Part 3

Lovino

He had just about had it. How much longer was Antonio going to do this? He kept saying they were almost done, and yet there were still so many people he hadn't gotten to yet. It didn't help that no one stayed put while they were trying to hand them out, and they only lucked out that some people were grouped together with others. As for the moving about though, it made this task harder than it needed to be, and he was on his last nerve with it. He was verging on just going home and telling Antonio to meet him back there when he was done. In fact, if they didn't get to the next group of people he planned to give chocolates to, then he was going to do it, no matter how hard the Spaniard cried about it. He didn't need to be here for this anyway.

Antonio

Antonio knocked on Mathias's door for a good few minutes before turning ever so slowly to look at the steaming Italian behind him. He knew it was coming, and he didn't blame him, Lovi would leave and go home and he'd have to continue this delivery alone. He knew he should have tried one of the other Nordic's places first! Mathias would have most likely joined his fellow Northern Europeans at someone else's home. He had a vague idea where, but assumed it was either Tino's or Berwald's, he'd have to try both he supposed, and hope for some luck on hitting the right one on the first try.

"Sorry Valentine, I thought maybe they'd all meet here. My bad, but I definitely know where they are! Just one more stop? Please?" He knew it was futile, the eyes Lovino were shooting at him were enough, and if he knew how dangerous a look could be, what would be coming from his mouth shortly would be worse. He had to brace himself.

Lovino

He sighed, ordinarily he probably would have gone off on him, calling him a bastard and not thinking any of his plans through, but today he thought it was better to just let him have his day, because it was only going to get worse. So he settled for just making it clear he was leaving and would wait for him at home. "Under ANY other circumstance you know I would give you an ear full, you jerk, but right now I'm too tired, and I'm going home, I'll see you there when you're done, got that!"

He didn't leave any time for Antonio to respond before he turned on his heels and stomped off.

Tino

There was a knocking on the door right as he was about to bring coffee into the next room for everyone. Despite how hectic the morning had been, the gradual flow of the day was nice. Granted Berwald looked more distressed than usual today, but it was a nice surprise that Peter had joined them. It made up for the fact that Børre was still missing from the group. That was odd, and yet he couldn't help but think there was one, really obvious, reason he chose to skip out on a Nordic Valentine's Day. Børre ditched for the same reason Berwald and Eiríkur looked so worn out and irritated in the living room. What was it about holidays that made Mathias more hyper than usual? The candy? The festivity of it all? Or was he just happy it was an excuse for them all to spend more time together? Most likely that last one, but he'd never admit it.

The knocking was a bit more persistent the second time, but as he called out that he was coming, he saw Berwald start heading for the door. He would have felt a tad bit bad about him having to get across the house while he was right near the door himself, but he thought perhaps Ber needed an excuse to get out of the living room, if the noises he heard were any indication. He stood right in a good enough spot that when Berwald opened the door, standing behind it was Antonio, a bag in hand, and Tino knew full well what he had brought.

Oh goody, chocolate!

Arthur

"Ehhehehe, I do believe it's about time for things to start getting interesting" Now that Alfred had run off to get some food for them, he felt he could finally relish in his trickster ways, seeing as earlier he had freaked Alfred out with his laughing. What a baby, this was fun, and it was only going to get more fun. He couldn't wait to see everyone acting so foolish and ruining Antonio's plans. Just one day of playing around wouldn't kill anyone, and it made this otherwise boring day far more enjoyable, and with Antonio at the receiving end of all the chaos, it was just all that more wonderful.

"So? What did you get us to eat, Alfred?"

Antonio

He was in luck! He had prayed that everyone would be at Berwald's and not Tino's. The sooner he could find and ask Mathias to pass out the remaining chocolates, the sooner he could get back to Lovino. No one answered when he knocked at first, and he got fearful they weren't there, his second round of knocks may have come off a tad rude he thought, but he was panicking a little. But as soon as the doorknob turned and the door opened and he looked up into the stern blue eyes of Berwald he let out a small sigh of relief.

From behind Berwald came the familiar voice of Tino, who smiled and immediately came to usher him in, passing Berwald who was left to close the door behind him. The Nordic guys were an odd bunch, you had your mix of personalities with this group, from the loud, kind/happy, scary/intimidating, and stoic/mysterious with Eiríkur tossed somewhere in there, like his brother, but not to the extreme that Børre was. He reached into his bag of V-Day boxes as he walked through Berwald's house, and as they reached the opening into the living space where everyone else was he handed Tino one.

He went about wishing everyone a happy Valentine's Day while giving each of them their own box. He tried to keep up with the conversation that had started as he had appeared in the walkway, but nearly as soon as it began he was lost to what they were saying. It was a flurry of things, some of which he understood, but a large portion being random interjections from various members. Mathias, being the loudest, was the only one he could keep up with in terms of hearing, but in terms of understanding, he sounded the most foreign. These guys were crazy, and it wasn't even all of them! He wondered what it was like when all of Northern Europe was together in those Nordic meetings, he wondered if they ever got anything accomplished.

Antonio noticed Peter was the first to scarf down his chocolate, which pleased him, and out the corner of his eye he saw Eiríkur eat his as well. He had gotten the ok from Mathias that he would pass the chocolate along to the remaining nations, and was quick to tell them he couldn't stay long because he had plans with Lovino. He noticed that at that statement Mathias tossed him a wink and a thumbs up and wished him good luck. It was embarrassing and he wished he hadn't done it, but he just gave a wry smile and proceeded to get to the door as quickly as possible.

As he reached the hall he could hear Mathias laughing hysterically and Tino try to hush him, saying that he had embarrassed Antonio. It was true, and made him want to get out even faster.

He was just about to grab the handle when he suddenly heard rushing feet behind him and a shrill shout "WAIT, DON'T GOOOOOOOO!"

W-what on earth?

"E-Eiríkur?"