Disappeared once or twice

20.

"Hold up y'all." Alberto's mind finally started processing the past few days. "You just come and say this guy is my dad?" Julieta nodded unsure of what she had done wrong, she knew she had abruptly thrown the news 'out there'. However it was wrong to keep such speculations to herself. She thought they had the right to know. "I do, yes. I am not a hundred percent sure and I understand it is hard to believe someone you barely know. But I hope you take my words in consideration." She wisely paused. "This is the Bruno you were looking for, sí?" Julieta stood up and left the room. Alberto mumbled softly: "Yeah, I was or whatever."

"Santa mozzarella, this house is amazing!" Giulia exclaimed, Luca and she were currently enjoying a house tour from Mirabel. "Yeah, our casita really is the greatest one of them all." She proudly replied, she was the guardian of this house after all. "Now, you guys are from Italy right?" "Yes, we are!" It was Luca's turn to answer her question. "I was just wondering, how did you even meet?" 

"Well." Luca started. "Humans wanted to kill us so my parents wanted to send me to the deep seas for meeting Alberto. We ran away to a town that hated us, won the cup, got exposed, suddenly everyone loved us, I went to school and now we're here." He ranted. Mirabel slowly nodded, not like she truly understood the younger boy, but she took a liking to the spirit and energy of this guy. 

"How is this school of yours?" She was just looking for something to keep the conversation going while they wandered through the house and town a little bit. "Amazing. We have a big telescope, with that thing you can see superfar, but not Porto Rosso far. We did miss Alberto though." "Yeah, he stayed behind to help my dad." Guilia added. Mirabel was a little more informed now. They were chaotic people, but they were also trustworthy and perfect friend material. 

"About this Alberto huh. Do you really think he might be my cousin?" She asked them. They both shrugged, answering that they truly had no idea as well. It didn't bother Mirabel too much, but something in her said that he had been through some shit. She would love for him to finally have a father figure, even if it may be her uncle. And Alberto's friends thought the exact same thing.

"So uhh hi, I'm Bruno." The man nervously twirled his fingers. Not looking directly at Alberto, instead inspecting the rose petals on the ground. "Piacere, Girolamo Trombetta!" Alberto enthusiastically grabbed Bruno's hand and shook it with great power. The older man was stunned at this movement and jolted his head back up. 

"What does that even mean, chico?" Bruno was just as confused as Luca when Alberto first introduced himself. "What's wrong with you, stupido?" Alberto just continued spitting out phrases he didn't truly understand the meaning of, he had yet to ask Luca what they meant. "I am just going to ignore that..." Bruno mumbled to himself. "Oh, I'm sorry. My name is Alberto, my friends taught me it's OK to be a little much from time to time." Bruno nodded, he knew the kids name now. It did ring a bell in some way, he just couldn't place it yet. 

"Are you really my father?" Alberto was just so blunt every now and then. Incredibly straightforward, plain blunt and see-through. "I uhh," Bruno scratched the back of his neck, something he did when he was very uncomfortable.  "To be honest niño, I have no idea. I wish I could remember I truly do." 

Even though Alberto was burning with desire to find out the truth, he was clever enough to not pressure this man. He seemed nervous enough about everything what was going on. "Well then, let's keep the conversation light shall we?" He suggested. Bruno agreed happily, he won't have to answer now. Maybe a vision tonight will help him refresh his memory.

"You guys have gifts right?" Bruno nodded. "Yours is seeing the future?" Bruno nodded. "Isn't that amazing!" Bruno shook his head. "Not all the time, if the prediction is not what people want to hear they blame it on me. It's a lot of pressure." "alrighty I understand! Favorite color?" 
"Probably green."
"Animal?"
"Rats I think."

The interrogation continued for a little while longer, until Alberto started to get sleepy at least.

In the meantime something was bothering Giulia, it was bothering her a lot. So much that she just decided to ask Mirabel about it. They were on their way back to the house, Luca and her were starting to get tired. "Mirabel." She hesitantly started her question. "Everyone in your family has a gift right?" "Yes, that's right." "How does one get them?" "Well, at the age of five we open a door. I never really understood why we needed to do so at that age and time specific. I should ask abuela about that sometime."

"So if Alberto is Bruno's kid. Would he have a gift too?" "Probably, however I don't know if it would still be activated. Why?" "Oh nothing, just wondering." She yawned. Luca repeated the action. Just a little walk and they would be able to sleep in the guest room until dinner occurred. There was one thought in Giulia's head before she fell asleep: This might get more interesting than she anticipated.

{HELLO Y'ALL. first of all, thank you so much for reading :D
Secondly, I've recently rewatched Luca and Ciao Alberto (The 8-minute long semi-sequel). So I hope I added enough references. Also hope you enjoyed. BYE }