Chapter 11

~Year 2010

All of us - the Nordics - decided to have a meeting. Naturally, we decided to have it at my place; at some sort of pub - not the store PUB*. I were among the first to arrive, Fin coming just a few minutes after me. When he first sat down, he sat down almost as far away as he could from me. I asked him to sit a bit closer, and he actually hesitated a bit, before finally sitting right next to me. Either he knows something, or he's just trying to be polite*. He should know that I don't hate him, or dislike him.

'If only he knew that it's actually the reverse. That it's the reverse of hating him.' I know, I know. I realized it quite some time ago.

After some talk and a 'few' drinks, Fin started complaining about the others being slow, or late. Almost as if those words were magical, Mathias showed up. Shortly after him, Lukas arrived. Now, all of us are waiting for Emil.

"Is he late, or somethin'?" Mathias asks, voicing what all of us are thinking. Once again - I swear that those kinds of words really are magical - someone shows up when you talk about them. In his hand, he's holding a paper. A letter of some sort, I notice before he gives it to Mathias.

"Don't say anything, just read this." He says, with a look of... yeah, he looks like he found out about something he didn't really want to know.

"What's this letter? Is it okay to read a letter that's addressed to you?"

"Be quiet, you'll understand when you read it."

Mathias starts reading. As per usual, I don't partake in the conversations.

"It says, 'Results from the Investigation and Excavation. We have confirmed that Norway is your official brother... Oi, you. This means..." I knew it. They are too alike to be anything else.

"It's the results of the investigation of my body I talked about the other day. Well, whatever."

"I knew it, you're brothers, aren't ya...!"

"Ooh, the results have finally come out, huh?" Fin asks, with a big smile on his face. I just love that smile.

"It'd be great if there was stuff like mythical phantom residents who only lived in Iceland..."

"But isn't it great to know it for sure! I really want a relationship where I discover that I share something in common, you know!" What? He wants a relationship!?

"No matter how I see it, you guys look like brothers." And there I lost my chance to comment about Fin's relationship.

"Shut it." and "Don't see it at all." is heard from Emil and Lukas.

"You know, the way you're weirdly scary and the way you have weird friends..." Mathias continued. "And to begin with, we're something like brothers anyway, and I'm the older brother... GUOOH!" Lukas is strangling Mathias. And I'm bored. I can't join in on the conversation, and there's nothing I can enjoy myself with except drinking. Though, I might be able to say a few things.

"But if that'd always been a false accusation... shouldn't the test results make you feel better now?"

"...That may certainly be the case, but you know."

"Onii-chan." Lukas suddenly say, making everyone flinch.

"Ha! What's the matter with you guys?" Mathias asks, seeing the desperate look on Emil's face.

"I promised to call him Onii-chan like we did in the past, 'cause we really are brothers..."

"Onii-chan..." Everyone says.

"What's up with ya? You were actually gonna say Onii-chan like when we were kids?" Mathias almost shouts.

"That'd be great nostalgic, wouldn't it?" Fin say, beaming.

"Stop it. I'd never say that. We're not children anymore." Emil sounds like he's about to scream, whilst blushing like mad.

"That'd be good, mm?" I say, just because. I don't wanna sit here not saying anything at all.

"What? Stop helping them, Svi!" Emil screams at me.

"Yeah, how nice having someone around us who will call us that! I'd like to be called Onii-chan too, even just once." Fin says, sounding very proud. God, that smile of his could melt a glacier.

"Ya gonna call me Nii-chan as well?" Mathias says, placing his hand on Emil's shoulder.

"Can't believe this. This is weird, it's strange. We're mature adults, right? You like being called that?" Emil says.

"Of course! Hurry up and say it, you!" Lukas says, making some weird gesture with his hands.

"Ah, dammit!" And this is where I stop listening, and enter my own little world, thanks to a certain person.

When I'm finally back to reality, Emil is getting ready to leave. He walks to the other side of the store, getting out of sight. Though, after a few seconds he sticks his hand out from the corner, and makes a thumbs down.

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~Year 2010, 4th of June

I'm standing in front of Gallerian*, and I'm here for a reason. Mathias's birthday is tomorrow, and I have absolutely nothing to give him. Though, the fact remains that it'll be my birthday the day after tomorrow. There's only one thing I want, but that'll be impossible to get with money. Or not thing, but man. Yes, that sounded absolutely cheesy, but I could care less. I love him, but I know that he doesn't love me back. Having a one-sided love is the worst, especially if you've had it for a long time.

When I first realized that I love him, I also realized that I've loved him for a longer time than I thought...

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Sorry for not updating yesterday. To say sorry, I bring you this extra long chapter.

Now, what do you think? Should I make this a bit longer, or should I wrap this up in the next few chapters? Please tell me!

PUB = kinda like a mall filled with expensive brands in Stockholm.

Polite thingy = if you sit down next to someone you don't know or you don't like in Sweden, people will feel that you're behaving rudely.

Gallerian = mall with less expensive brands than PUB.

Thanks for reading! ( ^ω^ )