Still 5 years ago

Pierre leaned over the edge of the bathtub and grinned down at the bubble monster sitting inside.

"You usually cry at the sight of water but look at you now." Pierre said with a grin, propping his chin in his hand as he watch Luca splash the mountain of bubbles with mirth. There was a small mound of bubbles above Luca's freshly washed hair which Pierre was glad that she didn't wipe it away yet.

He's pretty sure that Luca doesn't notice the bubble hat on top of her head.

Thanks to cutie pie in the bathtub, Pierre was given loads of 'cute baby girl in the bubbly bath' pictures, which he would always look at whenever he's feeling gloomy.

"Ba na!" Luca squealed, pushing aside mountains of bubbles to reveal her beloved bath toy. Specially made for her, of course.

The cute little rubber bunny was floating innocently. Luca squealed again and showed Pierre her toy.

The teen smiled and nodded. "That's right, Luca. It's a bunny. Bu-nny."

"Ba na!"

Pierre chuckles and shook his head. "No, no. It's bunny. Bu-nny, darling. Bunny."

Luca gurgles and splashes the rubber toy into the water. She seems so happy to have her little toy with her. "Ba na!"

Pierre sighed in defeat and smiled softly at Luca. He pinched her adorable rosy cheek, causing her to erupt in laughter. "Good job, kiddo."

"Piyah, ba na!"

Pierre's chest was filled with warmth at the sound of his own name in the adorable high-pitched voice of his precious Luca. Pierre's cheeks was hurting from all his smiling but Luca was just too adorable for this cruel world.

"Yeah, baby." He dipped his finger into the bubbly mess and then blew it, making the bubbles scatter into the air for a brief moment of time. Luca turned into a squealing giggling mess though. She tries to copy what Pierre had down but she just only made a lot of mess.

Luca blinked in surprise though when Pierre dabbed some onto the baby's nose. She scrunched her nose in amusement before rubbing a wet hand over her button nose in attempt to wipe the bubble off.

After they were done, Pierre wrapped Luca in a fluffy hooded towel and pulled the plug to let the water drain out.

He carefully tuck her head into the hood properly. Luca gurgles happily and snuggled right when Pierre tucked her into one arm so he could use the other to dry her off.

Luca snuggled into his shoulder. Pierre kissed her temple.  "You're such a darling, aren't ya, little bug?"

"Ba ba dya!"

"Still don't know what that means but I'm taking that as a 'yes.'" Pierre teased playfully before kissing her damp forehead again. "You're such a darling and you know that don't you? Such a precious little girl."

"Ba na!"

"Yes, bunny. You're my bunny." Pierre chuckled to himself. "Of course you know you're cute, don't you, bun-bun? I'm sure you use it to your advantage at every opportunity."

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"Ahhh, why do we have to?" Twelve-year-old Sydney, whined childishly as they got out of the car with disgruntlement.

Gabriele sighed, shaking his head in annoyance. "I'd rather stay in Aunt Tasha's home forever than be here, father. This is bullshit."

"Watch what you say, Gabriele. It's your sister's first birthday after all." Achilles firmly scolded. Though, the smirk in his face wasn't too hard to ignore though. "Pay your respects."

"As if I'd do that." Enzo huffed while calmly getting out of the car. "The moment we found out that it was a girl was the moment when we already know that this...thing will already be an embarrassment to the family name!"

He didn't mention the fact that it was Luca's fault for killing their mother.

Achilles gave out a low, slow chuckle and he nodded in agreement. "As much as I really hate to agree with you, I believe that you might be right."

They walked towards the front doors of the mansion with a butler guiding them. Every step they make was a burden to take. It felt harder and harder to take a step forward when they already see the mansion, that was once filled with warmth and love, become something disgusting and unworthy.

It's just cold and unfamiliar.

"Might?" Gabriele scoffed. "Father, you amuse me sometimes."

The butler opened the doors and the first thing they heard was squeals of laughter followed by a baby with an adorable blue dress walking towards Mr. Butler with unsteady steps. She was holding a carrot pillow and was just giggling adorably.

They were all surprised though. Most kids would've found their presence quite frightening. They weren't exactly friendly either.

