AN: Alright. Here.

By the way..never again staying up with Canada until three in the morning so that he has someone to talk to when he's home alone. Damn, I was tired this morning.

To those who reviewed:

Spamano4ever: Lovi'll be okay. He's not puking blood, so he'll be okay. Besides, he has Feli, Toni, and Vash looking after him. He'll be fine. I promise.

ThatRandomReview: Have you had a cold recently? It happens. And Lovi doesn't get sick often, meaning his immune system has moments where it's weak in order to keep him balanced health wise. And yes, Antonio is very...he worries a lot over his little Italian angel. Therefore, he will make things sound worse than they are.

Enjoy.

The next couple of days were a bit better than had been expected. Lovino got to feeling a bit better, but he was still hardly able to keep anything down. The second day after the doctor's appointment, Vash got a bit worried because Lovino absolutely refused to wake up for longer than two seconds unless he was made to.

Antonio was flipping out, trying to figure out how to help. Eventually, Feliciano decided to drag the Spaniard to the store to pick up some herbs. He still remembered what their nonno used to do for Lovino and him both when they got sick.

Not an hour later, the two came back and Feliciano got to work. He spoke to Antonio. "Could you get Lovino up and bring him into the living room?"he asked once he had the herbal remedy finished.
Antonio nodded and did so.

Lovino did not look happy about being woken up, either. He huffed, barely keeping his eyes open.

When Feliciano handed him a bowl, the elder looked at the contents before blinking up at his younger brother with fevered eyes.

Feliciano huffed. "It's that herbal stuff that nonno used to make for us when we got sick."he said softly. "Just eat it,"

Lovino nodded in understanding and did so in silence.

As soon as he finished, he pushed the tray to the floor carefully and curled up against Antonio's side, letting his eyes flutter closed again. Nobody disturbed him this time.

Vash's phone went off a good bit after Antonio carried Lovino back to bed in silence. He answered it quietly. He gave a faint smile. "Sorry, sir. I forgot to call. Lovino's sick, but he'll be in after he gets to feeling better. I can come cover his shift if I need to."

Silence fell and Vash tilted his head. The response made Vash raise an eyebrow. "Alright, I'll let him know."

As soon as the Swiss hung up, he shook his head in amusement.

It took a few more days, but Lovino did get better.

Antonio gave him a soft smile when he saw the Italian up and ready for school the day after he started feeling better. He paused to kiss Lovino's cheek before finishing what he was doing.

Lovino gave a faint smile.

Raivis gave Lovino a faint smile when the group sat down that morning. "Everything back to normal, now?"he asked.

Lovino nodded.

Vash raised an eyebrow at Lovino as he joined the group. "And you're back!"he said with a soft smile. "Going back to work as well?"

Lovino nodded once. "Yeah. I'm going in last block."he said quietly. "They aren't having me work in the kitchen right now, so..social..that'll be fun."

"Aw, is the wittle baby scared of people?"Vash teased.

Lovino flipped him off. "Shut up. The last time I was social in that restruant, I had a knife pointed at me. It is perfectly founded that I'm hesitant to do that again,"

Raivis looked over at Lovino in shock. "What?!"he yelped.

Gilbert spoke. "Open mic night, Lovino performed on his break and one of your guys's more cruel people stopped by looking for him. Vash, West and me got the others out when things started getting bad..or rather, attempted to. Lovino slipped into his old submissive persona to keep West from getting shot and ended up with a knife held at his throat."

Raivis looked over at Lovino. He sighed. "You're suicidal,"he said softly. "You have to be to do something like that."

Lovino met his eyes for a moment. "I'd die for any of my friends,"he countered.

Nobody remarked on that. Because they knew it was true.

Antonio was rather quiet as he walked Lovino to his first block class. Once he stopped, he spoke. "If you don't feel like you can make it through the day here, let me know, I'll walk you home."he said softly.

Lovino half smiled. "You worry too much."he said in response. "I'll be okay,"

Antonio smiled softly, leaning down to steal a kiss from the Italian. "I love you,"he said, his voice quiet.

Lovino gave a soft smile in response. "I love you too."

Antonio moved away from Lovino, heading to his own class in silence.

Their normal.

At lunch, Lovino was back to joking around and laughing with the others.

Antonio smiled as he listened to Lovino tease Emil about something. The Icelander, who was normally very stotic, was bright red.

Antonio rolled his eyes and took one of Lovino's hands and brought it to his lips, effectively distracting him. Emil gave him a thankful smile when Lovino fell silent and looked over at the Spaniard.

Lukas chuckled faintly, but said nothing. He shot his brother a grin, but kept his silence.

Antonio murmured something quietly to Lovino, making the Italian give a sheepish smile. He nodded and let the topic drop, going back to an old conversation, trying to get the others involved in it.

It worked.

Vash couldn't help but wonder as he watched the group's interactions.. How did they understand each other so well like this? It was almost as if they'd known each other for their entire lives, but they hadn't, he knew they hadn't. But it was still nice.

And here it is. I had to stop three times. I got distracted by conversations - Canada, Sweden, and Denmark distracted me.

Remember, let me know which pairings you prefer for Emil, Raivis, and Francis!