Positive Thinking [Open]

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Characters: Romeo and you!
Setting: Cafeteria, Breakfast
Format: Whatever you like!
Summary: Romeo and Piccolo eat food
Warnings: None at the moment

Romeo poked at his food before bringing the spoon to his mouth and eating it quietly. He was taking a long time to eat, not because he didn't like the food but because it was obvious no one was going to take it from him if he didn't hurry. He was trying so very hard to keep his spirits up and for a few days it had worked, he had explored everywhere, he had done his job with enthusiasm even though it made him feel dizy and sick. But today it was harder, he missed his friends; his friends who were all dead if the letter he had gotten was true. He saw no reason for those who ran this tower to lie, they had them all trapped anyways.

At least if his friends were all dead then they were with Alfredo, Romeo had searched the tower the last few days and had not seen any of his friends or family, which meant that whoever had 'rescued' him hadn't rescued them as well, which wasn't fair at all.

Piccolo nudged him with his nose, startling Romeo out of his own thoughts. "You're right," he murmered dipping his finger in his oatmeal and letting Piccolo eat some. "I have to keep my spirits up!" He took a breath and punched the air with his fist. He looked around suddenly, sensing someone watching him.

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"Pleasure's all mine, Romeo," Spain replied, sitting down beside him as she continued to pet Piccolo. "You're a handsome boy with a handsome name, I would say."

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Romeo smiled again, "Thank you miss," the adults here were all so nice to him and it was a little confusing because Romeo didn't know how to act.

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"It's no problem." She passed Piccolo back to Romeo. "You have an interesting pet."

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Romeo took Piccolo with a smile and placed the Weasel back on the table, "Thank you miss!" He said again with a smile which faded slightly as he added, "I just wish some of my other friends could have been saved as well..."

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"Oh, querida."

With a soft sigh, Spain gathered Romeo in her arms, hugging him gently. "We have to pray for them and their safety."

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Romeo visibly winced when he was gathered into Spain's arms and sat still, very still like he wasn't too sure what to do, after all Spain wasn't his mother, and he hardly knew her. She was an unknown adult and he spent the time in the hug waiting for her to push him or shout at him. Still he nodded slowly, "I have been praying miss, I will pray for them extra so I can maybe see them again." He wriggled slightly trying to escape in case she didn't like his answer.

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"Good."

Spain lets go of Romeo when she felt him wriggle, thinking that he might be uncomfortable with her hugging him. Of course, since she only just met the boy, she shouldn't be giving him hugs like this.

Then again, Romeo looked sad, and Spain only wanted to cheer him up. Maybe giving him sweets would help.

"Do you like sweets, Romeo? I have a chupa if you like sweet things."

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Romeo's smile brightened when he was let go of and his smile brightened even more at the mention of sweet things, he liked fruit, which was sweet and he had seen puddings that were sweet but he rarely had eaten them, he had no idea what a chupa was. "What's one of those?" He asked before minding his manners, "I mean, it's alright miss..."

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"Oh, it's a little sweet on a stick," she explained, pulling one out of her pocket. Orange flavored, he might like it.

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Romeo looked at it curiously, he had never seen anything like that before and he looked back at Spain with wary eyes, "Are you sure miss, it's yours..." He didn't want to take her food after all.

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"Don't be a silly little thing, Romero," she chided him gently. "I'm giving it to you, so it's yours now."

Really, children these days.

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Romeo was still for another moment before he nodded and took the sweet nervously. "Thank you miss," he said before bringing it to his mouth and trying to bite it, wrapper and all.

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"Ah, ah hold on, chico." She stopped him before he could consume the whole sweet along with the plastic wrapper. "It'll be better if you let me unwrap it for you."

Gently, without making him think that she's taking back the sweet, she unwrapped the chupa and handed it back to him. "There, it should be better tasting now."

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"Oh," Romeo watched Spain taking off the wrapper, that was a strange thing to have over food, he guessed it was maybe like the bit round the oranges that the Wolf Pack liked to steal and eat so often. Romeo had never had one but he had saw Anzelmo eating one and he had taken the outside bit off first.

"Thank you miss!" He took the chupa back and bit it again, it was really hard, too hard to bite really. He tried again with different teeth, biting down hard until a piece off the edge shattered into his mouth. Slowly he started biting that bit, despite the effort it took to eat it was the sweatest thing he had ever tasted and his eyes widened again.

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Spain loved to see such enthusiasm in people, especially children this young and still exploring the world beyond what they could see. Romeo must have been from somewhere where sweets like chupas didn't exist, like back in the old days.

"You can just call me Spain, Romero," she commented, watching him eat, a motherly look settling over her features. It's like having her colonies back together, and she sighed wistfully. Ah, it would be fun to have children to call her own again...

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Romeo smiled, "Alright mi... Spain!" He took another bite of sweet, scraping his teeth against it to try and break another piece off the sweet. "This is really nice miss, thank you!"

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Laughing, the nation gave Romeo a motherly pat on the head, ruffling his hair slightly. "You don't have to bite the sweet, querida. You can just suck on it. That way, your teeth don't have to hurt."

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"Oh," Romeo put the whole sweet in his mouth, it still tasted delicious and it wasn't as much hard work. He grinned, "This is easier!"

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"It's meant to be a sweet to suck on, Romero," Spain explained to him, looking both proud and wistful at the same time. "Enric was a very lovely man. He perfected this smart little confectionery a long time ago."

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"I don't know if we have these where I'm from," Romeo had never seen them before, but then again he hadn't had many sweet things before either. "How did he make it? What's it made of?" Because it looked like nothing Romeo had seen before.

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"I'm not really sure, but it's a stroke of genius, no?" Spain unwraps one stick for herself, popping the round sweet into her mouth. "This way children don't have to have sticky hands after eating sweets."

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Romeo nodded and smiled, "I'm sure he was very clever!" He went back to sucking it happily. "Did you know him?"

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"I would say I know him personally," she began, then laughed and placed a finger on her lips. "But don't tell anyone. They might want to learn his secret to making such sweets."

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"Oh!" Romeo nodded but then frowned, "Wait why would that be a problem? If lots of people knew the secret then there would be more sweets for everyone?"

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"Well, let's just say we have to keep the family trade a secret, shall we?" Spain whispered secretively. "It makes it all the more better to sell, no?"