RusCan: Snowy Relationships

Chapter 24: Sans Sommeil

This story was influenced by "Giving In" by Artificial.

Chapter 24: sans sommeil

Canada ended up locking his door that night with the fear Russia would kill him while he slept. If he didn't have any nightmares, he would be a light sleeper and hopefully hear if someone was coming into the room. Russia didn't do anything though. He flushed his anger out for the night and actually calmed down. He didn't want to hurt Canada at all, it was never his intention since the boy helped him, the little accident with his wrist was just him being annoyed self.

He awoke the next morning to the silence house, which he liked, usually General Winter would tease him at home or something. Russia sat up in his bed and cracked his neck a bit. He then got up and wondered down the stairs, hoping the Canadian was still sleeping and he wouldn't run into him. Sadly though, Canada seemed to always get up early, always before eight o'clock, probably to feed the hungry little bear. Russia walked down and peeked into the kitchen to see Canada sitting on the floor and feeding Kumajirou a few seal rolls. The boy was smiling a bit as he played with his bear and his food, though it annoyed Kumajirou a bit. He stood on his back legs and tried for the seal rolls above his head, which Canada pulled back to play with. Kumajirou jumped up and snatched it, almost biting the Canadian's fingers too. He swallowed it whole and the Canadian smiled as his little pet.

Kumajirou stopped though when he noticed Russia standing there. Canada looked at Kumajirou confused and then looked toward the Russian. He became quiet not knowing if Russia was over his anger issue or not. It was a quiet moment until Russia, for once, broke it.

"I-...." he didn't want to say it. "I'm sorry for my anger problem last night." he said. Canada realized he was calm now.

"Are you okay now?" Canada threw a seal roll to Kumajirou to keep the bear from going after Russia, he didn't like him after seeing what happened. Russia looked at him, the boy looked like he was actually concerned, and gave a nod. It always surprised Russia how forgiving Canada could be.

"Da." He said. Canada whipped his hands on his pants to get rid of the juices that came from Kumajirou's meal, Russia noticed the boy's hands were wrapped up. "Matvey. What happened to your hands?"

Canada stood up. "Oh um. I cut them while I was picking up some glass." He said. Russia looked away, the broken bottle.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. It's just a few lil cuts. No big deal." He said. Canada yawned a bit and grabbed his coffee mug off the counter and drank some. Russia noticed another thing, the circles under the boy's eyes, his hair messed up when it was usually combed out by now, his face was pale, he was physically exhausted when it was only morning. What the hell happened?

Russia's first thought was that he was sick. He got closer to Canada and put his hand on his forehead. Canada lowered his drink and stood there confused. No fever, so he probably wasn't sick. "Russia. What are you doing?"

"You look terrible."

"Gee thanks." Canada took another sip. "It is morning you know, I haven't even showered yet." He yawned a little more, he could barley keep his eyes open, a conversion wasn't something he wanted right now.

"Why are you so tired?" Russia questioned. He thought it was because Canada was too afraid of him to sleep last night but, it had been several days of seeing him like this.

"I haven't slept in a while."

"Why?"

"Just... trouble sleeping." Canada said. "Look I'm gonna go watch some T.V. okay? You know where the cereal is."

"No pancakes Matvey?"

Canada yawned again before going into the other room. "Not in the mood right now, probably later though." Russia stood there alone, Kumajirou ran past him to get to his owner. Not in the mood.... For pancakes? Canada must be sick!

After a little while, Russia peeked in to join the boy. Canada was cuddled up in a blanket on the couch, slowly falling asleep but jumping awake again, as the TV blasted the latest hockey game. "Matvey. Can I join you?" Russia asked. Canada turned his head to the Russian and sat up on the couch giving him a yes. Russia sat down and watched the game, Canadian hockey was great, he thought.

The game continued and Canada was quiet for most of it, he wasn't in the mood to cheer or even get too into it, which he always did, even if it was a team he didn't like. Canada yawned a few more times, it was the only sound that came from him. Sooner or later, Canada started falling asleep for good, he couldn't stay awake or even try to anymore. Russia peeked over at the Canadian. Finally, he shut his eyes completely.

He was out like a light, a very needed nap. Russia figured to just let him sleep, let him be. That was, until Canada fell over a bit. His head rested on the Russian's shoulder as he slept. Russia flinched a bit at the single touch and quickly looked at Canada. This was not okay for him. Russia moved his hand to shake the boy but took it back, he needed the sleep, he couldn't disturb him. Russia sat there not knowing what to do in this awkward spot, no one had fallen asleep on him like this.

But he decided that he sort of... liked it. Russia didn't feel so awkward anymore and he let the boy sleep. He looked a few times to peek at the Canadian, seeing if he was awake or dreaming, etc. Canada slept like a baby though. His mouth hung open just a little bit, his breathing was slow, he didn't move at all except for an occasional finger twitch, his hair fell in his face a bit. Russia moved the hair out of the boy's face, it was very soft, and that gave him a bit of an idea.

Russia reached his hand to touch the boy's head again, then hesitated and pulled it back. He looked away, thought a bit, then looked back. Russia didn't want to admit it but, Canada looked kind of.... Cute to him. He pulled the blanket onto the boy when he started shivering a bit. Finally, enough was enough and Russia slowly got out of the position of being Canada's pillow. He gently grabbed his head and laid it gently on the couch as he got up. He then pulled the blanket onto him more and let him sleep, knowing he would wake up soon.

Canada's nightmares only got worse. His entire body ached and was just so tired, he could barley move around. He wanted to sleep, he needed to sleep, but General Winter's rage on him only made him regret resting his eyes for that one second. Canada quickly jumped awake and tried not to scream after a terrible and bloody dream, he didn't even want to think about it anymore, he immediate tried to forget it.

When he awoke on the couch though, he found a sunflower laying on top of him, weird, he thought. Russia must of put it there, though he didn't understand why. "Feeling better?" Russia peeked in. Canada jumped at his voice but calmed down once he saw him.

"Y-Yeah. I guess." Canada rubbed his eyes like a child. "How long was I sleeping?"

"Believe it or not, almost five hours."

"S-Seriously?"

"Da."

"Oh." Canada said.

"I made pancakes, if you want any?" Russia said. Canada got a wide smile across his face.

"Yeah!" He cheered. Russia quickly went back to the kitchen and grabbed the plate he had made for the boy. "It looks good!"

"Da. Well I tired."

"Hey um Russia."

"Da?"

"This may be a bit weird to you but um," Canada bit his lip a bit. "Would you like to help me bake a cake?"

Russia blinked. "W-What?"

OOOO

Thank you~

First off, this is influenced by "Giving In" By Artificial. We did talk it over and the author has given me permission to start it like this.

I do not own the characters used nor the anime they come from!

So... Kinda a crap chapter sorry.... It's more of a forgiveness type of thing/ general winter

Next chapter will be much better : )

Translations: (French)

sans sommeil: Sleepless