Romano: I came back around and saw Souve sitting on me. I set him down on the ground and stood up. I was dizzy so I put my hand on the couch and walked towards the stairs. I knew perfectly well what the doctor had said but I didn't care. I don't want to be downstairs alone. I started climbing the stairs but had to stop after three steps. I kept going just stopping to rest every few steps. A walk up the stairs that usually took me like two minutes took me fifteen. I sighed in frustration and using the wall as support I walked to Italy's room. I opened the door then closed it again behind me. I stumbled over to Italy's bed. I laid down next to Italy and put Soave next to Axis. Then I blacked out once again.
Italy: I woke up the next morning to find Romano in my bed. I smiled it was nice having him back. Then I remembered I was upstairs and he was supposed to stay downstairs. "Hey Romano wake up." "Huh? What?" "What are you doing up here? You were supposed to stay downstairs." "I got lonely down there." "But the doctor said you weren't supposed to go upstairs yet." "And your point is?" "My point is you just got back, and if you keep not listen to instructions you're going to go straight back!" "It's morning now so I don't care if I'm downstairs or not." "You are so stubborn sometimes." "I try Italy, oh I try." He said smirking at me. "I'm not kidding why can't you just listen to what the doctor says. I don't want you going back to the hospital, because wouldn't listen." "Fine I'll stay downstairs tonight.""Good. Now are you hungry?" "Starving." "Then let's get you downstairs and in the kitchen, and I'll give you some food." I got out of my bed, and helped Romano get back down the stairs. Once we got to the kitchen I made him sit on the chair. I cooked some food, and gave him as much as I could. I sat down with him and ate my food. "Italy am I supposed to do all day? How long until I can move around like normal again?" "Well right you can play with Souve, read a book and stay on the couch. In a week or so you can move around again." "Oh joy a week of boredom." "I'm sorry Romano." "It's not your fault Italy. What if we went outside and sat on the porch and painted. It's just as far as the kitchen when I'm in the living room. Plus fresh air is always a good thing, right?" "Si, it is. Fine we can go outside and paint." "Yay! Thanks Italy." I smiled and finished eating. When Romano had finished his little bit he wanted more. Again I said no, and told him to go outside. I went upstairs and found all my paints and some of the canvases. I sat outside next to Romano handed him a canvases, and we started painting.
Romano: Again Italy wouldn't let me have more food. He sent me outside then came out with the paint and canvases. I took one and set it in front of me, grabbing one of the paintbrushes and some paint I started. After a while I turned to Italy. "Italy...never mind..." "What Romano?" "I told you I'd never leave you and I won't but what if...what if I were to date someone? How would you be with that?" "I would be okay with it... I just want you to be happy Romano." "Okay umm, well what if I got married?" "Then I would be fine still, I just like knowing that there's someone that will always be there. Why do you ask?" "Just wondering..." "Okay Roma" "Just for further reference. I guess. Is there anyone you've been thinking about, a special girl or something?" "Not really..." "Are you sure?" "Ya, what about you?" "Well..." "Who, who, who!" "Well she's not one of the countries..." "Well then who? Tell me Romano!" "Her name's Rosalie Aleo. She is the most wonderful person I've ever meet. Her cookings not quite as good as yours but still good. She's really pretty. I think you'd like her." Italy smiled at me and I started to blush. I finished painting the picture. "I'm done." "It's good Fratellone." I shrugged "I guess, not as good as yours." He smiled. "Italy would you like to meet Rosalie?" "Sure Romano." "Do you really want to or are you just saying sure cause I'm hurt?" "A little bit of both." "Oh well you don't have to if you don't want to." "It's fine Romano if you like her then I want to meet her." "Okay, well when should she come over. Maybe dinner one night..." "Maybe once you can actually eat food." "No, let's do it soon." "You sure? Wouldn't it be better if you could eat a good amount?" "No, I texted her about everything earlier while you were upstairs. She knows everything, the cutting, depression, eating disorders, being shot. All of it." "Ok then. She can come whenever you want." "Italy you're the one who has to cook. It's up to you." "Romano you know me. I like to cook whenever." "Does tonight work then?" "Ok! What should I make. I've been dieing to make a nice size meal." "Well she loves pasta, come to think of it she's practically a feminine version of you. Maybe that's why I like her so much." "That would make sense." "Yes, oh Italy could I eat just a bit more than usual. Just tonight? Please." "No Romano we talked about this already." "Please it's just one night." "Nope. I'm not going to give you any more than what