AN: ..guys...I have just spent the last hour on HetaOni..I've died like three times...it's freaking scary..I feel like Latvia so much right now...I've been cursing at my computer so much in my mind, and then yelling at it in reality. But I'm on like..Chapter III right now, trying to get to Italy...it's hard. I always die...right when I leave the piano room...

Anyways..yeah, I had nightmares last night thanks to that stupid game. And I did a HetaOni drawing during school yesterday. My teachers weren't too amused with me..one of them called me England...then two of them called me 'Mr. Kirkland'..they all know about me being dubbed as England..and they somehow found out my character's human name..so that's what I've been putting on my paper.

Anyways...I have a new thing up..one of those Letters fics..if you want to check it out. I'm getting our Canada - her's will be on her Quotev, which will be linked - and our Denmark and Prussia, and maybe our France..if you want. My character - England - will also be accepting letters. It should be fun. If you want to send in letters, we'll get around to responding as soon as possible.

To those who reviewed:

Evelynyamine: Yeah..I mean..he's only doing it to try to protect his fratellone. Thanks, I'll try to!

ThatRandomReview: Yeah.. And I know! I was up and down all night because of freaking nightmares about the damn thing..and I have a dream catcher..that should not happen!?

Spamano4ever: 's okay. I'll figure something out.

Luvrainluv: Yeah, definitely. ...yeah..I'm definitely on my own here, huh..? I'm sorry.

Enjoy.

The next day, Lovino, Toris, and Raivis were all on edge on the way to school.

As soon as they entered, Alfred bounded up, dragging Arthur behind him as well. "Guys, what's going on? I heard something about trouble yesterday."

Feliciano spoke up. "One of the mafia bosses are coming to check up on Lovi, Tor, and Raiv.."he said softly.
Alfred frowned at them. "Well...we'll take care of it. I promise!"he said, brightening up a bit.

Lovino looked over at Arthur, who shook his head in helplessness. Then the Italian noticed that the brit had on Alfred's jacket and grinned. "Aw, how cute. Al, why didn't you say something about being a gentlemen every once in a while. Letting Artie borrow your jacket."he said teasingly.

Arthur glared at him. "Oi! Shut it!"he commented.

Lovino smiled softly at this response and offered a shrug.

Throughout the morning, things were tense, uncertain. By lunch, it had gotten so much worse.

And it was at lunch that someone showed up.

Toris and Raivis, who were sitting to where they could see behind Lovino, both shrunk down in their seats, their eyes going to the table, letting Lovino know something was up.

He tensed, but lowered his head as well. He knew their stance well enough to know it was someone from the mafia. He was just ready to get this over with.

Antonio gave him a worried look, taking on of his hands, but the Italian shook his head and took his hand out of the Spainiard's grip.

"Well, well, what's this I see?"

The voice that sounded made Antonio turn to look at the stranger curiously, but the other male's eyes were darting between Lovino, Raivis, and Toris. "The three little run away cowards...still running?"

Lovino's jaw tightened slightly, and Feliciano shot up and spoke quickly. "They are not cowards! They've got more guts than you do anyday, because they stand up for what's right and for what and who they believe in!"he snapped.

Lovino's head snapped up and he gave Feliciano a startled look before he shot a look back at the man in worry.

This sudden burst had caused people to look over and the man to focus on the younger Italian. "Well..Veneziano. So...nice..to run into you again."he commented.
"The pleasure is all yours, Samael.."Feliciano said icily.

Lovino hissed. "Feli, sit your ass down."

Samael looked to Lovino. "Still protecting your fratellino, then, Romano?"

Lovino tensed further and he turned to look at the male in the face. "I always will. Now why are you here."
"I was in the neighborhood, thought to check up on the mafia cowards."Samael said, voice vicious.

Lovino forced a laugh from his throat. "Yeah. Sure. I'm a coward. But Raivis and Toris are not. I ran..they didn't. They waited it out. They were let go."

Samael nodded. "Right. Because that's something that happens."

"Well it did, so get lost."Lovino snapped.

