The doorbell rang and I peeked my head out of my room.

"Lucio, can you get it?! We're busy trying to finish the food." Dad yelled.

"Yeah!" I walked to the front door and opened the door, immediately being grabbed and feeling lips on my own.

"I wish I was the one that killed that bastard!" My uncle Gio pulled away and brought me close to his chest.

"Get out the way, Gio!"

My uncle's body was moved, then I was yanked away by his husband. Uncle Marco kissed my face and held me tightly. "We've missed you so much, Lucio."

I smiled into his shoulder while my other uncle pouted. I moved my right arm out and he moved closer, hugging his husband and I.

"There's no room for us!" Vito yelled out from behind his parents.

"Too bad, loser." Uncle Gio stuck his tongue out at his own sons, while his husband shook his head.

"Stop it, Gio." Uncle Marco pulled back and gave space for Rocky and Vito, who both immediately hugged me, and just like his dad, Vito pecked me right on my lips.

"I'm so happy you're back home, Lucio!"

"Ok, relax, Vito. You're going to strangle him." Rocky pried his brother's arms from around my neck and kissed my head. "We all missed you so much, Lucio. We're really happy you're back home."

"Me, too." I gave the Lucchese-Florentino family a bright smile, then made way for them. "Dad's in the kitchen finishing dinner."

They all nodded but Uncle Gio picked me up, carrying me to the kitchen while he kissed my face again. His lips would press to my own and I gently pushed his face away after the sixth one.

"I don't think Romeo or Dino would like what you're doing."

"Why?! I'm just kissing you because I'm so happy. Besides, I would kiss your lips when you were a cute, little baby." Uncle Gio squeezed my face, mushing my cheeks and stretching them. "Now all our kids are grown up and about to have children in the next few years. What happened to the time?"

"They grew up." Bubba walked in from his room and pulled me away. "But seriously, Romeo and Dino might get jealous if they see you kissing Lucio even if it's because you're happy to see him."

Uncle Gio pouted childishly and huffed, turning away. "Fine. I'll kiss my own because I'm so happy."

I looked up at Bubba. "I need to finish changing, Bubba, so I'll be back."

"Alright." He leaned down to kiss my head and let me go.

I went to my room and saw Romeo and Dino barely dressing into their clothes.

"Who's here?" Dino asked.

"Rocky, Vito, and their parents." I pushed my sweats down and grabbed the black pair of jeans. "Uncle Gio kissed me on the lips a few times because he was really happy to see me, but I told him no more because I wasn't sure if you two would be upset by it or not. Vito too, but only once."

They didn't say anything, then Dino exhaled quietly. "If it's because they're happy to see you, then it's ok."

"Are you sure?" I looked at both Romeo and Dino, both firmly nodding. "As long as it's ok with you both."

Dino smiled and kissed my cheek. "Now let's go eat. I'm getting hungry."

I shook my head playfully, but then remembered something that I wanted to talk about. "Before we go, I wanted to talk with you both."

Romeo and Dino immediately looked worrisome and so I grabbed their hands, leading them to the bed so we could sit.

"It's nothing bad. Well, it is? But...I'm not sure how to say it, so I'll just say it. When I was still missing, Diego did that to me and even if I hated it, my body couldn't help but react to it. I'm not sure why, but I got in my head and felt like if I orgasmed because of him, I felt like I was cheating on you both. I did my best not to, but because he wanted to make me feel good, he touched me and I had an orgasm because of him, which made me feel really bad about you two." I looked down at the bed. "I know it's something I couldn't control, but I still felt like I was cheating on you both every time, so I'm really sorry."

Romeo took my hands and gently tilted my head up. "Like you said, you couldn't control it, Lucio. Even if he made you...orgasm, you didn't feel good because of it."

"But I still finished even though I didn't want to." I furrowed my brows.

"That was just your body reacting and you can't control what your body does every time. It doesn't matter if it made you orgasm or not. He did it against your will and you didn't want to enjoy it because you were being forced." Romeo squeezed my hands tightly and stared into my eyes. "Lucio, it's fine, really. In the end, you were hurt by him even if you didn't consent to it. You know you didn't want it and that's all that matters. It doesn't affect our relationship between the three of us."

"You promise?" I furrowed my brows, looking at Dino's face. "Are you ok?"

He nodded, gently taking one of my hands from Romeo's and massaging it. "Yeah. I just don't really know how to...help you when you're feeling like this. I'm really awkward when people get sad and don't know what to do."

