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Before; Pre-relationship

As the sky steadily darkened, Finland nervously trudged alongside his companion Sweden. This would be the second night they'd be spending together. His companions silence and piercing gaze unnerved him, but he spent a great deal of their silent journey convincing himself Sweden was a great guy. If a bit quiet...

Their terrain had changed from earlier. It went from flat fields to now rolling hills and trees scattered about here and there.

The continual walking left Finland with aching feet, but he didn't say anything. It was to his relief though when Sweden murmured lowly that they should stop for the night. Sweden lead them up a gently sloped hill with a thick leaning tree on top.

Sweden settled down, sitting and leaning his broad back against the tree, and set his bag down. Finland dropped his own pack next to Sweden's and avoiding the others eyes, sat down next to him leaving a bit of distance between them.

There was more silence.

Eventually Finland became unnerved again.

"Say, it's really quite beautiful, isn't it!" He blurted and gestured to the view; sun tinged green hills and shining leaves on the scattered trees. The sun setting behind it all painted the sky like streaks of watercolors.

"Mn." Sweden answered, looking at Finland rather than the view.

Finland suddenly regretted drawing attention to himself as Sweden's gaze lingered on him. And then slid back to looking straight again.

They sat there as the sun set.

Just before the light disappeared completely, Sweden pulled a blanket from his bag. It was the one they'd used the night previously.

Sweat started to bead on Finland's forehead as Sweden pulled the blanked over them both without saying anything.

Finland tried to focus on how well-meaning the gesture was; even if it made him uncomfortable.

After some tense seconds Finland noticed Sweden wasn't looking at him. In fact, his eyes were closed and his hands were folded together in his lap.

Gradually Finland relaxed. His mind drifted off, and he leaned back, resting next to Sweden. Even starting to forget the other was there.

Without realizing it, his blinks became longer and longer, until after closing his eyes particularly slowly, they stayed closed. . With the last of the suns faint light warming his face he fell asleep.

Drowsily Finland shivered and pulled himself pulled himself tighter against the warmth next to him. His face pressed more firmly into fabric and he registered a faint pleasant smell. But gosh, all that he really cared about was how warm it was.

The warmth shifted and wound around Finland. Pleased, in that sleep fogged barely-awake state, Finland snuggled closer. He let out a content sigh, completely at ease; warm and sleepy. He stayed that way for a long while and may have even fallen asleep again, but the next thing he knew the sun was rising and he was coming to consciousness.

His eyes opened and his vision sharpened slowly, turning fuzzy surroundings more definite. Feeling the slight breeze brush his cheek, Finland thought it was odd that he was still warm.

And then Finland noticed the thing his head was resting on , was moving evenly up and down. Breathing.

Finland woke up with a start, realizing he was laying on someone. He jerked upright with a gasp and scrambled to the side, sitting. His cheeks flooded as it dawned on him that he'd been laying on his travel companion. He gazed down at Sweden still on the ground.

Sweden woke immediately when Finland moved away; which had cased Sweden's arms to be pulled from where they'd been securely wrapped around the other.

Finland sat frozen, the heat burning his cheeks as Sweden pushed himself into a sitting position as well. The blanket dropped and lay forgotten about at the moment. Sweden silently ran a hand through his short, but sleep-mussed hair. His gaze moved to Finland's face and his movements stilled.

He stared at the other in front of him. Tussled hair. Red cheeks. Big deep, wide eyes looking back at him.

It was too much. Sweden didn't remember anyone ever looking at him quite like that. All thoughts left in a rush, leaving room for only one throbbing one.

Cute...

Finland became flustered from the silence and staring from Sweden.

"G-Good morning." Finland croaked out.

Sweden took a long time to respond, still staring, fascinated.

"...'orning."

This was really awkward to write. It always is when you're writing characters for the first time ^^

I'm really really sorry about how long this has taken me to put up. I kept scrapping chapters I'd written, because I wasn't happy with them, and then I realized I need to do chapter one before chapter two ('Before', before 'Coming Together') when I'd been working on chapter two this whole time...

((Not really satisfied with this chapter, but I just want to get it up so that I can do chapter two completely ^-^))

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