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"Spagna…" Romano repeated again, trying to figure out of the Spanish man in front of him was a hallucination or a mirage or something like that! How could a dead nation be…?

"Ah, lo siento." The man said with another small laugh. "I know my Italian's not the best but did you just call me España? That's a country señor. Or is this just a joke to welcome me here?"

Romano didn't answer back all he could do was stare at what looked like (and sounded like) completely alive Spain cheerfully smiling back at him.

After a few seconds the look-alike blinked and said in a concerned tone of voice, "Hey? Are you alright señor?" Then he reached up to feel Romano's forehead. "You seem like you're staring off into space…"

Romano's shocked expression changed to a scowl and he smacked the hand away. "Don't fucking touch me dammit! What kind of bastard goes and touches someone he doesn't even know?" He spat and reinforced it with a glare that caused the Spanish man to laugh.

"Ahaha~ si! You're right! I guess it does seem pretty rude." He replied cheerfully. Then he held out his hand to Romano. "My name is Antonio Fernández Carriedo! And you are…?"

Romano stared at the hand but didn't take it. Deciding that Antonio wouldn't leave him alone until he answered Romano said, "….Lovino. Lovino Vargas", figuring that it would be better to use his human name and not his nation one, especially since Antonio had thought Romano had called him Spain as a joke.

But Antonio didn't seem offended by the fact that Romano didn't shake his hand, instead he chirped, "It's very nice to meet you Lovi~. I hope the both of us can become very good amigos."

Hearing himself being called 'Lovi' made Romano flinch. "D-Don't call me that…." He mumbled with some tears starting to threaten to fall and the sky starting to darken because of it.

Antonio seemed taken aback. "Huh? What was that Lovi? Is something wrong?"

That did it. With the tears now freely falling and the sky doing the same now too, Romano launched the basket of produce directly at Antonio's face and shouted. "I SAID DON'T FUCKING CALL ME THAT!" Then he turned and ran all the way back to his and Veneziano's house at top speed and locked himself in his room, the he started to sob into his pillow uncaring about the raging storm outside or if anyone inside the house heard him crying. "Perchè...? (why….?)" He cried, as the stain the pillow grew. "Perchè...?"

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Hours later Romano finally pulled himself back together enough to get his face cleaned up and replace the soiled pillow case.

When he was finish he sighed and figured that he might as well head back down stairs to listen to his brother whine about how he didn't have any vegetables or tomatoes for the pasta.

But when he reached the bottom step he heard Veneziano happily chatting to someone. Ugh… don't tell me that damn potato bastard's here… he thought with a groan, the last thing he wanted at the moment was to deal with Germany of all people.

"I thought I told you I didn't want to see your damn potato filled face here you-!" He started to yell, only to stop when he saw who was sitting across from his brother. "Oh…it's you." He spat, trying to keep the pain out of voice.

"Hola~!" Antonio chirped as he waved at Romano. "You forgot your groceries at the market so I brought them here."

"Ve~ isn't that nice of him to do that fratello?" Veneziano asked with an oblivious smile. "And you made an amico today!"

"I did NOT make an amico today…" Romano growled and glared at Veneziano. As much as he hated to admit it (and he probably never ever would) but now having Germany visit was starting to seem like a good idea, at least then he'd have someone to take his aggression out on. "If anything this asshole's a stalker. How the hell did you find my damn house?" He demanded, directing the question at Antonio.

"Ah…" Antonio replied sheepishly. "When you ran off and that really weird storm suddenly started you dropped your wallet." He said pointing at the piece of fabric next to Veneziano. "I assure you I didn't take any money out of it but you can still check if you want to."

"No… that's fine." Romano muttered as he picked it up and placed it in his back pocket and causing Antonio to happily chirp thinking that Romano was starting to trust him a little. "But why the hell are you still here?"

"I invited him to dinner fratello!" Veneziano chirped. "He came a long way here from the market and it didn't seem right to turn him away! Y-You're not mad are you…?"

Romano huffed and rolled his eyes, somehow he should have expected Veneziano to want to do that. "Do whatever the hell you want do dammit."

"Yay~! Grazie fratello!"

Dinner was mostly a quiet affair on Romano, although neither Veneziano nor Antonio were silent the entire time except to take a bite of pasta that Antonio kept complementing on. It continued to go on fairly well until…

"Ve? You don't have any place to stay?" Veneziano asked with worried wide eyes.

"Ahaha ~ nope!" Antonio answered with an embarrassed smile. "That's why I was in the market today. So I could see if they had any signs up about places to rent or stay at for room and board. Oh! And to get some tomatoes too! Fresh farm-grown ones are always the best!"

"Ve~ well if you need a place to stay why don't you stay with-" Veneziano started to say before Romano grabbed his arm and pulled him into the living room.

"Stavi per chiedere quel bastardo di soggiorno non è vero. (You were going to ask that bastard to stay weren't you.)" Romano demanded in Italian since he knew that Antonio would probably be trying to listen in and the man himself said that he wasn't very good at understanding the language.

