Chapter 18: My Sunflower
Canada and Lithuania stayed down stairs in the living room, leaving Russia to rest as much as he could. The Russian could barely move anymore, he was too exhausted to move either. He stayed put, or at least that's what they thought. Canada tried feeding Kumajirou a few seal rolls as Lithuania read a book, awkward silence between the two nations. Kumajirou finished his small meal as Canada sat back in the seat, having the bear jump up onto his lap and sit there. He sighed a bit, he felt strange sitting here for some reason. The silence made him a bit uncomfortable, he hated silence especially in this house; he just couldn't stand it...
A huge bang interpreted their silent peace. Lithuania quickly marked his place and put the book down as Canada quickly made his way up the stairs, Lithuania following behind. They quickly got into Russia's room to find him absent from his bed, the two quickly panicked until Lithuania noticed the sheets off the bed falling off to the side. The two walked over a bit, able to look over next to the bed where they found the Russian face flat on the floor. Canada wanted to rush over as fast as he could but once he stepped forward, he quickly froze. "I-is that a gun in his hand?..." he questioned.
"He must of gotten it from the draw." Lithuania noticed. The two looked over at him as he stayed face-flat but his hand sticking out held tightly onto the weapon. Lithuania carefully stepped over as Canada followed behind him, Russia stayed completely still. "Stay here." Lithuania slowly approached the Russian, bending down to see if he was even conscious. "I think he's out." Canada quickly came over with that, bending down and trying to get the gun out of the Russian's hands but his grip quickly tightened. The two backed up a bit until his grip loosened again, the two sighed in relief. "Maybe we should wait until Ukraine and Belarus get back."
"Yeah maybe, but I think there's a reason he grabbed that gun and I don't think it's a good one..." Canada said. The two looked at Russia as his grip around the weapon loosened more. The two bent down again, Canada leaned over to check him as Lithuania reached for the gun. Russia's eyes quickly blinked open. He grabbed onto Canada's wrist and pulled him down, then got a tight grip around the boy's throat. He then managed to get his legs up and put Lithuania into a head lock that way. The two nations gasped as Russia tightened his grips around the both of them.
"Who are you! ?" Russia yelled. Canada grabbed onto the Russian's wrists as his grip tightened around his throat.
"R-Russia... I-it's C-Canada.. A-and L-Lithuania..." Canada chocked out. He looked toward Lithuania who's situation wasn't any better, neither of them could breathe.
"Idiot!" He yelled again and tightened his grip more, Canada could see his blank eyes tearing up; Russia was confused and they had to deal with it. "Y-You're one of them! ? You hate me! You want me gone!"
"R-Russia..." Canada coughed a bit, his face was starting to turn blue just as Lithuania was beginning to lose consciousness. "S-Stop... w-we're not w-who you think..."
"I-It's not my fault! I-I've tried so hard!" Russia teared up, "Why do you all hate me! ?"
"W-We don't R-Russia!" Lithuania managed to chock out. Russia looked at Lithuania and glared, then let go of him. Lithuania quickly got back and coughed for breath as Russia still had his hands around Canada's throat. "Russia, you're not thinking clearly. Let him go."
"Nyet... we don't want children... who can't play nice..." Russia stood up, pulling Canada up with him, and kept his hands around boy's throat with force. He started to lift Canada off his feet. Lithuania's eyes widened and he quickly jumped for Russia, grabbing onto him and trying to get his hand's off Canada before he broke the boy's neck.
"Russia stop! You're not in the right mind! Stop!" Russia pushed Lithuania away but then paused. He stared at the frightened Canadian with blank eyes, then slowly put him down. Lithuania sighed in relief. Canada took a few deep breaths as the air rushed back into his lungs, Russia only stayed standing still though. He titled his head a bit at Canada as his pale eyes actually closed.
"R-Rus-" Canada tried to talk but Russia collapsed forward onto him, pushing him back onto the ground and hold onto him. "R-Russia?" He tried getting out from under the man but he really couldn't until Lithuania helped in getting Russia up. Canada stood up too, holding onto Russia as well, as the two nations got him onto the bed. Once that job was done, Canada reached over to his forehead to check him. "Can you get a thermometer?" Lithuania nodded and hurried into the bathroom where he knew one was in the medicine cabinet. Canada looked down at the panting Russian, he was burning up quickly.
Lithuania brought back the small device and Canada attempted to get a reading, actually managing to succeed. "It's at 110 F."
"I-Is that high?" Lithuania questioned, he didn't follow the Fahrenheit degrees.
"Really high." Canada moved the sheets away from Russia's body, "Can you get a wet cloth please? A really cold one." Lithuania went back into the bathroom as Canada patted the Russian's forehead with an older cloth. Moments later Lithuania came back and placed the cooler cloth on Russia's forehead. The Russian's body shook violently, his hands wouldn't stop shaking for a moment. His eyes twitched as he tried taking deep breaths in his sleep.
