"Mh..." the small Finn stirred in his sleep as he flipped to face the other way. Tino's eyes fluttered open. "Huh?" His vision was blurry. He could feel a hot breath on his face. Tino carefully started to rub his eyes and mumbled, "Hanatamago...What are you doing on the bed? I thought I had Ivan get you your own..." Ivan is Tino's scary Russian roommate. Although they are friends, Ivan still scares him a bit.

Tino still felt the hot breath. He stopped rubbing his eyes and went to push the little dog off the bed before she shredded the sheets again. But instead of Tino's hand touching soft white fur of the puppy he felt a hard, strong chest of a man. Tino's eyes shot open at once. His vision now was clear and what Tino saw left him so scared he forgot how to scream. For what was there was a pair of icy blue eyes that were on a face that was set stern. The man had a darkish sandy blonde hair and from what Tino could tell this man was taller than him by far.

The man squinted his eyes slightly and mumbled, "S'methin' wr'ng, m'wife?"

"OHYAAAAAH!" Tino woke sitting straight up screaming. When he got completely up his head hit against another. "Ow! Gh- S-Sorry Raivis!" Raivis is Tino's other roommate. He is a nervous Latvian boy that is always shaky and is a little young to be in collage already.

"I-It's okay...Wh-what's the m-matter?" Raivis looked a little more worried than normal. "Y-your face l-looks pale."

"Oh...I'm fine...It was just a dream." Tino gave the small Latvian a comforting smile. "Thanks for caring about me." With that the Finn looked around the room. "Raivis..." Raivis's head snapped to look up at Tino. "Did Ivan and Kiku take Hanatamago out for a walk already?" Kiku is Tino's final roommate. He is a Japanese man. And commonly take Hanatamago out for a walk on Sundays which Ivan and, or Tino would join to get fresh air.

Raivis nodded. "Th-they left a little bit ago..." the rest of his sentence was drowned out by the sound of a vase slamming against a wall.

"YOU BLOODY GIT!", came a voice from the other side of the wall.

"HAHAHA! Again I'm not bloody! See? I'm clean!" another voice sounded.

At that moment there was a knock at the door. Raivis answered it giving Tino a chance to grab some clothes and run to the bathroom and change. A tall German with slicked back blonde hair. "H-Hi, Ludwig...A-Arthur and Alfred at it a-again?"

The German nodded his blue eyes filled with annoyance scaring the Latvian boy even more. "Can I hang with you guys 'till they stop?" Ludwig shares the neighboring dorm with the English man and the American.

Raivis nodded and stepped aside to let Ludwig in as Tino came out of the bathroom pulling his other arm threw his sleeve. "Oh! Moi Ludwig. You gonna stay here until Alfred and Arthur calm down?" Ludwig nodded. The Finn clasped his hands together. "Alrighty then! I'll get out the games. I still have to try and beat you at Battle ship." The Finnish man set up a small short table then got out the Battleship boards.

After about 2 hours of losing to the German, Tino was about to place a red peg on 1 of his ships...his supply ship. When the door burst open and a scared Russian with a pink scarf burst in. Ivan tripped over the small table Tino had set up, leaving the Finn blinking with his piece still in hand waiting to be placed on a supply ship that was crushed by the tall Russian. Ivan quickly got back up. Raivis, who was sitting on the bed, let out a small squeak as Ivan jumped on to the bed and rolled behind it.

Tino sat there blinking wondering what happened. When Ludwig said in dismay, "He sunk my battle ship!" Tino chuckled dropping his piece.

Then as if it was his que Kiku stumbled in holding Hanatamago. He collapsed where the table once was, "K-Kiku! You alright? What happened?" Tino rushed to him and started to look over him.

"Ghe...Yekaterina broke my leg with her boobs..." Kiku replied through clenched teeth.

"Oh my! Well let's get you on the bed so Raivis can look over you...Uhm Ludwig?" Raivis has been learning to become a doctor. The German looked to Tino. "Uh...Would you mind putting Kiku on the bed?"

