Aph Benelux Week 2018 - Tumblr Posts

Sister’s revolution

“Big brother?” the boy wispered as he looked at the retreating back of his older sister. “Why is Emma leaving us. Did someone send her away?” The young boy had tears in his eyes.

Johan tried his best to blink away his own tears away, Henri had heard Emma and him fight too many times already. He did not need to see his big brother break down now, right as his other sibling was leaving him behind. His beloved baby sister had seen him, Johan, as not good enough once again.

Once she had chosen to stay with Spain and now, she chose to leave Johan.

Still, how could he tell Henri that it was his fault that their sister was leaving? That no, she was not being send away by anyone, she just did not want to near the Dutchman anymore. So she walked away from him, and as long as he had custody of their youngest sibling, she was going to walk away from Henri too.

Luxembourg would have to go without his older sister, simply because Johan had not been able to make her stay with them. How was he going to apologise for that? Say he was sorry it was just going to be the two of them for now?

His united kingdom had fallen apart. And he feared it would crumble even further.

Maybe he had never been meant to be a good older brother.

Maybe he had been meant to fail België and Luxemburg all along.

For now, he wrapped an arm around the younger boy and pulled him close to himself as he could and used the other hand to hide his face as the tears escaped from his eyes and the man did all he could to prevent the sobs escaping his mouth.

No matter how much he wanted to cry and mourn the loss, he could not. Right now, he had to be strong for his baby brother, who was crying over their sister leaving.

His family had fallen apart.

Netherlands - Johan

Belgium/België - Emma

Luxembourg/Luxemburg - Henri

Belgian Revolution (1830-1831), the succesion of the southern states of the united kingdom of the netherlands to become the independent kingdom of Belgium.

mythology/folklore

day 3: flowers

Happy

“Play something on the violin for me?” she sweetly asked her older brother. Again.

Sometimes she just missed hearing the way Johan had mastered the violin during all the years he had been playing the instrument.

“Let him be.” Her younger sibling told her. “He prefers the be a DJ these days.”

Henri sounded so proud. He has always looked up to their big brother.

Johan did have a talent for that music style as well, as did his people.

“Henri..” The woman started to say but stopped when she saw that Johan had managed to retrieve an old looking instrument, a violin, to his sister’s delight.

Knowing that his little sister liked to dance as much as she loved the way he managed the violin, he silently mouthed to his brother to dance with her.

First he thought that Henri either didn’t get the message or chose to ignore it, but then Henri took Emma’s hand and lead her toward the middle of the room.

Looking at his younger siblings as the piece ended, he started another piece. A small smile, barely visible, played on his lips while he looked at them.

It meant the world to him to see his siblings happy like this, all smiles and laughter.

Johan - Netherlands

Emma - Belgium

Henri - Luxembourg