Bellator

4| bonding.

13 October 2019, Rome.

LUCIANO EVALO

We are all having dinner right now, when i looked at dad as he looked at me i nodded at him.

He cleared his throat gaining everyone's attention "So the family called and they are coming to see Althea in about a week or so" he said everyone nodded except Althea.

"Well who are those other family that i have" she asked coldly.

"you have your grandparents, an uncle, an aunt and three cousins" he said as she nodded.

After we finished eating I realized she had only had quarter her plate "why didn't you eat Althea did you not like the food" i asked making all if them look at her plate then waiting for her answer.

"No the food was great i am just not hungry" she said "why" mom asked with concern "i ate a lot of snacks" she said, yeah sure I believe that.

She excused herself and left.

We all continued eating.

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We just finished as i am about to get up "how about we all go out for ice cream, just us with Althea so we can spend some sibling time" suggested Luca excitedly as mom nodded agreeing to the idea same as dad " i mean i have no work right now" i said as we all nodded.

So i have shit ton of work but missing on time with Althea not happening.

"Well let's go get ready i will-" Luca started but was cut off by me saying "i will go get Althea" making Luca huff.

As i went up the stairs with a lot of hope that she would agree.

I knocked on her bedroom door and waited then i heard an 'enter' from inside and i entered, she was wearing a grey shirt that clearly didn't belong to her and her hair was wet telling me she just had a shower her back was to me as she was looking out of her balcony, as i walked close i saw she was painting something.

But that was not in my attention all i could look at was her back, and god.

I could only see her arms but they weren't covered in a lot of tattoos from the back it was less than the front and all i saw was scars,a shit ton scars.

I guess my question has been answered, she wasn't destroying her body by tattoos. She was just fixing it.

That made my heart ache, ache for her, ache for the pain that she experienced, and ache for the fact she has to live with.

Even though I don't know what she experienced, and i don't even want to think about what she went through.

But i am grateful that she survived it, at the same time curious, curios of something that i shouldn't be thinking about, but i am.

I couldn't help my self as i touch one of the scars it was a big one but i quickly removed my hand, worried she might be hurt from it.

"It doesn't hurt" she answered my question coldly, maybe to coldly for my liking.

But that didn't stop me i still touched it, and traced it down till it end, that's when i felt something wet on my face, a tear.

One single tear, just from the feeling of a one scar.

That's when I realized, she wasn't fazed by my touch, I noticed she hates physical touch, when Leo or Luca tried to give her a hug.

But she was relaxed when i touched her as if her skin was beginning for someone to feel the pain, for someone to hold her.