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Post by Dante Valentino on Jun 14, 2017 11:53:37 GMT -6
The stars filled up the night sky as Dante laid back on the bench. He lit his cigarette and took a puff as he stared up at the sky. The pool was still next to him, only churning a little when the wind blew lightly. It was a slightly cool night, but the chill didn't bother him.
Shouting caught his attention, causing him to raise up a little to peer over the back of the bench. The door of the main house opened just before a figure ran out, slamming it shut behind them.
When he saw them heading in his direction, he lowered himself back onto the bench. He watched as they passed by him, not even noticing him as they passed.
When he saw familiar long curly hair, Dante sat up once more, knowing exactly who was upset. "Aria?" he called, catching her attention. When she paused and looked back at him, he smiled at her. "Out for a late night stroll?"
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Post by Aria Marcello on Jun 14, 2017 12:25:13 GMT -6
Aria stormed out of her father's room, tears falling down her face as she did. Two men followed after her until she turned around and yelled at them to leave her alone. She had just walked in on her father covered in blood, torturing a man. She watched her father pistol whip the guy before pointing the gun to his head and demanding to know where someone was. This made her gasp and look at her Dad in horror before he turned around and looked at her in horror.
But before he could say anything she immediately slammed the door and ran off.
Now here she was running out of the mansion's back door. She wanted to get away from everyone, she wanted to erase the image on the poor man in her head. The pool was one of the places she could do this. Once she would get there she would breathe, place her feet into the water and relax. So when she got there and was about to sit down, Dante suddenly called out her name.
This caused her to gasp causing her to pause and look back at him. She stared at him in a bit shock as he asked her if she was out on a late night stroll. She didn't reply as she just stared at him in his getup.
"He definitely came back from a job." She thought to herself as she checked him out. And the more she did, she felt all of the feelings that were going away coming back. Tears fell from her eyes before she suddenly turned around to face him and took a step forward.
"Why do you torture people," Aria suddenly asked in a raised voice, "Why does my Dad torture people? Why does he kill people? Can you explain that? Why do you all do such bad things?" She asked again as she took one more step toward Dante. Her green eyes wide with tears in them as she begged him for answers. Aria was so sick of seeing and hearing what her Dad did... It was starting to hurt.
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Post by Dante Valentino on Jun 14, 2017 12:38:52 GMT -6
Dante's smile left his face as he looked at her in shock. He took in her red eyes and the tears that had fallen down her cheeks. Apparently she had seen something she wasn't supposed to have seen.
He glanced away from her as he took another puff from his cigarette. Blowing out the smoke, he stood up, before looking back at her. "Because... they refuse to tell us what we need to know. They don't respond to us asking nicely."
He looked down at the water of the pool as he took a deep breath. "We're not the only ones who do bad things, Aria... We don't torture innocents." He glanced back at her, his face stern as his eyes connected with hers.
He dropped his cigarette and stepped on it, rubbing it into the ground. Letting out a sigh, he looked up at the night sky, unsure of what to say to her to understand why they had to torture people.
"The same people we torture," he began as he closed his eyes. "They'd do the same to us if they could. To your father, to me..." He looked back at her, his eyes looking intense with an unspoken emotion. "To you... and to Charlotte."
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Post by Aria Marcello on Jun 14, 2017 13:02:54 GMT -6
Aria gasped a little with her tears as Dante answered her. She crossed her arms as she tried to keep herself from crying any harder as she listened to him. Her eyes didn't leave him as he explained that the people weren't as innocent as they appeared. This made her narrow her eyes in confusion. How were they not innocent? Who else was Korso torturing?
Those thoughts were immediately interrupted when Dante finally looked at her with an emotion she wasn't familiar with in his eyes. He explained that they would do the same thing to her and everybody else. Which made her even more confused. "How? There is nothing out there that can hurt us. Dad told me a long time ago that we were the only mafia gang running this town.. Are you saying he is lying and there are more here? Cause that's the only way I would believe that the man being tortured right now isn't innocent!" Aria said as she turned to point at the mansion before looking back at him.
Her green eyes stared at Dante wide as she tried to make sense of all of this. And every time she talked about it, she could see the man begging her for help before she had left the room. It wasn't the first time she saw her Dad doing this, but it was her second. The other time was when she was sixteen and her Dad had disappeared from her birthday party. She went looking for him and wound up seeing him punch a man. Needless to say it shook her to see her Dad so vicious. And ever since then, she hated when she realized what her Dad had to do in his job..
