(A/N) I'm back after a long break! I hope everyone had a good holiday and new year's eve/day.

I'm so sorry it took so long. I had writer's block again and I've been going through some downer life stuff on the side. I also had been working on a new episode of a fandub that I've been working on since before starting this fic. So I've made a commitment to that as well.

But, just like with that fandub, I ain't quitting on this fanfic either.

I hope you enjoy chapter 21.

Luca was helping Alberto with studying for his upcoming math test. Alberto's grade on the test was going to be crucial for his passing of the class. Luca had papers of the test's questions and their answers which were given to him by Signorita Marsigliese the day before. Alberto had been worried that he'd get all the answers wrong but Luca was reassuring him otherwise.

"Don't worry, Alberto. You can do it. We've been studying and practicing for weeks and you've improved over that time." Luca said with enthusiasm.

"Well that's only because I have a great, and not to mention cute tutor," Alberto replied, leaning in close.

Luca leaned back like he always did when Alberto got too close and his face started to heat up. Luca hated it when Alberto teased him like this. It was torture feeling like a joke to the older boy.

"Heh, don't make jokes like that," Luca said, giving an awkward chuckle. Luca then thought up an excuse to leave the area in the library and allow his heart to slow down. "Um…I'm just going to make, uh,..copies of the test's questions and answers. Be right back!"

Alberto said nothing but Luca noticed his smirk in the corner of his eye.

Luca then quickly got up from his seat and rounded the corner to where the copier resided and sped walked to it. When he reached it he let out a breath he had just then realized he'd been holding, putting his hands on the side of the copier to steady himself.

Suddenly Luca slightly jumped in surprise when he felt a warm body press up against his back. Luca's heart did a jumpstart as strong arms wrapped around his waist. Luca's eyes looked down and saw the arms had leather sleeves. Luca's face then became as red as an apple and his body immediately froze, now knowing who it was.

"A-Alberto?" Luca started.

"Shhh…" Alberto hushed causing a small breeze of air to graze against Luca's neck, making the younger boy shiver. "I know you want me…"

Then Alberto gently nibbled on Luca's ear. The action shocked Luca enough to regain movement of his body and he quickly turned his body around.

"W-what are you doing?!" Luca asked, stunned and his face even redder than before.

But turning around had been a mistake. Just when Luca had turned around, Alberto put his hands on Luca's hips and proceeded to press his body flush against Luca's, preventing him from getting away.

"Aw come on. Don't tell me you don't like this." Alberto said as he leaned down to Luca's level and brought his face to the smaller boy's. So close that their lips were barely touching each other.

"Uh, I…" Luca was speechless.

This had to be way beyond teasing. Luca never thought Alberto would take things this far with him. It terrified him and… excited him? With Alberto's body so close to his own there was no doubt Alberto could feel his heart beating like crazy against his chest. Luca felt so embarrassed at that thought and couldn't look him in the face, turning his head to the side.

"Don't be shy, Luca. I want you too." Alberto added.

Luca's heart had almost stopped at that. "W-what?"

Luca had been about to turn his head to face Alberto again when Alberto started to plant open-mouthed kisses onto Luca's neck. Luca gasped at the sudden but gentle feeling of it but didn't attempt to resist. Did he even want to? But there was a nagging thought at the back of his mind, demanding to be acknowledged.

"W-we sh-shouldn't be doing th-this." Luca stuttered, suppressing a mewl and blushing heavily, placing his hands on Alberto's shoulders, gripping them tightly. He didn't want to let go.

"Why not~ ?" Alberto asked. His voice rasped low and sensual.

Alberto's tone of voice only made Luca's heart race faster but he tried to get a hold of what little sanity he had left, not doing all that well of a job. "Because it-it's weird isn't it? I mean, we-we're both bo- Hah~ !"

Alberto had nipped on Luca's neck to stop him from finishing his sentence. "Who gives a shit if we're 'both boys' ? You like me. I like you. Shouldn't that be all that matters?"

Alberto finished his question by kissing where he had bit Luca's neck. Luca didn't reply so the older boy continued to give Luca kisses all down his neck. Luca closed his eyes, wanting to bask in the feeling. But then he heard what sounded like steps above him and the sensation of Alberto's lips disappeared…

The Agostino household - Saturday morning

Luca opened his eyes to find himself laying on his side in an unfamiliar room on a couch.

He was still in his Halloween costume. "It was all a dream?" Luca asked quietly to himself.

