"Eh?" Matteo's aura turned eerie as a mysterious grin was plastered on his lips. "He's the one?"

Luca hissed at him and pouted. "Don't be so mean."

Matteo snorted. "Tell that to your brothers. They're the one who punished him."

"Matteo!"

The boy shrugged. "Just sayin', Lu."

Luca looked back at Mr. Pierre. He was kneeling down in front of them, sweating loads of buckets.

Her brothers were intensely looking at him while her father already gave him a talk about his mistake.

"I like this kid." Gabriele smirked while pointing at Matteo. "I wouldn't mind him being Luca's husband."

Everyone protested.

Enzo glared at him and crossed his arms. "I won't allow that!"

Sydney scowled, agreeing with Enzo.

"Yeah, Mr. Gabriele. I don't wanna marry a soft hearted person like Luca."

Sydney rolled his eyes. "I don't know if that's a compliment or a rude rejection."

Luca crossed her arms. "I don't wanna marry an ugly ogre like Matty anyways."

"Why thank you!" Matteo smiled widely. "That warms my heart completely."

"See?" Gabriele proudly said. "This kid's the best."

"Best at being a complete dummy." Luca mumbled. "He's called Matty the dummy for a reason."

Matteo glared at her while Enzo chuckled. Sydney only snorted.

"So are you calling me a dummy too, Luca?" Gabriele raised a brow in a challenging way.

Luca gave him a unexpected dangerous smile. A smile where it was so innocent that it's considered as danger. "Since Gabi shares the same mind as dummy then obviously yes. Gabi's also a dum-dum."

Gabriele and Matteo glared at her while Enzo and Sydney couldn't keep their laughter. They cackled while giving them knowing glances that made them more annoyed.

"Luca!" It was Matteo's turn to hiss at her. "That's not very nice."

Luca glared at him and clicked her tongue, making the little boy surprised.

"Matty doesn't like soft hearted people, remember?"

"So you're being cold to us?" Gabriele brushed his hair back with his hand. "Where did you learn this from, Lu?"

"Well, that's obvious, dummy." Sydney snorted then pointed his finger at him. "From you, obviously."

Matteo glared at Gabriele. "So you taught Lu-Lu how to be mean?"

"Matty's also mean!" Luca said with a 'humph.'

"I'm sorry, my lady!" Pierre exclaimed, finally catching all of their attention again. "I didn't mean to poison your food!"

Luca shrugged. "It was only bananas."

Sydney gave her a long and uncomfortable stare. "But you said—"

"Shh!" Luca hushed. "I didn't mean to."

"I promise that I'll do better!" He vowed.

Luca tilted her head to the side. "Better at making poison?"

Sydney was laughing. He was dying because of laughter.

"Man, you're on a roll, kid!" He said, holding his stomach as his eyes watered from all his laughter.

Enzo, Gabriele and probably Matteo as well was trying to keep their laughter but their shoulders were shaking from trying.

Pierre's face flushed red as he gaped at her. "M-My lady!"

Luca giggled adorably as she nodded. "Jus' joking Mr. Pierre! S' okay if you made me...uhm... Food that day."

"Well, it wasn't good enough to call it food if you called it poison." Sydney pointed out, making Luca feel embarrassed.

She turned to look at him. She immediately pouted. "Syd!"

He shugged with a chuckle. "What? I only said said the truth."

She sighed tiredly and turned to look at Mr. Pierre. He was still kneeling but his eyes were pleading. His eyes were staring deep into hers as she looked back at him in sympathy.

"S' okay, Mr. Pierre." Luca said, smiling softly at him. "Try better next time, kay?"

He sniffled. "I'll try not to make poison next time, my lady."

Luca nodded. "S' okay if you stand now, Mr. Pierre. Let's make a pinky promise 'bout bananas and poison."

It was a cute way to make a promise. Nobody spoke up because deep inside, they were happy that Luca's a soft hearted person.

Yes, even Matteo thinks that.

Pierre's eyes were watery, his nose were filled with snot as he wobbly stood up and walked towards her like some sort of zombie.

"My lady!" He ran towards her and gave her a hug instead. "Thank you! I promise that I didn't really know that I was already making poison!"

Luca giggled nervously, patting his back gently. "S' okay, Mr. Pierre."

Gabriele looked at them disgustingly.

"That's all? What's—"

Before he could finish the sentence, Enzo covered his mouth and smiled at them. "Don't mind, dummy."

Gabriele's muffled voice was soon drowned out by the little girl and her bodyguard. They were both making a pinky promise.

Sydney hummed. "Well, that's that."

"Thank you for your time." Pierre sniffled weakly.

"Thank you, being there for me." Luca smiled. "And for bein' here right now."

Pierre cried louder when he heard that, hugging Luca again.

"I swear that I'll die for you!"

"Well, if you make poison on Luca's food again then I think that your loyalty won't be necessary." Sydney said with a deadly chuckle.

Matteo just smiled. A genuine and soft smile was plastered on his lips.

"I guess that I kinda also like the soft hearted, Luca."

Luca smiled at him. "You sure?"

He chuckled and nodded. "I'm pretty, super sure."

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