1. Chores
Once both North American brothers became part of England's household, he discovered very quickly that Canada was nothing at all like his brother.
It especially became apparent the first time England assigned Canada chores.
England had expected it to be a hassle; for years, when he tried to get America to do chores, it was accompanied by whines of "Do I have to?" and saying that he "just didn't feel like it".
Of course, he finally figured out that all he needed to do was sigh dramatically and say, "Oh well. I was only trying to help you. I heard real heroes do their chores, but if you don't want to do them…"
In about five seconds flat, America was in the kitchen, washing dishes.
Canada, however, was a whole different story.
"Canada?" England called out in the surprisingly quiet house. America was either napping or playing outside, it seemed. "Canada, lad, where are you?"
"Right here, Mr. England."
England stopped abruptly, just barely catching himself from stumbling over the child. How America could be so loud and noisy but Canada so quiet you could forget he was there, England had no idea.
"Ah, there you are," England said, kneeling down so he was closer to the child's eye level. "Listen, I have a favor to ask of you. Do you mind doing the dishes?"
"Ok."
"It really won't take long, and-," England stopped mid-sentence, gaping at the child in front of him. "Wait, wh-what?"
"Ok," the young colony repeated, snuggling that pet polar bear of his. "I'll go do them, Mr. England. It's really no problem."
England stared at him for a few moments, blinking slowly, as if the child had grown another head. "Um… O-Ok. Thank you."
Canada smiled back at his "big brother", then headed down the hallway to the kitchen, humming softly to his polar bear.
England stared after him, eyes wide, still trying to process what had just happened. Finally, he stood up, shook his head in amusement, then went off to track down America.
Oh, yes, the brothers were definitely opposites.