Italy: I kinda just sat there picking at my food until Romano made me eat. Honestly I wasn't that hungry plus that dream was still bugging me. It was scary everyone had left me. Romano had killed himself, Germany had started world war III and captured all my friends never to been seen again; And I was left alone at home with nobody to come over. That was one of the things I hated the most being alone. I only told Romano about him killing himself, but he knew there was more to it. I was still eating when I noticed that Romano had fallen asleep on the table. I smiled and just left him there since I couldn't get him back upstairs. I sat on my bed, and thought for a while. I ended up grabbing a book and reading. The Romano came running in "Italy are you okay?! What happened?! Is anything wrong?!" "Nothing happened Romano I was sitting here while you slept. You don't need to freak out." "Sorry...I woke up and you were gone. I was worried." "It's okay Romano..." "Italy will you please tell me what's wrong. I know there is more." "Fine you were dead and everyone left me and I was alone. Happy now?" "No I'm not happy. What made you dream of this?" "I don't know... I just did." "Oh Fratellino...I'm sorry that you are going through this. Can I help you?" "Just don't leave me alone..." "Italy I will never leave you alone. I promise." I was trying hard not to cry, but I ended up crying anyway. "You can't promise me that one day you will have to leave me..." "Why would I have to leave?" "Because you're gonna get sick of me or want to go with other people you like better..." "Italy you are my little brother. I will never get sick of you or find someone I like better." I hugged him "Thank you Romano." I let go of him and sat back down on my bed.
Romano: I stood awkwardly not knowing what to do. I had missed the last two years of his life from my depression. It was like I didn't know him anymore. I looked at him and saw much older he was, how much he'd gone through. I felt guilty for some of it. He had had to deal with so much on his own and I hadn't helped. I had been too wrapped up pitying myself to notice if anything happened to him. "Italy I'm sorry about the past two years. I was not the brother I should have been. I may have been here in the house but it was like you were alone. I'm so sorry." "It's fine I can handle more stuff now." "But you were alone. I wasn't there for you at all and now I regret it. I don't know you anymore. I have to ask about everything." "It's ok Romano at least you're here now." "Yes and I'll never leave you like that again." I went over and sat down next to him on the bed. "Italy do you want to do anything? Like just the two of us?" "Sure." "Okay what?" "I don't know what do you want to do?" "It's up to you. I'm going to go get dressed then when I get back you tell me what we are going to do." "Ok Roma." I smiled at him then got up off the bed heading back to my room. I went over to my closet and found a shirt that I knew Italy liked. I wasn't a great fan of it but I wore it anyway. I pulled on some pants and grabbed my socks. I sat down on the bed and slipped them on. I got down on my hands and knees searching for my sneakers. I finally found them and put them on. I slipped my hands in my pockets and went back to Italy's room. I stopped in the doorway and leaned against it. "Italy you aren't dressed yet." "Oh ya I should probably get dressed." "That might be a good idea, si." "Ok Roma." I smiled when he said that but I was shocked as well. He hadn't called me Roma since we were little. "You are calling me Roma again. I thought I wouldn't be called that again since the last time was oh about ten years ago." "Ya well I remember that it used to bug you a lot so I stopped but I still liked calling you Roma." "Oh, well it's fine. I don't mind anymore. I actually kind of like it now that I'm older." I said smiling. "That's good, because I've always liked it." "Si, I know you did. So have you decided what we're going to do?" "Well we can go... maybe we can go see a movie or something. I don't know you usually come up with the good ideas." "Italy a movie sounds fine if that's what you want. Then maybe after we could go buy some things. I'll buy you whatever you want. I just want some time to get to know you better. You've changed so much and I want to know you like I used to when we were younger."
"Ok Roma I just want to be with you." "Well it's up to you what we do. " "Ok then I'm just not good with coming up with ideas." "Yes you are. You just don't get the opportunity to do it a lot even with Germany." "Fine then we can goes see a movie and then we can go eat, and walk around." "Okay sounds good to me. Get ready to go and I'll be back soon. I have to go get money out of the bank. I don't have enough out of it to pay for everything. I'll have my phone if you need to contact me, okay?" "Okay." I left the house and ran to the bank. I took out 200 Euros then headed home. I went inside and went back up to Italy's room. I stood silently leaning against the door frame waiting for him to be ready. Finally he was ready and we headed to the movie.
