Arthur, Feliciano, and Kiku walked to Arthur's room to get Alfred before heading to the common area for the tournament. After Alfred happily agreed, the group was on their way and walked through the door minutes later.
"It's about time you assholes showed up." Lovino growled under his breath, approaching the air hockey table.
"Aw Fratello, don't be like that! I had to know if Alfred would play or not." Feliciano quickly replied as the players approached the table.
The teams consisted of Lovino and Antonio on one team and Feliciano and Alfred on the other. Antonio started up the air on the table as Lovino shot the puck. The game went on for almost two minutes before Alfred scored the first goal, shouting loudly in excitement. Kiku and Arthur, who were watching nearby, clapped at the goal as Lovino dropped the puck and the game went on.
It went back and forth for a while, each goal taking at least two minutes to score. Antonio constantly had to restart the air on the machine so the game could keep going. The winner would be decided by whichever team made it to ten points first. With both teams tied, the next team to score would be the victor. Feliciano dropped the puck and the small saucer went soaring across the board. Kiku was sure he had only seen cars go that fast.
The puck sailed into Feliciano's and Alfred's zone. Alfred smashed his plastic guard into the puck. It sailed across the table faster than it had before and right into Lovino and Antonio's goal, making Alfred and Feliciano the victors! Kiku and Arthur clapped, adding in on how great a game it was to watch as Alfred and Feliciano cheered at winning the game.
Antonio shrugged, a goofy grin on his face as he walked over to congratulate the winners on a great game. Lovino, however, was not in good spirits. He clenched his fists, looking down to the ground and baring his teeth.
"That was a cheap shot." Lovino growled, just loud enough for the group to hear.
They all turned to look at him, confused looks on their faces. "What?" Antonio asked.
Lovino's face shot up, a large scowl over his brow, "I said that was a cheap fucking shot!" He shouted loud enough for anyone in a 40-foot radius to hear him.
"Whoa, Lovino. Calm down. It's just a game amigo!" Antonio smiled, walking back over to his roommate and putting an arm on his shoulder.
Lovino practically threw Antonio's arm off. "It may be just a game Tonio, but that was cheap as shit and you know it!" He shouted again, Antonio recoiling at how loud it was.
"Fratello, calm down," Feliciano started to walk over. "It's just a silly ga-!" His words were cut off as Lovino raised a fist and punched him square in the face, his anger getting the better of him. Lovino dived onto Feliciano, red in his eyes as he raised his fist to punch again.
"Hey!" Alfred had shouted as soon as Feliciano had received the first punch. The group quickly dived in to stop the fight. Arthur and Kiku diving in to protect Feliciano, who already received more blows, and Alfred and Antonio tearing Lovino off of him.
"What the fuck was that Lovino?!" Antonio asked, holding one of Lovino's arms as Alfred held the other.
Lovino was breathing heavily, his senses slowly returning as he watched Arthur and Kiku carefully help a sobbing Feliciano to his feet. The moment he saw his brothers crying, Lovino immediately regretted what he had done.
"F-Feli.." He said, a frown covering his face.
Feliciano let out a sob and took off running, sprinting out the door of the common area.
"Feli wait!" Lovino shouted, trying to get to his brother despite still being held back.
Kiku and Arthur shouted after Feliciano, chasing after him as fast as their legs could carry them. They dashed out of the common area, spotting Feliciano sprint into the dorm building. The duo quickly looked at each other and dashed for the building, immediately heading for Kiku's room.
The minute they reached the door they crept in quietly. Feliciano was lying on his bed, curled up into a ball and under the covers. Quiet sobs could be heard coming from the lump. Kiku frowned, walking over to his bed.
"Feli?" Kiku asked softly, sitting on the bed and gently putting a hand on the small lump.
Feliciano recoiled, whimpering rather loudly. Kiku withdrew his hand and sighed quietly.
"Feliciano come on out. I need to make sure you're okay." Kiku requested softly.
Feliciano whined and gently uncovered his head, tears stung his eyes as he looked up at Kiku. The most prominent feature however was the area around Feliciano's right eyes was swollen and turning an unnatural color.
"Oh, Feli." Kiku frowned. "You're getting a black eye." Kiku quickly turned and looked at Arthur, "I'm going to need something to help his swelling." Arthur nodded and took off out the door.
Kiku returned his attention to Feliciano. Feliciano whimpered and hugged Kiku tightly, burying his face into Kiku's chest.
"Why did he hit me Kiku, why?" Feliciano whimpered.
"I don't know Feliciano, but I'm going to find out. I promise. Now come on. Let's get you cleaned up okay?" Kiku smiled slightly, hoping to encourage Feliciano.
Feliciano nodded as Kiku helped him out of bed and into the bathroom.
The duo slowly walked to the bathroom. Feliciano sat down on the toilet as Kiku pulled out the small first-aid kit out of the cupboard. Every room had a first-aid kit in it, in case of emergencies, so Kiku was unsure if he would find anything useful in it for this situation. Kiku searched the first-aid kit quickly, not finding anything useful, he walked back over to Feliciano and examined his eye.
"It will swell, but I've seen worse cases. It will hurt for a little while but you're going to be okay." Kiku smiled softly, trying to give Feliciano some reassurance.
The Italian boy sniffed, "I've never seen him that mad before. Only when grandpa would punish him when we were little. I never thought he would actually hit me..." His voice trailed off as he wiped the tears from his good eye.
Arthur walked in with an ice pack, "This is all they would give me without them needing to know why I wanted it." He stated, handing the item to Kiku.
"That's fine." Kiku replied, taking the ice pack. "Here Feli, you need to hold this against your eye until the swelling goes down a little okay?"
Feliciano nodded, doing as he was told. Arthur bent down to talk to Kiku.
"How is he?" Arthur asked, concern flooding his voice.
"He's a bit shaken up but he should be fine within the next couple of days." Kiku replied, keeping his eyes on Feliciano.
"Lovino is outside, I told him to stay there until you came out." Arthur informed, hoping Kiku would be able to do something.
The Japanese man sighed, "Watch Feliciano, I'll be back." He added, standing up and heading for the door.
He was interested to hear how Lovino would explain himself.