Chapter 4: But You Still Better Pray I Don't Catch You
Two weeks had turned into three and Luca could not wait to fly back to Northbridge. Seattle had been fine, his sister Sofia had dragged him all over the city to see the sites, go to movies, all kinds of stuff. She'd taken him to a gay bar so she dance around cute boys without being groped and so that Luca could maybe meet someone to have a night with.
He didn't. Luca didn't want to. He wanted to go back home and make good on his promise to fuck Alex so hard he needed reconstructive surgery.
He and Alex had called and texted...sexted even. Watching Alex shake his ass for him and finger himself made Luca want to book a flight immediately. Watching Luca stroke himself to the rhythm of Alex's fingering made Alex want to reach through the phone and ride him until they were both empty. Well until he was full and Luca empty rather.
But now Luca was home, at the airport and some of his fathers men had picked him and Sofia up in a blacked-out town car. Luca was going home showering, then calling Alex to come over. His mouth watered at the thought of tasting him again.
"Luca," His sister snapped at him, pulling him out of his dirty thoughts. "did you hear me?"
"No, what?" He took his headphones out.
"Dad just texted; he says we need to keep a low profile still. The Ricci's are still super pissed. Says for now, we're all to stay home and keep quiet." She read off the texts.
Stay home? No problem.
Luca thought to himself.
Keep quiet? I'll have to use a gag.
His dick twitched thinking of how he'd pin Alex down and shove his briefs into his mouth so no one would hear.
Luca took a deep breath to calm himself so he didn't get an erection in the car with his sister.
"No problem. I'll have Adam run the club; I've got something to do anyway." Luca told his sister and she nodded, then prattled on about something to do with some boy band she was into at the moment.
*****
Alex was with Cody at the street fair in Crescentwood. It was the anniversary of some important date to the city. Alex didn't remember or care. There were face paintings, performances going on, a few small rides and other attractions had been built in some of the parking lots on the street. He was having fun and getting ready to go into mirror maze when his phone rang.
"Hey stranger." He answered, it was Luca.
"Oh, is that the stallion?" Cody asked then go closer to the phone and made some lewd noises, Alex laughed lightly and pushed him away.
"Who was that?" Luca asked through the phone.
"No one, just a homeless person." He shoved Cody away who giggled. "So what's up?"
"Nothing just got back home and missed you. Wanna come over?" Luca could hear the background noise of the fair.
"I kind of do, but I also kind of want to stay at the street fair." Alex said in a teasing voice. He was hoping Luca would pick up that he wanted him to join him there.
"Uhmmm." Luca scratched the back of his head. "I can't really - you know what?" He sighed. "Send me your location. I'll meet your there." Luca was already coming up with a plan to give Matteo and the other security his father had put at his apartment the slip.
"Okay, but hurry. I'm about to go into the mirror maze."
"Oh! I love mirror mazes. Wait for me!" Luca begged.
"Fine, but you have to buy me dinner."
"I'll do more than that." He hung up, letting the final sentence resonate. Alex heard what he really meant.
*****
Luca looked at the security feed, plotting his escape. He had changed into some workout clothes, his plan almost fully formed.
"I'll slip out the back and call a
Ryde
." He said to himself looking at the dumpsters. The guards would be looking at the cameras down in the offices as well which is why he put on a hoodie. He'd make it look like he was another resident just going for a run. Luca walked out of his home office grabbed a water bottle to make it look believable and stepped into the hallway.
"Where you off to?" One of his father's men asked.
"Just downstairs to the gym." He responded coolly.
"We don't have anyone on that floor."
"You don't need to. There are cameras and men watching them. I'll be fine." Luca assured the guard. He was just following orders, so Luca remained calm making sure not to sound pushy or rude so the man wouldn't argue he should return to his apartment.
"Well...I guess. I'll come check on you in an hour." He said.
"Sounds good to me." He gave him a fist bump adding to the 'we're cool, I'm cool and definitely not about to sneak out' visage. Luca headed to the elevator and went down the few floors to the gym then slunk down the hall past it to the stairwell. Luckily his keycard allowed him access to service doors like the one that lead to the dumpsters.
He'd already ordered his
Ryde
car and it was almost here. Thankfully his years of sneaking out while living at home had prepared him for this. He knew it was kind of stupid to be sneaking out but the Ricci's didn't have any territory in the Crescentwood district and it was a crowded street fair, so he felt fairly safe. At the first sign of trouble he'd get out of there.
The car was waiting for him as he stepped out the backdoor, the putrid smell of the dumpsters made him nearly throw up.
Oh, I'm definitely putting a complaint in about that to the building management.
He thought as the car drove away.
*****
"Boo!" Luca said as he snuck up behind Alex and wrapped his hands around his waist.
"Fuck!" He turned and swatted at Luca's chest. "Don't do that, I almost peed." He laughed.
"Hey." Luca bent his head down and kissed Alex.
"Hey," He said pulling away a bit dazed from the greeting. Cody cleared his throat, hand on hip. "oh, this is Cody. He's my best friend."
"Cody Twine, charmed." He said in a mock southern belle accent reaching out to shake Luca's hand.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Luca." He shook it firmly.
"Oh, I know all about you." Cody responded. "Luca Moretti, twenty-eight years old, 6 foot 3 inches, owner of Velluto night club and...apparently a stallion." Cody wriggled is eyebrows. Alex popped is shoulder at the stallion comment.
"Wow, learn all that on the internet?" Luca asked. What else did he know?
"No, Alex just won't shut up about you."
"Cody!" Alex shot Cody a warning look.
"Oh, he won't?" Luca asked, raising a brow and looking down into Alex's eyes.
"Gag." Cody said at the romantic look. "I'm gonna go ride the carousel or something, you two have fun."
"Cody, wait. I don't want you to feel like I'm ditching you for Luca."
"Yeah, don't leave on my account. We can all hang out. I'd love to get to know Alex's friends." Luca said.
"Oh, trust me, we'll all get to know each other later. I'm going to go ride the carousel because the guy operating it is foine! Maybe he has a break soon." Cody shimmied his body insinuating his intentions. "I'm ditching y'all hoes." He laughed.
"Okay, go have fun." Alex laughed at his friend as he turned away. "And use a condom!" He shouted after him.
"You don't." Luca bent down and whispered in Alex's ear, while lowering one hand to give a tight squeeze to his plump, round cheek.
"Huh!" He sucked in at the sensation. "Well, do as I say, not as I do." He leaned up and kissed Luca.
"Now, I believe you said there was a mirror maze?" He asked.
"I waited just for you." He grinned.
The two went over to go wait in line for it, making small talk as they did. Alex asked Luca how his trip was and Luca told him as much of the truth as he could. Luca had never felt bad about lying before. But not being able to tell Alex who he was gnawed at him, made his stomach twist in knots. Luca had dated guys before, but most of them were from inside the organization. He'd never had to lie to anyone before.
Telling Alex risked a lot, however.
If Luca told Alex who he was, what his family did he could lose him. He might turn him in. Well, he'd try. Hopefully the family's 'friends' inside the force would make it go away. Telling Alex also put him in danger. From both the family and enemies. Alex was an outsider. He'd been luck no one had found out about them so far. Luca had been discreet, meeting Alex places instead of inviting him over again. Adam had kept his mouth shut, but if Alex became a problem Adam would tell Giovanni.
Alex couldn't know...at least not yet. Not until he was sure about him. Sure about how he felt. Then he'd have to tell his father and pray he'd give his blessing so they could be together. He hoped Giovanni would let them be together.