This story was influenced by "Giving In" by Artificial.

Chapter 26: сердце

Russia slept soundly for one of the first times in his life. There were no nightmares since he was staying at the boy's house but now, he could actually sleep through an entire night without waking up once. When morning came, he woke up refreshed. Russia sat up in his bed and stretched a little bit before getting up completely. He looked toward the clock, 9:06 am, he had slept late for once. Russia made his way downstairs to the kitchen only to find it empty of Canada. Strange, he was always up and down here first. Russia looked around but still had no sign, he did notice a hungry Kumajirou sitting there though.

"Food." The bear complained. Russia signed and went to the fridge to get some seal rolls out for the bear. He tossed it and the bear immediately caught them and ate them.

"Where is you're owner?"

"Who?"

"Canada."

"Oh." Kumajirou continued eating his seal rolls. "Sleeping."

"Still? Doesn't he get up early to feed you?"

"Usually." Kumajirou swallowed one whole. Russia raised an eyebrow and made his way back upstairs. Instead of knocking, Russia simply peeked in.

The entire bed was messed up, Canada was under the covers with one of his feet sticking out and the pillows on his head, along with one of his arms hanging off the side of the bed. Not what Russia expected to see but he saw it. He walked in more. "Matvey. You're over sleeping. Wake up." He said. Canada's foot twitched a bit and he moaned. "Matvey. Wake up. It's late for you."

"It's Sunday." Canada mumbled under the pile of pillows on his head.

"Da. I'm aware."

"I sleep in on Sundays." Canada moved around a bit and moved his foot back under the covers.

"Well sorry to say it but we need to leave within two hours. We have a flight at noon and you haven't finished packing, have you?"

"Non." Canada mumbled. "I can do it in an hour so let me sleep."

"Matvey. Get up."

"No."

"You need to finish packing and take care of things."

"I'll sleep for another hour and I'll get everything done in another hour."

"Matvey. I will not be late because of you."

"You won't now go away." He tossed in his bed and got more comfortable. Russia signed and walked back outside the room. "Hmm. I wonder how cooked polar bear tastes." He called back. Canada was still for a moment until he quickly jumped out of bed and ran after the Russian. "I got you up."

"Salaud!" Canada yelped.

Russia did the favor of getting breakfast together while the Canadian finished packing. He made pancakes, only a few, and made coffee too. Canada dragged himself down the stairs, he barely slept last night and getting up on the day he slept in only made him pissy, and plopped his suitcase on the floor. "I'm packed sir." He said sarcastically.

"Good boy." Russia said.

"I'm not a dog." Canada said and grabbed his coffee along with the bottle of maple syrup and poured it into his coffee, poured a lot in too.

"Easy boy." Russia said.

"I'm not a dog." Canada glared.

"You're very cranky this morning aren't you?"

"Just a tad." Canada said with a tone of sarcasm and sipped some of his coffee. Russia stayed quiet with his comments after that, obviously the boy was in a bad mood, which seemed to be pretty rare. He sipped his own coffee and sat there. "I'm gonna go shower." He yawned.

"Aright." Russia said and Canada left. He looked toward Kumajirou. "What's with him?"

"Tired."

"So he's cranky?"

"Yup." Kumajirou snuck a pancake into his mouth.

"I have a feeling he'll need more coffee."

"Most likely."

After making another batch of coffee, Russia went up to shower too. He made it fast and easy and got out quickly, got dressed, and looked around his room to make sure he had everything packed up. Everything was packed and ready to go, it would be a long plane ride to Moscow but at least he was prepared for it, he stole, "borrowed", one of the Canadian's books he found interesting. He grabbed his suitcase and went back down stairs. Canada was sitting on the steps all dressed and ready to go with another cup of coffee.

"Are you still cranky?" Russia asked. Canada looked towards him.

"Not really. Sorry." Canada said.

"Da. It's fine." Russia said. "Are you just ready to go?"

"Yup." Canada said, he was in a much better mood now. "So just how long is the plane ride anyway?" Russia scratched his head, he was sure the Canadian wouldn't like the time.

"About…ten hours."

"Ten hours? !"

"If there's no delays or anything, nine hours."

"That's still really friggen long!"

"Da. So bring something to entertain you because I will not."

Canada took out his DS. "I got this fully charged."

"You really are a child…" Russia said walking out the door. Canada picked up his bags and followed. "I'll drive. You're not awake yet."

"Fine by me… I'll just tell you where to go."

