It was about ten forty when the phone rang...
Romano looked at the caller ID. It was his brother. He answered, "Yeh, what?"
"Romano! Romano, are you okay?" Veneziano cried into the phone. "I heard about what happened this morning! You're not hurt or anything, right?"
"No, I'm not. The earthquake didn't even happen here, idiot."
"But it was close, right? And there's a chance that Colli Albani could erupt now after what happened-"
"Stop worrying about it."
"But I can't! It's only a few miles away from where you live! What if it isn't dormant like we thought?"
"I'm hanging up now. Bother somebody else."
"What? Wait, but-" Romano dropped the call, cutting Veneziano off.
Hours later, Romano arrived at home after a tedious day of dealing with his half of the country's current situation. After taking a step inside he only took note of a mysterious yet delicious smell for a moment before the younger Italy brother peeked at him from the kitchen. As his brother grinned and bounced his way down the hall, Romano quickly processed this and clenched his teeth. "Romano~! Come inside, I made some lunch for us."
"What do you think you're doing here?-!"
"Ve~ Well I decided to come here and see you to make sure you're alright. Oh, here's your spare key. I couldn't put it back."
Romano grabbed the key and gritted his teeth. "I told you I was fine."
"Huh? Yeah, I know. Do you want some risotto?"
"No. Leave."
"But-but-I-" Veneziano cried. "They say the volcano could erupt soon! What if you die?"
"I'm not going to die, you stupid. Quiet down."
"But Romano..."
"Fine, whatever! I don't care, just stop whining!"
And thus the day went on.
For those who don't know (and because this chapter didn't really explain it very well), back in 2016, during August, Mount Vesuvius, a volcano about 150 miles away from Rome, erupted. When it did it somehow reactivated what everyone thought was a dormant volcano closer to Rome called Colli Albani. So now, it's possible that it could eventually go BOOM and take out Italy's capital. I had a bit of trouble researching this. The media is incredibly vague. It's really hard to connect dots when they don't show them to you.
'Till our next meeting, world.