4:13 AM
San Diego
February
Noel opened his eyes slowly as he saw his boss resting his head on his chest as he had his arms wrapped around him.
He didn't have sex with Leon, more like he just made out with him, which he shouldn't have initiated on his part.
He'll admit he did enjoy it, but he also does it as being afraid of what Leon can do if he just pushed him back constantly.
He doesn't really know if Leon has bad intentions or good ones, either way he has definitely crossed the line. He couldn't go back, and he'll have to face the consequences of his actions if they ever found out.
He sighed deeply before getting his phone from the table next to him, his phone screen lit up brightly.
He switched his device with his right hand, he noticed a few missing text from Lianelle and Denise, the only two friends that have his back.
"Oye y que haces?", Denise asked him what he was doing, he replied to her that he was alright.
He decided to scroll through social media as always, he's usually bored of always just standing there doing nothing most of the time, that's why he's always on his phone, either scrolling or playing a little game.
As he was looking at his cellphone, he got a random call from Lianelle, he decided to pick up the call.
"Noel, how are you? I just wondering what were you up to", she said, calmly.
"Nothing much", Noel gazed at Leon as he was sleeping on his chest, he placed his hand on top of Leon's hand, he had mid length black hair, it looked really nourished and soft.
He traced his fingers through his dark hair, he wished he had straight hair like his, since his hair usually consisted of having to apply a lot of hair products for it to look at a really good state.
"So I was wondering that we should go to your place and cook something for us. What do you think?", she asked him happily.
"I can't right now. I'm going to San Francisco later on", he denied her offer, she sighed in defeat.
"Oh, I might as well go to Denise's place", she changed the subject, she must have felt kind of irritated knowing she couldn't see him.
"Let's do it another time, ok? You can come over anytime I'm over there. Just give me a call and I'll let you know", Noel said.
"You know I will call immediately", he laughed along with her, she sighed once more.
"I have to go. Bye, love", she said before hanging up, he put his phone to the side and looked over at Leon as he continued sleeping really peacefully.
He noticed he moved his head a little, he might wake up at any moment now.
Leon opened his eyes as he saw the door in the distance, he lifted his head and looked over at Noel with sleepy eyes.
"Uhm...Good morning", Leon said in a low tired voice, he was feeling drained due to taking too much alcohol last night.
"Uh- what happen-", Leon tried to ask him but he stopped himself as he had a flashback from what happened between him and his bodyguard, they have went too far with each other.
"You got a little crazy, that's all", Noel replied to him casually, Leon felt quite embarrassed as he realization hit like a bullet train that he was sleeping on top of him.
"Wait...", Leon's eyes widen in shock as he saw the hickeys around his chest, he placed his hand as he pointed on a hickey.
"I did this?", Leon asked him, he simply nodded in response.
"I-...umm...Sorry for that", Leon apologized, Noel was confused about why he got a sudden apology.
"It's okay. They'll go away on their own", Noel replied to him before smiling a little.
Leon lifted himself into a sitting position on the edge of the bed, thinking about what happened last night, did he really let himself do that?
He wanted to blame the alcohol, but that's no excuse to want to just make out with someone whom you're not even supposed to.
"Well Sir Cashmere, I might have to take my leave and get my stuff. I mean, my stuff is there, am I correct?", Noel decided to talk to him like nothing happened as he grabbed his shirt from the floor and started to put it on.
"It is. Don't worry", Leon assured him as he felt like it was such an awkward situation.
"Take care", Noel got his belongings before going out the door, how does he not feel embarrassed at all?!
"Right", Leon mumbled under his breath, he buried his face into his hands as he remembered what happened in every single detail without missing absolutely nothing.
The names he called him, his touch, his eyes, his smirk, his scent, everything he has done was definitely carved into his mind.
"Mi amor, cariño...what does it mean?", Leon thought to himself as he remembered Noel called him those names, along with others he quite doesn't remember as much.
He decided to try and forget about it, he decided to get up and get ready for the day.
°~5:30 AM~°
"So, what's up?", Giana asked his nephew curiously.
"Noel, may you please wait outside the door?", Noel nodded his head silently before walking out and closing the dor shut from the private dining area.