What makes this child any different?

"Oh, my!"

They were all surprised when the butler swooped down to securely hold the giggling monster.

"Miss Luca." He huffed but a smile on his face was something hard to ignore. "What have I told you about running around without Sir Pierre?"

At the sound of the familiar name, Luca's head snapped at Mr. Butler and patted his cheek.

"Piyah?" Luca asks, tilting her head to the side. "Piyah, Piyah!"

Mr. Butler chuckled. "Yes, young lady. Sir Pierre."

Luca made a gurgling sound before munching on the pillow in her arms.

The four men behind the butler was too surprised to say anything. Well, they were speechless, to say the least.

Luca's adorable brown hair was combed well, her blue dress was neatly fixed and was too adorable for the little girl and her big doe eyes was staring right back at them, right into their dark souls, while munching on her pillow like a defenseless bunny.

Enzo'a facade cracked a bit, something warm and fuzzy inside him have started to spark a bit and was about to tell Luca to stop munching on something unsanitary when Pierre showed up, looking disheveled.

He didn't even greet them.

Pierre just zoomed right into Luca, taking her into his arms and was softly scolding her like she could understand what he's saying.  The little baby also replied to him, babbling conversationally.

Achilles decided to break the fluffy atmosphere. It was suffocating and it made him remember something that he wasn't supposed to. Though, as he looked at Luca, he was expecting himself or his sons to have some kind of malicious reaction towards this child but so far, they have felt no such thing towards this... Little human.

"Pierre."

The said teen looked at Achilles and Pierre's previous smile turned into a frown. His eyes narrowed and he didn't even hide it. Luca also looked at them with her adorable wide chocolate eyes.

"Ba ba ba va!"

Achilles' heart couldn't help but skip a familiar beat when their eyes met for a brief moment of time.

Enzo saw how small Luca was and how innocent she could be and he couldn't help but feel some kind of dread. What will happen if she see the cruelty that this world has to offer?

Gabriele, even though he has a scowl on his face, was looking at Luca intently, as if he was confused. He doesn't know whether he should be confused of his sudden mix of emotion towards the little girl or confused because he doesn't have any bad intentions to plan for her like what he had previously planned.

The youngest, (Well, not anymore) Sydney, was just surprised. He wasn't confused or anything like the rest. He was just plain surprised. Why would they run away from such an adorable baby? Yes, it's because of that reason but didn't Sydney promise his mother about Luca?

"Welcome back, sir." Pierre said simply. Emotionless and blank.

"I thought that I've given you such a simple task?" Achilles smirked while his sons followed his actions by snickering at Pierre's irresponsibility. "And yet, I see this... Child walking like a headless chicken."

Pierre scoffed, unflinching. "This child that you speak of has a beautiful name, sir. And with all the respect, I don't enjoy hypocrisy."

"What hypocrisy?" Gabriele sneered bitterly. "What my father say is true. You're such an irresponsible kid. That's why your parents sold you off because you are a useless scum who can't even follow such a simple concept. If you weren't saved by that woman then I would've kicked you out myself!"

"You were also given a task by Miss Maria, Gabriele." Pierre hissed. "No, it was more than a task, it was an oath. You pledged and now you call me irresponsible? You're Luca's family and you left her all alone in this large house with nothing but servants to take care of her!"

By now, Luca was also silent. She could obviously feel the tension and she snuggled closer to Pierre for comfort, with a small whine coming out of her.

Pierre rubbed her back, whispering nothing but sweet and comforting words to her while remaining eye contact with the Cattaneo men.

The servants were surrounding them but they don't dare to intervene. Who knows? Maybe one of those men have guns with them.

Spilling some blood is normal for them, right?

"Don't bring her into this." Enzo said softly that it almost sounded like a plead.

"No, Enz." Gabriele snorted, crossing his arms. "No, let him. It seems that living in luxury has made his common sense quite disoriented."

"Gabriele." Sydney hissed at his brother while looking at the former servant in worry.

"I think that you're just stupid to ignore the fact that you're all more irresponsible than I am."

