AN: Here's another chapter for you guys.

To those who reviewed:

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Enjoy.

That evening, the group ended up all hanging around the Vargas home while Lovino was at work.

When the elder Italian came in, he immediately disappeared to get changed out of uniform. Once he returned, he gave the group a smile and settled down against Antonio's side.

Antonio smiled faintly down at Lovino, kissing his forehead lightly. "I take it work went well?"

"As well as it could go with a bunch of people asking if I was doing okay,"Lovino deadpanned. "Worrisome bastards,"

Antonio chuckled faintly.

Vash rolled his eyes and spoke up. "Alright, so, we have something we need to talk about."

Lovino didn't like the tone in his brother's voice, but he looked over anyways.

Vash half smiled and waited for everyone to fall silent before he continued. "As much as I loved to see the interactions today at lunch, I want to know one thing. How do you guys know each other so well?"

Gilbert shrugged. "We just know how to get a read on each other's energy levels. We've done this kind of thing for a while."

Lovino nodded. "It's just playful banters and stuff, that's it."

Vash nodded once in understanding, letting it drop, and allowing everyone to go back to their previous conversations.

The group settled down not long after that. Lovino was one of the first to fall asleep. Nobody blamed him. He was still recovering from being sick, after all.

The following morning, Lovino woke to find everyone else still sound asleep and smiled faintly, slipping out of Antonio's arms and setting about getting ready for the day before starting breakfast for everyone.

The others woke up and random intervals, but nobody really said much until after breakfast.

Raivis was the one to break the silence. "I suppose we'd better head out, huh?"he asked softly.

Lovino nodded from where he was cleaning up. As soon as he finished, he grabbed his bag and jacket and joined the others.

Antonio took Lovino's bag from him, getting an unamused look from the Italian, but said nothing.

The morning was rather calm for the group. No run ins with anyone unpleasant.

Classes weren't too bad for most of them. Lovino wasn't too happy by lunch though.

Antonio frowned when he noticed Lovino's scowl. "Aw, what's the matter, Lovi?"he asked softly as Lovino took a seat.

Lovino shook his head, signalling to the others not to talk to him just yet.

Nobody bugged him. They let him cool off before they started asking questions.

After school let out and the group made it to the Vargas home, Lovino got changed and left for work, pausing to give his brothers hugs and kiss Antonio's cheek before disappearing.

It was odd for the Italian to be so quiet, Antonio mused after he left. He frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything about it.

Vash did, however. "Have you guys noticed that Lovi's been acting off since lunch?"he asked.

Antonio nodded, but nobody pressed. They didn't know what it could mean, but it didn't look promising. They figured..they'd help Lovino if he needed help, until then, he could manage on his own. That's how he did it anyways.

Sorry it's so short. But I have to get to sleep so I can be awake at school in the morning.

It took me three hours to write this. Germany, Canada, and America decided to have a little facebook-status-comment party when I asked them for pairings for Latvia, Iceland, and Francis. It did give me a bit of insight to how they thought, and Canada did remind me of one of my newer OTPs first thing - Iceland and Hong Kong. But I dunno. We'll see? If you have something you want to see..let me know.