(Chibitalia's P.O.V)

I finished all of my chores early that day. The night before, Mr. Austria promised to teach me how to play piano only if I finished all of my chores. I made sure to do everything extra fast so that I would have a long piano lesson. I love how Mr. Austria plays the piano. It's so pretty and calm.

I ran into the piano room, only to see Mr. Austria was already there. He was playing a piece I usually heard him play, I believe he said it was called "Winter Wind" by Chopin. It sounded so pretty. Not wanting to interrupt his playing I quickly sat down on my chair and listened.

As soon as he finished, I clapped at his amazing performance, causing him to jump.

"Oh Italy, I didn't see you there" Mr. Austria said with a smile that soon disappeared. I never understood why that happened. It was like he wanted to smile but couldn't.

"That was beautiful Mr. Austria sir!" I said, cheerfully. Mr. Austria chuckled and patted my head gently. "Thank you Italy. So I take it you finished your chores. Are you ready for your first lesson?" Mr. Austria asked calmly. I nodded vigorously and grinned, trying to hold back my excitement. Maybe one day I would be as good as Mr. Austria!

"Alright then. Come sit by me so you can reach the piano keys." He said as he scooted over to give me some room. I sat right by him and rested my hands on the piano like I had seen him do it.

~2 hours of practice later~

Mr. Austria taught me how to play a small lullaby on the piano and began teaching me how to play the famous duet "Heart and Soul", the song he said would be easy and fun for me to learn.

"Alright. I'll play the bottom part of the duet. You play the top" Mr. Austria explained. I nodded and put my hands on the specific keys that I was going to need to press.

"One, two, three, four. One, two, ready, go" Mr. Austria counted, then began playing his part. I waited for my turn to come in then clumsily played my part, messing up every once in a while.

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Suddenly, Ms. Hungary and Holy Rome walked into the room. "Ah. There you two are. We-" Miss Hungary stopped talking and smiled. "Whoa. . ." Holy Rome said, amazed.

Mr. Austria didn't stop playing and neither did I. Mr. Austria taught me to keep playing no matter what disturbance was in the room.

We soon finished the solo and turned to our audience. Miss Hungary clapped and Holy Rome grinned. Mr. Austria chuckled and patted my head gently.

"I'm proud of you, Italy. You did better than I expected" He said with a full smile. That was his first full smile! That wasn't usual. I wanted to treasure that smile. It made me happy!

After that, I walked to my room and wrote a new page in my diary. Then headed straight to bed.

I heard Mr. Austria walk into the room, turn off the light, then close the door to my room.