AN: Hey.

Sorry it took so long for me to update. I've just been busting my butt to get an art project done. It didn't happen. I give up on it, and I shall never ever do another grid portrait again! I swear it! On another note, I would've had this done and uploaded yesterday, but an old friend, a packmate of mine, came over and I spent the day with her since I never get to see her anymore. Once again, I'm sorry for the lack of updates.

To those who reviewed:

Spamano4ever: Indeed, it is.

xXxTheGirlWhoLikesCreepyThin gs: It is sweet. Although..this story is the first I've done sweet when I wasn't sick or something.

Hope you enjoy, guys!
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The following morning, while the group was still standing around outside of the school building, Antonio arrived and snuck up behind Lovino, easily picking him up.

The italian squeeled in surprise, squirming and making Antonio set him down. He turned to look at Antonio with wide eyes. "What the hell do you think you're doing, bastard?"he snapped.

"Surprising you so I could give you this without you turning around to hit me,"Antonio answered, pulling a jacket out of his bookbag and placing it around Lovino's shoulders. "Feli sent me a text this morning saying you ran out and forgot yours at home,"

Lovino turned slightly pink, but smiled faintly anyways. "Thanks,"he murmured, leaning up to steal a kiss from the spaniard.

"Oh, well this is discustingly cute,"

Lovino knew that accent. He glanced over curiously. Feliciano, however, grinned and greeted the male with a hug.

Vash. Of course. It'd been years since the brothers had heard from him, but they'd been close to him before, after their nonno took them in.

The swiss male patted the younger of the brother's on the back, but gave no smile. "I heard about your nonno, boys."

Lovino shot Feliciano a look. The younger had deflated a bit. Ludwig immediately set to distracting the younger. Vash noticed his blunder and nodded. He moved to speak with Lovino while Ludwig was caring for Feliciano.

"How are you two holding up?"

Lovino glowered. "Oh, you care?"he asked. He was beginning to get agitated with the other male. He'd already messed up and upset Feliciano by saying something without thinking it through. "We're fine. Better than you'd think."

Vash nodded. "I just...Rodrich told me, and...I figured I'd come see how you two were coping. I never expected to walk up and see...well, you being comfortable around anyone."

"I get it."Lovino snapped. "You've checked up, now please leave."

Vash didn't wait to be asked again. He headed out and let Lovino relax again.

Antonio raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

Lovino looked over at his brother to see that he was back to his cheerful self and let it drop.

The exchange that morning had kind of killed Lovino's good mood for a while, until Antonio made sure that he was smiling before entering his first period class. The spaniard had kept their normal tradition of walking Lovino to class and had stopped outside like every other morning, but this morning he spoke softly, not just the normal 'I love you, see you at lunch' stuff.

"By the way, Lovi..Happy Halloween."Antonio said softly. "I forgot to tell you this morning. Are we still on for our date?"

Lovino gave a soft smile. "Of course. Happy Halloween, you bastard,"he murmured.

Antonio grinned brightly. "Just think, after today, you don't have to deal with people for a whole weekend, and we all get to spend tomorrow at the amusement park. It'll be fun. Smile, okay? Forget everyone else, just for today."

Lovino returned Antonio's grin at that point. "You need to get to class."he replied. "But..thanks."

Antonio smiled at Lovino and shrugged. "I love you,"he said softly.

"I love you too, now get lost,"Lovino countered.

Antonio gave him a searching look before he stole a kiss and disappeared.

Their normal.

Lovino was still smiling when lunch came around, so Antonio figured it had been a pretty good day so far.

"Speak of the devil.."Gilbert said as Lovino joined them at the table. "We were just wondering if you and Toni are joining us for a little Halloween fun after your date."

Lovino raised an eyebrow. "Like what? Trick-or-treating?"he asked sarcastically.

Gilbert's smile turned mischievious. "More like just tricking."he countered. "Come on, Lovi. Can't we have one day where we can scare the piss out of little kids and have a good laugh? Everyone else has already agreed to it."

Lovino looked over at Antonio for a moment before he met Gilbert's eyes again and he nodded. "It'll be fun,"he said softly.

Feliciano tilted his head. "Will you dress up with the rest of us?"he asked. "Let loose and be a kid for a change?"

"Depends. What the hell do you guys expect me to dress up as?"Lovino asked. "Because I'm not going looking for a costume this evening."

Antonio met Feliciano's eyes for a moment before he spoke up. "How about a Fallen angel? You have the attitude and looks for it. And we could easily make you a costume from something in your own wardrobe."he said softly, wrapping his arms around Lovino.

Lovino looked at Antonio before his eyes went to Feliciano, who was giving him puppy eyes. "Fine."he said softly. "But if any of you bring it up after this..."

A few laughs and promises from the group.

That evening after school, Feliciano grinned brightly as he led the others to the Vargas home. Antonio and Lovino were trailing behind, talking softly.

Feliciano was quick about unlocking the door and letting everyone inside.

The others knew where their 'costumes' were in their own homes and had voted to stay with the Vargas brothers until closer to time to get ready for their night of fun.

Lovino, however, had no idea what he was supposed to be wearing. Antonio, Gilbert and Feliciano ended up being the ones to drag the elder italian into his room to dig through his closet and see what they could turn into a costume.

