Wow, I'm on a roll with these! This chapter is for Tori Renee Carreido Vargas (whew, that's a long name).

Song: I Won't Say I'm In Love

Spain wasn't expecting any visitors that day, so he was surprised when he heard someone banging on the front door. He quickly sat up on the sofa and removed his cat, Carmen, from his stomach before ambling over to the door. As soon as he saw who it was, he brightened considerably. "Ah! Lovi! You're here!"

Lovina Vargas - AKA South Italy - glared at him before flicking a few auburn locks of hair out of her face. "Of course it's me, stupido! And don't call me that!" She yelped in protest as Spain pulled her in for a hug. The hug was short lived, however, as a hiss and a stab of pain in his leg made Spain release her rather quickly. His eyes watering in pain, he looked down to see Lovina's grumpy cat glaring up at him.

"Ah… I see you brought Romano with you. Anyway, what brings you here?"

The South Italian tsundere huffed and looked away. "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for my stupid cat. He wanted to come play with your cat." She avoided Spain's wide green eyes and tried to ignore the fact that Romano was giving her a "Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?" look.

Luckily for her Spain bought the excuse. "Wow! Really?! Well, come on in you two! Would you like some churros, Lovi? I made a fresh batch this morning!"

"I told you not to call me that bastard!"

Carmen's ears perked up as she heard a faint his outside. Romano? Was that Romano? It sounded like him. She'd gladly give up her siesta on this comfy couch if- ROMANO!

Romano yowled in alarm as Carmen leaped off the couch and landed on him. He collapsed under her weight and tried to wiggle out from under the bigger feline. "Get off of me, stupid queen!"

"ROMAROMAROMAROMA! YOU'RE HEEEERRRREEEE!" Carmen nuzzled her head against Romano's in excitement.

The trapped cat sighed and settled for simply glowering. "Yeah, so what?"

"So it seems like you never come and visit!"

"I wonder why." Anycat other than Carmen would have noticed the sarcasm.

Lovina gulped down her last bit of churro and reached for a tomato resting on the counter. As was usual, she simply bit into it without cutting it up. Spain chuckled at this. "Awww, just like when you were little~"

"Do me a favor and jump off a friggin' cliff," came the snarky reply.

Instead, Spain reached for a tomato of his own and deftly cut it in half with a small knife. "Yeah, tomatoes were one of the best things I brought over from the Americas. That and potatoes." He watched in amusement as Lovina literally spit out the piece of tomato she had been eating.

"WHAT?! NO! NOOOOOO! THERE'S NOTHING GOOD ABOUT POTATOES YOU STUPID BASTARD!" The two cats looked up from their spot in the living room at the noises coming from the kitchen.

"Come on, Lovi! They're easy to grow and that was good for Europe at the time." Spain reasoned.

"GO TO HELL!"

Carmen looked at the kitchen. Romano's human was making loud, angry noises again, and while that wasn't unusual, it was definitely distracting.

"Tch, wonder what your stupid owner did this time." Romano scoffed and tried in vain to escape again.

"Qué?"

He rolled his eyes at Carmen's confused expression and enunciated loudly, "YOUR. OWNER. MADE. HER. ANGRY."

Carmen's tail drooped and she looked at him sadly. "Really?"

"W-well…" Romano stuttered. He hated it when she looked at him like a kicked puppy. "Well, he's the only other person in the house!"

"Ohh…"

Carmen slowly got off of Romano and slunk under the coffee table. Romano's guilt grew when he saw her curl up into a tight ball. "Hey…" Romano called. Carmen didn't seem to hear him though so he mewed a bit louder: "HEY! YOU! WHAT'S THE MATTER?"

The queen's voice was so quiet that Romano had to strain to hear her next words.

"I don't like it when your owner gets angry at my boss. What if she gets so angry that she never comes back? Then I'll never see you again and I will be so saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!" This last part came out as a wail and she hid her face in her paws.

What…? Never see Carmen again? Romano slowly sidled up to the she-cat's side and poked her awkwardly with his nose. It definitely wasn't a nuzzle! Just a poke! Carmen peeked up at him curiously and he squirmed with embarrassment. "That's not gonna happen, don't worry about it," he grumbled.