I chuckled softly. "I remember you didn't know what to do when Romeo cried the first time. But is that why you were so quiet yesterday while I was talking? I feel like Romeo was talking more than you."

"Yeah," Dino smiled guiltily, "I didn't know how to help you so I just hugged you."

I smiled, but squeezed his hand. "It's fine, Dino. I know that's how you are and you did help me by being there. You both did."

Romeo pulled me closer, kissing my cheek. "But I promise nothing's changed, Lucio. I know Dino promises, too. We still love you the same. Do you still love us the same?"

I softly shook my head. "No, because I love you more."

"The cheese." Dino cringed and I laughed, throwing myself at my sweet lovers and making them fall backwards.

"But seriously. Everyday I love you both more and more and I'm grateful for you both." I kissed their faces, hearing Romeo laugh while Dino smiled and accepted the kiss attack. I stopped after a few seconds and exhaled. "But I just wanted to talk about that because I felt guilty. I wanted to let you two know because I felt like I had to, so I did."

"If it makes you feel better, thank you for telling us." Romeo kissed my cheek, Dino doing the same.

"Now let's go out." I got up and held my hands out for them. They both took my hands and we walked out, seeing that Tony and his parents were here.

I softly let go of Romeo and Dino's hands, and went up behind Tony, wrapping my arms around him. "I missed you, Tony."

He immediately turned around and hugged me tightly. He didn't say anything and just hugged me, then I looked over his shoulder once I spotted his parents making their way towards us.

Uncle Manuel moved behind me and hugged me as he kissed my head. "We've missed you so, so much, Lucio. We're so happy you're back."

"I missed all of you guys so much, too." I smiled up at him, receiving a kiss on the corner of my lips from my uncle.

Uncle Jace moved behind Tony and kissed my cheek, quickly wrapping his arms around us both. "Are you ok, Lucio?"

"As ok as I can be."

My uncle smiled sadly and kissed my head, hugging us tighter. "We missed you so much, Lucio. We're happy you're back home with us now."

"Me too, Uncle Jace. I'm really happy to have everyone here. Except Frankie and his parents still aren't here yet." The front door opened and I chuckled softly. "Now they are."

Uncle Jace smiled and kissed my head once more before pulling back. His husband did the same but Tony had to be pulled back by his parents since he wouldn't let go of me.

"Luci!" I felt arms wrap around me from behind and looked up at Frankie, smiling brightly and turning around to hug his shoulders. "I missed you so much, Lucio."

"I missed you too, Frankie." I kissed his left cheek and he held me tightly against his body.

I watched his parents near me, and smiled at both Eddie and Reece. They joined in on the hug and told me how much they missed me.

"We're happy you're safe now, Lucio." My uncle Eddie pushed my hair back with his hands. "Are you doing ok? How are you feeling?"

For some reason, I suddenly felt like crying. My eyes burned with tears as a lump filled my throat.

Uncle Reece's eyes met my own and he gave me a knowing sad look. He hugged my waist and set his head on my left shoulder, holding me tightly as tears began to flow down my face.

"What's wrong?!" Papa asked from behind me and I let out a small cry.

"He's just letting his emotions out, Enzo. He's ok." I heard Uncle Eddie reply to my papa.

I stuffed my face into my uncle's neck and began crying softly. I felt sad, happy, but most of all relieved. I felt so relieved to be back home with my family. I was able to physically hug them and kiss them. It felt so good being hugged and greeted by familiar people that I loved with all my heart, and I guess the emotions just decided to spill out.

"Why are you crying, baby?" Bubba came up to me and I looked up at him.

"I..." I swallowed thickly and cleared my throat, "I'm j-just happy to be back home with our family."

Bubba smiled, patting my head. "We're all happy too, baby. We all love you so much, too."

I weakly smiled and Uncle Reece let me go after kissing my cheek, making room for Bubba. He picked me up and held me as I continued to cry softly into his shoulder and I decided to let all the emotions I was feeling out for a while.

In the end, Bubba stayed with me in his room, laying with me on his chest. He quietly rubbed my head and waited patiently for me to calm down, and once I did, he made sure I was ok before we went back out to our family. I went to go look for Dino and Romeo, and once I did, I stuck by their sides for most of the night.

We all ate dinner together, managed to cuddle on the couch together, then there was a knock on the door. Papa went to go get it, and I heard voices, recognizing my other uncles, Bubba's brother and his husbands.