Ludwig nodded and threw the small Japanese man onto the bed. Kiku flinched but help in his scream of agony. Ludwig turned to Tino, "I just remembered," the Finn snapped to attention, "I'm getting a new roommate you might like. He's from Sweden. His name is Berwald Oxenstierna. He's tall with blo-..."

The rest of Ludwig's sentence was cut off by the door being slammed open for the 3rd time. This time the culprit was a shorter girl in a bluish purple dress and a bow to match in her hair. "I know you are in here big brother! Come out and apologize to Lithy NOW!"

"N-Nyet!" Ivan's nervous voice came from his hiding place, "J-Just go away Natalie!" Something in Tino's mind triggered as he remembered this girl as Ivan's little sister from Belarus. "He deserved it!"

"Why did he deserve it?" Ludwig asked turning his head towards the bed.

"Because he is dating my sister, da!"

A voice sounded from down the hall, "Nat! Please come back!" It must have been Toris because Natalie turned on her heels and walked down the hall to meet up with her Lithuanian boyfriend.

Hanatamago, who had been sitting by the door, started to bark. Tino walked over to her and picked her up, "What's the matter, girl?" Hanatamago started to lick Tino's face. He giggled "So you just wanted attention huh?" The little puppy wiggled out of his hands and ran out the door that Natalie left open. "H-Hey!" Tino ran out the door after the little white ball of fluff and called over his shoulder, "Don't worry! I'll get her."

But when he was half way down the long hallway Tino saw a tall man in a long navy blue coat with glasses, carrying a box. But what Tino mainly caught about the man was his hair was the same color and style as the man in his dream. Tino was too shocked till he ran directly into the man.

Tino fell backwards and the tall man let out a deep "ohf" as his box flew out of his hands and the contents, carpentry tools, went everywhere. Yet a hammer was able to find its way to Tino's head.

When Tino opened his eyes he nearly screamed of horror. What he saw was the same icy eyes as in his dream only these ones had glasses. The tall man had his face near Tino's and a hand on either side of Tino's head, "Ya 'kay?" the man said in the same voice as the man in his dream.

Tino's eyes widened. He pushed the tall man off of him shouting, "I-I'M F-FINE!" Tino then shot up and ran back to the room, tripped over the table Raivis had set back up, and fell on the bed on top of Kiku's broken leg.

"OW!" the Japanese man let out a screech of pain.

"Gha! S-Sorry!" Tino rolled off of Kiku but fell behind the bed and landed on top of Ivan. "Eep! S-Sorry Ivan!"

Ivan shrugged, "It's okay, da." The Finn quickly got off the Russian remembering the reason he was running down the hall before he bumped into the man.

Tino ran for the door, tripped over the table again, and ran out. He didn't notice that the tall man was kneeling down picking up his tools. Tino tripped over him, fell into a summer-salt. He stayed there laying on his back until the tall man leaned over him, "Y' 'kay?"

"Eep!" Tino shot up almost bumping heads with the man and ran down the hall shouting, "I-I'm fine! I-I j-just gotta find my dog!"

After Tino ran down the stairs he saw Hanatamago scratching at the door. As Tino walked over to her he realized his cheeks were burning and they had been since he first bumped into the man.

Tino picked up the small dog and walked back up the stairs and back down the hall. Tino froze as he noticed that the tall man was still picking up his tools. Tino suddenly felt like he had butterflies in his stomach.

He slowly walked over to the crouching man, "Uh...S-Sorry for running into you." The man looked up at him making Tino want to flinch because of the glare of the icy eyes. Yet the eyes also made the butterflies flutter faster. "Eeh...I'm also sorry for tripping over you...uh Here" Tino kneeled next to the man, "I'll help pick these up. My name is Tino. What's yours?"

The man sat there in a slight case of shock until he replied, "M' name 's B'rw'ld."

