what kind of tea and cake he is looking to make.

wasn't too sure really. He simply wanted something to enjoy while sitting back and relaxing.

doesn't know much about teas, but she thinks that most cakes were easy to eat while relaxing, so he had a lot of options.

wondered what kind of cake she liked then?

liked most types of cake, she wasn't a very picky eater...

try to bake all sorts of cakes to see which one worked the best. If he may ask, would Miss Thora come try out the cakes and tea for him?

may not mind visiting him for cake and tea.

would always welcome guests into his cosy and quiet home. His two puppies did also miss seeing her and they had grown up quite a bit.

might have forgotten about her dog and left it to her boss, so she would like to play with his!

fine with that, his two now rather large puppies loved guests and attention but they were quite well behaved if she was worried.

wasn't very worried. She piled on her jackets and scarves and made her way over, knocking lightly on the door when she arrived.

blinks and goes to open the door, smiling at the guest. " Ah, Доброго дня Miss Thora. It's nice to see you again." ((=Good Afternoon.))

had no idea what he said, but he didn't seem the type to say anything insulting or mean, so she nodded politely. "Góðan Dag, Dmytro..."

nods lightly and steps to the side so she could enter the warm house. " I hope it wasn't too much trouble for you to come all the way here."

shook her head and stepped in, slowly stripping the layers off as the heat settled in, making her uncomfortable. "I was at Denmark's, so it_

wasn't too far." She shrugged.

smiles faintly and nods again, offering to hang all her coats and scarves on the coat rack. " Ah, I see. Would you like _

_anything to eat or drink right now?"

smiled faintly and held the stack towards him to hang. "Thank you," she paused, debating a suitable answer. "Something to drink would be_

nice."

glances over after hanging them up neatly on the rack before leading her down the hallway to where the kitchen was. " Do you have any _

_preferences? Tea, coffee, hot cocoa or anything else?"

shook her head. "Whichever is easiest, I don't have a preference."

blinks and nods as he goes to prepare a drink for her. " How about something sweet and warm like hot cran-apple cider?"

"That sounds fine." She wasn't quite sure what was in a hot cran-apple cider, but it didn't sound horrible.

glances over to her as he worked. " Go ahead and sit on the couch in the living room. Ilya and Yoakym should be playing there."

nodded slowly, walking in to the living room. She smiled at the dogs as she went to sit on the couch.

chuckles as he heard the puppies barking eagerly as they saw her. The sheepdog always more friendly while the Pomeranian was more playful.

leaned forward and pet the sheepdog, laughing quietly to herself as the dogs vied for her attention.

didn't really get too many visitors often so they would get all hyper and excited when people visited.

more than happy to give them attention, she had always liked playing with animals that weren't her own.

glad the two animals were being so well behaved, more so than usual. Perhaps it was Miss Thora's wonderful charm that got to the puppies.

about as much charm as a drunken elephant trying to do ballet... She was tempted to kneel on the ground and play with the dogs, but she_

didn't want to do that, especially at someone else's house, so she wiped her hands on her skirt and sat back up straight.

enters the room a bit later with two mugs of cider, handing her one first. " Here and careful, it's hot.". He_

_ placed the other mug on the table so he could tend to the dogs after.

nodded, cupping her hands around the cup and sniffing at it. It smelled good. "Thanks. It smells good."

nods lightly picking up the smaller, more temperamental puppy which was the Pomeranian. " No problem, just enjoy." He chuckled_

_ as the puppy curled up into a fluff ball.

smiled faintly at the puppy; he was cute.

just gave the puppy and nice scratch between the ears. " Yoakym is always a bit of a big baby." A small growl was heard in response to that.

stopped herself from giggling in amusement by taking a sip of the hot liquid.

smiles, " He kind of reminds me of my brat Belarus sometimes. It's really cute."

nodded slowly; she didn't know much about Belarus, but if he was dog-like he couldn't be that great...

blinks at that, chuckling at his mistake. " Oh, I didn't mean that he was a puppy though...I guess you can consider he's going through a_

_ phase like puppy dog love." He shrugs in an oblivious and innocent manner.

nodded slowly. "He is in love?"

tilts his head as he looks at her. " More like a cute childish crush on my sestra." He sipped from his cup like nothing was wrong with that.

"Oh..." She paused, thinking about it. "How does your sister feel?" She didn't realize any of the other nations had actually loved their_

siblings like that.

for a moment. " They seem to be getting along quite well." If that considered his brother stalking his sister and threatening_

_ the other to sign marriage documents, then yes but Dmytro was simply the clueless elder brother.

nodded again. "It's not weird that they're related?"

smiles. " I'm sure that such a thing wouldn't be a barrier for true love." He nods.

sipped on her cider. She would have to tell Gjertrud about Belarus and Russia.

simply found his younger siblings to be really cute...

may have had a slight sister complex... "What are your siblings like?"

blinks at that. " Well, my sestra is a sweet and kind child who loves sunflowers. My brat is a caring and thoughtful person." Apparently, he

_ might be clueless how they were sometimes.

nodded. She didn't know Belarus very well, and everyone seemed scared of Russia, but she had offered to help her when her banks fell, so_

she had seemed nice enough. "They sound nice." She may have been a bit oblivious.

smiles a bit more. " Mhmm, you should meet them sometime. I'm sure Anya be thrilled to see you Miss Thora."

"She has always been very nice to me." She agreed; granted she seemed a little scary, but then again, so did Sweden.

nods a few times and sipped at his mug again. " Mhmm, if there are any problems you can find me too if you can't find her."

"Thank you." Though she doubted there would be any problems, especially now that she had both Gjertrud and Dorthe back.

smiles a bit more. " You're welcome." He gave some of his attention to his other dog who seemed to have sprawled beside his leg.

smiled at his attention to the dogs, she wondered if that was how Soren was towards his pets.

it wouldn't be any different...but he had no idea what the Dane was like or even had pets.

"Your house is quaint." She said quietly while looking around.

smiles, " Thank you. It's really not much but my boss insisted that I live here rather than my old apartment."

nodded. She liked smaller houses, they reminded her of home.

found that whatever reminded one of their home was always the best place to live. There was no place like home.

"This cider is good." She admitted.

chuckles and nods, " I'm glad you like it then."