Shinigami-cat: What can be said about the last chapter? Hell I got no idea what I was thinking... I OWN NOTHING!

Welcome to tomato paste

The next day Arthur was sitting on the brick wall outside the school. He was thinking about the things that had happened. Could night spirits really exist? It sounded ludicrous but it sounded so obvious. Arthur shook his head. "Damn it... If night spirits really existed I would have seen them. Or they would have at least made their presence known to me."

He shrugged and looked up at the sky. It was pretty much cloudless except for a few wisps in the air. It was oddly calming really. The sudden snap of a twig brought him out of his trance and made him fall off the wall with a thump. It wasn't that high but he was going to have a massive head ach. He groaned and sat up. Lovino was looking at him with a scowl. "You okay tea bastard?"

Arthur stood up and dusted himself off. His head was swimming. "Bloody hell, I can't see straight..." Lovino sighed, grabbed Arthur's arm and started to drag him back to his house. "What the bloody hell are you doing?"

"Shut up tea bastard." Snapped Lovino. "You're fucking hurt. Feliciano would have... Feliciano would have helped you... Just shut up and let me help you okay?" Arthur was in no position to argue so he just let Lovino drag him back to his house.

By the time they got there Arthur was feeling a little better but his head was still pounding. Lovino opened the door and led him inside. Arthur looked down at the shoes by the door. There were three pairs. Two were about the same size so they were obviously Lovino's and Feliciano's but there were a pair of larger shoes. "Is your grandfather home?" Asked Arthur.

Lovino shook his head. "Bastard won't make it back until the end of the week." Hissed Lovino. "He leaves his shit everywhere so... Just don't touch anything. Just sit down and I'll get you something."

Arthur frowned and sat down on the couch. This was weird. But then again grief could make people do weird things. After all when his dad died he ended up learning how to do embroidery. So it was logical for Lovino to act nicer to people... but then again this was Fever Lake. There was probably something weird going on somewhere.

He had a quick look around the lounge room. There was a brief case on the coffee table and some keys too. Arthur frowned. They didn't seem like something someone would just leave lying around. It was just strange. Suddenly Lovino returned with a cup of water and some pain killers. "Just take this bastard."

Arthur nodded and took the pain killers. "So... How are you Lovino? Are you okay with sleeping in this house after what happened to Feliciano?"

Lovino shook his head. "Nope. It's not like I'm going to get taken anyway." He stood up and stretched. "Just lie down for a bit bastard." Lovino walked out the door and out into the garden.

Arthur frowned and stood up. He was still a bit thirsty so he went to the kitchen to get a drink. He walked over to the sink and gasped. Right in the bottom of the sink was a bloodied knife. 'What on earth? Why? What?'

"What the fuck are you doing in my kitchen bastard?" Snapped Lovino. "I told you to lie down."

Arthur jumped and turned to see Lovino holding several tomatoes in his hands. He didn't look too happy. Arthur gulped. "I was just getting some water... Why is there a bloodied knife in your sink?"

Lovino frowned and walked over to the sink. He picked up the knife and smirked. "This knife you mean? This isn't blood idiot."

Arthur frowned. "Then what is it?"

"Tomato paste." Said Lovino. "The pizza cutter was blunt so I had to use a knife. Tomato paste dries like a bitch."

Arthur nodded. "Oh I see... I thought it was blood for a second."

Lovino laughed. "Seriously? It's just dried tomato paste. Now if you're feeling better you may as well fuck off."

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On his way back to his house Arthur chuckled to himself. 'I'm such a wanker. Of course it was tomato paste. What else could it have been?'

He walked into the fish and chips shop to get an ice cream. After all it was a hot day. He walked in and up the back to where the ice cream was. Near there were some tables where people could sit and eat. Ludwig and Antonio were sitting at one such table talking about stuff. Stuff about Lovino and Feliciano.

"It's just weird." Said Ludwig. "I don't know why he would have just..."

"I know what you mean." Said Antonio. "Lovino's been acting really weird too. I thought he would have called me today or last night or something... But he's been avoiding me..."

"Maybe he's just talking to Romulus." Said Ludwig. "He did just come home last night."

