A/N - So I decided to go and write another chapter! Thanks for all who reviewed :) IMPORTANT- Leonardo IS NOT the customer in this chapter. That part goes on while he is driving. (Leonardo is at a meet-up with some artists in the beginning where they paint and talk about art and stuffs. sorry if it's a little confusing :P) You'll get to know the characters more and more in the next chapters, but these first two are just an intro.

Leonardo's fingers drummed loudly against his wooden art table. Sun shown brightly into the room through a large window. Other artists whom he had come to know were gathered at their own tables, circled around a small basket of fruit on a wooden pedistal in the middle of them. Painting fruit was a simple activity, yet entertaining and produced pleasant art pieces. The group of artists seemed to enjoy the exercise when they wanted to relax.

But painting lemons and apples and grapes weren't on Leonardo's mind. In fact, he hadn't even touched a brush to his canvas since he'd arrived. A darker subject filled his head: the boy.

It had been hardly over a week since he'd seen the boy knocked to the ground by his customer-turned-enemy, and though he tried not to think of him, thoughts of the boy wandered into his mind all too often.

Canvas was pushed aside for a notebook, paintbrush traded for pencil. A figure began to form out of lines and scribbles: a shadowy one with a gray hood pulled over it's head. Very similar to... He knew well who he was drawing, but he didn't stop. Instead he flipped to a clean page and began to shape a head, then nose, then eyes..Then it occured to Leonardo that he had never seen the boy up close. Just from gazes at a distance, but he yearned to see the boy up close now that he thought more and more it.

Not a boy. A whore. Leo's notebook closed and he shoved it far from him, returning to his empty canvas.

"Bye, Leonardo!" exlaimed one of his artist friends. The sky was growing darker, and the group of friends were leaving from their meet-up after long chats and conversations and working on pieces.

It's dark. The boy will be out working the streets right now-

"See you next time, Salai!" he called back from across the parking lot, getting into his car. A key turned, a car engine roared.

And before I head home, I can just pick up from that Italian place downtown.

He knew the real reason he wanted to drive 30 minutes downtown just to get food he could make at home. He was addicted to the boy (though he would never admit it).

He's a fucking whore! What are you thinking? He practically yelled at himself, gripping on tightly to the wheel. But did he hit the breaks and turn home?

Just this one last time. He yearned. No; needed to see the boy.

"Uhm.. How much.. Money?"

First timer. Ezio could tell by the nervous glances his customer made, the subtle shifting of his feet.

"65." Ezio loved gullible first timers. He gave a silent nod and the customer handed over the money. He was a married man, Ezio could tell by the tan line left by a wedding band on his ring finger. He disgusted Ezio. All of his customers did. Sinking as low as paying a 17 year old (he told everyone he was 20, but still it was no excuse) to give them a quick fix in the alleyways. Most were married men, some just your average Joe or barfly, but all disgusted him.

Two pairs of feet stalked into the alley, the sound of a zipper rung throw the brick walls, and a pair of jean-clad knees hit the gorund. A minute later the deed was done. Ezio quickly spat the man's seed onto the ground next to him and stood back up to face the man. The man stood, shaking slightly from the cold of the winter atmosphere, face washed over in pleasure and eyes tightly shut.

"Thank you for your business. Any time you need..." Ezio ran a finger along the man's thigh and smirked. "..service, just look for me."

A grey hood was pulled over a head of dirty brown hair and Ezio left the man still standing between the dark walls. Ezio fingered the $60 in his pocket happily. He had just gained another customer.

A/N- Will Leo and Ezio meet face to face? *Evil Laughter* you must wait until the next chapter! PS the chapters will get longer, I just wanted to cut this one off here.