Feliciano saw Samael move before anyone else did and shot around the table to catch his wrist just before he grabbed Lovino's arm to yank him up from his seat.

Everyone stared at the small Italian in surprise at his sudden movement.

Feliciano gave a pleading look. "Just leave them alone! They aren't doing anything to hurt you, so you have no right to lay a hand on them,"he said.

When Samael got his arm from Feliciano, he landed a single punch on the smaller boy before Ludwig and Lovino shot into the situation, Ludwig grabbing Feliciano when Lovino shot him a dark look for trying to help him get the older male away from Feliciano.

It didn't take much longer for the principal to show up and escort the man out, then Lovino turned to look at Feliciano, who was clutching his cheek with tears filling his eyes.

Lovino's eyes clouded up in hatred for the man who'd hurt his brother for a second before he kneeled down and spoke softly. "Hey, let me see."he said softly, pulling at his brother's arm gently.

Feliciano let his hand fall away and Lovino bit down an angry curse. There was a slight cut where the ring the man had wore had hit Feliciano, and there would be one hell of a bruise come a few hours, but he was otherwise okay. Lovino wrapped the younger Italian in a tight hug. "Oh, you shouldn't have gotten involved, amore."he said softly to his brother.

Feliciano frowned as the tears fell from his eyes and landed on his brother's shirt. "You would've gotten hurt if I hadn't...I wanted to protect you.."

Toris and Raivis were giving the two worried looks.

The group didn't go back to class after that, they didn't move from their spot after lunch was over. Nobody said anything to them about it, either. Most of the teachers had witnessed the scene and felt it best to leave them be where they were.

After a bit, they moved into the auditorium, just so they were out of the way of the people trying to work in the cafeteria.

Lovino gave his brother a look, then grabbed an acoustic guitar and sat down in front of the group. "So...I've got something I want to say..most of all to you Feli..after what you did...but...I don't know how to say it...so..I'll just..."

Feliciano smiled softly and nodded in understanding.

Antonio grinned at this interaction. He was glad they were both okay and they weren't arguing anymore.

Lovino smiled softly and started playing a soft song on the guitar, surprising some.

When he started singing, everyone smiled faintly. They knew what Lovino was meaning to say.

"May the angels protect you, trouble neglect you, and heaven accept you when it's time to go home. May you always have plenty, your glass never empty.."

Alfred, who had drug Arthur along with the group this time, smiled faintly and leaned against his brother for a moment before sitting back up.

"May your tears come from laughing, you find friends worth having, with every year passing they mean more than gold. May you win but stay humble, smile more than grumble, and know when you stumble you're never alone.. Never alone, never alone. I'll be in every beat of your heart, when you face the unknown wherever you fly, this isn't goodbye. My love will follow you, stay with you, baby you're never alone."

Antonio found himself swaying slightly to the song. It was lovely, and it really was something that he knew this group needed to hear with how they worked as a group.

"Well I have to be honest, as much as I wanted, I'm not gonna promise the cold winds won't blow. So when hard times have found you, and your fears surround you, wrap my love around you, you're never alone."

When Lovino finished, he barely had time to set the guitar aside before Feliciano knocked him over in a hug.

"Feli...?"Lovino managed. "I need to breathe.."

Feliciano loosened his grip on Lovino, but didn't let go completely.

Lovino huffed and gave up, wrapping his arms around his brother in response.

Antonio smiled softly. "Adorable."he commented.

Lovino cast him a dark look. "Shut up, you stupid tomato-bastard."he said, but Antonio could hear the teasing tone hiding behind the Italian's harsh words, so he only gave a sage smile and the group moved on.

That night, Lovino couldn't help but feel glad that it was Friday. He was up later than the others, and thinking the day over in silence. Before he went to sleep, he thought that, for a day that had started off so badly, it had turned out to be pretty okay. Well, other than Feliciano getting hurt, anyways.

And that's it. Love you guys. I need to like go...I dunno, prepare myself for torture tonight in the form of terrifying nightmares thanks to HetaOni. Damn game...

Ciao.