a good chance China had a video of it.
33 - Fear
England had never told the older nation of the fear he harbored that some day China would just up and leave, but considering that he hadn't done so yet, maybe he already knew.
34 - Lightning/Thunder
With the rain clattering relentlessly in the background and China under his arm, England casually remarked, "You can estimate how far away the storm is if you count the seconds between the lightning and the thunder."
35 - Bonds
There was no ring in the world that could properly convey what he had with China.
36 - Market
He looked at China's smiling face and outstretched hand with incredulity as the other country repeated, "Thirty euros for fermented crab, aru," and indicated the samples on his tray- since when was he a vendor in the London Chinatown, anyways?
37 - Technology
He still had trouble getting the hang of them sometimes, and sometimes China blatantly ignored his voicemails, but damned if cell phones weren't still one of the best inventions he'd seen in the last few centuries.
38 - Gift
Honestly, sometimes China was so catty, acting like his presence was supposed to be some amazing gift to England- he'd be a little more upset about it if that wasn't how it actually was.
39 - Smile
China had no idea just how much he made England smile.
40 - Innocence
England looks into China's age-old eyes and wonders, sometimes: did he ever have the wide-eyed innocence of a new nation?
41 - Completion
He signed the treaty, and it was done- Hong Kong was his.
42 - Clouds
He'd never found himself bothered by his weather before until China made a passing remark about preferring sunny days.
43 - Sky
When England remembered that somewhere, China was staring up at the same sky, the world felt a lot smaller.
44 - Heaven
"...I love you too, Opium."
45 - Hell
He tried not to think about the words China said to him when he stated what the Treaty of Nanking entailed.
46 - Sun
With the sun on his face and his favorite Eastern country dozing in his lap, England felt pretty good about life.
47 - Moon
"You can't see the man in the moon?"
48 - Waves
Oh, the golden days of owning the seas and stealing jade ornaments just to piss off China.
49 - Hair
Though it made him look painfully feminine, England never thought for a second about asking China to cut his hair.
50 - Supernova
Every touch felt like electricity and every kiss like a supernova when it was coming from China.