"We can't really do anything until Ukraine and Belarus come back." Lithuania said.
Canada sighed, "Yeah you're right... I just feel really bad for him..."
"But you, are you alright?"
"Y-yeah," Canada grabbed onto his throat. "I feel like I'm starting to get used to this now..."
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"Swallow it." Canada ordered. Russia slowly shook his head. "You need to." He shook his head again. "Ivan you swallow it right now!" Russia gulped down the medicine he had refused to swallow. "Good boy." Canada put the cap on the medicine and placed it on the table. He then turned back to Russia and placed the back of his hand to Russia's forehead, at least he didn't feel as hot as he did before. Russia looked up at the Canadian and tried grabbing onto his arm until Canada stepped back.
"Are you afraid of me?..." Russia frowned and his eyes only showed pity.
"Non, no Russia." Canada said.
"Then why did you back away?..."
"C-Cause I have to go."
"Nyet! Stay!" Russia tried grabbing onto him again but Canada pulled away.
"I have some work to do. Just try to sleep." He covered Russia with the light blankets. "Go ahead, fall asleep."
"Nyet..." Russia yawned. Canada knew Russia was exhausted, he knew he needed sleep, even if it was only six o'clock. Russia snuggled up into the blanket a bit then looked back up at Canada. Before he knew it, he fell asleep.
"He's asleep for now." Canada told Ukraine once she asked. "He's very difficult when he's like this..." He scratched his head a bit. Belarus only stared at him with her look of irritation, she didn't like the idea of Canada taking care of her brother one bit. "B-but it's okay." He looked over at Belarus who quickly looked away, not wanting to make eye contact. Canada sighed, it was going to always be tense between then wasn't it?
"Maybe I should stay with him for the night?" Ukraine suggested.
"Nyet I will!" Belarus quickly popped up.
"Canada's been doing a better job, why not just let him do it?"
"Nyet!" The two sisters yelled. Canada sighed, this wasn't getting anywhere. The two sisters talked to each other in a language Canada still didn't know, though Lithuania knew some of it from living with them for so long. He stood there with his bear in his arms not knowing what to do, but Kumajirou's ears flickered and stood up as he looked toward the kitchen door. Canada looked down at him and before he could ask what was wrong, a crashing sound filled the room. The sisters froze, Lithuania paused, and Canada's nerves quickly acted up as he was the first to run out of the room toward the noise. He could see Russia with his hand on the front door, trying to open it but lost his balance and hit into the table by it where a vase fell and shattered.
"Russia!" Canada quickly grabbed onto his hand and pulled it off the knob. "W-What are you doing?"
"I have to go..." Russia mumbled.
"No you have to go back to bed." He tried pulling Russia's arm. "Nyet... Stalin will be mad..."
"W-What?" Canada blinked. Ukraine and Belarus quickly came out, Lithuania following behind them, and paused when they saw Russia. "Russia, Stalin is dead. He's not your boss anymore. He's gone."
"Nyet... he'll be mad..." Russia lifted his heavy shaking hand to try grab the knob but Canada grabbed onto his wrist and pulled it down.
"No Russia... you're sick... you're not thinking well..." Canada held onto his hand. "No one's gonna be mad you, okay? L-Let's just go lay you down in bed eh?" Russia stared at him with blank eyes as the Canadian attempted to pull him gently back toward the stairs, he finally followed. Canada helped him up the stairs and back into his room as carefully as he could, then attempted to lay Russia down but he passed out onto the bed. Canada lifted the Russian's legs into the bed then reached over to check his fever, it was still the same from the last time he checked. He sighed and began pulling his hand back when Russia grabbed onto his wrist. "Eh!" He gasped and looked at the Russian, his eyes were open again; uh oh.
But Russia smiled and pulled Canada onto the bed then into his arms, holding him like a baby. "R-Russia?" Canada questioned but Russia only smiled more. Russia held him close to him, like a cuddle, but kept him still in his arms.
"Mine." He whispered. Canada gulped a bit, the last time he heard those words it wasn't in a good way... it scared him a bit.
"R-Russia, do you even know who I am?"
"Canada~!" he tightened his grip. "My Canada, my little sunflower."
"O-Okay..." Canada sighed a bit. Russia's grip got tighter again. "R-Russia..." It began to hurt him. Russia seemed to ignore him though and tightened his grip again. "R-Russia that hurts..."
"Nyet..." Russia whispered. Canada tried squirming a bit but Russia's grip tightened again, this time he dug into Canada's stomach. Canada twitched, he hated this feeling... it pained him, it reminded him.
"Y-You're hurting me!"
"Just shut up!... you're mine so I'll hold you like this if I want, I'll hurt you if I want to."
