Okay I am sooooooo sorry about the whole not updating thing, that's why this chapter is longer. it is my crappy apology. I have been very busy with applying to collage. Once November is over I should get back to updating faster!
The songs Lovino sings are:
Bruises and Bitemarks by Good with Grenades
Louise by Eisblume
Enjoy.
Rosetta quickly climbed to the top of the roofs. From her experience she knew that Lovino, in her currant emotional state, would ether go on a guard killing spree or run and hide somewhere. She ignored the calls of a near by guard on the roof to get down, and pulled up her hood quickly, setting off across the roofs.
Two hours later Rosetta was becoming desperate. She had searched the thieves guild, even talked to Antonio. She had run threw every street and walked every roof. It seemed to her that Lovino had disappeared.
The brunette sat on the edge of one of the roofs by the docks, staring out at the sun set. If she did not find Lovino soon, the others would worry. Off in the distance, over the loud sounds of the docks she though she heard a whisper of a voice. Rosetta stood and turned around, listening intently for the sound to come again. For a moment there was nothing, but with a gust of wind came the noise again.
Singing.
Confused, she followed the disembodied voice to its source.
As she drew near the San Marco Campanile, the song came became clear. It was a tune she recognized. A song from her childhood.
"Die Rosen wollen verblühn wenn sie dich sehn. Louise - mein Herz. Du musst verstehn, Nur ohne dich wird unsere Liebe währn,"
Rosetta stopped and leaned against a chimney and let the song permeate her ears. She was transported back to the dark forest behind the Incendio house hold. Years of her childhood where filled with discovering the trees secrets. Days spent running across streams, tripping over roots, chasing imaginary Nymphs.
She was eleven. Sitting on the ground behind a shady tree. Lovino with her short boys hair cut and torn dress sat on her left and Ludwig sat left of Lovino together they made a triangle around the base of the tree. Their backs all turned toward the trunk.
It had been a long day of running, climbing, exploring, and now resting. From her right the younger Rosetta heard Ludwig begin to sing in his native tongue. His low voice echoed threw the empty trees.
It had been a good day.
It had been so long ago.
Rosetta opened her eyes, done with remembering the past.
"Die Zeit verrinnt, Die Blätter fallen, Nacht schwebt heran, Tag ohne wiederkehr, Ein Schatten naht,"
Now the voice that drifted over the city was not that of a male. It was Lovino. Rosetta had heard her sing enough times to be sure. She smiled a bit, her short friend did have a wonderful voice, almost enchanting. One could hear every emotion pouring threw the words, effortlessly.
Rosetta turned her head toward the tower and spotted Lovino's white clad figure above her, perched on a ledge.
"Verdunkelt alle Welt, Löscht deine Schritte, Nimmt dich mit, Dich fort,"
Turing her head down she noticed several people down in the square below looking up at the tower, transfixed. They probably thought that she was an angel come to bless their city. Foolish notion.
With a swift moment Rosetta stood from the chimney and began climbing the tower.
"Louise - mein Herz. Wo willst du hin? Das Wasser trägt uns jetzt ins Morgenlicht. Louise - so kalt."
The higher she climbed the more desperate she was to get Lovino down. Rosetta was never very fond of high places. She had to congratulate Lovino on picking the one place that she knew the brunette would not check. Of course she was well aware of how intelligent the blond was, she had probably gone up there on purpose.
With a sigh she pulled her self up to Lovino's ledge and sat next to her friend. Closing her eyes.
Lovino only turned and smirked.
"Umsorgt von der Unendlichkeit des Augenblicks. Er ist da. Er ist da. Louise - mein Herz. Vergib mir nicht."
"Lovino," Rosetta cracked one eye open. "Please come down. Everyone is worried,"
"Die Welt hält an, Will sich nicht weiter drehn. Louise - und doch."
"I know what Valentino said was wrong, he knows it too," she turned to her pleadingly.
The shorter woman's enchaining voice stopped and she smiled. "Oh and deprive all those people down there of beautiful music?" she gestured with her arms to the small crowd gathered below.
