hears the whimper and heads to it, murmuring, " Excuse me? Is everything all right over here?"

perks up when she hears her and clings tightly. "V-veee...."

blinks down and rubs her friend's back, recognizing Italia. " Did you get lost, Felicita?"

nods against her. "S-si..."

pulls out her phone and flicks it open, checking the time and murmuring, " It's getting a bit late. How about you stay over for the night

_and I take you home tomorrow?" She still rubbed her friend's back.

blinks up at her. "P-per favore...."

smiles softly and guides Italia back to her place, easily opening the door and shooing her dogs away from the door.

keeps clinging to her as they walk.

leads her inside and murmurs, " I don't have much in the way of food right now, but I do have wurst and some potato pasta."

"P-Potato pasta...?"

" Yeah... gnocchi or something like that."

smiles. "V-vee~"

surprised at the smile but shrugs, not minding it.

clings tighter to her. "V-vee.... I was scared..."

gently comforts Italia, murmuring, " Why are you scared Felicita? There's nothing to be scared of."

blinks up at her. "I was lost..."

smiles, " I know... but I'm here now, and you're not lost anymore."

smiles up at her and leans up to kiss her cheeks. "Veee~"

blushes but does the same, trying to keep herself from squeaking as she did before.

stands on her tiptoes to wrap her arms around her neck to hug her.

hugs her back, enjoying the contact.

giggles and kisses her cheek again. "Ti amoo~"

blinks a few times before squeaking out, " Ich liebe dich..." and going bright red.

blushes a little and giggles. "How much?"

shifts a bit and murmurs, " A lot... I think..." She really didn't know how to explain it.

blinks a bit before smiling. "How much is a lot?"

shrugs murmuring, " I don't know, Felicita... umm... half my heart I suppose?" She truly didn't know how to explain it. She had pieces of

_heart devoted to his schwester and family, some for Sakura and a lot for Felicita.

frowns for a half second before smiling again. "Oh."

blinks and murmurs, " Isn't that a lot? I thought it was... my family owns the other half."

shakes her head a little. "No, it's a lot~! Grazie!"

tilts her head and smiles before murmuring, " Umm... your welcome?"

nods and starts to wander off.

watches but knows the other won't leave her home.

stops at the front door, opening and just staring out, a little whimper escaping.

sighs and scoops Felicita up, carrying her to her bedroom, since the other guest room was her sister's. She had room anyways.

blinks in surprise and tries to wiggle away, on the verge of tears.

blinks and holds her better, plopping her down and murmuring, " Get some rest Feli... I'll be downstairs doing paperwork if you need me."

cries and clings to her.

sighs and crawls into bed, letting her cling and grabbing a book to read, to wait for her to drift off so she could get some work done.

just cries even harder and lets go of her, wiggling out of bed.

confused and says, " Felicita... what is wrong?"

shakes her head quickly and starts to walk out. "I-I'll just go h-home..."

blinks and murmurs, " Why? What did I do wrong?"

slumps to the ground. "N-nothing..."

crawls forward and sits down, placing her hands in her lap and murmurs, " Then what's wrong Italia?"

whimpers. "I-I love you with all of my heart!"

blushes at that and ruffles her hair, mumbling, " A-and you know I love you... s-so why are you u-upset?" She didn't understand the

_difference between familial love and the love she felt for Italia.

didn't really understand either. All she really knew was that she was more loyal to her than her own family. She loved her family but Meika

even more special to her. She nods and hugs her, still crying.

cuddles and hugs Italia back, gently rubbing her back. She held the smaller nation and thought hard, trying to figure out her feelings to

_better reassure her little one.

cuddles into her, glad for the closeness and comfort.

quiet, but didn't mind holding Italia. She tried to measure her feelings and sighed, mumbling, " Felicita? It feels like I've loved you

_forever..." She didn't know why she said that, but it resonated in her as a truth.

glances up at her and nods. "I feel the same..."

smiles softly and cuddles her little love, murmuring, " You might be the maid I remember in my dreams. You look a lot like her."

giggles a little. "You dream about a maid? Ms. Austria used to make me dress up like a maid when I was little."

hums an agreement, murmuring, " I do... but other dreams are worse. I'm not going to tell you because I don't want you to have nightmares."

frowns. "You shouldn't have bad dreams..."

laughed at that, the sound dark and pained. There was nothing she could say to that, instead she tugged Felicita closer.

leans up and kisses her cheek.

blinks and tugs Felicita closer, mumbling, " You're too good for me."

shakes her head and giggles. "No, silly." She kisses her lightly on the lips.

blinks but kisses back before going back to cuddling her, burying her head into her shoulder, bright red.

laughs but blushes slightly herself. "Did... did you like kissing me, Meika~?"

nods, still blushing.

smiles. "How much?"

squeezes her in a hug gently, mumbling, " A lot..."

leans up to kiss her again, this time keeping close to her and not moving away.

startled by kisses back regardless, relaxing slightly.

smiles and wraps her arms around her.

pulls back and looks at her before briefly kissing her and hugging her.

giggles. "Ve~ you kissed me~"

blushes and nods, quiet since this was the first time she ever kissed anyone on the lips.

smiles. "Grazie."

blushes when she murmured, " Your welcome..."

giggles quietly.

blushes and cuddles the other.

cuddles happily into her.