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Suvi's mother truly had no skills when it came down to speaking English. It was kind of amusing to watch the poor woman. She obviously wanted to talk with her daughter's future husband, but when she tried to use the little English she knew, it only came out as a nervous spluttering, Finnish, English, and even Swedish mixing and forming a whole new language that seemed impossible to understand. Finally, she gave up on trying and allowed her daughter to translate.

Nina, on the other hand, might have had slightly better skills than her mother did, but she seemed too nervous to try and voice what she wanted to say and ask. So, instead, she observed silently, ogling at Chris really, smiling and fluttering her eyelashes in a way that she must have thought was seducing.

Suvi's father, Harri, who was a sociable man, didn't let his awkward accent bother him. Joni felt somewhat amused listening to how absolutely horrible his pronunciation sounded, but at the same time, he was rather proud that his uncle didn't let it stop him. Both Chris and Adam seemed to understand him well enough.

It was amazing, how a curious parent could gather so much information in a matter of minutes. So far Harri had been able to inquire about Adam's family background, political and religious beliefs, and former relationship history (had been engaged once before). On top of that, all about the schools, he had attended and his plans for future family and work. All this in a matter of just thirty minutes or so.

Joni felt slightly on the outside there, outside and bored. He sat next to Nina, on the couch in the living room, flipping through a random magazine and listening to the conversation quietly.

"And... What do you do? Um, what job? Or study?" Nina finally dared to speak and it made Joni look up at the man to whom the question was directed.

"I'm a game designer and amateur boxer," the Canadian replied, smiling at her. As his eyes suddenly met Joni's the smile slowly turned into a subtle grin.

"Ottaisikohan pojat kahvia?" Suvi's mother Merja wondered, looking at her guests, then at her daughter.

"Would you like some coffee?" Suvi asked.

"Yes, thank you," Adam smiled at Merja, probably pleased that the interrogation seemed final over.

"Yes, please," Chris replied politely, and once more his eyes met briefly with Joni's. 

He did wake Joni's curiosity. For a man with a such brutal hobby, his face didn't look like it had suffered any major injuries. His nose, for instance, didn't look like it had ever been broken. 

A game designer and a boxer; quite a curious combination. Joni thought while his eyes still studied the handsome foreigner. He did think he preferred men with shorter hair, but the long hair seemed to suit Chris and he was curious how it would like open. Those icy blue eyes were rather intriguing as well, almost a little scary with how intensive they could be. 

Misha's eyes were more harmonic blue, easier to gaze into and get lost in their depth. He suddenly wondered if Misha could win against Chris if they got into a fight, even if Misha didn't have a hobby like boxing, he must have been a little taller than Chris, and... he did go to the gym so, he had strength too...And why the hell was he thinking of Misha again?!   He almost groaned to himself realizing where his thoughts had traveled. He really should stop thinking about him! And definitely should stop comparing other men to him... Easier said than done.

"Joni?" Merja's voice snapped him from his thoughts and he looked a little embarrassedly at her. He realized she had probably asked if he wanted coffee too and he had just completely spaced out.

"Kiitos, voin juoda kupillisen,"(Thank you, I could drink a cup.) he replied. 

The conversation continued, with lighter topics and now Joni paid more attention to it. He realized that Chris most probably felt even more like an outsider there, and he did seem to look in his direction a lot. But maybe it was Nina that he was looking at; after all, she was a cute-looking girl, he pondered, and... He was straight, wasn't he?

After coffee, Adam and Chris went to get some rest. They had a long flight behind them and the time difference was always difficult to get past.

At seven pm Joni and Suvi sneaked into the room where the two men were sleeping.

"You know it isn't wise to let them sleep for long,  seven hours time difference and all. They should sleep later," Suvi nodded, looking at them before jumping on top of her poor innocent fiancé, waking him up with fright.

"Wake up love!" She grinned jumping on his lap, while Adam tried to get over the near heart attack.

"Uh... uh...what time is it?" he asked with dizziness in his voice.

" Seven pm local time, hm... something like one pm Canadian time," she answered smiling.

Chris moaned and pulled a pillow over his head. "God... I want to sleep," he whined.

"Oh, come on! It's one pm in your country," Suvi snorted. "Now, get up; the sauna is warm, beer is cold..." She leaned closer to kiss her fiancé, "Come on darling, it will be worth it." Then she looked at Joni who still stood at the door.

