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Pairing: England + Canada

Genre: Family


Counting Sheep

Canada jerked forward, his eyes wide open with fear and quickly jumped out of his bed. He opened his bedroom door and sprinted as fast as his little feet can carry him. His feet pitter, pattering the the floor as he ran down the hallway. He ran until he saw the door he was looking for and finally slowed down. Canada sniffled before knocking softly on the door and opening it.

"P-papa?" Canada called timidly out into the dark room. When he didn't hear a respond, he padded into the room and up to the bed. "Papa?" He called again. The sleeping figure on the bed shifted a little and opened its eyes. They weren't the eyes the small colony was looking for. These eyes were jade green. Not the sapphire blue his Papa had.

"What is it Canada? I'm trying to sleep." The green eyed empire grunted as he rubbed his eyes and gave Canada a stern look.

Then Canada remembered that he was no longer with his Papa. Instead, he was now with a new guardian, England. Canada felt fear course throughout his body while England's gaze was on Canada. Well, Canada came all the way here already right?

"U-um, I-I had a bad dream and..." Canada's already soft voice grew softer and you could see him visibly shrink.

England's gazed turned soft as he saw Canada's trembling form. He picked Canada up and sat him on his lap.

"Do you want to sleep with me for tonight then?" England's voice was softer now and held no hint of annoyance. Canada nodded fervently before England set him on the mattress. "Alright. Off to bed now." England turned away from Canada and proceeded to go back to sleep.

"U-umm, Mr. England..." Canada started. He was afraid of England, he will admit. Even with England's guard lowered like that, Canada still feels very intimidated by him.

England sighed. Why children so difficult to handle, he would never know. "What is it now?" He turns to face Canada again on the bed and sees Canada close to tears and very wide awake at that. "Can you not go back to sleep?"

Canada shook his head no.

"Are you scared that you will have the nightmare again?"

Canada nodded.

England sighed inwardly once again. He racked his head to think of anything. Anything at all, that would help the little colony fall asleep. A few moments later, he found a solution that sounds absolutely childish and if anyone else ever found out about it, he will probably never hear the end of it.

"Canada, have you tried counting sheep to fall asleep?" England asked slowly, knowing that if he spoke too fast, the French speaking colony wouldn't understand.

Canada shook his head no. Canada have never thought of counting sheep before and he wondered if it was something England does to help fall asleep.

England thought as much. Knowing the frog, all he did was probably lull the small nation to sleep with alcohol or some other form of unmentionable, dirty activities.

"Here is what we do, Canada. I will count the sheep and you will close your eyes and imagine the sheep jumping over a fence. Do you understand?" England asked. His voice as soft as ever. Probably the softest Canada has ever heard.

"Yes, Mr. England." Canada replied softly in broken English. He closed his eyes as England started to count sheep. Slowly, he started to get lulled to sleep with England softly counting sheep next to him.

"49 sheep, 50 sheep..." England paused as he looked down and saw that Canada had curled up against his side.

England smiled, ran a hand through Canada's soft locks and kissed Canada on the forehead.

"Good night, Canada"


Inspired by Hetalia's Counting Sheep Drama CD.

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And another side note, I've noticed that my reviews have requests for different nations with Canada. At the moment, I'm not exactly taking requests, but I assure you that I will eventually write about the different nations with Canada, so don't worry! ^^;;