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The rest of the flight had been uneventful, Ivan was not saying much of anything as they walked off and caught a cab. The silence, normally wouldn't have bothered Matthew but as they drove in the back of the taxi, with Kuma suckling on Matthew's hand, he wondered if Ivan was angry.

Having seen Ivan be nothing but kind and interested in helping Matthew to all of a sudden feel as if he was a burden bothered Matthew. Should he had said that he'd be fine and return home? Was he going to cause problems for Ivan? Relations with countries were strained right now, but he felt that as Matthew and Ivan, they were getting along fine. Yeah, Matthew was still slightly fearful of Ivan having been on the receiving end of Ivan's anger directed to Alfred (America). And Ivan had a strong swing.

Matthew sighed, he would keep his concerns to himself for awhile and think about them before voicing them to Kuma.

The driver made a turn, Matthew looked out the window to see a very large house coming into view. It was HUGE and it looked very old.

The driver then asked in Russian if they would need any help with the bags, wich Ivan refused, saying that they didn't have much to bring in.

Ivan did make sure to pull out his wallet and fish out the specified amount and handed it to the driver after they were parked.

Matthew looked to Ivan and waited till he was told to grab his things. He quickly wrapped an arm around Kuma and opened the door to step out into the cold wind.

Thankful for his jacket, Matthew unzipped it a bit to help Kuma slip in, both to keep the bear warm and to share heat. Once Kuma was comfortable, Matthew went to the trunk where Ivan was pulling out their bags.

Ivan put Matthew's back on the ground and pulled out the strap and handed it to his companion, who took it with a 'thank you' in poorly spoken Russian. The side of Ivan's lips rose in a half smile, it wasn't too bad, but Matthew's Russian would require much more work before he could attempt a simple conversation. He didn't bother correcting the other, who only really just started learning.

Matthew waited for Ivan to lead him to the house, he figured that it would be locked and that the servants didn't speak English so they wouldn't let him in easily. He watched as Ivan put his laptop back's strap over his shoulder and then grabbed the other back and motioned for Matthew to follow him. Ivan closed the trunk and started walking towards the house, the taxi driver started the car and drove off leaving Matthew with Ivan in the cold snow.

"So... I'm sta-" Matthew was cut off by a cough and sneeze.

"Da, Dinner will be served shortly," Ivan said without showing any emotion. He started up the few steps to the door wich opened showing a petite and pretty girl.

She bowed and welcomed Russia home as she held the door open.

Matthew scurried up behind.

Ivan turned to the maid and explained that Matthew was his guest and to make sure his needs were met and that Matthew didn't speak Russian.

The maid simply turned to Matthew and gave a polite bow as she reached for the bag.

"She will show you to your room, feel free to bathe and rest for awhile. I will send for you for dinner." Ivan said as he put his clothing bag down and kept the laptop bag with his as he walked away.

"o-okay..." Matthew worried. Ivan really was acting mean now... 'Did I do something wrong?'

"Syuda, pozhaluysta (This way, Please)," The maid said motioning with her free hand.

Matthew nodded and she started to walk up a grand staircase. Matthew followed and looked around. Russia's house was large and quite grand. Well kept to, he didn't see any dust or anything, even in the chandelier above him was clean of cobwebs.

"Not home," Kuma grumbled.

Matthew shook his head and held Kuma close, "No, this is someone's else, we're just here for a little while and then we can go home."

"Right. Hungry!"

Matthew smiled and rubbed Kuma's head, "I'll get you something to eat later."

Kuma didn't say anything else so Matthew guessed he was just looking around. Matthew grabbed his bag and brought it to the bed. He didn't know how long they'd be there so he wasn't sure if he should unpack or leave his things in the bag. He decided to take some out and leave the rest in the bag.

"Food."

"I know, but I don't have anything... I didn't plan on getting sick and then going to Russia's place... I'm sorry Kumakaka."

"Home."

"Not yet, we can go home soon, though... I don't think we should stay here too long."

Ivan as just out the door about to talk to Matthew when he heard him say that they shouldn't stay for long. He lowered his hand, so even Matvei wants to get away from him... he'd been trying so hard to make Matthew like him.

He just wanted someone who liked him and stayed with him.

Thinking that someone like Matthew would be a good friend to him, he watched Matthew closely. He was quite surprised to see Matthew at the meeting so sick. But he had been thinking that Matthew would be perfect. Sweet and innocent Canada. They both loved Hockey and struggled with others. If for different reasons.

Was he doomed to be alone and hated by everyone?

If even Matthew hated him, who could possibly care about him. Yeah, he knew that his anger was a problem but he had control over it, he had left meetings without a word before to avoid hurting someone. After seeing Matthew hurt when Ivan took a swing at America, at least, he thought it was America.

Canada didn't look at him like a monster... he apologized and said that America was under a lot of stress the last meeting and made many comments that he shouldn't have. That Russia had a reason to be mad, granted he didn't need to swing so hard.

Ivan knew then that he wanted to try and be friends with Matthew. But who was left for when he failed?

Poor baby :'(

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