"Umm, I might need your advice with something", Leon told her, Giana was the only one out of the entire family that he feels he could kind of trust with certain situations, he'll want to know what he's supposed to do now that he literally made out with his bodyguard last night.
"What is it, Leon? I appreciate that you even ask me for advice in general, you know?", Giana told him, though he feels like he could just forget about it...it feels quite strange.
"Umm- I know that you're younger than me but...I don't know", Leon felt even more embarrassed trying to reach out to someone six years younger than him.
"It's okay, tell me. I have had my own husband who's like older than you ask me for advice before. I'm always here to help", Giana assured him kindly with a warm smile on her face.
"I...I slept with him last night. I mean- not exactly slept with him like that but just...I don't know how to explain it", Leon tried to explain but he kept stuttering like a nervous wreck, he sighed angrily before trying to talk again.
"Oh...Wait what?!", Giana's eyes flew open in astonishment as she was trying to take a bite out of her food but completely froze.
"Who?", Leon sighed as he realized she wouldn't just know it was by just saying 'him'.
"Him, the one standing outside the door", Leon told her, she realized he was talking about Noel, she felt more shocked than before.
"You know that you can't do anything like that to the people you are working with, right? If they find out, they'll get fired", Giana told him, it was a direct rule of the family.
"I know, but it feels weird to just do it and move on like nothing", Leon confessed to her as he furrowed his brows slightly, she exhaled deeply.
"Just forget about it. I mean, as long as you don't bring it up...just move on. It was only a one time thing anyways", Giana gave him advice, but he doesn't know how to move on so simply like that.
"So do I just act like I never did anything to him?", Giana gave him a thumbs up as she was eating her food.
"It feels strange to just move on", Leon told her, she just shrugged her shoulders.
"Are you in love with him or something?", Leon cleared his throat as he heard the word 'love', no, no, and absolutely no.
"What the fuck do you mean by that shit? To be in love, you just have to be fucking ridiculous", Leon denied her question, she laughed softly.
"My bad. My bad, I know it wouldn't be that. But still, like if he's acting like nothing happened, then you should too", Leon sighed as he took a bite out of his meal, he decided to push his plate forward before laying his head down.
"Whatever", Leon muttered, frustrated. He laid his head down on the table before closing his eyes.
"Leon, wake up and finish your food. Are you not hungry or something?", Leon ignored her aunt's concern and went to sleep again.
After about thirty-two minutes, someone opened the door widely and Giana looked to see who it was, the Mancini brothers.
"Oh, I see someone did not sleep well", Marcello said as he chuckled lightly, he excused himself inside along with his brother.
"Now if you let us, I'll like to sit down with you", Marcello said as they both sit down next to Leon who was going into a deep slumber.
"We have to leave in 15 minutes", Marcello tilted his head a little as his hand reached out to shake Leon up, but no response.
"Hey, no time for laziness, wake up for once!", Marcello slammed his hand on the table a couple of times, finally he got a reaction of Leon as he woke up with his hair is covering his face.
"What the hell?", Leon told him, coldly.
"Good morning, Mr. Cashmere. We have to leave in 15 minutes", Marcello told him before standing up along with his brother.
Leon followed him but stopped before turning around.
"I'll be fine", Giana told him, he told four of his men to be with Giana as she got ready to take her leave.
Leon put the same black bandada on as he got out through the main entrance and got inside of his vehicle where Alvarez was waiting for him with their belongings.
"Buenos Días, Sir Cashmere. Ready to go to San Francisco?", Alvarez greeted them happily as they got on the car.
"Lead the way", Leon told him as he shut the car door and Alvarez moved the lever of the car and started to move onto the road.
It was going to definitely be a long ride.
°~12:51 PM~°
"Here we are, San Francisco", Alvarez said joyfully as he saw the beautiful view of the city around them.
Leon's phone begin to buzz relentlessly, he opened his eyes to see that he saw someone was calling him.
"Mr.Cashmere, enjoying the place so far?", the voice asked him, it was Lucio.
"I don't know yet, I'll have to see for myself", he replied to him as he decided to pull out a random lighter and flick it until it was running a small flame.
"You'll have a fun experience around here. But you know, we just have to do something important first", Marcello said happily, they were going to raid the warehouse of his worst enemy, Vincent Wales.
"When are we doing it?", Leon asked as he looked out the car window to examine the urbanized view around him.