Rosetta looked down, then quickly back up. "You are enjoying this too much, watching them down at your feet,"
The blond smirked. "I will admit that I have a bit of a god complex,"
"I am sure that those people," she waved her hand down at the people below, but kept her eyes shut. "Believe we are some sort of angels,"
Lovino laughed. "I believe we are beautiful enough,"
"Your ego is much too big," Rosetta knew that Lovino was pontedly ignoring the reason she had come up here in the first place. But, perhaps, that was best. The women next to her was not one for long emotional talks, she was especially not one for crying. The brunette suspected that Lovino's father's wish for a son had not only effected her name.
"Let's go, its getting very cold," Lovino stood and walked to the edge of the tower, away from the small crowd below that still watched them. Rosetta opened her eyes to watch. The small assassin then turned around facing toward Rosetta. She winked and fell over backwards.
Rosetta rolled her eyes and maneuvered down the tower and back on to the roof where she meet the smirking Lovino. Safe. "Please do not do that! Everytime I see you make a leap of faith I think you will miss the hay and end up as a splat on the ground!"
"Oh come on it's just part of being an assassin. We both had to jump off the church tower back home,"
"That was different," Rosetta crossed her arms. "It was not nearly as high! And must you always go backwards,"
"Adds to the dramatic effect," Lovino smirked. "Let's go home,"
When the two young assassins returned to the workshop they where greeted with many relieved faces, or rather three revealed faces and one rather indifferent face. Salai would have been perfectly content if the two had never returned.
After lots of apologies and laughter, Ezio left, leaving behind a codex page, Valentino kissed Rosetta's cheek and went left to return to his rented room across the city, and the the two men and two women went to bed.
The next morning Leonardo awoke to a noise from down stairs. Curious he dressed and and made his way to the ground floor of the workshop. As he drew closer he realized the sound was Lovino singing.
Reaching the bottom step Leonardo saw the young girl moving quickly around the room with a broom, attempting to sweep, but was more dancing around, broom acting as her partner. He stood still watching her.
As she spun her white and purple robes swirled around her, and her bare feet made little patting noises against the floor.
"Passion lies in screams, Of ecstatic dreams. Feel the magic rise, We're plotting our demise, Of perspiration and alcohol, As I introduce the bedroom brawl,"
Rather distractedly Leonardo wondered where Rosetta and Salai where. The artist did not fully comprehend the words that the short girl was uttering.
" You bring the ropes and chains. I'll bring the pills and games. I can show you pain, And make you say my name,"
Suddenly, the words permeated the artist mind and he started laughing.
Lovino intently stopped moving and turned to face him, her face slowing growing red.
"W-where you singing about sex?"
Lovino glared at him. "Yes, now stop laughing!" she looked like a pouting child.
"Mi dispiace," Lonardo waved his hands apologetically, still chuckling. "it was just so unexpected,"
Still embarrassed, Lovino returned the broom to where it normally sat in a dark unused corner of the workshop.
Regaining his composure, the artist moved to one of the work benches and sat down. "Where have Rosetta and Salai disappeared to?"
Lovino turned to him, happy for the change of subject. "I am not sure, they left early,"
"Together?"
"Yes," the short woman moved across the room to sat down next to him. "They do not seem to hate each other. Which is odd, considering that he and i despise one another. Though, I believe that Salai and I have similar personalities,"
"Yes," Leonardo agreed with a smile. "You are both, loud, opinionated, and untrustworthy," Lovino punched his arm. "Ow!" he rubbed his now bruised limb.
"You deserve that. Anyways, maybe that is why we do not get along. We are too similar! But I also hate him because he is in love with you,"
Lonardo turned toward her his eyes wide. "Cosa? That can not be right," he shook his head.
"No, well maybe he does not love you but he certainly lusts after you," she scrunches her face in disgust. "But he is so ugly! And his hair is so ridiculous!"
The artist could not help but laugh. "I do not find him so horrible, but I believe you are wrong,"
"I am never wrong,"
Before the artist could retort the door opened, and Rosetta and Salai walked in, loaded with food.