"Da." The two put their bags in the trunk and Russia got into the car with Canada following into the passages seat, Kumajirou jumped in the back, he climbed over Canada's head in the process. Canada sat there dazing off a few times and ended up telling Russia the wrong directions when they turned one way or another, he quickly realized his mistake and told the Russian though, who glared at the Canadian for making yet another mistake and turning around.

They finally made it to the airport though, Russia knew the boy was off his game today, he closed the door and accidentally locked Kumajirou in the car. Russia got the bags out as Canada unlocked the door and took the bear out of the car, then locked it and made sure he didn't forget anything this time. Once inside, they got their bags checked, Canada had to explain yet again why Kumajirou was a passenger and not a pet, now he had a permit for the bear, and Russia got stopped by security after walking through the metal detector. Canada put his shoes back on and watched as security guards patted down Russia, looks like someone forgot to empty his pockets of murder weapons.

It took a few minutes of searching and Russia explaining certain things but they finally let him through. "What did you do now?" Canada asked.

"Security always stops me, no matter what country I'm in." Russia admitted.

"That's not a good thing."

"Da. I know." Russia said and Kumajirou started pointing his paw at him and laughing a bit. "I could use a polar bear carpet at my house." Kumajirou shut his mouth and cuddled into Canada's sweatshirt, he ended up climbing in and hanging onto the Canadian's back. After that, they checked their tickets one more time and sat down to wait for the plane.

Canada plopped his carry on next to him and plopped on the seat, Kumajirou scrambled out of his sweatshirt and onto his lap after nearly getting squashed, Russia sat next to him. He looked over at the Canadian to see him looking tired, exhausted again. "Stay here I'll be right back." Russia said getting up.

"Okay?" Canada looked up at him. Russia gave a little nod at the boy before walking into one of the stores there. Canada laid his head back and closed his eyes a bit, at least he would be able to sleep on the plane right? He yawned a bit as Kumajirou got conformable on his lap, he tried not to growl at the people staring at him.

"Where scarf guy go?" Kumajirou asked.

"His name is Russia."

"He wants to make me a carpet." Kumajirou pouted. "It's because of him that I'm going extinct!"

"Global warming Kumanaru." Canada fixed his glasses before they slipped off his face. "And kind of that too I guess."

"They have polar bears in Russia right?"

"Yes."

Kumajirou got a happy look. "I need to help repopulate the polar bears!"

"You wish."

"Boo!" Kumajirou pouted. "No bear love?" Canada smiled and looked at his pet.

"You couldn't handle Russian polar bears either."

"You couldn't handle the Russian." Kumajirou said back with a dirty look. Canada blushed a bit.

"What! ? W-What do you mean by that! ?" Canada yelped but stayed quiet. Kumajirou smiled deviously and laid down on the Canadian's lap again. Canada shook his head, got rid of the slight blush on his face, laid his head back again and closed his eyes. "I can't believe you just said that." He could hear Kumajirou snicker. Canada wanted to hit or at least flick the bear, but he could never do that to Kumajirou, plus it was animal cruelty.

All of a sudden, he felt a small paper bag land on his stomach, Kumajirou took up his entire lap. He opened his eyes and peeked up. Russia sat next to him once again with a little snack, some granola bar. Canada grabbed the paper bag and peeked in, candy! Canada quickly sat up, Kumajirou almost slipped off his lap, and smiled at the delicious little snack. "You looked like you needed a little pick-me-up." Russia said.

"Yeah. I did. Thank you." The Canadian's smile grew as he looked through the bag, taffy, gum, sour candies, chocolate, gummy candies, and even his favorite, maple candies.

"Eat it on the plane, not now da?"

"Uh huh." Canada said partly ignoring the Russian. Russia glared and snapped his fingers in front of the boy's face to get his attention. "Ok ok." The calling for their plane got Canada's attention. "Speaking of that." The two nations grabbed their carry-ons, Canada picked up Kumajirou too, the bear would get run over by people if he let the bear walk. They walked on, put their carry-ons in the overhead compartments, and found their seats, lucky for them, the three seats were just for them. Russia never liked close in spaces, so he made Canada and the bear go in so he could sit on the end. Canada got his seat belt on before tightening Kumajirou's, the little bear sat in the middle of them, and Russia put his on.

"Cadaaa," The bear complained.

"What?" Canada yawned.

"What if the plane crashes or someone sets a bomb off?" Kumajirou titled his head. Canada jumped to cover the bear's mouth as the other people of the plane started staring, some even worrying and getting panicked. Russia rubbed his temples, damn bear.

