"I'm not tired or sleepy, I just don't want to be awake."- N/A
Luca🖤
The answer was thirteen. After thirteen blows, Jake's face was looking pretty fucked up. To be fair, Luca wasn't sitting pretty either. He had a blue eye and a busted lip that was leaking as he walked into the principal's office. Jack wasn't a part of the football team for no reason. However, he was in worse condition. For one, he also had a black eye, the opposing cheek was swollen, and his eyebrow was cut.
His nose, though, was more or less okay. Luca had broken a guy's nose once, and while he deserved it, he still felt shitty. That's because he'd gotten his nose broken by his uncle once. It feels like you breathe differently after that.
Luca felt pretty bad about arguing with Melody, and it only multiplied after hearing about how she vouched for him.
After being dismissed, he went home early. They called his house, so his sister already knew what was happening. When he got home, he was greeted by Aless. Again, he already knew where this was going. He took a shower and changed; when he got to the living room, Aless was still there.
"Sit down."
"Ales-" he tried
"Sit." Luca sighed and took a seat on the couch across from her. Silence lingered in the air too long for Alessandra's taste.
"If you don't start talking, Luciano-"
"Okay, okay, you know that girl I was talking about?" he asked, referring to their text messages.
"Melody?" her face went dark
"DO NOT tell me that you got into a fight over a girl-"
"No, well... yes, but no! Not like that." Luca tried to clarify
Aless leaned back in the chair, signaling him to talk.
He told her everything... apart from the fact that Melody stayed over. He wouldn't hear the end of it if he did.
Well, I'm glad that you're protective of your girlfriend-"
"Friend."
"But you were still wrong, right?" she ignored him
"Yea."
"Mmm. Still can't sleep?" she asked, probably noticing his eyebags.
He nodded
"Well, you should get to bed early then."
"K," he muttered, getting up to his room. When he got there, he just laid there for hours. He didn't even want to think about what had happened at school. He just lay there until he fell asleep.
- - -
The next day, Luca skipped school. Less was against it, but she wasn't his mother. Despite his lack of sleep, Luca left his bed at 11 am. Unfortunately, Aless wasn't there, and the kids were at school. So he decided to read in the living room.
To Luca's luck, the one person there was his uncle.
"Aye, kid." Luca tried to ignore him
"I know you hear me, you little shit."
"What do you want?" Luca glared at him
"Watch your mouth boy, and I'm sitting there, so scram."
Luca looked up at him and scoffed. He wasn't in the mood today. He got up and went into the kitchen. After eating, Luca stayed in his room for nearly the whole day.
He knew that sitting with his thoughts was harmful, but he couldn't find the energy to get up. To distract himself, he did a variation of sleeping and staring at his wall. Luca was spiraling, and it was terrible. That night Aless came to his room.
"I'm here if you need me, but you need to talk to someone, okay?" she ruffled his hair "At least go to therapy. It's almost time, love you."
She was right. Luca hauled himself out of bed and got dressed.
- - -
He had explained most of what had happened to his therapist. She probably shared some helpful information, but Luca wasn't in the mood to listen.
When he got home, he saw a text from Carter.
Dumbass: you good?
Me: yep, nvr better, you?
Dumbass: lol, ofc I'm good, y
Me: Nada
Luca knew that something was up with Carter. For the last couple of weeks, he hasn't been on his usual rant about girls rejecting him, food, video games, drumming you know, Carter things. Luca left it alone, though. How could he expect someone to talk about their feelings when he damn near never talked about his.
He was in the kitchen when Leon came up to him.
"I still need to meet her," he says on the counter, eating some fruit
"Who?" he raised an eyebrow
"Your girlfriend-"
"I don't have a girlfriend." Luca swiftly cut him off
"You fought for her, literally. I'm going to go ahead and say that's your girlfriend."
"She's my friend."
"You've only fought for me, Carter, and yourself. I'm blood, you're blood, and Carter is basically blood." Finally, Leon stated matter of the factly making Luca roll his eyes in response.
"What's her name?"
"Music," Leo chimed in, walking into the kitchen
"Music?" Leon repeated, picking him up
"It's Melody." Luca corrected
"Like the music!" Leo squealed
"What are we talking about?" Alex joined, looking through the fridge
"Luca's girlfriend, Melody," Leon answered
Aless hummed knowingly in response
Before anyone could continue talking, Luca cut them off
"Okay, no more questions. Good night" he kissed Leo on the forehead before going to his room.
A/N: If there are any typos please let me know. I have no idea what happened with this chapter, it's like I was using voice to text or something. TT
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RomanceLuca Apollo Romano is a 17-year-old pessimistic asshole and student at Crestview High. He doesn't believe in happiness or hope, well not since his parents died and he went under the custody of his abusive uncle. He just can't seem to escape this loo...
