Withoutdemons: heh. Sorry this took so long, I've been busy lately and I tried to make this chapter longer then the last one. Also, get ready to figure out what Antonio meant in the first chapter when he said something about Gilbert's 'bad days'.

Antonio kept his ear pressed to the door, Arthur did the same. Antonio was pretty much only listening so he could make sure Alfred hadn't said or done anything stupid, but sadly, Francis quickly changed the subject to what Gilbert would wear. Antonio grabbed Arthur and pulled him along with him down the stairs and back to the living room. Arthur didn't protest since he was pretty sure he knew exactly what was going through Antonio's mind at the moment.

"You and Alfred are still pretty close, right?" Antonio ask and Arthur nodded.

"Ask him about his date, find out where exactly he plans to take Gil." Antonio glared when Arthur smirked at him.

~le time skip to fifteen minutes later~

Arthur was texting back and forth with Alfred about Gilbert.

Artie: So, you and Gil are a thing now?

Alfred: Not exactly. We've been on 1 date but so far things have been going pretty well~ & think ill ask him about the dance... should i?

Arthur: I think you should slow it down a little, don't wanna scare the boy off do you?

Alfred: Damn u sound old. xD i think i should cuz i dont want some1 else to get him first!

Arthur sighed looking over at Antonio who had turned on the tv and put in some movie that Arthur didn't care about. "Do you mind me asking why you care all of the sudden? Because it seems that now that you can't have him, he's suddenly managed to catch your eye." Antonio thought for a moment, then shrugged and gave him that clueless look that works on almost everyone. "I call bullshit. If you were worrying because he was your friend, you would've been there when he needed his friends last week, or when he had to go to the hospital with appendicitis. I know you knew about it when it was going on, you just didn't care right?"

Antonio frowned. "I was out of town! I couldn't be there, it wasn't my fault." He said and Arthur scoffed.

"Couldn't be there my arse, you could have gotten a plane back, or better yet, just called or sent an email or something." Arthur said texting Alfred and asking if what Gilbert was talking about was true.

"Arthur, mind your own fucking business. I just want to make sure he's safe, alright? I missed a lot of things that I shouldn't have, I know. But don't you dare act any better. Where were you when Francis best friend Jeane had died and he needed you? When he wouldn't leave his house for weeks? Because I was there and I never saw that you paid him any attention." Antonio said and Arthur looked ready to kill him.

"At the time, we were still enemies, I wasn't comfortable with liking guys yet and Francis told me to stay away. That's different then ignoring someone who wants your company after being on the operating table or trying to off themselves, you know? So yea, I wasn't that grate but I wasn't as bad as-"

"How do I look?" Gilbert ask, cutting Arthur off. He knew this argument pretty well. It happened at least once a month. Antonio and Arthur would start arguing over who is a worse person and bringing up each others short comings, luckily Gilbert had perfect timing and always cut them off before they actually started fighting. He gestured to himself once he had their attention. Gilbert's hair was still messy, but less then usual. He had on a white button up shirt that was unbuttoned because he had a dark red shirt on under it that matched his eyes, along with dark jeans and his favorite sneakers. It was a mix of his newer clothes with some of his old ones, and it looked very nice on him. He also didn't look as unhappy as usual, he actually looked pretty excited about his new clothes.

"You look nice amigo." Antonio said and smiled at him, and Arthur smiled. "As much as I hate agreeing with tomato for brains, you do look quite nice. Where are you going, if I may ask."

"Cut the formal shit and I'm not wearing it tonight, it's for my date tomorrow." Antonio's smiles dropped for a half second. He wasn't even sure why he was so upset, Gilbert was happy so he should be happy, but the more he heard about his and Alfred's date the more upset he felt.

"Al said we're going to the diner next to the school and then to the movies," Gilbert kept talking and rambling about Alfred and their date but Antonio had stopped listening when Gilbert called him 'Al'. When did Gilbert get so close to each other? They had only been on one date and he seemed to be all Gilbert could think about. It was really starting to annoy Antonio...

Everyone had stayed at Gilbert again, they didn't stay up as late as usual because it was Sunday, that meant everyone would have plans to take care of.

Antonio, Gilbert, Romano, Ludwig, Kiku, and Feli all spent the afternoon hanging out together. Feli and Kiku were working on scrap books and Kiku had the wonderful idea of allowing Gilbert and Romano to play Xbox together. None of them had ever heard such horrible cursing, nor had they seen Romano and Gilbert so angry at each other.

They spent three hours playing each other and they wouldn't have left it at a tie if Gilbert didn't have to go get ready for his date.

By the time Alfred showed up, Gilbert had gotten completely ready. Gilbert's hair was still messy, but less then usual. He had on a white button up shirt that was unbuttoned because he had a dark red shirt on under it that matched his eyes, along with dark jeans (that were very tight on his bum) and his favorite sneakers. It was a mix of his newer clothes with some of his old ones, and it looked very nice on him. "Bout time you showed up." He said grinning as Alfred looked him over.

