AN: Right, so I'm back around, and a bit more normal than I was the last time. Closure is a wonderful thing. I spent time doing some grieving with others on twitter and stuff, so I'm good now. Also, baby sitting. Perfect, perfect distraction. A five year old and Aidrian...more about that at the bottom, as this will require some explaining... So, back to normal.

The cosplay didn't happen. Russia was sick, Canada didn't have a way up. Iceland kind of got caught up with the church stuff and couldn't come. Denmark made it, though. My cousins' group made it up though. They showed up after the others left and we did a cosplay then.

To those who reviewed:

Spamano4ever: I'm alright with it. It depends on how they're portrayed, really. And I've never written it before, so...

ThatRandomReview: Yeah, it's kind of odd, looking at the differences like that. Never liked it.

ItalyAllday: Yep. You'll have to wait. It's alright. And...Beatiful World? I need to watch that. I've yet to see it.

HeroinOfDarkness; Yep.

ChocoDonut (Guest): Sorry for the shortness! It is not. I'm always wearing a freaking jacket, even in the middle of summer. But..it might be low blood pressure or something making you be so cold. You might want to check that...oh, ick, I sounded like a grown up...forget I said that...

Enjoy.

The group's day was rather slow. As soon as they got back to Antonio's, they all collapsed in the living room.

After a while, Lovino got bored of the lacking conversation, and looked over at Feliciano. "So...name a movie."he said softly. "We have to have something to do."

Feliciano tilted his head before he shot up and disappeared, coming back with a blank case and handing it to Lovino.

Antonio frowned slightly, but Lovino opened it and grinned up at his brother. "Fine by me."he commented.

Antonio glanced at the name of the movie and smiled softly.

Once the movie got started, things settled into a normal routine for the group.

Feliciano ended up falling asleep halfway through it and Lovino rolled his eyes, draping a blanket over him before getting up and setting about fixing dinner for the group. Antonio got up and went to help.

"It's sweet of you to do stuff like that for him, you know.."Antonio remarked softly from beside Lovino a few minutes later.

Lovino glanced over at him and smiled faintly. "I'll always do stuff like that for him."he replied. "He deserves to be able to enjoy being a kid for a bit longer. I don't want him to grow up anymore. Life's too cruel, it'll tear him to shreds."

Antonio nodded in agreement. "Have you thought about what's going to happen later on, after high school? You can't shield Feli forever, you know."
"I can try."

But they both knew that Lovino would fail at it. Neither of them had to say it.

Dinner was an awkward affair that night. It was too quiet and tense of an atmosphere. Nobody wanted to speak because of how tense Lovino was, scared he would snap.

That night's rest was hard too. Lovino got no sleep whatsoever, but he kept still and quiet to let the others sleep. Still, he was getting kind of tired of all the restless nights. Most of them recently were spent thinking about the future, what was to come. He'd come so close to death recently that he knew he needed to slow down and stop worrying, focus on staying alive and stuff, but he couldn't help but worry constantly over his brother.

He knew it was driving the others mad. But what could he do? Feliciano was his responsibilty now. And with that thought, he allowed himself to drift off only to be woken a couple of hours later for school.

Sorry it's so short..and rushed. But I need some sleep. I'm running on fumes right now. And my fratello's sick, so I'm up helping take care of him.

So..explanation. Peter Pan. We did movies to keep Aidrian and the kid occupied. Peter Pan is a favorite of mine. I honestly hate the idea of growing up, but I'll do it for my brother. That's it.

Anyways..yeah, here.