got to the door after a while, opening it. He just looked at her.

looked him over. "Nikolaas.."

raises his brow. "What?"

"Are y' 'lright?"

nods. "Ja. Why?"

looks at him. "I heard.. what happened."

nods a little. "I see..." Seems like the male Dane wanted to brag and gloat.

frowns. "I wanted t' make sure y' were 'lright.."

steps aside to let her in. It was cold outside. "Ah, I see."

steps in fixing her jacket slightly. "Tack." She looked him over, worried about the damage Søren had done to him.

tried not to let it get to him... He was hiding it well though

"Where did he hit y'?"

heads to the kitchen. "How much did he tell you?"

shrugs slightly. "Not much.. I jus' saw the blood on 'is nose.. So I worried." He had helped her before, and they were friends.

nods a little. "Ah." He pointed to his eye and chest. "Nothing a little makeup can't hide."

frowns at that. "How bad? What did he do?"

shrugs. "Just a few hits here and there. It wasn't as bad as I thought."

frowns. "That's a lie." If Søren was anything like Dorthe this would have been bad.

shakes his head. "Really. I have no reason to lie to you. It's like he didn't want to do it really... but he had to."

frowns still, she was worried about him. "Have y' cleaned up the cuts then?"

... shakes his head. He just dealt with the bruises.

sighs. "Shirt off." She had no idea where or how badly he was cut. "'Nd y' have peroxide in y'er bathroom, ja?"

nods. "Ja, but I don't need help with this. I can do it."

him a look. "Y' wont do it." Guys were so damn stubborn.

rolls his eyes. "Fine." He headed to the bathroom, getting the peroxide for her.

glad he listened. He was less stubborn than Søren.

wasn't stubborn. He gave it to her as well as his first aid kit and took his shirt off.

nods a small thank you. She got things out. "Sit down.."

sighs and does so. "I could have done this on my own you know."

"Could 've but y' wouldn' 've." She started to look at the cuts and clean them carefully.

rolls his eyes. "I would have. I'm not like the Dane."

"Don't be rude." She said quietly as she cleaned the cuts. "What happened 'nyway?"

shrugs a bit. "He dropped off the gifts I sent to Dorthe. Then 'taught me a lesson to never return to Denmark'."

sighs. "B'fore that." She felt the need to know what happened to Dorthe..

frowns. "I don't know... I had no idea what had happened."

nods a little frowning at that. "'lright.." She finished cleaning him up before getting a bandage to wrap the cuts.

appreciates the help. "Dank u..."

nods to him. "Valkommen." She could guess that meant thank you. Their languages were all that different. Well.. With simple things.

could guess. He knew a bit of Swedish and Danish as it was.

only knew a little Dutch. She found it harder than Danish.. But it was easier than Finnish.

glad to be on that scale then. "Dank u, again."

nods again. "Valkommen." She was just worried. "So y'er eye 'sn't bruised too badly, ja?" She was obviously worried at the damage a Dane

could do to the eyes.

nods. "It's fine. If I can' use a bit of make up to cover it then it's not serious."

nods to him. "That's true.. Y'er eye 'sn't blurry 'r 'nythin, ja?"

shakes his head. "Not anymore."

nods a little. "That's good.." She was glad that no real damage had been done to his eye.

could tell she was obviously worried as he looked to her eyes. He knew what damage could be done.

looked away as he looked at her eyes. "Y'er jus' lucky.." She smiled a little bit. "It could 've been a lot worse."

shrugs. "Like I said, he didn't seem to want to do it..."

nods. "That's true.." She was glad Søren didn't get carried away.

too secretly... He'd not have been able to fight back.

doesn't think most could fight back against them.. Not being rude, just most couldn't fight against a viking.

use to it. He had been allies of both.

glad he was use to this then. "So he didn't hurt y' 'nywhere else?"

shakes his head. "Nee. I'm fine now."

nods to him. "'lright.."

looks to her. "Dank u, again. This was nice of you."

smiles a little bit. "Valkommen, Nikolaas. It was the least I could do.."

nods. "Want me to walk you home? It's a little dangerous this time of night."

shrugs. "Y' can if y' want.. I'd be fine either way." She was sure she would be.

shrugs. "I need the walk." He got his shirt back on and went for his jacket.

nods a little, she adjusted her jacket and walked to the front door.

lets her out first before following her. It was getting colder..

rubs her arm a little. "'S cold t'night."

nods. "Ja... How is it in Denmark?"

shrugs a little. "'S fine.. Cold there too.." She was sure it would be colder in Denmark.,

(Damn. Ignore the comma.)

nods a bit. It wasn't that cold here...

chuckled a little. "Y' prob'ly wouldn' like Sweden.. 'S colder there."

shivers. "I find the temperature here perfect.."

nods to him. "Ja.. This 's nice." She did like this temperature.

hums. "How are you and the Dane?"

nods a little. "We're fine.." She smiled a bit, and blushed.

nods a little. "I'm amazed you two are together really."

blinks and nods a little again. "So 'm I re'lly.." She was shocked. "It works though.." Even if she wanted to kill him soon.

sometimes*

(Good lord I need to pay attention and not talk when typing!)

((... Pfft.))

couldn't blame her really.

shrugs a little. "But.. I think 's jus' cause he's loud 'nd 'm.. well 'm not." She knew there were other reasons but she didn't voice them.

nods a bit. He was curious to know though since he knew the male Dane and Swede hated each other.

shrugs a little again. "We get 'long. But I don' we Dorthe.. 'Nd Berwald gets 'long with Dorthe, but not Søren. Don' know why."

smirks. "I guess the female nations click better with the male ones."

shrugs and nods. "Guess so.."

sighs a little as he wrapped his scarf around his neck more.

breathes out quietly watching her breath. "'m sorry 'bout all this.."

shakes his head. "It's not your fault."

shrugs a little. "Ja.. But Søren wont say sorry.. So.. I will for 'im."

doesn't think she should worry, he would be fine.

((... Dammit. Lemme rewrite that.))

smirks a bit. "I told you. It's fine. Really."

nods a little, and smiles a little. "'lright.. Jus' don' listen t' 'im 'lright? Maybe buy 'im a beer 'nd he'll be friends with y' again."

nods. "Ja, I know how he works." Looks forward as he saw the house come into view.

saw the house too, she was glad to be home, though she was glad that Netherlands was okay.

fine. It would take more than a fight with the Dane to keep him down.

would agree with that. She was glad he wasn't upset with Søren or anything.

wasn't... They were friends afterall.

sighs a little as they got to the door. "Take care 'f y'erself, ja?"

nods. "Ja. I have to." He wasn't expecting anyone else to take care of him.

smiles a bit and nods. "Good. 'll talk t' y' later, ja?"

nods and waves as he headed off. "Watch out for him."

nods to him. "I will."

her luck as he headed back.