"Naturalmente ero Fratello! (Of course I was fratello!)" Veneziano protested. "Pensavo che sarei felice di lui stare qui! (I thought you would be happy about him staying here!)"

"Questa NON è la Spagna Veneziano! E '... è solo qualche bastardo casuale che guarda solo e suona come lui... (That is NOT Spain Veneziano! It's….it's just some random bastard who only looks and sounds like him…)" Romano muttered sadly. "La Spagna è morto! Egli non potrà mai tornare... e ho pensato che sapevo. (Spain is dead! He can't ever come back….. and I thought you knew that.)"

"Io lo so... (I do know…)" Veneziano sighed, looking down at the floor. But then he looked Romano directly in the eyes and said, "Ma anche se non è lui non è ancora giusto costringere solo lui a lasciare. Soprattutto quando ha un posto dove stare, non è giusto fare. (But even if it's not him it's still not right to just force him to leave. Especially when he has nowhere to stay, it's just not right to do.)"

Romano looked away from him and back out the window for a few moments. Then he turned back and said, "Bene! Chiedetegli allora! Ma non avete il coraggio tranne me di avere una sola cosa maledettamente a che fare con lui! (Fine! Ask him then! But don't you dare except me to have a single damn thing to do with him!)" Then without waiting for another word he stomped up the stairs and slammed his bedroom door shut.

"Um….is everything alright…?" Antonio asked as he peeked his head into the room. "I heard shouting."

"U-Uh..s-si!" Veneziano said as he turned back to him. "It's fine. And guess what! You can stay here with us if you want to!"

Antonio smiled brightly at him. "Really? Gracias!" He chirped then he looked up at the stairs. "But..are you sure your hermano will be fine with it? He doesn't seem to like me too much.."

Veneziano bit his lip and looked sadly up the stairs too. "Well…he probably would be mad at me for telling you this…but…fratello lost someone really important to him awhile ago and he's still upset about it…"

"Ah…" Antonio replied with a nod. "I see. It must really hurt him a lot."

"si…it does…." Veneziano nodded too then started to head back to the kitchen to clean up. "Ve~ are you done eating now Toni? Or do you want me to leave your plate for last?"

Antonio walked over to join him. "Oh! I'll help clean up too! It's the most I can do at the moment to thank you both for letting me stay here."

"Ve~ grazie!" Veneziano chirped, smiling.

"Ahahaha~ de nada Feli!" Antonio laughed. Then he glanced back at the steps. So is that why Lovi acts like that…? He thought. Then he smiled to him. Then I'll do everything I can to help him! I'm sure what he really needs right now is a good amigo to help him through this.

Lovino didn't come out of his room again until night had fallen and he couldn't hear anyone moving around in the house anymore. Silently opening his door his checked both ends of the hallway before glaring at Veneziano's room. Dammit Veneziano! I know you're doing this to help…but… he thought before he overheard someone in the room next to him sleep talking.

Romano's eye twitched as he quietly walked over and started to open the door. That dumbass put him in the room next to me…? The next time he saw Veneziano he would make sure to smack him upside the head…hard.

Sure enough when Romano looked in Antonio was sprawled out on the bed in different directions, one arm on the pillow, one leg dangling over the side of the bed, his head half off the pillow.

He even sleeps like him… Romano thought with a pull on his heart. Then turned to leave but stopped when he heard Antonio start talking again. "Roma…"

Hearing that Romano whipped back around and stared at the sleeping man with wide eyes. D-Did he just…?

"Ah... Roma... eres tan lindo ~. Al igual que un ~ de tomate. (Ah… Roma… you're so cute~. Just like a tomato~.)" Antonio mumbled with a smile on his face. "Ohh. No... por favor no me cabezazo Roma! Sé que no me gusta dejarme... pero tengo que ir a ver a mis otras colonias! Te prometo que volveré pronto! Por favor, no te enojes! Voy a... asegúrese de traer de vuelta un montón de tomates! ¿Suena bien con usted mi preciosa pequeña Roma…? (Ohh. No… please don't headbutt me Roma! I know you don't like me leaving… but I need to go check on my other colonies! I promise I'll come back soon! Please don't be upset! I'll… make sure to bring you back plenty of tomatoes! Does that sound okay with you my precious little Roma…?)"

Romano continued to stand there and stare, almost frozen in shock. H-How can this man know things like that…t-the only one who should is me or Spain! S-So how…? But since it was much too late to do anything at the moment and there was NO way Romano would wake Antonio up to ask because he might not even remember the dream the next day! Romano quietly slipped out of the room making a minute note to keep monitoring the dreams and to see England about this soon. Somehow he had a feeling that the English man would be able to explain this…


Ta-Da! :D But now Romano's suspicious of Antonio. XD And look! Romano DID listen to Spain's Spanish lessons! XD

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