AN: Here's the new chapter.

By the way...I have had two pairing ideas offered for Raivis, Emil, and Francis each. Anyone feel up to breaking a tie?

The offered up pairing ideas are -

For Raivis - Latvia/Iceland and Latvia/Estonia.

For Emil - Latvia/Iceland and Iceland/Turkey

For Francis - France/Seychelles and France/Joan D'Arc

As for France's...I have never wrote or read either of them. Anyone wanna fill me in? Or offer another, more well known one?

Anywho...I love the pairing ideas, guys! But, I can't write any until I know which is more prefered!

To those who reviewed:

Spamano4ever: Yes, finally a calm chapter. Fluffy, sure, calm, definitely. Enough to make my cousin look at me and ask if I was sick? Yes. Unfortunately, he acts as my beta right now and knows I don't usually write cute unless I'm sick. Which I'm not.

Evelynyanime: Thanks!

ThatRandomReview: Thanks, and still, I am sorry!

Also, on a side note, my group's Sweden (Aidrian) asked me an interesting question today. Our America and me have this kind of tradition going on at school, since we share two classes (German and Art). We have a habit of switcing into unplanned cosplay, just for the hell of it. He saw this yesterday, and couldn't really ask about it since all three of us had taken the vow of silence and his hands were full so he couldn't write on his board. We do play on the stereotypes a lot, and America has teased me before for opening the door for her going into the school, since we're outside for German a lot (Trailers at school). Sweden asked why she teases me about being a gentleman. He only heard the comment thrown at me by a close friend who wasn't taking the vow and got curious, so he didn't know. Needless to say, he laughed his ass off at me for it. Jerk. He's sweet, but he's a jerk.

Anywho...

Enjoy.

Antonio and Lovino were fast asleep on the couch with a movie playing when the others got back. Feliciano smiled softly, throwing a blanket over the two. Lovino blinked his eyes open slightly at this and mumbled something incoherant before he curled further against Antonio's side and went back to sleep.

Quiet conversation filled the room for about an hour until Antonio woke up and rubbed at his eyes. He blinked at the others. "Hola."he mumbled quietly.

"Ciao, Toni."Feliciano greeted, smiling. "Calm evening, I take it?"

Antonio smiled softly, glancing down at Lovino, who was still sound asleep against him. "We ended up playing in the rain for a while before dinner,"he said softly. "It was nice to see him smiling and laughing again."

Feliciano blinked in surprise. "You had him playing in the rain?"he asked in surprise.

Antonio nodded. "Yeah.."he said softly. "He was kinda hesitant to at first, but..."

Feliciano nodded that he understood and smiled faintly again. "Well..I'm glad things are going back to normal again, at least."

Nobody else said much of anything about the day. In fact, by the time that the conversation ended, they were all ready for bed.

The following morning, Lovino woke up with a headache. He huffed and rubbed at his head. He knew it was probably from managing to hit his head against one of the cabinets sometime the evening before, so he didn't bother with it as he got up and started getting ready for school.

All throughout the morning, Lovino felt like hell. He collapsed against Antonio's side first thing after he sat down at lunch, letting his eyes close.

Antonio frowned. "You okay, Lovi?"he asked softly, pushing the Italian's bangs from his face.

Lovino nodded, but didn't say anything.

Raivis frowned as he joined the group then. He examined Lovino for a moment before he raised an eyebrow. "I think someone's getting sick.."he said softly.

Lovino shook his head in denial at that before laying his head against Antonio's shoulder lightly.

Vash frowned at his little brother, but said nothing. He knew both of the Vargas boys well enough to tell when they were sick. And he knew that Lovino was, but didn't want anyone to know because they'd try to pamper him.

"I just wanna go home soon.."Lovino mumbled.

Vash spoke up. "I can drive you home, you know."he said softly. "Want to go home?"

Lovino nodded once and Vash got up, grabbing his bag and then Lovino's bag. "Alright, c'mon, Lovino."he said softly.

Lovino got up in silence, pausing to kiss Antonio's cheek before he followed Vash. The elder paused to sign both of them out of school before leading Lovino to his car in silence.

The rest of the day, Lovino was piled up in his bed. He drifted in and out of sleep, but when he did sleep, it was restless. Vash didn't wander off too far from Lovino's room, because he knew that the Italian really wasn't feeling well if he couldn't even sleep.

After school ended, the entire group came to the Vargas home again. Antonio and Feliciano both showed up at the door.

"Is he feeling okay?"Feliciano asked, concern for his brother shining in his tone.

Vash sighed. "I doubt it."he answered. "But I can't answer for sure. I'm not him."

Lovino groaned. "What the fuck are you on about this time?"he grumbled, burying himself further under the covers.

Antonio moved forward, sitting on the edge of the bed beside Lovino and feeling of his forehead. Just a little warm. It wasn't too bad.

Lovino looked at him for a moment before he huffed and settled back down, drifting back off into a restless sleep.

It wasn't often that Lovino got sick, but when he did, he always felt like hell.

Feliciano frowned deeply. "He's getting sick, isn't he?"he asked.

Vash nodded. "His fever's come down a little bit now..but it was pretty bad when we got here. He'll be alright, Feli."

Feliciano nodded. "I'll go make him some soup.."

With that, the younger of the brothers disappeared from the room again.

Antonio sighed. "I feel like this is my fault. I had him out playing in the rain yesterday..."

"It's not your fault. If he really didn't want to, he wouldn't've done it. Besides, stuff like that? Doesn't really have much of an effect on him. I don't know. It is cold season, after all."Vash said softly. "It happens every year. Just let him get some rest,"

The following morning, Vash woke Lovino up and sat down on the edge of the bed, much like Antonio had done the previous day. "Lovi, do you feel up to going to school today?"he asked quietly.

Lovino went to sit up, but stopped when his head started pounding again. He finally shook his head slightly. He knew that he was getting sick. He didn't need to push his luck.

Vash nodded and let the Italian settle back down before tucking the covers around him again. "I'll be here to check up on you at lunch, okay?"he said softly. "Get some rest, and there's some soup in the kitchen if you get hungry."

Lovino nodded that he understood.

Vash gave him a soft smile. "And Antonio has asked me to tell you that he loves you. Feli wouldn't allow him back to see you this morning,"

Lovino managed a soft smile as well and smiled. "Tell him I love him too."

Vash nodded in understanding and got up, kissing Lovino's forehead. "Get some rest, brother."

With that Vash left again and let Lovino get back to sleep.

Raivis looked over at the group when they entered. He raised an eyebrow when he noticed Lovino's absense. "So Lovi was getting sick, huh?"
Vash nodded. "He'll be back soon."he said softly.

Raivis nodded that he understood.

The day was pretty quiet without Lovino around, since he was the one who usually got some of the more interesting conversations going with some sort of offhand comment.

That evening, Antonio let Vash sit around and relax and he took care of Lovino.

Once he gets better, Antonio thought, things will be perfect again. I'll make sure of it.

Here ya go. Hope you enjoyed! Remember, let me know with any pairings you wish to see!