Japan felt the weight of Greece's head on his stomach as he traced his fingers through his hair. Japan could never be called decadent, but if there was one thing he totally let himself go…. Greece leaned up and kissed him briefly. "I'm going to vote no," Greece declared, with uncharacteristic conviction.

"Really? Why?" Japan looked at him exasperated. This decision had left him exhausted. He still had no real clear answer.

Greece leaned back on his haunches, facing Japan. "Did I ever tell you that my mother was killed in front of me?"

"No, no, you didn't."

"Turkey slit her throat. It wasn't as bloody as you would have thought because she just vanished before she hit the floor. It took me a long time to forgive him, definitely when I was forced to work in his harem, and even though we still fight all the time, I realized that as much as we are nations, we are human. And when those two things combine, like it does with mortal men with absolute power, it corrupts. I think… We can both agree that we've done things we feel horrified that we did or that we failed to stop. It also made me realize that as much as I hate Turkey, I love you, and if the world was ever to fall in chaos, then… I'd do everything in my power to protect you. And I think it's that human bond between us that's the reason we're here."

Japan cleared his throat, blushing at the sincerity in those sleepy green eyes staring back at him. "Well, Mr. Greece, you sure have a way with philosophy."

"You know what else I have a way with?" Greece said softly, pressing his mouth to Japan's.

Romano had known him too long to think that he wouldn't get in the house some way. He stood in his bedroom doorway, breathing hard. Romano, splayed out on his bed in the dark, just stared at him with the most hateful look he could muster.

"Romano… Please don't!" Spain awkwardly picked Romano's slight body up and held it as he sat on the bed.

"Put me down, bastard."

"No. Not until you promise me….

"I never signed up for this job. I never signed up to be shot in the ass. I can live freely now! Do you know what she told me when I left? That as long as Veneziano or I don't take the potion, the other can."

"Yes, but Romano… How do you know Veneziano won't want to take it?"

Romano looked at him. "Can you truly be this stupid? That potato bastard surely won't take it, so he won't either."

Spain sat on the bed in silence, still holding Romano, looking down at his flustered face. He leaned down until his nose was almost touching his. He closed his big green eyes and took in the feeling of Romano's breath.

"Why do you care so much for me, idiot? Why have you always tried to save me?" Romano whispered it and Spain could sense him closing his eyes.

It wasn't their first kiss. A little before Romano left to go live with his brother he had kissed Spain. It was his first real time drunk and it had been humiliating. The kiss was only a hard peck, but France had whistled and Prussia had teased him years after. It was just something Spain and Romano filed under as the result of a confusing childhood as a nation and alcohol.

This one was different. It started off firm and simple, but suddenly, in a passion that only a Spaniard and an Italian could have, they were suddenly one, their hands gripping hair and pulling up shirts. Rocking against each other but never breaking the kiss, Spain reached his hand down to Romano's crotch.

"Mmm… No… I'm not ready. No, this is wrong. Get off, get off, get off now! GET OUT!" Romano threw Spain off the bed.

"Romano!" Spain flinched at the look Romano was giving him. He stood up, buttoning back his shirt. "Carino, you've always been a brat. I will wait for you when you're ready." He turned and left, leaving a shocked Romano frozen on the bed, watching him walk out the door.

So someone requested that I make the chapters longer. I hope this is what they wanted. Please review DX I'm not getting a lot of reviews... I don't really know what is going to be next. Someone said Russia/China, which is a pairing I like, so I might introduce them. And PolLiet... Austria and Hungary... Bad Friends Trio... I'm gonna start getting this show on the road. That's the thing with Hetalia fanfiction... There's so many characters DX Like, Hidekaz has to be setting some record.