sat curled up in a chair on his veranda, reading fairytales to himself as he enjoyed the rare warmth of the winter sun.
Søren
was
walking up towards his house, smiling when he saw the other.
glanced up briefly as he heard the sound of nearing steps standing out among the faint chirps of birds, looking over the Dane before_
returning to the book.
smiles and nods as he got closer. "Hey. How're ye?"
".. Hallo." He shrugs, not taking his eyes off the page. "I'm good."
nods and goes to sit beside him. "What ye readin'?"
turns the next page, revealing an image of a duckling. "I'm surprised y'don't recognise one of your own." He mumbled as he focused mostly_
on the tale.
smiles widely and starts reading it with him. He loved Andersen's stories.
glanced over at him after a little while when he noticed the sudden silence. He shifted the book so that both could read it easily.
smiles more and read every single word. He knew each story off by heart, but reading them again was just amazing.
watched him from the corner of his eye at times, looking back to turn the pages as the duckling grew within them.
's eyes shimmered at every page. Each illustration was beautiful, along with the words. It was all perfect to him.
hums quietly, not wanting to disturb his obvious happiness over this and went back to reading with him.
didn't think the other had how much of an idea he loved this book...
had seldom seen him so content with reading Danish lately, and he knew of his slight obsession with The Little Mermaid, so he had a clue.
liked to read Danish, just not speak it a lot...
leaned lightly on the others shoulder as he turned to one of the last pages with an illustration of a beautiful swan.
smiles and lightly traces his finger tips over the image. He thought it was beautiful. The story and the picture.
thought so too. He'd been glad to find one of these for the first time, as it had been a good while since they'd been published when he did.
had one of the original collections. Hand drawings and all. It was one of his most precious things.
would like to see that one day, if he could. He turned to the very last page, leaning back comfortably as he read.
would show him, as long as he was careful with it. It was that precious to him. He smiles and wiggles after. "That's such a good story.One
of my favourites..."
understood that. "Mhm.." He hums as he closes the book.
smiles and looks at him. "So. Why were ye readin' it~?"
averts his gaze from the other, taking a few moments to answer. "'Cause.. 's a nice change from trolls 'n princesses." At least that was_
a part of the reason.
smirks and pokes his arm. "Oh~? Is that all~?"
huffs quietly, splaying his fingers flat on the cover of the book as he hesitates... "'n I might've missed your idiot self the last weeks."_
he muttered, barely audible at all.
raises his brow, slightly surprised by that. "... Really?"
sighs and gets up, taking the book with him. "Nei, I was jokin'." He said sarcastically.
smirks and gets up, following him. "Ye missed me ye missed me~" He sang.
"Slip of the tounge." He went back inside his house, not caring to hold the door up for the Dane.
just laughs and kept up with him. "Aww, ye're soooo sweet, Norge~ Missin' me and all..."
crouched down by the bookcase to put the book back. "Annoyin', Danmark."
smiles when he heard the other say that. "Ye're just too easy to annoy, aren't ye, Norge~?"
placed the fairytale back where it belonged and got up. "Or y'just annoy people too quickly in general."
shakes his head. "Nej. No one else gets annoyed~"
"Sure..." He walked by him without looking at him as he went out to the kitchen.
smiles widely and kept behind him. He loved how annoyed the other always seemed with him around.
doesn't see how that was something to be proud over. He made a beeline for the coffee maker and took out a mug for himself.
got himself a mug as well. "We should do somethin' some time."
started making coffee. "That was specific."
rolls his eyes and leans against the wall. "We should go out."
looks at the coffee. ".. I could put it in a thermos, I guess." The weather was nice out, after all.
nods. "See? Good idea. Let's get goin'~"
wouldn't say no to spend time outdoors on such a day, even if he was still slightly irritated with him. He nods and finds a thermos in a_
cupboard, putting the mugs away before pouring the hot liquid into it.
smiles and watched him. He didn't see why he was irritated, it was too nice a day to be irritated at him~
just ignores him as he puts a cup over the thermos lid. "Now we can go."
eagerly got to the door and got ready. He loved going out with the other~
thought it better than staying inside all the time. He follows him and steps into his shoes, not bothering with a jacket.
went outside soon after. "So, where do ye wanna go~?"
closes the door behind them. "I was thinkin' this place in a nearby forest. 's got several clearings so we won't waste the sun."
smiles and nods. "Lead the way then, Norge~"
nods eagerly as he went to the door to get his coat on.
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"Mhm." He hums and starts to walk down the side of the road.
kept up close with him, humming happily. Today seemed like such a good day.
looked around as they walked. It had been rather warm the past few days, considering the time of year, so the snow had mostly melted away.
thought it was nice. He'd miss the snow, but he loved summer because that meant warm swims and flowers~
figures it was just a short break before the snow would be back; it was still in the mountains. He lead them off the road and down a path_
to the beginning of a forest with a bit of a distance between each tree.
looked around, admiring things. He liked the outdoors. Just not climbing and things.
Håkon
thinks
that's a shame. There was much to see in greater hights.
just... wasn't the best climber. That's all.
could imgane. He continued leading him through the woods, following a narrow creek.
wondered if they'd find any fairies...
figures they'll be busy 'harvesting' whatever plants they can find now.
