Chapter -17

Nicolas looked at Elio who was having his breakfast silently. Ever since the fight with Elena and him shouting at Elio, he went back to being cold with him. Nicolas cleared his throat catching Elio's attention.

"I'll be late today."

Elio just nodded carelessly.

"I'm going with Elena."

Elio froze for a second and then gave a okay as a reply.

"We are going to kill the person who attacked you today."

Nicolas thought that Elio would be scared or disgusted hearing that.

"He deserves that."

Elio says and gets up. Nicolas stood up repeating Elio's words in his mind over and over again.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It was one in the morning and Elio was sitting on the couch near the window looking out. He saw Nicolas's car park outside and him getting out of the car. Elio frowned when he saw Nicolas's shirt torn and stained red. He was stumbling on his steps. Elio quickly ran out of his room and when he reached the stairs he saw Nicolas standing down. Nicolas cursed when he saw Elio standing at the top.

"What the fuck happened to you?"

Elio screamed rushing down the stairs. He reached down and stood before Nicolas. He ran his hands through Nicolas's body checking for injuries. Nicolas was happy seeing Elio being so careful and concerned over him.

"I'm fine."

Nicolas says in a quiet voice. Elio looks up at him glaring.

"Fine my ass!! You are bleeding."

Elio says with a tremble in his voice.

"Well then we shouldn't stand here and waste time. Let's go patch me."

Nicolas said trying to joke which only made Elio glare at him. They both walk into Nicolas's room and Nicolas shows him where the first aid kit is. When Elio returns with the first aid, Nicolas had taken off his shirt and was lying stomach down on the bed. His back had a big wound going from his left shoulder blade to the middle of his back. Nicolas looked back when he didn't hear any noise from Elio. Elio was looking at the wound.

"Seriously this is nothing."

Nicolas said trying to convince Elio that he was okay. Elio just walked towards the bed and sat on it. He took the anti-septic cream and started putting on the wound. Nicolas didn't feel anything since he was used to it. Elio spread the cream on the wound as gentle as possible.

"Sss."

Elio hissed when putting the cream.

"Sss."

Nicolas chuckled and turned back.

"Are you the one injured or me?"

"Shut up."

Elio mumbled and continued putting medicine on the wound.

"The person who attacked you, he did this to me."

Elio finished putting the medicine and looked at him. Nicolas was still lying on the bed.

"We killed him."

"Okay."

Elio said and stood up. Nicolas quickly sat up, wincing when his wound hurt, and grabbed Elio's wrist.

"That day...Me and Elena went to Bali. We got hold of information about the person who is linked to your stalker."

"And?"

"He's dead."

"So that means you're back to square one?"

Nicolas nodded. Elio pushed Nicolas back to the bed making him lie down.

"Just rest. We'll talk tomorrow."

Nicolas sighed and closed his eyes.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When Nicolas opened his eyes at sharp 6 in the morning he wasn't expecting to see Elio sleeping on the chair bundled up in his blankets. He stood up and walked towards Elio. He was sleeping in an weird position. Nicolas gently lifted him up and placed him on his bed. Elio nuzzled into his pillow taking a deep breath and smiling in satisfaction. Nicolas stood frozen on his place seeing Elio do that. Was he proud or happy that Elio found his scent pleasing? Who knows. He quickly went to the bathroom to change. He looked at the wound and saw that the edges of the injury were no longer angry red, instead, a soft pink hue had replaced it. Looks like the medicine did it's job. He took a shower and walked outside to get ready. He was buttoning up his shirt when he saw Elio wake up from the sleep. He sat on the bed looking zoned out. Looks like he's not a morning person. Elio yawned and his eyes widened when he realized he was not in his bed. Nicolas was watching his reaction through the mirror and chuckled at Elio.

"Morning?"

Elio told Nicolas.

"Morning."

"When did i get here?"

"I saw you sleeping uncomfortably on that chair so i decided to put you on my bed."

"Oh. I googled yesterday about your wound and it said you may come up with a fever. So i decided to check up on you. You were whimpering in your sleep. I stayed and put medicine on your wound till 4? I don't remember when i fell asleep."

Elio said trying to remember things. Nicolas was shocked to hear that Elio cared for him last night. Elio looked at Nicolas's unbuttoned shirt, his eyes racking over his muscled body. Suddenly, Nicolas looked up from adjusting his cuffs, and their eyes met in the mirror. Elio looked away while Nicolas smirked knowing Elio was checking him out.

"I'll be down. Freshen up and come down for breakfast."

Nicolas said to Elio and left the room. Elio quickly showered and went down for breakfast.

"Do you need to go today?"

Elio asked to Nicolas worried that his wound is not healed yet.

"It's okay. I'm used to it."

Nicolas said hoping Elio would be less concerned. But Elio looked sad and scared hearing that. That wasn't the right words to say Nicolas thought.

"I wanna help you find the stalker."

Nicolas stopped eating and looked at Elio.

"Your only link at finding the stalker is dead, and i can help by confirming whether i remember the stalker or if i know him."

Nicolas wanted to disagree but they didn't have any other choice.

"Also i was thinking to see and understand how the mafia works after all i'm a member too right?"

Elio said in a doubtful voice. He felt like whenever Nicolas talks about mafia he feels left out. Nicolas was shocked hearing that.

"And your gang The Phoenix, your the Head and i will be your...your.."

Elio didn't know what to call the partner of the head.

"The Donna."

Simon said smiling at Elio.

"Yes. I will be your Donna?"

Elio asked tilting his head.

"Our gang."

Nicolas said confusing Elio.

"It's not my gang only, it's yours too. Our gang."

Elio didn't know what he was feeling right now. Nicolas stood up saying he needs to go somewhere. Elio looked at Nicolas's retrieving back.

"I think i'm falling for him."

Elio said to the three.

"What!?!?"

All three of them screamed in shock.