RussiaXReader- Life As We Know It 5

*Midnight*


You couldn't sleep one bit as you tossed and turned in your bed thanks to the long nap you had before it started snowing a couple hours ago. You stared up at the ceiling, feeling like a lot of weight has been lifted up off of your shoulders. After telling Ivan all about your past you were relieved of keeping all those memories bottled up, and you gained more trust in Ivan. He was, after all, the only one who has ever seen you cry, and the only one (or so you thought) who knows your little secret.

You sighed as once more turned over onto your side. 'Have I finally found a friend? I'm not alone anymore, am I?' you thought. You felt happiness inside you and it was something you haven't felt for such a long time.  "Thanks, Ivan. I really do owe you one."


*Eight in the morning*


You jumped from your bed due to a sudden noise going off loudly by your bedside. "WHAT THE HELL?!" you looked towards the sound and saw a clock sitting on the table. "Oh great, eight in the morning…I don't remember setting an alarm last night though. Maybe Ivan-? No, he was sleeping….when did I fall asleep anyways?"

You turned off the alarm finally and stretched as you got up to your feet.  'Well I might as well get up. I'm starving!' You walked out your door, expecting Ivan to be cooking some breakfast, but the entire house was silent. 'Well this is weird…' You made your way to the kitchen and found that it was empty. You quickly turned around and decided to search the house. First you checked his room, then any other room you could enter. Your results weren't so good.

"I wonder where Ivan could be…" you wondered, talking to yourself out loud. You were now back downstairs in the hallway with your back facing the front door. "The least he could've done was to leave me a note of some sort telling me where he went."
The front door opened, but you were too busy talking to yourself to even notice. Footsteps approached you quietly while you continued to wonder about Ivan's whereabouts. Right when you were in the middle of the sentence a hand reached in front of you and covered your eyes.

"AAAH!!" you freaked out by this happening and bumped the top of the back of your head into the bottom half of the face of the person who stood behind you. They immediately released you and you grabbed the back of your head because it started to hurt. "Ouch…" You swiveled to face the person behind you and an apologetic expression grew onto your face as soon as you saw who it was. "OH MY GOD I'M SO SORRY IVAN!!"

"You're so jumpy _______!" an innocent giggle came from him. "Your head made me bite my lip and I think it's starting to bleed now."

"Y-you're not mad at me?" you asked worriedly, watching his lip as a little bit of blood started to trickle down the side of his mouth. You continued to stare at the blood for a while.

"Not really, it's not that big of a deal. Are you okay though?" he moved his right hand up to wipe off the blood but you stopped him by grabbing his wrist with your left hand.

"No. I mean yes I'm fine. Here, I'll get it for you," you raised your right hand up to his face and placed it on his cheek, wiping the blood off with your thumb. You didn't realize how serious and careful you were being and this took longer than it should have. You kept your hand there and you saw Ivan smile as if you did something to make him happy. There was an awkward silence in the atmosphere. It took you a while to realize that you were staring at his face the whole time. 'His skin is so soft…and if I think about it, he's pretty good looking.' Your face grew a little red as this thought went through your mind. 'Wait, what am I thinking?!'

"You know you're face is turning red, da?" Ivan spoke. "And you've been staring at me for quite a while too. Is there something going through your mind?"

As fast as you possibly could you removed your hand and spun around to hide your face, tilting it downward a little ways. You were extremely embarrassed. "No, nothing at all!" you lied.

He turned you back around and lifted your chin up with his fingers so you were looking at him. "Hey, there's nothing to hide. You can tell me anything,da?" He removed his hand and began walking to the kitchen with a bag full of what looked like groceries. "Come here."

"……O-okay," you stuttered, walking slowly behind him. "What's in the bag?"

"I went to go buy some more food for us. Oh, and I just remembered. I want you to come to a world conference with me. That's why I had you wake up kind of early," he replied as you both entered into the kitchen.

'So he did set the alarm…but how?' you leaned against a wall. "A world conference?! But I'm not a country, wouldn't I be an outsider?"