Something deep within Luca was disappointed that all that hadn't been real but he ignored that thought just as quickly as it came up. He sat upright but as soon as he did he felt an unpleasant pounding in his head and felt terrible, closing his eyes tightly in pain, leaning his upper body forward.

'What happened last night?'

The pounding in his head went in and out harshly. Luca slowly opened his eyes again, his line of vision now downward. Luca then saw what looked like a tent between his legs showing up from underneath the blanket that was on him. His eyes widened. This had rarely ever happened to him going through puberty but it never happened after waking up from a dream. Though Luca had woken up feeling heated right before the pain in his head started to hit. This couldn't have been because of that stupid dream! He was too afraid to acknowledge that idea. Luca was relieved that he was the only one in the ro-

"Luca!" he heard a feminine voice yell out.

The sudden shout made Luca jump where he sat. It had sounded like Luna. He started freaking out when he started to hear footsteps coming towards him. If Luca didn't find something to hide his…situation she was going to see and he would feel utterly humiliated. He looked frantically from side to side searching for something. Anything! Luca could hear her footsteps coming closer. Just then he had felt behind him. As a last resort, he snatched the pillow from behind him and quickly put it over his lap to cover up the evidence just as Luna walked in with a pill bottle of, what looked like painkillers, in her hand and a glass of water in the other.

"Buon giorno. How are you feeling?" Seeing Luca's state which was a bit sweaty and flustered looking. "You look like someone painted your face all rosso. You have a fever?"

"N-no! Just a little…flustered? Ah!" Luca grunted in pain, the pounding in his head returning. "And a bit in pain in the head." Luca continued.

"Well, that makes sense. We did have a crazy night last night. Especially you." Luna said in understanding as she sat on the couch with him. "Here. My mom said one of these painkillers should help with the pain." Luna handed him the pill bottle.

Luca took them and attempted to pour more than one onto his palm.

"Whoaaaa there!" Luna said, instantly stopping his actions. "Just take one, ya crazy head. I wanna make you presentable for your imperious mother when you go home. Not kill you."

"Right. Sorry." Luca said timidly, pouring only one on his palm instead. He took it and then swallowed it down with the glass of water. "What happened last night?"

Luna looked down at her lap with a slight downhearted look on her face before replying. "You… kinda exposed me to Alberto last night…about being a sea creature by…splashing water in my face in front of him..."

"I what!? Luca shouted.

"SHH! Keep it down. My parents are home and don't know about that." she warned.

"Oh. But, Luna, I'm so sorry." Luca apologized, feeling guilty. "I know how big of a deal that is to you."

"Yeah, well, no real harm was done since you told me that Alberto is one too. Giulia did almost see me like that though."

"Oh…"

"And…I guess you also figured me out about being a…well...a lesbian, huh?"

"Yeah…I've kind of known for a bit." Luca was slightly surprised Luna had just admitted that straight up, being bold enough to even say the word 'lesbian' out loud.

"Oh yeah, speaking of that… I'm sorry that Giulia and I did a little, let's say, PDA while you were in the room last weekend. Granted, we didn't know you were awake but still." Luna said, feeling a tad embarrassed.

"It's okay…So you… like like Giulia?" Luca asked hesitantly.

Luna said nothing but nodded her head in confirmation, not looking at him fearing she would be judged by him for how she felt about the red-head. Though Luna knew Luca truthfully had feelings for another boy, he was drunk when he hinted he did. She didn't know his views about the topic when sober. If Luca was even aware of his feelings for Alberto he'd probably deny it as she would've if she had been confronted about liking others of her gender in the past. Was he going to judge her? Would Luca hide behind a facade and say she shouldn't feel that way about other girls? That she was gross and weird? Would he not want to be her friend anymore?

All these worries were starting to get to Luna's anxiety and she just wanted to disappear. Her eyes started to water.

"I wish I could change how I feel but…I can't help it." Luna started to sob and she covered her incoming tears with her hands. "I swear if I could choose to be… normal I would."

Luca could see that admitting this was scary to Luna. If he was ever in her predicament, he might have been too…that wasn't something he wanted to think about. The more he thought about it the more that scenario terrified him. Right now, Luca just wanted to focus on Luna's feelings.

"Are…are we still friends?" Luna asked, finally removing her hands from her eyes and looking at Luca. Her lips were trembling but hope was in her tearful eyes.

"Oh, Luna-" Luca started.