Søren
wonders
if they could help the fairies if they saw any...
shakes his head. "They'll be fine, don't worry 'bout it."
nods a bit. "If ye say so~ They're just so adorable and cute when they try to pick heavy things up..."
shrugs and starts up a small hill cleared of trees. "Perhaps. There's not much edibles out now anyway."
kept up close behind him. He loved the landscape around here...
didn't see what was so grand about this particular place.
just liked the landscape in general... it was like a reflection of Norge. And he liked Norge~
blushes faintly, though his expression remained the same. "Ah, I think we've walked enough now. Let's sit.." They'd reached the top of the_
hill, and he went over to sit on a large, flat stone covered in dry moss.
followed and sat on the ground beside him, leaning against the rock a bit.
looked at the tree tops for some moments, before balancing the cup in the moss and undoing the thermos lid.
hummed as he looked around. ØThis place is nice...Ø
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shrugs and places the lid upside down beside the cup, pouring coffee into them both. "'s better when it's green."
nods and took the cup, smiling. "Just means we'll have to come here again when summer hits."
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simply hums as he takes the lid and sips of the warm coffee.
leaned more against the rock as he sipped his coffee. He was so relaxed.
rests the lid on his knee as he watches the other absently.
Søren
was
currently interested with the birds flying around. And the sound of water flower.
*floweing
**flowing. Dammit.
hums and looks away again, drinking of his coffee.
leans his head lightly against the others leg after a while.
glances back down at that, pausing his drinking. He runs his fingers gently through the Danes hair after a moment.
smiled at that. He loved when Norge played with his hair.
sighs comfortably, brushing through the blonde locks as he shifts his gaze back to the nature again.
sipped more coffee before closing his eyes and relaxing against the others touch.
calmly curled and uncurled his fingers in his hair as he sipped the last of his coffee.
finished his coffee soon after and rested the cup on his knee. This was relaxing
put the lid down on the moss again as he listened to the birds.
could easily fall asleep right here with the other. He always felt so calm with him.
tugged lightly at a strand on hair and then continued like before and spoke quietly, "Don't sleep here, Dan, the ground's too cold still."
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made a small sound and opened his eyes, nodding a bit. "It's so nice and relaxin' here though, Norge..."
shrugs faintly as he ran his fingers through his hair. "There's calmin' places that doesn't make y'sick, too."
smirks at that. "I'd not get sick. I never get sick~"
hums idly. "'n somehow you've managed to prove that wrong several times."
huffs and pouts a bit. "I wouldn't get sick from somethin' like this."
pats the top of his head lightly at that. "Sittin' here, nei, though sleepin' wouldn't be exactly healthy."
shrugs. "We've been through worse. Much worse."
shifts a bit on the stone, though not moving the leg the other was leaning on. "I'm well aware, takk."
sighs and closes his eyes again, enjoying the sounds around them.
sighs quietly and pours himself another cup of coffee.
just sat there content...
watches him as he drinks. ".. Did you ever meet him?"
makes a small sound. "Hmm?"
wraps his fingers around the thermos lid. "Andersen..?"
smiles and nods, opening his eyes a bit. "Of course I did. He was like a second father to me in a way."
looks out at landscape. ".. That must've been nice, then."
nods. "I went to a lot of his talks. He'd some times read to the children, and some times we just sat alone and talked about his stories."
"That does sound nice." He hums. ".. 'n what 'bout the mermaids?"
hums. "What 'bout 'em?"
shrugs lightly. "He described them pretty well."
nods. "True. Though, he never got to saw one... well, not until he passed at least..." He was a little saddened by the end of that.
puts the lid down and brushes a hand through the others hair to comfort. "I imagine he was a happy man, either way."
smiles and nods, leaning more against his leg. "It made his life. I'll say that. He was so surprised and thankful..."
nods slightly, turning his gaze to the other. "Ja, they're quite stunnin'."
nods and smirks a bit, keeping his eyes focused in the distance. "We should go out. Like, out out."
stares blankly at him. "... What d'you mean.. ?"
shrugs a bit. "Like, a date. Or somethin'."
frowned slightly and took a little while to answer. ".. Right, sure."
smiles, getting excited about that. "Really~? Ye wanna do that~?"
shrugs and puts the lid back on the thermos, expressionless. "'s what I said, wasn't it."
smiles more at that. He was really overjoyed. "Where do ye wanna go then~?"
shakes his head and reaches for the others empty cup. "Your choice."
let him have it and nods. "Kay." He rummaged in his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and pen, writing down an address. "Here."
fixed the cup back on the thermos before picking up the note. He read it briefly and nodded.
smiles and wiggles happily.
shifts his leg carefully away from the others head, making sure he doesn't hit it on the rock, before getting back up.
makes a small sound before looking up at him.
glances down at him at that. "The sun'll start goin' down soon, 's not summer just yet."
sighs and gets up. "I wish it was. I'd spend the whole day out here with ye."
pockets the note. "Another time, then."
smiles and hums a bit. "We gonna go home now?"
looks over the place, making sure they didn't leave anything out of habit. "I've got some work to do, actually."
nods. "Want help with it?" Clearly he didn't care.
glances at him as he starts walking down the hill. "No need."
pouts a bit but followed him. "But then what am I supposed to do as ye work?"
shrugs lightly. "I'm sure y'can manage to entertain yourself for a while. Y'don't have to stay, y'know."
nods. "I know, but I wanna be with ye~"
"Hm, you'll just have to come up with somethin' then." He lead the way back through the forest, following the creek again.
kept right beside him, thinking of their date already.
just stared ahead as he walked them back to the road.
almost wondered if he should go home to get ready for their date.
sighed idly. "So.. 's that thing tonight?"
smiles and shakes his head. "Nej. We'll make it for tomorrow... give ye time to get nice and all that~"
kept his expression unreadable and nods. "If y'say so."
smiles and pokes him. "Okay, okay. I'll go home and start preparin for tomorrow. Ye do the same too, ja ja?"
waves his hand away, seemingly indifferent, though his well-hidden suspicion grew. "Ja, sure. See y'then."
smiles and ruffles his hair before running off to his place once they were out of the woods. He couldn't wait~
flattens his hair back with a low grumble as he watched him leave. He sighed and headed back to his own house.