hummed as he got to the door and opened it, smiling widely. "Hej, Norge~"

"Hei." looks at him. "Here for the weekend."

steps aside. "Ye can put yer stuff in yer room... it's all set. New mattress, cobwebs gone..."

"Takk." Steps inside and looks around. Knows it's a silly feeling, but feels weird about doing this.

doesn't think it's silly. He feels weird about this happening again... and even Sweden felt weird returning.

heads upstairs to his old room. Walks inside and looks around at everything, notices the bed and blushes a bit before tossing his bag on _

top of it.

wondered if he liked the Norwegian flag pillow beside a smaller Danish flag pillow.

notices the pillows, then walks back to the writing desk and opens the false bottom.

stays downstairs and makes some coffee, humming quietly to himself.

pulls out the drawing and the coin. sighs and walks back downstairs.

put two mugs of coffee on the table, leaving some coffee still in the pot and another mug in case Sweden came by.

walks into the kitchen and looks at him for a second before sitting down. Places the paper and coin on the table before picking up the mug.

notices them right away and sits beside him, taking his mug and a few sips.

unfolds the piece of paper and shows it to him. There was a drawing of the kingdom of Denmark-Norway, with the flag and the coat of arms _

drawn next to the two land masses. "Do you know why I left this for you?"

shakes his head. "Nej..." Stares at it while sipping more coffee.

"I had to go live with Sweden, but I didn't want to." pushes the 2 skilling coin to him. "I left this coin, because the two meant to the _

two of us. "

keeps his mouth hidden behind his mug as he carefully picks up the coin, looking it over. He couldn't help but grin a bit.

looks at him. "You think it's corny, don't you." drinks his coffee.

shakes his head. "Nej... I didn't know ye liked it here that much..." Holds the coin tightly.

"Sve made me leave. Tino lived with Russia then ... it was weird, I had to fly his flag but other than that, he left me alone mostly."

frowns at that. "I shouldn't have let that happen..."

"We fought on the losing side." looks at him. "We fought with France."

sighs. "I know. Stupid move on my part, but... I still shouldn't have let him take ye. Ye meant so much to me then..."

"That;s why he took me." drinks his coffee. "I'm going to make something special for supper tonight."

takes a claming breath and looks at him with a faint smile. "Ja? What?"

looks at him. "When was the last time you cooked anything Viking style?"

blinks, a little surprised by that. "I have no idea..."

"I brought a leg of lamb. As soon as I finish this coffee I'll get the pit dug and start the fire."

smiles. "That sounds great." Wouldn't mind some old school cooking.

knows with modern ovens no one cooked in pits anymore, much like with frozen pizza no one in his country really ate lutefisk anymore if they

could help it.

plans on not eating for the rest of the day now, not even sweets. He couldn't wait.

drinks his coffee. "I'll let Berwald know too. He should share the viking feast too."

nods. "He'll probably like it... do ye plan on having us sit out there and everything while we eat?"

"Ja, of course. I did say I was cooking viking style. Might as well eat it that way too."

chuckles. "It'll be nice to do that." Wonders how far he should go... he had all his Viking stuff packed in the attic.

had only planned on Dinner being viking style. Anything else was up to him.

smiles. "I might get dressed in some old viking clothes..."

"Really? I don't have any viking clothes with me." can always use magic to fix that.

for a moment. "... I might have a box or two with some of yer old stuff... dunno if it'll fit though."

"Really, you kept my clothes?" has one or two things he wore from his viking days, but thought the rest has been lost over time.

nods. "Of course... I kept everything." He would never admit that he's a packrat, but it's clear if anyone went into the attic.

"I'm interested in seeing it."

smiles a bit. "Ye will then... I'll show ye."

"Takk." wonders what else he has stored away here.

looks around the house? I thought this was your home?" leans closer and peers into his eyes. "Are you getting senile?"

((Oh dammit. I'm totally brain dead and mistook this for the other. =/ ))

stored tons of stuff. "It'd take forever to go through it all. It's dangerous just walkin' around really."

suddenly has the urge to hand Den a tiny kitten, to keep him safe. "I'll be alright." looks around some of the stacks of boxes.

