His Obsession
For the majority of Canada's little adventures America helped either by being a distraction or a fun comrade for his schemes. He rather liked his older brother. Even though he was only a year older than him he looked up to him as a hero of sorts. This all changed however, when Matthew was fifteen. It was a Thursday, which used to be Canada's favorite day of the week. France and England had received a letter from the school he and his brother had gone to informing them that America was "obese". They were shocked, stunned even, they said things like, "Well, I knew he was a little chubby but he plays SO MUCH football how could this be!" Canada was repulsed. He knew America was a FAT-ASS! He knew his parents knew America was a FAT-ASS! He ALSO knew that America KNEW he was a FAT-ASS! So why they were pretending as though he had become "obese" overnight was beyond him. Despite America being just as fat as he had been the day before and the day before that, things started to change around Canada's house. Each meal was "balanced" every calorie accounted for. Certain foods disappeared completely while others were never the same again.
Matthew didn't care about the majority of these changes even though America practically had a heart attack when they took away hamburgers .That is until they put their grimy fingers on HIS maple syrup. They replaced his delicious sugary sweet syrup with SUGAR FREE MAPLE SYRUP! It was a far cry from REAL maple syrup! How dare they call this maple syrup! It was an imposter hiding behind an innocent looking label. It was trying to sabotage Canada with its nasty watery texture. Every time he would put it on a pancake it would degrade it to nothing more than soggy mush. Matthew became distraught with desire. He stopped speaking all together. The sugar free syrup changed him in ways no one thought possible. Canada was no longer the loud cheerful person they all knew and loved but a silent and almost invisible presence.
The young teen started doing drastic things to get his fix. He snuck around at night and used every bit of cash he could get his hands on to buy REAL maple syrup. Some teenagers discover porn he discovered maple syrup bottles, beautiful brown bottles with sticky sweet insides and perfectly round entrances. He continued this little habit of his even after America's diet was deemed a failure and REAL maple syrup was introduced back into the house. For a few months it wasn't that big of a deal, he only did it every once in a while. But as the days turned into months his little habit was becoming an obsession. He was doing it almost every day; his mind was always filled with thoughts of maple syrup. That is until England caught him in the act.