AN: Here you go guys. New chapter.

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Still, first thing Monday morning, when Lovino walked in, Tino frowned slightly. "Something else happen this weekend, Lovi?"he asked.

Lovino shook his head as he sat down, placing his guitar case beside him. "No, no. Not at all. It's just...it's nothing."
Tino gave him a searching look, but nodded in understanding.

Nothing more was said on the subject, and Lovino let himself drop out of the conversations around him, playing with the strap on his guitar case in silence.

Toris noticed the frown on his face, though, and stopped, speaking softly. "Lovi?"he asked. "Something going on?"

Lovino shook his head.

Raivis's eyes narrowed. He knew Lovino well enough to know he was lying. "Something happened on your way here. I told you you shouldn't've stayed back a bit. You should've just walked with us."he said.

Lovino rolled his eyes. "Raiv, nothing happened. At all. Can't a guy just have a bit of silence every now and again?"
"Not with that deep of a frown, they can't."Raivis said, eyes lit up in concern. "Lovi, you spent half of your time in the mafia trying to keep Tor and me from getting killed and keeping Feli safe. Let us return the favor now, would you?"
Lovino's eyes flashed, but he shook his head. "No."he said. "I did what I did because I had to. You guys aren't doing shit to return the favor. I'd rather you not."

With that, he got up again, grabbed his guitar case, and went to leave.

Toris caught his wrist carefully though, keeping him there. "Lovino, just stop and hear us out."

Lovino froze. He shook his head, yanking his wrist from Toris's grasp. He ignored the fact that by doing so, he managed to hit the other male, and walked away.

Toris stared after him in shock. This wasn't like Lovino.

Antonio went to get up to go after him, but Vash grabbed him.

"No. Let him go, Toni. He'll come back when he's ready to talk."

Antonio nodded, looking over at Toris. "You alright?"

Toris nodded. "Yeah. Just a bit surprised."
But his tone didn't make it sound like he was alright.

Raivis stepped in then. "Lovi's never done something like that to us. He's always stopped and listened, even if he didn't like it. And he's never hit us, on purpose or otherwise. He's always made sure never to."

Antonio nodded. "Well, hey..we'll get this worked out, alright?"

Toris shook his head with a faint smile. "Don't worry about it. Lovino always apologizes for stuff like that when he realizes. He'll be back around to talk soon. Besides, he needs a bit alone anyways."

When Lovino didn't show up with the group again that day, both Raivis and Toris got a bit squirmy. The last time this had happened...

Vash shook his head and called Lovino, placing his phone on speaker.

Lovino's voice was shaking when he answered. "Vash..?"he asked.

Vash's own concern flared up then. "Lovi, where are you?"

"Auditorium."Lovino answered.

"Stay put."

With that, Vash hung up and grabbed his bag, digging through it. "Damn it."he mumbled, letting the bag drop. He got up and disappeared.

Feliciano watched him leave with wide eyes.

Antonio raised an eyebrow.

Toris spoke. "He's having a panic attack, isn't he?"he asked.

Feliciano nodded. "Yeah. Vash always keeps an inhaler with him in case Lovi has one..and I guess he forgot it or something.."

"Huh?"Gilbert asked around his sandwich.

Raivis spoke. "If you treat a panic attack like an athsma attack it goes away faster."

Gilbert nodded.

Silence fell until Vash brough Lovino back. The Italian was pale and leaning against Vash, who was speaking softly to him.

When Lovino took a seat beside Antonio, the Spaniard kissed his forehead and murmured a soft 'Te amo' to him, but otherwise just let him rest.

Toris sighed. This was going to be a long day.

Alright. Here.

Now. Jfest. It's a Christian concert thing they have every year in June. There's one in Atlanta and one in East Ridge near where I live, so...yeah. But I went with my church group - there weren't many people from my church going - but it was great.