that paper says." "Okay, it was worth a shot though." "Sure keep telling yourself that. You want to go inside? It looks like it might rain." "Nah, I like the rain." He shrugged and went inside taking the pictures with him. I leaned back in my chair and took out my phone. I found Rosalie in my contacts and texted her. "Hey Love, would you want to come have dinner at my house tonight?" "Romano, are you sure you're up to it. You probably can't move around much." "No I can't but my little brother can. He's desperate to meet you and cook an actual meal." "Well in that case. Sure I can come over. I've been missing you anyway." "Alright baby. What time will I see you then?" "Does seven work?" "Sounds good to me. I better get inside before Italy kills me. Bye Love." "Bye Romano." I closed the text and went inside. The rest of the day was boring. I read then played with Souve then read some more, ate lunch and read some more, watched some television then read some more until it was a 6:30. I asked Italy to help me into the guest bathroom. I showered then changed into nice clothes. I went and sat in the living room staring at the clock waiting for Rosalie to come. I think Italy got a little worried because of how I was looking at the clock. I smiled at him then went back to staring at the clock. At 6:50 someone knocked on the door and I jumped up. I walked as quickly as I could to it. I opened it and saw the most beautiful woman on the face of the planet. "Hi Rosalie." She smiled "Hi Romano. Can I come in?" "Oh of course." I stepped out of the way and she walked in. I lead her to the couch and we sat down. We sat there waiting for Italy to come get us together. Our hands intertwined and my head on her shoulder.
Italy: I had been cooking dinner when I heard the door. I assumed it was Rosalie, and kept cooking. When I finished I put some on a plate for Romano, and grabbed two plates for me and Rosalie. I walked into the living room with the food and set it on the table. I saw their intertwined hands and smiled. "Dinner is served." I handed Romano's small portion to him, and handed Rosalie a plate. "Thanks Italy. Italy this is Rosalie, Rosalie this is my little brother Italy." "Hi Rosalie, hope you liked the food I made. Romano can't eat most of the food I make so I haven't been able to make a full meal." "Not yet anyway." Romano muttered. "I'm sure it's delicious, Romano's told me a lot about your cooking." "Really? I hope he only told you good things." "Wonderful things Italy. Don't worry your brother gave your cooking quite a praising." "Oh really? He only said that he liked it to me. What else are you not telling me Romano?" I smiled at him I thought that he only liked my cooking a bit. "Italy your food is the best on the planet!" I smiled, and then Axis and Souve started meowing loudly. "Hey Romano did you feed the cats today?" "Of course I feed them." He said as he leaned down and gave Soave a bit of his food. "Romano stop feeding Souve the little food you get, and I'm going to give them more they seem hungry." "Aww come on Italy it was just a little bit, anyway he liked it." "I'm still not giving you more Romano." I got up and went to the kitchen and gave the cats more food. I went back and cleaned up the food. Then I left Romano and Rosalie alone and went upstairs. I was in my room reading a book when Rosalie knocked on the door. "Oh hi Rosalie why aren't you with Romano?" "He blacked out, is that normal for him to just black out in the middle of a sentence?" "Yep. At least for right now. Plus it doesn't help that he came upstairs when he's supposed to stay downstairs." "Oh, why can't he come upstairs?" "Because the doctor said he wouldn't have the energy to do it, and he could get hurt more if he blacked out on the stairs." "Oh, well I can get all that from Romano. I want to know more about you. What you like what, you don't like. How are you doing with all of this? I'm here if you want to talk. Just steal my number from Romano and text me if you ever need. I know Romano is hard to confide in sometimes." I nodded "Well I like pasta, and painting, and nutella. I don't like America's peanut butter it's just weird. And yes Romano can be quite stubborn and hard to confide in. Especially when you're his little brother." "I can understand that. My older sister is the same way." "I love him but I wish he would worry about me less. Anyway when did you meet Romano? He never told me about you until this morning." "We meet four years ago in America. He was looking for something in a shop, oh yes it was peanut butter, and I was the cashier. He took me for coffee and we went on a few dates. Then when he left to come back here. I dropped school and came with him. I asked him to keep our relationship quiet because of my last boyfriend." "I remember that. He left me at Germany's house, and to make it up he brought me peanut butter thinking I would like it." She smiled and said "I should probably go home. It was nice meeting you." "You too Rosalie." I took her downstairs, and showed her out the door. Then I went back upstairs and fell asleep.
