He hadn't seen Luna in four days. He suspected she was purposely avoiding him. She had insisted he attend Mass at the St. Lucy's cathedral on Sunday after he told her he didn't go to church but on Sunday, he had not bothered to go and he had not called her either. He wasn't sure if he had expected her to call him but she hadn't.
He shrugged, so much for friendship. He should have just let her go.
"Domenico."
He huffed, stopping in his tracks. He had taken his car to school so he was just heading out of the car park to the library where he would study before he had to go for his first class of the day.
Had he not been clear the day before that she should stay away? His frown turned into a smirk, she was playing right into his trap.
"Signorina." He greeted upon turning around. He was caught off guard for a second. Her smile was brighter than usual, confident and... Suspicious.
"I thought about your words yesterday." She started, folding
He didn't think his present self was much different from his past self before the bullying, except for the effects the bullying cost him, but after the abuse started, he slowly became complacent, giving in to people's will to get in their good books, to get the slightest ounce of sympathy and kindness. He was done with that now, that life, that part of him was long buried. 6 months was what it took him and even if he was still damaged, so damaged that he derived joy from watching those who had suppressed him be suppressed themselves, he was determined to rise above all, he was determined to show them that he was far better than they imagined, far better than any of them would ever be. And he would have to teach Clemente that... In the hardest way possible. "My rules" he started, facing startled Clemente, "When I teach, you listen... Attentively. Two, no questions asked until I'm done. Three, no unnecessary words; apologies, requests, whatever. Four, no lateness. That
He jogged through the semi-dark streets, his legs pounding furiously on the granite covered ground. His chest burned but he did not stop, the muscles on his legs ached but he did not slow down, sweat ran down in fast beads from his face and arms down his body but he did not take a breather. He did not deserve happiness. Her words rang in his head, crystal clear and fresh like she just said them to him. So just because she smiled a lot and she was friendly, she thought she deserved happiness; because she had a loving boyfriend and she had things going well for her, she thought she deserved happiness! He would guess correctly that she almost always had things going well for her, that she had almost never encountered a bad period in her life and she had the guts to come to the conclusion that he didn't deserve happiness. What did she even know about happiness? He was sure that her so dear boyfriend was the center of her so called happiness; she was the kind that depende
Rosetta walked out of the montagna biblioteca, a huge smile on her face. Win, Rosetta, she smiled happily, reveling in the shocked, disbelieving, angry look Domenico had displayed after her sudden announcement. She chuckled, he was going to tutor alright. It was first a handful of people that had responded to her call then within a few minutes, he had a small crowd gathered around him, all of them his potential students. She smirked, she had slipped away before the librarian could get to her. Ahhhhh, she breathed out, heading in the direction of her apartment after stealing a glance at his parked Ferrari. One for Rosetta. She practically skipped all the way to her house, having to suppress the smile on her face to avoid looking weird to passers-by. She skipped all the way up the stone stairs of the old Villa customised student apartment. The house sure had a lot of modernizing to do but she loved the ancient feeling mixed with the new. Part of the rea
"Wednesday would be fine?" "Yes. Thank you so much, grazie, Dio vi benedica." "Its fine. See you soon. Addio!" He waited till the person had disappeared from sight before he allowed his frustration to become visible. He rubbed the back of his neck tiredly. Rosetta d'armani. Now he had to tutor every freaking day of the week! He jumped down the last stair that led to the library where he had been entertaining his 'students' and headed to the right of the library where the car park was situated. It was past 11pm. He was hungry and tired, desperately in need of a good long sleep after taking a long soaking in the tub with a good dose of Barbera. He deserved it. He stopped short as he sighted a figure pacing beside his car. Why did everyone around him prefer to stir the furnace of his anger? He moved his legs and kept on walking, across the empty park save for him, the figure and his car, till he re
"Domenico! What do you take me for?! Your baby sitter?! Why the hell will you come back this late and not tell me beforehand?!" He heard Marino rant before he even opened the door. "Mio Dio!" Marino exclaimed, seeing him, "Whatever happened to your face?!" He pushed past Marino and stumbled into the house, falling back-first when he got to the Chobi rug. He needed the comfort. "What happened, man?!" Marino queried after locking the door. "Stop shouting." He muttered, licking his bloody lips. "Why wouldn't I shout?! You come back by this time when I know you don't attend parties or do the stuffs that I do, all bloody and weak and you tell me not to shout?!" "It's not that bad." He retorted, his eyes fixed on the panelled ceiling gleaming with the bright lighting. The thugs had only gotten a few hits on his face and back before he escaped. Thank Dio they did not have a gun. "What?!" "It's not that bad! Stop shouti
He opened his eyes groggily then shielded them from the rays of sunlight that shone directly at him. "Su, su, Domenico! The sun is wide awake and happy!" Marino, he thought with a huff. He was tired but he knew it wasn't so much as physical as it was emotional. He was emotionally tired, mentally tired. "Domenico de Cerintti, su! Up, now,!" A hand latched unto his left leg under his duvet and began to pull. "Marino, I'm tired." He groaned, shutting his eyes. The hand stilled then dissappeared. "Alright, though I don't know why you're acting so weak, it was just a few punches, any guy can take that and no one asked you to get in a fight. I want you out in 30 minutes, fresh from a good bath. I've prepared food already; coffee, you know the strong black cappuccino you like so much; soup, minestrone broth, very healthy and delicious and then we'll eat pizza, margherita and drink lots of Chardonnay after and then we can play
Rosetta stared up at the two storey Villa that was her parents house; sophisticated, elegant, expensive, that was family. She took a deep breathe then walked up the stairs and rang the bell when she got to the door. The door opened immediately and her sister's smirking face stared down at her. Bless herself for not being tall enough and forgetting to wear heels. "And the runaway bird comes flying home. Nice to see you, Rosetta...oh, sister." She smiled, two could play the game. "Nice to see you too." Crush stealing monster, she didn't add. She was that close to hating her sister, Gabriella Oriana D'armani, very close. The only thing preventing her from doing so was the family bond. She couldn't deny that Gabriella intimidated her. For one, Gabriella had extraordinary looks, her beauty entranced anyone who saw her especially the male folk; two, Gabriella had the perfect sexy shape she admired; three, Gabriella wa
"Feedback?" Marino's dry chuckle came through the line, "I call you and the first thing you ask is a feedback? Not even a how are you doing? Or are you okay?" Rosetta rolled her eyes, "What's the use of the niceties? You're okay or fine, that's your business. You're not okay or fine, still your business. Since when did you care about my concern for you?" A brief silence from Marino then, "Don't worry about it. Feedback? We'll have to see for that." She grew excited, "Did you get anything?" "We'll have to see to discuss that." She sighed, her happiness deflating. Marino was a pain in the neck. "I'm an hour and 30 minutes away from Colland." "Why? Visiting someone?" "My family. I would have said today but I don't think I would be allowed to return, when I return, I'll see you." "Fine." Was Marino's curt reply and the line went dead. "What! The audacity." She tisked with a glare of her nostrils. She