Carmen immediately sat up. "Really? You really think so?"

"Yeah, my owner likes your stupid boss for some reason. And even if she didn't come back I would...I would-" He tried to think of an alternative but his thoughts stumbled and tripped over one another. "I would… come visit you anyway!" Carmen's eyes widened in amazement and a warm, fuzzier-than-Russia's-creepy-cat feeling filled his chest. "Yeah! That's what I'd do!" he continued.

"But it's so far!" Carmen gasped. "And you'd have to go through Germany!"

The Italian cat's ears fell flat against his skull at that thought. "I'd… I'd swim across to Spain from Italy!"

A purr rose from Carmen's chest at the thought of Romano doing something so brave for her. "Oh Roma!" She rubbed her head underneath his and smiled when she heard him purr as well.

It had taken copious amounts of tomatoes and apologies, but Spain had somehow convinced Lovina to stay a bit longer. Now she was sitting on the kitchen counter with her spoils of war (well, it hadn't really been a war. She'd just thrown a tantrum.), watching Spain pick up the plate of churros she'd overturned in her rampage. She did kind of feel bad about it; those were good churros.

Spain straightened up and regretfully threw the churros in the trashcan, but his ever-ready smile was back by the time he turned to face Lovina. Lovina looked back at him imperiously and commanded, "Don't ever say something so stupid again, capisce?"

"Lo siento, Lovi!" he replied. The fiery Italian glared again at his use of her nickname, but this time made no reply. Spain walked over and hopped onto the counter next to her, being careful not to squish Lovina's tomatoes in the process. He sighed in satisfaction.

"What are you so happy about?" Lovina asked, partly out of curiosity but mainly out of disgust at his cheerful attitude. She would never understand how he could see the good in everything. Or how he could somehow make her feel like she mattered when everyone else focused on her sister. It wasn't her fault she wasn't as pretty or talented or as nice as Feliciana, dammit!

Spain took a while before answering. "Well, I was afraid for a minute there that you would get so angry that you would come back." He was actually stupid enough to tear up at the thought. "I would be so saaaaaaad!"

Lovina looked at him incredulously. "Really?! You think I'd to that? You're so stupid Toni, I love you too much to-" she stopped and clapped her hand over her mouth. How could she be so idiotic?!

Spain gaped at her. "Lovi… did you just…?"

Lovina jumped off the counter and stomped out of the kitchen. "I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. I'M LEAVING!" Where was Romano?! She slammed open the door to the living room and tried to ignore Spain's calls for her to wait.

She saw Romano's tail poke out from under the coffee table and knelt down to grab him so that she could escape. The sight that awaited her however made her freeze in shock. Romano and Carmen were… cuddling? Yeah, definitely cuddling. Squished up against each other and rubbing noses and purring… Even her cat was better off than she was at the moment!

"LOVI!"

Dammit!

"Go away! I d-don't want your pity!" she yelled. Her voice cracked in the middle of the sentence and she hated how pathetic it made her sound. She heard Spain kneel next to her and shivered as his large, warm hand found her shoulder.

"You're a lot of things, Lovina Vargas, but you're definitely not pitiable. Lovi, look at me." His voice was so serious that she felt herself unwillingly turn to face him. Spain's lively green eyes were unreadable as he cupped her face in his hands. Lovina leaned into his touch and closed her eyes before any tears fell (not that she was close to crying!). "Te amo, Lovina."

Aaaaand her eyes her wide open. Spain smiled at the look of shock on her face. "I mean it, amor. I've loved you for so long. Hearing you say you love me in return…" he broke off and leaned closer until their foreheads were touching. Lovina's heart raced as Spain got closer and closer. Dios, she could think straight!

"What makes you think I love you bastard?" she whispered. She reached up and tangled a hand in that chocolate brown hair, pulling him in for a long, loving kiss.

"Just a hunch," he said when they finally pulled back for air.

Romano and Carmen were puzzled.

"Roma, why are their lips hugging?" Carmen asked.

Romano tsked in annoyance at his human's strange behavior. "Hell if I know."

YAAAYYYY! SPAMANO! X3 A queen is another name for a female cat btw. Hope y'all enjoyed this. Really, Neko!Spamano is too cute!