Luna suddenly started to get hysterical. "Because if we're not you have to tell me right now before I feel like even more of an…an…a-aberrant lunatic! I mean, hey, my names in that word, 'lunatic'. Very fitting!"

"Shh! Shhh…didn't you say you didn't want your parents to hear? Please, calm down." Luca hushed in concern.

Luna took a breath and exhaled. Luca was right. If her parents heard this conversion who knows how they'd react. And Luna didn't want to find out.

"Right… Mio dio…I'm already different enough in my family as it is. When I was born my parents probably took one look at me expecting a normal human baby only for me to get wet and…they see a tiny, strange, pink, scaly…monster." Tears continued to stream down Luna's face as she spoke. "I tried so hard to tell myself I wasn't into…other girls. That I was just confused. I didn't want to add being a…lesbian on top of all of that."

"But…I thought you accepted being a sea creature. That you were proud of it." Luca reminded her.

"I did…being into aquatic life helped boost my confidence about it, making me proud to be one. But I'm not allowed near the ocean and I can't even swim. But I was okay with that. But then…I met Giulia and…becoming aware of my feelings for her scared me. And Giulia is a human. That's why I can't do the change willingly anymore. I'm afraid she won't accept me for who I am the way I want her to."

Luca, hearing the girl constantly put herself down, broke his heart. His 'situation' had long disappeared so he got out from under the blanket and moved closer to Luna. He then put a comforting hand on her shoulder, catching the older girl off guard, causing her to slightly flinch.

"Luna…of course, you're still my friend. This changes nothing between us…except you not being an option to date anymore." Luca said, joking around saying the last part.

They both chuckled at the joke. Luna smiled a little, wiping her tears away.

"You wanted to date me for real?" Luna asked, finding that hard to believe considering who she believed Luca was actually into.

"Well, I had thought about it once. I thought you were cute when we first met but I knew I didn't have a chance with you so I never made a move. But don't worry. I'm not interested in you like that anymore."

"Because you're into Alberto?" Luna asked, wanting to see if he'd deny it.

"Whoa, what? No! I just confessed to you that I was into you once. Obviously, I'm not gay." Luca said, awkwardly chuckling, now unable to look at Luna directly.

"So? Just because you liked me like that still doesn't mean you aren't head over heels for Alberto. Maybe you like both boys and girls. I don't care but do not try to use me as…as…your straight jacket!"

"'Straightjacket'? What does that mean?"

Luna stood up in frustration. "The words are separate. It's a play on words you closeted liar. It's when someone who likes the same gender, uses a person opposite of their gender to metaphorically wear and hide behind, leading that person to slowly lose themselves into madness which will most likely lead them to physically wear an actual straightjacket."

Luca stared at her for a few seconds until he finally said, "Well, you're mistaken. I don't like boys like that. Maybe you just want to convince me I do so you have someone to relate to."

Luna growled at that. "Okay then. Be an ass." then she grabbed Luca by the overalls of his costume, lifting him from where he sat and bringing him close to her face. "Let's try this again ."

Luca's eyes widened now seeing what he had said was the wrong thing to say. "Whoa, h-hey now. Easy. I'm sorry, alright?"

"I don't want an apology, Luca. I just want the truth. Now look at me in the eyes and swear to me that you don't have feelings for Alberto. Do it."

Just then Luca wanted to look anywhere but Luna's eyes. But why? Luca knew his truth. Just look at her and say it.

'You only like him as a friend. Simple as that.' So then why did he feel more secure not looking at her?

Luca started, stuttering. "I…I d-don-"

"Luna! What are you doing?" Luna's mother had then walked into the room with a plate that had a piece of toast with butter on it. The two hadn't heard her come into the room.

Luna immediately let go of the younger boy, albeit a little harshly as she had pushed against his chest while letting go, causing him to stumble back a little.

"Nothing, mom. He's just a bit hungover and he was spouting nonsense." Luna said bitterly, looking at Luca dead in the face.

'If looks could kill…' Luca thought.

Then Luna turned to face her mother with a fake smile. "He was just getting overly worried thinking he was a burden for staying overnight and was so embarrassed he passed out drunk on our couch. I was just trying to knock some sense into him and reassure him that it's all quite alright," she added.

"Well, she is right about that, Luca. But Luna, you shouldn't be so rough with him like that. It might make him throw up." her mother scolded.

Luna crossed her arms. "You're right, mom. I'm soooo sorry, Luca."

Luca could hear the disingenuousness in the dirty blonde's every word. But Luna's mother either didn't seem to notice or ignored it.

