CH 16: The dog and the bitch

When they finally made their way back to Giovanni's office, they also saw Federico standing in the yard «?». but a teasing grin immediately took over his features when he noticed them and how they are holding hands.

He exhaled a sharp breath through his nose as he gave an upward nod with a crooked eyebrow :"well, hello there «general Kenobi!». I see the new couple in town is all good and happy. Guess all of that suffering we went through in these months wasn't for nothing with how fast you're progressing, huh?"

Ezio rolled her eyes with a small blush that she fought to keep hidden :"cretino (jerk)." She said which caused her lover to chuckle and for her brother to laugh as the two love birds made their way to Giovanni's office and knocked before entering.

But when they entered, it seems that the conversation between Giovanni and the slightly fat man quickly stopped as they both got up as welcomed them :"ah! Hello, daughter, Ali. You remember my friend Uberto?"

They both bowed a little in respect and greeting as the hint of malice in Ali's eyes was gone unnoticed :"good morning, gonfaloniere alberti «what… in the actual fuck is that?» they said to the smiling actor of a man.

The actor who was damn good at his job as he bowed his head a little with a kind smile :"to you as well, young lady, young man. But I don't recognize you, young man." He said as he looked at Ali, probably plotting something.

Ali bowed his head with a polite smile as Giovanni pointed at him with an approving smile :"oh, right! Uberto, meet my daughter's lover and fiancé, Ali! A promising young man with looks and talent who fate has brought upon us."

The polite smile on Ali's smile didn't go away even after Giovanni's introduction as he nodded :"hello, signore. è un onore conoscerti (it's an honor to meet you). My name is Ali Ashborne.

I was a traveler until a few months ago before fate brought me to the beautiful Florence and had me meet my gorgeous now lover, Ezio and the Auditore family and they welcomed me with hospitality to their home. I hope that we can get along."

Uberto flashed him a polite and kind smile as he laughed :"so the gorgeous Ezio Auditore has finally accepted a lover, huh? I see. Giovanni is a kind man with an eye for talent, so I am sure that he wouldn't leave his daughter in the hands of a man who isn't worthy of her."

Seeing that the greeting have finished and the introductions have been handled, Giovanni looked at the lovers with raised eyebrows :"I trust you delivered the message?" which he got an answer in the form of a nod.

Ezio :"Si, padre (yes, father). But it seems Lorenzo is out of town."

Giovanni :"hmm. I did not anticipate this…"

Uberto :"what does it matter. So you wait another day or two."

Giovanni :"listen, Ezio, your mother and sister have been looking for you. I'll need you again in a little while. But for now, see if you can't help them «shouldn't it be "if you can help them"? I'm confused.»

Ezio raised her eyebrows as she looked at her father with a little worry :"are you sure?"

Giovanni :"yes. Now, if you'll excuse us…? And here's your money, by the way. Thank you for the good work."

Uberto :"good to see you both, Ezio, Ali." And with a final nod, they left the room to see Claudia sitting on a bench with a sour expression and mood. They glanced at each other with confusion as they walked towards her.

Ezio sat beside her sister and Ali made himself comfortable just beside her as she looked at her younger sister :"ehi, Claudia (hey, Claudia). How are you?" and Ali's head popped out from beside her as well :"yeah, Claudia. Why the long face?"

She looked away as she used the famous words of any girl in existence that men get confused by and need a whole dictionary to decipher :"… sto bene (I'm fine)…" and Ali's smile turned tight when he heard that.

But Ezio was also a girl and knew her sister well… it honestly wouldn't take a genius to guess that something is wrong :"you shouldn't keep things from me." And her persistence paid off as Claudia sighed sadly :"it's Duccio."

Ali's eyebrow's shot up as he finally remembered this mission which was the start of the bullying Ezio inflicted for decades :"Duccio, as in your fiancé and lover? What of him? Is he the cause of your sad mood?"

Claudia looked at them with sadness as she said sadly :"I think he's been… unfaithful."

Ezio :"who told you this?!"

Claudia whimpered out with sadness in her voice :"the other girls. I thought they were my friends."

Ezio :"harpies! You're better off without them."

Ali gently put his hand on the now angered Ezio's shoulder as he looked at Claudia who will be his sister in law in the future with sympathy :"wait a moment now, Ezio. Maybe they were just looking out for their friends so that she wouldn't be with an unfaithful man.

How about this, we will go and pay a visit to this Duccio guy who also doesn't seem to like me very much and see if what Claudia's friends have said is true or not. If they aren't, she will just stop being friends with them.

If they are honest and their words are right, though, we will cut of the engagement and gift him a nice beating instead. Cause my fists have been looking and dying to get together with someone's face."

Claudia chocked out as she whimpered out, which caused the heart of both her older sister and might as well already call brother in law beat with rage :"I loved him."

Ezio :"No, Claudia. You only thought you did."