"Ota sen tyyny," (take his pillow) she whispered in Finnish, gesturing toward Chris. Joni rolled his eyes and walked towards the other guy, took hold of the pillow, and quickly pulled it away from him.

"Time to wake," he smiled, looking at the man who narrowed his eyes at him.

"This is fucking unhealthy to be woken like this," he complained.

"Oh suck it up, you're a grown man," Suvi snorted and got up from Adam's lap.

"Okay, so you might want to take your swimming pants. I have nothing against naked men, but my fifteen-year-old sister... she doesn't need to see your things," she giggled. "Ah," she pointed at Chris, "Nina may have a crush on you, deal with it, but if you touch her, you're so dead," she warned but smiled at the same time.

Chris raised his hands. "I won't touch her, I promise," he grinned glancing at Joni and smiling when their eyes briefly met.

"Good, ok, ten minutes and we're back to get you!" she nodded, took her cousin's hand, and led him out, the door closed after them.

***

"Are you sure you want to marry this girl?" Chris asked, looking at the door that had just closed. "I fear that you'll end up dying from a heart attack with her," he grinned, raising his brow at his friend.

"What? She's an angel!" Adam quickly defended.

"Sure, sure," Chris got up, took his bag, and started searching for a change of underwear and swimming shorts. "Good thing I thought about their sauna obsession," he muttered. 

Adam smiled at him, "Hm, it isn't so bad being here, right?" 

Chris immediately thought of the dark-haired boy; yes, not that bad indeed.

"I want to survive this," he decided to answer.

"Don't think I didn't notice, Chris," Adam said then. "You were ogling at her cousin, now need I remind you that he is only seventeen."

"Hm, he's cute," Chris smiled slightly, "and yes, I do remember his age, what are you so worried about?" he glanced at his friend slightly amused.

"Well, I really love this girl and... I don't want any trouble with her family."

"And I wouldn't want his daddy to hunt me," Chris smiled reassuringly, though he wasn't all that worried about it, now he was only looking forward to seeing the boy in much less clothing.

***

The boy was gorgeous and Chris just couldn't help but stare at him. His slender body with lean muscles, his perfectly rounded ass, slim hips, sweat that glimmered on his perfect, pale skin, and... The boy was also so sweetly oblivious to the curiosity he woke in him.

The two girls had gone to cool off in the changing room and after they left, the boy stripped off his swimming shorts, revealing the rest of his body for his curious eyes; nice looking cock too, dark, carefully trimmed pubic hair... But that ass... god damn that ass.

 There the boy was, standing so very close, soaping up his perfect body all over and Chris felt a certain interest in waking up. He shifted on the bench to a better position so that this said 'interest' wouldn't be quite so obvious.

Just then the boy looked up at them, with those incredibly beautiful golden-brown eyes of his.

"Have you ever been in an old-fashioned sauna like this before?" he asked while washing his hair.

"Hm, no, not really, just the ...er...modern, electronic kind," Adam replied smiling, to which Joni nodded, took water, and poured it on top of his head to rinse the shampoo off

Chris honestly couldn't remember seeing such an alluring creature before. The boy's dark, wavy hair was now wet all over and he watched him sweep them back from his face. Eyes still close, his lips slightly parted, the boy was a temptation that Chris was more than willing to explore if given the chance.

"Yeah, we have that kind at home, it would be much easier to have a shower here too," Joni smiled when he opened his eyes. He seemed abashed when he noticed the way Chris was staring at him and quickly diverted his gaze. "But the wood-burning oven has its charms. The heath feels softer somehow," he continued a little embarrassedly it sounded, and Chris smiled, still watching him.

Joni moved to check the oven and added a couple of logs inside. "Anyway, need me to mix you up some more bathing water?" he smiled and once more seemed to get a little embarrassed when he became aware of Chris' eyes on him. "Um, I thought I'd head back in, I'm sure the girls will help you too if you need it."

"Thanks, I'm sure we'll manage," Adam nodded and Joni smiled at him before walking towards the door. He peeked into the other room where Nina and Suvi were seated cooling off, towels wrapped around them. Suvi sipping cider, Nina a glass of coke, "Can you hand me my towel?" Joni asked, reaching his hand out.