The other incidents she knew of were things either she heard from the guards, or from how quickly Charlotte dragged her away from an area their father was in. Thankfully she hadn't seen or heard her father kill anyone, but she knew he had. And that killed her.
"So please explain what that man did up there to deserve that! Or so help me, Dante... I'll... I." Aria suddenly stopped as she quickly buried her face into her hands. "Why is my Dad hurting that man... What did he do? Tell me why he looked so vicious. Tell me.." Aria suddenly whimpered as she felt her heart breaking just like it did at her birthday party.
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Post by Dante Valentino on Jun 14, 2017 13:20:35 GMT -6
Dante sighed realizing he said the wrong thing. "Look, just because there's not another mob around doesn't mean your father doesn't have enemies still..." he said as he looked away from her. "...I can't tell you what is going on... At the moment it's classified and we can't let word get out too much..."
He winced a little at her whimpers, hating that sound so much. "Just... Look, once it's settled... I'll tell you all you want to know, all right?" he offered as he turned back to her.
Moving closer to her, he put raised his hand to her cheek and wiped some of her tears away. "Please, don't focus on it, Aria..." he said, speaking softly as he looked down at her. "You're safe though... I won't let anything happen to you, okay?"
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Post by Aria Marcello on Jun 14, 2017 18:34:05 GMT -6
Aria continued to cry as Dante told her he couldn't tell her. And honestly she was happy to hear that, she really didn't want to know. She was just upset seeing her Dad like that. She never really wanted to understand why he did things like that, she just wanted him to stop. Aria wiped her tears as she put her hands over her mouth. She didn't look at Dante until he moved close to her and placed his hand on her cheek, causing her to shudder just lightly.
Green eyes immediately looked up at his blue ones. She felt him wipe her tears away before she gasped a little bit from all the crying she was doing. "I really don't want to know," she whispered, "I just wish he could stop." She admitted before she stepped forward and buried her face into his chest. Her hand grabbing onto his shirt as she continued to cry. Normally she would put her head on the other's shoulders, but she was 5'0 and he was 5'7, so she couldn't reach his shoulder without going on tippy toed.
All she wanted was comfort right now.. As much as she wanted answers, she didn't want them at this point. She wanted to stay naive, she was too afraid of the answers. Too afraid to know how brutal the world really was. It was a side effect of her Dad protecting her all these years. Even if she hated how over protective he was, she still depended on him, she still went to him when she wanted to feel safe..
It was a lose-lose situation for her..
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Post by Dante Valentino on Jun 14, 2017 18:45:12 GMT -6
Dante wrapped his arms around her the moment she buried her face in his chest. He placed his chin on top of her head as he held her tightly. "I know..." he mumbled as he rubbed her back.
He knew how much she hated that her father had to do such dark things. The thing was, it was the only way to stay on top in Gatsberry. If Korso let up even a little, his enemies will come out of the wood works. They were lucky that it wasn't worse than it was.
Things were slowly calming down, but it wasn't enough for Korso to feel his family, and his empire, were safe. Dante didn't blame him for working so hard in trying to keep the worst of it from his daughters though it might have been easier if he had just done the interrogation in the lower chambers of the mansion. Aria avoided going down there so she wouldn't have walked in on it.
Dante rested his cheek against her head. "...Let's get out of here, yeah?" he said looking down at her with a soft smile. "Let's get out of here and have some fun, help get your mind off of tonight. What do ya say?"
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Post by Aria Marcello on Jun 14, 2017 19:20:40 GMT -6
Aria's arms immediately wrapped around Dante's waist when she felt him hug her, burying herself into it. In that instance she could feel herself finally calming down. She felt like she was melting in the warm and comforting hug. She let out her tears and did her best to let any emotion she felt out through her tears. It took a bit, but she finally was able to calm herself. And once that happened she pulled away slightly to wipes her tears and the stains on her cheek away. She gasped a few more times before they finally stopped.
"Let's get out of here, yeah?"
Aria looked up at him and tilted her head slightly as she did. "Go where? The only places open right now are the speakeasies and you know my Dad won't let me go without a bodyguard." She stated as her hands went back to his shirt, resting them on his chest. Though she didn't really noticed that she did that.
Aria wanted to go out and have fun, but she didn't really know how to escape without her father knowing. Plus she didn't want him to ask her why she wanted to go out with Dante. She could already see him poking and digging into it. She had a crush on Dante, yes, but she didn't want anyone to know about it yet. Cause even though it was a crush, she didn't know if she was going to go through with it. She was a bit scared of it.. She was so naive when it came to relationships that it frightened her. But that didn't mean she didn't want something Dante.