"Lucio!"

I got up from the couch and heard Dino and Romeo follow along, but then stopped once I reached my uncles, spotting my oldest cousin standing closer near the door.

"Lucio!" Alvaro was the first to reach me before pulling me into a hug, feeling my two other uncles move next to us and grab onto me. "I'm sorry it took forever, Lucio."

"It's ok, Ali. I'm home now." I smiled softly up at him and he kissed my head, holding me tight to his chest before letting his husbands hug me too.

I received more kisses and hugs from them, and once they stepped back, Alvaro grabbed Andrea and pushed him forward.

"You better be nice, Andrea."

Even after all these years, I continued to hate my cousin. He hurt Romeo and I hated him.

Andrea sighed loudly and rubbed his neck as he looked down at his shoes. "I'm sorry for-"

"Don't apologize to me. You didn't do anything to me." I stared up at him with an empty expression and he met my eyes. They looked past me and I stepped to the side. "Apologize to him. He's the one you hurt."

I could feel the tension in the room shift as Andrea stepped closer to Romeo, the latter moving behind Dino, who was glaring darkly at Andrea. Romeo couldn't meet my cousin's eyes, which was understandable, but I wasn't going to let him leave until Andrea apologized to him.

"I'm sorry for hurting you, Romeo. I knew you were innocent in this situation, but I thought that if I had hurt you enough, maybe you would leave my family alone so we wouldn't be in danger." Andrea dipped his head and I watched him clench his hands. "I knew Lucio cared for you, as did my family, but I still decided to go after you in order to protect them. I regret ever hurting you and I'm truly sorry."

I knew it was a lie. Andrea didn't regret many things, and I know for a fact he didn't regret hurting Romeo.

Romeo simply nodded even though Andrea couldn't see, then quietly spoke up. "It's not just your family. It's mine, too."

Andrea nodded and straightened up, turning to look at me. "Even though you didn't want an apology from me, I'm still-"

"I don't want to hear it, Andrea. I know you're lying. I'd rather not receive an apology at all than to receive one knowing you're not being honest." I glared up at him. "You know, I would've killed you years ago if I had the chance to, but I didn't want your parents to be grieving the loss of their only child."

"Lucio!" I heard Dad yell behind me and felt him pull me back. "You can't say-"

"I don't care, Dad." I turned to look at him, pointing at my cousin. "He's dead to me after he hurt Romeo. I don't ever want to see him in my life ever again. He's not my family anymore."

Dad looked in shock that I said that, but at least I was speaking the truth.

I walked away, being surprised to hear soft crying come from my cousin, but I couldn't care anymore.

Romeo and Dino followed me, and I ended up outside in the backyard, sitting on the grass. They sat on either side of me and I placed my arms on my knees after bringing them up to my chest, resting my head on them.

"You should forgive him, Lucio."

I looked to my left at Romeo, raising my left brow. "Did you forgive him?" He remained silent and I set my head back down. "I don't want to forgive him, Romeo. He's my cousin, but I really don't want to see or talk with him ever again. Maybe one day you'll be able to forgive him, but I won't. I don't want to."

It was silent again and I exhaled. "I don't know what's going to happen after that. I understand he's family and all, and there's no way for him to leave the gang, but I'm not sure how we'll be able to work together."

"You'll figure it out later." Dino said beside me.

I hummed and after a while of sitting, the door slid open. "Boys, come inside. It's getting darker out."

I looked up at Bubba and he gestured us in.

We got up and walked inside the house. Our family was still here, and likely would be for a short while longer. Andrea was nowhere in sight, but his parents were here, so my guess was that he went back home.

I walked over to Alvaro where he was sitting on a bar chair talking with Dad. "I'm sorry, Alvaro."

He turned to me and his eyes softened, pulling me into a hug. "It's alright, Lucio. Andrea understands how much he truly messed up. Maybe in the future you both will be able to sort things out."

"Only if Romeo forgives him, maybe." I pulled back and Alvaro nodded.

He let me go and I left to go to the living room to cuddle with the rest of my family.

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Sorry guys, I forgot to update cuz I was playing Minecraft all day LOL. I also won't be writing a minimum of 3k words anymore since that's a reason why it takes me forever to finish a chapter. I end up pushing myself to write as much as possible. The new minimum of words is 2.5k which is pretty doable for me.

What do you guys think?

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed! See you all next time, BYE!!! :))

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