Higher Ground [DenNor/SuFin]

Higher ground;; 31

Lukas had barely slept a few hours, yet his position as tribe leader was more important than his sleeping habit.

Today was the day that the Norwegian tribe leader is going to convince his tribe members to let him led Mathias. He would start with the elderly and later announced it to the others.

However, he first had to wish Mathias a well trip. The warriors had stayed here for a total of three days and required to return home. Mathias himself had information to discuss their marriage.

The smaller male made his way towards the Viking ships that were now being supplied with food and liquids for a few days. It was still dark so torches were used.

Although Lukas was not able to detect his lover. He scanned the area once again, looking for the taller Dane. Before finding him with a familiar woman near the ship. He didn't think much of it yet. Until he heard their conversation.

"Mathias you're an adult. And secondly, you can't get much better don't you think?" The dark blonde-haired girl said leaning awfully close towards Mathias. "First of all, I don't know you well. Second of all, I am not interested in you." Mathias said calmly attempting to give her a hint. Carefully taking a step back.

The girl giggled"Come on! You'll be interested in me quite soon. And I'm sure that we get to know each other after a little while! Just take me with you!" At this point, both the tribe leaders began to get irritated.

Lukas didn't want to interfere, curious to see his fiancee's reaction. Mathias was getting annoyed, this girl had only greeted him a few times and already wanted them to get wedded.

"I am not interested." The Dane announced now walking away. This made the girl get frustrated "Why?! I am perfectly fitted for being your wife!!" She screeched.

Mathias turned around with a cold glare "No you're not. If you had cared a little more about me than my title as tribe leader you would've known." He said coldly, turned around and walked back towards the village. Probably to locate Lukas.

Lukas kept an eye on the girl as she stood there frozen. Unmistakably, not grasping of what to do now. He felt humiliated, it was one of his own tribe members. Her family wasn't as close with his family as almost every other family of the tribe.

There were several arguments between them and many others. Maybe that's the reason why she tried seducing Mathias instead of him. The jealousy started to disappear and make a place for pity. With that, the Norwegian man walked towards his lover.

A smile appeared on the Danes face seeing the smaller man. He walked towards him and put his arms around him. "God morgen, Lukas!" He said happily. The Norwegian returned his embrace. "God morgen." The Norwegian said.

Time passed and Lukas had said goodbye to Mathias and his tribe. The meeting with the elderly would begin when the sun had risen above the sea, that would take a while. So he chose to go back home and have a conversation with Emil about what had happened.

He opened the door and found Emil standing in the entrance. He looked like a dead person, which made Lukas feel slightly uneasy. He took a few steps back so he was now outside again. He then looked at the starry sky to figure out the time.

It didn't take the Norwegian man long to notice it was way too early for a normal functioning Emil. Definitely not the right time to talk about something important.

Lukas went indoors, walked up to his younger brother and placed his hand down on Emil's head. "You can still sleep for a bit." He murmured. the white-haired boy nodded in return and crawled back towards his old wooden bed. The Norwegian chose to gain some sleep as well. Hopefully, he would be up in time.

The man slowly drifted off to sleep. Peacefully breathing while hugging the pillow made out of fur. His legs were almost curled up against his chest and a tiny grin appeared on the blonde man's face. It was like all his nerves had disappeared and only a world full of wonders and hopes had surrounded him.

He was awoken a few hours later by Emil softly poking him. "-as... Lukas... Lukas!" Emil screamed pushing the older Norwegian out of bed. Lukas instantly sat up, looking both confused and irritated being woken up.

"An elderly man is in front of our house. You're late for a meeting." The Norwegian man immediately shot up and ran outside. He had not changed his clothes when he went to sleep so there was no need to change yet.

He met up with the elderly outside and apologised for being late. Both walked to the slightly bigger wooden house in the centre of the village.

All elderly were already there, sitting and chatting. They looked up when their tribe leader entered the room. Some of them gave him a small smile, others kept a straight face and gave a small nod.

Lukas returned their greeting and sat down. Of course, the younger man started with apologising. The elders accepted his apology and didn't ask further questions.

Before handling a few small things, Lukas finally brought up the subject. "I have something that should've been brought up a long time ago." Lukas began getting the elders attention. This made the Norwegian nervous, he knew that if they didn't agree he would not be allowed to marry his significant other.

"I have not told you about this before because it hadn't gotten serious yet. But it is far passed that period now." The tribe leader explained getting more and more nervous with the second.

"I found someone, who I would like to marry." He said clearly, making the elders look up in shock. Silence fell until a woman spoke up. "Honey, this is a huge surprise for all of us! We're so happy for you!" She happily said.

The Norwegian man smiled awkwardly, "unfortunately, it is not as simple as all of you would think. To begin with, it is not a girl." This news of course caused some surprised faces.

"Then you have the biggest issue. He is a tribe leader."

-------------------

Hiya!

 I'm not dead yet! I hope everyone is doing good. I apologise once again for the late upload. I will try uploading next Sunday, but I can't promise.

Hopefully until next week!

⚠️I do not own the fanart that has been used for this chapter, nor do I own the characters or Hetalia itself.⚠️

-Dino