The staring eventually stopped after an hour into the flight, only another eight or nine to go. Russia had done the math in his head about the time differences, the flight should be nine hours long since nothing had gone wrong, it was about PM in Ottawa, so then it was about nine PM is Moscow. He signed when he figured out they would get there at five in the morning. He looked over at the Canadian who was very comfortable in his seat with his head phones on and playing a game on his ipod. Russia took a peek over to see what he was playing, he boy paused it and looked at him, taking his headphones off too. "What?" He said.

"What are you playing?" Russia asked, Canada thought he just wanted to say something, he didn't think the Russian would even care about the game.

"Angry birds." Canada said.

"What's that?"

"Basically, you launch birds into obstacles to make pigs to poof." Canada said, the sentence came out as something a child would say but oh well.

Russia raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

"Yeah. It's pretty fun." Canada unpaused his game and showed the Russian part of it. Russia didn't quite understand it but as long as it was entertaining eh?

Another hour or two passed as Canada became to tired to play the game anymore. He got comfortable and listened to his music instead of any games, some soft rock eh? He felt tired and tried not to fall asleep, General Winter would be waiting for him if he did, but he couldn't help it, he was already falling asleep, maybe Winter wouldn't disturb him here.

Russia got a little bored of listening to his own music and checked over toward the Canadian and his bear. Kumajirou was curled up on his seat, he managed to get out of the seat belt even though Canada would scold him for it. Russia noticed Canada's eyes closed and poked him to get his attention, he wanted a conversation. But Canada didn't respond to him. Russia figured the boy just didn't notice and reached over and shook the boy a bit, still no response. Canada's head fell over a bit and still didn't open their eyes, he fell asleep.

Russia sat back in his seat again and let the boy get much needed sleep. A few minutes later, he ended up getting a blanket from a flight attendant and putting it on the boy, he was shaking a bit. Soon after he laid it on him, Canada snuggled into the blanket and stopped shivering. Russia smiled a bit at the boy, he looked like such a child, and got comfortable in his seat, figured he should get some sleep too since they would have to go to the meeting at 7:30, they wouldn't be used to the eight hour time difference so easily.

Canada awoke to Russia shaking him and finally, Kumajirou biting his hand a bit. He jumped awake and quickly pulled his hand away from the bear. He took his head phones off and glared at the Russia, why you wake me up Russia?

"We're landing in a few minutes." Russia said. Canada yawned and gave a nod, he rubbed his eyes a bit and noticed Kumajirou not in his seat belt. Russia was right, he treated that bear like a child and got very mad when he saw Kumajirou not in that little safety strap, he always saw the bear had a seat belt in the car too if he wasn't on the Canadian's lap. Canada flipped a bit and put the bear's seat belt back on, then gave him a flick to his nose as a punishment, not hard though.

The plane landed a few minutes later, Canada looked out the window to see the lands covered in snow, much more then back at his home. He liked seeing the snow but got a depressing look, more snow meant more General Winter, meaning more torture. They waited a few minutes before the attendants let them off. Russia got the carry-ons down for the both of them and did the favor of carrying Canada's out while he held the bear in his arms. Once they were in the airport, Russia handed Canada his bag and he threw it over his shoulder to carry along with the bear.

After checking their passports, they went through security once again, Russia was stopped once more. Canada waited and watched as the security of his own country patted him down and searched, every time apparently. When they finished, Russia made his way to the Canadian, even walking past him, mumbling Russian under his breath, Canada couldn't help but find it funny, even when Russia was clearly mad about it. They got their luggage and moved on, Canada's ended up getting lost in the plane so they had to wait a little longer then Russia wanted, but they managed to get past it.

Russia had left his car in the parking lot when he first boarded for Vancouver so they didn't have to take a taxi home. Russia explained how they would go back to his place to drop off their things, get dressed nicely for the meeting, and then go. They plopped their things in the car, it was actually a huge car and Canada had to climb into it, and Russia sat in the driver's seat. He searched for his car keys and started it up. "Seat belt Matvey." Russia said. The Canadian mouthed a little "oh" and put his seat belt on, clicking it for Kumajirou on his lap too. Russia unfortunately lived far away from the airport, about a half hour. The ride was a bit awkward, it was silent. Russia put the radio on only to end up confusing the Canadian with all the Russian.

Canada stayed silent and looked out the window as the Russian drove, he was used to sitting in the car with no talking but complete silence, which he usually liked, annoyed him a bit. They finally arrived at Russia's house though, Canada was amazed at the size of it though, guess that was to be expected since it used to house his sisters, the Baltic's, and whoever else was involved with the Soviet Union, he still didn't expect it to be big though, it was twice the size of America's, which was twice the Canada's house, sadly.

