Sofia’s POV
It wasn’t a surprise that one thing ended up leading to another and another until Luca had ended up lifting me up into his arms. I got completely lost in the kiss and the way he was squeezing and touching my body until the song came to an end. I stared up at him, blushing a little after we had broken out of the kiss. I glanced down at his lips and noticed how swollen it looked, and I was very sure my lips were also as picked at the moment. I wiggled out of his arms and was glad he released his hold on me without any fuss or arguments. I dragged my fingers into my hair for a few moments before mining towards one part of the wall where there were large wallpapers pasted against the walls.
A startled breath slipped out of my lips as I moved closer to the wall and noticed who it was that was in those wallpapers. The one I was directly standing right in front of, was that of Luca and another man. I craned my head a little as I stared at the picture pointedly. I’d say from just staring at this particular picture, that Luca had to be five years younger than he was at the moment, because if I was being honest, Luca still looked like he was in his mid twenties at the moment.
I turned my head around to notice Luca staring at me intently, while still standing in the slot where I had left him at. I pointed at the wallpaper on the wall before starting to speak.
“When was this?” I said to him and watched as his lips thinned for a moment before he started to reply.
“I think eight or nine years ago.” He replied and I was honestly surprised by his response, it meant one thing and it was that this man right here never ages. I dragged my teeth over my lip before turning my head to stare at the wallpaper beside this current one, and it was once again Luca and that same boy. They looked even younger in this one.
After looking at over five wallpapers on the wall, I was convinced that there was something tying Luca to this particular man. After pondering on it for long moments, I came to the startling conclusion that this other guy was probably the guy that had been playing some kind of instrument along with Luca, in the recording which he had inserted into the usb and Bluetooth player, some time ago.
I glanced behind me to see Luca no longer in that particular spot, and was instead standing before the piano.
“Luca?” I called out and he turned his head around to stare at me instantly.
“Yea, bunny?” He called out after turning his head around to stare at me. I pointed at all the wallpapers without bothering to turn my head around once again, with my gaze still focused on his face, before I started to speak.
“Who’s this person?” I asked and watched as his face fell instantly. It wasn’t like his face fell dramatically, but after watching him for a while now, and mastering how his face works most of the time, I was able to pick out the little and barely noticeable expressions on his face after spending a lot of time ogling his handsome face.
“Oh, that.” He finally said after a moment and I watched as he glanced down at his hand, I followed his gaze to see him lightly gazing his fingers against the glass protector over the piano.
“Is he the same person who recorded that song with you?” I asked and at the same time pointed at the table to where the Bluetooth player was still sitting.
Luca nodded his head a little before turning his head around to stare at me, and I couldn’t miss the lack of spirit around his face at that very moment.
“Yeah, he’s the same person.” He finally replied, proving my thoughts and assumptions right effortlessly.
“Who is he though?” I continued, pressing in on him and I watched as he shook his head in order to get some of the curls out of his face.
“He’s my brother.” Luca replied after a few more moments had passed and my mouth fell open instantly.
I had no idea of what to say or do in that particular moment and so I tried to skip my mouth shut after a few seconds had passed and his reply had completely sunk into my head. Never in my wildest dream and imaginations would I have imagined that Luca has a little brother.
I started to walk towards him and finally paused beside him, keeping a little distance between us because I didn’t want to make him feel overwhelmed in any way. I breathed out a small sigh and shifted my weight from foot to foot before finally starting to speak.
“I- I had no idea.” I was confused after a few moments, my voice coming out sincere and true as I lifted my head up to stare at his face.
“It wasn’t all that publicalized.” He replied after a few moments with a little shrug. It was really obvious at this very moment that something was very off with how Luca was feeling at this very moment, but I had little no no idea of what it found be that I was supposed to say at this very moment.
“Where is he now though?” I asked after so much hesitation. I had been wary and skeptical about bringing this particular question up because I was scared that the reply I was going to be getting was going to be a sad one, which would automatically make him sad and more withdrawn.
“Not here…. he’s not here.” Luca replied after a few nine moments and I felt my breath caught in my throat.
He’s dead? He passed away? Was that why this particular room meant a whole lot to him?
I could feel my eyes start to sting for this person that I’ve never jet in my entire life. Come to think of it, if he was alive, he’d have most definitely attended his elder brother’s wedding, which was what made me let out a small sob without even realizing it. I slapped my hand over my mouth in the next second as my eyes flew wide open, but Luca had already heard it and was already turning his head around to stare down at me before I could blink.
“Bunny? What’s wrong?” He asked instantly as he turned his whole body around and reached down to old e his hand on my head in a firm way that made me want to crawl beneath his big body and burrow in there in that particular moment, I blinked back tears furiously and lifted my hands up to mop my cheeks in the next second.
His other hand came around to settle on my face when I didn’t respond to him, and he was lifting my face up to make me steer up into his face more clearly.
“Bunny?” He called out once again and I sniffed once before starting to speak.
“I’m so sorry for bringing your brother up, I had no idea he was no more, I was just curious, I guess? Forgive me please.” I whispered to him in a voice I was hoping would make him see and hear how I genuinely meant all what I had just said to him a few moments ago.
Luca didn’t say anything after that and remained silent. He didn’t take his hand off my head nor did he stop softly caressing my cheek slowly, and I felt empire bad as the moment passed by, I couldn’t take it anymore and couldn’t bare to keep staring into his eyes, and I allowed my eyes to slowly slide close shut in the next second.
“Bunny?” He called oit after some time and I wouldn’t budge, and had only sniffed back a little tears.
“Look at me.” He called out and I felt my eyes blink open in the next instant to stare up at him, and I was surprised to see that he wasn’t mad or furious like I had thought he was going to be. I dug my teeth into my lowttt lips and moved my weight from foot to foot as I waited for him to start to speak.
“Why were you crying?” He asked in a low voice and I blinked up at him at first before starting to reply. He placed his thumb against my lips before I could even start to speak and I swallowed the words down instantly, staring into his grey eyes and feeling my legs almost start to wobble a little from the intensity of his gaze.
“There’s no reason to shed tears, alright?” He called out in a low voice and pressed his thumb against my lips when I made to speak and once again, I swallowed the words down instantly and only blinked once at him.