The servants gasped at Pierre's statement. Maybe his common sense is disoriented or maybe he's now stupid and will soon be a deadman if he doesn't know when to shut up.

"Do you have a death wish, boy?" Achilles snarled at Pierre's obvious defiance.

"I've been on death's door even before Miss Maria found me so who are you scaring? Me? Oh, please."

You work for me." Achilles thundered in anger. He dislike disobedient mutts. "You work for me so who gave you the rights to talk big? Do you really want to die?"

"I do work for you." Pierre nodded. "I know that I should shut up right now. But you were also the one who told me to serve Luca. You were the one who told me to take care of her so this is what I'm doing. I'm protecting her. I'm only doing the job that you asked me to, sir."

And it was more than just a job now. Seeing Luca growing up properly was a pride that he takes in seriously because Pierre knows that it's because he protected her properly.

Before it could escalate into something more life threatening, everyone was surprised when Luca suddenly squealed out of nowhere.

"Luca, what—"

"No! Piyah!" Luca screamed, looking at Pierre with with wide eyes.

Pierre was surprised, to say the least.

Luca was drooling but she was babbling again while waving her carrot pillow around like a mad man. "Ba ba dya!"

"Oh, really?" Pierre couldn't help but smile and chuckle. His anger suddenly vanished and he was just staring at Luca lovingly. "Such a brave girl, aren't you?" He grabbed the towel that was draped on his shoulder and wiped the drooling saliva. The little baby giggled and looked at her real family again. She gave them a toothy smile and waved her carrot pillow around.

"Ba na!"

"Do you have a translator for her?" Gabriele asks with a sigh.

"Oh, bunny." Pierre cooed before smiling at Achilles and the rest like a proud parent showing off their kid. "She's saying bunny! She's such a smart girl. You're a really smart girl, aren't you, bub?"

Achilles couldn't help but feel a sense of pride as well. Pierre was calling his daughter smart. Well, of course she is. She's a Cattaneo.

Wait, what?

Daughter?

Cattaneo?

Did he just really call Luca those?

"Ah... "

"Is she really?" Sydney asks before any of them could react. Pierre looks at him with a proud grin on his face. Sydney's eyes widened and immediately avoided eye contact with the teen.

"Yeah. A darling too." Pierre nodded happily, forgetting the past tension. Of course he'd be forgetting it. Everyone would if they were given a chance to hold the little baby.

"Okay, drama queens wrap it up."

"Harley?" Enzo exclaimed in bewilderment. "What are you doing here?"

"Obviously for the birthday." Harley sighed as he gracefully walked into the scene. Luca looks at Harley with eyes glimmering with excitement.

"Hawls!" She squealed happily, wriggling her way out of Pierre's hold while making grabby hands at Harley. The former slave couldn't help but shake his head and give her to the child.

Harley carried her securely before giving everyone blank stares. "Does anyone want to move their asses or d'you guys want to just stand right here and expect me to do all the work here?"

"Ass." Luca gurgles while looking at Harley like a baby bird. "Ass. Ass?"

"Oh, honeybee!" Harley scolded lightly. "Shh... You're not supposed to say that."

"You're becoming more and more like that hag." Gabriele shook his head in disapproval. Harley didn't take it to heart though. He just rolled his eyes and sighed.

"At least I'm not an idiot here." Harley answered plainly. Before Gabriele could say anything to defend himself, Harley gave him the cold shoulders and turned around. "Luca and I could have a birthday party all on our on while you guys can just stand here like headless chickens because you know, headless chickens don't move because obviously, they're dead. Your choice, really."

Servants immediately scatted off. Harley was threatening to kill them if they don't move.

They're really going to be like some headless chicken.

"A-Ah, wait a minute!" Enzo stuttered, following Harley towards the living room.

And apparently, Pierre and the rest did so too because hell, Harley seems to be much scarier than anyone in the mansion right now.

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Hope you guys enjoyed it!

They're here! And they're assholes XD

So in here Sydney is twelve years old, Gabi'd eighteen and Enzo's nineteen.

And on the other hand, I really enjoy wiring baby Luca and papa bear Pierre and especially Harls here♥

Okay, what do you guys think?