Romano: I woke up the next morning still in my clothes and Rosalie was nowhere. I heard Italy rummaging around in the kitchen. "Italy, what time did Rosa leave?" "Around nine, after you passed out." "Oh. I'm sorry Italy." "About what it was nice having her here." "Yeah, but she's my girlfriend and you had to see her out the door and everything." "It was fine Romano." "Alright. What's for breakfast?" "For you toast and little bacon." "Oh well at least it's good food." "Yep now go in the kitchen, and I'll give it to you." "Alright I'm going." I got up and made my way to the kitchen and sat down. Italy handed me my plate and I started eating and stared off into space thinking about Rosa.
Italy: I gave Romano food and he stared off into space. I feed the cats and sat down at the table to eat. We were finished eating I went outside and Romano came with me. Then his phone rang he looked at it and texted someone. "Hey Romano who are you texting?" "Rosa." "What you two talking about?" "She wants to come get to know you better." "Sure we don't have anything happening today." "Okay Italy, I'll be in the extra bedroom taking a nap. Here's my phone, she wants you to talk to you anyway." "Okay Romano." "Okay, just wake me up when it's lunch time." "Okay." He left and I looked at the phone. "I'm not sure which one of you two has the phone but I'll be over in about ten minutes." "It's Italy, Romano went to take a nap." "Oh, well how are you Italy?" "Good, what about you?" "I'm alright." "Well that's good. we can talk when you get here. Romano is not good at charging his phone, and it's dieing." "Okay, I'll see you soon then." I went to find the charger and I heard the phone ring. When it didn't ring again I assumed that Romano answered it. Then I heard Romano come out of the room. "Italy, America has made a meeting that all the countries have to go to. I told him I can't but he's forcing me to come. The stupid idiot..." "Well you can stay here and I'll go. Because if it's at America's house there is no way you are going." "He said if I don't go he'll come and drag me there himself. It's actually at France's house this time. Rosa's here I hear the door. She'll come maybe then I won't yell at anyone..." "Romano we can't bring her, and you can't travel. Even if France's house is closer." The phone rang again and I grabbed it. "Hey Which Italy do I got man?" "America this is Italy, and Romano can't come to your meeting he can't travel for the next month." "No prob bro we can just do it at your place. We'll be there soon." Then he hung up. "Hey Romano, America decided that the meeting is here now." "What is wrong with him? I'm going to go let Rosa in and yes she's staying." "But Romano you know that people who aren't countries can't be at the meetings." "Italy, I need her with me right now. I can't deal with everyone right now. Other than you she's only one who keep me calm." "I know Romano but... "No buts Italy she's staying and that's final." "Fine, but the others aren't going to be happy." "They can just shove off then." I sighed and went to make sure the meeting room was clean since we also used it as the library. Unlike America we don't have space to have a room just for meetings. Romano came in with Rosa and sat in his chair by mine, and we waited for everyone else to come.