AN: Bonjour! Here's another chapter for you guys!

Also: other pairings suggested, and thought about, so far: USUK and PruCan.

I actually adore those pairings. Not really wrote anything for PruCan before, but I can try!

Response to reviewers:

Spamano4ever: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I promise things will get better for Lovi sometime soon! I promise!

GothicKitty1313: I know! But I promise, it'll get easier on him soon! After all, Toni isn't going to let him suffer long! Of course not!

Anyway, here ya are.

The following morning, Lovino walked over to stand with Gilbert, Francis and Antonio. Feliciano came over not long after, Ludwig with him. What got Lovino's attention was the two other blonds that joined them. Matthew and Arthur, he knew.

Antonio grinned at them brightly.

Matthew looked at Lovino. "Feliciano told us what happened,"

Lovino gave his brother a look. "Feli. I told you to stay out of it last night,"he said with a frown. "I don't want you to get hurt,"

Gilbert rolled his eyes. "Since when do any of us listen?"

Lovino gave that one to him. It was true. None of them listened. Ever.

That morning ended up being one of the most bareable yet.

People were still crude to Lovino, but less people threw comments if he was with someone else.

Antonio walked with Lovino from his class to the cafeteria, chattering happily. "..but I told Gil that I'd invite everyone over to hang out this weekend. You'll come by right?"

Lovino shrugged. "I suppose,"he murmured.

Antonio grinned. "Gracias!"he said brightly.

Gilbert grinned at the two when they took a seat at the table with the others. "Hallo, guys!"he greeted. "Good day so far?"

"Not that bad, actually."Lovino commented.

Compared to most days, that was definitely a good thing.

Antonio shrugged, but was still grinning. He spoke to Gilbert. "Lovi said he'd come by. What about you?"

Gilbert nodded that he'd go and then smirked at Lovino. "Well, well, is Lovi being nice, finally?"

Lovino turned a bright red, making Antonio's eyes go wide. "Aw! Lovi, you look like a tomato!"

Lovino huffed and glared at the spaniard.

Feliciano and Ludwig sat down then. "Lovi, you're blushing."he pointed out brightly.
Lovino hid his face then. He was beginning to think he needed to hang out with new people.

Gilbert laughed. "Aw, c'mon, Lovi. It's all in good nature."

"Fuck you,"Lovino spat.

Gilbert smiled. "Sorry, Lovino. You aren't my type."he joked, making Lovino throw some of his home-brought lunch at him.

"Pervert! I didn't mean it like that!" But Lovino started laughing along with Gilbert anyways. This was normal. Besides, for once, he was in a pretty good mood - that being portrayed by the way his curl was laying.

Francis looked up at Lovino before he bit back a grin. "Lovino, your curl."he said softly.

Lovino blinked in surprise, almost raising a hand to the stray curl but keeping himself from doing that. "What about it?"he asked cautiously.

Gilbert saved Francis the trouble of explaining by getting his phone out and snapping a quick picture of the elder italian before passing his phone over to him.

Lovino scowled at the phone, but picked it up and glanced at the picture. He handed the phone back, his eyes showing his shock. "That's never happened before."he commented.

Gilbert shook his head. "Nope. Feli's is almost always in a heart-type shape. Yours is always crumpled looking. It's odd, seeing your curl be different."

Antonio only barely followed this conversation, but was looking at the curl while Lovino was talking with Gilbert. He frowned slightly, reaching out and flicking the curl curiously.

Lovino jumped, turning a dark shade of red. "Chigi!"he said in surprise. "What the hell are you doing?"

Feliciano looked up at the sudden exclamation. It'd been a while since Lovino had done that. He tilted his head, then looked at Antonio. "Did you mess with his curl?"he asked.

Antonio nodded, looking at Feliciano with wide eyes.

Feliciano gave a soft laugh. "I would advise you not to do that if you wish to keep your hand. Lovi hates it when people continuiously mess with his curl,"

Gilbert gave a tilted smile. "It's been a while since I've heard an exclamation like that from you, Lovi."he commented.

Lovino flipped Gilbert off. "Shut up,"

Gilbert laughed at the look on Lovino's face. "C'mon, Lovi! You used to say that all the time."

"Because you and Francis wouldn't quit messing with my fucking curl and because I was always fucking agitated,"Lovino snapped. "It's not my fault."

Matthew had walked up in the middle of that. "No, it's like Feli and his ve, isn't it?"he said. "A nervous tick."

Lovino rolled his eyes. "Feli? Nervous? Yeah, right."

Still, things settled back down at that point.

Lovino had never been so glad to see a Friday evening after school. It was nice out, and he'd been left alone that day. He mused on this as he was standing with Gilbert and Francis outside of the school.

Francis noticed and spoke. "What are you thinking on so hard, Lovi?"he asked.

Lovino shrugged. "I was left alone today. It's so odd.."he said, then glared at the two. "And I get the feeling that you two had something to do with that. Knowing you two, that isn't a good thing."

Gilbert laughed. "Aw, Lovi, we just told people to back off."he said.

Lovino knew that was the answer he was going to get and let it drop.

As soon as Antonio, Ludwig, and Feliciano joined them, they started walking. They'd decided a few days back that they'd all walk that Friday, just because it was supposed to be so nice out.

Lovino fell back a bit, smiling faintly. The day had been really nice. Whatever was done, he was glad it had been."

Oh, my god. Our Romano actually said Chigi today at school. That's where that last bit came from. He wasn't even 'in character'! Anways, any pairing you want to see or any certain event you want to see in the story, let me know.

Hope you enjoyed this.

Au Revoir!