hums to herself while making some food in the kitchen. For some reason she feels quite hungry and a single tomato just didn't seem like enough.

sighs and pulls on some pants, not bothering with a shirt. It had been quiet lately, he hadn't seen his brothers or any of those weird counterparts around. He wanders downstairs and glances over at the kitchen-

when he smells something good. "Hey, fratello? You should make some for me too, ya bastard."

blinks at the voice she heard. "...'fratello'?" Who the fuck would dare to call her that? is her first response. Her second being when the hell did one of her sisters let a man in the house? She peeks out of-

the kitchen, "I'm not making shit for yo-" She stops when she sees him. Something seems peculiar about him. Or familiar maybe. No, that's ridiculous!

raises an eyebrow. Either one of his brothers managed to somehow get a girl or this was one of those counterparts. Who's though, he didn't know. He wonders whether or not to be nice to this random girl... "Oh,-

sorry... Are you one of Seborga's little friends?"

frowns at him. "What? W-who said I was friends with her?!" She feels a bit nervous, but tries not to let it show. "Who the hell are you and what are you doing in my house?!"

actually thinks about what was said carefully for once. Her... so she was a counterpart then. He frowns at her next statement. "What... this is my house!"

pouts at him. Was he drunk and thinking he was at his own house? He didn't seem drunk. Maybe it was one of Seborga's pranks. "N-no, this is where I live! That's why I'm making food here!"

Seborga was obviously trying to make him angry again... "Dammit, this is my house, which is why I've been taking a siesta here and... oh, I don't know, living here!"

looks him over. This just wouldn't do! "I'm sorry, but we can't both live here! It's just not right." She narrows her eyes at him, "One of us has to go, dammit!"

sighs and scratches the back of his head. He really wanted to yell and holler and curse right now but she was a girl so he'd refrain at least a little longer. "Look, assuming this isn't one of Seborga's stupid-

plans to be a real country, you're probably one of the counterparts because everyone else knows who I am and where I live. I live here, by the way. What country are you?"

"Counterparts?" What the hell is he even talking about. He knew about Seborga, but yet he didn't know who she was! How insulting! She crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm Italy. South Italy!"

knew this had to be a joke now. "Dammit! Next time I see him, I'll..." He grumbles under his breath before looking back at her. "Look, I'm sorry he dragged you into this, you can finish cooking whatever and-

then you can go tell him his stupid joke isn't working."

absolutely confused now. Why is this man referring to Seborga as 'him'? Her confusion shows on her face. "What are you talking about? I don't understand you at all! Who are you?!"

sighs to himself, getting more annoyed. "I'm South Italy, dammit!!"

stares at him for a moment, then slowly an awkward smile appears on her face. "Ha... hahaha! Like that could ever be true!" She would've continued laughing, except she finally remembers her food in the kitchen-

"Shit!" She hurries back to the stove and curses to herself, "It's fucking ruined!" She turns back to glare at Lovino, "This is your fault!" It wasn't, but it's easier to blame others.

follow her to the kitchen and glances at the food. "How is it my fault? You were the one cooking, dammit!"

"You distracted me, that's why!" With some irritation she disposes of the ruined food. "I'm not hungry anymore anyway." Another lie, but she was too troubled to worry about food. She sighs and swipes a tomato-

then sits down at the dining table. Something just didn't feel right. This was her home, wasn't it? Where was she if it wasn't? She stares at the tomato, rubbing its smooth skin while wondering what to do.

grabs a tomato as well, all this arguing was making him hungry, dammit... "Look, if you're one of the counterparts, you're probably just confused. There's two of every country now, apparently."

glances at him, then looks away towards a window. "That doesn't make any sense. Why would there be two for each country?" She grumbles and rests against the table. "S'bullshit."

shrugs. "I have no damn idea. I've met a few, though... Even met my brother Italy's female version once too..."

"Sorella..." she frowns, almost wishing that her foolish sister was here. "Whatever. Let's forget the South Italy stuff since that shit can't be true!" She takes a small bite from the tomato, "I'm Chiara."

blinks at her. So that Italy was her sister.... Maybe this was Seborga's counterpart. She couldn't be his, though. Mostly because he hadn't even considered that possibility yet. "I'm Lovino." He takes a bite.

snorts. "That's a stupid name." She nibbles at the tomato, trying to stay calm and at least enjoy her favorite food for a bit.

twitches, getting annoyed again. "It is not, dammit! It's a perfectly good name. What the hell kind of name is Chiara anyways? Not one I'd want to have. I-If I were a girl that is."

huffs at the insult, "Well, it's a good thing you're not a girl, because this name is too good for you, dammit!" Hungrily, she stuffs the rest of the tomato into her mouth.

scowls at a wall. "Chi, yeah right. If I were a girl, I'd have the best name of all of them."

finishes consuming her tomato and looks back at him to observe him, "Oh? And what do you consider to be the best name of them all?"

pauses to think it over. "Uh... maybe Lovina?"

places a hand over her mouth to keep herself from laughing. This man was an idiot as far as she was concerned. There was no way he could be South Italy too. "S-sure, whatever!" She calms down a bit. "So what-

do you propose we do with this dilemma we have concerning where we live?"

scratches the back of his head. "I don't know... If you have no where else to stay, I guess you can stay here. I don't think my brothers would care."

stays quiet for a moment before replying, "Yeah, I guess I can let you stay here. Just make sure you don't do anything questionable!" She will deal with this situation for now. She still had a more to learn.

decides against pointing out that this is his house. She was finally calm and he didn't want to have to deal with an angry girl again. He finishes his own tomato grumpily.

smiles a bit, "That was a good tomato." She wonders if she will ever come across any other crazy people claiming this whole counterpart nonsense. Probably not, right? She stands up and smooths out her skirt.-

"I think I'm going to go to the store. I noticed... we were short on a few things while I was cooking." She's not going to mention the food she ruined needs replacing too.

nods and looks away from her. "I guess I could make something for when you get back... Maybe it'll lure my brother out, too."

nods in return. She wouldn't have to cook again and that sounds just fine to her. "Va bene. I'll be back later then." She turns and heads out the door to go shopping.