Romano knows that everyone loves his brother over him. After all, he was much better at everything then him. People also liked him better because he had a better attitude than him. But people never tried to figure out why he was so bitter towards everyone. People never tried to look underneath the underneath (Naruto reference ). If anyone ever tried to look underneath the underneath, they would see he is just afraid of getting rejected or hurt. They would see that he is actually a very nice and caring person but they just see what's on the outside and not the inside. When Spain took him in, he was a little bit happy but still kept his facade to see if he was truly wanted. When he learned that Spain took him in because he was forced too, he had expected it but it still hurt. It hurt even more when he learned that Spain wanted his brother and not him. Everything was always about how good Italy was and how he was so bitter to everyone but no-one knew or tried to find out why. He was just always in his brother's shadow. Even though Spain tried to prove that he did want him (not in a romantic way) after a while, he knew he was lying. Sad thing is, he was right. He was still trying to get to his brother. It just hurts and he's tired of it.