Suvi smiled and gave it to him, "going already?" she questioned.

"Yup," he nodded, and closed the door for a second to dry himself, before leaving the sauna room completely.

"Okay, I think we won't stay long either," Suvi smiled and then got up.

"Any naked men there?! Watch out we're coming!" she shouted then grinned, left her towel on the bench, and stepped inside with her sister in tow.

**

Joni got dressed and walked back to the house. He was a little weirded by the way Chris had stared at him. Perhaps... Well, perhaps his nakedness had been an issue? These foreigners could be weird about it, after all, not used to the sauna tradition. But surely they had seen other naked men before too, so...? 

Of course, the way he had caught the man staring at him, made part of him wonder if it could be that the man was secretly gay and... interested? But surely it would be just too hilarious, after all the trouble his father had seen to ship him off to safety! And so Joni decided he should not let his imagination take the best of him and abandon the silly thought.

"There's an evening snack in the kitchen if you kids are hungry," Merja told him.

"Okay, thanks," Joni nodded and proceeded his way upstairs and into Suvi's room where he had slept the previous night. He checked his phone, noticing that Dima had tried to call him.

When he called back, his friend answered with a tired and depressed voice.

"Okay, what's happened?"

"You're still with your grandparents?" Dima's voice asked.

"At my uncle's home now... something's up?"

"Yeah... Eva broke up with me," Dima sighed heavily, "I dunno... I guess I forgot for a while that you're up there and... would have just liked to ... well go out... drink...talk shit."

"When did this happen?" Joni questioned, sitting down.

"Last night," Dima answered, "yeah, so, the best part is that she left me with a text," he snorted then.

"She did what?" Joni almost couldn't believe his ears, he had always known that the girl was an asshole, but to leave Dima with a text?

"Yeah, with a text... something about her needing some space...and things being so complex... You know, her family never liked me, her dad downright hated me, wanted her to break up with me..."

"Err ... why?" Joni couldn't see why anyone would hate Dima, who was polite, smart, he had the looks, he was sweet...

"Hmh... well, I'm a Russian so, of course, I must be no good," Dima answered with an irritated tone.

"Those racist assholes! If she is that small of a person if her family is, you don't need her," Joni told him, feeling upset for his friend, who again sighed deeply.

"I just thought that we were doing fine... I don't know... I thought I love her...I..."

"I'm sorry, but she's a bitch. You can do so much better than that, her loss, okay? You know how many girls at school are mooning over you?"

"Well...uh..." Dima obviously didn't have his brothers' confidence in these matters, "I just wish she'd..." He seemed to hesitate.

"Dima, seriously, I know it hurts but trust me, you are soooo much better off without her," Joni nodded firmly, though he couldn't see, "God, I wish I was at home! I will be though, after Christmas, and then at New Year's Eve we'll drink 'till we pass out, okay? We'll find some new girl for you before that," he grinned. "Make that bitch regret, 'cause she will, you know."

Dima chuckled then, "So how are you? What's it like?"

"Hm, okay... sort of, boring, but kinda okay because Suvi is here and two Canadians. "

"Canadians?" Dima questioned.

"Yeah, Suvi's fiancé and his friend," Joni explained, and then there was a knock on the door. "Listen, I have to go, I'll call you later and I'll see you soon I hope... And remember that Eva is a bitch and you deserve better!"

"Okay," Dima again chuckled, "talk to you later."

"Come downstairs Joni, to eat?" Suvi, who peeked into the room, asked.

"Yeah, be there in a sec!" He promised, dried his hair a bit, and put on some deodorant before following.


"Okay let's play some game?" Suvi suggested after they had eaten. Her little brother had already gone to bed and their parents were now in the sauna.

Joni shrugged, sort of lost in his thoughts; playing with his cell phone, he still couldn't believe what that bitch had done; a text message? He had to convince his dad to take him back home so he could see Dima, take him out, drink, and just... be like he used to be... before everything went complicated, before his foolish, idiotic crush on Misha.

"You all look so freaking bored, come on!" she sighed.

"I'm not bored," Adam protested, "but I'm okay with games," he smiled brightly.

"Games...? Oh come on, are we in high school?" Chris snarled.

