Higher Ground [DenNor/SuFin]

Higher ground;; 5

'I arrived too late, I couldn't help him.' Lukas thought sitting next to his father's lifeless body. The Norwegian boy and his father didn't have the best bond, in fact, they didn't get along at all, but it was still his father. Lukas didn't want to show his emotions, his eyes were burning and his chest felt tight. 'His father is dead' was all he could think about. He looked around and saw Mathias running up to him and his own father. Mathias' father looked horrified, he had been staring at the dead man's body for a long time. Mathias stopped running a few meters in front of Lukas.

"What happened?" he asked horrified. Lukas didn't respond neither did the Danes' father. Mathias took a step closer to the two people and sat down next to the lifeless body of Frode Bondevik. "Lukas? Dad? please respond." Mathias said starting to panic. He stood up and sat in between the two-man waving in front of their faces. His father responded but still didn't took his eyes of the dead man. "This is all my fault, Lukas I apologize, I totally understand if you blame me for your father's death. If I only had been a bit stronger.." He said. Tears started running down Lukas' cheeks, he tried to hold them back but he didn't succeed. "It was not your fault, He died a noble death, please don't blame yourself," Lukas said standing up. Tears continued to roll down his cheeks, he didn't want anyone to see him like this so he decided to run into the forest.

A few hours had passed and Lukas had been hiding in the woods, he didn't know where he was going but shortly after he arrived at the secret hiding spot he and Mathias shared. He sat down and looked up at the sky. It was full of stars, and the moon was shining bright above the beautiful place. He felt weird, He didn't expect to feel this way, he never had a close bond with his father anyway so why to be sad he thought. tears started running down his cheeks again. he covered his eyes with his hands and cleared his head slowly wandering off.

Not far from where Lukas was clearing his mind, a worried Dane was running around. He knows where to go, he knew where the Norwegian guy went. He ran as fast as he could to their hiding place, he arrived at the beautiful place and saw Lukas sitting against a tree, he sat there curled up with his arms around his legs. Mathias walked over to him and kneeled down in front of him laying a hand on his shoulder "Lukas?.." He whispered softly. But Lukas didn't look up, Mathias looked at him with a sad expression on his face.  Mathias lifted Lukas' face up. revealing the tears that were running down his cheeks. Mathias pulled Lukas in a close hug and softly whispered to Lukas that everything would be ok again. The Norwegian boy hid his face in the Dane's chest. He started calming down while Mathias was whispering sweet things in his ear.

Both of them went silent for half a minute before Lukas pulled away from the hug. "Thank you, Mathias.." He said looking up at the spiked haired guy's face, with a small smile "You're always there for me when I need it." Mathias smiled back and looked into Lukas' eyes "Of course, I've known you for a long time, Lukas! I don't want you to cry, I don't want to see you hurt either. You mean the world to me and it hurts to see you cry.." Mathias said taking Lukas' cheeks in his own hands. Lukas smiled up at Mathias, a few tears still rolling down his face. 

The Danish man smiled back and whipped the last tears off his face. "Thank you again, Mathias, I don't know what I would have done without you." Mathias sat down next to Lukas and pulled the Norwegian boy closer to him. Lukas was surprised but relaxed after a few seconds, he lay his head down on Mathias' shoulder and closed his eyes. Mathias pulled Lukas closer than he already was and lay his head on Lukas' head. Both of them fell asleep peacefully, keeping each other warm, under a tree and the cold starry night sky.

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Hiya!

Anyway, you've made it this far without giving up! Well done, I'm impressed! 

Furthermore, DenNor Finally!  I hope you liked the beginning of their relation.

I hope everyone is doing well and until next week, bye-bye!

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-Dino