aeipathy

Chapter 9

TW: Physical/Verbal Abuse
Karmen's P.O.V.

After my... outburst, in Luca's living room, he kicked everyone out to give me alone time with Matteo. We have been sitting on the couch in silence for the past 10 minutes.

"What are you doing here? How do you know Luca?" I finally ask.

"He's my boss." He said blankly. I just nodded not knowing what else to say.

"Why?" I ask after a few minutes.

"Karmen..."

"No, please just tell me. Why did you leave me?"

"Wait, what are you talking about?"

"You left. Right when you turned 18 you just dipped. For the past 10 years, I've told myself that when I find you that I wasn't going to be mad at you. But I am. Im so fucking pissed Teo." He looks at me with utter confusion laced on his face.

"Kari, I didn't just leave, what are you talking about?"

What? What is he talking about?

"They didn't tell you?" He asked

"Who didn't tell me what? What are you talking about? Matteo explain."

"I didn't leave Karmen. Mom kicked me out. She um... she found out something." He took a deep breath before continuing. "Right before I left I was about to go into your room to talk to you but mom stopped me and said that you knew and that you didn't want anything to do with me."

I was utterly speechless. "What?" I whispered. How? He looked at me with so much hope in his eyes. "I can't believe she did that."

"I would have never left like that if she didn't say that, I thought I was giving you what you wanted."

I looked at him with tears streaming down my face. "What was it?" I ask. "Huh?" He said confused "What did she find out, why did she kick you out?" Right as he was about to answer, someone bursted through the living room door. He was about 6'1, the same height as Matteo, he had dark brown hair and brown eyes, and damn was he attractive, not as attractive as Luca but still pretty attractive.

Matteo stood abruptly, leaving me on the couch confused, who is this guy? When he spotted the tears in Matteo's eyes, he rushed over and pulled him into a hug. He looked over his shoulder and we made eye contact. He looked me up and down with a disgusted look on his face. "Homophobic bitch." He muttered under his breath.

"What the fuck did you just say?" I ask, starting to feel my blood boil. Seriously, who is this guy?

Matteo pulled away and started looking between me and the random dude frantically. "No Andy, it's not like that."

"Matty, don't defend her, she doesn't deserve that. What the hell are you even doing here?" He says with the same disgusted look on his face. Damn I'm fucking stupid why didn't I catch on sooner. "Teo, are you gay?" I ask.

He looked at me and he finally let the tears fall. "Kari-" before he could speak I launched myself towards him and wrapped my arms around his neck pulling him into a hug. The tears streaming down faster than before.

"I'm so sorry Matteo, I'm so sorry that you've had to go through all these years thinking that I would hate you for something like that. I love you so much, I don't give a fuck if your gay."

"It's okay, it's okay it wasn't your fault. It was moms, and I hate to ask but.. how is she?" My breath hitched at his question. I pulled away from him and sat back down on the couch, shaking my head. "Um, mom and dad died in a car accident about 7 years ago." I said hesitantly.