Prologue
After a long day of harvesting tomatoes, a young Italian boy and a tired Spanish man sat down and gazed at the sky, painted with gold and pinks and purples, blended into a masterpiece. Spain had set the question aside for a time like this, when Romano was actually quiet.
"Romano, though you're too young to go now, will you make me a promise?"
"Why would I make a promise to you, jerk?"
"Heh... That's cute. Can... you promise me that one day you'll come to a festival in Spain? They're really fun and-"
"Why would I want to come to YOUR stupid festival? I can have my own!"
"But Romano, they're fun-"
"Mine will be more fun than yours! Vaffanculo!"
" -and you'll have a good ti-"
"FINE! I'll come to your stupid festival, but not before making my own."
"...Do you promise?"
"Fine. I promise...jerk."
Spain picked the small Italian boy up and hugged him, grinning from ear to ear. "Oh~ You'll have so much fun! Too bad you're not old enough now, but you'll love it! I promise!"
"Yeah, sure. I'm hungry. It's dinner time."
"Ah? Then let's go eat." The Spanish man laughed the whole way back home, beaming.
… Yet Romano hadn't come to one since.
