This chapter sucks, mostly because I rewrote the whole thing to make it flow better and cut the chapter in half. So yeah. Enjoy or something.

I have an excuse for my lateness, btw. I just got home from Florida: We drove 14 hrs yesterday, I passed out to sleep last night, and then we drove the rest of it today and there was a bunch of traffic and ew.

Chapter 3: How to Meet Her Friends

Matthew had heard things about the Bad Touch Trio, but he had never dealt with all of them at one time. Francis had been in his Home Ec. class last semester, and he had English and lunch with Julchen, but had never seen all of them together. Approximately five minutes after they left the curb, they - meaning himself, Lovino, and Guinevere (She hadn't wanted to go, but apparently she owed Lovino for something. She wouldn't elaborate on it.) - had journeyed deep into the Peeters' home, and had found the trio.

"Birdie!" Julchen high fived Matthew and pulled him into a hug, which he received with a blush.

"Hey Jules…"

Julchen began pulling Matthew over to the couch that BTT had commendeered, "C'mon, you gotta come sit with me and Tonio and Franny! You'll love them; they're almost as awesome as me," Julchen turned to his entourage for a moment, "And I guess Gwenie and Lovi can come too."

"Don't call me 'Lovi'."

"My name is Guinevere, Snow White."

"Tonio, Franny! Meet Matthew. Birdie, Francis and... Antonio?"

Indeed, Antonio had disappeared from the spot he had been in literally a second mystery was solved by a surprisingly girlish-sounding exclamation from Lovino.

"Get the fuck off, you dumb bastard!"

Antonio, who was apparently unperturbed, tightened his hug and began nuzzling Lovino's head. "Lovi~ Te extrañé~ ¿Por qué tu no eran estar sentado con me en la sala de estudio?"

Lovino elbowed Antonio in the stomach and mumbled, "I don't fucking speak Spanish, idiota. And I was busy talking to Matteo, not that it's your concern."

Antonio pouted for a second, then looked towards Matthew with a smile that seemed just a bit too wide. "So you're 'Matteo', si?"

"Ah, yes, Matthew Williams. Pleased to meet you..."

"Ahaha, well it's always nice to meet mi Lovinito's friends~" Antonio grabbed Matthew's hand with more strength than necessary, and shook it with an excess of force. Behind him, he was sure he heard Francis mumble something along the lines of "Mon dieu, he's in one of those moods again."

"I'm not 'your' anything," Lovino growled, grabbing Matthew's arm and forcing him onto the couch, successfully stealing Julchen and Antonio's spots.

"Um, Lovino," Matthew started, "Shouldn't we-"

"Wino! Go get more chairs. And take Guinevere with you. Albino Potato, sit."

Francis got up with a flourish, "Of course, Lovino; anything for l'amour~ Come along, ma cheri Genevieve."

"How fucking hard is it to just call me Guinevere, frog?"

As the duo walked off bickering, Julchen plopped down next to Matthew.

"Franny's always talkin' about 'l'amour', but half the time, I can't even figure out what he's referring to. Do you know, Toni?"

Antonio stole a chair from a nearby group, then his grin fell for a moment as he glanced at Lovino and Matthew. "I... have an idea, yes..."

Lovino groaned, "If you keep suggesting things, I will leave."

"I still don't know what's going on," Matthew chimed as he watched the other two boys seemingly argue with their eyes.

Julchen sighed dramatically, "It happens all the time around these two, and Fran knows what's going on but I don't; it's so unawesome."

"Seeing as your definition of awesome includes yourself, I'm pretty sure I don't want to be 'awesome'," Lovino stood and stretched before beginning to walk towards the stairs, "I'm going to pay my respect to Lotte and make sure that Skulls and Roses didn't kill each other yet. You three, bond or some shit," He paused, turning around to glare at Antonio, "And god damn it, stop it already."

"So..."

"How did you meet Lovi?"

"Um," Matthew's eyes shifted to his right. He couldn't very well tell Antonio that he only knew Lovino because he was helping him with his crush.

"Yeah, Birdie," Julchen nudged his arm and he both wanted to move away and closer to her, "How did you meet him? I mean, 'Vino isn't that bad but... you two just make an odd couple, you know?"

"Oh, uh, I just sort of ran into him, and then I found out that he was in my study hall and he just... invited me."

"Ha," Antonio's voice stayed light, but seemed a bit strained, "Lovi doesn't usually bring people with him, ha ha..."

Matthew blinked, and suddenly something popped into his head. Oh my god, that's why he hates me. "Are you and Lovino... er... are you..."

"Que?"

"Gott Tonio," Julchen kicked Antonio's shin, "He's trying to ask what everyone asks. He's just way to polite to straight up ask it." A look of understanding took over Antonio's face as Julchen continued, "They're not, by the way. But not because Toni doesn't waht to or anything, in fact-"

"I do hope you aren't talking about romantic gossip without moi!" Francis exclaimed as he unfolded his chair and daintily sat down.

Julchen snorted, "Oh no, obviously us normal people can't understand romance quite like 'zee exquizite frenchman, hon hon hon, effiel tower, baguette.'"

Francis hmph-ed in faux insult, his response (which wasn't likely to be anything but loud throat clearing to make fun of German) was interrupted by Antonio.

"Did you two see Lovi up there?"

When Francis and Guinevere replied in the negative, Antonio's brows furrowed. "Ah, well I think I'll just... yeah," He turned to Matthew, "It was... lovely meeting you. Or something."

And he was gone before Matthew could return the compliment (Or, pseudo compliment, really).

This is going just wonderfully.

This chapter is rly spamano centric and I'm upset.

Whatever. The only translation is what Tonio says when he hug-ambushes Lovi, and that'd be "I missed you, why didn't you sit with me in study hall"

Chapter notes:

*Lovino understands Spanish. He just doesn't speak it

*Geniveve is the French version of Genevere so yeah.

*This chapter is literally ew but oh well

ALSO! I was considering a prequel/in-betwequel/sequel from Lovino's pov. What do you guys think? And I HAVE ONE PERSON WHO WANTS FRUK, AND ONE WHO WANTS USUK. I personally don't care, so if we don't get anything to flip the balance, neither will happen bc I can't decide. There's a poll on my page about it if you don't want to review for some reason btw.