Frozen Sunflowers
Ch. 10
Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia.
Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero. ~Marc Brown
For once in a long time the World Meeting was rather quite, and it was all because a certain Russian nation and his British caretaker. Everyone was used to having Russia be a big intimidating adult, but right now he was just your typical four year old kid. He was sitting in his seat with his coloring book open in front of him and a pack of crayons lying next to it as he colored the various cartoon like animals without a care in the world. Everyone once in awhile the boy would hum a little as he colored, but it was usually only for a short time. About midway throe the meeting Russia had wanted England to color pictures with him.
The other nations where expecting England to say no to the small child continue to pay attention to the meeting but England surprised everyone when he said yes to the boy's request. It was kind of comical to see the proud British nation sit there and color pictures with the small child and it was also very surreal. A couple of the nations actually whished that they had a camera so that they could take a picture of the scene, half of the nations wanting a picture of it because it was a cute scene and the other half wanting a picture because it would make great blackmail material. Another thing that made this whole entre meeting so odd was the fact that England was just full of smiles today. As the English nation sat there coloring pictures with the little boy, he just smiled a kind and rather loving smile during the whole meeting. The nations could not help but sit there and stare at the scene.
To make things even stranger was the fact that Russia had somehow been able to talk his sisters into coloring pictures as well. Now it was not all that surprising to see Ukraine join in and color with her little brother and England, but it was a little surprising to see Belarus color along with the three nations. After awhile, the area that the four nations where sitting at ended up being covered in pictures, crayons, and coloring books. Honestly it was getting to the point that the four nations seemed to be participating in an arts and crafts time rather than a meeting. However, the meeting was not really going anywhere considering everyone was way too busy looking at the strange (yet oddly cute) thing that was happening right there in front of them.
So that was basically how the whole meeting went, the nations would talk about whatever was going on in their nation when it became the time for them to start talking only to be ignored by a majority of the other nations because they where to busy looking at the four nations that where coloring. It went like this for awhile, but that all ended up changing when they got to the end of the meeting. When there had only been an hour left of the meeting a loud crack of thunder could be heard from outside. The noise was so loud that it ended up startling Russia which caused the boy to jump in his seat and spill crayons everywhere. Right after the loud crack of thunder was heard there was bright flash of lightning seen from outside the windows, said lightning being so bright that it was actually able to brighten the whole entire meeting room.
The flash of lightning was soon accompanied by the harsh pouring of rain and that was soon followed up by the sound of hail falling. From outside the window the nations could see the rain coming down like a waterfall and they could also see that the hail was not small but rather large in size, they looked like they could be about the size of a golf ball. It was pretty obvious that it was way too dangerous to go outside thanks to the storm, but the nations started to wonder just when would the storm stop? Well they ended up finding out the answer to that question rather quickly because after three minutes of having the storm start there was a rather loud knock on the door. America stood up from his seat and walked over to the door to answer it only to end up talking to the man who was waiting behind the door for a few minutes before he finally closed the door and made his way back over to the table where everyone was sitting.
"Well, I have good news and bad news" America said as he looked at all of the nations.
"Like, what's the bad news?" Poland asked as he leaned back against his chair.
"The bad news is the storm is really bad and it looks like we are all stuck here for the night."
All of the nations started to groan; obviously they did not want to be stuck there overnight. "Well, what's the good news America-san?" Japan asked.
"They have cots here at the meeting house so we don't have to sleep on the floor!" America said rather cheerfully.
All of the nations sighed slightly before they shook their heads, while they were grateful that they didn't have to sleep on the floor but that still did not make the situation any better….
It was late into the night, but all of the nations where still wide awake. The cots had all been set out and all of the nations where trying to find something to keep them amused. The storm had only gotten worse as time passed and it looked like it was not going to calm down anytime soon. Figuring that now was as good of time as any, France decided to go over and annoy England.
France walked over to England (who was sitting on his own cot) and opened his mouth to say something only to have Russia interrupt him and by asking "Big brother, who is that?"
England just looked at the little boy who was sitting beside him and smiled before he said "Who, the frog? That man is France, but his other name is Francis."
Russia's eyes than grow other wide as if he had just figured something out before he pointed an accusing finger at France before yelling at the top of his lungs "You're the wizard who kidnapped the Summer Fairy!"
