How we fell in love.

CHAPTER 1: What's your name?

Yawning. Another day for work. Tino, now awake, got up and got ready. He thought that it would just be an ordinary day.

Tino worked at a pet shop. The store was having an adoption day, so, the store should be rather busy. And because of adoption day, Tino was thrilled. He hurried up and ran to work. (He really just walked)

Berwald. An average looking, tall, Swedish man, on a trip/vacation in Finland. He decided, that since he was staying for a while, he might as well get a pet and see the town he was staying in.

He got up and ready, then headed out to see the town. Berwald was walking to the nearest, most populated, place. "Hm? Seems l'e the p't sh'p is 'wflly busy..."

Berwald walked into the store and found out that they were having an adoption day. He wasn't automatically drawn to a particular pet, but a worker instead. A small Finnish boy, who was playing with a small white puppy.

While Tino was playing with the puppy, he looked up and noticed that he was being stared at. He turned bright red and stood up. "H-hello. H-how may I help y-you?"

Berwald looked at the boy. "Oh. I w's just l'k'ng." Tino was staring at the taller man, in fear, of course. "Y-you're not from around here... Are you?"

Berwald shook his head. "No. 'm not. 'm from Sw'd'n/"

Tino blushed lightly, he was always attracted to Swedish men, yet Berwald scared him, terribly. "O-oh th-that's cool."

"Ja. S' you w'rk h'er?

Tino nods. "Y-yeah... I do."

Berwald blushed very lightly the point where you could barely tell. "W'ld you l'ke to go 'nd get s'me coffee l'ter? 'fter work 'f c'rse. I've never b'n h're before."

Tino turned bright red, if even possible. "S-sure, why not." He said yes because, he didn't want to seem rude and Berwald scared him. Yes. Berwald is that scary.

Berwald, insisted that he wait until Tino was done with work. He really wanted to talk to the Finnish boy, he just didn't know how. Berwald thought that he was just to terrifying and so much bigger than the other that it made him that much more scary.

How lovely for him. He didn't want to mess this up.

Berwald actually never felt like this before. It was new... He blood was rushing, his heart was beating faster, every time he laid eye on Tino, it was an exhilarating feeling. He really didn't want to mess anything up.

He thought to himself, that it would be best to take things really, really, slow. He would hate himself for life if he messed up his chances with the Finn.

Work ends for Tino.

He walks out of the store to find Berwald there waiting for him. "H-hello!" Tino smiled. "Are we going to get going?" He was rushing things since he didn't want things to be too awkward.

"Y's, we sh'ld." Berwald said standing up from where he was sitting. "S' I f'rg't to 'sk earlier... b'u wh't's your n'me?"

"Tino." He said, smiling gently. "What's your name?" Tino, wanted to be poliet, so of, course, he asked. He didn't want Berwald to hate him... and in a way behind is scariness he was... cute, Tino thought.

"'M, B'rw'ld." Good. They had gotten their names down. This shouldn't be so hard after all!