Joni looked up at the guy and raised his eyebrow, "What's so bad about games? You know lots of grown-ups play games so shut up," the guy might have been hot, but come on... He went back to play with his phone.

"Yeah Chris, it could be fun?" Adam tried to cheer his friend who was still looking at Joni grinning slightly.

"Grown-up game? Like bondage, master-slave, SM, and so on?" he smirked at Adam and Joni stared at him little surprised that he would say something like this out loud. 

Suvi quickly covered her sister's ears, "Not in front of children!" she glared at Chris, before she grinned, "I was thinking... Monopoly!"

It made Joni groan, "Please not Monopoly, it goes on for ages!"

Suvi pouted slightly. "I like Monopoly," she muttered and Adam wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"We can play it some other time, sweetheart," he whispered.

"Don't you have PlayStation or Nintendo?" Chris raised his brows feeling petrified hearing the word 'monopoly'

"I have PlayStation," Nina said then, smiling and looking at the man. "Um... I have many games."

"Uh! Uh! We could play Tekken!" Suvi got excited and Joni rolled his eyes; she acted more hyper now than she normally was, maybe because of Adam?

"Tekken, so we like mindless fights, good! Let's go," Chris nodded, getting up.

Nina's room was pink, nauseatingly pink! And... well, you would more expect it to belong to a ten-year-old girl than fifteen... Or maybe Joni just didn't get it? A picture of horses on the wall confirmed his earlier thought, but a picture of half-naked Jared Leto on the opposite wall made it questionable. A room decorator might have had a heart attack if stepping in; porcelain dolls, and then some more pictures of half-naked men... Nina's taste was simply weird, Joni concluded, not in men but all the other stuff.

"Okay, I start with Adam, and the one who wins always gets a new partner," Suvi explained, fixing the game ready. She and Adam took their places on the floor in front of the TV and Joni pushed away the stuffed animals on the bed so he could sit down.

Suvi won the first round and chose to play with Chris, which turned out to be a mistake because she lost just after a few short minutes of playing.

"This sucks," she groaned, looking at her sister and Joni. "Okay, Chris, choose; Nina or Joni?"

Nina gave a hopeful look.

"Joni, I don't want the little girl to cry," Chris grinned, he had been playing games since he was a kid and he was really good at it, especially after he had designed a few.

Joni snorted, "thinking highly of yourself, huh?" he asked, flopping down next to him on the floor. This game was more than familiar to him, after all, he and Dima had been playing a lot.

Unfortunately, he soon found that Chris was also very good, but at least before losing he gave him a good fight; it had been really close.

Nina didn't stand a chance with Chris and it was over before it had started.

Suvi got them each cider and some chips, and they continued playing, but it soon seemed that Adam and Suvi were more interested in cuddling than playing.

When it was Joni's turn again, Chris decided to let him win, not wanting him to sulk about it later. And it had been a good choice after the boy was smiling happily at him, though perhaps also a bit smugly.

"So you're not all invincible after all."

"Who says I am? You put up a good fight," Chris grinned back at him.

It was getting late.

"Hey...um... Chris, Joni, would you mind terribly if we changed the sleeping arrangements?" Suvi asked, her back against Adam's chest, his hand gently stroking and smoothing her hair.

Chris gave them a mocking look. "And why is that?"

Suvi glanced at Adam, "Well if it's alright, I'd like Adam in my room, which means... well... would you two mind sleeping in the same room?" she asked carefully, unsure how Chris would take sleeping on the same bed with a guy he knew was gay. They really should have thought of this sooner, but both Chris' and Joni's arrival had been kind of... last minute, changing her earlier plans.

"Just be honest, you want to..." Chris covered Nina's ears before finishing, "fuck?"

Suvi blushed bright red and Joni couldn't help but laugh, Nina, on the other hand, didn't dare even protest; after all, any contact was contact when it came to the man of your dreams touching you.

"Um, just well... we haven't seen each other in a while and..." Suvi stammered slightly.

"I'm fine with it if Chris is. I can really sleep on the couch as well, not that big of a deal," Joni grinned.

Chris shrugged, letting go of the girl, "I don't mind either."

"Good," Suvi grinned and after playing a few more rounds they left Nina to sleep in her room, while Joni and Adam went to get the stuff they needed before changing rooms.

***

"Damn, that chick is so horny," Chris smirked at his friend when

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