Okay, this is my first attempt at a little SuFin story. (Don't send any ninjas after me for any OOC i might do! D: )

I do hope you enjoy though! ^-^

Tino had been waiting for almost two months to do the 'Fish Camp' project. The project itself was pretty simple; two students tutored an incoming freshman while they were still an eighth grader, and spent a month at the school, sleeping in the empty dorm houses. (the high school had been a small college at one point) They sort of made a little family, and lots of relationships formed out of Fish Camp. (it was called fish camp because the school called the freshman fish, and the middle classman, barracudas. The seniors were sharks)

"Okay guys, if you're interested in the Fish Camp project, please come get a permission slip!" Ms. Braginskaya said with a smile.

Tino jumped up, brushing wheat-blond hair from his face. He was definitely going to be partnered with Mathias. No one else would be his partner (except maybe Lukas), and Tino maybe had a tiny little crush on the Dane, so he decided that he was going to ask him to be his partner.

"Hey Mathias!" Tino bounced over after he got his paper.

"Hey Tino." Mathias grinned at the blond, ruffling his hair. "What's up kid?"

"Want to be my partner for the Fish Camp project?" Tino blushed a little, and looked pretty much ever where except Mathias' eyes.

"Sure." He ruffled his hair again, just as Tino looked up, lilac eyes shining brilliantly.

"Okay! See you on Monday!" Tino skipped away, entirely at ease now, and he goes off to find Lukas so they could eat lunch together with Eduard, Feliks, and Toris.

"Wait, you have a crush on Mathias?" Lukas blinked in surprise. "How the hell can anyone like that stupid-"

"I thought you were his friend." Toris said quietly, effectively interrupting the Norwegian.

"He's an idiot…" Was all Lukas said before silence fell over the table—well, as silent as it can get with one certain Feliks jabbering away.

After school, Tino walked home with Eduard, Eduard's little brother Ravis, Lukas, Feliks, and Toris, talking about the day. Lukas was the first to leave the group, and Toris soon left with Feliks, leaving Tino with Eduard.

"So. You're in love with Mathias?" Eduard chuckled a little, before cursing at Ravis. "Ravis, get over here. Don't play by the street!"

"Sorry, brālis!" The little blond skipped around the boys, making sure to stay away from the busy street, and stick to the sidewalk. His blue eyes twinkled merrily as he stayed near his brother, occasionally taking his hand in his, before spotting something and running to investigate.

"Brat." Eduard muttered with a grin, before turning his green-eyed gaze back to Tino. "Anyways. Continue."

"Yeah, I suppose I am." Tino blushed a little. "Hopefully this project will bring us closer, y'know?"

Eduard hummed in agreement, before noticing that they were nearing the 'dark house,' as the local kids called it. No one really knew who lived there, only that there was lots of fighting. It sat at the edge of the street, but Eduard and Tino had to go down the street by it in order to get to their houses. "Hey, let's get out of here."

The trio quickly ran past the house, as Tino tried to ignore the nagging feeling that he should try and see what was going on now, as he could hear shouts coming from the old house. Eduard bid goodbye as he led Ravis up to their house across the street from Tino's, and Tino headed into his, dropping his bag on the floor as he pet his little white puffball of a puppy.

"Hey, Hanatamago!" Tino grinned at the dog as he waved at his mom, who was cooking in the kitchen. "Hey Mom."

"Hey honey." She greeted with a soft smile, her blue eyes twinkling in merriment.

Mr. Väinämöinen had been killed years ago in a car crash, when Tino was little. His mom said he looked like an older version of Tino, while the only resemblance between him and his mother was that they both had the same wheat-colored hair and smile.

"Hey Mom, can you sign this permission slip thing for the Fish Camp Project I told you about?"

"Sure. Set it on the table." He obeyed, before picking up his backpack.

"I'm going to go study." Tino told her, though he was lying, like usual. The moment he got into his bedroom, he pulled out his phone like always and called Eduard.

"You took ten minutes less than last time." Eduard noted, as Tino heard the sounds of a keyboard clacking in the background.

"Yeah, well you're still hacking something, like always." Tino laughed. "Okay, so I have a question."

"Just tell him." Eduard sighed, knowing exactly where this conversation was going. "He'll never know if you don't tell him."

"I don't want to just come straight out and-"

"Then come out curved." Eduard said, attempting at humor, but it was lost on Tino.

"Okay, thanks Eddie." Tino said, and the conversation fell into something more familiar; Eduard's latest hacking adventure. He was determined to hack the school system and change Ravis' latest F to a low C, seeing as how the little boy was distraught with this failure.

The rest of the weekend was spent with Eduard and Tino attempting to teach Ravis how to ride his bike with someone on the handle bars. In the end, they had a crying Ravis and several scrapes and bruises to account for it.

When Monday finally rolled around, Tino was sitting in third block, waiting patiently for Ms. Braginskaya to give them the rest of the information for the Fish Camp. The door opened, and he hoped it was Mathias, or the teacher, but it was neither. Instead, it was a bruised Berwald Oxenstierna, the fighter.

When Ms. Braginskaya finally did arrive, she looked astonished as Berwald's lip was bleeding a little.

"What happened?" She asked, worry lacing her words, but Tino could hear the underlying tone of her basically saying 'not again…'

"F'ght." Berwald grunted, and fell silent, refusing to answer anyone's questions.

"Go on, go to the nurse." She shooed him towards the door, before she looked around, her eyes stopping on Tino. "Tino, go with Mr. Oxenstierna."

Those five words stopped Tino's heart as he headed towards the door and the silent Swede.

Chapter Two in the making! ^-^