1. Yin and Yang

There were times when they questioned how it had happened, how they had ended up together. Because their personalities were opposites. One was quiet, and to many, invisible. The other was loud and brash, expressing his opinions freely. The first was shy, the second somewhat arrogant. Nation and ex-nation, somehow having survived even as the country he represented faded. North American and European. Canada and Prussia. So far from each other that it was a wonder that they had met.

But then they'd remember. Remember how despite all these differences, they fit together perfectly. Because underneath it all, they just wanted to be recognized. Canada needed to know that someone cared. He needed someone that could appreciate him for himself and not mistake him for his brother. Prussia needed a place to belong. After his country had been dissolved, he had been staying with his brother. But lately, it had seemed that he wasn't wanted, he was just getting in the way. And how preposterous a notion that was, them not recognizing his 'awesomeness'. But no matter. So really, they could sympathize with each other. They were both alone. The way they covered up that loneliness may have been different, but deep down they knew. They were the same.

And despite the doubt everybody else expressed, the two got along well. Prussia would never forget Canada, the one that would always take him in even if his own brother kicked him out of the house, and frequently visited him to demand some of his heavenly pancakes with maple syrup. He would never understand how people could mistake one for the other, mistake Canada for his brother. They weren't alike at all. And Canada would always welcome Prussia, despite how annoyed he might be that the other had just barged into his house. Because that meant that there were still people that cared, even if his own family forgot who he was. And he would put up with him, a task not nearly as hard as others made it out to be. Though, that may just be because he had an obnoxious brother and knew how to deal with those types. So while on the outside they were yin and yang, they balanced each other out, fitting together like pieces of a puzzle. Because without darkness there could not be light - the two blend together to form a mutual whole.


So I could never get around to actually finishing an entire fic...which is why I'm doing drabbles. And this is really the first time I'm posting anything on here *nervous*. So please read and review (though if you've made it here I imagine you've already got the 'read' part down)?