Romano sighed and turned the knob on his door. It was a long day. Hopefully, it wouldn't be a long night. He slowly opened his door, ready for some sleep and-

"YOU AREN'T ITALIAN!"

"Wha-?!"

A young girl with glasses was in his room, although the space was unrecognizable. There were stacks of books here and there, probably separated by series.

"Himaruya is your creator and he's Japanese!" the girl explained loudly. "And all these other characters are Japanese because he's like your dad! And you guys are voiced by Japanese people before the English comes along!" Reality seemed to hit her. "But I'm not Japanese. I'M THE ONLY ITALIAN PERSON IN THE WORLD! I'M SURROUNDED BY ASIAN PEOPLE!"

"Th-That's kind of racist…" Romano stuttered.

"I mean, Japanese people are nice and I really like them but I DON'T WANNA BE THE ONLY ITALIAN PERSON-"

"I'm Italian!" Romano shouted. "Stop whining! And who the heck are you?!"

"Name's Astrid!" the girl introduced proudly. "I am the ultimate shape-shifter, servant to Italy, et cetera, et cetera. So you're Romano, huh? Nice ta meecha! You're my favorite!"

"Favorite what?" Romano asked suspiciously.

"Country!" Astrid replied. "I'm South Italian too! I was born in America, but my nonna was born in the Lazio province. My mom was also fully Italian."

Darn it, Romano thought. Her heritage is my country.

"My Daddy's German, though!" Astrid exclaimed.

"…" Romano glared at her. "Get out."

"Meh!" Astrid stuck her tongue and ran out. "Hetalia world prevails!" Once out of sight, she ran back in, somehow changing into a black baseball cap, jeans, a red shirt, and a green vest.

"A wild Germany appears!" she yelled. She held up a strange looking ball, red on the top and white on the bottom.

"Astrid, seriously." Germany walked in with Italy. "Calm down, would you?"

Astrid turned back into her regular clothes (magically, as Romano would put it) and crossed her arms, pouting.

"This is Astrid!" Italy introduced. "She's from a parallel universe where we're famous!"

He explained the other world to Romano. Mainly the anime factor.

"Really?" Romano huffed. "You expect me to believe that?"

A book appeared in Astrid's hand and she handed it to him. "I'm magic!" she said.

Romano flipped through it. In it he found his brother, Germany, himself a few times…

"Told ya," Astrid said. "That's the book that was adapted into anime."

"…Really?" Romano said in disbelief.

"You're my favorite!" she chirped. "You're funny and cute and stuff!"

"Huh," Romano grunted. "…You aren't staying, are you?"

"Yep!" Astrid piped. "Puh-leeeeeeeze! Please! Ngh!"

"No-"

"Too bad," Veneziano shrugged. "I already gave her permission."

The older tried to keep from strangling his brother. "And you didn't ask me?"

"No, of course not," Veneziano replied.

"We just need to find her another place," Germany sighed. "Just until then?"

Romano gave her a glare and crossed his arms defiantly. "Tsk. One night. That's all you're getting."

"Grazie mille~!" Astrid thanked. "I'm staying with Italy brothers oggi!"

"Are you learning Italian?" Veneziano asked with interest. "Do you speak it?"

"A little," Astrid sighed in disappointment. "I'm still learning."

"Um, I should get going," Germany interrupted. "I have a lot of things to do."

"Okay! Bye!" Astrid piped. When Italy's back was turned, she mouthed "Holy Rome!" with a sinister look.

Once Germany (who was freaked out by Astrid's facial expression) left, Veneziano showed Astrid to the spare room where she'd be staying. It wasn't as big as the brothers', but it was still sizable and nice looking.

"You guys must be so rich~!" she sighed wistfully. "You don't mind?"

Her hands were clasped next to her face, her brown eyes sparkling as she gazed dreamily at her new bed.

"No, go ahead…" Italy said.

Astrid, without hesitation, bounded to the bed and jumped up and down on it. "Kya! This is so soft! Thank you!"

"D-Don't do that!" Italy stuttered.

Astrid immediately stopped and sat on the edge of the bed. "'Kay, but it's still so…soooooft! It's as soft as Italy is bello!"

Italy thought for a moment, trying to catch the sarcasm.

"That's really really soft!" she cooed. "I wanna sleep in it! Go 'way please! Not to sound rude!"

Italy shrugged and exited the room.

I wonder, he thought. If she's even weirder than I am.

*FINALLY! I got writer's block… :( I hate it so much. Hey, I need advice, bros.

Romano: Oh, this oughta be good.

There's a story I've been reading for a while here and I already made one really similar to it. But I can even tell you where I got the idea, not from the other person's story. But I really like it and they read my last story too.

Romano: So what? -.-'

Should I ask them for permission to post it? Or should I post it regardless? Anyway, Astrid-chan has a crush on the Italy bros! :D

Romano: Oh, come on…Astrid, do you really have a crush on us?

Astrid: HECK YEAH!

Romano: o.O Oh. Get her away from me.

Astrid: Roma-chan roma-chan roma-chan *smiles like a psyco* MINES!

Fangirls: No! Roma-chan!

Spain: Get off him! I called dibs!

Romano: D: WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU!?

Roma-chan… MINE!

Romano: ._. Get away form me…*