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There was a knock on the Canadian’s door, followed by, “Birdie! Birdieeeee~~~~~ I have this totally awesome idea!” There was a beat of silence. “You should also open the door, The awesome me is getting a bit cold.”
Canada sighed and put the mop away. Looks like cleaning would have to wait. He quickly grabbed his hoodie from the back of the couch, tied it around his waist, and opened the door.
Canada almost blushed when he saw how bundled the other man was. Prussia had on a scarf that looked a lot like Russia’s, in the same style too. There was, what appeared to be, three hats under the hood of his heavy jacket. The albino’s winter boots were covered in snow. And Canada was assuming that there were a few layers of gloves. But the part that he loved most of all? It was how the cold made the German’s normally pale cheeks flush.
“Yes, Prussia? What is your ‘totally awesome idea’?”
“Do you wanna go roller blading?”
Canada shook his head, “Prussia, must I remind you that we are in Canada? You’re at my house, which is miles away from the nearest town, and I don’t have any roller blades?”
All of the light and joy and excitement fled from Prussia’s face, “Oh… well… sorry then.”
The blonde immediately felt guilty, “I-I mean, I do have a spare pair of ice skates. If they fit you, do you wanna do that?”
“But, like you said, we are miles away from people.”
“There’s a lake here on my property, it’s a short drive if I take the side by side.”
Prussia squinted at him, “And how long is ‘short’? Last time you said something was a short drive, you drove for forty minutes.”
“Less than ten minutes. It’s close.”
Prussia let out a breath of relief, “Thank goodness. I have no clue how you manage to live up here. It’s freezing!”
“Oh please, it isn’t that cold.”
“Really?!?! Then, what is the temperature out here?”
“Uhhh,” Canada checked his phone. “Huh, it’s warmer than I thought it was.”
“Well…”
“Oh, it’s -16 Celsius (3 degrees Fahrenheit).”
“That’s freezing!”
“How cold did your winters use to get?”
“On average? 3 to -5 Celsius (37 to 23 Fahrenheit), it’s not… whatever you have going on here.”
Canada chuckled, “Well, if it is simply that cold, you can come inside while I get everything.” The blonde then turned around and walked inside.
“Thank you!” Prussia exclaimed before following him in.
***
They were now in the side by side, the two immortals were talking about who knows what until they got there. The Canadian quickly hopped out of the car and ran up to the lake.
Canada smiled as he looked at the lake before turning to Prussia, who was still in the car, “You comin’?”
“Ja, ja. One minute.”
Prussia quickly got out and rushed up to the blonde’s side. His jaw fell when he saw the lake, “You have all of this, in your backyard?”
“Technically, yes.” Canada said, while he sat on a fallen tree to put on his ice skates. Prussia followed him and began to copy with his own (borrowed) pair.
Canada stood up and made his way to the ice. When some time passed without Prussia he looked over at where he left him. The albino wasn’t there. He was actually clinging onto a tree ranch for dear life while his feet slipped and slid all over.
The Canadian quickly made his way over to him, “I thought you could roller skate.”
“I can.” Prussia said,slight annoyance in his voice, before his grip on the tree disappeared and he fell.
“Aren’t they basically the same thing?”
“No! If they were, I’d be out there with you. Roller blades are wheels, ice skates are blades. Completely different.”
Canada chuckled at the defensiveness Prussia had for the roller blades, “Well, I can help you.” Canada helped Prussia up, but didn’t let go of the other’s hand.
“Uh, Canada what are yo— woahhhh,” His original question was forgotten when Canada began to skate backwards while pulling Prussia along.
“You have to use your own legs too,” Canada reminded him.
So the two were out there for hours ice skating. And, after the first hour and a half or so, Prussia was finally able to do it without Canada needing to help him.
But soon enough, Prussia was shivering so bad, his sentences hardly made sense, and the sun was beginning to set. Once the two took off the skates, got in the car, and made it back to the Canadian’s place, they started to talk again.
“So, how’d you like it?”
“I-i-it was-s-s goo-ood. H-had f-fun.”
Canada smiled and led the other man inside, helping him unzip his coat. “Here, I’ll go and get us some hot chocolate, are your fingers un-numbed enough to take the rest of the stuff off?”
“Sh-should be-e.”
Canada nodded and went to boil some water for the hot chocolate.
***
Soon after he left, he was back with two scorching mugs full of hot chocolate. Prussia had apparently found where he kept his extra heated blankets and he had started a fire in the fireplace.
“Hey,” Canada said as he sat down on the couch beside him, passing the albino his mug.
“H-hi.” Prussia blew on the mug and took a sip, “th-thank you.”
“No worries,” Canada pulled some of the blanket from onto himself and grabbed a book off of the coffee table. The two were quiet for a while. Prussia had soon finished his drink, set the mug on the coffee table, and laid his head on the Canadian’s shoulder.
I hope he doesn’t mind, Prussia thought while yawning, I’m just gonna take a small nap.
Prussia’s eyelids soon covered his albino eyes, letting him get the rest he needed.
Canada was still reading, his book was getting quite interesting. But when he reached for his hot chocolate, he then realized that there was weight on his shoulder. He cautiously turned his head to look at the white-haired man.
He’s on my shoulder, he’s asleep, Canada’s mind kept saying and the parts of his hands that he touched Prussia earlier seemed to be freezing.
Canada shook his head and set down his book, turning off the nearby lamp also. The blonde closed his eyes and laid his head on top of Prussia.
“Goodnight,” The Canadian whispered into the darkness before falling asleep.