"N-no you-"
"Shut up!"
"Russia you're hurting me!" His voice echoed. Russia blinked his blank eyes and frowned; he quickly let go. Canada quickly got out and stood up, panting, and looked back at Russia. He frowned at the boy but Canada only sighed. "L-Look, I'll be right back."
"Nyet! Don't leave!" Russia tried reaching out for Canada but the boy pushed his hand away. "Don't leave me! I do not want to be alone!"
"I-I'll be right back, I promise."
"H-hey, can you let me up for a sec?"
"Come back please..."
"I will Russia," Canada gave a warm smile to him then hurried out the door where he ran into Lithuania who was ordered to go up and see what was happening. "He's fine. I'm gonna stay with him tonight." He hurried down the stairs, Lithuania followed, where he saw Ukraine and Belarus cleaning up the mess that laid on the ground from the vase. "I'm gonna give Russia some more medicine and stay with him tonight, okay?"
"If you're okay with it." Ukraine said. Canada nodded and went into the kitchen to get a glass of water and the pill Russia had refused to take so far, but they all knew it would help him a lot. He wished the sisters and Lithuania a good night and hurried back up to Russia before he decided to get out of bed again.
"I'm back." He said as he walked in. Russia was sitting up in his bed as Canada walked in, he smiled. "I need you to take something if you want me to stay with you tonight."
"Huh? What?"
"This." Canada held up the small pill. Russia quickly shook his head.
"Nyet, nyet, nyet, nyet."
"Please. I'll leave if you don't." Canada took one step toward the door until Russia reached for him. "Will you take it?"
"Da!" He pouted a bit. Canada came over and placed the pill in the Russian's hands. Russia glared at it, looked at Canada, and glared at it again. Finally, he put it in his mouth. Canada handed him the cup as Russia glared a little more then gulped down the whole cup. Canada smiled and placed the cup on the night stand then before he could do anything else, Russia pulled him down onto the bed. "Matvey, I love you." Russia smiled. Canada gently smiled at the Russian and kissed his forehead.
"How about we go to sleep eh?" Canada reached over for the light and turned it off, then took his glasses off and placed them on the nightstand. "Time for bed eh? We both need our sleep."
"Nyet..." Russia rolled onto his back and away from Canada a bit. Canada only pulled the covers up over the both of them and snuggled into the bed, laying flat on his back too. He closed his eyes but then opened them and looked toward Russia, the Russian was right in his face.
"R-Russia, sleep." Canada said. Russia shook his head and then moved closer to Canada, reaching down to Canada and kissing his lips. "R-Russia...sleep."
"I don't want to~"
"You need to, that's what I'm doing so you do it too." he ordered. Russia sighed and looked at the Canadian. Instead of moving away, he simply laid his head down on the boy's chest like it was a pillow. "R-Russia?..."
"You're kind of soft..."
"H-How about I count sheep eh?" Canada said gently, his voice dropped to a point where he believed it would make Russia sleepy, he had done it a few times when Russia couldn't sleep or woke up from a nightmare. "One sheep, two sheep, three sheep, four sheep, five sheep, six sheep, seven sheep, eight sheep, nine sheep, ten sheep..." he checked to see if Russia was awake, trying to sit up a bit but just the weight of Russia's head on his chest rejected that movement, plus the Russian was still awake. "Eleven sheep, twelve sheep, thirteen sheep-"
"I can hear your heart beating..." Russia suddenly said. "It's kind of fast... but gentle in a way... unlike mine..."
"F-fourteen sheep, fifteen sheep, sixteen sheep, seventeen sheep, eighteen sheep, nineteen sheep, twenty sheep." Canada continued. He put his hand up to Russia's cheek to see if he was still awake, if he was he would of said something or done something. But Russia stayed silent and motionless, moving his head a little to get more comfortable on the boy's chest. He continued just to be safe, "Twenty-one sheep, twenty-two sheep, twenty-three sheep, twenty-four sheep, twenty-five sheep," he yawned a bit. "Twenty-seven sheep... twenty-eight sheep... twenty-nine sheep.... Twenty nine..." his voice trailed off as he closed his eyes, falling asleep with Russia close to him...
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So Russia's small illness (its called something but i forgot DX) basically messes up his mind to the point where he believes he's in different times and can't remember what's happening, if he's strong enough to even move around. but it pushes a fever to be so high that a normal person would be very ill to the point of dying.... So I just push that onto Russia (sorry Russia!) and poor Canada got chocked again... *cough*
Also, the little this kind of font of Canada being "hurt" is from Prussia, I'll tell about that later though ;P such an anti pru-can fan... o.o' and the part of "we don't want children who can't play nice" was from the manga! It was when he spoke to Lithuania during riots (I think it was Bloody Sunday) he said those words then killed off people, so yeah...