Title: Bed Monsters
Pairing/Characters: Romano/Fem!Romano/Spain/Fem!Spain, Celio and Alejandro
Rating: K+
Celio awoke one night to the squeak of a bed mattress and some very scary yelling-type noises coming from his mamá's room. His first thought was that the monsters had gone to the wrong room, because Alejandro always insisted that Babbo was right when he said the monsters all went to eat Papá but that they never succeeded because he tasted bad, but the monsters had really bad memories and always went back to him the next night. After more yelling noises, he became convinced that maybe Mamá did taste good and the monsters had realised that and hiding under his covers wasn't going to save her if that was the case!
He quietly made his way to Papá's room, because if the monsters wouldn't eat him he'd probably be able to make them leave everyone else alone. Just as he was about to reach his destination, another body collided with him and he let out a squeak of suprise as some sort of liquid spilled all over him.
The other body was far louder than him and for a second he thought he was a total goner and that it was one of the monsters, one of the monsters who was covered in blood oh god did they get Mamá after all, but then the "monster" laughed and unless monsters were really good at imitating Alejandro… what if they were really good at imitating Alejandro.
"Celio?"
Celio screamed and all the scary noises in the house suddenly stopped.
A light flicked on and he saw that, oh, it was just Alejandro, and there was Mamá, safe and sound and wearing only a sheet?
He quickly ran over and hugged her legs, relief washing over him. "What's wrong, Celio?"
"Was that him that screamed?" Babbo was only wearing a sheet too. Maybe that was how they kept the monsters away. "I didn't know he could make noises that loud— is that juice all over my new carpet?"
"Because that's the problem here." Mamma wasn't wearing a sheet, she was wearing one of Babbo's pink shirts, but Celio was pretty sure the monsters wouldn't bother her because Mamma could be way scarier than any monster ever. "Alejandro, what did you do to your brother?"
"It was the monster's faul—-"
"I didn't do anything!" Alejandro picked up his glass off the floor and pouted. "I didn't see him, it was dark and he's really sneaky!"
"Mamá, I heard the—"
He was cut off as he was pulled into a crushing hug and away from Mamá's legs. "I'm sorry Celio!"
"It's oka—"
More crushing hugs. "I'll clean up the juice and wash your pajamas, okay?"
"Okay, but—"
"Are you okay, I'm really—"
"Alejandro. Shoosh. Celio, come on, we'll get you changed. Alejandro, go put the glass away. Romano, clean the carpet." Mamma picked Celio up and he glanced behind them as she walked away, just to make sure Mamá was still there and monster-free.
"Why do I have to clean it up? You clean it up!"
Celio had no idea what she meant by, "Because you're the one who woke him up, Mr Show Off," but that was okay, because for now, the house appeared to be clear of monsters.
