Why so serious?
The other three Nations came tearing down the corridor causing Finland to leap out of their way. She recognized them of course; the blonde, the albino and the brunette, who hadn't? In just a few short weeks they had gained quite a reputation for causing trouble.
As they dashed passed Finland she could hear peals of laughter coming from them. This could only mean one thing, someone had become a victim of yet another of the trio's pranks. Finland felt sorry for whoever the prank had hit, they were known for being highly embarrassing for all their victims, but at the same time she was glad to avoid it.
Turning a corner she soon discovered who the unfortunate Nation was. Coming towards her was one of the tallest girls she had seen yet stalking down the corridor in search of the trio. Finland could tell she was the victim of them prank by the pink paint that was running down her face ans dripping off her hair. Knowing that the trio will have long since disappeared down another corridor Finland decided to try and stop the other before she only became disappointed.
As the girl approached Finland made a snap decision; stepping in front of the other girl she smiled brightly,
"Moi moi, you look like you could use a shower, my room's just there if you want to use it." She said continuing to smile brightly. The other Nation stopped and looked at Finland with what seemed like a glare and raised her hand; Finland flinched and looked away waiting for the hit to come. But it didn't, instead she felt the hand gently on her shoulder. Looking back Finland saw the person was still glaring but she didn't feel any anger from it; it was more like that was how the person looked normally. But, she would be lying if she said she wasn't still a bit scared.
"That would be a good idea." The Nation responded with such a thick accent Finland almost couldn't understand it. Recovering quickly she never let her smile drop.
"Okay..." She said brightly taking the other Nation by the hand, "This way." Ignoring the other's momentary tense as Finland took her hand she led them into her hotel room, only letting go once they were inside.
"The shower's just through there." Finland pointed to a door leading out of the bedroom, "There should be a towel on the rack." Nodding the other Nation silently left for the bathroom. As the door clicked shut Finland let out a breath she didn't even realize she had been holding.
"They're scary." She muttered, "Why did I do this? I don't even know them." She paused listening to the shower, "But she hasn't done anything mean she just looks scary and she can't help that." Sighing she lay on the bed an arm draped over her eyes, "I suppose it can't hurt to give them a chance, after all she can't be worse than him." She lay like this for a while wondering if she had made the right decision; listening as the shower shut off and the door opened.
Eventually after a few moments of silence she moved her arm to find the other Nation looking over her a little too close to her face for comfort. Needless to say she let out a surprised squeal before covering her mouth and blushing.
"You okay?" They asked.
"Fine," Finland replied after a few calming breaths her bright smile returning, "You startled me that's all." The other Nation moved away, somehow looking guilty despite the glare.
"I scare you." She muttered looking deflated.
"Oh no, don't say that." Finland rushed over to the other taking her hands, the desire to comfort overriding her fear.
"I scare everyone." The other muttered trying not to meet Finland's eye.
"Trust me..." Finland gently tilted the other's face so their eyes met, "There are people who scare me more than you." She smiled softly causing the other to blush slightly, "I'm Soumen Tasavalta by the way."
"Konungariket Sverige." The other replied. Finland's smile brightened a bit,
"Nice to meet you Sweden..." She stepped back and took one hand for her to shake, "I'm sure we can be good friends." Sweden carefully shook the other's hand. Friends. Something they both desperately needed.
Translations:
Moi moi: Hi hi (Finnish)
Soumen Tasavalta: Republic of Finland (Finnish)
Konungariket Sverige: Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish)
Thank you to Crystal Rabbit for your review I will make a comment on some of your points.
In regards to the introductions most were deliberately vague so that the histories can come out in more detail later.
The reason the governments didn't send therapists etc with the Nations is because most are very good at hiding that something is wrong and so they didn't realize, for those where you could see something is wrong (i.e. Prussia, France, etc) I'm coming up with excuses they used to bring up in later chapters.
And for Prussia's blade, I think I mentioned at some point (sorry if I didn't) they are not confined to the hotel she could easily buy something sharp from somewhere, as well as this they also have full access to a professional kitchen, there are ways for her to get something sharp without people knowing. Your other points I hope I will cover during the course of the story, sorry that these things weren't clear intially.
Thank you for reading.