These thoughts made her tense a bit and caused her to quickly shake those feelings. She didn't need to think of that right now.. Especially when she was so close to him while his beautiful, blue eyes stared down into hers, looking straight at her as if he knew everything about her. As if he wanted nothing but to make her happy..
Again, Aria quickly shook those feelings off.
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Post by Dante Valentino on Jun 14, 2017 19:41:52 GMT -6
Dante shrugged, his arms still wrapped around her. "We might be able to get away with it seeing as it's me who you're with. And we don't have to go to a joint, we could just drive. Whatever you want to do, we can do." He leaned down closer to her. "The night is yours, Aria," he whispered, his eyes shining at her.
If he could get away with kissing her right then and there, Dante would steal her lips right then and there. It was a dream he had almost every night, her lips on his, their skin touching...
What he wouldn't give to see if her lips were as soft as they looked. He wanted her more than he probably should have. If she fell for him like he did for her, then he might be able to convince Korso to give them his blessing.
Whoa, Dante! Jumping the gun there... he thought as he unknowingly chuckled aloud.
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Post by Aria Marcello on Jun 14, 2017 20:12:03 GMT -6
Aria felt a small smile form on her lips as Dante told her that they didn't need to go to a joint. Finally, someone who didn't want to party to make themselves feel better. And as he suggested they go for a drive, she felt her smile grow just a bit. Her eyes never leaving his as she smiled at him. Of course she felt herself pause when he leaned closer to her and told her the night was hers. She could feel the blush hit her cheeks a little as she slightly looked away from him. Feeling herself get a little shy at how he looked at her.
But she didn't look away for long. Her eyes went back to him as she tilted her head just slightly. "I would love to go for a drive.." She said gently as she wiped her eyes with her right hand, getting rid of any leftover tears she had. "As long as you don't tell my Dad," she stated as her smile faltered just a little, "I don't want him worrying about me tonight." Aria stated before she heard his chuckle.
She looked at him in confusion as he chuckled before she tilted her head at him when he chuckled again. "What is so funny?" Aria asked as she was suddenly confused as to why he was chuckling. Did she do something funny? Was there something on her face, in her hair? It almost made her want to look in the pool to see if she was okay.. She bit her lip as she waited for an answer from him.
"Please don't let me look like a fool right now.." She thought to herself.
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Post by Dante Valentino on Jun 14, 2017 20:28:42 GMT -6
"Oh, don't worry, this can be our little secret," he said with a wink.
When she asked him why he chuckled he made a 'oops' face. "Ah, sorry, was thinking..." he said before coming up with a thought. "You're just too... adorable when you blush."
Seeing her smiling and blushing almost made him want to pat himself on the back. "So, a drive it is!" He took a step back and held out his arm to her. "Shall we, my lady?" he asked, grinning charmingly at her. "We can take my car, it won't be missed as much as one of your father's."
When she took his arm he guided her towards his place, sneaking past any guards that were on patrol. One guard came too close and he had to pull her closer to him in the shadows.
She looked at him in shock in which he quickly put a finger to his lips, telling her to remain quiet. Once the coast was clear, Dante took her hand in his and made her dash with him to his car.
"You're going to have to get in the back under the tarp-- just until we get past the gate," he told her quickly when he saw the look she was giving him. "You don't want to get caught, right?" he asked as he lifted up the tarp for her to crawl in under.
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Post by Aria Marcello on Jun 14, 2017 20:53:07 GMT -6
"You're just too... adorable when you blush."
Aria's eyes widened as her cheeks turned red while her lips formed a smile. She quickly felt embarrassed and looked away from him once more as she tried not to giggle nervously. The only reason she looked back at him was because he quickly approved of the drive. He then held out his arm for her, causing her to smile a real smile. A smile that showed nothing but happiness in those few seconds.
"Yes we shall." Aria said as she took his arm and followed after him. They hid together as they snuck past her father's guards. But when one came too close, Dante pulled her very close to him and hid more. This made her look up at him in shock. And more shock rose in her when he placed his finger on her lips. Red tinted her cheeks once more as she focused on the few seconds they were like that. She couldn't believe how close she was to him, and how strong he felt as he kept her close to him. Plus he was sneaking past the guards for her, respecting her wishes.. She had honestly thought he would tell her father even after her request. She was so use to having her requests denied that it surprised her more than it should've.
