AN: Hello!

To those who reviewed:

Spamano4ever: Yeah, things are slowly getting better. And I had to throw in that curl play bit - I blame the Romano that's in the cosplay group we have at my school, he gave me the idea!

GothicKitty1313: Indeed, he did. I just get the feeling that Lovi gets flustered a lot, so..it was unavoidable.

Mona Lisa's Balled: I'm sure Lovi appreciates the love!

Anyway, here's the new chapter, I hope you enjoy it.

"No, I'm serious, he loves music, he just won't let people hear him play!"Gilbert told Antonio.

Antonio had gotten curious about Lovino, wondering what all the italian was hiding.

At that current moment, Lovino was trying to keep an eye on his younger brother out in the yard. Antonio and Gilbert were inside gathering drinks and snacks to take to place on the patio table out back.

Antonio nodded. "So, if I asked him to play something...?"he asked.

Gilbert laughed. "We both would die. Me for telling you, you for asking,"he said. "Don't bother, Tonio. If he wants to play, he'll play."

Antonio nodded and let it drop.

Once the two were back outside, it was to see that Feliciano had his brother pinned and that both of them were laughing.

"I give, I give, now let me up,"Lovino said.

Feliciano released his brother then and got up, helping him back up.

Gilbert raised an eyebrow. "..I don't even want to know."he said.

Francis looked back at the Prussian with a faint smile.

A silent comment was exchanged: it's nice to see Lovino being so playful and happy.

Feliciano grinned at Antonio and Gilbert.

Lovino blinked, glancing over at them.

Gilbert smiled faintly. "Having fun?"he asked.

Lovino gave a half smile and shrugged.

After a while, everyone settled down on the patio.

Lovino was silent, thoughtful.

Francis spoke after a long moment, snapping Lovino out of his thoughts. "You're zoning,"he said, looking at Lovino.

Lovino gave a faint smile. "Sorry,"

The group did end up having a good time that evening, just goofing off and being the teenagers they were.

Antonio ended up getting his guitar out so they had something to listen to since he hadn't unpacked his stereo from it's box yet. He sat down crosslegged on the grass with the others, guitar in hand.

Lovino blinked in surprise. "You play?"he asked, looking at Antonio curiously.

Antonio gave a knowing smile. "Yep."he said.

Feliciano grinned, looking at his smile. "Lovi! You should - "

Lovino glared at Feliciano. "Don't finish that sentence, Feli."he said, voice suddenly cold.

Antonio looked at Gilbert, who spoke. "Fine, I will. You should bring your bass to school on Monday, Lovi. I'd love to hear a collab sometime,"

Lovino's glare went to Gilbert then. "I hate you,"

Gilbert pouted. "Aw..do you really?"

Lovino glowered, but sighed and shook his head.

Sure enough, Monday morning, Lovino joined the others, a guitar case slung over his shoulder. "Happy?"he asked Gilbert, who grinned at the italian.

Arthur, who was sitting with them that morning, raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know you played,"he commented.

Lovino glowered, sitting down and placing the case beside him.

Antonio had his guitar case placed against the wall behind him, Lovino noticed.

Gilbert spoke to Lovino and Antonio. "You two better figure out what song, because you're playing at lunch,"

"Fuck no, I'm not."Lovino snapped. "There are too many people in that lunch room,"

Francis smiled. "Which is why we're going out to the quad to eat today. Nobody's ever out there,"

Lovino frowned, but let him have it.

That day shaped up to be one of the worst for Lovino. Well, almost. People left him be for the most part. A few hateful comments were thrown at him in the halls, but nobody really bothered him.

Antonio and him were still talking about songs on their way to get their lunch and go to the quad.

It took them until they had a seat to figure out a song.

As soon as they sat down, Lovino noticed there were more people there than usual - Arthur and Matthew were sitting with them, as was Alfred. Lovino knew that Arthur and Matthew were kind. But Alfred was a jock at the school and he was hesitant to be near him because of that.

Gilbert seemed to notice and rolled his eyes. "Oh, relax, Lovino."he said. "Alfred isn't going to hurt anyone. He's here because Matthew drug him here."

Lovino frowned, but seeing as Matthew and Alfred were brothers, he understood. He nodded and went back to his food in silence.

Silence reigned until everyone was finished eating. Then Gilbert looked up at Lovino and Antonio expectantly.

Lovino hesitated much more than Antonio did.

Still, after lunch, Lovino was more relaxed than he had been. He supposed it wasn't too bad, having to play in front of people.

After school, Lovino gave a faint smile to his friends as he waited on his brother to show up.

It had been a pretty decent day after all.

Alright, here's the thing. I need to stop talking to our Romano. Because he's giving me too many ideas. He does play bass. This is his fault!

Anyway, hope you enjoyed it.

If you wanna see a certain pairing or event here, let me know.

Bye!