"Heh. Sorry bout that. Amelia hid my glasses cause I borrowed her diary..." He said sheepishly,

"Oh. It's okay...as long as you tell me what all you read~." He said and grinned. Alfred nodded and they started talking as they walked out of the driveway. Antonio sighed walking outside to watch them walk away, Gilbert didn't even look back so he didn't notice, to caught up in listening to Alfred talk.

It didn't take them long to get to the diner, and Gilbert didn't really eat anything, but that wasn't unusual for him

They didn't spend much time at the diner before they went to the park, and by then, it was dark enough that all of the stars were out. "What d'ya mean? I don't see it!" Alfred said looking up, trying to find the big dipper Gilbert had tried to pointed out. Gilbert chuckled, Alfred's whining was sort of cute.

He reached over and grabbed Alfred's chin gently, making him look the right way. Alfred blushed. "O-oh. I can see it now." He said biting his lip.

Gilbert let him go and smiled. "Good, your turn to show me something." Gilbert said and Alfred thought for a moment.

"Hm...show you something...oh! Okay, can you see the owlish looking thing in the stars?" Gilbert stared up at the stars for a moment before shaking his head. "Lay down," Alfred said turning to face Gilbert and pushing him back gently, to make him lay down. "So, look up there." Gilbert did as he was told. Alfred then laid down beside him until he could spot it and when he did, he pointed at it. "Right there! See the wings, then there's the face and the entire body. It looks like a cartoon owl!" He said and Gilbert smiled.

"Ja, it does."

Gilbert and Alfred had kept looking for different shapes in the stars for another hour before Alfred got a call from a very angry Ludwig about keeping his brother out so late. Alfred apologized for keeping him out so long before walking Gilbert home.

Gilbert had gone to school like usual, and everyday Alfred would walk him home and occasionally they would go out to eat or to the movies.

It wasn't until Thursday that things took a bad turn. Gilbert didn't come to school, and neither did Ludwig.

Francis gave Antonio a worried look and Antonio sighed. He took Maddie dress shopping after school and Francis had gotten detention, so they couldn't go check up on Gilbert for awhile.

~Back to Gilbert~

Ludwig sighed, banging on Gilbert's door.

"Bruder! Please just let me inside!" No answer. "Gilbert! Let me in right now!" Again, no answer.

It took Ludwig nearly twenty minutes to get into Gilbert's room. When he did, Gilbert was curled up in bed asleep. Ludwig made his way over to his brother and sat down on the side of his bed. "It's fucking cold." Gilbert muttered covering his head up and hiding under the covers. Ludwig sighed, he stayed with Gilbert until he was asleep before going downstairs to call the teachers.

While Ludwig was on the phone, he heard Gilbert coughing before he heard Gilbert run to the bathroom to throw up. "I have to go, Gilbert is not feeling well. I'll have to call back later, sorry." He said and hung up before he got a response.

Ludwig tried to take Gilbert to a doctor, Gilbert freaked out and then wouldn't talk to him, but he couldn't really talk for his coughing anyway. Gilbert stumbled back to his room when he heard someone knocking on the door, and Ludwig watched worried while Gilbert went up the stairs, (just in case he fell) before making his way over to the door. He opened the door and sighed when he saw Antonio with Feli standing behind him. "Hallo Feli, Antonio." He stepped outside because he didn't want Gilbert to hear, he was pretty sure it would upset him.

"Feli, I am afraid I have to cancel, Gilbert is having a bad day and I can't just leave him alo-" Antonio tapped his shoulder.

"I'll stay with him, that's why I'm here anyway." Antonio and Ludwig talked for about an hour before Ludwig finally agreed and left with Feli.

Antonio waved them off and closed the door, locking it before deciding to go check on Gilbert. Antonio was careful to stay quite, if Gilbert was asleep he didn't want to wake him. When he did peek into Gilbert's room, Gilbert was sitting up in bed, his knees pulled to his chest and it looked like he was crying.

"Hola, Gil." Gilbert just pulled his knees up to his chest tighter and tried to ignore him. Antonio took off his shoes at the door of Gilbert's room before stepping inside. He looked around, noticing how different it was from the last time he was in there. It was clean. No dust, or anything out of place. It was extremely neat and organized which for a guy with Gilbert's personality, was very strange.

Antonio couldn't help but notice Gilbert was wearing his other hoodie, this one was back and nearly two sizes to big for him. Antonio always thought he looked adorable when wearing it. And he had on his boxers with litte yellow birds all over them. "Cute." Antonio thought to himself, smiling softly.

Antonio walked over and crawled onto Gilbert's bed before giving him a hug, and just holding him for awhile. Antonio laid down when Gilbert stopped sniffling, and Gilbert hid under the covers and laid his head on Antonio's stomach. Antonio would occasionally try to take the blanket off his head, and Gilbert would fight to keep it on. Antonio hummed a lullaby which eventually turned into soft singing until Gilbert was asleep. he rolled over and wrapped his arms around Gilbert, covering them both up to keep Gilbert happy before falling asleep.

Withoutdemons: I tried to make this chapter cute, and you got some cute Toni/Gil cuddles at the end so I hope that makes up for how cruddy this is.

Reviews are always appreciated, and as always if you have any pairings you would like to see let me know!