Piero Barone Imagines

"Another year older, another year wiser."

Everything was organized perfectly. You would go to bed early the previous night supposedly tired and you would wait till he'd fall asleep. Then, you'd send a message to Franz and he'd get to the house, pick up all the pairs of glasses except from one and leave.

You saw off your future brother-in-law and closed the front door with a smirk on your face.

"Let the party begin!"

~•~
"NOOOOOOO!"

His cry of desperation woke you up rather abruptly. Still yawning and stretching, you asked him what was wrong.

"What's wrong?! I can't find my glasses, that's what's wrong!"

"Chill Piero! You have like what, another 149 pairs to choose from?"

"No you don't understand. I can't find my 149 pairs of glasses. The drawers are E M P T Y! There's only the one pair with the yellow stripes."

"I see the thief has a sense of style", you mumbled, earning a glare.

"And the worse part is I don't have any clothes matching to this pair!"

"Oh my god someone inform the authorities! Piero Barone doesn't have matching glasses to his outfit! The world is over!"

He got even angrier, which made you enjoy the surprise more. But then again, you thought, he might kill all of you when he'd find out.

"Will you stop teasing me and get up to help me?"

"Alright alright, relax, I'm coming. Are you sure you didn't move them to another place last night? Have you searched the living room?"

His eyes brightened.

"No, I haven't."

He practically ran to the living room, with you following right behind him, half yawning, half laughing. He opened every drawer desperately, removing tablecloths and throwing them behind him, almost breaking a couple of crystal wine glasses.

At some point he turned and looked at you with a horrified expression drawn on his face.

"Do you think they took them to ask for ransoms?"

"Pie-", you tried to reason with him, but he wouldn't let you.

"Yes that's what happened! They took them to get money. But how are they going to ask for the ransoms? I hope they do it soon or I'll go crazy!"

"PIERO! Shut up for a second! It's just some glasses, they didn't kidnap your fiancé or something."

"JUST GLASSES? You don't know me at all, do you? My glasses are my most valuable possessions, they aren't just glasses! Wait, what's that? Someone just slipped it under our front door."

He anxiously opened the door to see if he could catch the one who slipped it, but it was too late.

Goodmorning Piero,
I'm the thief of your beloved glasses. I did not steal them from you to ask for ransoms, as you might have thought. Money is not an issue for me. I stole them to teach you a lesson. You will get your glasses back only if you understand it.
We'll play a game. I'll give you one lead at a time, which will lead you to a different place, where you'll get the next lead. There are five leads and five places. Enjoy the trip to your past. Good luck.

P.s. Remember where you felt whole for the first time.

"Piero? What does it say?"

"I have no idea. He says I'm going to get them back when I learn a lesson and that I'm supposed to follow a path or something, but he doesn't say where it starts. God I'm never going to get them!"