... wouldn't mind a kitten actually. It'd keep him company, and make him feel like he had control over something.

always thought cats controlled their humans.

wouldn't let a cat control him.

the cat might think otherwise.

doesn't care. He'd make the cat listen to him. It's his house.

"So, is there any part of this house off limits? The usual places, or any new rooms I shouldn't be in?"

nods. "There's a room in the basement and there's a room near the back of the house. They're both locked, so ye should know

very well not to go in."

"I don't have a key to them." At least not yet.

nods. "Ja, just gotta make sure though. I could see either ye or Sweden trying to break into them."

blinks. "Something really valuable? I don't need to steal from you."

shakes his head. "It's... nothing important. I just don't want people going in them."

shrugs. "I'm here to spend time with you, not snoop through your private stuff. How about some coffee?"

smiles and nods. "Good, and sure." Hums as he goes to put a pot of coffee on.

spends a little time wandering around the house before going to get coffee. The house hadn't changed much.

doesn't like change much. He tries to keep things the same if possible. He pulls out some mugs and pours them both a cup.

finds the kitchen after wandering around. "Ah, coffee, I'm getting too much blood in my caffeine system."

chuckles and hands him his mug. "I gotta remember to buy more coffee I guess."

"With me here, ja." Takes a sip.

nods. "Do ye have a favourite brand ye like, or just... coffee?"

"The stronger, the better." nods. "Organic, free trade is a plus."

chuckles. "Alright, I'll go shopping tomorrow then..."

sips his coffee. "Good plan."

looks back at the map and coin on the table, smiling behind his mug before taking a sip.

notices the smile. "What are you thinking about? That is the look of someone planning something."

chuckles and shakes his head. "Nej, I just like the map ye drew..."

glances at it. "What do you like about it?"

shrugs. "It's well drawn... and reminds me of when we were together like that..."

"It reminds me of how young I still was then. Thinking things could stay the same."

nods a little. "Ja... that would have been nice for a bit..."

"Only for a bit?" looks at him over his coffee mug.

looks away. "Well to me it would have been nice forever..." But he knew that couldn't happen, not even now.

doesn't say anything else. He hated leaving him, but loves his independence more than anything now.

knew he loved his independence, and would never be apart of him again... It hurt to know this, but he still was happy for the other.

"Thanks for the coffee." drains the cup and sets it on the counter.

nods. "Velkommen..." Finishes his. "Want anymore?"

"Always." looks at the coffee pot.

smirks and pours him another cup. "Good. Gotta get rid of this stuff so I can buy ye want ye like."

"I don't mind." lifts the full mug to his mouth and drinks.

pours himself a bit more and takes a few sips.

quietly looks around the kitchen, wondering what the next few days would be like.

curious himself... but he feels good about them.

finds it strange that he has yet to see much of Sweden anywhere. "Sweden is going to spend some time with us, right?"

nods. "I'm sure he will... he just needs some time to himself."

"It will be good for him, the three of together again, like old times."

nods. "Ja... He needs family right now, and we're gonna be here for him`" Smiles.

"We were a family once."

smiles fainlty and nods again. "Ja... and we are again now." It was the closest he'd ever get to everyone being with him he thought.

looks in his coffee cup, wonders if Den ever thinks about what broke them up, and knows where he went wrong. glances at him.

about it every so often. He tries not to though, and tried to remember all the good times they had together.

"Mm, we had good times too." glances at him.

nods. "Ja, very good times... Some I'd like to relive."

"Want to raid England again?"

nods. "That would be awesome. Just come roaring in, all dressed up. Scare him shitless."

"May not be so easy this time. Damn that brat, building up that great big navy."

nods. "Though, we can be stealthy. We could probably get by..."

isn't so sure about that ... modern technology made it tough to be stealthy. "I think I would be okay, but you're both in the Euro zone."

pouts. "Damn, I didn't think about that..."

sure as hell did, which is why he didn't join. "We can still have a viking feast, even if we can't do any pillaging."

sighs and nods. "Ja, better than nothing... it'll be great eating like that again."

"It's going to be fun." Is really looking forward to this.

too~ "I can't wait. Really... I can't."