kind of glad to be getting away with child labor again. ^^

at one point becomes too awed by a floating bubble and falls off the chair he is standing on*

winces as he hears the clatter and comes into the room. "I *told* you to be careful."

*whimpers a bit tearing up* "But the bubble was getting away."

sighs and lifts Chibi off the floor and sets him on his feet. "It would have popped anyway."

*nods and sniffles a little*

"I like the bubbles though."

makes a mental note to find that stool. "There are plenty more left."

*brightens and climbs clumsily up on the chair, smiling up at you* " Si. That soap is special There were never bubbles before."

really doesn't know if he's supposed to explain these things or just let it be. "Yes, it's very...special soap. You can use as much as y

ou'd like, if you clean up after yourself."

*squeals happily* "You want to catch bubbles with me?"

smiles a bit despite himself. "No, that's alright. You can keep them to yourself. If you'd like I'll stay in here to work, though."

"Really?" *he was not used to that, usually Austria kept to himself with his piano and did not like to be disturbed.*

feeling slightly nostalgic. Shhh. "It's just paperwork, anyway. I'm cooped up at a table no matter what."

*looks at him curiously* "Is it hard work?"

sighs. "No, just long and dull. I'd rather be doing something worthwhile. I think afterwards I'll bake something."

((sorry it's taking me longer to respond, kiku is like in 3 plurks))

*climbs off of the chair and waddles over, standing on his tippietoes to see what he was working on* "I can help you."

[['sokay, I've been doing a bunch of other stuff tonight anyway. xD I might have to go to bed soon.]]

...highly doubts that, but thinks that he might be some help in cooking. Maybe. If he's careful.

[[Okie, g'night for now~]]

((night, i'll post as chibi later))

*eyes went very bright* "Che? I can?"

having second thoughts sort of. "You could...hand me things. Or something."

*was getting really excited* "Si! I can do that. Can we make pasta?!"

considers. Letting a child cook in his kitchen wasn't really in the plan for the day, but perhaps if he had minimal involvement..."Fine."

*grins up at him* "What kind are we going to make? Oh can I bring some to Holy Roman?"

shrugs the question off briskly. "He's busy at the moment. What type of pasta would you like?"

"Che? Busy like you?"

a bit unsure how to deal with these questions, and is therefore uncomfortable, and therefore snippy. "It doesn't matter. Pick the pasta."

*looks at him a bit surprised at his sudden snippiness* "Si, I can bring Holy Roman pasta later. *thinks for a moment* "Spaghetti!"

nods absently. "Fine. Finish the dishes while I finish my work, and we'll make it."

*squeals happily as he clumsily climbs back up on the chair to finish the dishes* "Will your work take long?"

shrugs. "Who knows?" He tries to buckle down to it, staring very sternly at a pile of forms.

*finishes the dishes and waddles over to Austria, climbing up into the chair next to him, watching him work*

glances over, then continues working, his pen scratching his signature mindlessly.

*watches curiously* "Che? What are you writing?"

dryly, "My name. Over and over."

*nods and frowns* "That doesn't sound fun."

"It...isn't," he says as he looks at the last stack and sighs. "I'm supposed to be reading these too, but..."

*eyes grew big at the large stack* "That is allot. Why do you have to do this?"

shrugs. "I have a responsibility. I'm a nation. You'll have just as much responsibility someday, which is why you need to behave now."

"Che? Responsibilities?"

nods. "Yes. Taxes to moderate, tariffs to raise, a defense and science budget to appropriate...it gets rather complicated rather fast."

"Che?"* he was already confused* "It sounds no fun."

sighs. "It isn't, really. But it's something you'll have to do too, in order to keep your people happy, so you should get used to the idea."

*frowns some* "But I want to have fun.."

him a wry look. "Then you'd better shape up and learn to work faster, shouldn't you?"

*nods* "Si! I do my work so I can have fun."

nods the affirmative. "Good. Now..." he scratches one more name. "I think I'm done."

*brightens* "We can make pasta now?"

nods, a bit warily this time. "I don't want a mess, you understand."

((brb))

[[Kayyy]]

((back))

"Si...You will help me?"

. He'd prefer to be making a dessert, but cooking dinner is nice, and he wouldn't leave someone so long to his own devises anyway.

*squealed happily and beginning to try to drag the chair to the stove*

((austria may want to find the stool now))

[[Hojeez. ;xD ]]

"Er...wait just a moment." He hesitates. "Don't touch anything, I'll be - that is...oh, fine. Come with me."

