Yellow (An Iceland fanfiction)

Chapter 4

A/N: There's no bold/italics on my phone so bear with me yeah?

-Emil's POV-

When I walked downstairs a couple minutes later to get my licorice, I heard soft whimpers. I slowed down and peaked around the corner to see Peter asleep in Berwald's lap and a whimpering Astrid clinging to Tino.

"I'm kinda worried about her Su-San." Tino said softly as he gently ran his fingers through Astrid's hair. Berwald looked at his questioningly.

"It's just that..." he paused sighing, "I can tell she is a wonderful person. Really I can. It's just... You read her files. You know that she has anorexia and that she self harms. The people at the orphanage said she had been getting better when it came to eating but..."

Berwald gave Tino a gentle kiss, " It's okay. You're concerned is all. I am too."

Tino nodded, "Yeah... Yeah." he looked down at Astrid lovingly, " I should probably wake her up so she can get some sleep tonight. Peter too."

Berwald nodded and hey gently shook the two awake. Peter stretched and jumped onto the floor happily, "Can we go out and play now?"

Berwald smiled and ruffled his hair, "Sure."

Astrid stretched and let out a cute little yawn that reminded me of a kitten, blinking her eyes.

I tore my eyes away from her and, having realized I had frozen in place watching them, blushed profusely and continued to walk into he kitchen. I grabbed a little bit of my licorice and was about to close the bag when Astrid came in.

She gave me a quizzical look, "What's that?"

"Licorice."

She still looked confused, "What's licorice?"

I frowned slightly, they have licorice in America don't they? Yes they do, I remember because one time Alfred grabbed a piece of mine thinking it was something else and he spit it out proclaiming for the next hour how nasty it was. Mathias had to hold me back from breaking him.

I dug inside the bag and held a piece out to her, "It's candy. Here, try a piece."

She popped it in her mouth and ate it. She made a disgusted face at first but then smiled, "I kinda like it."

I nodded and put it away. She came up to me and hugged me while I was reaching up into the cabinet. I froze, not used to being hugged and she nuzzled deeper, "Comfy. You should be my new cuddle buddy." I felt my face heat up and I glanced down at her for a second. She looked really cute cuddled up against me like that...

"Hey Astr-" I looked to see Tino standing at the door shocked, "Berwald! Get in here now!" Berwald was there in a flash and he looked at us confused. Astrid pulled away from me and I finally unfroze.

She looked at the couple in the doorway confused, "What? I was just giving him a hug."

Tino bounced excitedly, "Yeah but Emil never lets anyone hug him. Not even Lukas. "

Astrid smiled over at me before tackling me in another hug. I stood there awkwardly while she hugged me, my arms held away from her and I was standing as straight as a pole. I'm not used to hugs, I don't really know how they work. I looked to Tino and Berwald for help. Tino just ushered me to hug her back. So I hugged her back, very awkwardly and she sighed standing on her tiptoes in an attempt to reach my height. Tino squealed.