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Antonio isn't really up for this thing that they have. It's unspoken and no one says anything but it happens. It happens whether or not one of them is intoxicated or emotionally unstable or even just flat out horny. It's still fun though, truly. He kind of likes it, maybe a little too much for his own liking but no one needs to know that. He doesn't want to admit that he savors most of it, the touching; all the way from the foreplay to the heated sex to the (not always) cuddling afterwards. He would rather burn in hell forever than to orally admit that he enjoys the pleasure. His body of course does not feel the same; his moans and half-conscious begging are enough to show that he is not totally against the whole thing.
Francis enjoys what he can. He likes the physical contact and the connection they have. He does not see it, not physically at least, but he knows there is something special (or maybe he's just been hanging out with Kiku too much) connecting them. It could be what some people call the red string of fate, just not the kind that usually binds soulmates together (which Francis believes in). The string that ties them might be light pink or maybe green or blue. The color doesn't matter but it is, for certain, different from the chemistry that a pair of lovers share. They don't say 'I love you', for one. That single sentence is a whole jungle of feelings that none of them want to be involved in. Francis is fine with that. Completely fine and satisfied that he doesn't need to utter the words, that eventually lost their meaning, to people he does love but just not in that sense. It definitely isn't brotherly love either. That Francis knows for sure.
Gilbert just wants to help out. He's careless and (purposely) obnoxious most of the time; but he's also a human being with feelings. He can tell when Antonio is lonely, when he needs the connection or attention. Whatever he wants to name it. Gilbert is trying to figure out what it is but it doesn't really matter. What does matter is that he knows and he is doing something about it. It's a win-win situation. He gets sex and comforts his friend at the same time. What more can he ask for?
More sex. Duh. What else?