"When the sun goes down, the night will cover out tracks in the dark", his business partner told him before finally hanging up.
Leon took a deep breath and sighed as he decided he was going to back to resting his eyes again.
"We're only 3 minutes away", Alvarez notified the other people in the car, but Leon was already resting his head again.
"Si le gusta estar de dormilón, verdad? El jefe siempre está haciendo algo en la mera noche", Alvarez talked to Noel in Spanish as he took a turn to the left.
"Lo más lo hacen a pura pija a uno", Noel replied to him, Alvarez chuckled joyfully as he told him Leon makes everybody tired and not only himself.
"Oh bueno...we're here now, Sir Cashmere", Leon slowly raised his head as he gazed over at the new hotel he was going to stay in.
They got off before his men gathered his belongings and went inside to their designated rooms, Leon closed the door behind him as he saw the white walls around his room while having a balcony with the glass doors.
He carried his suitcase behind before finally plopping down on the bed from exhaustion, he wanted to go to sleep but he never had the time to do so.
He let out a sigh and sat down on the edge of the bed before reaching out his cell phone.
He decided to text Nico to see how he was doing, but as he sent out the message, Nico called him.
"What?", Leon asked him, confused.
"Umm- Leon, Can I have someone pick me up to go to your house?", Nico asked him kindly, for once he isn't calling him names.
"I'm not there, I'm somewhere else doing business", Leon told him, his cousin exhaled deeply in disappointment.
"Where you at?", he asked.
"San Francisco", Nico gasped, he was clearly far away from home.
"So you really aren't over here, oh well. I guess I'm just going to Milo's house", Nico told him, he hung up without another word.
Leon looked back at the balcony, the view looked so beautiful.
He knew he had to attend yet another meeting with the brothers before finally raiding the warehouse.
"Fuck this shit", Leon mumbled under his breath, he deeply regrets ever following the footsteps of his grandfather. He wanted to save the world and become a police officer, instead of a dangerous mafia leader.
He did become a police officer for only 2 and a half years, but he was drawn into the evil that was holding into the dark world.
They found out the horrible crimes Adrik had done, fraud and being the head of his own mafia.
That's what lead him to have to retire to save his grandfather from being arrested, they moved across the country to California, so this is where he mostly spent the rest of his teenage years at.
Now he's known as the merciless, horrible person he became, "Raven of the Dark".
He hates being a mafia leader, he just despises it, he lost a lot of good people, including her.
He hates it but he can't escape it, he knows he never will.
Leon stares at the view in front of his eyes while hating himself for everything, the only person who has changed him completely to be more responsible and less careless for is for his daughter.
His daughter was the only gift that the angels from above had for him after the death of her, he has cherished her so much. He doesn't want to lose her, never in his life would he want for her sweet little dove to dissappear out of his heart.
He sacrifices his soul and body for her, all for her kid. He wants for her to have all of his goods so she never has to go through a heartbreaking childhood like he did.
He doesn't want her to be traumatized nor hurt from the dark place he's in, she gives him such happiness and joy being around his daughter's presence.
He gets up and walks out of the room, he's ready for the next mission in hand.
He will accept his fate if he has to.
°~8:12 PM~°
"Sir Cashmere, get ready for some fun", Marcello told him in a amused tone through the comms.
Their cars were parked at a safe distance from where the warehouse was at, he got his rifle in his hand and started to approach the tall gate from the fence.
"Well what do we do with this?", Marcello asked him curiously as he looked over at Leon who was looking up at top of the fence.
"Just climb over it", Leon started to climb up the fence before jumping over it, getting himself to the other side.
His men started to do the same thing, Marcello looked at them before doing the same thing, his men followed his actions.
"That was genius, right, Lucio?", he smiled at his brother intentionally.
"Huh...go to hell", Lucio responded to him harshly as he prepared his gun to shoot anybody in sight.
They were ready for some killing, though Leon didn't want to kill at the moment, he'll do it as long as it gives him money, allies, and heritage to his daughter.
"Let's go", Leon ordered his men as he walked rapidly towards the location.
He examined his surroundings intently and immediately spotted a bunch of enemies on the spot.
"Fire!", Marcello gave the order as a rainfall of bullets started to fly out into the air like a thunderstorm.
