Past and Present:
Chibitalia swept the kitchen floors with tears in his eyes. It had been only one week since Holy Roman Empire had left, but it felt like it had been an eternity.
After the floors were swept, Mr. Austria ordered Chibitalia to clean the windows. Chibitalia gathered the cleaning supplies, and wiped tears from his eyes.
He polished the windows while Mr. Austria played his piano a few feet away. Chibitalia stopped and sighed, staring out the window, "When will Holy Roman Empire return from the war?"
Mr. Austria turned the page on is sheet music, "Umm… not for a very long time."
"Oh..." Chibitalia said, and continued to clean the windows.
Elsewhere, Holy Roman Empire sat in a tent on the warfront, and sighed, thinking about how much he missed Chibitalia. Chibitalia's broom sat on the floor of the tent a few feet away. Holy Roman Empire reached for the broom and began to sweep dirt out of the tent with it.
He smiled a bit, remembering when Chibitalia gave it to him. He remembered the promise he had made to come back. He remembered the kiss he and Chibitalia had shared. He hoped the war would end soon; he couldn't wait to see Chibitalia again.
Back at his home, Chibitalia finished polishing the windows, and sat down to listen to Mr. Austria play the piano. He thought about how he missed Holy Roman Empire. Suddenly, he got an idea, and walked into the kitchen to try and find Miss Hungary.
"Miss Hungary? Miss Hungary? Where are you Miss Hungary?" he called.
"Hmm?" she said, and poked her head in the kitchen door. "What is it, Italia?"
"Can you please help me write a letter to Holy Roman Empire? I want to write a letter to Holy Roman Empire to tell him I miss him!" Chibitalia said.
Miss Hungary smiled, "Aww!~ Of course I'll help!"
Miss Hungary and Chibitalia walked into the study and Miss Hungary sat down at the desk. Chibitalia pulled up a little chair and sat next to the desk.
"Now," Miss Hungary said, "Just tell me what you want me to write."
"Okay…" Chibitalia said, and he and Miss Hungary spent the next hour writing to Holy Roman Empire.
When the letter was finished, Miss Hungary sealed it in an envelope and handed it to Chibitalia. Chibitalia walked up to Mr. Austria with the letter in hand.
"Mr. Austria, can you please send this letter to holy roman empire?" he asked, and handed the letter to him.
Mr. Austria looked at the letter, then to Miss Hungary. Miss Hungary said nothing, but her eyes said, "You'd better send that letter, Austria."
Austria looked back at Chibitalia and nodded, "Of course."
"Thank you, Mr. Austria!" Chibitalia smiled and went to finish his chores.
A few days later, on the warfront, Holy Roman Empire received a letter, from Chibitalia. He opened the letter, and read it by candlelight in his tent.
Dear Holy Roman Empire,
I've missed you very much, and I wanted to write you this letter to tell you that.
I think of you all the time and I can't wait to see you again.
I hope you are doing okay on the warfront, and that you stay healthy and safe.
Have you seen any interesting things? Maybe you can tell me about it when you come home.
I'll be waiting for you, no matter how long it takes.
Love, Italy.