Signora Agostina walked to Luca and put out the plate of toast for him to take. "Here. It's good to eat food like toast in your state. It will boost your blood sugar and stop you from throwing up."

The last thing she had said almost put him off the toast but he was hungry and he didn't want to hurl. But now that Luca had made Luna angry he thought he'd better give her space and go home instead. All the intensity in the air had made him uncomfortable.

"Thanks a lot but…I think I should be heading home now." Luca said.

The older woman was a bit surprised the boy wanted to go so soon after waking up but she didn't protest. "Oh, well, take the toast with you for the way home. You don't want to get sick in public."

Luca nodded and took the toast from the plate.

"Luna, see him to the door." her mother said.

Luna didn't particularly want to but she walked with the boy to the door anyway. Once they were alone at the door, Luna firmly opened the door wide for Luca.

"Goodbye," she said simply, her tone sharp.

Luca walked through the door but before leaving, he turned around to ask, "We're cool, right?"

Luna sighed, letting some of her anger go but she was still not happy with him. "Luca, you were going to lie to me. And you certainly weren't looking at me in the eyes."

Luca said nothing and only cast his eyes downward.

"Clearly you haven't accepted the truth and I'm just going to have to wait until you figure it out on your own like I did. But I know how you really feel."

Luca was starting to get annoyed at her constant pushing and pouted his lips. He finally faced her again. "Oh yeah? 'You know' ? How exactly do you know, Luna?"

"Because last night I found you and Alberto in a closet together, doing god knows what. Then you later asked me why Alberto 'doesn't like like you'. That's how I know." with that Luna then shut the door in the boy's face, putting the unpleasant conversation to an immediate end.

Luca was almost put in a speechless state at that information but he was able to find words of rebuttal with, "I was drunk last night!" he yelled, hoping Luna had heard him on the other side of the door.

A gust of November wind then wooshed against Luca's form causing him to shiver. And his head started to pound again though it didn't hurt as bad as it did when he first woke up. Luca took a bite out of the piece of toast and started his way home in a terrible mood.

The base - a half hour ago

"I want him out. Now!" Alberto said firmly as he entered his father's office room.

Bruno sighed, annoyed with his son's sudden intrusion. "And who is it you want out?"

"Ercole. Now. " Alberto demanded, slamming his hands hard onto Bruno's desk in anger.

Bruno looked at the boy, disinterested. But he knew that, like himself, his son was stubborn and he wasn't going to leave until he humoured him.

"And why should I?" Bruno asked.

"Because he's an insufferable prick!" the teen yelled.

"Most humans are. You're going to have to give me a better reason than that. I'm not going to get rid of a useful asset to the gang without good reason." Bruno said a matter of factly.

It was true that Ercole did have the assets Bruno needed to succeed faster in getting what he wanted from people. Ercole was annoying to deal with but his family had sea creature hunting background and still hated sea creatures with a passion. Alberto remembered when Bruno made Ercole part of the gang. It was to keep the Visconti boy under their thumb. Gain his trust and build him up as a pawn and ally. Make it so that the idiot was unknowingly serving sea creatures rather than illegally hunting them if that ever was something Ercole would do. For four years Bruno never wanted to take that risk since the idiot liked to joke about it a lot. But no one ever laughed since no one really liked Ercole all that much to begin with. But Ercole's family was rich and provided good leads on how the gang could expand and take charge of the town. He was good at telling who they should recruit in the gang and keeping tabs on those who owed money. Ercole loved power and therefore loved being in the gang.

Alberto couldn't just say he wanted him out because he spiked some punch at a dance and made a family member of the creepy glow-the-dark sea creature they were extorting drunk. Bruno would just look at him, say he was acting stupid, question him about Luca and then say he was a disappointment as usual.

Ercole was manipulative, which was also useful, but Alberto could be too when he wanted.

"Look. Dad ." distaste seeped in Alberto's voice at calling the man that to his face after so long. "We don't need him anymore. Nobody here likes him anyway."

Bruno had risen his eyebrow at the 'dad' thing but other than that, he showed no signs of agreeing just yet. "I don't care if no one likes the boy."

"What? You scared that he'll go crazy and go on a sea monster-killing spree or something? That's a little overdramatic don't you think? Besides, he can't get away with that without getting behind bars now." Alberto reasoned.

Bruno said nothing but kept listening.

Alberto decided to push deeper. "Being part of the gang has gone to his head. We've kept him here long enough. His usefulness is very minor now. We have just as much money as he does now anyway."

