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Chapter 6: Whatever Happened

Once again, Dino found himself running through the school hallways being chased by the Newspaper-Writing Freaks. But this time, no one was there to help him. After what happened to Squalo and Minerva two days prior, there was no one he could rely on. That was why he couldn't stop, wait or worst of all – slip. If he did, they would catch him and they would question him.

He sprinted up the marble steps and quickly turned his head – they were gone. Dino continued towards the marble door and rammed into it with his shoulder, opening the door slowly. After he got in, he pushed the door closed with both of his hands and dropped himself on to the floor.

The atmosphere in the ballroom was silent. Sunlight shone through the tall and thin windows and the red velvet carpet rose up the stairs and split into two. You'd think it was relaxing, yet, it made Dino's heart tear apart even more, thinking that he'd ever be in that ballroom without Squalo and Minerva with him. Even though he's only been with them with a month, what happened that Saturday hurt him to the core.

"Dino-san! Dino-san!" he heard voices call from outside the ballroom as they ran past aimlessly.

…

Dino sat in the back seat of his car lying across both seats. "Young Dino, are you alright?" Romario asked with a concern voice. Dino turned his head so he couldn't see his face, "No….you know really well that I'm not…."

Romario gave out a concerning sigh. "They're fine, they'll heal and then everything will be back to normal."

"But Morte…" Dino murmured. Romario suddenly fell silent and then asked with a serious voice, "Morte? That means death…."

"Morte is the heir of the Scellerato Famiglia."

"What does he look like?" Romario asked with his tone of seriousness.

Dino dared to look back on Saturday, "He had blonde hair a little shorter than mine…it was practically white and his eyes were….blue…"

"That doesn't tell me much, why did you hesitate when you said blue?"

Dino stuttered, "His eyes were blue. Like, neon blue like on a nightclub sign. That kind of blue."

"That's genetically impossible…anyway, what kind of aura did he have around him?"

"What do you mean by aura?"

"Did he look like a nice guy, a scary person, vicious, a spoiled brat, anything like that?"

"Well…" Dino thought about it. "He looked like a spoiled brat who can't take on anything by himself. And his voice almost sounded like a girl…"

Romario nodded, "Sounds a lot like the Scellerato…."

…

"Hey Dad…." Dino walked over to his father's bed back inside the Cavallone Base. He dragged a chair over next to him and sat on it, dropping his bag right next to him. "How was school today, Dino?"

"The Newspaper-Writing Freaks chased me again…" Dino couldn't face his father.

"Again? They're sure a pain in the butt huh?" Dino's father chuckled.

"Yeah…." Dino's thoughts ran through his head over and over, he mustn't know about Squalo and Minerva…

"I heard about what happened to your friends…." The words pierced straight through him as Dino looked at him as though he was about to cry.

How does he know!? He's on his deathbed…he can't know! Who told him?!

"That's why they were chasing you, wasn't it?"

Tears started to flow out of Dino's eyes as he buried his face in his hands again and began to sob. "I'm sorry, Dad," Dino tried to hold his tears back, "even though you haven't got much time yet and…now you're worrying about my problems and-" he felt a gentle but rough hand hold his. Dino's eyes widened and then he held on to his father's hand with his two soft ones.

"Dino, you don't have to worry about me," his father said, "I would be heartbroken up in heaven if I found out that there was something my own son kept from me."

"P…Papa…." Dino sobbed and clutched Genroso's hand tighter. Genroso smiled, "You haven't called me that in years…."

This chapter was short….I kinda felt it was a little boring to be honest. Considering I've been listening to Bokura no Mirai (a song that makes me want to cry) the whole time I was writing and well…this chapter fit with it very well. I wanted to focus a chapter on Dino's feelings and reactions….and….yeah…

And about Morte, I had the image that he looked like Alois Trancy from Kuroshitsuji II. He is a complete freak! And Morte's character fits with it perfectly….

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