Nah... I mean, Austria could be awkward and not very good at communication sometimes, but I don't dislike him. In fact, I care about him a great deal... He had done so much for me while growing up, but he seemed to think I held a grudge because of this.

He's trying to make up for things I don't hold against him personally, because it doesn't matter if he acknowledged my feelings at that time or not. It wasn't something he should have felt responsible for in any way.

[ a sigh and a groan before catching himself, did he just change what he was saying mid-sentence? he certainly did sound sincere and that was enough to get italy's hold to relax a little, trusting in that hold the other nation had him in ]

... Are you coming back to that talk we had before?