Opening up
I hold my head down as I listen to her speak. If she told me about Franky sooner... I would have keep tabs on him and prevent the mishap sooner.
Or ever kill that bastard instead of tying him to an inflatable and spare his life.
Even if he survives, what would he say?
That he tried to hurt Ravine and got himself into trouble for hiring men to do that too?
Also, why just two men as defense?
He's the most senseless bastard I've ever seen.
"To be honest, I'm disappointed that he thinks I wouldn't win. It was the easiest match I've ever had." I say to the elder woman. She furrows her eyebrows together and slaps my arm.
"I was fucking sick with fright! And you were thinking you were a character from a video game!? You're sick, Aaron. You're the biggest bitch of them all." I laugh at her accusations.
But somehow, I got used to do funny shit this like. I'm sure those men were discovered by their crew, but I don't care. I could throw a few bills and them and they'll shut up about this for the rest of their lives. Or even more, I could extract information from them.
"Yeah, I got super power ups real quick, you know? Like this knuckle pincher— ouch!" Ravine throws a pillow at me with all her might. She almost blows my head off with the force as I watch her fuss about my words and snarl.
She goes back to sleep, throwing dagger like words at me with, "You're always thinking about yourself, bitch! I'm not used to getting kidnapped in the middle of the night! That shit is going to traumatize me!" She yells.
Ah...
Taking a deep inhale and exhaling gently, I abandon the new toy I borrowed and go to lay behind her on the bed.
"Ravine~" I sing her name softly. She nudges me away from her shoulders, almost bumping into my face. I know she's angry with me, and I also know that she will cool down in the matter of a few hours and a good night of sleep.
I slowly slide my hand across her soft skin and hold her hand up. We had the rings on ourselves, they looked so pretty together.
I know that she's looking at our intertwined hands as well, I kiss her shoulder after a few seconds. My thumb keeps caressing her soft hand, occasionally swiping over the diamond ring on her finger.
"Ravine, I know how you feel baby. Trust me when I say this... I'll not let you slip in the mouth of danger as long as I'm alive. I'll be your knight in shining armor, I promise. I want you to trust me too, baby. You know I'm a powerful person, right?" I say to her.
Suddenly, I hear her little sobs which makes me concerned. Turning her over, she buries her head into my chest as I embrace her and give all my warmth.
"I'm always afraid that something will happen to us, Aaron. Just like today... there are things which aren't under our control."
"Then let's just take it under our control, baby girl. To be honest, if you told me about Franky before, I would have made sure this kind of things would never happen!" I exclaim.
"Aaron... you were 19 and too young to even protect me from that bastard! You didn't have anything when it happened to me..." she says.
"That's true, but why didn't you think of telling me later?" I ask finally.
"I... didn't want to bother you about him. I thought he won't appear again... but I was wrong. I'm sorry." She says.
"I'm disappointed in you, Ravine. You should trust me a little more." I say.
"I know, but I also know that you're unforgiving—"
"That's true." I cut her off to say.
"And I don't want to get your hands dirty..." she adds.
"Ravine, if I get my hands dirty, I need you to know that I am the biggest mafia power in the underworld and the biggest businessman to the world. There's no one who will try to go against me, unless they're at an equal power to me. I say it again, Ravine. Trust me a little more. I beg you." As I say, she hugs me tighter as apology.
"I will. I promise."
"Good. Is there anything more you wanna say to me?" I enquire. Now is the time for her to open up to me completely.
"Nope. Do you...?"
"Actually... yes." And then, I proceed to tell her about my ex-girlfriend and our encounter.
Ravine's mood goes downhill. I expected that to happen, she was disappointed in the girl as well as myself for letting her kiss my cheek. I try to explain her that if was just like how she and Charlie kiss each other on the cheeks to show gratitude and other emotions.
"I'm sleepy..." she says, trying to turn away from me. Her words literally translated to, "I don't wanna talk to you now. Leave me alone."
And so, I did.
What part of this cruise ship date turned out to be our date night?
The night was full if unpleasant surprises and disappointment towards each other.
After today, I realized that we had a lot of things to build in our relationship.
We both had something to hide from each other, because we thought it was a bad idea to let each other know about it.
However, after tonight I strictly follow the rules I make to myself.
In the next few days, I come home all tired from work, but I never miss to talk to my woman about my day.
It was my choice to fill her in with all trivial and major things in my daily life, when away with her.
Slowly, she too begins to make it a point to talk to me about her scripts and offers that I encourage greatly.
She was soaring high, and I was on my path to become even more successful.
Soon, it was pride month that we wanted to celebrate together.
We go over to Charlie and Gerroto's house.
