Double Trouble

Chapter 52

Neliana

"That was awesome!"

"So fucking cool!"

"I wish I could do something like this too ..."

Nic and I just nod thankful to each persons, who greets us as soon as we came out of the water, and give here and there a few words back. With our fake popular smiles on our faces, we walk trough the ton of people. I really don't know when they all came - all I know is that they wasn't there we begin to surf, so they have to be come as we surfed.

"Such a wonderful team."

"That's perfection!"

"We're so luckily to has seen this!"

The Ds - Dylan, and the twins Damian and Damon - , Xs - Xavier and Xander, and Niccolo and Emilio have gone already out of the water a few minutes ago. This makes me and Nic the only once left to walk back to the others and the whole attention is on us. I love entertaining people, giving them a few wonderful minutes, but we literally just did a surf trick. Okay, maybe not the easiest one and with synchronic it impresses somehow always people, nevertheless it wasn't THAT especial.

I fasten my steps, Nic does luckily the same. He doesn't like attention even more than me, so good that we have this time the same view on a point.

As soon as we enter the place with our shade sail and where everyone else sits, I let myself fall onto my towel, growling in embarrassment. "Hake, I don't know how to reaction to compliments."

"Yes, and then there's always this awkward 'thanks' and in your head is only What to do now? What to do now? " Nic braces his head in his hands.

"Yeah, finally somebody who understands me."

Chuckles come from each side and as I look up from my laying position, I see a smile on our brothers and cousins faces. But Riccardo's looks so ... so painful. Like a sad smile, a smile you give although you're in pain. I let my gaze fall over him. His body doesn't show any injuries - of course, this would be too easy. So he has to have something in his mind. Something that employed him much. Suddenly he looks away from our family and our eyes meet. That's the moment, when I realize that Riccardo isn't as emotional as he seems for a few. In few parts that's right. His body and stature give absolute no information what he feels.

But the most his eyes.

Nearly - nearly - I feel empathy for him. His eyes hold so many different emotions. Pain, regret, guilt, self - blame- and I could puke. Of course, I don't know any of them so good - not that I would have any interests, I only know the rational and necessary facts -, but Riccardo is one of the endurable persons in this hell hole. The feeling of self - blame is bad, very bad and even if I don't like him at all, he doesn't deserve to feel anything like that.

Also, I know that he's with Angolo the responsible for this 'event' here, for which I'm very grateful for.

So note for me : thank him later.

"Isn't it nice that so many persons gratulate you?"

I crunch my nose.

"It's so funny how you and Neliono do literally every time the same." Elio states while looking from me to Nic and back.