Arthur frowned and walked over to them. "No he didn't. I was just over there and Mr Vargas wasn't there. It was just Lovino."

"You were at Lovino's house?" Asked Antonio.

"What do you mean he wasn't there?" Asked Ludwig. "Romulus stopped over at our house before he went home."

"Well Lovino said that he hadn't shown up yet." Said Arthur.

Ludwig frowned and looked at Antonio. "Don't you think that's strange?"

Antonio nodded. "Very... Hey Arthur did you notice anything weird when over to Lovino's... In fact why did you go there in the first place?"

Arthur sighed. "Well I fell off a brick wall and Lovino took me to his place to get some pain killers. Nothing seemed odd. The place was just messy and there was a knife covered in tomato paste. But that was it I guess... That and Lovino was acting nicer."

Antonio frowned. "Why would there be tomato paste on a knife?"

"He said he was cutting pizza with it." Said Arthur.

Antonio's jaw dropped. "What? But that thing's razor sharp! He was using yesterday when went over! He was pacing around the kitchen cutting up pizza because he was acting all spaced out about Feli disappearing."

Ludwig frowned. "There wasn't anything else was there?"

"A brief case and some shoes." Said Arthur. "They looked like they belonged to Mr Vargas but he wasn't there and Lovino said that he left things around the house anyway so..."

Ludwig shook his head. "Yes that place is very messy but even Romulus would put his brief case in his room..." Suddenly he looked at Antonio with worried eyes. "You don't think that Lovino did something to him?"

Antonio's eyes went wide and he gulped. "Why would he?"

"He has an inferiority complex." Said Ludwig. "It's possible that he's also the reason that Feliciano disappeared."

"But why would he?" Asked Antonio. "I know that he didn't like Feliciano that much but they are still brothers and-"

"Remember we are living in Fever Lake." Said Ludwig. "You know I'm probably right."

Antonio began to tear up and he buried his head into his arms. "Lovi..." He sobbed. "Lovi... Why Lovi? Why would you do that? Lovi..."

Arthur frowned. "Um... What's going on?"

Ludwig sighed and looked up at Arthur. "Lovino probably killed Feliciano and his grandfather. We had better convince him to turn himself into the police before he does something really stupid."

"Wait what?" Asked Arthur. "You can't be serious!"

Ludwig sighed. "I wish I wasn't... But I'm sure of it. I'll go alone if I have to."

Antonio shook his head. "No. I'll go with you. Lovi will listen to me."

"I'll go too." Said Arthur. "Safety in numbers." Ludwig nodded and the three of them headed off to Lovino's house.

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On the way a cop car pulled up next to them. The driver was detective Ziwingil. "Where might you boys be heading off to?" He asked.

"We are going to the Vargas house." Said Ludwig. "We believe that Lovino has killed his brother and grandfather."

The detective frowned. "You think he killed his brother and Romulus? Do you have any evidence?"

"Detective." Said Arthur. "This is Fever Lake. I might not have been living here long but it's my understanding that you only search for a missing person for a week and when someone is murdered the case dries up quickly due to lack of evidence. Is it really that ludicrous to say that Lovino killed them?"

The detective frowned. "Well you boys may as well hop in. I was just heading over to see if Romulus was back anyway so I could question him." The boys quickly jumped into the car and sat in silence as detective Ziwingil drove them to the Vargas house.

"Detective..." Said Antonio. "When we get there can you stay in the car?"

"What?" Snapped the detective. "If I just let you boys go in there you could die!"

"Please?" Begged Antonio. "We'll have a better chance of convincing Lovino to give up if it's just us! We'll signal you if there's any danger!"

"Antonio's right." Said Arthur. "He'll fell less intimidated if it's just us and therefore less likely to attack if it's just us."

"Fine." Growled the detective. "But any sign of danger you get me in there immediately."

"Agreed." Said Ludwig. They pulled up in front of the Vargas house and got out leaving the detective in the car. Arthur wasn't sure why Antonio and Ludwig were so convinced that Lovino had killed Feliciano and Romulus but he knew better than to question things here. It was all too insane.

'Okay then." Said Antonio. "Here it goes..." He walked up to the door and knocked.

TBC

Shinigami-cat: Short chapter is short. Please review!