It Never Ended With A Smile.

You're kidding...right?

Smiley followed Victor outside.

"Wait! Victor!" Smiley called out. The man turned around and faced Smiley.

"What?" Victor asked. Smiley finally caught up to him, he was thinking of a way to convince Victor to stay here...again.

"Instead of going to Italy why don't we go to another country...please?" Smiley asked. At this point he was about to start begging to stay.

"You're kidding...right? Here we go again...my love, listen...I don't want to force you to come with me but I don't want you to die either. And you can beg all you want but I'm not changing my mind." Victor. Smiley lowered his head in defeat.

"Okay..."

Smiley got in Victor's car and turned it on.

"Who said that you were driving?" Victor asked suspiciously. The boy immediately jumped out the car and ran to the passenger side. Victor stepped in the driver side and waited until Smiley buckled up. He proceeded to back out of the driveway and made his way towards the deep water ports of the city.

"Aren't we getting on a plane?" Smiley asked.

"No we're not, honey...WE ARE LITERALLY ON THE RUN SMILEY!" Victor yelled. Smiley muttered an apology and stopped talking. An hour later they arrived at the destination.

"Okay all we have to do is sneak onto a boat. That's heading for Italy..." Victor explained. They soon found a cargo ship heading towards France. They snuck on because that's as close as they would get to the specific country. After the two men hid in between the stacks of cargo containers, the decided to rest for a bit. Smiley ended up falling asleep on Victor's shoulder and he put his coat over the boy.

"I will carry you to the end...no matter what happens" he whispered into Smiley's ear. It was getting bright out and Victor assumed it was about time for the sunrise. Smiley and Victor were all alone in a boat and they had no idea when they were going to see land again. Victor was expecting Liam, his younger brother, to be waiting for them in Italy. He had successfully escaped Russia and was going to meet them in Italy. This would be the first time Victor saw his baby brother in years, and Smiley was about to meet him for the first time.

About a week into the voyage, the men had ran out of food and were trying to steal from the crew of the ship.

"Hey, at least I don't have to worry about starving because you do that to me all the time" Smiley pointed out. Victor shot him a nasty look. "What? It's true and you can't deny it,"

"Venom...that's what your name should've been." Victor mumbled.

"You know what, I'ma sing Thank You for the Venom now, thanks for the idea!" Smiley said.

"Alright love," Victor replied. While Smiley was singing his heart away, Victor was look for something edible. And this is why I should've packed beforehand Victor thought.

"SIR! I FOUND FOOD!" Smiley yelled. Victor ran to Smiley and the boy looked so proud of himself.

"Good job, Smiley!" Victor praised. That made Smiley happy. Victor didn't realize how much he missed seeing Smiley genuinely happy until he saw the boy. The smile Victor had on his face quickly faded into a frown. Smiley took notice.

"Is...something wrong sir?" Smiley asked. Victor really wanted to just let loose and explain to Smiley how sorry he was and how much he missed the old Smiley so much. But he couldn't. He couldn't admit to this because then Smiley would think he was weak. Useless. Sensitive. And he wasn't any of those things.

"No. Nothing wrong. Make sure you eat some of that, okay love?" Victor said. Smiley nodded in compliance. Smiley couldn't bare eating it all and leaving Victor to starve so he only and a little bit and gave the rest to Victor. Victor gladly ate it.

Two weeks abroad was making Victor crazy. Or crazier than before. At this point in the trip he was overthinking about everything. Smiley on the other hand was pretty peaceful until he tried to jump off the boat but he was "overheating". Both of them were just waiting to get off the metal float. They eventually did reach land and as soon as the boat reached the port they got off the boat. And that's when the real excitement began.