Gentleman of the Apocalypse

A Night to Remember

Lucio and his men had surrounded Perci and I in the middle of the resort.

"Lucio, explain what's going on," Alex said.

"You see, Perci had invaded my room, violating me and Ori's privacy. He even went as far as trying to kill me," Lucio said.

Lucio pointed at the wound on his cheek.

"Look, he even sliced my cheek with his sword!" he said.

Tsk, that guy's too good.

"That's horrible," a person said.

I sensed the people's distrust towards Perci as they stepped away from him and whispered amongst themselves.

"What the hell are you doing, Perci?"

"How can you hurt such a sweet innocent boy?!"

"Were you jealous when he took your crush away from you?"

I feel absolutely annoyed how they can view Lucio in such a good light.....

"Shut up! Lucio is lying!" I said. "It was him who was trying to kill us! Can't you see why all his men are chasing us down with weapons?"

The people fell silent after saying my piece.

But a few still protested.

"Lucio? A liar? No way! He's the purest boy ever! How could you say such a thing?" a girl said.

"Aren't you supposed to be on his side, Ori?"

"Could it be that you're cheating on him with Perci? You sleazy fox!"

These people piss me off....

I can't blame most of them for taking Lucio's side. He's pretty much an angel to everyone on the outside. Even when we were together in public, no one batted an eye towards our awful date.

"Wait, she does have a point," Alex said. "Lucio, isn't this a little too extreme for a punishment? It isn't like you to send armed men to take down 1 guy."

"Well, you do know Perci...he's quite strong!" Lucio said. "I almost died because of him!"

"Booooo!"

The crowd expressed their distaste for Perci and booed him. Someone even threw his drink towards Perci.

"Hey! That's just going too far!" Ori said. "Knock it off!"

"Shut up, bitch!"

"You asshole!"

"Ori."

Perci held my shoulder and shook his head.

"Tsk. Fine...jeez," I muttered.

"Well, I'd say the rational option would be to believe Lucio," Alex said. "He's the person who has offered us a safe haven here since day 1 of the apocalypse. Ever since then, we've been living a good life despite all the tragedies in the world. Why wouldn't I take his side?"

Agnes pulled on Alex's shirt with a perplexed look on her face.

"What is it?"

"Perci isn't a bad guy either! He's the kindest person I've ever met! Definitely not the type who would hurt an innocent person! Even Ori is defending him! Explain that!"

Alex scratched his head.

"Ah...what a pain. As much as I'd like to help both sides, you seem to be completely against each other. It's hard to believe Perci's a bad guy, but it's just as equally hard to say the same thing for Lucio. What to do....."