First of all, thanks to all the people who followed or added my story to their favorites. And of course thanks for the awesome review I got . It seriously made my day. We are on vacation for two weeks but I still have theatre class on the weekends. I'll try to update nevertheless.

Sweden watched Finland getting ready for his meeting with Estonia.

"What're you g'nna do?" he asked and Finland turned to him with a smile. He tried his best to hide his accent, but never managed to talk completely normal.

"Oh, we don't know yet. Nothing special. We just wanted to spend some time together again once in a while."

The silent nation nodded. Then he stared at Finland for a while. It took him a few minutes to notice it, then he met his gaze uncomfortably. "Do you need something, Su-san?"

Sweden remained silent. It happened all the time and he couldn't do anything against it. In his mind, he had the words ready, just his mouth wouldn't cooperate. 'I want to spend more time with you, too.' Why was it so difficult to say his thoughts out loud? It was especially bad when he was around Finland. It wasn't the first time that Sweden cursed his own shyness.

A few seconds they just looked at each other without saying anything, then he started to pack his stuff again. "Anyway, I should get going." Already in the door frame, he looked back again. "See you later." Then he was gone. Sweden didn't reply.

Maybe it was bad getting his hopes up. Maybe it had been hopeless from the start. He never dared to say what he thought, let alone what he felt. Running away from Denmark with him had been fun. He knew that Finland thought he was creepy, but he still wanted to get closer to him.

Sometimes Sweden wondered if he even belonged to the Nordics. Geographically, it was clear as day that they belonged together, but what about their personalities? Was it really possible for them to live together as a family? He wasn't able to speak properly any longer because of Denmark and he had been hit by one of Norway's arrows that he now had to wear glasses. He couldn't make conversation and had a creepy atmosphere around him. He had tried to kill Denmark more than just once.

"What do they even think?!" Sweden looked up as Iceland and a brunette boy came downstairs. Norway's little brother looked completely furious but the Asian boy that was with him didn't seem to mind. He had a few similarities to China, so maybe it was Hong Kong, but Sweden wasn't sure.

Iceland stopped when he crossed way with Sweden. Again, they just looked at each other for a while until Sweden asked: "What's wrong?"

Iceland looked away. "Just the usual thing. Dan and Nore are being complete assholes and embarrassing."

It was obvious that it had something to do with the Asian boy that was with him.

"Relax, it wasn't that horrible," said the brunette after a while to Iceland and he shook his head. "It was. Sorry, Hong Kong" So it really was China's brother. What he was doing in the house of the Nordics was a mystery to Sweden, though.

Iceland looked at Sweden again and added. "And what about you? You look down, too."

Sweden thought about he should tell him about his doubts. It already helped just spending time with the others to forget about the whole thing, but Iceland was still too young. He didn't want to drag him into this and doubted that he would understand anyways.

"It's nothing."

Still, Iceland didn't avert his gaze. "Are you sure?"

Sweden nodded. "I'm okay. Trust me."

It was better this way.

"Finland? Is something wrong?" Estonia's voice brought Finland back to reality, back to the streets of Tallinn. The Baltic nation had offered him to show him some of the sights in his capital and the Nordic had been happy to leave his own country for once.

"Ah? Oh, I'm sorry, Estonia. I was just lost in thought."

"Yeah, I've noticed" Estonia adjusted his glasses and gazed at him questionably. "Are you coming?"

Finally Finland got out of his trance and started hurrying after him. "I'm sorry…there was just a lot happening at my house this morning."

"You sure have it rough. I couldn't imagine living together with Norway or Sweden," Estonia admitted with a slight shiver.

Finland looked gave him a questioning look. "Really? Su-san and Nor are alright, I guess Denmark and Ice are the bigger problem."

"Don't you think that Norway is pretty mysterious? I actually think that he's a bit creepy. And Sweden…I worked under him for some time."

"How was it?" Finland asked.

The Baltic nation shivered again. "I had a feeling that he looked down on me and sometimes even that he wanted to kill me."

The Nordic smiled a bit uncomfortably. "True, Su-san can be…frightening but I doubt he wants to kill you. I spent a lot of time with him already. Remember that one time when we ran away from Denmark. He actually took good care of me."

"That may have been the case with you, but I doubt he treats everyone like this."

Finland stopped walking. "What do you mean?" he asked confusedly.

Estonia, who had also stopped walking through the street, turned around. "You just mentioned the time when you ran away from Denmark with him, didn't you? We met at that time and Sweden introduced you to me as 'his wife'. I don't think he does that with everyone he meets."

Finland could feel a slight blush lightening his face. "That was just…that was a different situation…I guess. I…I don't know."

"This is just how I see it, and I might be wrong, but I think that you are more important to Sweden than you admit."

I'm sorry if this chapter was short, but I have sort of a writer's block. Thanks to my sister who always gives me ideas by the way ^-^

About the thing with Hong Kong: I didn't know how he was related to China, but he should be since he's actually part of China. Sorry if that's wrong.

The whole story is supposed to take place before Sweden and Finland adopt (?) Sealand so he probably won't appear until the very end. As always, I'm sorry if there were mistakes in here and I'd be really happy if you would leave a review and tell me what to improve or what was already good.