HetaOni: Once again

chapter one

The International Airport of Rome was always busy no matter what day it was, but during the holidays it becomes a living labyrinth. It was 24 days before Christmas and people were trying to go from place to place in a hurry. There were families that were waiting for loved ones to arrive at the gate and people that were trying to get to their flights on time. A young lady, around 20 years old, was sitting in a chair with her hands on her lap and her mind wandering around. She was dressed in a green t-shirt and blue jeans that were a bit ripped at the seams. She also sported green sneakers and her mid-length brown hair was pulled up neatly into a pony tail.
The girl suddenly looked up when the door opened, her eyes shining with excitement and expectance. As people walked through the exit she looked to each face to see if she could recognize anyone. Though as minutes passed her eyes began to lose their shine until the last passenger exited the tunnel. The girl looked down again as the doors closed
"Where can they be?" The girl pondered as she began to lose herself to her thoughts.

'Did they make it alright? I wonder if their flight has been delayed. Oh gosh, I hope they're alright.' She thought as she placed her head in her hands trying to ease the on coming tidal wave of frantic thoughts, as the girl tried to calm her mind, she failed to notice that someone sat on the seat to her right. The person put a hand on her shoulder, which made her jump a bit at the slight touch.

"Frauline, are you ok?" said a familiar voice.
She looked up and sighed with relief to see that it was one of her friends, Ludwig.

"Oh, hey Ludwig! Yeah, I'm totally fine," she said while giving him a smile.

"Ve~ You don't look fine Athena" another voice said to her left.
Athena looked over to her best friend

"Don't worry, Feli, I'm totally fine." Athena replied trying to reassure the worried Italian.

"It's just that I haven't seen my sisters in such a long time. Heck I've somewhat forgotten what they look. They probably changed a lot since last I saw them." Athena said with tears forming in her eyes.

"Don't worry, love. They'll come, you'll see." Said a calm British voice.
Athena looked forward and saw her other friend Arthur, making his way towards the group, and gave him a small smile of thanks.

Right before she could say anything to the British man, Athena heard some one call to her.

"Athena is that you?" asked the familiar voice.
Athena looked at the direction where the voice came from and, sure enough, she saw two people walking towards the group.

One of them had medium length black hair. She sported a blue t-shirt. Her pants were greenish jeans which stopped above the ankle. Her shoes were blue flats and she had a silver suitcase with her and a small brown purse on her shoulder. Her skin tone was a little tannish and her eyes were like Athena's. There was a genuine smile that was fixed on her face as she walked towards them.
The other person had long brownish, black hair that went all the way to the middle of her back. She wore an orange pinkish tank top with brown jeans that went down to the middle of her shin. Her skin tone was slightly tanner than the first person but had the same eye color as the other two. She dragged a blue suitcase and carried a small, alpaca furred purse on her shoulder. She looked more serious than the girl that was to her right, but there was a type of relief and calmness in her eyes that anyone of close range could see.
As they both came closer to the group, Athena stood up from her seat. Overwhelmed with relief and joy, she ran to the two girls, with open arms and tears of joy streaming down her face.

"Cora! Madeline! I'm so glad you made it!" She exclaimed as she embraced the two girls in a big hug that she felt was long overdue.

"It's been so long " Athena cried as she pulled away from her two sisters.

"Yeah... Yeah, we know Athena." Madeline said with a bit of dullness in her voice.
Cora giggled at her younger sister.

Athena was the youngest of the three. Coming before her was Madeline, who is always the serious one of the group always acting older than her age. Cora is of course the oldest. She's a lot calmer than both of her sisters, but she can be serious when the time calls for it.

As Athena smiled a playful smile at Cora, then starts to guide her sister to her group of friends.

" I want you guys to meet some people! Don't worry they are friends of mine." Athena said as her sisters followed her to the group of men.

"Ok you guys, I want you to meet...." She paused for a seconded and pointed to the group of guys who turned around and hearing Athena's voice.

"Feliciano...."

"Ciao!"

"Ludwig....."

"Hallo"

"And last but not least....... Arthur."

"Good evening,."

As soon as Cora saw Arthur she recognized him from the old photos her grandfather showed her long ago. The girls grandfather fought in world war two along side the allies and had the chance to work with the countries even after the war was over. He was hired as the scribe for the world meetings and he got to know almost every country. Cora loved his stories.
Truth be told, Cora held a lot of respect for the countries especially England, but never in her wildest dreams did she think that she was going to meet a country face to face, Let alone three
Cora managed to remain calm and cleared her throat. She walked up to the Brit offering a hand out towards him.

"I-it's very nice to meet you, Arthur." She said as a dust of pink showed on her face.
Arthur accepted her hand and firmly shook it.

"Like wise, love." He said.

Madeline stood in the background, thoughts on her grandfather's stories also filling her mind.
Though soon Madeline decided to have a conversation with Ludwig,

"Hey." She said.

"Guten tag, frauline." Ludwig said as he took Madeline's hand and bowed his head respectfully.
Madeline blushed at the sudden action but dismissed it immediately.

After everyone got acquainted, the large group went to Feliaciano's house.

-----------Time skip to Feli's home--------------

"Welcome to my home!" Felicaino said as they entered his house. "I'll be making pasta."

As the pasta and the table were getting ready, Athena was catching up with her sisters
About an hour later, the table was set and the pasta was ready. Everyone took their place around the table.
Feli prayed for the food, which was a custom to him ever since Athena started to room with him.

After that everyone started to eat. Madeline, took a few bites of her pasta. Her pupils dilated, and her mouth turned into a large, stupid grin, and she lifted her hands to the air.

"P- Pa - Paaaaasssstaaaaaaaaa~!!!!!!" She shouted.

"oh no" Athena mumbled.

Arthur and Cora both face-palmed at the same time. Ludwig started to shout at Feliciano, asking him what the heck he did to Madeline and Feli was cowering in a corner shaking like a leaf.

All in all the dinner wasn't boring.