It was a beautiful, sunny day outside. The sun shone in through a window, lighting up the room. The lamp, which was off, was the plain and cheap kind. It was on a small table beside the bed. On the opposite side of the room stood a bookshelf, filled with colourful books with interesting titles, occasionally in another language. There wasn't much else in the room besides a small wardrobe and an old rocking chair. Nothing made a sound except for the occasional stirrings of a lump lying on the bed.

A small, weak cough interrupted the silence and echoed through the small bedroom of the quiet, timid blonde known as Lillie. The small girl cleared her throat and gave another quiet cough as her head pounded with the headache she had been trying to ignore for the past half hour. Her cold had completely ruined all the plans she had made for the day. Lillie quietly scolded herself. She should have listened to big brother when he told her it was cold outside. Instead, she had ignored him and caught a cold as a result. A knock on the door brought Lillie away from her thoughts. She peeped her head out from under her bed covers and lifted her green eyes in time to see another pair of green eyes that belonged to another blonde just a little older than herself. Lillie let out a happy gasp and wiggled out of her cocoon of blankets until she was sitting upright.

"Big Bruder?" she asked, wondering why Vash had come to her room. Vash nodded as he entered the small room and pulled the rocking chair over to the side of her bed. He sat down and leaned towards her, placing a careful hand on her warm forehead.

"How are you feeling?" he asked, frowning when he noticed her temperature had gone up slightly. Lillie gave a weak smile.

"Not too good, big Bruder." She said. She covered her mouth with a delicate hand and let out a few small coughs.

"It's better to cough into your arm." He advised, his voice wavering slightly. He didn't like seeing his sister like this. She seemed so... small.

"Do you need anything? Would you like me to get you more medicine?" He offered. Lillie looked up at him and gave a small smile.

"No thank you Bruder, I already had some cough medicine." She said, looking away timidly. Vash nodded and stood up from the rocking chair.

"Well, let me know if there is anything I can do" he said, turning to leave. Lillie felt her heart sink. She didn't want him to leave just yet!

"Wait!" she called loudly, irritating her throat. Vash stopped and turned around.

"A-Actually there is..." she sneezed into a Kleenex before continuing. "Could you read me a story before you go?" she asked shyly, feeling slightly selfish for keeping her brother from doing the things he needed to do. A tiny smile appeared on Vash's face as he nodded.

"Sure, anything particular you would like to hear?" He asked as he walked over to her bookshelf. He looked over all of the titles, trying to find one he recognized. Lillie thought about it for a moment, but only a moment.

"Pick something about true love, big Bruder! True love and adventure." She added. Vash nodded to himself as he stroked his chin thoughtfully. He scanned through the titles until a certain book caught his eye. He smiled slightly, remembering all of the times his parents had read it to him before they...

Before they...

He shook his head, forcing his mind to not finish that sentence, all traces of a smile gone. He pulled the book out of the shelf and brought it over to the bedside as Lillie watched him.

"What's the book called?" she asked curiously, trying to get a good look at the cover. It was an old book with a faded blue cover. Lillie squinted her eyes, trying to read the silver letters that formed the book's title.

"The book is called..." Vash trailed off as he opened the book to the first page. He blinked, unsure if he was actually seeing what he thought he saw. The pages, wrinkled up and water damaged, had a strange yellowy colour to them. The writing, once printed so carefully onto the pages, was now washed away. The entire book had been water damaged! His hands started to shake as he wondered how such a thing could happen. But of course it wasn't a huge mystery. After all, he had lent the book to Gilbert a long while back. Lillie looked at Vash with her worried green eyes.

"Is something wrong big Bruder?" she asked, concerned. Vash nodded quickly, not wanting to alarm his sister. He would just... tell the story from his memory and fill in the parts he didn't remember with something better. He gave a small smile, liking this idea.

"No, nothing's wrong." He said, leaning forward to give her head a little pat. Her hair was soft, but he took more notice of the warmth he felt. He would have to get her something for her fever later. He took his hand back and gently held the water damaged book with both of his hands. "The story is called..." He paused for a second, giving it some thought, "The... Finnish Bride." He announced proudly, thinking his idea was quite original. Lillie stared at him with a slightly puzzled look in her eyes.

"The Finnish Bride?" she asked, tilting her head to the side slightly in confusion. Vash nodded, keeping a serious look on his face.

"Yes. As in the Bride is from Finland." He explained. Lillie paused, thinking the concept over in her head before giving Vash a nod, signalling him to start reading. Vash, now comfortable in his chair, cleared his throat and began to 'read' the story...

A/N: Well here we go! First chapter up!
The main Characters are Sweden and Finland, but I just HAD to use Switzerland and Liechtenstein for this part!
I'm not sure if Liechtenstein has an official name or not... So if I'm using an incorrect name for her, please let me know so I can correct this?
SuFin is my favourite pairing so I'm happy I'm finally making a story for them!
~Lily
P.S. I don't usually write in this style, but I like using it... so if I could get some feedback that would be great! ^^;

EDIT: I haven't worked on this story in such a long time! D: I'm so sorry! I'm going to quickly edit the pre-existing chapters, then I should be back to updating! (Hopefully!)

No promises on the update speed, though. Hahah... I should be working on a big project right now! Whoops