A/N: I'd like to thank my reviewer's, this has been great. Now a few things are going to happen but right now, most of the focus will be on Lovino and the nursery, so just be prepared for boring stuff. Unless you like it then by all means. So here we go~

Chapter sumthinratherIlostcount: Because Life

Translations:

Spanish: Vida- life Del Sol- The sun Pandulce- basically a doughnut or many varieties of fried sweet breads Loco- Crazy El Niño's- the babies

Antonio was called in to work that morning very early and so when Lovino woke, he stayed in bed until about 1'O clock. He looked over at the clock. 1:13, great. He groaned and peeled the covers back to reveal his face to the unforgiving sunlight. Even now, he could hear the Spaniards comforting words in his head. Every time he would complain about the sun, it was always "Del sol is here to shine upon Vida~ it wants you to feel alive and happy Lovi~"

Lovino rolled his eyes but secretly loved the petting his head always received during this small speech. For now, he debated getting up at all. He looked at his phone and found about 42 texts from Toni saying how much he missed and loved him and to be careful and all sorts of other things all in capital letters and emojis galore.

Lovino smiled despite himself and took the time to screenshot them all. About the fifteenth one was about fresh pandulce being downstairs and Lovino felt his mouth water. Even still, he debated not moving because his back hurt even lying down but that's when he heard a loud smack on his window. He yelped and dropped his phone on Toni's side of the pillows, then proceeding to hide in them.

Gathering some of his senses, he reached over slowly and took out Maria, his prized .357 revolver (he was still mafia) and cocked the gun. He set it on the nightstand so he could get up and carried it, arms bent and the barrel pointed to the ceiling while he waddled down the stairs. He padded to the back door and aimed around, scanning the area.

That's when he heard a small broken chirp. He looked near the corner of the house below their bedroom window and saw a small, ruffled and colorful lump on the ground. He went closer for a better look and waddled close enough to identify it was a bird.

He tucked his gun in the waistband of his boxers at the small of his back and lowered himself carefully onto one knee. He leaned over and saw for the most part the bird was just dazed. He looked up into the hot July sky and noted it was probably dehydrated and overheated.

He felt a pang in his heart and leaned down to carefully scoot the bird into his cupped palms, earning a small whimper of sorts from the bird, but then it took its small beak and rubbed it lightly against his conjoined thumb and forefinger. That was it. His heart melted. He found he couldn't stand but simply knee walked all the way back into the kitchen, lightly setting the bird on the table and proceeding to use a chair to stand.

He wasn't sure why, but he immediately started to go upstairs and gather things. He placed Maria back in her spot in the nightstand sock drawer and began for the closet. He took one of his many boxes of shoes and placed the shoes aside, which he never kept his shoes out of the box but he didn't care at the moment.

He needed the box. He went to the linen closet and gathered a nice fluffy and moderately small towel, folding it neatly and placing it in said shoe box.

He waddled back downstairs with the box and went to the table where the bird lies in the kitchen. He carefully placed the bird in the box and smiled. The bird seemed to relax slightly and Lovino let his instinct guide him some more. He wasn't sure if this would work but he had to give it a shot. He got some of the sweet breads that Toni had left on a nice platter and crumbled it up in a small bowl.

Then he got a medicine syringe, filling it with cold water. He padded back to the table with his supplies and set down the bread bowl to the side. The small bird lay with eyes open, watching his moves. He smiled down at it warmly and took kind, steady hands in hopes to ensure trust while lifting the syringe and offering it near the bird's slightly agape beak.

The bird surprisingly took to it quickly, pecking at the water to gather its fill. With just that the bird seemed more vibrant and even turned from its crumpled position to slowly perch itself upon the towel.

It seemed there was a secret connection between the small bright red bird and the Italian who shifted his weight from foot to foot to try and relieve some pressure. He smiled and slowly lowered the small bowl of bread into the box, going to get a salsa cup of water and placing it next to the bread before he sat with his own snack.

It wasn't until he sat he questioned all his actions prior. He was both surprised and confused, but glancing in the box brought a smile on his face. "…did I just befriend a bird..?" he asked this aloud and received a small chirp in response. That made the small grin that had snuck onto his features evolve into a full on smile. He shook his head with the small smile still in place and nibbled at his food.

After a while of admiring the bird who had fallen asleep after nipping at about half of its own bread, he got up carefully, silently cursing when the chair rang a small creak at his absence and he waddled to the front room. He was just thinking when his body guided itself to the small desk where their key bowl and pencil cup for taking down phone call messages lie, when he picked up the pad of paper and took one of the many sharpened pencils.

He went back to his place at the table and absentmindedly began to sketch the bird, internally referring to it as Marvin. He didn't know how much time had passed when he heard a knock on the kitchen doorway about 6 feet away. He lifted his eyes off of his current sketch and looked over to see a confused Spaniard, who nonetheless held a smile.

"Aye, Corazon~ Que pasa mi amor?" he asked softly, approaching the Italian at a steady snail's pace, too busy admiring how he had the paper pad placed carefully on his round tummy. Lovino was nibbling at the side of the pencil, a bad habit on his end and looked around him. The sun was setting and he had finished the entire tray of pandulce at his own pace. He looked at the shoe box that still held the resting bird and noted his pads placement.

