AN: So..hey guys. I had my chorus concert tonight. It was fun...kinda.

To those who reviewed:

Spamano4ever: Thanks!

ThatRandomReview: Yep. I understand that. Not really. More fun than having to do choreography though. I don't really like it, but eh..whatever.

British Iggycat: I was. Yeah..I know how that is..

Enjoy.

The next few weeks were odd for the group. They still weren't used to dealing with a calm atmosphere anymore.

Lovino had days where he just relapsed back into how he was. It worried the others, but none moreso than Feliciano, who had begun fussing over his twin much more recently.

What nobody expected, however, was for a younger child to show up at the Vargas brothers's home while the group was having one of their sleep over nights during a weekend while Lovino was off work.

Lovino glanced at the door after calling a soft 'It's open' since his hands were full trying to keep Antonio from tickling him.

The soft gasp that escaped him made Felicaino look over as well. The younger of the twins perked up. "Ciao~!"

Lovino smiled softly. "Come in,"he offered, letting go of Antonio's hands.

Antonio took advantage of this and immediately started tickling Lovino, making the elder Italian squeel and curse at him in rapid Italian, catching his hands again. "Stop that!"

The smaller child entered cautiously, closing the door before moving to Feliciano, who was the less busy of the twins.

Feliciano pulled him into a tight hug. "Oh, I missed you! I thought you had to stay back in Italy!"

"Mommy decided to let me come stay with you and Lovi."

Lovino smiled softly at that. "Did she now?"he asked.

Hazel eyes met dark golden-green. "Si."

Lovino motioned for the child to come to him, letting go of Antonio completely.
Antonio, this time, let him be, knowing that something important was going on.

Once the child was nearby, Lovino pulled him into a hug as well. "I worried about leaving you with Mom, you know."he said. "I didn't know if you'd be okay or not...and us being so far off..."

Gilbert cleared his throat. "Are we going to get an introduction, or are we just being ignored..?"he asked.

Lovino glowered at him before he spoke. "This is Feli's and my little brother,"he said softly. "He goes by Romeo, but he'll answer to just about any name you call him. Gil, the second you decide to be your normal self around him and he gets hurt, I gut you. Fair warning."

Gilbert held his hands up in surrender. "Chill out, I won't hurt the kid. Why does everyone assume that?!"

"Because you're an idiot sometimes, Bruder."Ludwig said in response, giving the albino a deadpan look.

Romeo looked between the boys, then met Lovino's eyes.

Lovino half smiled. "It's okay. They do that sometimes. Just don't ever repeat Gil and you're okay."

This made the younger nod.

"Hey!"Gilbert exclaimed, pouting at Lovino. "That's not fair! I'm not that bad!"

Lovino raised an eyebrow at him before he half smiled. "Yeah, yeah, whatever."

Romeo looked to Feliciano, silently asking for help.

The younger of the Italian twins spoke up. "Lovi, do you think that we could...I dunno...have like a...family thing sometime soon?"he asked, giving a distraction.

Lovino tilted his head before he nodded. "Yeah, sure. Should I ask for a day off or something so we could do that..?"

Antonio rolled his eyes. "No. Don't bother with that. I've got an idea."he said softly, getting Lovino's phone from the Italian's jacket pocket easily and dialing a number he knew by heart by that time.

It took a while to get introductions done.

Antonio spoke up after it. "Alright, so your boss said that you could hang out in the restruant and stuff for your guys' little family time. He said that this next week, they wouldn't be short-staffed, so it wouldn't hurt for you to slack off that day."

Lovino smiled softly and kissed Antonio's cheek lightly. "Grazie,"

Romeo blinked at them before he decided to speak up. "Are you two together..?"

Lovino glanced at him before looking up at Feliciano, who grinned and spoke up. "They are. As are Ludwig and me."

This got a nod.

Fortunately, the night was calm for the group.

The following morning, however, they ran into a problem. "Feli..I just thought..."Lovino said after he realized they had managed to find a problem.

Feliciano glanced at him tiredly. It was far too early to deal with problems.

"We need to sign Romeo up for school if he's staying here...but...it's already so late in the year..."Lovino said, frowning worriedly. "I dunno..."

Antonio smiled faintly at this. It was cute, watching Lovino get concerned over his family.

Feliciano rubbed at his eyes and nodded. "He'll be okay, Lovi~!"he said softly. "We can get him signed up today!"

Lovino nodded, looking over at the sleeping form of his youngest brother worriedly. "I just...what if people are mean to him..?"

Antonio spoke up. "He seems strong, Lovi. He'll be okay."he commented. "Besides..he's got two amazing older brothers looking out for him,"

This got a couple of smiles from the Italians.

Lovino leaned up to steal a kiss from the Spaniard. "Thank you."

So...House of Hades is interesting. I had a little fangirl attack today...but I dunno if you guys read the series..or if you do if you've read it yet, so...no spoilers! Promise!