Finland woke a few hours later with a throbbing head ache.
He went to the kitchen to see if there was any medicine he could take to make it go away.
When he got there Sweden sat at the table sipping on a cup of coffee, everyone else seemed to be gone somewhere. The memories of before flooded back causing Finland to tense slightly.
"Fin, 'm sorry," Sweden said sitting his cup down. "Th'way I act'd was unc'lled f'r," he sighed. Finland loosened up a little hearing this. "Its ok," he said not wanting to argue or start anymore conflict. "You know he treats me good," he said trying to bring up a good point in Norway and his relationship. He wasn't sure what to say at that point.
" I'm gl'd," Sweden said seeming to be just as awkward about the conversation as Finland. "Are y' happy?," Sweden asked standing up.
"Well aside from earlier, yeah. I'm very happy," Finland said smiling slightly a small blush forming on his face as he thought of Norway. "Th'n so am I," Sweden said walking forward to hug Finland. "Th'ts all I wanted t' hear," he said.
Finland accepted the hug just happy that the fighting was over.
"Can I get to the medicine cabinet now?," He said not wanting to be rude but feeling the headache get worse. Sweden let go and looked at Finland. "Y' ok?," He asked looking at Finland with concern. "Oh yeah, sve, just a headache. Stress," he said making his way to the cabinet.
Sweden felt bad. He had stressed Finland out to the point of giving him a headache.
About that time the rest came in with groceries. Denmark chatted loudly about how he had carried more bags than Iceland, to which Iceland pointed out that he had squished the bread in the process.
"You ok?," Norway asked noticing Finland putting a hand to his head as the others talked loudly. "Yeah, Norja, just a headache," he said smiling weakly. "Will you two quite down a bit," Norway said trying to help his boyfriend's head.
"Oh sorry Fin," Iceland said hearing his brother and Finland talking. "It's ok Ice, I'm gonna step outside anyway," Finland said walking towards the door. "You need to quit that Fin," Iceland hollered after him. "I'll get right on that," Finland said grabbing the pack off the table.
Finland watched the lights. He took a draw off his cigarette and blew out slowly. He was relieved that his headache was beginning to go away.
"Are you feeling better?," Norway asked placing a hand on Finland's shoulder. He gave it a squeeze. Finland looked back smiling as he saw Norway. "Yeah," Finland said looking back up at the sky. "I'm glad," Norway said placing a kiss on Finland's cheek. Finland blushed and smiled a little. "We should try to be a bit more subtle," Finland said wanting to at least be respectful of Sweden. He had after all apologized for his earlier actions.
Norway nodded looking up at the sky. "I'm thinking about quiting," he said lighting a cigarette. "Nice start," Finland joked. "Wait are you serious?," Finland asked in astonishment.
Norway nodded. "Ìsland had been trying to convince me for years. I feel awful influencing you to start," Norway sighed exhaling. "How about this, after the pack we're sharing, we don't buy another one," Norway said flicking some ash.
Finland thought for a moment. He coughed into his arm making Norway look at him. "Yeah, if your coughing already, we need to just quit," Norway said rubbing Finland's back. Finland Finland caught his breath and nodded. He put out the half of the cigarette he hadn't smoked yet. "Should have never picked them back up," he said with a raspy voice.
That night Finland had another nightmare. He clung to Norway tightly. Norway just held him humming an old folksong. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Finland repeated in his sleep.
"I've got you," Norway said kissing his forehead. This woke Finland up. He started crying into Norway's side. "It's ok, your here. Your next to me in our bed. Safe and sound," Norway rubbed circles on Finland's back. "I watched them die, Norja," he cried. Norway held him close. "We've all been there," Norway said trying to comfort him.
Iceland got up to go to the bathroom. He heard voices coming from Norway and Finland's room. He peeked inside to see his brother comforting Finland. It almost broke his heart. He shook his head and made his way to the bathroom. It wasn't like he could help anyway.
