Alita giggled, she brought her lips up to meet his kiss “You love me from a trash can?” She managed to whisper.
“I love you before then” Lu replied “You were such a sweet little girl and you looked scared with Gio in your arms”
Alita’s heart skipped a bit and nearly exploded, it felt like all her internal organs and issues and she was dying. Tears filled her eyes as each thrust took her back to memory lane.
‘It can’t be him!’ She said in her mind ‘Maybe his name is Luca or any other name with Lu’.
As she stared at him, she sees the boy that pulled the trigger and blow open her father’s head. Through his blue eyes, she could see his father, smiling and kissing his gun that was still removing smoke when he shot her mother.
“Luciano?” She called to confirm, her breath left her when he responded with a grunt “Luciano!?” She called again.
Throughout the rest period Alita no was no longer herself, she would feel like screaming and pushing. But she didn’t do anything, she just stayed as she was and wait for him to finish which he actually did after what seemed like forever.
“You mean a lot to me, Alita” Lu blurted, breathing heavily beside her.
He took her head in his left arm and placed the right one on top of her breasts. He kissed her neck, ear and shoulder then relaxed, making himself comfortable with her in his arm.
Knowing he is not yet asleep, Alita remains still, she couldn’t get herself to sleep when she knew she just had sex with the person that killed her parents. Maybe that was what Rocco was trying to tell her and warned her about but she wouldn’t listen. A deep sigh escape her lips as she looked down at her breast.
Hell break loose as she saw his tattoo.
It’s the doves glued together!
Lu smiled in his sleep, he stretched his arm to feel Alita but couldn’t and his brows connected. He pressed his face on the pillow and drew her scent, funny enough his bed still smell like her.
“Alita” He mumbled “Alita?” He said again when he didn’t get a reply.
He jerked a little, he wouldn’t want to believe she had gotten up early for the Alita he knows never gets up early. If possible, she would sleep till afternoon the next day. He groaned as he stretched and rolled lazily on the wide bed.
His eyes flicked open to meet the bright sun on his face, quickly, he place his arm over his face and moved to sit on his bed.
“Fuck! Who pulled the curtain open?” He complained.
“I fucking did” Alita replied from the couch.
Lu’s lips curved into a weird smile, he smacked his lips together as he stood up from his bed naked. There was something about his room that felt strange to him or what it was the fact that Alita woke up early dressed in a black bra and white pants.
“You look alluring, Alita,” he said as he picked up the towel from the floor and walked to her “Why are you up so early?” He kissed her cheek and sat on the couch opposite her after tieing the towel around his waist.
Relief spread through Alita, she had thought he would seat next to her or even lift her up. Her brows lifted as she blinked rapidly drying the tears in her eyes. Last night she has had enough breakdown worth a lifetime.
She went through denial, anger, agony, depression, and acceptance, she had to deny he was not the one and she was just imaginative then became angry that she had fallen for him.
She loves him! Now she hates him.
She had suddenly loved the man that killed her father and whose father killed her mother. Her heart aches that she might do what she had been waiting all her life to do which is to kill him.
She battled with these all through the night before she eventually arrived at a better conclusion, REVENGE.
Her lips quivered as she placed her palm on the gun she had hidden in-between her thick thighs. Before she could stop herself to think further, she already had the gun pointed at Lu.
“Alita?” Lu jerked back in shock, he attempted to move to her slowly but she placed her second hand on the gun “Alita, calm down” he raised his hands up.
“Hai cazzo bastardo!” Alita yelled in Italian “You son of a bitch” she cried.
Slowly with the gun still pointed at Lu, she stood up and moved away from him. She doesn’t want to be anywhere close to him for the fact of what he might do.
“Luciano Alonso?” She said his name in form of a question and he nodded “Where is your father?”
Lu sigh as she brought down his hands, all hope lost as he realized Alita had found out about his biggest secret. He relaxed in the chair and crossed his long legs as his eyes roam about her body, his lips twisted in disapproval as he see she doesn’t look good.
Her long black hair look rough and had spikes everywhere, her eyes look red, had bags and was dark, it looks like she had been crying all through the night as she has dry tears traces on her chin.
“We can talk this out Alita,” Lu said, “I can exp-”
“Explain?!” Anita asked in disbelief “Did you just fucking say explain?” her lips quivered “You FUCKING SHOT MY FATHER!” she yelled.
Lu went silent, even if there was anything to say or apologize it wouldn’t change anything. Alita already knows the truth he had struggled to hide all these years. He sucked his lower lips and closed his eyes, his shoulders dropped as if the world’s full weight of disappointment was placed on them.
“I didn’t mean to” he finally said “I swear Alita, I didn’t mean to kill your father at all” he raised his head up and stared deep into her green eyes “I never meant to kill him”
Alita scoffed, she looked up and her hands fell. Nothing but the pain was visible on her face as she bit her lower lips to hold herself from crying.
“What were you expecting?” She Intoned “That you can press your fucking gun on his forehead, shoot, and expect him to survive? Is he an alien, mutant, or what?” She placed her free hand on her waist “Even a Zombie can’t survive that shot!”
“Believe me, Alita, I didn’t mean to kill,” Lu said and stood up, he ignored her silent warning as she raised the gun with both hands and points it at him “You got that from my closet” he eyed the gun.
“You have pictures of me and my family” Alita blurted “You intentionally asked Ricardo to bring me when he failed you killed him?!” Her eyebrows crooked and bent her head “What kind of monster are you?” She broke into tears.
Her shaking hands were still wrapped around the gun with her finger on the gun. She kept sniffing loudly and blinking vigorously to wipe the tears blinding her vision.
“Alita, I swear I regret killing him or following my father to that operation” he took a slow but steady step towards her and waited for her reaction “Please, drop the pistol”
Alita chuckled, an evil smirk spread across her red face and she aimed the gun at his chest.
“One more step and I blow out your fucking heart off you fucking heartless beast” Alita yelled, she took steps back as Lu kept moving towards her “I am serious”
If only Lu could hear the seriousness in her voice, he wouldn’t have taken the next step towards her. He tightened his towel around his waist and moved quickly towards Alita causing her to panic, she missed her step not after she had pulled and released the trigger.
Bang!!!
Alita could vouch Lu possessed superpowers or might have known what would happen and when it would happen. She saw it, she felt the pang, she thought she had become a monster herself and she had become like Lu.
The bullet scratched the skin right below Lu’s left eye then into the television on the wall. Deafening silence descended from above and swallowed them for ten quick seconds, leaving them breathing heavily and speechless.
Before they could recover from the shock, Alita jump and grabbed the gun again, she was about aim it up to his head before she felt something sting her back. The gun fell off her hand as an electrical shock went around her body, she fell hard on her knees and began to shake violently to the floor.
“No!” Lu yelled as he rushed to her.
He took her head in his arm and turned her over to see something connected to her back straight to a teaser in Jordan’s hands where he stood shaking at the door. He pulled it out, took her in arms, and hold her to restrain her from wiggling and screaming.
Jordan dashed towards Lu and Alita was on the floor as he tried to bring out something from his pocket. He ignored his boss’s scary gaze as he brought out a syringe.
“It won’t harm her sir,” He said “Hold her still” he removed the cap and lowered his hands on Alita’s neck.
“Bastardo!!!” She screamed “Murderer! Get away from me” she cried “Don’t fucking touch me! I swear I will kill y-“