"Though, Ercole had a big factor in getting us that money. It's harder to track some of the people who owe us without him." Bruno rebutted.

"Oh, so we 'need' him now? He probably thinks could take your position if he wanted. Maybe having him part of the gang is having him too close to us."

Bruno flinched at that thought. Alberto could see the seeds he was planting were growing. He was getting to Bruno's ego. He just needed one more push. "You keep him here because you're scared. You have to remind him who is in charge. Do you really want a human to have that kind of power over you?"

Bruno said nothing again but was now thinking. He leaned back in his chair and turned away from his son in his chair. Alberto wondered if he had convinced the man.

After what felt like forever Bruno finally said, "Send Ercole in."

Alberto was glad Bruno wasn't facing him at that moment because if the man had been he would've seen the ridiculous grin on Alberto's face at those words.

"Gladly," Alberto said, putting his hands in his pockets and heading out the door.

And just like that, Ercole was stripped of his jacket and title and kicked out of the gang. He had walked out of the base in a rage but all of the boys in the gang cheered, happy they would no longer have to follow him around at school. When they got wind of Alberto being the one who convinced their leader to do so they decided to take him out to celebrate.

The chill in the air made Luca's getting home a real nuisance. November had only just started and it was already starting to get needlessly cold outside. Everything sucked and he had only woken up almost an hour ago. Luca already felt like crap. The toast had helped a little bit but the pain in his head, mixed with his guilt for making Luna upset and the constant confusion he had over that dream…or nightmare? Luca wasn't sure which to categorize it as but it had made him feel all kinds of feelings all at once that it freaked him out. He didn't like the thought he had dreamt something like that but he also had a lingering want to go back into that dream. But that only freaked him out more.

But the cold wasn't helping in the slightest.

As Luca tried to log away the memories of the dream he then heard laughter and cheering. Up the street to where he was heading, he saw a group of boys. A group of familiar boys. The same group of boys, excluding Ercole, that went to his school that were in the Scorpions. Alberto was also with them, looking like he was the center of attention.

They were too busy caught up in their rowdiness to notice him right away but nonetheless, Luca started to panic. He wasn't ready to face Alberto yet. Not after what Luna had told him of what he said last night. He had to hide before he was spotted by them. But just as went to turn back…

"Ha! Hey! Halloween was yesterday, idiota!" Luca heard one of the boys say within his laughter.

Crap. Luca had forgotten that he was still wearing his scarecrow costume. Luca wanted to run away but he knew that would only make things worse. Luca slowly turned around.

"Did ya get lost on your way to Oz, loser?" Bartolo asked sarcastically, making fun of Luca's current appearance.

"Luca?" he heard Alberto question.

It was too late. The freshman had been caught. He couldn't run from this. Though it wasn't easy to face him again so soon after the dream, he was glad Alberto was there. Luca was hoping he would make this encounter easier for him to deal with.

Luca slowly turned back around. "Uh…hey, guys."

"Hey, it's your little homework boy, Alberto. Almost didn't recognize him without his nerdy glasses." Bartolo commented.

The timing couldn't be more terrible. Alberto hadn't been expecting to see Luca on his way to celebrate the gang's booting of Ercole Visconti. He thought that Luca was going to rest in bed all day after the night he had. And now he found himself in a spot he didn't want to be in. He was going to have to keep a cool appearance in front of his peers while trying to keep them off Luca's back like last time this had happened at school.

"Haha, hey. Shut up, guys. He's my 'tutor', remember?" Alberto said in a laughing matter as if it was just a joke.

Luca understood why he said it like that but it still bothered him a little inside. But Luca didn't fight back. It was better if he said nothing.

Alberto continued. "In fact. I believe he still has some homework of mine to finish. Let me fill the little guy in on the details. You guys go on ahead. I'll catch up."

"You got it, bro" Bartolo replied. Then Bartolo looked over to Luca. "Hey, say 'hi' to Dorothy for us, will ya?"

The rest of the boys roared in laughter at that last jab and then they walked off, leaving the two boys alone.

"How are you feeling today?" Alberto finally asked after making sure the boys were completely out of sight.

"I'm fine." Luca lied, not looking at him. "Why do you ask?" Luca was having a hard time looking Alberto in the face. He couldn't stop thinking back on the dream every time he did.

"Well, you were acting a little pazzo last night. It was Ercole's fault that the punch got spiked last night by the way. So I taught him a little lesson and got him booted out of the gang for ya." Alberto said proudly.

