AN: Merhaba!
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The following morning, Feliciano seemed to be in a better mood. Therefore, Lovino got to skip out on wearing the angel wings. Still, on the way to school, he carried Feliciano on his back, letting his brother act like a child for a while.
Things settled when they sat down with the others. Lovino frowned when he saw that Berwald was doctoring a cut across Tino's arm. His eyes narrowed. "Who hurt him?"he asked.
Berwald didn't answer, keeping his focus on what he was doing.
Mathias spoke. "Romano...that's not..it's not exactly what you think."
Lovino looked over at the Dane, who looked highly uncomfortable.
Just then, Tino winced and went to pull his arm away, but Berwald tightened his grip a bit and Tino stopped, letting him continue his work in silence.
Nobody said anything for the longest, until Berward finished and let Tino pull his arm to him again, settling against Berwald's side carefully.
A soft voice sounded from nearby not long after. "Tino?"
Tino looked up curiously. Eduard.
"Can I speak with you in private?"
Tino nodded, getting up and following his friend away so they could talk.
Mathias shared a look with Lukas before he looked at Berwald and spoke. "Do you know who did that to Tino?"he asked.
Berwald looked up and nodded once. But he wasn't going to tell them. That much was obvious.
Mathias, deciding to see if his theory was right, spoke once again. "Was he hurt when you met up with him to walk to school?"he asked.
Berwald once again gave a nod, narrowing his eyes warningly at the Dane.
Mathias sighed and nodded. So he was right. "Poor kid.."
Lovino heard that and tilted his head for a moment, looking back at the small Finnish male before his eyes widened slightly. He looked back at the Berwald and Mathias. "You guys are kidding..."he said softly. "..who'd ever want to hurt Tino? He's so innocent."
"Not as innocent as you'd think upon first meeting him."Lukas said softly. "I know that when I first met him, he was so jumpy, but he was so sweet and innocent. Then I started to get to know him, what all he's gone through in his life. The innocence he seems to have? It's mostly an act,"
Lovino frowned slightly. He hated that the smaller male had to go through such crap. It wasn't right.
Tino joined the others again right after that, and Lovino carefully held his tounge, not wanting to upset him.
Emil sat down with them not long after, taking a look at Tino's now carefully wrapped arm and the bruising that decorated both of his arms and disappeared into his shirt before he sighed. "Why don't you come stay with Mathias and me for a while, Tino?"he asked quietly.
Tino gave a faint smile. "I suppose."he said softly.
That morning, Lovino and Antonio walked a lot slower, waiting for the others to disappear.
"I still don't get why someone would want to hurt Tino,"Lovino admitted after Antonio asked him why he was being so quiet. "I've known all of the nordics for ages, and they're all very kindhearted. Tino most especially. And the fact that it's his own family who's hurting him...god I've never wanted to kill someone so much before. But nobody has any right to lay a hand on their child in a harmful way. Nobody."
Antonio pulled Lovino to a stop, letting everyone else pass them. "Listen, Lovi..Mathias and Emil? They're going to take care of Tino. Berwald will care for Tino more than anyone will. Just let them handle it, okay? I know, you hate seeing people you're close to in pain. But let them handle Tino, you just help if they ask it of you. You keep an eye on Feli and stay back out of everything else, okay? Otherwise, you could get hurt, and I don't want that. And I'm pretty sure that the others would never forgive you if you got hurt because you were sticking up for them."
Lovino nodded in understanding.
Needless to say, the beginning of the day didn't run as smoothly as possible. Not at all.
At lunch, the group was quiet for the beginning of it, letting everyone eat in silence. The first comment was from Francis, an update about the fight that Sadık and Hercules. "So, I talked to Kiku last hour, and he told me that they fixed everything this morning. But with how they've been fighting, it is only a matter of time before they call it quits."he said.
Lovino followed the frenchman's eyes to see the two sitting just out of earshot, talking quietly. It was the first time they'd been seen not fighting as of recently. He nodded once.
Berwald's surprising chuckle pulled attention to him. Lovino gave a faint smile when he noticed at Tino was sound asleep, resting against Berwald's side.
Emil blinked before he looked at Berwald. "Should we drive him home?"
Berwald shook his head. "Nej. H' c'n st'y. I c'n w'tch 'v'r h'm f'r n'w."
Emil tilted his head but nodded. "Alright."he said softly.
Berwald nodded once.
Lovino managed a soft smile. It was sweet to watch Tino and Berwald, because while they were very different, their personalities didn't clash horribly. Besides, it was just nice that Tino trusted someone enough to be so close to them like that.
At the end of lunch, Berwald easily picked Tino up instead of waking him up so he could walk.
Mathias gave a soft smile, but there was worry. "Don't drop him."he said softly.
Berwald looked at Mathias for a moment. "' w'on't."he said quietly. "H's l'ght,"
The end of the day brought about the usual jokes being exchanged. Tino was cheerful as he spoke with everyone.
The others were amused by the hyperactivity that filled him. Normally, Tino was very calm, but almost always smiling.
Lovino raised an eyebrow. "Hey,"he greeted, giving Tino an odd look when he noticed how hyper the other boy was. Then he looked at the others curiously.
Still, he didn't say anything.
Things were calm after that. Not as tense as they had been earlier that day.
There ya go. Though this one is actually going out to the Sweden in our cosplay group, as him and our Finland are the ones who inspired this one.
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