"No, I was the one who called for today's conference. I wanted to introduce you to everyone," he emptied the contents of the bag and placed them in the corresponding places.
"You didn't have to go through all that trouble to start a conference. I-I mean you could just ask them one at a time to come and meet me couldn't you?" You started fumbling with your fingers.

"Da. But when they're altogether at one time it's much faster. I'm sure you'll get along fine with them," he continued. "We have to go soon, and it's pretty cold where we're going. So I bought you something you can wear there. Just for today at least."
You raised your hands up a little and waved them. "N-no you didn't have to. I'm fine with just wearing what I have on, really."

There was a small silence before you saw for the first time Ivan's scary side.  There was a purple aura around him and he was saying something that you made out to be "Kolkolkolkol". You got a little creeped out  and changed your mind and agreed to wear whatever he bought you.

"I-I'm sorry. What I meant to say was, I'd be glad to wear what you got me!" you walked over to him in horror as he returned back to normal and handed you a bag.
"Good, hurry up and change," you took the bag from him and ran like there was no tomorrow into the safety of your own bedroom.

Once inside you slammed the door shut behind you and locked it. 'That was scary! Just like the book described!' you took a deep breath and gathered your composure. 'Now I wonder what's in this bag? I hope it's nothing strange…' You dumped the contents of the bag onto your bed and observed every single item that came out of it. The clothes you saw were similar to what Ivan was wearing, but different in color. 'What's this all about?' There was a coat very similar to Ivan's, but it was a light gray color instead of tan. Next to that lay a pair of black pants and a plain white t-shirt to wear underneath the coat. You picked up a pair of boots, and by the texture you found out that they were leather. They were a dark gray. The last item was a surprise.

"So I guess he wants me to look like a Russian…" you changed into your new clothes and neatly folded your old ones and placed them at the foot of the bed. "I wish there was a large mirror I could look in to see how I look in these clothes."

There was a knock on your door and you rapidly ran over to it to avoid experiencing Ivan's scary side again. You opened the door only to see him look you over (not in a creepy way). Then he smiled a cheerful smile and asked if you were ready to go.

"Yeah, I'm ready. Um, so I was wondering. How did you know I liked dark colors? Other than white?" you closed the door once you were out of your room and walked with him to the front door.

"I sort of just guessed by what you were wearing. And when I walked into your room earlier to set the alarm you were talking in your sleep about colors so I went off of them. By the way, the scarf looks great on you!" he exclaimed.

"Oh, you think? It's the same color as yours, but I really like how warm it is. And thanks, for buying me these clothes…" you tried to smile at him without getting embarrassed about anything.


*Arrives at the world conference*


"Wow! This place is so big!" your eyes twinkled as you took a look at the conference place. It was way larger than you imagined it would. Ivan watched your facial expression, for he seemed to enjoy seeing you when you were amazed by things.
You and Ivan were the first to arrive and he gave you a quick tour around the place before the other countries started to arrive one by one. Ivan brought you over to the end of the table and you both stood there waiting as the other countries began to hover in through the doors. There were a lot of them, though it's not that much of a surprise. They were countries after all.

Ivan put a hand on your shoulder, and you looked over at him. "While we're around other countries, refer to me as Russia, got that?"

You nodded. "Of course!"

Once every country arrived they all glanced over in you and Ivan's direction and the room grew silent. You weren't good in front of large crowds of people, especially if you didn't know who they were. You held your hands together nervously, unsure what to do. You turned to Ivan for an answer.

"Well, introduce yourself!" he smiled and patted your back.

"R-right," you spoke now with a louder voice. "I-I'm _______. It's a pleasure to m-meet you all!" You're not liking of nervousness began to make your need for intimidation kick in. "And I hope that we could all be friends after I'm through smacking you all around a bit!" You smiled in a way that the others found scary and there was small chatter throughout the room. You didn't know what else to say and a lot of people were staring. Ivan, on the other hand seemed pretty entertained by your introduction.

A loud shout echoed through the room. "HEY GUYS, LOOKS LIKE RUSSIA FOUND A SPECIAL SOMEONE!"