Title: Cute

Pairing: Sweden x Finland

Rating: K+

"Sweden, we need a table."

Sweden looked up from his book on furniture. "We do?"

"Yes." Finland's eyes burned with the bright passion of motherhood. "We're adopting a child, and if we are then we need a kid table!"

"Okay," said Sweden, lumbering up from his seat. "I wn't cme bck insde until I've mde a tble."

"Oh, it's not that serious, Sweden!" Finland cried, running after him as he moved to the door. "It's the middle of winter! You can't stay outside for long in the snow or you'll catch cold!"

"S'okay," Sweden muttered. "I cn do it."

"Well then... Well then, I'll help!" Finland said. He puffed out his chest and put a determined, tough-guy expression on his face. Sweden just stared at him as if he had never seen something like him before. Finland deflated.

"What, a-am I too weak...?" he asked sadly. "I used to be a big, strong nation, you know! Full of Vikings!"

Sweden smiled slightly. "No, dn't wrry, wifey. I ws jst srprisd is all."

"Oh..." Finland's smile, in Sweden's opinion, lit up the entire room. "So I can help?

Sweden simply nodded.

Finland ran inside to get his and Sweden's winter coats, then joined Sweden out in the shed.

"So, what do we do first?" he asked excitedly. His coat was slightly too big for him, and so the sleeves slipped down over his hands. Sweden leaned forward and pulled the hood up over his wife's head. The hood completely covered Finland's face, causing Sweden to laugh slightly as Finland struggled to get it off with his oversized sleeves.

"Frst," Sweden said, moving further into the shed. "We tk sme wood and we cut it."

Finland nodded, then watched as Sweden took a large slab of wood and began marking lines on it with a pencil. Finland watched him with wide eyes as he slowly drew a square in the wood.

When the square was done, Sweden picked up the slab (Finland gasped in awe at his strength), and then set it on his worktable. He grabbed two pairs of (pink) earmuffs from a nearby table and gave one pair to Finland, who put them on uncertainly, unsure what Sweden was planning.

Sweden moved across the shed and grabbed an electric saw-type thing from a shelf. He aligned it with the pencil markings on the wood, then turned it on and began sawing. Finland pressed his earmuffs even tighter against his ears at the sound. It was so loud!

Pretty soon Sweden had cut out a perfect little square. Finland knew that it would be more than big enough for them and their new child, not to mention Norway, Denmark, and Iceland.

"What do we do next?" Finland asked, once the saw had been put back on its shelf and the slab of wood had been replaced against one of the walls.

"Nw we'll snd it," Sweden murmured.

And so they got to work. Sweden gave Finland some gloves and a piece of sandpaper, and they sand the top of the wood under it was smooth. They also sanded the bottom a little, just so that there weren't any splinters left.

Once that was done, Sweden set it aside, and Finland watched as he cut four legs for the top part to sit upon. He watched (and sort of helped) as Sweden drilled holes into the table and then drilled the legs to the table.

Then Sweden grabbed some finish and two brushes, and Sweden and Finland got to work painting the finish on and letting it sit, then painting it on again and letting it sit, over and over until Sweden decided it was done.

"Now we let it dry," said Sweden as they gazed upon the basically finished table. Finland clapped his hands together happily.

"It's so wonderful! I can't wait to eat dinner with our child at this table!"

Sweden turned and gazed down at Finland, who met his eyes. Sweden gave the smaller man a gentle smile, which Finland easily returned, before lifting up on his tippy-toes and kissing Sweden gently on the nose.

"You're cute," said Finland sweetly.

With that, he turned and walked back inside the house. "I'm making dinner!" he called behind him to Sweden, who was still standing stock-still in front of the shed, trying to process.

Had... had Finland just called him cute?

A/N Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh, so cute~!

This was requested by ReniahTehFirebender