They unpacked their luggage and Russia unlocked the front door to let the boy in with him. "Welcome I guess." Russia said trying to sound friendly, he then looked around to make sure Ukraine and Belarus, especially Belarus, had left. Canada looked around more, it was quite old but looked new at the same time. The house seemed to be very clean, most things looked never used, most things not an inch out of place, everything seemed set in stone, it looked neater then England's house, and his place was the cleanest and neatest he ever saw, though he always assumed Austria's house was much neater and cleaner.

"Matvey follow me." Russia said as he started up the stairs. Canada got his attention away from looking at the inside of the house and quickly followed up with him, carrying luggage and Kumajirou climbing up the stairs behind him. Russia led him past a few rooms, what Canada assumed the neat ones used to be his sister's and the one's with brokenish doors used to be the Baltic's, Canada always wondered how badly he treated the Baltic's. He arrived at a room, "The guest room." Russia said. Canada nodded and Russia opened the door before going to his own room. "It's 6:30 now so just get yourself settled and dressed da?""Okay." Canada said and went into the room, Kumajirou followed in behind him. The room reminded Canada of a hotel, the bed was nicely made with brown deigned covers, the room was neat without a single speck of dust. There was a desk, a dresser, and a bathroom connected to the room, everything seemed to match some kind of theme, although he couldn't figure out what. Canada felt a bit of shame though, his guest room was crap compared to this.

After a half hour, the two nations met down stairs. Russia had put his regular jacket and scarf back on while Canada got a dress shirt and light blue tie on, along with a black outer jacket and matching pants. "Look at you all dressed up." Russia commented. "I thought you only wore sweatshirts."

"Na ah." Canada said fixing his tie. "You know, I wear stuff like this every meeting…. Every meeting." Russia turned his head away from the Canadian, he never noticed the Canadian even there never mind what he wore.

He quickly changed the subject. "Do you want some coffee before we go? I'm making some for myself."

"Yes please." Canada said. Russia made his way into the kitchen and Canada followed, not wanting to stand there alone. He felt like his home was complete crap compared to Russia's, he never really cooked but the Russian's kitchen was so updated and huge. Russia waited for the coffee to brew and sat at the table. Canada felt like an idiot sitting there so he joined him. It was awkward again now.

Russia cracked his neck a bit, that damn plane ride was so uncomfortable for him, as well as it was for Canada. Kumajirou hid under the table and tugged on the Canadian's pants. Canada looked down figuring the bear was hungry, and he probably was, but the bear simply asked for Canada to get a splinter in his paw he got when walking around upstairs. Canada lifted the bear onto the chair next to him, the table could sit ten people at least, and carefully got the splinter out of the bear's paw, not needing any tweezers or anything. The bear licked his paw and sat there. Just then, Canada heard something plop onto the table.

He looked toward Russia and paused once he saw what was on the table. He thought he was just imagining it or just seeing things, his mind was just playing tricks on him or something. A heart? A real beating heart laid on the table. Russia looked down at it, oh not again. "W-what I-is that?" Canada stuttered.

"Oh." Russia said like it was no big deal. "My heart." Canada jumped back out of his chair.

"What! ?" He yelped. Russia blinked.

"Calm down. It falls out all the time."

"That's not normal!"

"Da I know but it happens a lot. No big deal."

"That is a big deal! !" Canada screamed.

"Matvey calm down, I can put it back in."

"Then put it back in!"

"Calm down first."

"Put it back in! ! ! ! Now!" Canada freaked out. OOOOOOThank you~!

First off, this is influenced by "Giving In" By Artificial. We did talk it over and the author has given me permission to start it like this.

I do not own the characters used in this nor do I own the anime they come from. I do not own Angry Birds, I have no relation to it. I also don't own the DS idea, I do not have any connection/relation to one.

Except the fact I have one… but I don't think that counts sooo….

Soooo yeahhhh! Sorry I didn't update this since like… Friday or something, my internet was down over the weekend : ( But I had to do mother day things anyway so I really couldn't do it anyway~ By the way, it seems Mattie forgot about eating his candy XD oopsie~

Also, I don't know what kind of car Russia has, I have no idea about cars so I'm sorry about that….

So… Yeah. Meeting is the next chapter, all the counties back in now hooray~ I'm not sure if I can put the chapter up like in another day like I usually though, I got some birthday AMVs to make for my two friends, and I like to add effects and stuff (oh video making I love you so much~) so it could take a few days just to make one…. I gotta finish that by Friday so I shall try to write a bit if I can~

Translations: (Again done by Google translator)

Russian:

Сердце: Heart

Da: Yes

French:

Salaud!: Bastard!

Non: No