The first thing Lovino felt was warmth. No just a little, he was surrounded in warmth. Sleepily he buried his face in the fabric in front of him, and then it moved and his eyes snapped open. In a hazy panic he realized that he was in fact wrapped in a person, that person being Antonio. Worry flooded Lovino's mind, was he hurting Antonio? The warmth suggested no, but, still panicked Lovino turned his head to press his ear against his chest. A soft sigh of relief sounded, the comforting sound of Antonio's heart beating helped Lovino calm down. Still, he felt incredibly stupid.

This could have ended badly, I'm lucky nothing came off or he didn't grab my hand or wake up before me or...

Lovino pushed his panicked thoughts aside. Nothing happened, there was no death. And he felt... Rested? At least more than usual. Slowly Lovino wiggled out of Antonio's grasp to be able to inspect himself. Everything he had worn was still intact, there was no skin peeking out, and on top of it he had been wrapped in a blanket and only touching fabric on Antonio's chest. He had actually gotten lucky it appeared, even though his shirt had ridden up a little, and his feet were bare he hadn't touched Antonio's skin. That fact was recited in his mind like a mantra, Antonio had napped with him for a few hours and lived to tell the tale.

Lovino slowly lifted up a gloved hand and placed it in Antonio's hair, and began softly stroking his head. Antonio hummed softly in his sleep, Lovino smiled at the sound and watched as Antonio moved into his hand. Still, he was amazed that Antonio wasn't withering away. Despite his gloves that he knew would protect from his deadly touch, contact still made Lovino anxious. Even his brother, who wasn't able to be harmed by him, made him extremely nervous when he would hug Lovino. Yet, Lovino felt calm, comfortable, something he hadn't felt since he had... well since his mother.

Antonio hummed again pulling Lovino out of his thoughts as the others eyes opened and groggily looked at Lovino. "How long have you been up?" Antonio asked, sleep making his words slur slightly and his voice gravely.

Lovino shrugged "I'm not sure, I haven't even checked the time. I was distracted by something" He muttered as he moved to look for his phone.

"You were touching my hair." Antonio stated.

Lovino nodded, not ceasing his search for his phone. Antonio stayed silent for a bit before speaking. "You didn't freak out or anything. And you slept with me" He stated, his voice quiet.

Lovino nodded again. "I did." He said, smiling victoriously as he found his phone. "For about four hours in fact."

Antonio stared at him, eyes wide. "Why did we miss school?" He asked

"You had a fever. I called Feliciono he's going to get your work don't worry." Lovino stated, checking through the postings for his classes.

"Why did you stay?" Antonio asked quietly.

Lovino shrugged "Because I could. Someone needs to make sure your dumb ass doesn't die or something."

Antonio stared off for a second. "You touched my hair." He repeated.

Lovino looked at him before laughing. "You're still on about that?" He said

Antonio nodded slowly, a blush forming on his cheeks. "You're really weird about touch. I figured something happened to you and just left it. This feels like a good thing. You touched my hair and cuddled me"

Lovino sighed. "You're not such an airhead after all are you?" He muttered. "Well! We have all day to do whatever. What do you want to do? We should go somewhere." He said smiling.

Antonio looked at him with wide eyes. "That's skipping class."

Lovino rolled his eyes. "No. We already did that when we stayed home for your fever. Besides you were sick."

"You weren't"

"I do this all the time"

"That's against school rules!"

"You known I skip out!"

"I do?"

Lovino sighed. "I take back what I previously said. You are an airhead. You always see me in the art room."

"You're an art student."

"How many art periods do you think I have!?"

"Um... too many?"

"Two. I have two."

"Do your other teachers not care?"

"Not really. I turn in most stuff at the beginning of the lesson. And I help tutor. And nonno has some weird stuff with the school."

Antonio looked at Lovino. "So... what do you tutor in because my friends and I need one."

Lovino sighed "All subjects. But if it's those two pricks they better be on their best behavior or I will make them believe the wrong things and not only fail them but humiliate them."

Antonio nodded quickly "No no, I would tell them. They are really very nice I promise." He said quickly, smiling loosely.

Lovino rolled his eyes. "They are perverts and I'm confused how you fell into their duo, but I won't question it." He said. "Anyway. Activities. What should we do?" He asked smiling.

Antonio shrugged. "I don't know if I can leave the house. Or what we even could do." He said.

Lovino smiled widely. "Okay surprisingly goody two shoes. I'm about to teach you how to live."

Hello everyone. I know I am returning after an extended absence and I apologize greatly for that. I'm finally out of school and I have more of a handle on my illness and so I have finally had the time to write. I'm updating multiple chapters to make up for some of what I missed. Also if anything is weird I apologize, I don't have a laptop atm... my charger blew out so I'm on my tablet. I hope I can make my absence up to everyone!