Originally, we were only going to have the one-shot. But we just couldn't stop there. So, without further ado, I (scarlet hanson) and foREVerhauntingme present part two of "A Moment of Peace"!
"Doitsu! Help! It won't get out of my way!" Italy was yelling from their bedroom...well, Germany's bedroom, but since Italy spent most of his nights there, they both began calling it 'their' bedroom.
Italy was standing completely naked, having just woken up, in front of the bed. He looked up at Germany in relief. "Get it Doitsu! Get it! It won't let me leave the room and every time I move it blocks me off!" the Italian pointed to the ground between himself and Germany. There sat a spider about the size of a quarter.
"...You can't be serious." Germany stared up at his lover in disbelief. "It's... it's just a spider, Italy."
"But it's so...so...so scaaary! And it keeps stopping me from leaving! See.." Italy moved a little to the left and the spider did also. Italy moved a little to the right and the spider moved a little closer to him. "AHHH! See! See! Seeeeee! It wants to kill and eat me! Help Doitsu!"
Sighing, Germany turned to the closet door to his right and withdrew a shoe. "Fine! Mein Gott, Italien, I'll kill it then!"
"Yay! Grazie Doitsu! Grazie! But be careful! It might try to get you too!"
Germany rolled his eyes and brought the shoe down upon the spider. Only for the spider to jump out of reach. "Scheiße!" Germany cried, backing up immediately. "You didn't tell me it was a jumping spider!"
Italy screamed and jumped onto the bed, rapidly searching for the missing arachnid."Vee~! How was I supposed to know! It was trying to eat me! I told you! I told you!"
Germany sighed, rubbing his temple as he tried to discover a way to kill the spider. He put the shoe on his foot, and approached the spider once more. He stomped at it, and it jumped away again. Germany, now growing irritated with the eight-legged creature. stomped at it again as it dodged. "Verdammt!"
"AHH! GET IT DOITSU! GET IT!" Italy was now flailing his arms around, still scared to get off the bed.
"Damn spider..." Germany muttered to himself. He looked up at Italy to see his state of panic and said, "Calm down! It's just a spider! See-" he looked down to gesture at the spider and remark about its size in comparison to humans. "Where did it go?"
Italy's eyes grew wide as he stared at Germany. "WHAT! It's gone! Ahhh!" He jumped off the bed and directly onto Germany's back. "Save me, Doitsu! Save me! It's after me! It wants to kill me! HELP!"
"Gah-get off me!" He struggled with Italy for a second before he turned to face the wall. The spider was on the wall, at eye-level with Germany, seemingly looking at them. They both froze at the sight. "Shh... If we don't startle it, I think I might be able to kill it. Now climb off my back slowly..."
Italy whimpered, but slowly climbed off Germany's back and placed his feet back on the floor, his eyes never leaving the spider. "It's staring at me Doitsu..." he whispered.
Ignoring his statement, or the strange truth to it, Germany kept speaking. "Now, get the shoe from the floor, and put it in my right hand."
Slowly, Italy bent down and reached for the shoe. His hands shook as he placed it into Germany's open hand.
Germany kept eye contact with the spider, then quickly smashed it with the shoe. He got it this time, and when he pulled the shoe back the spider's body fell to the ground. Germany let out a sigh of relief. "It's dead." He dropped the shoe.
Italy, still hiding behind Germany, Peaked around his shoulder and stared at the dead spider. "A-are you sure?"
"Ja." Germany pointed at the spider's corpse to prove it and added, "Get me a tissue so we can flush it."
Italy stared at the spider one last time before grudgingly walked towards the bathroom on the other side of the room. He grabbed a tissue, paused and then grabbed two more before walking back over to Germany and continuing his staring at the dead bug.
Germany took the tissues from Italy, picking up the dead spider with them and transporting it to the bathroom. He dropped the dead spider in the toilet and flushed it, Italy peering over his shoulder.
Italy threw his arms up in triumph. "YAY~! Doitsu saved me from the evil spider that wanted to kill and eat me~!" Then his smile faltered. "What if it's ghost comes back to haunt me!" He looked at Germany with pleading eyes.
Sighing, Germany told his lover, "Spiders don't have souls. That's why they scare people. They don't have souls to know that it's wrong." Of course Germany was lying, but dealing with Italy was like dealing with a child. Sometimes you had to tell his a little white lie in order to calm him down.
"Oh~!" his eyes grew all big. "Really~? That's sad...but I'm happy that I'm not going to die by that...s-spider." he shuddered.
Germany rolled his eyes at him. "The spider probably wasn't even poisonous."
"What if it was? Would you have been upset if I was killed by a spider? I would be upset if you died...like you did in my dream the other night..." he sighed at that and his eyes stared off at nothing, becoming lost in his nightmares...
"I-I think it goes without saying," Germany stammered, his face blushing at the memories of the night mentioned.
"Is it normal to still have bad feelings about a scary dream? I can't stop thinking about it and it makes me feel...horrible!" He immediately glomped the unsuspecting nation. "Doitsu! Don't die! Ok? Don't die in this war! I don't want to you die!"
Germany was a bit surprised at the nation's touchiness, but returned the embrace. "I won't die," he murmured into the Italian's hair. "All we have to do is defeat Britain, then we can move on to Russia, then America. One by one, we can defeat them. I believe in my führer when he says he will lead us to victory. And you should believe his as well."
Italy sniffled and buried his head into Germany's broad, strong shoulder. "B-but what if my dream comes true a-and you d-d-die trying to p-protect me?"
At first, Germany was unsure what to say to that. Then he gripped his partner tighter and gave his reply. "I won't need to die protecting you. We're going to win this war, you hear me? We WILL win, and if I must protect you I will make sure I don't die."
"Do you mean it?" He pulled his head back and stared into his German lover's piercing blue eyes. They stared passed into his honey-brown ones and straight into his soul. No matter how many nights passed since they both declared their love for the other, he still hadn't gotten use to the power in his gaze. He felt his legs get slightly weak staring into his beautiful angelic eyes
Italy's eyes pleaded him to assure him, to ease his doubts and make everything better. "I do. I mean it with everything that I am." Those amber eyes that stared into his soul reflected the innocence that lie within Italy's heart, and Germany vowed to himself to never make this nation lose a scrap of that innocence.
"Vee~" Italy leaned in and lightly kissed Germany's lips before pulling back and smiling at him. "Ti amo. Grazie for saving me from that...spider." he shuttered again at the thought of its eight legs...moving and twitching...
Germany, of course, knew that there were much more threatening forces than spiders that were approaching, but decided to just let Italy remain unaware. "Ja... ich liebe dich auch..." He pondered the situation for a moment. He could defeat Britain, Russia, and America separately, but if more than one came at him at a time he knew he didn't stand a chance. He could only hope for the best, and be prepared for the worst. He gave Italy a forced smile and pulled him into another hug.
Iatly released the hug as his stomach growled. "Vee~! We should go make pasta~! Can I go make pasta? Do you want pasta? Let's go make pasta~!" He grabbed Germany's arms and began pulling him along, his eyes falling directly to the spot where he had been 'attacked' by the spider. he shuddered again, but continued out of the bedroom and down the hall towards the kitchen.
And Germany let his carefree lover drag him down to the kitchen, glad that Italy could find it in his heart to be happy despite the war.
Hope you liked it~ Italy and I are going to keep writing this. Although we don't know yet how long it will be... So please look forward to our future chapters!