Amore Mio, Aking Mahal

[Romano x Philippines: Philimano]

Chapter 5

Years go on and on. Maria continues to call me at the worst time. I prefer her obscure letters to her calls, even if they only came once a month or so. Not that it matters anymore. Eventually she stopped communication all together. It was as if she wanted to stop being in touch.

But it wouldn't do much if we continued anyway. After the Unification of Italy came, I was forced to begin living with my twenty year old little brother, Feliciano, again. Maria seemed happy with that hamburger bastard anyway.

It was a shock to me to me though as to what I saw not to long after what I had seen living with Feliciano and his friends, though.

"A very big shock"

"Ve~ Fratello!"A certain carefree Italian man called out to his twenty-two year old older brother. Romano turned around with a disgusted expression on his face. "What is it now Feliciano…?"

The younger of the brothers grabbed his older brothers arm and dragged him toward the sight of two other men. The eldest, who was the same age as Romano, was probably a fisherman based on the way he dressed. He had scruffy black hair, bored dark brown eyes, and tan skin. While compared to the other male countries, and Italy himself, he was slightly shorter than the average. The younger one was a boy of the age of at least of eighteen. He wore an outfit like a native farmer with a headband tied around his forehead. His hair was black, tied back into a short ponytail, his eyes were big and brown, and his skin was tanner than the other boys. He was shorter than the other boy.

"Japan captured three different islands Fratello!" Said Italy eagerly to his brother.

He pointed to the older one saying, "This one is Visayas~ His name is Crisomo, right?"

"Crisostomo…" The older boy said quietly.

Italy began to nod. "Ve? Is that so? This is Crisostomo! He doesn't talk that much but he's really strong and kind. Despite his height, he's the same age as you, fratello~." Then the younger Italian pointed to the younger boy. "This is Emilio! He's Mindanao. Doesn't he look cool Fratello? And he's only eighteen!"

The young island boy shot the older Italian a cheeky smile. "What's up Mi hermano?"

"You speak Spanish?" Romano questioned.

"Si!" Mindanao answered. "Anything wrong with that?"

Italy had began to look around with a worried expression on his face. "Ve?" He said in a curious tone. "There was one more… I wonder where she went… She was such a pretty girl too!"

Romano turned around, away from his brother and his new "friends", and attempted to walk away. "Fratello!" Called out Italy. "Where are you going? I want you to meet the other one! She's very pretty!"

"Ang cute nang mga pusa to!" A familiar voice shouted. Romano's face turned red hearing it. He turned around to see a very familiar face.

"Oh Kuya Criso, Oh Emil~ Look!" It was none other than Philippines herself holding three cats. "Ang cute, no? Can we keep them? I already named them!"

Italy immediately held onto Philippines, dropping the cats on the ground, each one going to a specific one of the three islands. "Ve~ there you are Cara Mia! Ah you are so pretty~ By the way this is my big brother, Lovino!"

The Filipina tilled her head. "Lovino?" She questioned. "Oh Lovi is that you?"

Romano looked at her in shock. "It really is her…" He mumbled under his breath. He was able to control himself from crying because of everyone around him.

Philippines looked at him puzzled. "What did you say…?"

"Nothing…" Romano said shaking his head. "It's nice to see you again Maria…"

The girl smiled as she walked into him for a hug. Romano's face turned very red. He was unaware of the fact that Visayas was looking at him in anger. But that didn't matter if he saw, he was happy that his dear was back in his life.

The two began to walking in the afternoon to go and catch up. Philippines had her little cat in her arm stroking its fur. Romano just looked at her thinking about how he felt about actually having her back.

"Isn't she cute?" Philippines asked as she pushed her kitty into Romano's face. "I found her trying to steal food from my house~ I call her Miming."

The older man sighed. He always knew that the girls naming sense was absolutely off. Or at least to him it was. Of course, he would never say it, but he did drop hints. "That is a very… Unique name, don't you think Maria?"

She just hugged her kitty. "That's good!" She smiled. "Unique names are wonderful~"

"I see…" Romano sighed. "I thought you were part of the Allies. What happened?"

Philippines stopped in her tracks. She began to shake. Her eyes where widen from terror and she was looked like she was going to break down in tears. "Japan caught the three of us… That's all you have to know, Lovi… That's all."

Romano looked back at her. He looked at her with a worried face. What did Japan do to her? It was the question that ran through his head after hearing what she said. He wanted to ask her to continue, but he couldn't. It was like she was already in pain just trying to tell him that she was just captured.

The Filipina looked up at him with an uneasy smile on her face. "C-Can we just go and change the subject? Like, how has my Ama been doing?"

"Spain?" He questioned. "Still a retard as usual… He never stopped talking about you after you left. When he did he would start bugging the hell out of me."

"Is that so?" Philippines laughed. "My Ama is very funny isn't he? I wish I could visit."

"Then how come you never did?" Romano mumbled under his breath.

"Ano?"

Romano shook his head. "It's nothing."

"I see…" Philippines began to giggle. "You and Feli look alike, you know Lovi?"

"Don't compare me to my stupid little brother!" Romano yelled. "He is a big stupid retard!"

"Calm down Lovi!" She said patting him on the back. "Please calm down."

"Okay!" The Italian said taking a deep breath as he began to walk once again.

As they were walking, not even a few feet into their walk, Romano felt something wrap around his waist. He looked behind him. Philippines had wrapped her arms around his waist with a content smile on her face.

"I'm happy we can hang out together again Lovi…" She said quietly. "I missed you so much."

Romano raised his hand to his face covering his eyes. Tears fell from his eyes. The young Filipina released him and walked in front of him. She looked up into his face. "Are you crying?" She asked. He wiped his eyes and patted her on the head.

"Be quiet little girl." He says messing up her hair. "You haven't grown at all."

Philippines puffed up her cheeks and she looked at the crying man. "You can be such jerk!" She turned away from his direction and crossed her arms as she said; "Now I don't feel bad that you're crying anymore!"

"I wasn't crying!" Romano barked. He had a slightly angered expression but somehow it died down into a smile. He patted her on the head ruffling her hair in the process laughing.

"I missed you too Maria."

"Ve Fratello~ I have something to ask you."

"What is it Feliciano?"

"You look so happy around Ms. Maria…"

"And?"

"Is Ms. Maria your amore?"

"What? NO! Stupid little brother!"

"Ve~? Alright~ You know Ms. Maria is malto bello~"

"Yeah?"

"She's also so smart!"

"Uh huh?"

"And she's very strong!"

"What are you getting at Feliciano?"

"I want to ask Ms. Maria out for a date! She is such a beautiful woman!"

"Che cosa? NO!"

"Ve…? Why Fratello?"

"Perche! She's…. She's!"

"She's what? You said yourself, she isn't your amore…"

A smack on the younger Italian's head was made. Romano walked away in anger. From afar, he watched his little brother. He cringed at what was said.

"Ms. Maria~ Would you like to go have pasta with me?"

"Oh that sounds great Feli~ I'd love to."

He looked back at them. He heard her answer. Why he said yes to him? Why? There was nothing he knew about this. But he did know one thing… He had become absolutely jealous of his little brother.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

I am still going to take requests on whatever Phili-pair anyone wants~

So Far:

-PiriHon