Calming down Alfred was quite the chore. Everybody had to band together and give him calming words of advice to make him breathe more easily. The truth was, all of them were furious. The way they treated Arthur like a toy that was falling apart, rather than a human being, shattered their hopes of ever getting better in this place. Lukas had no proper explanation of what happened. If he tried to explain, he felt like the others would get even more angry and the whole group therapy would turn into a mess. Lovino was clenching and unclenching his fists repeatedly. His rage was slowly dying as he heaved a drawn-out sigh. He officially decided that he hated it here.

"How about we all eat something. That could help our nerves." Lukas suggested, and the others hesitantly nodded. Of course, no one really wanted to eat. They were all too shaken. But defying the therapist could mean they would end up in the same state as Arthur.

"What did you do with him?" Toris asked suddenly, looking at Lukas with an intense stare. It wasn't menacing or cold, just filled with curiosity. Lukas hoped he wouldn't have to answer this question, but unfortunately he couldn't run away from it now.

"He.. Arthur was taken to the Quiet Room."

"The-"

"It's an empty room so that he can't hurt himself further."

"That sounds awful!" Toris objected, waving his arms, "Why would that help him?"

"Toris, we have our reasons."

Lovino interjected, "I don't care about your fucking reasons. It's cruel."

"We should be helping him, no hurting him further." Antonio added. All of them were defending him. Lukas took a step back and rubbed the back of his neck. He had no idea what to say, considering they were right, but he had to obey the rules. He didn't make them.

"Everyone sit down and eat." He said firmly, turning away and going behind the large desk. "I'll call each of your names to take your medication."

Medication? Lovino didn't recall taking any. He opened his mouth to ask, but closed it soon after. He didn't want to deal with Lukas anymore at the moment. Instead he obeyed with an angry scowl, getting his food and sitting next to Antonio. Antonio knew how he upset he was, so he decided not to say a word. It would've made things worse.

"Alfred." Lukas called out, motioning the American towards him with a cup in his hand. "Take these."

"I know. I've been doing this for two weeks." He said with a sarcastic smile, rolling his eyes and going back to his seat to take them.

Lovino didn't expect his name to be called. He furrowed his brows together, getting up and going towards Lukas. "I know you don't have any medication now, but that's why we're going to test some based on your results. So here's these," He handed him the small cup, "And you need to take them now. We'll give them to you everyday unless something changes."

Lovino nodded and went back to his place, chugging down some orange juice so he could take the medication. He had a feeling this day wasn't going to be so great.

I'm really trying to get back into the swing of things after a tough summer, so I'd like to apologize for the short and simple chapter. The next will be much more interesting. I just wanted to update.