It was nice to see someone finally listen to her and do what she asked them to do. He had definitely gained more of her trust. Though as she thought of this, she started to feel butterflies in her heart. But they didn't last long. Once the guard had passed, Dante grabbed her hand and dashed to the car with her.
Aria immediately gave him a look when he told her that she needed to go under the tarp. She was going to fight him, but he made a good point. "Fine." She whispered before she did as she was told.
Once they made it passed the gate, Dante stopped the car to help her out. "Thank you." She said as she got out and immediately moved to the passenger seat of the car. And once Dante was back in the car, the drive finally began. Aria turned to watch the front gate disappear from her view, and once it was completely out of her sight she smiled and looked forward and rested against the car seat.
"Finally, freedom!" Aria sighed as she stretched and enjoyed the feel of it.
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Post by Dante Valentino on Jun 15, 2017 18:36:22 GMT -6
Dante smiled at her as she got under the tarp without arguing. Quickly, he moved into the front seat and started up the car.
Pulling up to the gate, Dante stopped the car as the guardsman walked up to him. "Going out kinda late, aren't you, Valentino?"
"Yeah, well, missed the city. Got back home kinda late from the trip," Dante replied smoothly. "Marcello doesn't know I'm back yet, so he won't miss me right now."
"Oh? Was he busy?"
Dante nodded as a serious look dawned his face. "Yeah, I think the guy from... well, you know."
The guardman's eyes widened. "Oh! Him? Yeah, all right, go on ahead then. Don't ever want to disturb the Don with a guest like that guy."
"Sure don't, Frank." Dante waved at him as he opened the gate for him to drive through.
After they were far enough away from the gate to avoid being spotted, Dante pulled over. "Coast is clear," he said as he helped her out from the tarp.
He opened the passenger door for her and smiled when sat down. Running around to the driver side, he jumped into the vehicle without opening the door and reffed off.
"Finally, freedom!"
Dante chuckled. "Did you ever doubt me?" he asked, teasing her as he glanced at her.
She looked beautiful with her hair flowing all around her because of the wind. The smile on her face just added more to her beauty.
The moon shone brightly above them as they drove down the dark road. "Any place you want to go?" he asked over the sound of wind in their ears.
He knew he couldn't take her too far out of the city, but the countryside was still apart of Gatsberry. He felt he could risk taking her that far at most.
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Post by Aria Marcello on Jun 16, 2017 9:52:09 GMT -6
Aria looked at him when he asked her if she ever doubted him. She then pulled a bit of a guilty face. "Well... You are my father's right hand man.." Aria said before laughing just a little at the expression he gave her. She then turned her head to look at the scenery as the wind blew in her hair. Her eyes scanning every tree and little critter she saw. She loved it, she felt free. And for once she didn't mind the guard watching her..
Aria looked back at Dante when he asked her if she wanted to somewhere, this made her ponder. "I uh, I do not know. How about you surprise me? Take me to a favorite place of yours." She said as she smiled at him. This showed that she wanted to get to know him a little bit more. And after she asked that she went back to looking at the scenery and the moon in the sky.
Aria leaned her head back and stretched as she felt the wind hit her face. It was such an amazing feeling to be free. She really needed to find a way to thank Dante for this. Though she'd worry about that after tonight, she needed to make sure the rest of the night went well. If it did, she'd give him something in return, if not... She'd tease him for life.
The thought of this made her look at him and she instantly felt her heart stop a bit when she did. There he was, looking all dapper as he thought of where to take her. His hair moved a little against the wind due to the hair product in it to keep it looking nice. She then started to check him completely out. He was such a handsome man, and from she could see, he looked strong. He was amazing to look at..
"I'm getting butterflies again.." She thought to herself as her eyes went to his eyes. They were bright blue under the moonlight. She could look at those eyes forever. Though she didn't look at him too much longer for he suddenly looked back at her, causing her to look away. "Stop checking him out!" She yelled at herself in her head.
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Post by Dante Valentino on Jun 17, 2017 23:23:16 GMT -6
Hmm... favorite place... Dante thought as he drove, not noticing her staring at him as he was deep in thought. Only place I can think of is the beach... The beach it is then. When he was decided, he glanced at her and caught her looking away from him.
His lips twitched into a smirk before he quickly turned it into a smile. "I think I know just the place, Bambi."
It didn't take them too long to get to the beach. Dante parked the car just before the sand and got out of the car. Moving over to her side, he opened the door for her and held out his hand. "My lady," he said with a grin.
Even with it being so late, the moon gave them enough light to see one another and not have issues while walking the sandy shores.
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