Grudge
Of all the things that could have annoyed Sweden about Estonia, there was only one thing that actually did.
Certainly, Sweden did not hate the younger nation. No, no, that was much too strong a word. He simply didn't like him. His dislike of Estonia wasn't quite the same type of annoyance he felt towards Denmark, that feeling of just wanting to flick a pest of your shoulder. No, it was more of resentment.
Now why would Sweden have a grudge against Estonia? It was quite simple, really.
It always seemed to him, that regardless of how hard he tried to befriend Finland, that Finland liked Estonia better.
Whenever something of importance happened, ranging from the outcome of a battle to the outcome of a romantic evening, Finland would always tell Estonia before him. Heck, it sometimes like Finland would tell every other nation in Europe, every other nation in the world before he would find out about anything. Alright, so Sweden didn't really spend as much time as he should have "discussing world issues" (as Norway called it) or "gossiping" (as Denmark called it), but still, Finland should really tell him these things, right? They had lived together for hundreds of years!
And Finland and Estonia would always celebrate their weird holidays together, and never invite him to any of their celebrations. That would leave Sweden alone, unless he chose to visit one of the other nations. But at this point, he really had no interest in having starring contests with the unblinking Norway, "looking for mermaids" with Denmark, or cliff-diving with Iceland.
But perhaps, Sweden had gotten too used to things being like that.
On one day with rather uneventful weather, Finland looked unusually irritated.
"What's wrong?" Sweden asked.
"I can't believe it!" Finland replied, "Estonia and I were supposed to celebrate 'Geek Pride Day'! But he decided to go and celebrate it with his girlfriend instead! Yep, apparently, he has a girlfriend-"
"That's too bad," mumbled Sweden, not really knowing what 'Geek Pride Day' actually was.
"Yeah…"
Sweden smiled. Well, he almost smiled. Someone who knew him very well could tell that he was trying to smile, by the happy look in his eyes, but to anyone else, he just looked like his usual, grumpy self.
"Ummm… I can celebrate it with you if you want…"
Thankfully, Finland knew him well.
"Wow, really? That's so nice of you! I didn't really think you considered yourself a geek, but—"
And so, after that day, Sweden no longer held anything against Estonia.
(A/N: "Geek Pride Day" is a real "holiday". It's on May 25th, and is celebrated worldwide. Also, Sweden's resentment of Estonia isn't based of anything historical. I just think it makes sense given how I view Sweden and Finland's relationship. Also, sorry if Finland was out of character. I dunno, he just seems like he was in this chapter to me.)