Tino looked to Berwald, "So you are who Ludwig was talking about! Hehe...sorry! I didn't know."

Tino went on talking and asking questions untill they knew just about everything about each other, well Berwald knew more about Tino then Tino did of Berwald, and they finished picking up the tools.

Tino calmly walked into his room with Hanatamago following. He didn't see anyone in the room, "They must have taken Kiku to see a real doctor," Tino mumbled. He looked down at the now broken table that only moments ago he and Ludwig were playing a game of Battleship, that Tino was losing anyway, and sighed. The little table looked okay but two of its legs were broken off.

Tino walked to the drawers they all shared then opened the second to top drawer and took out a bottle of Elmer's glue. Then he walked over to the bed, grabbing the table and broken legs, and sat down.

Tino slowly started putting glue on the small spot where the first leg was when a voice from the door sounded, "Yer doin' 't wr'ng."

Tino gave a small jolt squirting some glue onto the floor. He looked to the door that was standing open. In the doorway stood the tall Berwald. "What do you mean I'm doing it wrong? And I thought the door closed by i- well I guess after being slammed open that first time broke it hehe oh well uh..." The small Finn noticed the big Swede had left. So Tino stoop to get a paper towel to clean off the glue.

Tino started to wipe up the glue with the paper towel when a pair of shoes stepped in front of him, "Work b'tter 'f it was d'mp..."

Tino looked up at Berwald's face and the butterflies in his stomach started to flutter again. He felt his face burn slightly as he stood, "R-really?" Tino asked idiotically.

The tall Swede nodded then held out a bottle of carpentry glue, "F'r the t'ble..." Tino just blinked, "Here..."

Berwald walked over to the bed and started to fix the table, "O-Oh! Thanks...Uhm... I-I'm going to just finish cleaning up this glue here then."

Tino walked into the bathroom and got the paper towel damp then got back to working at the glue. Berwald was right. Having the towel damp did wonders.

The two men worked in silence untill Ivan walked through the door. He looked at Tino then his eyes moved to the Swede. "You're Berwald, da?"

Tino jumped up in surprise and spun around to face the Russian. As he turned he tripped over Hanatamago, "I-Iva- OHYAAA!" As Tino fell backwards he felt strong arms wrap around him, pulling him close.

Tino knew without even opening his eyes that it was Berwald. He felt his face burning hotter than ever and the butterflies in his stomach fluttered faster than before. 'A-Am I sick? I-I must be sick!' Tino thought.

Tino felt himself lowered to the floor. When he felt he was safely on the ground he opened his eyes and turned his head and saw that if he had not been caught his head would have hit a different table that had been set up at some point. Tino turned his head back as Berwald let go of him and placed his hands on Tino's shoulders. The Finn stared at the Swede wanting slightly to flinch away but didn't, "Th-Thanks." Tino stuttered.

"Y' 'kay?" Tino nodded in reply, "F'nished th' t'ble..." Tino looked over and saw the table with its legs up and he looked at it weirdly, "Needs ta dry..."

"Oh! Right! Thanks Berwald." Berwald nodded, stood, walked pass the now confused Russian, and out the door closing it behind him surprisingly gently. Tino whipped his head to face Ivan, "You know Berwald?"

Ivan shrugged, "Sort of but I thought you already knew him..."

Tino cut in, "What? How could I have already known him?"

Ivan tilted his head, "He joined th U of M the same day you did," U of M is short for University of Minnesota and many people from Scandinavia and that area live in Minnesota. "Also he has some of the same classes as us, Bella, and Elizabeta." {Bella=Belgium}

Tino's eyes widened, "R-Really? I've never noticed him!"

Ivan nodded, "Da but he noticed you."

"How so?"

"He is almost always staring at you."

"Wh-what?" Tino squeaked and he felt his face begin to burn again. "Wh-why would he be staring at me?"

Ivan simply shrugged and before he could reply in words Raivis walked in with Kiku who was using crutches.