Feb. 08 - Opposites / Balance
Ukraine x Belarus
Differences
Russia's sisters were very different. He had to admit that. One could say that they were almost polar opposites; with Ukraine, the older, being prone to crying when she was upset, but also a happy person overall, and Belarus, the younger, harboring a mean demeanor and somewhat stoic personality. Though, they seem to overcome those differences most of the time. And other times they don't. This was one of those times.
"Russia! Save me! Belarus is scaring me!" Ukraine hid behind her younger brother, gripping onto his scarf while he gave her a quizzical look. Not a minute later, Belarus rounded the corner, stopping at the sight before her. Ukraine let out a small squeak before using Russia's scarf to cover her head. He gave a wary smile.
"I'm sure Belarus is just playing, Ukraine. Right, Bela?" She had her arms crossed over her chest, looking to the side.
"Yeah, of course."
"See? It's alright, Rai, you can come out now!" Russia had long since gotten used to his sisters' antics, and knew how to deal with them. Ukraine slowly lifted her head and peeked around his arm.
"Are you sure?"
"Da, look. It's fine to come out now." Nodding, she walked over to face her sister.
"I don't know what I did to make you chase me Bela, but I'm sorry-"
"It's nothing." Belarus interrupted. And it was; Ukraine hadn't done anything to provoke her sister's earlier actions, Belarus was just mean. That, and she didn't know how to deal with her feelings. She secretly had a soft spot for her older sister, but, of course, she would never tell her that.
Later that day, Belarus was trying to enjoy a quiet evening at home, but couldn't. She couldn't stop thinking about the occurrence with her siblings earlier and what her sister had done. Or, rather, what she had said. She had apologized, when she had done nothing wrong. It's not like it wasn't a normal thing, but it was bothering Belarus more than ever tonight. She didn't want to admit it, but she couldn't stand the thought of her sister thinking she had done something wrong when she hadn't. 'She's probably crying about it right now... I had better go apologize.' Telling herself this, Belarus got ready to go outside and set off to see Ukraine.
Stepping up to the small house, she quickly knocked on the door. It wasn't long before she heard her coming. Cringing at the loud timpani noises, she looked up as Ukraine opened the door.
"Oh? What are you doing here, little sister?" She asked before something like realization crossed her face. "Oh, is it because of earlier? Oh, Bela, I'm sorry! Please don't scare me again, I-"
"It's fine!" Belarus shouted, shaking her head. Ukraine abruptly stopped her rambling, staring at her sister in surprise. "I mean, you didn't do anything wrong, so stop apologizing." She let out a sigh before quietly continuing, "I... I actually came to apologize. For earlier. I'm sorry." Furrowing her brows and looking to the side, Belarus refused to meet her sister's eyes until she heard sniffling, and turned to see Ukraine tearing up. She had her hands clutched to her chest, something she'd do when she was worked up, and a habit she'd had since she was small that only seemed to worsen over the years.
"Big sis? Hey, don't cry! I-Ah!" Belarus let out a muffled yelp when Ukraine pulled her face into her chest, smothering her.
"I'm sorry, that was just so sweet of you to say! You never say nice things like that, little sis!"
"Yeah, yeah, I can't breathe!" She gasped out.
"Oh, sorry!" Ukraine immediately released her younger sister, who stepped back and tried to get air into her lungs. When she looked over at Ukraine again, she was still teary eyed and smiling fondly.
"Okay, we don't need to bring this up again. Alright?" Ukraine almost asked why, but thought better of it.
"Alright! You got it, Bela!" She raised her arms up quickly, making her breasts bounce slightly. Belarus rolled her eyes, but couldn't help the small smile that played at her lips.
It was always best when they got over their differences.