Feliciano was talking in rapid italian about something, but Lovino was giving him an odd look. After a while, he interupted. "Feli, no."he said. "I agreed to dress up, not go all out."

Gilbert looked back at Lovino. "You're going all out."

Feliciano grinned happily at Gilbert before he pulled his brother from the room.

Matthew laughed when he saw Lovino's expression, getting up to go and help so that the others didn't get killed.

He sat with Lovino on the elder boy's bed as they watched the others talk quickly about things concerning the costume they were trying to put together.

Antonio paused after a while and smiled at Lovino. "You know, it's not going to be bad. I'm dressing up too. We're all going all out,"

Lovino huffed. "I know, I know."he grumbled.

It didn't take them long after that to get everything together.

Everyone was shooed out of Lovino's room by the elder italian so he could get changed, knowing that Antonio was going to make him wear the costume on their date like he was doing so they didn't have to waste time changing later before meeting up with the others.

Feliciano laughed lightly when his brother came out of the room in costume, scowling.

"I hate this."

Matthew looked back at Lovino before he smiled and looked to Feliciano. "You were right, he is the perfect Fallen angel."

Antonio smiled faintly when he looked up to see Lovino standing there with a deep frown showing. Since Feliciano had talked him into actually going all out, the elder italian was dressed in tattered black skinny jeans with two shirts on - a black wife beater with ragged shadowy wings attached with a ripped and torn dark gray tee over it. He smiled. "It looks good, Lovi."he said softly.

Lovino huffed, moving to sit with the others.

The others filtered in and out of the room until Antonio disappeared for a while to go get changed as well. When he came back it was seen that Lovino and him would be completely polar opposites that night. Gilbert and Francis had managed to talk him into being something much similar to a ghost or angel, only a bit less open and heard about.

Lovino half smiled at Antonio, who was flicking at some chains hanging from his belt as he took a seat again.

Gilbert raised an eyebrow. "You two are going to get some odd looks wherever you guys are going."

"Oh well."Antonio said, carefully wrapping his arms around Lovino, who finally smiled again.

The two left soon after that and Antonio filled the car with chatter as he drove. It wasn't often that they went out like this, but they enjoyed it when they did.

The waiter gave them an odd look for a moment when he first saw them before he smiled. "Plans with some friends later?"he asked softly.

The two gave him a polite nod.

"Well, no offense, but whoever chose what you two dressed up as...it fits from what I can tell." It was a quiet statement before they ordered, but it did help set Lovino at ease. Some of the adults in the restruant were giving them odd looks, but it didn't matter.

"Have I ever told you that Halloween is my favorite holiday?"Lovino asked.

"No, you haven't."

The two had finished with their dinner and Antonio had paid, with Lovino scowling the entire time, and were now sitting out on the hood of the car for a bit. They'd decided against the movie, on Lovino's insistance. Instead, they'd went to the park and were currently watching the stars.

Lovino smiled. "It is."he said softly. "Because it's the one time of year that you can be whatever you want to be and nobody can tell you otherwise."

Antonio smiled. "That does sound nice,"he said quietly. He watched Lovino scan the sky for familiar constellations for a while before he spoke. "You know...the reason that we were so keen on you dressing up and going all out like this is because we know you never act like a kid. Besides, the Fallen angel thing fits you."

"I'm no angel. Of any kind."Lovino responded.

Antonio grinned. "I don't know, you seem pretty angelic."he said softly.

Lovino looked at him for a moment. "Maybe to people who don't know me well. But I'm not an angel. Closer to a demon."

Antonio chuckled. "Couldn't prove it by me,"he said softly.

Lovino half smiled at that. He didn't bother to reply, instead deciding to silence the spaniard the best way he could - by kissing him.

When Lovino pulled away, Antonio half smiled. "I really do love you."he whispered.

Lovino smiled softly. "Love you too. Now let's go. Before the others come looking,"

Antonio nodded and got off the hood of the car, pulling Lovino down with him carefully.

It didn't take them long to find the others and join in their festivities. A few minor pranks on some people were played, but they were all very gracious about it.

Quite a few kids saw Lovino in the distance with Antonio and seemed a bit more hesitant to go that way, even if they needed to. Antonio looked over at one point and saw a young six year old standing there and he motioned for her to come on, that they wouldn't hurt her.

The young girl did approach them, but stopped near Lovino, looking at him with wide eyes.

Antonio nudged Lovino to get his attention away from the starry sky again. Lovino blinked at him before he noticed the young girl and tilted his head. He chuckled when the young girl only felt of his wings before taking off.

"See, it's not so bad,"Antonio told Lovino. "A lot of people don't like believing in angels because they've never seen one. You get to help make them believe, if only for tonight."

Lovino gave a faint smile. "I'm not an angel."he countered, once again. "Especially not the kind people need to believe in."

Antonio rolled his eyes, pulling Lovino to him and into a kiss. After a while, he broke it and let his forehead rest against the italian's. "Stop saying that. You are an angel. You're my angel."he said, meeting Lovino's golden hazel eyes.

Lovino smiled faintly. "You are so weird."

"But you love me for it,"

"Yeah."Lovino said quietly. "Yeah, I do."

Well...this didn't end how I expected it to. I hope you enjoyed it, anyways!