Italy: I got dressed and then Romano and I left to the movies. "Hey Romano what movie do you want to watch?" "Umm, I don't know. What sounds good to you?" "Um what about "The son's room?" "Okay that's good with me." We bought tickets and we watched the movie. It's was fun, and then we went to eat. "Roma you pick where we eat." "Umm, Italy I haven't eaten in practically two years I don't know where is good." "Fine lets go to the pasta place!" "How did I not see that one coming?" "I don't know!" I grabbed his arm and dragged him there. It was my favorite place since they had lots of pasta's. "Italy slow down." "Whoops sorry..." I slowed down and we finally got there. We sat down and looked at the menu. "Look Romano they have pasta and tomatoes your favorite!" "Okay, I guess I'll get it; now what do you want to eat?" "The pasta with meatballs." "All right, do you want anything to drink?" " Well I like their homemade soda. it's really good." "Okay we'll get two then. I'll take your word for it and try it." "Yay!" We ate lunch and like always it was really good. Then we went walking around. "Where do you want to go look around?" "Um well lets go in there." I pointed at a store that had a bunch of art stuff. "Come on Romano lets go!" He chuckled and shook his head. I smiled and dragged him inside. I let go of him and went to explore. I had never been in here because I never had money with me. I found the paints and stayed there for while. "Italy? Where are you? This place is huge I don't know where you went." "Romano come on slow poke! Where do you think I would be." "Sorry there are just so many things you like so I was confused on where you would be and I'm not a slow poke." "Yes you are, and usually I find the paints first. Remember when we would paint with grandpa Rome?" "Si, you were always better at it than me." "You were still really good at it." "No I wasn't." "Yes you were." I looked at all the colors, and found the one I had never had before. "Roma can I get this one?" It was an orangeish redish color that I had never had before. "Of course you can Italy. Anything else you want?" "Um... can I get a new paint brush mine is getting old." "Yes, anything you want. I've got plenty of money just for today." I found my favorite type of brush and again managed to lose Romano. "Romano? Where did you go now?" "I'm over here looking at canvases." I walked over there and found him. "Why you looking at the canvases?" "I thought I might try painting to get my stress out. Stop with the cutting and do something useful." I smiled and grabbed one. "Come lets go pay Romano." "Alright I'm coming, I'm coming." We payed and we walked around until we passed the pet shop. "Hey Romano why have we never gotten any pets?" "I never thought you wanted any." I looked at him "You really must not have been paying attention. I kept getting yelled at by Germany because I would play with kitties." "Gattino? Really? Well it does seem like you." "Yep one time I got in trouble with Greece because I was playing with his cat." "Oh." "Ya... Roma can we get a kitty?" "Hehe, yes Italy we can. Do you think Nanno would think it was a good idea?" "Probably not since we can be forgetful but we're older now so I think we can do it." "True, how many do you want? Should we get two so when we're gone it won't be lonely?" "Yeah one for you and one for me!" "Okay lead the way." I grabbed his arm and we went inside the store. I found the kitties and they were so cute. I picked one that was black and white, and super playful. "Romano did you find one you want?" "Yeah." We went and bought the kitties and went home. "Romano what should we name them?" "Umm I don't know." "Well it's your turn to pick something." "Why me?" "Because you always want me to pick, and for once you should." "Fine...how about Axis and Soave?" "CUTE!" We got home and I put Axis on the ground and played with him. We played for a while and had dinner. I kept playing with him and ended up falling asleep.
Romano: I was cleaning up dinner and I poked my head out into the living room to check on Italy. He was asleep with Axis on top of him. I chuckled, wiping my hands on a towel I walked over to him. I took Axis off and set him on the ground then I picked up Italy and carried him upstairs to bed. I laid him down on his bed. I slipped his shoes off and pulled the sheets up over him. I turned to leave and saw Axis by the bed trying to get up. I leaned over and picked him up setting him next to Italy. I turned and left the room. I went back downstairs and finished cleaning up the kitchen then I headed up to bed. I got to my room and saw that Soave had followed me. I picked him up setting him on my bed. I got into pajamas then got in bed moving Soave up near my pillow. I slowly drifted off to sleep. I woke up the next morning with Soave on my head and Axis on my neck, then Italy laying next to me. I sighed and moved the cats. I set them next to Italy and got up. I got dressed then headed downstairs. I started cooking breakfast when Sealand came running in. "Romano! There is a war going on and I was wondering if you would be my ally. Please nobody ever treats me like a country and I want to be treated like one." "Sealand you are too small to even fight. I'll be your ally only because you are so young." He smiled and ran off back to his house. I rolled my eyes and kept cooking. I was going to get Italy up but Portugal came in. "Romano I need you and Italy to help me in the war. Spain is but he's not much help right now." "Fine Portugal I'll do it and so will Italy." He turned and left. I went upstairs and woke Italy up. I took him downstairs and had him eat. I ate a bit then got food for the kittens. I went up stairs to get ready for the day. I was only gone fourty-five minutes but when I came back downstairs. The kitchen was turned over as was the living room and Italy was nowhere to be seen. I sank down on the floor in sorrow and shock. I had promised my brother that nothing would happen and that I would protect him and now he is gone. I sat there and cried until Spain found me. He took me to his house along with the cats. I sat on his couch holding Axis. I started crying again. Eventually I cried myself to sleep on his couch.
Italy: Romano had woken me up and took me downstairs to the kitchen we ate, and he went upstairs. I had started to clean the kitchen when I heard what I thought was russian. I heard a bunch of crashing, and then I saw Russia in the kitchen. "Oh there you are Italy." I was scared to I tried to run, but he was blocking the door, and then the next thing I knew someone put a cloth to my mouth and the world went black. When I woke up I was in a strange room. It was dark and felt really small. I went to where a little light came through. "Hey where am I? Let me out!" Then I heard some laugh. "I'm sorry little Italy but you will not be going home anytime soon." "You're not going to get away with Russia, you'll see." "What, you think Germany is going to come get you?" "No! Romano is." He started laughing even harder "He isn't going to come get you he doesn't even like you. He just stays with you because he feels like he has to." I sank to the ground and Russia walked away laughing. "Is it true? Does he only stay with me because he has too? He said he would never leave me and now look where I am." I sat there and cried, I wanted Axis.