Chapter 2: The Problem

Romano's POV

Feliciano?

"What...?" I opened my eyes, and in front of me was a short man with black hair. "Who are you, and why are you calling me Feliciano? I'm Romano. Where is my brother, anyway? And what was with that light and the scream?"

"One question at a time, please," he replied. "Before I answer them, however, I'm going to tell you and your brother what happened. There he is, right now," Kiku pointed to the door, which had... me? I stared at my body (or used to be body) in confusion, and it was staring back. I slowly turned my head to the mirror to my left, and instead of me looking at myself, I was looking at Feliciano.

"What the fuck? Kiku, what did you do to us?!?" What did he think he was doing, changing our bodies? We never did anything to him! Feliciano even fought in wars by his side, for God's sake!

"If you let me explain without interrupting me, I'll tell you," he said. This guy was really starting to get on my nerves.

"If I recall, you and your brother had a little fight last night. Now, my bosses and I have been trying to punish you two for years-" I cut him off. "Who are your bosses? Arthur and Abel?"

Kiku flushed red, but tried to cover up his embarrassment. Yep, they're his bosses, I thought. "Anyways... You two are in each other's bodies for a week. You cannot tell anyone else that you are actually you. You also can't act like your normal self either; you have to act like you're actually the other person. So, Romano, you will have to act real innocent and pasta-loving. Feliciano, you will have to act bitchy- I mean, however your brother acts."

"I'm not bitchy! And since it seems like you're done, I have to ask you something. Why did you do this to us?" I asked.

The young man paused for a moment. "I can't tell you all of the reasons, because after a week has passed, you'll know yourself. I can only tell you one reason, and that is this: You two have been fighting and getting into arguments since you were born. Your arguments started as little things, like who got the piece of candy, and who got the better clothes. But then when Feliciano moved into Austria's home, and Romano went to Antonio's, things started to get bad. Antonio wanted a better maid because Romano didn't do a good job, (or anything for that matter) and Romano obviously felt like he was the "lesser twin" because of that. Of course, Antonio said he was sorry, but Romano still felt horrible.

"Then Feliciano started getting more attention, and people started calling Romano "Feliciano's brother." That set Romano off... There's much more too it, but that's the main idea." He finally stopped talking and took a breath.

I really wanted to say, "Stalker much?" but I didn't, because my brother started talking.

"You really felt that way, Romano?" Feliciano said. His expression was so depressing that I couldn't look at him. It struck my heart like a knife.

"Y-yes... I'm so sorry, I just couldn't handle it, so I took it out on you..." I felt hot tears running down my cheeks. Normally I would look away from the person so they didn't know I was crying, but instead I hugged Feliciano. After about ten minutes of hugging and crying, Kiku finally said something.

"I must leave you two now. Remember what I've told you." He turned around, and we both watched him walk out the door.