The whole room was silent for awhile before England started to laugh. Everyone in the room just stared at France, England, and Russia with a rather confused look on their faces. Honestly they did not which was weirder, the fact that Russia had just called France a wizard or the fact that England was laughing like he had just heard the greatest joke in the world. In all honesty, England really did not mean to laugh, but the look on France's face had been priceless.
After laughing for a couple of minutes longer, England was finally able to calm down and say "That's not the wizard; the frog just has the same name as the wizard."
A quite "ohhhh" was the only answer that Russia gave before he started to dig around in his book bag for some toys to play with.
"Angleterre, what is he talking about and why did he call me a wizard?" France asked.
England just smirked and said "Oh, you just have the same name as the wizard in a fairy tale that I told Russia once."
France raised an eyebrow slightly before he just shook his head slightly; maybe he shouldn't have even bothered asking. France would have kept talking to England, but Russia ended up begging England to play with him. It was obvious that England was going to be busy dealing with Russia to really be able to talk to him. France just shrugged his shoulders before he walked away; it looked like France was not going to be able to annoy England right now. Ah well, that was all right, besides a certain Canadian that was standing in a corner looked like he could use his company. Once France was gone England was sure that he would be left alone for the rest of the night, but the arrival of a certain hero obsessed American ended up proving him wrong.
"Hey Iggy, why did you decided to take care of Russia?" America asked as he looked at the little Russian nation.
England just sighed in slight an annoyance before he said "It was my duty as a gentleman to take care of him and it's not like I can just toss the child out onto the streets."
Belarus, who was sitting on her cot that was located right next to Russia's cot, heard what England said, but she just crossed her arms and said "You could have let me take care of him…."
England wisely decided to say nothing to this, he just gave America a rather board look before he asked "Do you want anything else?"
America would have replayed to this, but Russia ended up stopping him when he asked a question. "Who are you?" Russia asked as he looked at the blue eyed nation.
America just smiled before he gave a 'heroic' smile and said in a rather loud tone "I'm America and I'm a hero!"
The second that America said his name was the second that Russia's eyes widened and he quickly clung unto England as if he expected the older nation to disappear. This man was America; this was the guy that made England cry every Fourth of July. Needless to say, Russia did not think that this man with a goofy smile was much of a hero. What kind of hero makes his own brother cry every year because he abounded him? This man was the made England cry and it was for this resign that Russia did not like him.
Russia glared at America and said in a very monotone voice "I don't like you."
This of course caused everyone to immediately stop what they were doing and look over at Russia with wide eyes. They were not expecting to hear the little kid say that, now granted Russia and America had never been really been friends or anything but they were still not expecting the kid to say that. The child had been acting rather cheerful and nice so far, so it was a little surprising to see the kid glare at the American with such distaste. America just looked over at England as if he was expecting the British nation to be able to do something about it, but England just gave a shrug of the shoulders. Russia was a rather friendly child, so England really did not know why Russia would seem so cold to America and no one else. England sighed slightly before he shook his head, he really did not need to deal with this right now.
"America, can you just go ahead and go? I do not need to deal with a fight this late at night…" England asked.
America opened his mouth slightly as if to complain, but he shut his mouth just as fast and turned around to walk over to where Japan was standing. As America walked away, Russia continued to glare at the American man. England sighed yet again as he reached and ruffled Russia's hair slightly. He didn't know why Russia did not like America, but he was just way too tired to think about it now. Honestly, England figured it was something that he was better off not knowing…
Well, it was time for everyone to go ahead and turn in for the night, but there was one thing that was stopping them from doing that and that one thing was Russia. Right now Russia was clinging unto England as if he was a lifeline and he was not letting go of the British nation any time soon. Now, some people may think it's because the little nation just did not want to go to sleep, but they would be wrong. No the little nation did not want to sleep because he was afraid to. The storm outside had gotten even worse and now it was raining cats and dogs outside. The hail was falling at lightning speed and the thunder was at its loudest tonight.
The lightning flashed very brightly outside and the wind was howling rather loudly. Needless to say, it was scaring the poor child and he was just afraid to go to sleep. England and Ukraine tried to put their heads together and figure out just how they could help get the small child to sleep, but they could not come up with anything. After thinking for about ten minutes, Ukraine finally came up with an idea.
