cursed and went back to the restaurant putting ice into a cloth and putting it on her cheek.

saw this and laughed.

would glare, but she just turned away and went to hide in the stock room. It wasn't funny!

it really was. However, he was kind enough to bring a dry cloth and toss it on to her head before closing the door of the stock room.

doesn't think that was too kind, but she didn't care at this moment. She used the dry cloth to wipe her face, but she still cried. It hurt_

and it was a shock, she hadn't been punched before.

could hear her crying at the other side of the door. He decided to comfort her. N-Not that he cared or anything! The crying was just bloody_

_annoying.

her head down, she kept wiping at her eyes. It didn't help that the swelling made her feel unattractive.

held her by the chin and turned her face to face his. "If you are thinking you look unattractive," he sighed. "I don't think you look any_

_different from normal. It is just a slight swell, I could hardly notice it."

flushes darkly as he seemingly read her mind. "R-really?"

nodded and sighed again. "Do I look like I am the type to lie?" And so, says the person who lies at least twenty times a day.

mentally slapped himself.

frowns slightly, she knew he lied a lot so she pulled her chin away and looked down again keeping the ice pack to her cheek.

felt strange having Chiara acting like this. He was too used to the Chiara who wants to 'kick his balls' every other minute. "It will heal."

nods a bit. "I've never been punched before.." She frowned quietly. "He was big too.." She wiped her eyes again, hating to admit, she was_

actually a huge cry baby and not as tough as she acted.

took out a handkerchief (which he embroidered himself) and offered to wipe the tears. "It is all part of the experience."

doesn't protest anything. "N-No. Not for me... They're all normally too out of it to realize that I poisoned them.."

sighed. "Well, not all of them are going to be idiots." He wiped the last of the tears off. "Don't cry anymore. It makes you more look_

((look more* ugh))

_unattractive than if you have ten swellings all over your face. A lady looks best with a smile."

flushes and nods, trying to smile. "... I'm.. Sorry.." She didn't look at him when those words came out.

could not hear her properly. "Pardon?"

frowns a bit. "I'm.. Sorry, dammit."

raised one of his eyebrows, not really sure what she is being sorry for but decided to drop the subject. "I-I am not being nice or anything_

_! Do *not* get me wrong. I-It was j-just... A way to show my gratitude for curing my hangover that day."

just felt bad for making fun of him at this moment. "Si si.. Not like I care o-or anything." Actually she was thankful at this moment..

turned his back to her and huffed. "Of course you don't!" He opens the door. "Stay here if you would like, I am leaving. People might get_

_ideas if the both of us stayed in here."

growls a little to herself. She grabbed his sleeve. "Whatever. Just listen okay?" She sighed. "I'm sorry for calling you gay, and making_

fun of you for being a virgin." She felt bad because of technicalities.

looks back at her with wide eyes. He sweeps her hand off his sleeve and chuckled. "It doesn't really bother me much." Except maybe the part_

_about gay but he was not going to say it out loud.

gets up, the ice was melting anyway. "I don't think you're gay, alright?" She hated feeling bad.. And she knew she shouldn't insult her_

'family'.

shrugged. "I don't think I am either. It is fine, really."

pulls the ice cloth away from her cheek, it was slightly bruised. She lightly touched it hissing slightly in pain.

"So you think you're straight then?"

"Don't touch it if it hurts, git." He gave a sigh at the question. "No. I am neither." He tried to change the subject. "So how did you_

_get yourself punched in the face?" he tried not to grin.

bites her lip, great time to explain. "I did what I normally do.. Cause I'm not strong, I have to seduce whoever I have to kill. Normally_

men, grazie Dio.. But.. Si.. So I gave him a blow job, I have never fucked anyone." She mumbled. "But after, there is always wine, and I_

go and get it cause he is too tired, so I can pour poison in the drink and bring it to him.. He drank it all quickly. But he started to_

cough and choke, even blood came from his mouth right away, he realized something was wrong, and started to insult me. Screaming the best_

he could, calling me every name he could think of, and punched me, before choking more and dying.."

tried to absorb as much of the information as possible before making a disgusted face. He had never expected this and secretly admire_

_Chiara, not that he admit that, of course not. He had always thought his job was harder. "Your job is more... Difficult than it looks."_

_He patted her on the shoulder. "You should have just kicked him in the balls like you do me every time." He processed more of the_

_information he had just gotten from her. "Wait a bloody minute. *You* are a virgin?"

She nodded to him. "Si, it is.. Tons of shit can go wrong." She was just lucky no one had pulled a gun on her before. She froze. OF COURSE_

he heard *THAT* information. She nodded slowly. "Mhmm.. I am.." She flushed a bit and looked away.

can not believe what he had just heard. He face palmed. "And the whole time you were making fun of *me*." He sighed. "I-If you need help_

_next time, you could ask me. N-Not that I care or anything. I would lose my life too if you did. Boss will kill me." he shook his head.

flushes darker. "But I know more about sex then you do!" She stuck out her tongue childishly, then shook her head. "Wouldn't work.. Hell_

would you trust a girl touching you and smiling and everything, when there was some guy behind her? I wouldn't."

shrugged. "Sure you do. When you had not actually done *it* before." He tapped his bottom lip before continuing. "You could say I am your_

_ponce or something." he chuckled.

flushes a bit. "Done more then you ever have." She stated shaking her head again. "I'm fine.. I've gone this long with no one.. Besides."_

she smiled slightly giving him a playful look. "We don't want any primal jealousy flaring in you."

felt himself flush a little. "Th-That's complete bollocks!" he huffed and turned away. "I would *not* be jealous. Not at all."

looks at him. "Subconsciously you would be~ Arthur, we *are* still animals after all, si? Sex is animalistic, and in that small part of the_

brain, a man would get jealous seeing a woman with another man like that, si? Be them in a relationship or not."

frowned. He honestly had no clue but decided to still deny it anyway. He was stubborn. "We-Well! I-I am not *any* man. So maybe I won't!"

him a look. "Oh really?" She was about to comment but sighed slightly. "I'm not arguing right now.. My face hurts damn too much."

nodded and offered to take ice and a new piece of cloth for her.

nods to him. "Grazie."

"It's the least a gentleman could do for a lady." he wrapped the ice in the cloth and pressed it against her swell.

tries not to his in pain, she brought her hand up brushing under his to take the ice pack and hold it herself.

flinched at the sudden contact. He quickly try to hide it by turning around to take a dry cloth and dab on the water that was dripping.

notices the flinch. "What?"

"Wh-What?" he stared at her as if *she* was the strange one.

blinks. "You flinched when I touched your hand."

"N-No. You must have been punched too hard."

shakes her head, she reached out with her free hand and took one of his hands to see his reaction.

jumped back. "D-Don't just randomly touch people like that! You utter git!"

stares at him, she didn't understand his insult. "I'm a what? What the hell does that mean?"

"It means you are an idiot, to put it simply."

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frowns at this. "You're *so* fucking confusing!"

"I am *not*." He hears a sound from the restaurant and groaned. "Time to serve. Do I get to cook?" he asked, hopeful.

shakes her head. "No.. Not without help at least. And fuck if I'm going out there with my face like this."

ruffled her hair. "You look fine." He sighed. "Just smile and you will be gorgeous." he opens the door and stepped into the restaurant_

_without sparing another moment.

flushed darkly from that. "W-Would you stop that?!" She said and sighed, someone had to cook right?