The men fell down to the ground, more came around from the corner and started to shoot at them directly.
"Andrew, go!", Leon told his right hand man from the comms as he barricaded himself behind some of his men.
Andrew showed up behind the enemies' back and started to pull the trigger multiple times before all of the men were dead, it looked like a blood bath at this point.
"Go to the other side, I'll go this way", Leon told him as he decided to run off to the other side along with his men.
"Yes, Sir Cashmere!", Andrew replied to him before ordering Leon's men to follow his boss' orders.
"Mr.Cashmere, this is where we separate! Lucio, go over there now! All of you go where he leads you!", Marcello yelled out in Italian, he separated himself as he went into a completely different area from the warehouse. They were planning to kill every enemy in sight before stealing the location for their own smuggling business.
"Ah fuck!", Leon saw more men coming towards their way, two of his men lunged grenades towards the opposing side.
The grenades exploded loudly, booming up a bunch of men into pieces in the air.
"Sir Cashmere, watch out!", Noel screamed as he saw a random vehicle move towards them, he grabbed his arm and pulled him close enough to move him out of the way. Leon frowned as he looked back at the vehicle hurt more of his men; crashing into them violently.
One of his men started to shoot towards the car, he shot one of the tires down, deflating it.
The vehicle continued to zoom down and took a turn to the left, all of his enemies were shot down at this point.
"What the hell was that?", Leon asked them, confused.
"That's Vincent Wales in that car, Sir Cashmere!", Leon felt astonished, his enemy was here?!
He decided to continue along with killing all of the enemies in sight for next two hours or so, he shot more men down before hearing a static sound through the comms.
"This is Sir Cashmere, do you copy?", Leon asked them before looking around and realizing he had no enemies in sight.
"This is Lucio, watch out for the vehicle, it's coming towards you! We have cleared the area", he saw the bright lights from the car into the distance.
"Leon, watch out", Marcello suddenly grabbed him by the collar from behind and pulled him towards himself.
"Wait...if Vincent is there then we have to stop him", Leon was wondering why the car hadn't left yet.
The car decided to stop suddenly in the distance, someone got off of the car without warning.
"Hello Leon, long time no see", a voice called out to him maliciously as he approached him. His dark brown eyes stared straight into his soul, he hated him.
"Vincent, get the fuck away from me!", Leon raised his firearm as he decided to get out of the corner and walk up to him until they were at a measurable distance.
"You know you will never beat us down, you won't get to us. No matter how hard you try to convince yourself and others, we will kill you", Vincent tried to tell him such things, but Leon wasn't buying it as he aimed the gun towards his head and slowly adding pressure to the trigger, about to shoot his enemy dead for once.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you", Leon ignored his advice since it was obvious that he didn't care what came out of his mouth.
"Sir Cashmere", Noel ran up to him as Vincent held up his gun towards Leon, he aimed his firearm towards Vincent, his eyes widen as he saw him staring at him in astonishment.
"What- w-what are you doing here?", he frowned at Leon's bodyguard in a stunned expression, they know each other?!
Leon suddenly pulled the trigger three times on the chest, Vincent stumbled back before falling back on the ground in pain.
"Get back!", Lucio warned as he planted a C-4 charge at the back of the vehicle, a few people ran out of the car in horror as they saw Lucio place the charge in the back of the vehicle.
His men started to shoot as the men tried to get away, Lucio denotated the bomb and the car exploded, flames spiraling out of control.
Vincent as close to the car so he groaned in pain as he saw the vehicle get blown up into pieces.
"I'm done with your bullshit", Leon muttered as he saw his enemy laying down on the ground, the red fluid flowing onto the ground as his clothes was stained in his own blood, the most perfect scenery he's seen in years.
His enemy slowly turned around to gaze at Leon as his trembling hand reached to touch his chest. He raised his head as he saw Noel staring down at him, his head later rested on the pavement.
"Get him out of here", Leon ordered one of his men to dispose of his body, he had officially killed the man he had hated the most, the person whom made him lose everything.
"Mr.Cashmere, Congratulations on your handiwork", Marcello said as he saw Vincent's lifeless body being carried away.
Leon walked up to them as they have realized they had cleared up the warehouse and finally took over.
"I guess we're done here", Lucio told him as he sighed from relief, Leon decided to finally call it a day...