"What if we sang a lullaby to him?" Ukraine asked.
"A lullaby?" England asked back.
Ukraine just smiled and nodded before she said "Well, when we where children Russia always liked it when I would sing a lullaby to him and Belarus so it would probably work now."
England thought about it for a few minutes before he nodded in agreement. England could remember singing a lullaby to the nations that he had taken care of in the past whenever they were scared and it had always helped calm them down, so it only made since that singing a lullaby to Russia would also be rather effective. England's only problem was that all of the nations where in the room and if he would sing a lullaby everyone would hear him and that would be a little embarrassing, but looking at the little Russian child and seeing how scared he was made England figure that anything was worth it just as long as his little brother was not scared anymore.
"Alright, I think I know a song that could work as a lullaby…." England said softly.
England stood up from his seat on his cot before he slowly started to rock the little nation back in fourth in his arms. England started to hum a little bit before he finally opened his mouth and started to sing his little lullaby.
I found another point of view
just a dead end avenue
im growing close back to you
just want i dont wanna do
just what i dont wanna do
is to fall infront of you
and you can break and you can mend
for all the wrongs that you defend
you learn the hard way in the end
All of the nations looked over at England and watched as he sung his little lullaby to the boy in his arms. His voice was soft and gentle, but loud enough to be heard throe the whole meeting room and the nations could not help but think that it sounded very beautiful.
so stay in my memory
you can hide out there
don't take all my thoughts today
so I can start to begin again
so stay in my memory
you can hide out there
don't take all my thoughts today
so I cant start to begin again
so I don't wanna be left with all this
I plan to be there right by your side
oh it seems like this could be
just a dream with you and me
Russia looked up into his big brother's green eyes in slight surprise. He did not know that his brother had such a nice singing voice, but he had to admit it was a rather nice surprise. England's singing seemed to surpass all of the noise that the storm outside was causing and it until the only thing that Russia could hear was England's singing.
don't wanna be left with all this
I plan to be there
I plan to be there right by your side
so stay in my memory
you can hide out there
don't take all my thoughts today
so I can start to begin again
so stay in my memory
you can hide out there
don't take all my thoughts today
so I cant start to begin again
Russia slowly closed his eyes and started to fall asleep and a couple of the nations in the room even started to fall asleep as well. The lullaby itself was gentle and sweet and having England sing it in such a soft tone just seemed to make it all the better.
and you and I we had the stars
and you and I we had the stars
that you left over and over again
and you and I we had the stars
and you and I we had the stars
I don't wanna be left with all this
I plan to be there right by your side
so stay in my memory
you can hide out there
don't take all my thoughts today
so I can start to begin again
so stay in my memory
you can hide out there
don't take all my thoughts today
so I cant start to begin again
England finally finished signing his song only to smile at the now sleeping Russia in his arms. England gently placed the small boy on his cot before he covered him up with his blanket. Once England had successfully tucked Russia into bed he turned around to make his way over to his own cot only to see that all of the nations (who were still awake anyway) where all staring at him with rather wide eyes.
"What are you all looking at?" England asked in a rather annoyed tone.
"I never knew you could sing like that…" Spain replied simply.
"Yes, it was even able to help Italy fall asleep." Germany said as he looked at the said sleeping Italian who was leaning up against him as he slept.
"Yeah, it was very good singing. Isn't that right everyone?" Hungary said as she smiled.
A couple of the other nations gave a mummer of agreement as they continued to look at England.
England just coughed slightly before he looked over to the side and said "Yes well, thank you I think. Now if you'll all excuse me I think I will be going to bed, good night everyone."
And with that said England quickly got unto his cot and pulled his blanket over his head. Now that was rather embarrassing, but England had to admit that being able to get Russia to sleep kind of made the whole entire thing worth it….
Ok, so that's chapter 10. The song that England sung is called 'Stay In My Memory' and it is by Bim. It's a very nice song and I think it could make a very nice lullaby. The reason why I had England sing a lullaby was because I remembered the part in the anime when England sung a little bit to a little America (it's in the episode when America chooses England to be his brother). It was a very cute scene and I thought it would be rather cute if England would sing a lullaby to Russia. Anyway, I should have the next chapter out soon so please review and don't flame.