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Where Is Home
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Holy Rome blinked and cracked open his eyes. What day was it again...? Tuesday, right? He groaned, his fingers aching and head ready to explode. With a huff, he smushed his head into his pillow, willing the daylight to go away and stop being so damn annoying.
Then the events of the night before came rushing back to his sleep-clouded mind.
With a jolt, his face heated up and he fell out of the bed. Mentally he cursed gravity, vocally he moaned in pain, physically... he just hurt. What a way to start the day.
His face still flushed, he buried his face in his hands. What had he done? ! It was not normal to kiss a best friend goodnight! Or was it? Holy Rome sighed in confusion and rubbed his face. He knew he probably shouldn't have done it. It wasn't right. Kagome was his best friend. Yet, he couldn't even begin to describe the pure happiness that had sped through his veins-! It was like some unknown tension in his gut, a burden he carried without knowing, had suddenly been disposed of. The fluttery joy that had made him feel like a feather. All that from a tiny kiss goodnight…? How could that be-…
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Holy Rome's entire mind went blank. Mechanically, he went to the bathroom connected to his room and looked in the mirror. And looked. For a long time, that was all he did, just stared. When he finally spoke, his voice croaked with uncertainty and his words were barely intelligible. But now that he'd said it out loud… it sort of made sense…
"I love her…" with those three words, his heart pounded, his stomach clenched and he suddenly ached, not from his short fall, but from an indescribable kind of realization and want.
He wanted to hold her. He wanted to touch her glossy black hair. He wanted to smile with her, he wanted to laugh, hang out, play the piano, do anything just to bewith Kagome… He even wanted to kiss her again. Blinking so as to clear his head, he, in the back of his mind, wondered how or why or when it had happened. Could it have been just last night, while they were playing piano? No, it probably started before that, when she took him shopping like the lunatic she was. Or maybe they were destined for such a thing, and that's why he had hugged her that first day returning home from his miserable wanderings? Sighing, Holy Rome removed his whitened knuckles from the grip on the sink's lip and ran them through his messy blonde hair.
Well damn. This was certainly an odd morning, he thought as he stared into the mirror with clear blue eyes.
This biggest question now was… how was he going to tell Kagome?
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Kagome stared at her sandwich. It was lunchtime but she didn't feel hungry at all, not even after all the work she'd put in this morning. With a sigh, she cast a glance towards the large doors to the hallway once again, the worry starting to bug her with such intensity that she was practically squirming.
Austria cleared his throat and Kagome jumped, caught off guard. With a stern glare that a father would use on a daughter, he raised an eye at the young maid and crossed his arms, tafelspitz forgotten.
"What's the matter with you, Kagome? You haven't touched your meal at all," he asked and frowned. He might've sounded strict, but he was honestly a little bit worried. Kagome smiled apologetically.
"I'm sorry, It's just that I feel distracted for some reason." She smiled and Hungary bit back a small grin.
"Is it because Holy Rome hasn't shown up to eat yet?" she asked slyly, but the hidden meaning went right over Kagome's head. She blinked and then nodded, slowly at first then a little bit faster.
"Well, yeah! I mean, I haven't seen him at all yet and half the day's gone by…" Kagome said, a hint of worry evident in her tone. Hungary nodded.
"Yes, actually, I haven't seen him, either, now that you mention it." She agreed and the girls shared a worried glance. Austria scoffed.
"Please, calm down. He's probably-" Roderich was cut off by the creak of the door opening slowly. Lo and behold, holy Rome moved through the large wooden doors and shuffled uncomfortably, staring to his side instead of at the room's inhabitants. Kagome stood up from her seat and smiled at Holy Rome, whom still didn't look at her.
"There you are! We were getting worried. What's up?" she asked casually, walking over to him. Holy Rome's face lit up like a Christmas tree (oh, wait, I'm American. An X-mas tree) the moment he looked at her, and it would be obvious to say that Hungary knew exactly what was going on. With a stifled giggle, the Hungarian practically sprang out of her seat and grabbed both of their hands, unceremoniously dragging them back to the table.
"Yes, do tell, Holy Rome, why did you take so long to join us?" the romantically obsessed woman asked, a knowing shine in her eyes as she pushed Kagome's chair back in behind her. Holy Rome gulped. How does she know these things! ?
Holy Rome paused in his nervous shuffle toward the kitchen, caught in a stare-down with the woman he had come to call mother.
"Er, my alarm clock... ita didn't go off, then I took a long shower..." he muttered lamely and you could see by the way Hungary's lips pursed that she saw straight through the excuse.
"Oh, I'll have to take a look at the clock then," Roderich added to the conversation, oblivious to the underlying meaning. "I mean, you can't throw it out yet, it's probably still good." Hungary snorted softly at her ex's stinginess.
"Alright then, well, go make yourself some lunch. Can't have you going hungry now, can I?" Hungary motioned towards the kitchen, but Holy Rome knew he wasn't out of the woods just yet.
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Narrator poll! Who thinks Hungary is going weasel the truth out of Holy Rome? (HERPY DERP DERP NICE OF ME TO GIVE IT AWAY HUH?)
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Holy Rome was walking through the hallways of Austria's house like any normal person- or country, in this case- would, then suddenly-
WHAM.
Holy Rome gagged as something pulled on his cape and dragged him into the closet. A light was turned on and Holy Rome blinked a few times, his eyes adjusting. Hungary grinned excitedly back at him.
Just perfect.
"Holy Rooomeee," she sing-songed and crossed her arms over her chest, tapping her foot. "You have some e'splaining to do~!"
Holy Rome groaned. "I tolda you, my alarm clock didn't go off anda then I had to taka a shower-" Hungary poked his forehead.
"Not that!" she hissed, impatient. "You know what I'm talking about. Don't you? If you don't then I'm sorry but you're stupid. I mean it. I need to know. Like, I legit NEED to-" Holy Rome slapped a hand to the hyper woman's mouth.
"Dio mio, Hungary! Sincea when did you talka this much?" Holy Rome groaned and Hungary rolled her eyes.
"Trrr mrrrr evvrrrfnn!" Hungary growled and laughed maniacally somehow. She licked Holy Rome's hand and he yelped, pulling back with a sour expression planted om his face. He stared at the romance-crazed woman for a moment then sighed defeatedly.
"You're crazy."
"I know. Now tell meee!" she whined. Holy Rome snorted at her and leaned against the wall of the closet. He crossed his arms and looked away from his mother figure. Hungary sat down on a pile of shoe boxes and rested her head on her hands. Clearly she was ready to stay there for a while if necessary.
"I...it was last night, something happened. Or perhaps longer, farther back, it started, but I...It's complicated, but the first time-no, when I might've begun..." Holy Rome groaned and dropped his face into his hands as his feelings and words became scrambled. It was too hard to describe the way he was feeling. Not simply happiness, not just joy. He wasn't lusting for her, but he still wanted her touch. No way it was a crush, or the feelings of a sibling. It was...strong. Strong, and powerful, and sometimes painful. His heart ached at moments when he gazed at her, hoping, thinking, "what-if"ing. That wasn't even a word but he still felt it!
Hungary smiled, not a fan-crazed one, not one full of mischief, but a reminiscent one. Ah, she could remember the days when she felt like Holy Rome! I mean, not like a boy, later than that. Like when she was young(er) and in love with Roderich. Or even way farther back, to a time that she kept buried and broken in the back of her mind, when she harbored a crush on the ever-annoying Prussia.
This was going to take a while.
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Where Is Home
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MCD: Damn, why did that take so long? Oh kill me for loving the fluff XP LOL PRUHUN SHIPPER MOOD~
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