He cleared his throat softly and looked up at Toni. "…Just relaxing I suppose…" he said quietly, subconsciously following Antonio's lead and respecting the birdies rest. Toni was beaming a huge smile as always but his eyes were soft and observant. He hugged his lover from the side and nuzzled his neck softly. "..Aye, mi Querido. May I ask what's with the bird?"

He chuckled softly and Lovino gave a curt nod "If you cook pandulce, I'll do a tell all…" he said with his trademark smirk. Antonio smiled and nodded, taking off his tie and starting to quietly cook while Lovino had the bright idea to gently place the box on the outer window sill, keeping the window open but allowing Marvin his space.

Antonio laughed lightly at how his lover had to get on his tip toes and lean to reach the window sill. He took the time to glace at the table and felt a wave of infallible curiosity upon seeing the sketch book. Lovino stretched, his belly poking out more so but his large dress like shirt covering it as he yawned. Antonio went over to him and kissed him, placing his damp hands on each side of the bump and receiving small kicks in return after a second.

After they parted he smiled softly. "What were you working on so intently when I got here?" he looked up and shrugged. "Dunno…guess you can look, I don't care…" he looked away shyly as the babies kept kicking at Toni's hands, each kick packing more power.

Toni nodded and was over at the table in a blink of an eye, examining the pad. He absolutely loved Lovinos drawings, not only to account for the fact that they were so rare, but so detailed and astounding that it triggered the brains interpretation center, making you actually look at the art and not just take it in as a whole.

What he saw made him cover his mouth and his eyes sting with small prickling tears it struck his heart cords. It was a beautiful little girl with a gleaming smile much like his own. Her hair was adorned in flowers, her braids with curly and tufted out ends draped over her shoulders on either side as she seemed to be standing in sunlight. A nice oval face with Lovinos nose and his lips, she held a small bear. It was perfect. He never wanted to look away. Then he noted around the girl stood flowers and stalks, along with another face that peaked from the distance.

This face could very clearly be viewed as mischievous, as the smooth locks of hair framed the knowing smile with that lead to the gleaming eyes of the boy. He held in his visible hand a tomato that he gently clutched as he peeked through the tall plants at the girl, both facing towards the viewer as though it was a captured picture. Antonio smiled. "Amor…is this who I think it is?"

Lovino looked up at him in slight confusion. "Is who what loco Tonio?" he asked with a small smile as he poured the last of the orange juice. Antonio furrowed his brows and held up the drawing. "The boy and girl, es el Niño's?" Lovino looked at the sketch for what felt like the first time, though he could tell he drew it himself. He pursed his lips slightly as he took a sip of the juice "…Honestly, I'm not sure. I don't really remember all of the day…it's like…a dream"

Tonio would have been concerned by the words had a smile not been upon his lovers pondering expression. He smiled and carefully took the sketch from the pad, going to the wall and taking down a frame about the size of the paper that held a picture of a kitty and replaced the kitty with the drawing. He put it back on the wall and took a few more seconds of admiration before going back to his cooking.

As he stirred the pot Lovino went back to check on Marvin. At some point in the last couple minutes, the bird had awoken and finished the bread, but still stayed perched in the box and relaxing with eyes shut. He padded to the table and sat back, peeking at the papers again. He picked it up and looked at the drawn pages. There were several. Three were of Marvin, and there were two of Toni. He blushed and took those two out to pocket them. Under those held different angles of the nursery as he planned it.

He examined the blueprints of sorts and felt he was being watched once again. He looked over his shoulder to find Antonio, who was looking at the drawings and thinking. "…I can start on it tomorrow…I need to paint and…we have the furnishings now…" the Spanish man held two bowls and set one in front of Lovino before setting the second at the place beside him, taking a seat. "So, now amor. The bird" he smiled and put all of his attention on Lovino, who sat the paper down and nodded.

"There was a huge bang at our window, I went downstairs and looked, and it was Mar- the bird. He had flown smack into our window. So I got him up and something told me what to do for him. I know I'm going nuts, and then I just started drawing to take my mind offa this damn pain in my back and neck and the kicking and here we are."

He said all of it in a nonchalant manner that just made the Spaniard nod. After a second his huge smile turns bright. "I know what that is~ I read about it Lovi~" Lovino looked at him, his mouth full but his full attention back on Toni. Antonio nodded. He had been getting books from the library and read them during Lovinos new found and frequent 4-5 hour long naps. Toni was still only used to at most 2 hours so he had a bit of time to burn on these afternoons before getting up and having dinner done for when his lover did awaken.

"That feeling was what they call a motherly instinct~."

A/N: I would like to apologize; this chapter was full of nothingness. Oops~ unless you just love Lovino, which, I do obviously. So some more Spamano nonsense to take off the bit of drama and show that Lovino is slowly coming back from his slope of weight issues, which is still key. But reviews = love and may even quicken my update powers~ who knows. Next chapter will go back to mixing~ whooooo~!