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When people thought of the unlikely duo that was Norway and Finland, the first question that came to mind was how it was possible. How could sweet and innocent Finland be with cold and uncaring Norway? What did he see in him? When had that even begun?
No one could answer those questions except the two in mind and neither of them cared about the opinions of anyone but family. Neither of them bothered to even think about correcting them. Because they'd see soon enough, they'd realize in the end. Or they wouldn't, the two still didn't care. What mattered to them was each other and their happiness. What mattered to them was nothing more.
What did Norway care that they thought him cold and uncaring when Finland knew he could be so much more? Nothing. Not a tiny bit. So long as Finland knew how kind and loving he could be, so long as his lover knew how warm the Norwegian could be, he didn't care at all about the rest.
And what did Finland care that they thought him sweet and innocent? That was fine, because Norway knew how strong he was, Norway knew he wasn't a weak little thing. Norway believed in him. And anyone that didn't think he could be scary? Well, he'd just point them in the direction of Russia because he was much too busy to care about them. He had other priorities. Like making sure Norway was happy. Just as Norway made sure he was happy.
It was strange how well the two fit together, how well the two seemed to manage with each other. Even fighting, they never once considered leaving. They fought it out and came to a compromise. Because if they couldn't trust each other, who could they trust?
What mattered was that they had what they needed, each other. Nothing else was necessary. But that didn't mean they didn't ensure that the other had everything they could ever want, though.
It was for that reason, that when Finland caught Norway sneaking in a cute little kitten, he didn't even think to complain but instead started writing up cat food on the grocery list.