AN: Here's the new chapter.

I will say that I am currently listening to German music - An Deiner Seite by Unheilig to be exact.

Hope you enjoy!

Things were going pretty well considering all that had happened recently. They were calm, finally. Lovino was currently using Antonio's lap as his pillow, letting the spaniard play with his hair. He was relaxing, listening to his brother jabber on about something in italian. He gave input every so often, but never tried to interupt.

"You need to sit up before you get in trouble."

Lunch was nice, Lovino thought. Especially when we're out at the quad. Until something like this happens. Hercales was the one who'd spoken. Lovino glanced at him for a moment before he sighed, pushing himself to sit up. "I was comfortable too."

Sadık pulled Hercales down to sit and gave a faint smile to the others before he spoke to Lovino. "Yes, well, I don't think the administrators care. They won't allow it."

Lovino huffed, trying to get comfortable again before he frowned for a moment. He rolled his eyes, going back to how he had been. "They can get the fuck over it."he grumbled.

Antonio laughed lightly, going back to playing with the elder italian's hair again.

Feliciano tilted his head, frowning at his brother. "Lovi..don't get in trouble. I have to watch out for you, too, not just the other way around,"

"Don't worry 'bout me. I can sweet talk my way out of anything,"Lovino said softly.

Gilbert snorted. "If you're talking to a lady, sure. Let another man come near you when you're in trouble. You shut down."

Lovino glowered at his best friend before he rolled his eyes and relaxed. Antonio smiled faintly, running his hand through the italian's hair gently, trying not to disturb his curl in the process.

Hercales raised an eyebrow at this. "Have you ever.."

"Pulled on my curl?"Lovino asked, looking at Hercales, who nodded.

Antonio half smiled. "Yes, I have. He went off on me for it. Which is why I'm trying to avoid messing with it now. I don't want him snapping at me."

Lovino's eyes had slipped closed.

Feliciano smiled softly. "He's like a kitty, likes being petted."he commented.

Lovino tiredly flipped his brother off. "Shut up, Fratello."he said.

Matthew frowned at Lovino. "Have you gotten any sleep recently?"he asked the italian.

Lovino blinked his eyes opened and looked over at Matthew before he huffed and let his eyes close again.

Feliciano sighed. "He's up every morning by three thirty."he answered. "Won't tell me why,"

"Nightmares,"Lovino supplied. "I don't like them, so I don't sleep after I wake up from one normally."

Nobody else asked questions about it. Instead, they let it go and let Lovino drift to sleep.

Gilbert spoke softly. "He's never had nightmares when we're over. Otherwise he would've woke one of us up."

"I would've realized,"Antonio said softly. "Since I do tend to use him as a teddy bear when we stay over,"

"Which is absolutely adorable,"Matthew teased.

Antonio rolled his eyes. "Point is, if he had a nightmare, I'd've known. He would've woke me up or something from shifting."

Feliciano nodded. "He's normally screaming when he has a nightmare. He's woken me up a couple times before. But..it's gotten better. A bit. I've taken to staying with him, because otherwise the house feels so empty. I miss nonno."

Ludwig tilted his head. The brothers had become so inseperable since their nonno's death, but he could tell they dealt with it in different ways. It seemed like Lovino, who was the first to find out, was the one who was the least affected by it judging by how he acted. But he knew better. Lovino distanced himself so much from the situation to keep himself together to help Feliciano.

Lovino seemed to give up on getting any rest, because he sighed and opened his eyes, looking to his brother. He sat back up and motioned for Feliciano to come to him.

Feliciano got up and moved to curl into Lovino's side. Lovino sighed again and wrapped his arms around him comfortingly.

Silence fell for a long while until Lovino spoke softly. "You have got to stop thinking so much about it. It's not worth tearing yourself down over."he murmured. "It's nature,"

Feliciano nodded but otherwise didn't respond.

Ludwig ended up walking Feliciano home early, at Lovino's insistance. Gilbert sighed once they disappeared. "West has told me that Feli's told him that he feels like he's being an inconvieniance to you,"

Lovino looked over at Gilbert before he huffed. "He will never be an inconvieniance to me,"he said softly.

Their day had gone from peaceful to stressed in less than an hour. It was hard to think that that was possible, but it had happened.

Once the group got to the Vargas brothers' home, Lovino immediately pulled his brother into a tight hug. This startled the younger, since he knew his brother didn't tend to show much affection towards people, not even Antonio, anymore. He'd closed himself off to protect himself after their nonno died.

Feliciano's breath caught in his throat for a moment at this sudden display of affection before he hid his face in his brother's shoulder.

Ludwig looked at his own brother in question.

Gilbert spoke in soft German. "Es war ein harter Tag."he offered.

Ludwig nodded and turned his attention back to the two.

Even though he knew both of the boys were strong, he figured that they'd need a lot of help until they got back on their feet. Even if they snapped about it or refused the help.

Here ya go. By the way, warning you now, the translation might be a bit off on the German, as I do not know past tense. I had to look it up, so it might be off a bit. So here -

Es war ein harter Tag = It was a hard day.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed!