Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia.

A.N: Please don't kill me for giving Spain a prettyful tail and severly overusing the '~', it's just so addicting O.O! Sorry for the randomness, this is what you get when you constantly revise everyday for a month It messes with your brain .

This is also posted in the livejournal community: Dame un Beso ~

Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it :D!

~Underwater Land~

The sky was strewn with midnight stars and the wind blew softly over the surface of the warm ocean when Antonio swam up to a rock that was jutting out of the water. He was barely a metre away from the little wooden pier and even in the dark he could clearly see the lone beach house that it belonged to. He swished his bright green tail impatiently and hugged the rock pretending that it was Lovino. It was later than usual tonight and he wasn't sure that the boy was actually going to come out at all let alone put on a 'show' for him. He gazed at the beach house trying to see whether anything was moving but the lights were out leaving it looking eerily deserted. Lovino wouldn't have left without telling him. At least he hoped he wouldn't. What if he was already gone? All the other human's who had come to stay there had left after two weeks and Lovino had already been here for at least a month. What if he left too? Antonio hugged the rock tighter only releasing it when a large chunk cracked and slid off into the water with a small splash.

A loud creak on the wood of the pier and a whispered rush of cusses filled the merman with so much relief that he almost called out. Almost but not quite. He was curious to see whether Lovino would actually do it or not and knew him well enough by now to know that if he made himself known the boy would not even consider doing anything.

Lovino staggered into sight, cursing and clumsily carrying a straw basket. Antonio smiled deeply knowing that the boy couldn't see very far in the dark. Lovino squinted and scanned over the ocean but he failed to see the merman. Then, as Antonio knew he would, he swung himself around to glare at the beach house and make sure his brother hadn't decided to wake up. A few long minutes later Lovino sighed satisfied that nobody was watching him.

Antonio almost squealed and gave away the game when Lovino began to hum a pleasant and familiar tune. He bit his lip to shut himself up and watched as Lovino began to twist his long supple arms and legs in time with the rhythm he created and though Antonio had seen a similar variation of the dance from Lovino's brother he was still enraptured with the boy's writhing body. He turned and bent and shimmed and flexed into other moves that Antonio could only watch and try to keep still as they sent his heart speeding faster. He couldn't help swishing his tail to the beat of the song although he managed to restrain himself from humming the same melody, lest Lovino stop his mesmerizing routine and run away.

Every time he saw Lovino he would be tripping over his own feet and falling over holes in the sand, the boy didn't seem to have an inch of grace in his body but when he danced he was so different. Antonio didn't understand how anyone could be so cute and clumsy one minute and then without warning transform into something that sexy and graceful. He stared with longing at the slender body that was shimming on the deck. Lovino gave one spin after another, when the moonlight flashed onto his face Antonio almost flipped out of the water with joy. Lovino was smiling. He was actually smiling. Antonio almost couldn't believe it but when he rubbed his eyes and looked again the gorgeous smile was still on his face. It made him squirm with delight and before he knew it he joined in humming the melody to Lovino's song. For a while Lovino went on dancing but as he readied himself for his last twist he noticed that he had ceased to hum and a deeper voice was filling in the silence.

He stopped in mid twist and wobbled almost falling off the edge of the pier and into the water below but by some grace of luck he managed to stop himself. Lovino knew only too well how deep it was there and even more his own lack of swimming skills.

"Bastard, that you?" The humming didn't stop; Lovino felt heat rising to his face. He didn't need an answer. There was nobody else, land or sea that was so happy they freaking hummed rainbows.

"Oi idiot, stop ignoring me." Lovino crept a little closer to the edge of the deck, weary of the splashing water below and peered out into the darkness. He was sure there was nobody out there earlier-

A splash made him screech and slip backwards onto the wet wood. He groaned and rubbed his backside, blinking at the man wading effortlessly towards him.

He could have sworn the wind stopped howling at that point just to show the whole damn world how fast his heart was beating beneath his shirt. The moonlight shone on Antonio's handsome face as well as his very nicely toned torso…

No he would absolutely not look there! No way in hell! Nope No no Damn it no…

"Lovino, you okay?" Lovino shivered at the way Antonio pronounced his name. His eyes wandered downwards, just a little look wouldn't hurt right? Those muscles were practically taunting him anyways; they were just asking to be touch- slapped! Yes they were asking to be slapped! How dare they be bigger than his own, stupid fucking fishman. Lovino started at the hand waving in front of his face. A sharp pain shot down his back, he winced and glared at the pier and then at Antonio's muscl… face.

"What the hell were you doing you fucking creeper? At least warn me before you decide to flip your stupid fish thing."

"Sorry Lovi." He didn't look too sorry, not with that stupidly large grin on his face. The bastard. Lovino 'hmmphed' and glanced towards the house wondering how his brother could sleep through all his manly screaming. Feliciano must have been a very heavy sleeper as Lovino shrieked again when Antonio grasped his ankles and pulled him to the very edge of the pier.

"Trying to drown me eh bastard?" Lovino joked but gripped the edge of the pier so hard the wood dug into his palms. Antonio's placed his arms either side of him on the wood and smiled up at him, secretly wishing that the wood was a little lower so that he was on level with Lovino's head rather than his stomach.

"Don't worry I've got you."

"All the more reason to worr.. Hey! Wh..what are you do..ing?" Lovino felt his heart slamming into his chest, trying to break free from it's rib-cage prison and dive into the ocean. Antonio pressed his lips to Lovino's bare knees leaving them throbbing with his touch long after he released them. He could do nothing but stare down into the searing knowing green eyes of the merman, before ducking his head in embarrassment.

He just couldn't figure it out. He'd shot enough disgusted glares at his brother's soppy romance books to know what it felt like to …to fall. But he wasn't feeling any of that pleasant sappy shit. None of the floating hearts, none of the stupid epiphanies, none of the safe, secure feelings. Nothing was like that. He was stuck outside in the cold and damp with his heart beating so fast he could feel it unpleasantly throbbing in his throat, an aching feeling that swelled up in his stomach anytime the merman moved and an anxiousness that was rising in pressure with every passing second. Not to mention that he couldn't seem to tear his eyes away from the man's face and his lack of sleep which only increased his jittery mind and set him swaying where he sat.

No, Lovino shook his head; it was not pleasant one bit. Doubly so that he was feeling this crap over a stupid half-fish man who had suddenly decided to stop paying attention to him and was staring intently at the little thatched basket that he'd brought out with him.

"What's that?" Antonio tried to reach out to grasp the basket but Lovino snatched it away from his hand and swiftly pulled out a red round thing that glittered in the moonlight.

Antonio gasped. "Is..Is that a tomato?"

"Yep." Lovino mentally did a victory dance. He remembered the very intensity of Antonio's face the last time he had happened to mention the fruit and now as he bit into the soft flesh of the fruit the merman's eyes followed his every move. He teasingly squeezed the fruit smirking as some of the juice ran down his hand and mixed with the water below.

It was only when Antonio whined his name that he pulled another tomato out of the basket and chucked it at his head. Unfortunately Antonio caught it and soon both the tomatoes were devoured.

"Thanks Lovi~" Antonio sighed looking dreamily at the basket just in case more of the magical fruit appeared.

When they didn't he shifted his gaze to Lovino's hand with an unreadable expression. He lifted the hand, amused as the merman's gaze followed it much like it had followed the tomato earlier. Lovino raised an eyebrow. Did he want to eat that too?

Antonio's tongue flickered out over his lips and Lovino stared at him uncertain.

He didn't think mermen ate humans but then he hadn't known they even existed until a couple of weeks ago when he had fallen into the water just too be rescued by this freak.

He watched anxiously as Antonio reached out to take his hand. There was a lot of freaky shit in the sea after all and a lot of it seemed to enjoy the idea of having a delectable looking human to munch and Lovino happened to know that he looked rather tasty. Well to mosquitoes at least.

But then Antonio would never hurt him right? He'd had that chance when Lovino was drowning but he hadn't eaten hi-

His thoughts were cut off when Antonio slipped his index finger into his mouth and started to suck it, sending a raging blush across his face despite his fear.

He was so freaking dead.

There was no well in hell he was ever going to get out of Antonio's super sea-monster grip.

The question was did he even want to escape? Lovino quivered when Antonio pulled his index finger out of his mouth and then started on his little finger, green eyes alight with passion. If being eaten felt this good then maybe just maybe he wasn't going to fight it too much.

Wait a second.

Did he really just decide to get eaten by a pansy fishman with a green sparkly tail that he probably swished around all the faggoty buildings of underwater land?

Wait. Did underwater land even have buildings?

He was teetering on the edge of the pier now, far too close to falling off to his doom. Lovino bit his lip and tried to free his hand to no avail. Antonio pulled it out of his mouth but laced his own hand in with Lovino's fingers making him even more confused than he already was.

"A...are you going to eat me…?" Lovino trailed off at the startled look in Antonio's eyes. He groaned and fought the need to just slip into the water and flipping die of embarrassment. Of course the stupid moron wasn't going to eat him. And now he was going to think he was a freak and hate him just like...like him.

To his surprise Antonio began to laugh. Captivated, Lovino silently cursed the wind for choosing that moment to scream across the water and muffle Antonio's giggles.

"You had tomato juice on your fingers," He smiled and squeezed Lovino's hand causing the boy to blush at the realisation that they were actually holding hands. Antonio's hand was warm and large in his own; Lovino squirmed and tried to hide his face but only succeeded in moving closer to the water's edge. One little tug and he would fall in. Both of them realised this at the same time. Antonio's smile grew wider but Lovino paled.

"Don't" Lovino shivered as if he were already submerged in the salty depths "I hate the sea."

"You hate the sea?"

"And the sand, and the beach and the damn wind. Especially the damn wind."

"Then why are you here?" The change in Antonio's voice was so clear it startled Lovino into silence. He could hear something in that voice, something that wanted to get to know him, something that was a little more serious than Lovino had expected possible of the merman.

The hand he was holding no longer felt reassuring and warm. It felt like the hand that had lied to him. It felt like the hand that had pushed him over the edge. It felt like Gilbert's hand...

Another hand, which most certainly wasn't Gilbert's reached up to, brushed something wet off of his face and then he was back on the pier with only Antonio for company.

"You don't have to answer that."

Lovino snatched his hand away and dragged himself up, trying to cover up the tears that were falling down his cheeks.

Why did he have to remember him now? He was already over that nutcase. Heck Lovino was the one who broke it off. He didn't even care about the shithead but it was seeing him, like everybody else picking Feliciano over him. He'd always known it was going to happen, he'd seen the way the sliver haired asshole eyed up his brother and murmured his name while they kissed.

It was just…

Why did he have to think about this now, when he was about to…

Lovino glanced at Antonio's worried face and then quickly looked away. "I'm leaving."

Antonio was almost screamed with confusion as questions sped through his head. Why was his Lovi crying? Where was he going and for how long? Why did he want to leave so soon?

Watching the boy trying not to cry his heart out brought back his earlier fears of separation and with it a possessiveness that he didn't understand. He could only watch helpless and numbed by shock as Lovino kicked at the basket and started to wobble away stumbling even more than usual with fatigue.

Antonio entire being was screaming out for him to come back. He couldn't feel his heart anymore: Lovino was taking it with him.

"Don't go." He whimpered to the swaying figure that was already out of his reach.

Just as a large tear began to roll down he merman's face, Lovino slipped again but this time he didn't land on the wood. Antonio watched in shock as the boy splashed into the dark depths in front of him.

The ocean was claiming him. It was bringing back his heart. It was giving him another chance.

There was no hesitation after that. He dived down into the warm murky depths, thankful that he could see through it without trouble. He found Lovino straight away, trying to struggle to the surface, panic written all over his face as the current mercilessly thrashed him about. With one large kick of his tail Antonio had his arm around Lovino's stomach and broke to the surface with another kick.

Lovino spluttered and coughed up water, clinging onto Antonio's back for dear life. A wave gently buffeted them and Lovino let out an almighty shriek and clutched him even harder.

"don'tletmegodon'tletmegoohfuckingtomatoesdon'tyouevendareletmego!"

Antonio didn't even bother trying to decipher what he was saying. He wrapped both arms around Lovino and hugged him as tight as he could without suffocating him. He didn't want him to worry or panic but...

The ocean had given him another chance to keep him and he was not going to throw it away. It felt so much better to hold him than he'd imagined. Lovino's gasping body brushed against his own, making him feel as if he'd been chasing after his tail for hours and the arms around his neck clung to him like their owner was going to die if they loosened even a little. But best of all was Lovino's heart thumping against his own chest and his own heart matched it's rhythm as if they were singing some long forgotten melody.

"I've got you Lovi." He stroked his back and subtly swam them away from the pier and towards the open ocean. Lovino stiffen against him but Antonio only swam faster. If he had to be a little selfish to get what he wanted then so be it.

"Bastard," Lovino shivered realising that he was completely at Antonio's and the ocean's mercy. "Take me back now."

"No."

"Why the fuck not?"

Antonio gazed at him sadly. It was truly bittersweet that he finally had the boy in his arms, hugging him back willingly, even if it was just too keep from drowning that when this night ended and Lovino left, he would never see him again. It wasn't fair.

Antonio held him even closer and buried his face into the crook of the boy's neck, silently willing him not to leave. He was sure the shudders that shook Lovino's body were not fear but of a warmer emotion.

As they swayed gently in the water, he could feel Lovino becoming less tense though his arms stayed securely around Antonio's neck. A little wave lapped against Antonio's back and he braced himself for another scream that never came. Instead he felt two slim legs wrap around the top of his tail. He spluttered as his temperature shot up a few degrees. Lovino couldn't possibly know about that. He couldn't be expected to know what the pleasant feeling of pressure against his tail felt like or what it meant. He forced himself to remember the reason he was clinging to the boy.

This was something he had to do, everything else be damned.

"Please don't leave," He sighed and twirled them both around, finally pulling back so he could gaze into those fierce eyes. "I don't know what I'd do without you here."

"Just do whatever you did before bastard."

"Lovino, I'm serious." He rested his forehead against Lovino's. The boy only managed to hold his gaze for a few seconds before flushing a deep red, which played havoc with Antonio's trying to ignore the flesh rubbing softly against his tail. But all he had to do was remember that if Lovino left he would never see that cute blush again and never was far too long for Antonio to wait. Hell tomorrow was far too long for him to wait.

"Put me back on land bastard."

"No." Antonio shook his head feeling like a petulant child. He puffed out his cheeks and gave Lovino his best glare. "I don't want to."

"Why?" Lovino managed to glare back at him but there was no venom in his words. Antonio noticed the curious tone of his voice, one that wanted to know but was too afraid to hear the answer. He was sure. He was sure that Lovino didn't want to leave. He wanted to stay with him. He must!

Nobody could possibly love somebody that much and not have the other person love them back could they?

Antonio's mouth dropped open.

Love? He loved Lovino?

Of course, It was so obvious! Why the Atlantis hadn't he realised it before?

Lovino watched puzzled as Antonio got a mouthful of seawater and then breathed it in instead of spluttering it out. Once again he was reminded that he was being squeezed by a freaking merman who wasn't even supposed to exist let alone be swallowing seawater like it was vintage Italian wine.

Surely the simple question of "why?" wasn't that hard to answer. He'd realised Antonio was stupid from the moment they met but he hadn't supposed that he was quite this stupid. Confirming his suspicions Antonio suddenly shut his trap and stared at him with an expression that he didn't dare to believe was actually there.

"You are not leaving me Lovi." It was an order, not a suggestion. He could see that by the uncharacteristic firmness in Antonio's eyes. Lovino shivered, but only because the cold wind atop the water was starting to get to him. It had nothing to do with the twisting in his chest and if he was having trouble breathing it was because he just swallowed a mouthful of salty water and not because Antonio took his breath away.

"Y-You're a…bastard." Lovino rested his red face on Antonio's shoulder. What was the point of winding him up anymore? It wasn't much fun when the bastard got all depressive and stuff. "When I said I was leaving, I meant I was going to bed idiot. Not that I was never coming back."

Antonio was so surprised that he released the boy. He laughed when Lovino scrambled to hold on to him tighter cursing him underneath his breath.

Lovino was just going to bed. Antonio beamed brightly. He could understand that, everybody needed their sleep after all. Even he needed sleep sometimes.

"I suppose I better put you back on land then?" Antonio felt his heart drop even as he asked it and then even more when Lovino nodded against his neck. He wasn't being left by the person he loved and he was ecstatic about that however…

He had been prepared to do a lot to keep him from leaving and the adrenaline that he had gathered had not diminished now that he knew he wouldn't have to do any of it. If anything he was feeling even more jittery than before. Yes, he could understand that Lovino wanted his sleep but wouldn't that sleep be a whole lot better if he had a warm body next to him? Wouldn't that sleep be a whole lot better if he had Antonio next to him?

Antonio grinned and started to swim towards the shore adding in random twirls and turns as he went causing Lovino to cuss at him. He had no idea if Lovino would agree to it but then he could always keep him out in the water a little longer until...

No. That would be wrong. Right? But Lovino was so awkward, surely that meant he should have some leverage. Besides he wasn't all fun and games, after all under the ocean he had a whole army waiting for his commands...

Antonio had skipped putting Lovino back on the slippery pier and stopped when they were a couple of metres away from the shore. He stared at Lovino until the boy coughed and looked away.

"What is it bastard?"

"I was wondering," Antonio ran his fingers across Lovino's shoulders savouring the fact that the boy was still clinging to him even though his feet were brushing against the floor. "Wouldn't it be great if we could sleep together tonight?"

Antonio braced himself for the resistance he was expecting, completely ready to swim them back out into the middle of the sea lest he should disagree. It never came though.

Lovino hesitated and looked out at the ocean. "I can't breathe underwater."

"Oh." Antonio breathed out and set him down in the water and began to laugh at the surprise on Lovino's face when the sea lapped gently against his stomach. "Silly~ you won't have to."

Lovino heard Antonio squealing something that sounded suspiciously like "Cute~" when he blushed in understanding.

"I don't know if you've noticed bastard but uh… I don't exactly possess your...um big freaking ugly muscles. Yeah them, mine are smaller and sexier. But not too small! You know just the right size. It's not my fault that yours are bulging and sex... and mine are just perfect. Hah actually you should be jealous of…yeah…" Lovino trailed off at the bemused look on Antonio's face and sighed. He was going to have to whack the bastard later when his arms didn't feel like spaghetti. "I can't carry you inside idiot."

"Oh. Ohhhhhhh." Antonio grinned and ruffled Lovino's hair. He didn't know what he did too deserve such a cute boy but he wasn't going to question it. His pout was way too adorable! "You would share your bed with a big fishy tail? Aw Lovi your so sweet!"

"Well what the hell are you talking about then asshole?"

Antonio grinned wider and Lovino knew he was in trouble. Before he could even curse Antonio kissed him. Just a simple brushing of lips, but Lovino couldn't breathe. He couldn't even begin to describe what he was feeling. It was as though all of the cells in his body had decided set off fireworks and with each explosion was a growing realisation that this was right. Without further thought, he tugged Antonio's soft curls and pulled him closer to deepen the kiss. But Antonio chuckled against his lips and pulled away annoyingly out of reach.

"It's done Lovi~"

"We are most certainly not done you stupid bastard." He growled reaching out to pull him back. Seeing the tender and absolutely smouldering look in Antonio's eyes made him hesitate. He stared in growing horror at Antonio's flushed cheeks and viciously rubbed his hand across his throbbing lips. "That did not just happen."

"Whatever you say mi amor." Antonio grinned and stood up, pulling a flustered Lovino to his feet.

"D-don't call me that, you stupid assh…" Lovino looked up at the man who was infuriatingly couple of inches taller than him and then looked down. He stared southwards for a while, his brain processing just exactly he was looking at. Lovino's blood rushed to his head and he shrieked trying to run away but two strong arms wrapped around his chest preventing his escape. "Sheesh Lovi. You're more freaked out at me having legs than you were at me having a tail."

"Nak...You stupid…it wasn't the legs…" Lovino coughed, his face completely crimson and forced himself to look Antonio in the eyes. "You're naked."

"Yes" Antonio nodded thoughtfully and leaned his head on Lovino's shoulder. "I guess I am."

They stood in silence for a moment before Lovino felt the man behind him stiffen.

"Oh it was…"

"Don't fucking say it."

"Don't you have one too?"

"Shut up. Please just shut up."

"Can I see it? It's only fair right, I mean you've seen mine and…Ow that was mean Lovi."

"I will kill you." Lovino tried to glare at him but found himself smiling instead. Stupid face. How was he meant to issue death threats if he was smiling as wide as the idiot?

Antonio laughed distracting him from his thoughts and scooped an arm underneath his legs and wrapped another behind his back. He ignored Lovino's shriek of protest and carried him up the steps of the pier and onto the cool sand, heading towards the beach house.

"Put me down idiot! What if you drop me?"

"I won't~"

"What if Feli see's your naked ass?"

"I'll shake it for him!"

"What if-"

"We're here Lovi."

Lovino looked at the door and then back at Antonio. He sighed, wrapped his arms around his neck and buried his head into his shoulder as if he could hide from the rest of the world there. "It's open stupid."

Antonio said nothing at Lovino cuddling into him but inside he was squealing. He shifted Lovino's weight too his right so he could open the door then practically skipped into the house nudging the door shut behind him. It wasn't all that hard, his little Lovi was as light as a pearl and as precious as one too. Said 'pearl' looked up from his shoulder and punched him hard until he yelped and let him down.

Lovino shushed him and tried to creep down the corridor but Antonio had to catch him a few times when he tripped over the carpet. He grabbed a towel that was hanging on the radiator and dried his hair before thrusting it at Antonio and quietly demanding that he dried himself before he entered his room. Of course it didn't matter that Lovino's clothes were sopping wet themselves and that he was leaving a trail of water wherever he went. Eventually Lovino opened a plain wooden door and disappeared into the room with Antonio following curiously.

The walls were a plain off-white colour and the room looked basic but when he looked closely he could see little splashes of Lovino's character. Such as the cute tomato shaped pillow sat cutely on the bed just waiting to be eate...

Hugged.

Waiting to be hugged.

Antonio inhaled deeply and smiled at the sweet smell that was undoubtedly Lovino.

Speaking of Lovi… He heard shuffling from the closet and realised with a blush that the boy was changing out of his soaking wet clothes clothes to dry himself.

He had to resist the urge to creep around the corner.

He had to.

It was an absolute no-no to peak on Lovino while he was getting changed, hoping to get a view of his cute ass...

Surely it would be fine if he took just a teeny weenie peak?

Antonio crept very carefully around the side of the wardrobe trying not to anticipate all the beautiful sights he was going to get to see. However a beast flew at his face as soon as he stuck his head around the corner and now he couldn't see anything at all.

Lovino snickered as Antonio struggled with the boxer shorts he'd thrown at his face, before taking pity on him and pulling them off.

"Put them on quick pervert."

"Ah thank you!" Antonio pouted when he saw Lovino was already full-clothed. Ah well there was always the morning~ Satisfied that the boxer shorts weren't going to come back to life to suffocate his face he pulled them on and was surprised to see that they actually fit him. He was a little bigger than his petit Lovi after all, with all of those 'bulging, sex...ugly muscles'. He grinned staring at the boxer shorts. "Lovi?"

"What is it now?"

"Are these yours?"

"Obviously." Lovino shuffled beneath the covers of the bed, blushing when he felt it creak underneath Antonio's weight. He tried not to squeak as Antonio hugged him from behind and pulled him against his chest.

"So that means you've worn them before right?" Antonio whispered in his ear causing him to shiver despite the heat. He continued, twirling a piece of Lovino's hair between his fingers. "That means I'm wearing something that your-"

Antonio was cut off when Lovino slammed the tomato pillow into his face. After licking it, and deciding he liked the taste of Lovino better Antonio pulled the pillow away and laughed.

He opened his eyes to see a glare that stopped his heart. Then Lovino was kissing him. It was so sweet. It was too much. It left him dizzy with a lack of breath. It was better than the kiss before because Lovino was kissing him and not the other way around. He growled against his lips but before he could deepen the sneaky kiss any further Lovino pulled back red-faced and smirking.

"Payback." He whispered.

Antonio wanted to pull him back and demand he continued what he started but he swallowed his desire when Lovino reached up and wrapped his arms around middle.

They laid listening to each other breathing, neither wanting to break the silence in case it shattered something that was too good to be true.

Lovino gave in first.

"When do you have to change back?" When are you leaving me?

"Whenever you want me to."

Lovino pulled away to look at him. That couldn't be right.

"Isn't there like a rule about midnight? Will I wake up to find you half fish?" Or gone? "Don't you have a life with all your freaking fishmen and fishwomen?"

Antonio squeezed him reassuringly. "I'm not going anywhere Lovi."

"Your friends? Duties? Family?"

"I am the...the friend of the crown prince! Not very important at all, nobody will look for me," Antonio laughed a little forcefully and brushed a stray strand of Lovino's hair out of his face. "There is a big castle and coral fields and sea cumbers but we don't have any... I'll take you to see it one day. Besides they'll probably just think I drifted away in search of more tomatoes like last time..."

Lovino let out a breath of relief which turned into a yawn and lightly punched Antonio's arm. "Idiot. I can't breathe underwater."

Antonio listened fondly as Lovino yawned again. The boy wrapped his arms around his stomach and cuddled back up to him. Antonio wanted to squeal out loud for the umpteenth time that night, but…that would wake him up. He felt Lovino's body moving as he breathed against his chest and his own eyes were getting heavier as a consequence.

He hugged the boy as hard as he dared and whispered. "I love you Lovino."

He almost jumped when Lovino cuddled further into his chest.

"I love you…too... Antonio."

He stared at Lovino as he slept and only realised he was smiling when his cheeks began to ache. The ache only hurt more when he realised that Lovino had actually said his real name.

"Sueños dulces mi amor." Antonio kissed Lovino's forehead and soon followed him into a deep peaceful sleep.

- A few hours later -

Feliciano smiled as he waited for the water to boil for his pasta. The sun was already high in the sky sending beams of yellow and orange through the windows to shine happily on his laptop. He knew it had been a good idea for him and Lovino to move house for a while but now he had a suspicious feeling that Lovino wasn't coming back with him. The laptop beeped as Ludwig sent him another message.

How is your brother doing?

His eyes slipped down to the puddles of water on the floor as he remembered what he'd seen when he'd gone to wake Lovino up for breakfast. He giggled as his brother's loud voice drifted down to the kitchen.

"Stupid pervert! What are you doing? I'm trying to get dressed."

"You love me Lovi~ You love me! You love me! You lovvvveeee me!"

"Get the hell off me you twitter-pated ass."

Feliciano grinned and typed back: I think he's going to be just fine.

Spanish:
Mi amor - My love
Sueños dulces - Sweet dreams