The Missing Bianchi Twins

Chapter 6-Dinner

POV:Dante

A knock at the door pulls me and Lucia out of conversation and we hear a little voice call out

"DINNEWS WEADY" before we hear tiny little footsteps run away from the door and seemingly down the stairs.

"Come on we can do this" Lucia grabs my hand as we get up from her bed and walk out the door waking along the corridors. I stare at the walls and see pictures and paintings I didn't seem to notice before when I see a painting hung on a wall with a little boy and a little girl hugging each other that look just like me and Lucia. We look so happy there. We must've been maybe 2 year old? We look like such happy little bundles of joy. The childish innocent we all experience before were tainted by the evils in this world.

That innocence was stripped away from us and we will never get that back. I wish that we would've stayed here. Maybe we would be just as happy as we were then, maybe I would've gotten into art and painted happy pictures instead of the lifeless art I somehow put together. Maybe we'd have joined a few extracurricular activities or sports. I've always wanted to play basketball, maybe we would've made friends. Would we popular and snobby? But life isn't that easy. Someone picked us out to experience the pain and the suffering but now we know how harsh and cruel the real world is. Nobody stays pure for long.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I don't realise I'm sat at the dining table until someone clicks their fingers in front of my face.

I look up to see Matteo and I silently glare at him for getting too close. I look down at my plate

"What is this?" I whisper to Lucia after I turn my head to her ear.

"What food is this?" Lucia asks for me which gains shocked expressions from everyone even though I don't see what the big deal is.

"It's pizza the boys ordered a takeaway whilst you were upstairs" Riccardo responds obviously confused

"Alright"

Hesitantly I pick up the pizza and take a small bite before my eyes widen. This is delicious. I'm pretty sure I could live off this stuff if I could. I look over to Lu and see she likes it as well because she's beaming and starts practically inhaling her food with makes me chuckle quietly as I stare at her amused.

"This is soooo good" she says before shoving practically the entire thing her mouth.

"Slow done or you'll choke Lucia" a deep voice chuckles from in front of me belonging from Vincenzo. The table is 10 seater arranged with me on the right side with Lucia to my right, opposite me in Matteo on his left is Vincenzo and Tonio sitting on Vincenzos left, Leonardo is on Matteos right.

The table slips into easy conversation whilst I enjoy my food. This may be my new favourite, it certainly beats whatever scraps we got our hands on back in England.

"So Dante what did you do to your eyebrow?" I hear Leonardo ask me. Crap. Questions.

"No offence but I don't see how that is any of your business" Lucia responds for me, thank god.

I see Leonardo raise an eyebrow from the corner of my eye but a simple glare from Lucia makes him roll his eyes and go back to eating his food.

"Can we pway eye spy?" A little voice asks. God he's so adorable, children have a special place in my heart.

"Sure buddy" Vincenzo responds enthusiastically.

"I spy with my little eye, hmmmmm something beginning with F" Vincenzo goes.

"Ummmmm..... PHONE" Tonio shouts as he points at Leonardos phone on the kitchen table.

Riccardo chuckles before responding
"No buddy that's starts with a ph which makes the same sound as an F but it's a ph"

Tonio seems confused for a second before he continues looking around the room.
We hear a little gasp before he yells

"FORK" excitedly

"Yeah well done little man" Vincenzo smiles and high fives his little hand.

'I am the master eye spyer!' Tonio yells with an adorable little grin. He looks so cute and carefree and I'm happy he gets to like a normal life.

———————After Dinner———————

Relaxing on my bed I just scroll through my phone. Nothing interesting on social media because I never made that many friends. Being so silent never really gave people the opportunity to get to know me but I have Lucia so I can't complain.

I feel the exhaustion settling into my bones after such a hectic day slowly falling asleep to the sound of my thoughts. Back at home there would be yelling and screaming but here all I hear is laughter and occasionally Antonio's little squeals. It feels safe here but I know never to trust people to early. I can rely on Lucia she's safe and I know she won't hurt me. She really is the best sister. After the shitty life we've had it makes sense we're a bit ducked up but I hope with time we'll feel better. Maybe I'll grow up and have kids of my own, I would be the best father ever, the opposite of that bastard. I would live to be everything he wasn't and live a happy and normal life.

Healing takes time but I'm willing to wait.