AN: Here. By the way, I've learned something. Don't talk to the others when trying to write a chapter update. It doesn't work too well, as you guys saw last night. They distracted me from my work for two and a half hours.

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Lovino was exhausted, but he couldn't sleep. He'd tried. He sighed softly, glancing over at Antonio. Surprisingly, he hadn't managed to wake the Spaniard up when he got up to move to sit by the window to stare at the stars he could see from inside.

After a while, Antonio woke up. He wrinkled his nose slightly, blinking into the dark for a moment. "Lovi?"he mumbled, rubbing one of his eyes.

Lovino looked over at Antonio before he responded. "What?"

"You okay?"Antonio asked, pushing himself up so he could watch Lovino.

Lovino was quiet for a moment before he sighed. "Yeah. Couldn't sleep,"

Antonio half smiled. "C'mere,"he said softly.

Lovino hesitated, but he moved back over to Antonio's side, letting the Spaniard wrap his arms around him.

"You should have woken me up,"

Lovino shook his head.

The others were still sound asleep, but Lovino knew it wouldn't take much to wake one of them. So, he sighed. "Go back to sleep, baby."

Antonio laid back down, pulling Lovino with him so that the Italian could lay his head on his chest, over his heart.

Lovino smiled faintly when he heard Antonio's heart beat. He spared a look up at the Spaniard, but said nothing, letting him go back to sleep. Eventually, he drifted off too.

The following morning, Lovino really didn't want to leave the warmth of the blanket that Antonio and him were currently wrapped in. He knew it was freezing outside, and he also knew it was cold as fuck in the house.

Antonio spoke softly. "Lovi, c'mon, time to get up."

"Nuh-uh."Lovino mumbled, curling up further when Antonio got up anyways.

Vash frowned. This really wasn't like Lovino. Even if he didn't feel very well, he normally didn't do this. He spoke softly. "C'mon, kiddo, you gotta get ready for school."

Lovino shook his head, so Vash huffed and pulled the covers away from Lovino, making the Italian glare at him.

"Up."Vash said. "Now. You've missed enough school, get up."

Antonio gave Vash a look, moving to pull the Italian up. But Lovino rolled his eyes, ignoring the offered hand up and getting up on his own, disappearing to get ready for school.

Matthew hummed softly, seeming a bit confused. "He hasn't done this in years.."he said softly.

Vash looked over at the Canadian. "What do you mean?"
"He used to be scared to go to school, and he always acted like that.."Matthew said, frowning slightly. "People are cruel,"

Vash scowled at that. "Great,"he grumbled.

That morning was a quiet one. Lovino ended up napping against Antonio before first block.

Antonio half smiled, glancing down at the Italian.

Roderich decided to join them then and raised an eyebrow. "Did the kid get any sleep last night?"he asked, nodding at Lovino.

Antonio shook his head. "No. I woke up about two thirty and he was sitting at the window, said he couldn't sleep."

Roderich sighed, shaking his head slightly.

It was odd, seeing how much the group cared for one another from an outsider's point of view, but Antonio had gotten used to it after he got together with Lovino. Now he normally focused on keeping Lovino from injuring or killing someone if he got mad at them instead of decoding words.

It was definitely different, Antonio thought, not so bad, but different for sure.

I know it's short, but I'm like dead on my feet now.