A look of rage took over Claudia's face as she gritted out :"he should suffer for what he's done."

Ezio :"wait here. Me and Ali will go and have a word with him. Let's go, Ali. We have a dog to train to be obedient for its next owner."

Ali smirked evilly as he got up and stretched :"don't worry, Claudia. I will be sure to pay… extra attention to him." And they made their way out of the Auditore house. And with Ali using his map, they immediately found out where he is, Santa Maria Del Fiore.

As they walked and nearly reached the enormous church, Ezio looked at him with eyes that were narrowed because of curiosity :"I still don't get how you always manage to find the location of something so easily. You also said that you are bad with locations, but you always know how to get somewhere and even take shortcuts. Won't you tell me about it?"

Ali chuckled as he shook his head with amusement :"and I have already told you, I don't have bad sense of direction. I just have a bad sense of naming. I forget names a lot as you may have already noticed.

Especially the names of you Italians which are just weird to an outsider like me. And for this, well, it's an extremely useful gift that I was born with. It's kind of like a map that can easily show me my destination when I want it to.

It's another gift that I was born with beside my "majesty's sense", which is kinda like your unique sense that I like to call "eagle vision". But don't be jealous, both your talent and mine are as useful as each other hahaha."

Ezio rolled her eyes with a scoff, but just before she could answer, she heard Ali's serious and angered voice :"look at that. It seems that we may have found the dog that we have come looking for. With a bitch alongside it nonetheless."

A normal looking man and a plus sized girl «men are called over weight and women are called plus sized… sigh, the irony…» were embracing each other near the wall as the plus sized girl held up her hand.

She looked at her ring finger with a smile as the light reflected on the ring which she was wearing on her right hand :"oh, Duccio! It's beautiful!" the man who was now confirmed to be Duccio smiled romantically as he hugged her waist :"nothing but the best for you, amore mio (my love)."

But as he caressed the side of her face with the back of his hand, she pushed him away :"but… what of Claudia? I thought you'd been promised to her?" and placed her hand on her fat hip bone.

Duccio smiled cockily at her raised eyebrow which somehow just oozed off confidence for an not even pretty girl :"father said I could do much better than an Auditore." At the end of his sentence, he walked up to her and groped her butt.

She was caught off guard as she gasped with surprise and gently pushed him away :"ah! Birbante (naughty)! Come, let us walk a bit." But he grabbed the waist of her clothes when she took a step forward and pulled her back.

He turned her around as they came chest to chest and face to face :"walk? I had something else in mind." The fat bitch laughed which she thought was something charming as she slowly closed her eyes at him :"oh, Duccio…"

He turned her a little as he bent her backwards a bit and they kissed… I've got to admit… I would rather see a street filled with hand holding perverts rather than see the cursed image of this two kissing…

But thankfully and luckily for the entire omniverse, Ezio and Ali decided to put a stop to this heresy from scaring the minds of everyone as they walked forward with Ali in front :"ehi, lurido porco (hey, dirty pig)!"

A salty look took over Duccio's face almost immediately when he saw the two walking at him while glaring daggers at him as the fat bitch who was so worthless she didn't even have a name backed away :"Ali, my friend!"

The salty face was both because of getting caught cheating and seeing the person who was nearly lovers with the most beautiful girl of the city of Florence. But his face changed as he winced when Ali suddenly punched his face :" ma che ti pigia (what the hell)?!"

Ali glared murderously at him in response :"you insult my sister in law, parading around with this fat, ugly puttana (whore)." The said bitch also grew fearful as both Ali and Ezio glared at the two of them.

Duccio took a step back as he stuttered :"wh-what are you talking about?! And what sister in law?! Everyone knows that you two are close, but messere Giovanni wouldn't leave the beautiful Ezio in the hands of a nobody like you!"

Ali snorted with disgusted look :"first things first, we saw the gift you gave her. Heard the things that you said. And second of all, it's up to Ezio herself to choose who her beloved will be. And she chose me which uncle Giovanni along with aunt Maria were very happy to find out about with the rest of the Auditore family."

A look of rage of jealousy took over Duccio as he snorted with his now ugly face of anger :"then maybe your sister in law shouldn't be so stingy woth her virtù (virtue)…" and he pointed at Ali, which got his hand slapped away by the handsome protagonist.

Ali's glare intensified :"you broke her heart." But Duccio just spread his hands with mocking look :"huh! Don't talk as if you are such a gentleman and innocent. You are also obviously after Ezio's body!"

That caught Ezio's attention as she looked at Ali, her beloved, with hope. Hope of him not being just another man who wanted her body. But she was relieved when Ali snorted and got into a fighting position :"unlike idiots like you, I would rather have my heart filled with happiness for a life time rather than have my balls emptied and my dick filling the holes of some dirty whore for just a few hours! Let's dance now, gahba (whore in Turkish)!"