"Che?" *looks at him confused* "Where are we going?"

"We're finding your stool," he says, leaving the room quickly. "Hurry up."

*grins at Austria and waddles as fast as he can* "Where is it?"

"In the attic." He begins climbing the stairs, not really sure how he's going to find it amidst the clutter.

*clumsily follows, struggling some to climb the steep stairs but excited cause he had never been up there*

pauses. He looks back and sighs, then awkwardly lifts Chibi up, carrying him instead to save time.

"Che?" * when he is picked up and he giggles a little*

goes all the way to the attic before setting him down. "Be careful, and don't touch anything."

*looks around the attic in awe, there was so much to see, suddenly he sees Austria's old piano up there. Frowns some* "Why is this here?"

starting to realize that this whole room could be very...difficult to explain. "I bought a new one,"

he says briefly, and steps cautiously through an area filled with mostly old trunks.

*looks at him confused* "But it was down stairs...." *he didn't understand, he had just dusted it recently*

now thinks that he should find the stool as quickly as possible. >> "It's...very new. You can see it later."

He sidesteps a chest of drawers from the 17th century and keeps looking.

*wibbles a little as he follows Austria still confused. He then suddenly sees something that confuses him even more. His easel.*

"Che? Wh...why is that up here?" *wibbles a little more*

freezes. "Ah...it was here for...safekeeping until...until we'd moved the new piano in. Yes."

*wibbles a bit more confused* "B...but it was in my room..."

winces. "It...broke. You're getting a new one."

"Okay." *feeling a bit better* "I need it so I can show Holy Roman how to paint." * he smiled lightly at this*

...wonders when Feliciano is going to revert back to himself, because this is going to get complicated. "Oh, I found it," he called,

then "Aargh!" He slipped on a stack of old letters and fell on his back.

*gasps and rushed over to his side* "Che? Are you okay?"* he looked at him worried*

sits up with a wince. "Yes, I'm fine, it's just...I should really clean up here." He stands up to grab the stool. "Come on."

*nods a little* "I could help clean."

decides that this would be a *bad* plan, but just says, "We'll see," and leads the way back downstairs.

*smiles and clumsily and slowly waddles down the stairs*

gets to the kitchen first and gets supplies out as quickly as possible so that Chibi can't go rummaging around and find stranger things.

*smiles happily and climbs up on his stool* "Grazie!"

figures that although he's young, Chibi probably knows how to make pasta. Maybe. Not that he'll let him run things. "What first, then?"

"The water has to be bubbly." * he giggled at the thought of more bubbles*

nods and sets a pot of water on the stove. "Don't touch this. It's hot."

"Si. It would hurt. It take longs though." *frowns a little*

it might be a little bit faster than he's used to. >>

*watches it in surprise when it begins to boil* " Che? It's starting to bubble!"

coughs. "Yes. It's...special. Get the noodles ready."

*picks up the box looking at it* "This new too?"

snaps, "Yes, it's new, now get them out of the box and put them in. It's not difficult."

*wibbles a little bit trying to figure it out and finally tearing the top off* "Ready,

."

nods. "Good. Break them and pour them in."

*giggles as he begins breaking them and dropping them in the pot*

watches carefully to make sure the hot water doesn't splash out.

"This is fun." *giggles*

makes a noncommittal humming noise. "Now, you know how to tell when the noodles are done, don't you?"

"Si...you try one."

((supper, brb))

[[kayy~]]

shakes his head. "Well, that too, but you also throw a noodle against the wall to see if it sticks."

"You throw it?"

nods..."But only one. And then you clean up afterwards." He gives a warning look.

*squeals* "How do we get it out?"

"First we wait until the pasta is ready, then use the wooden spoon." He wonders how much about cooking Italy knows at this point.

*he loves pasta but hasn't learned yet, he smiles at him sweetly*

figures all they have left to do is wait until the noodles are ready, and make the sauce.

*climbs off the stool and starts to look for the wooden spool*

sighs and pulls it out, handing it to Chibi.

"Grazie!" *taking the spoon and tries to get a noodle out*

decides that this is a bad idea and takes the spoon back. "Let me do that." He pulls out a noddle and flings it at the wall. It sticks.

*squeals happily* "It stuck!"

nods. "That means it's ready."

"Where is the tomato sauce?"

*looks for the tomatoes*

doesn't know if he actually has fresh tomatoes at the moment. "They might be already made into sauce. Look for a can with a tomato picture."

"A can?"

[[BRB PHINEAS AND FERB <3 ]]