"Oh, that is what you two when off to get!" Lovino stood to take some of the mass about of things her friend was holding.
"Did you not listen when I told you where we where going?" Rosetta huffed as her shorter friend lessened her load.
"Nope!" the blond grinned.
Rosetta rolled her eyes. "We should just put all this away,"
Leonardo sat and watched the three travel upstairs, bits of their conversion drifting down to him. He would have gladly offered to help but he noticed that Rosetta had several packages of meat, and he did not really want to be anywhere close to it.
Several minutes later the three came back downstairs. Lovino and Salai, unsurprisingly having an animated argument about weather it was appropriate for a woman to be an assassin.
Rosetta sat down across the worktable from Leonardo and practically yelled over the other two. "So, I heard some interesting news while I was out,"
Breaking off from his bantering with Lovino, Salai quickly sat down next to Leonardo, leaving the distressed assassin to sit across from him.
"Yes, Apparently there where angles spotted on the San Marco Campanile! They are saying that our city must be blessed by god!" Salai explained excitedly.
Lovino snickered and Rosetta smirked.
"I wonder," Leonardo gave the too a thoughtful look. "If you two had anything to do with these angels?"
"Oh, Leonardo," Lovino smirked playfully. "Are you calling us angels?"
He smiled back. "Not at all,"
The blond giggled. "Well you are quite right not to call us such. In fact those silly people have everything all wrong. Seeing me above the city is hardly a blessing from god," she was still smiling but it did not reach her dark eyes. "No, it is a curse from hell,"
Sensing that the conversation might quickly go down hill, Rosetta tactfully changed subjects. "Leonardo, has Valentino stopped by today? He said yesterday that he would come back here,"
He shook is head. "Not yet, It is still rather early I am sure he will be by later,"
She nodded.
For a moment Lovino gave her a bit of a perplexed look. "How can it be that you are getting married when you have not even been kissed?"
Rosetta, gave her friend an equally confused look. "I have been kissed,"
"By who?! Why have you not told me this!?"
"It was a long time ago and I was embarrassed, you never asked about it so I never told you," the dark haired assassin's cheeks began to redden. "It was with Luca..."
"Luca? The stable boy?" Lovino began giggling. "Really?!"
Rosetta glared. "Quit it would you!"
"Mi dispiace, but I just can not image that. How did it happen?"
Her cheeks red Rosetta began her story. "We where about ten and mamma asked me to go talk to Luca's father about getting more milk from the cows, so I went and told him, and when I was walking out Luca came up to me with a big bunch of daises he had picked. It was just so sweet of him that I just leand in and kissed him,"
"Awww," Lovino grinned. "That is so cute!"
Leonardo smiled at Rosetta. "I agree it is a very sweet story,"
Salai looked unimpressed, so Lovino kicked him.
Now curious Leonardo turned to the feisty blond. "And what about you, Lovino?"
"Well," she tirned to him grinning. "Now that you ask!" and with gusto she launched into her story. "I was thirteen at the time. Just a few weeks earlier I had chopped off all my hair with a pair of sheers, it was shorter then even yours! And there was this boy in out village. Nicolo, he was so mean, he said I was not a girl, cause I had cut my hair and sometimes wore pants. I told him he was stupid, of course I was a girl. So he told me to prove it. And I, not thinking of a better idea just kissed him," she grinned proudly. "He has not bothered me since, mostly because all of his friends where there,"
Leonardo chuckled. "Why do I find that story very unsurprising?"
"Because she is a rude, annoying, and not in the least bit feminine," Salai supplied bitterly.
"Salai," Leonado was ready to lecture the boy.
"No he is right," she grinned. "But what about you Leonardo? Surly you have a story for us,"
eyes going wide he turned to the tow women, noticing that both of them wore similar grins. "O-oh, I um..." he ducked his head down and mumbled. "I have never been kissed..."
"What?!" three astonished voices shouted.
"But your so handsome and smart," Rosetta shook her head.
The artist just shrugged.
"Well do not fret Leonardo, if all goes well with the plan, you will have your kiss," Lovino winked at him.