That last comment got Luca to look at him again. "For me?"

Alberto, hearing Luca repeat what he had said, wanted to slap himself for his slip up.

"B-by that I mean for everyone that got drunk. Tell Guido about that by the way when you see him. Heard he got drunk too." Alberto quickly said, backtracking.

"Oh…right…" Luca said quietly. "I didn't say or do anything…weird to you last night in a closet, did I?" Luca was hoping that Luna had been making all that up.

"Well…uh…"

Alberto wasn't entirely sure, but, in Luca's expression, it looked as if Luca was aware of at least some of the uncharacteristic things he said and did but wanted confirmation that it was over-exaggerated from whatever he had been told. Luca was clearly embarrassed over it all. Seeing that, Alberto couldn't tell Luca the way his actions had affected him as much as they did.

Alberto put his hands in his coat pockets and catered to what Luca probably wanted to hear instead. "Some things were said and…there was a closet. But it was nothing. We're cool. Nothing's…changed between us..."

Luca sighed in relief. "Oh. That's good. Luna was saying all this crazy stuff. I knew she was being overly dramatic. Heh…" just then, Luca shivered from the cold air again.

Alberto noticed this. "You okay?"

"Yeah! It's j-just, uh, a little cold. I'm heading home. I'm almost there anyway. No big deal." Luca lied.

Alberto didn't buy it, especially seeing the younger boy shiver every few seconds. Luca was such a terrible liar. Alberto shook his head fondly. "Don't tell anyone I did this but…" He started to unzip his coat.

Seeing this, Luca sent stiff. "W-what are you doing?"

Alberto raised an eyebrow at his reaction then showed a tiny smirk. "Relax."

Once it was fully unzipped, Alberto took off his coat and then took off his jacket that he was wearing underneath. "You can borrow this for now," he said handing Luca his jacket.

Alberto figured he could get away with doing this during the celebration without anyone noticing it was gone as long as he kept his coat on.

Luca was taken aback by the gesture. "A-are you s-sure?"

"As long as nobody important sees you in it, ya. Take it." Alberto assured him.

"Okay…" Luca then wore a small smile, took the jacket and put it on, feeling warmer.

Alberto put back on his coat then looked Luca up and down. "You look good in it," he said, unable to help himself.

"Thanks…" Luca said, a small blush appearing on his cheeks.

"Doesn't entirely work with the straw hat though," Alberto added, trying to make his previous comment come off as platonic as much as possible.

Luca chuckled at the added observation though. "Haha. You're probably right." Luca made a move to remove the hat.

"Yeah, keep the hat on though. It is pretty cold today." Alberto said, stopping Luca from taking it off. "Anyway, you can return it to me tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Luca repeated in surprise.

"Yeah. I'll come pick it up at your house."

"Oh, I don't know if-"

"Bye!" Alberto said abruptly.

Then the older boy rushed off before Luca could turn the idea down. Now going in the direction of the rest of the Scorpion boys.

Luca watched him leave with wide eyes. He wasn't sure what tomorrow would bring but he brought himself to the fact that Alberto had just given him something that was a pretty big deal to keep him warm. The thought made him smile like an idiot. But then he shook himself out of that thought and focused on getting the rest of the way home.

When Luca got home he received a strange look from his mother when she saw her son's appearance. Luca was relieved she knew nothing of his drunk behaviour the night before. He was going to have to thank Luna for not telling her about that once he was on good terms with her again.

(A/N) The chapter is a bit shorter than I wanted it to be but it had been long enough of a break that I had to post something sooner.

I hope I didn't make anyone pissed that the first part of the chapter was just a dream. But there were slight clues. Like how the scene came out of nowhere, Alberto's major 10 fold boldness, not mentioning what happened at the dance, not continuing where I left off and not writing Alberto's perspective and only Luca's. But some of you might have guessed that that was going on before the "GOTCHA'" moment was revealed.

I do have one question though. Is "'Straight' jacket" a term that already exists or am I the first to come up with it? And if it is an already existing term I doubt it was a term in the 70's. So I can let Luna take credit for it.

Anyway, updates probably won't be as frequent as they were but the fic will never be dropped. I care about it too much. So don't worry about that.

If you're curious about what fandub I'm working on it's the "Final Fantasy VII Fandub" on YouTube. Episode 10 just came out. watch?v=8xrQwVstvxslist=PLngmVwkiRf4HdDxoBxCQg709WlIhzdaPI

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