here ya are, dont worry im not abandoning this or any of my other stories. there will be other pairings that appear briefly at times aside form the new one introduced towards the end so yep.

~enjoy~

Ivan awoke and smiled. The small Canadian had, at some point during the night, curled up the larger man seeking warmth. His matvey was using his arm as a pillow and pressed his lean body against the other. Ivan placed a hand his hand on the others head a gently stoked it, attempting to keep the one stray curl down.

It didn't work, and then Ivan noticed that his matvey was blushing! Ivan wanted to stay longer and learn more about this curl that defied gravity, but he needed to use the washroom to shower.

Quietly sitting up Ivan look stretched out his arms and rolled his head to loosen his stiff neck. Then he got up and with one last look to his new toy, who was still asleep, Ivan went into the bathroom and pulled off his underwear and turned the shower on. He waited a minute for the cool water to heat up before stepping in.

~~~pov change~~~

Matthew awoke to the sound of water running. He smiled before sitting up and trying to stretch out his arms. That's when he remembered where he was. Matthew looked at the rope that held him captive. What did Russia want with him? Matthew wondered, the cold war was over, Russia and America where on okay terms; yeah they still disappeared on things but…nothing to permit holding Canada captive.

Matthew pushed himself up onto his knees and looked back at his ankles, they were tied as well. "Damn it!" Matthew mumbled as he brought his wrist close to his mouth. Using his teeth Matthew bit onto the rope and pulled, he only succeeded in making the rope tighter. He let go and twisted his wrists trying to loosen up the binds.

He was so concentred on escaping that he ignored the rough rubbing on his skin. He ignored the smearing of red on his wrists; he ignored the pain and continued to twist.

He didn't hear when the shower turned off, or when the bathroom door opened a minute later. He didn't hear the first 'matvey?' but he heard the second one loud and clear.

"Matvey!" Russia yelled when he saw that Matthew had rubbed his skin raw and was bleeding.

"e-eh!" Matthew squeaked and tried to push himself back, but ended up falling off the bed and hitting his head and back. "Fuck!" he exclaimed feeling pain. He used both hand to gently rub his head as he tried to get back up to see, before coughing again.

"Little matvey needs to be careful da" Russia said, "You are still sick and need care."

Matthew attempted to scowl at the other who kneeled down and reach out. He watched the hand coming closer and panicked, he snapped at the other hands.

Russia pulled his hand back quickly barely missing the others teeth, "Matvey that vas not nice." He scolded before grabbing onto the other and setting him back on the bed. "i am helping you da, so you need to play nicely."

Matthew scowled, "play nicely?"

Ivan nodded, before moving away to grab the medicine, he need to give it to Matthew two to three times a day.

"Batard (french/bastard), you're the one who's tied me up and you expect me to play nicely?" Matthew growled quietly, his voice just audible.

Ivan sighed, "You were not sleeping well, so I tied you up so you couldn't hurt yourself da." he then put the bottle down and tiled his head to the side and brushing some hair back.

Matthew gasped, there were nail marks just behind Russia's ear, and they looked painful.

"d-did I do t-that?"

"da" Ivan answered with a sombre expression and grabbed his cell phone, it was a slightly older iPhone, but seemed to be in good condition.

Matthew watched as Ivan quickly unlocked the device and selected an app on it, Ivan then turned the iPhone to Matthew; it was the camera app. Matthew looked at the screen and couldn't believe what he was seeing. Matthew had his own markings, but they were small puncture wounds. He looked at his hands hoping that it wasn't true. But sadly, it was true.

There was dried blood underneath his nails.

"You were lashing out in fear, your were choking badly." Ivan said putting the iPhone away and picking the medicine bottle up again. "Open up da!" he ordered once he had put some of the gooey liquid into the fresh spoon.

Matthew didn't feel like disobeying, so he quickly consumed the offered medicine. "So, you're not going to untie me?"

"I will when you can play nice." Ivan said truthfully, "I don't want you to hurt yourself, your to pretty to be in pain."

"eh?" Matthew froze and blushed. People didn't call him pretty; people don't notice him at all.

"da! Is vhat I said," Ivan smiled before going to the desk beside the tv, "I have notes from today, not much got done but, I will go make a second copy of these for you."

"th-thank you Russia." Matthew said, knowing that couldn't just gotten a copy from England, "did any one notice that I wasn't there?"

"nyet (no), I'm sorry little matvey, do you need anything before I go?" Ivan asked.

It was then Matthew's stomach growled begging for food, he hadn't eaten much and lost what little food he managed to eat the other day. "i-im fine." Matthew blushed looking away.

"fufufu, I will make light food when I come back." Ivan said smiling as he unlocked the door, "be good da?"

"S-sure…"

The door closed leaving Matthew alone once again. Matthew looked back at the unmade bed and sneezed, "damn it!" he cried falling backwards and curling up. He couldn't understand why Russia was being nice. He must have a motive to not only see Matthew but to help him. Regardless of him trying Matthew up, he saw what he did not only to Russia but to himself.

'What am I going to do?' he thought to himself

(pov change)

Ivan walked down the hallway holding onto his notes, he had written them in English which was slightly difficult for him as he usually only wrote in his native Cyrillic. He quickly found the photo copier and made a set of notes for his new toy. With the warm papers in his hand he put them away and closed the folder before hearing something that made his blood freeze.

"big brother?"

Russia looked around frantically to find the source of the sound. He needed to hide!-err no he needed to return to his matvey.

Russia ran in the opposite way of the voice hoping for the best, tears forming in his eyes.

He ran away before Belarus and Liechtenstein could find him to tell him something important.

"Do you think he'll be okay with us?" the sweet green eye, blonde asked. She hoped that they would be able to tell the winter nation and get his approval before asking the neutral country. Switzerland was very protective of her and didn't approve of her dating but…she was in love.

"I believe that he will, he only wants the best for me and Ukraine so…" Belarus started before trailing off and thinking. "No matter, you are with me and that is that."

"Yes, I suppose so." Liechtenstein said looking into her lovers dark blue eyes.

A moment passed and the two leaned closer and quickly kissed before holding hands and returning to their shared room.

i hoped you like it, i need to go finish my other stuff now haha! until we meet again

~meow~