What's that thing they say about a rose by any other name?

Chapter 6: Every Rose has Its Thrones.

Five days later

Yunie's P.O.V:

"Milady, I am sorry for bothering you, but Lord Pantalone wishes to speak with you in his office right away," said a maid as I was in the garden, cutting some of the roses, that Pantalone had built for me.

I don't understand why he wants to see me. I thought he was in a meeting until 7.

"Alright, I'll be right there," I said before I sniped one of the roses, looked at the maid, and then put the Rose in her hair. "I want you to wear this, Amelia. I think it will suit you better than myself."

I waved hello to the other maids, and they bowed before returning to their duties. I sighed before I bumped into someone and stumbled back.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention." I said, bowing quickly. I was about to leave when a large hand grabbed my wrist tightly and spun me around, making them look at me.

"You should pay attention next time. An enemy wouldn't hesitate to kill you if you leave your guard down anytime." The man's face is completely invisible within the black void of his helmet, the Fatui sign on top of it. The only physical feature I could see was his long black hair. He was towering over me, making me feel small, and his voice sounded so deep that it sent shivers down my spine. I tried to pull away from his grip, but he tightened it, and I hissed in pain.

He's hurting me. I don't like it. Let me go.

I felt my hair change as I kept trying to pull away from his grip, and he grabbed my face, making me face him. "You know that power of yours won't save you. you will need to learn to handle someone stronger than yourself." He said as my snakes tried to attack him, but he gripped them tightly, making me yelp in pain, and I started to tear up.

Please stop. It hurts. Let me go.

"Capitano, would you please let go of Miss Yumie? I believe you are scaring the poor thing." The man, "Capitano," turned around, and I saw it was Pantalone, who smiled but seemed angry at Capitano for how he was manhandling me. Capitano finally let me go, and I ran behind Pantalone, shaking in fear.

"Shall we talk in my office, Capitano? I do believe we have to talk," Pantalone said while he gently petted my head to ease my nerves, but I could hear the anger in his tone.

He's angry. It's my fault. I shouldn't have tried to get from Capitano...

Pantalone's P.O.V:

I was fuming with anger. I went to find MY Gem and told her that she would join a meeting between Capitano and me just to see her trying to get away from Capitano, who was holding her so tightly. Yumie might have trusted me more than I anticipated. I'll talk to Capitano about this later. "Capitano, the next time you wish to talk to a young lady, you shouldn't manhandle them. They tend to bruise easily." I said while Yumie kept trying to hide behind me, and I felt her grabbing my shirt.

" You shouldn't trust her that easily, Regrator. She's a viper. " Capitano said while he growled at her. "Let's talk about this in my office. We don't have anyone to hear us," I said as I grabbed Yumie's hand gently and started walking towards my office, with Yumie and Capitano following me. I will say that Yumie has surprised me these past few days. I thought the florist shop was just a cover, but she loves flowers. Since I built that indoor garden for her, she has spent time there caring for the flowers. I have seen some of the maids with different types of flowers in their hair. I have seen some roses in the vases around the manor.

"Um, L-lord Pantalone, can you please let go of my hand?" Yumie asks before stopping to look at her, and she has a soft blush on her face. She seemed embarrassed that I was holding her hand. She's such an adorable gem, and she's my adorable Gem. "He's only taking you to his office, Viper. You're lucky that I am not dragging you there." Capitano told me before I opened my office door and let go of Yumie's hand. "Go inside and have a sit, Gem. Capitano and I will come inside in a few minutes."