Unbreakable Promise ch.6

Unbreakable Promise

Chapter Six: Caught
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Lovino trudges through the streets of the town on his way to the Lord's manor. It's not his choice; in fact it's the last thing he ever wanted to do. Literally the last thing. Yet it was agreed he has 'the most innocent face' aside from Raivis in their group and since Abel almost killed Antonio for suggesting the Latvian, Lovino had to step up. When did it get to the point where he would go out of his way for that kidnapping pirate anyways?

"Lovi, pssst, Lovi, don't forget to keep at least three feet away from him." A voice calls out from an alleyway and Lovino sighs.

"Antonio, you already told me what to do."

"Whatever he offers, don't take it." Antonio whispers, slipping through the alleys and following the boy from the shadows.

"You are being very unsettling, Antonio." Lovino groans, picking up his pace, still easily followed by the pirate. "Ugh you are so aggravating."

"Don't smile at him, Lovi! You're too cute! But you're cute when you pout or glare, too…" Antonio groans. "Damnit your face is so difficult!"

Lovino opens his mouth to say something, but without any idea of what to say he simply shuts it again and goes back to walking.

"Hey, hey, don't take any of his food!" Antonio repeats and Lovino glares at him. "Even if it's…tomatoes." He adds, looking at the boy seriously.

"Wh…? Antonio please go away."

"I'm worried. Which I wouldn't be if you didn't decide to be a little shit and offer yourself up to distract that backwards ass." Antonio groans.

"You offered up Raivis, I had to keep you safe from being murdered by Abel." Lovino mumbles and Antonio smirks.

"Ahhhh you want to keep me safe, huh?" He asks, grabbing Lovino and pulling him into the alley. "We're friends now. Remember that."

Lovino huffs. "I never said that. I'm just keeping you alive until I don't need you anymore."

"Lying little brat." Antonio sighs, pushing the boy back out onto the street. "Remember to keep him distracted for an hour. Got it? An hour."

Sighing again Lovino nods. "Yes, yes, now leave me alone so I can go there for goodness sake!" He orders, making Antonio cross his arms.

"Yes, your highness."

Lovino rolls his eyes and heads off to the manor. Once in the doorway he's greeted by a tall man with small dark eyes. His brown hair is slicked back and clinging to his head. He's not an ugly man, but all in all his appearance makes Lovino uneasy. "H-hello."

The man smiles at him, taking his hand to shake it. "Good evening, young man. You are the one who wants to discuss becoming a member in this town's church, correct?"

"Oh, yes, that's me." Lovino says, smiling back. "It is a pleasure to meet you, sir."

"The feeling is certainly mutual, young man. Let us go inside." He says, ushering the nervous teen inside. "I am Viktor, and our church is always looking for new members." Viktor says, continuing to talk Lovino's ear off as they go around the large home until finally settling in the dining room. It's decked out with beautiful plates and silverware ready to be used, but there's no way in hell Lovino will ever eat something this man gives him. "I'm famished, would you care for something to eat?"

"Oh goodness no, I had a large meal before I got here." Lovino lies and Viktor smiles at him before returning to their conversation. The topic is boring Lovino, all lies about how wonderful Viktor has made the town, and so the Italian's mind wanders towards Antonio and his crew. Have they come in yet? Going around he sees it's a heavily guarded place, could they have gotten caught?

Granted he wasn't huge on them at first but the strange crew, and their captain, are beginning to grow on him in a way he isn't quite sure he likes. They are all kind to him and actually very gentlemanly when it comes to women, the complete opposite of anything Lovino has heard about a pirate crew ever, and while Antonio didn't want to be bothered with this idea it seemed the crew was almost relieved when he said yes. Well, most of them.

Of course there's Antonio himself…Antonio, who is far too loving and loyal to a man he barely knows. Who adores him more than even his own parents do. They have coward away since Lovino was taken, but had he been taken from Antonio he knows the man would raise hell and do whatever he needed to get him back. Not because he 'owns' him, which he does, but because he cares about him.

As his mind wanders he notices a smirk form on Viktor's face. "You are not listening, Lovino."

"H-huh? Oh goodness I'm so sorry, it has been a busy day!" Lovino lies, smiling awkwardly at the man. "Please do forgive me."

"Oh of course," Viktor begins, leaning back in his seat and looking around the room, "After all, your pirate lover and his crew are getting caught right now. I'm sure that's a lot to take in."

Lovino's eyes widen and he jumps up from the table. "H-how did you-?"

"I'm no fool, Lovino, everyone who has any ties with the underground world knows of the great captain Antonio and his beloved church boy." Viktor says, his smirk growing as men come into the room. "But he loves that about you, so I suppose he has not taught you to fight yet, has he?" He asks, leaning forward at the table. "Or perhaps…you refused to learn? That's a very foolish thing to do, Lovino."

Lovino's eyes widen and he begins to panic. He's going to get taken, but worse, what happened to Antonio and the others? Looking down around him Lovino grabs the first thing he can before a hand grabs his arm and yanks from the table. "Let go!" He commands, struggling until he shoves the spoon he grabbed right down his captor's throat.

The man lets out a choked noise of surprise before he falls to the ground, surprising Lovino and Viktor.

"Excellent use of the cutlery. Perhaps you will be able to fight my men off." Viktor says, his face now lit up with amusement. "Of course you will run out of silverware before I run out of men."

Before Lovino can do anything he and Viktor hear loud screams from outside. A few moments later the door opens and Antonio walks in, grabbing Lovino's wrist and holding his large axe up towards Viktor. "Try to stop me and I will destroy you here and now." He warns before leaving the room with a relieved Lovino.

"You're alright…" Lovino mumbles as they sneak down an alley, "Are the others alright as well?"

"My men are too good to be taken down by such fools." Antonio answers and Lovino nods, covering his nose with his free hand. The man saved him and lived, both things he is immensely grateful for, but he has consequently become covered in blood and the smell of it stinks to a nose which is unfamiliar with it.

"Blood…sure smells strong…" Lovino mumbles behind his hand and Antonio looks back at him with a small smile.

"I will wash up in our new hideout, do not worry." He assures him, receiving a smile from Lovino.

"You guys are pretty impressive. I thought you were hurt."

Antonio's eyes widen. "…You…were you worried?" He asks before grinning ear to ear. "My god you were."

"N-not about YOU. I-I was worried about everyone else." Lovino huffs and Antonio laughs, wrapping an arm around his shoulders.

"You're so cute." Antonio teases before sighing heavily. "But…of course…now he knows you actually care, not to mention our faces…so we must be careful. I will teach you how to use a weapon and you will carry a dagger on you at all times."

"Yes, alright…" Lovino says, "by the way…did you guys find what you were looking for?"

"Oh yeah, we found it all. Now we have to talk with Ivan and get everything set up." Antonio grins. "I'll be whisking you off to a new place very soon."

"Because if you don't someone might find me." Lovino says and Antonio shrugs.

"Find you or not, you are mine no matter who sees you." The man whispers in his ear before lightly kissing the top of his head. "Now just be careful who sees you isn't the enemy."

Lovino blushes and looks around. "Wh-who is the enemy aside from Viktor…?"

"Mmm, that's the beauty of it, you never know."
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A/N:Sorry this took so long! Finals and whatnot!