My Soft Boy

Chapter 15

Dante
I don't know what's going on but my heart hurts. Seeing her like this hurts. I never would have imagined her to cry in front of me. But what do I do? I run my hand down her back as she calms down. I feel her shift around in my lap before getting up suddenly. She wipes her tears and crawls away from me. I sit there in confusion, I seriously don't understand her. She watches me as I get up from the ground and make my way towards her. I get down to her level. Eyes never leaving each other.

I hold out my hand for her to take, which she does. She gets up and nods her head. Letting me know that she thanks me. I smile at her. She looks away from me and towards the water down below. I keep my distance and give her some space. It doesn't seem like she wants to talk so I keep my mouth shut and let her do her thing. It was raining hard very hard. But I liked it beating down on my skin. And I can tell Valentina does too. She takes a breath before looking at me.

"Thank you Dante, I mean it." Her raspy voice speaks softly as her chin trembles. She breathes again trying to calm herself down.

"Anytime Val, I'm here if you need me." She nods her head once again. And silence consumes us again.

I think back to the gala. I've killed many people. But today was different. Maybe because I finally worked alongside someone. Killing 40+ people in a matter of what, an hour? And maybe we have to kill more. I wonder what Alessandra and Adrik are doing or Vera, Nico and Marsha. Where are they? Now that we've pulled through things, everythings starting to sit and register. As I think I feel a tug on my sleeve and look down to see Valentina. Worry engraved in her eyes.

"I heard something over there." She points in the direction of the bushes. I immediately pulled out my gun. And she holds her knives in between her fingers.

Valentina
I stand close to Dante as the environment around us thickens. But before anything could happen a bullet rings through the air. And Dante is pulling me back. Towards the water. His shirt is red, the colour spreads like a wildfire. Before I know it he tells me to jump. I look at him like he's insane. I've always had an erratic fear of water. And now I have to jump into fucking water. I look back and see a scrawny looking boy. He couldn't be older than 17. His body is tiny like that of a freshman just beginning highschool.

He holds his gun at my head as he smirks. He lets out a sinister chuckle as if he's indicating he's won. He says a quick bye bye taunting me like a clown, I throw my knife and before I could get a clean hit I'm thrown back. And my heart plummets Into the bottom of my stomach. We fall for what seems like forever. And before I know it I'm in water and all my surroundings are black. And I panicked.

Fuck fuck fuck. Where is Dante? Fuck I'm going to drown. I start moving towards the surface but I'm pulled down. I freak out and move around letting myself loose. I'm being pulled under a hidden cave which is closed off to water. I'm pulled up to the surface as I breathe hard trying to catch my breath.

"Holy shit." I laugh. Dante looks at me as he holds a finger against his mouth. And I shut up. He pulls me close to him and we sway around in the water. It's been a couple of minutes and we silently wait. I don't know what we're waiting for but I shut up because I am freaking out. The water is very black and even if you had on goggles you still wouldn't know what's lurking underneath. Instantly I cling onto Dante. 'Stop scaring yourself val' he finally says something.

"What's wrong?" He questions

"Okay don't laugh at me but I'm scared of water." I say quickly

He looks at me before laughing.

"Um- I said don't laugh bitch. And stop moving. what if something comes." And I cling harder onto Dante. I'm scared and cold. And then I remembered something.

"Holy fuck! Dante you're bleeding!" I swim away as I'm trying to pull his shirt up to get a better inspection.
He grabs me and pulls me onto his lap. We are literally in water and this bitch pulls me onto his lap.

"Shhhh. We don't want something to bite your toes." I hold onto him.

"But you're hurt, are you okay? You can let me go if it hurts."

"Nah it doesn't hurt. He skimmed my skin and barely touched me." He rolls his eyes. I laugh at that. He looks at me and puts his forehead against mine. He pulls back and throws his head back. I ponder at him wondering what he's thinking. My eyes fall to his Adam's apple shifting around in his throat. He sighs deeply like he's contemplating on saying something.

"Listen, I didn't kill your dad."

He openly looks at me as if he was waiting on a reaction.

"My dad and him were best friends. Ever since they were kids. They played together, trained together and grew up together. They did everything best friends do. When they were old enough to lead their own empires they never let their friendship fade away."

"My father loved power. He loved feeling worthy and respected not that he wasn't but he craved it all the time. It was like a drug to him, he wanted it all. But that pursuit to his fame killed him. And then your dad took me in and trained me into who I am. He sheltered me and loved me like a father. Soon we became friends. And I did all his dirty work. You were away at camp. You trained too, working with the best of the best."

"Your dad would always remind me that he loved you with his life. He always bragged about how beautiful you were and how he was so proud of you. He showed me everything I needed to know about you. As you were away your dad got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. When we found out your dad became depressed. The whole house lacked character. Your dad's presence became distant throughout the house. He would crack jokes here and there but he knew it was the end. He knew that he would never get to see you again. He was dying."

"Constantly being in pain and mentally deteriorating takes a toll on your soul and your body especially, when he has no one by his side. He wanted you there beside him. He wanted to hold you one last time and kiss you one last time. You don't get it, Valentina, his face when he told me all the things he wished he could give you, still haunts me to this day."

"I remember him telling me to tell you that he was so proud of the women you've become. He wanted to walk you down the aisle and play with your grandchildren. He asked for one thing before he died, that was to give you a kiss. He granted one command that had me shaken to the core upon his request, he asked me to shoot him."

"His suffering was too much for him. And I shot him. Quickly and silently. His last words were 'don't tell Valentina she'll kill you. And tell her I love her.' It haunts me to this day but he wanted it, for it was his last wish. Valentina you couldn't see him. His suffering was scary; he was no longer Dimitri. He lost himself in guilt for not being there for you. Trust me I wanted to tell you but it was his wish. Seeing you everyday and seeing how much you remind me of him had me screaming at myself to not say anything."
A single tear ran down his face as he hid it from me not trying to show his weak side.

I was beyond shocked. It was all too much for me. I processed his words. I cried. Silently clinging onto Dante as I cried in his neck until I couldn't. tears rushed down my face. I was sad it hurt because I had been told a lie. My dad would always say oh stay away from Dante or this and that. And I finally know why. Oh papa, why couldn't you have told me sooner. You could've saved me from torment, I wouldn't have got to meet him either and things would've have been good for me. You could've helped me cope better. I wasn't sad anymore, I was numb. I was numb to the truth everyone knew but I didn't, until now. I love you papa and I always will. But this ache is worse than a heartbreak. I let go of Dante. kissing his cheek and giving him a thank you. He wiped the tears off my face and held me. And for the first time in my life I finally could breathe.

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