ORGÁNOSI I: Broken Mask

ANTECEDENT: CHAPTER 24

ANTECEDENT: CHAPTER 24

AT FIRST, Midnight thought that his stay in Venice would only include meeting the person the old man recommended, visit some sight—alone—and then return to Rome, alone as well. However, that was not what happened in his one week in Venice.

Love, his very sociable tracker, as a local, took him to places tourist normally wouldn't visit. Then at night, the Vitale twins would come looking for him to do a lot of nonsense things. And tonight was the worst night since he met the twins.

He got drunk.

Midnight felt the entire world was spinning and the annoying twins were just laughing at him.

Midnight stopped walking and glared at the two. "So annoying. Stop being noisy."

The twins—specially Blaze—laughed even harder because Midnight's expression was more like sulking than glaring. At para may proof ang kambal kapag tinudyo nila si Midnight bukas kapag hindi na ito lasing, inilabas ni Blaze ang cellphone nito saka kinunan ng video si Midnight.

Seeing Blaze's phone's camera pointed at him, Midnight, in his drunken state, swayed and lurched back towards the twins; however, his intoxicated condition resulted in an encounter with a railing, which blocked his path and prevented him from reaching them.

If Midnight was not drunk, he would have realized that it would only take a few steps to walk around the railing and reach the twins, but at that moment, he was out of his mind. He kept pushing the railing and because he was using all his strength; the railing made a creaking sound.

"Fuck." Blaze cussed. "Blakey, hurry, he's going to destroy that railing! We're broke as fuck, so you better stop him! We don't have money to pay for the damages!"

Blake finally stopped chuckling and walked to Midnight to stop him from destroying the railing. "Alright, bud. You can stop now. We're broke."

Midnight sneered at Blake. "Kayo lang. Marami akong pera."

Blake sighed and held Midnight's wrist to take his hands off the railing. "Yes, yes, Mister wealthy, we hear you. Now, let go. Seriously."

However, Midnight stubbornly refused to relinquish her hold, his grip firm and unwavering. With his knuckles white and his grip so tight on the railing, Blake realized, in that instant, that Midnight's strength surpassed his own.

Bumaling si Blake sa kakambal. "Help me?"

Bahagyang nagulat si Blaze sa tinuran ng kakambal. They were not exactly normal people. They had considerable strength due to the nature of their 'work', so to see his twin struggling to overpower Midnight, Blaze stunned.

"Hey!" Blake snapped at his twin.

Blaze finally moved and helped Blake. It took all their strength, but they finally managed to wrestle Midnight's hand loose from where it was gripping the railing.

Thus, with Midnight's left hand held by Blake and the right hand held by Blaze, the twins guided the drunk Midnight into their boat.

The twins plan to take Midnight home through the canals since it would be faster compared to navigating the sea of people through the busy streets.

"Saan niyo ako dadalhin?" Biglang tumigil sa paglalakad si Midnight na ikinatigil din ng magkambal.

Sabay na napatingin ang dalawa kay Midnight. Honestly, they didn't even drink that much, so Midnight getting drunk was unexpected since he didn't reject the alcohol they gave him.

"Where?" Midnight was drunk alright, but he still speaks clearly. Although it was clear that his mind was intoxicated and not thinking straight. It even stopped putting on a mask. "Kidnapping me? I'm worthless."